Chapter Summaries

Luo killed Yue Shiqun, gave Cao Yuxiu two jade slips, and vanished, leaving Cao to decide how to protect the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect. Meanwhile, a sand-made illusion of Yue Shiqun collapsed in the sect’s reception hall, prompting Qi Zhentian and the elders to suspect that the Xuantian Tower disciple had disappeared.

• Luo bid farewell to Cao Yuxiu, gave him a second jade slip, and vanished using Space Law.
• Cao Yuxiu realized Luo had effortlessly killed the First-Tier Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Yue Shiqun and examined both jade slips.
• The first jade slip contained a divine-soul cultivation technique, while the second showed Luo killing Yue Shiqun and offered the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect an explanation for his death.
• Cao Yuxiu put away the jade slips and considered Luo a potential friend despite his ruthless manner.
• In the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect’s Guest Reception Hall, the apparent Yue Shiqun collapsed into sand, revealing that he had been an illusion.
• Qi Zhentian accused the elders of failing to watch Yue Shiqun, and an elder wondered whether the missing Xuantian Tower disciple had targeted a sect treasure.

Qi Zhentian feared Yue Shiqun would expose the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect for sheltering Luo Yi, but Cao Yuxiu returned with news that Yue was dead. Qi Zhentian realized Cao could not have killed Yue and suspected Luo Yi had done it.

• Qi Zhentian ordered the elders to remain in the Guest Reception Hall while he went to inform the Sect Master.
• Qi Zhentian encountered Cao Yuxiu outside the Council Hall and discovered Luo Yi was no longer with him.
• Cao Yuxiu dismissed the Inner Sect elders and slumped into the seat of honor, exhausted.
• Cao Yuxiu told Qi Zhentian that Yue Shiqun was dead.
• Qi Zhentian seized Cao Yuxiu by the collar and accused him of bringing disaster upon the sect.
• Qi Zhentian realized Cao Yuxiu could not have defeated Yue Shiqun and wondered whether Luo Yi had killed him.

Cao Yuxiu gave Qi Zhentian two Jade Slips from Young Friend Luo, including an Immortal's Dao Art and evidence that could free the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect from the affair. Qi Zhentian proposed using Luo’s mysterious strength to make Xuantian Tower and local powers fear the force behind him, leaving Cao Yuxiu ready to build momentum on Luo’s behalf.

• Cao Yuxiu handed Qi Zhentian two Jade Slips, and Qi Zhentian discovered one contained the Immortal's Dao Art while the other offered evidence to extricate their sect from the affair.
• Cao Yuxiu admitted Young Friend Luo had given him both slips and reflected on his own burdens as the sect's Dao Seed.
• Cao Yuxiu asked Qi Zhentian to hand a Jade Slip to Xuantian Tower if it demanded an accounting, hoping to steady his wavering dao heart.
• Qi Zhentian proposed making Xuantian Tower and Northern Endless Sea powers suspect Luo belonged to a terrifying force equal to Xuantian Tower.
• Cao Yuxiu understood Qi Zhentian's plan and agreed that Luo's mysterious nature and overwhelming combat strength made the fabricated background plausible.

The Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds learned that Xuantian Tower was behind the Northern Endless Sea’s arrests of demonic prodigies, then examined a rumor-filled jade slip depicting a clash involving Yue Shiqun. The chapter left them suspecting that the Xuantian Tower Direct Disciple Gentleman's Sword might have been defeated or killed.

• Cao Yuxiu agreed to Qi Zhentian’s plan to spread vague rumors about Young Friend Luo’s origins while keeping his identity secret.
• The Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seed and his companions remained in Profound Origin Ancient City, waiting for Sect Master Bai after she had been gone for over a month.
• The Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed paid two cultivators for a jade slip containing rumors about Xuantian Tower.
• The Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed examined the indistinct images in the jade slip and saw two streaks of light collide, one surrounded by purple thunderbolts.
• The Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seed identified the purple thunderbolts as the Void-Shattering Thunderclap Ruler, Yue Shiqun’s spirit weapon, and wondered whether Yue Shiqun had already fallen.

The Endless Sea Nine Sons Dao Seeds saw the spreading reports of an unknown faction attacking Xuantian Tower as a chance to weaken the North Sea Dragon Palace’s campaign against them. Meanwhile, a Glazed Azure Phoenix worried over the North Sea Dragon Palace’s possible role in the death of its youngest son, despite a clan member returning safely from the Dragon Palace banquet.

• Two cultivators warned the Endless Sea Nine Sons Dao Seeds that an unknown faction had attacked Xuantian Tower and might be provoking a war that would engulf the Northern Endless Sea.
• The Heavenly Treasure Sect, Heavenly Maiden Sect, and Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seeds secretly concluded that a clash between Xuantian Tower and the unknown faction could force Northern Endless Sea cultivators to unite and distract the North Sea Dragon Palace from the Nine Sons.
• Reports of the attack spread across the Northern Endless Sea and began reaching beyond it, stirring old grudges against Xuantian Tower among other factions.
• At the border of the Northern and Eastern Endless Seas, the Glazed Azure Phoenix circled the giant tree and wondered why a clan member had returned safely from the North Sea Dragon Palace if the Palace had killed its youngest son.

The Nirvana Crimson Phoenix Clan leader ordered a secret investigation into the deaths of its youngest son and Xuantian Tower’s Yue Shiqun, suspecting the same powerful faction was responsible. In the Southern Endless Sea, Ao Bing linked the attack on Xuantian Tower to the faction opposing his Dragon Palace, while Ao Cheng pressed him for what he knew.

• The Nirvana Crimson Phoenix Clan leader concluded that the same individual or faction might have killed its youngest son and Yue Shiqun, and ordered its clansmen to investigate discreetly.
• The clan leader left the clan grounds to avoid being caught by the suspected killer while the investigation proceeded.
• At the Southern Sea Dragon Palace’s Crown Prince’s Manor, Ao Bing and Ao Cheng discussed their progress in the Southern Endless Sea conflict.
• A subordinate reported that Yue Shiqun had been crushed to death by an unknown faction’s attacker using sheer physical strength.
• Ao Bing suspected that the faction responsible for Yue Shiqun’s death was also the force that had secretly aided the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea and targeted the Southern Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Cheng asked Ao Bing whether he knew the attacker or the faction behind the killing.

Ao Bing told the North Sea Dragon Palace’s Eldest Prince that the unknown faction had also shown contempt for the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, hoping to use Xuantian Tower and the North Sea Dragon Palace to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Luo Yi stayed near the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect, studied a new immortal art, and sent his manifestation to attack weaker demon and devil factions for energy points, until their lairs were emptied.

• Ao Bing shared what he knew about the unknown faction with the North Sea Dragon Palace’s Eldest Prince and considered directing suspicion toward the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea.
• Luo Yi remained near the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect to protect it from Xuantian Tower’s retaliation after Yue Shiqun’s death.
• Luo Yi examined the Mountain-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Art and saw that initiating it required 500 million energy points, more than he currently had.
• Luo Yi sent his Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation to raid weaker demon and devil factions, gaining energy points while avoiding factions protected by Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouses.
• After several days, Luo Yi sensed that the demon and devil lairs his manifestation reached had already been abandoned, and his energy gains stopped.

Luo Yi cultivated the Mountain-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Art until his divine soul grew much stronger, while the Northern Endless Sea remained unsettled and the Xuantian Tower stayed quiet. He sent messages to the Heavenly Star Sect Master and the Eight Dao Seeds, then vanished from the cliff using space law.

• Luo Yi learned that the Northern Endless Sea had grown unusually chaotic and considered using the turmoil to find the Heavenly Star Sect Master or one of the Eight Dao Seeds and tell them about the Ghost Child Clan's extra Dao-Merging Grounds.
• Luo Yi noticed that his energy points had reached the amount needed to cultivate the Mountain-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Art to initiation, then spent five hundred million points to begin.
• Luo Yi endured the art's process of tearing apart and reforging his divine soul, which grew stronger over half a month.
• Luo Yi observed that the Xuantian Tower had sent no one to investigate the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect and that travelers were avoiding its territory.
• Luo Yi sent voice transmissions to the Heavenly Star Sect Master and the Eight Dao Seeds, activated space law, and vanished from the cliff.

The Heavenly Treasure Sect, Heavenly Maiden Sect, and Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seeds met with the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion in Profound Origin Ancient City, suspecting its sudden offer of support concealed ulterior motives. As they planned to seek information from the pavilion with their fellow Dao Seeds, they learned the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect had also pledged its support.

• The three Dao Seeds met the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion's representatives in a tavern cleared of other guests and privately questioned why the pavilion had offered support so late.
• The Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seed and Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed agreed that the pavilion likely had hidden intentions, but the Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed wanted to learn what information it could provide.
• The Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed revealed that he had summoned Liu Yiyi, Pan Zhengxiong, and other fellow Dao Seeds so they could visit the pavilion's headquarters together.
• The Heavenly Maiden Sect Dao Seed learned that the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect had committed to supporting the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea, on the order of its Dao Seed.

The Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds secured a promise of aid from the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect while waiting in Profound Origin Ancient City for their fellow disciples. Luo Yi arrived in disguise, revealed himself to them, and asked about their situation and the suspicious man from the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion.

• The three Dao Seeds learned through their jade slips that someone was asking for their location, then told Huang Jingshuo they would wait for their fellow disciples before departing.
• Huang Jingshuo agreed to wait with them in Profound Origin Ancient City, while hiding his impatience behind a false smile.
• Luo Yi entered the inn despite the innkeeper's warning and sat beside the Heavenly Luo Sect Dao Seed.
• The three Dao Seeds recognized Luo Yi as Sect Master Luo, greeted him through voice transmission, and kept his identity hidden from Huang Jingshuo.
• Luo Yi asked about the group's situation and the man from the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion, and the three gave him a brief account.

Luo Yi joined Jin Yutang and the other Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds as they followed Huang Jingshuo out of the inn, while Huang secretly planned to use them as a pledge of allegiance. Huang’s investigation had led the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion to suspect that the Nine Sons were behind several major incidents, and the chapter left the Pavilion weighing how to exploit that intelligence.

• Huang Jingshuo introduced himself to Luo Yi, who gave his surname and agreed to accompany the group.
• Huang hurried the four Dao Seeds out of the inn, and Jin Yutang suspected his invitation concealed a scheme.
• Jin Yutang set aside his concerns because he believed Luo Yi’s presence would deter the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion from attacking them.
• Huang recalled that his investigation had linked the Ghost Child Clan’s disappearance, the missing Nirvana Crimson Phoenix heir, the Titanic Python Clan’s destruction, and Yue Shiqun’s death to the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea.
• Huang’s Master had concluded that the Pavilion possessed valuable intelligence about the Nine Sons, and Huang considered how to benefit from it.

Huang Jingshuo led four Endless Sea Nine Sons Dao Seeds away from Profound Origin Ancient City, intending to sell them to the North Sea Dragon Palace. When he revealed his betrayal and summoned the Dragon Palace, Jin Yutang and two other Dao Seeds vanished and sealed off his escape, while the Green-Robed Youth remained behind.

• Huang Jingshuo decided the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion should sell its information to the North Sea Dragon Palace and planned to hand over the four Endless Sea Nine Sons Dao Seeds.
• Jin Yutang questioned Huang Jingshuo when he led them away from the route to the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion Headquarters, but Huang claimed he needed to collect information first.
• Huang Jingshuo took the four Dao Seeds to a remote area and declared that they had reached the end of their journey before using a Voice Transmission Conch to contact the Dragon Palace.
• Jin Yutang, the Heavenly Treasure Sect Dao Seed, and the Heavenly Maiden Sect Dao Seed vanished and sealed off Huang Jingshuo's escape with their auras, while the Green-Robed Youth stayed in place.
• Huang Jingshuo remained confident that the Dragon Palace would arrive in time, and the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion cultivators showed no concern as the standoff continued.

Huang Jingshuo used the Five-Clawed Dragon-Patterned Jade Bi to withstand attacks from Jin Yutang and Yao Jingyuan, then invoked Third Master Ao’s protection while confronting the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds. The Dao Seeds realized Luo Yi may have caused trouble during their journey, but before he could act, Sea Demon Generals emerged from the ocean.

• Jin Yutang and Yao Jingyuan attacked Huang Jingshuo, but the Five-Clawed Dragon-Patterned Jade Bi blocked them and damaged Yao Jingyuan’s weapon.
• Huang Jingshuo bowed to Third Master Ao and announced that he had brought the agreed-upon gifts.
• Yao Jingyuan threatened Huang Jingshuo with the wrath of the Nine Sons’ sect masters, but Huang Jingshuo mocked the Dao Seeds and said his pavilion knew what they had provoked.
• The three Dao Seeds realized Luo Yi was likely responsible for the trouble on their journey, and Luo Yi prepared to act.
• Columns of water erupted from the sea, revealing armored Sea Demon Generals with Dragon Clan bloodlines.

The North Sea Dragon Palace’s Demon Generals arrived to seize the four Endless Sea Nine Sons Dao Seeds, but the Ao Family’s Third Prince was absent. The elder leading the demons hesitated to attack after noticing Sect Master Luo’s calm, leaving the reason for his confidence unclear.

• Huang Jingshuo asked why the Ao Family’s Third Prince had not come, and a Dragon Clan elder warned him not to pry into the Third Prince’s affairs.
• Huang Jingshuo politely offered the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion’s help while worrying that the North Sea Dragon Palace might not honor its promised rewards and protection.
• The Demon General dismissed Huang Jingshuo and questioned whether Luo Yi and his companions had really killed Xuantian Tower’s Yue Shiqun.
• The elder leading the Demon Generals grew wary of the Green-Robed Youth’s composure and delayed attacking the surrounded group.
• Jin Yutang and the other two Nine Sons of the Endless Sea looked toward Sect Master Luo, suspecting his presence had made the enemy hesitate.

Luo Yi shattered the North Sea Dragon Palace’s barrier and killed Huang Jingshuo and the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion cultivators with a single glance. The three Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds turned to Luo Yi for guidance as he faced the Dragon Palace Demon Generals.

• The three Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds tried to reach their Communication Jade Slips, but the Five-Clawed Dragon-Patterned Jade Bi and its spiritual barrier suddenly shattered.
• Huang Jingshuo rebuked Luo Yi, but Luo Yi used the Mountain-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Art to immobilize and kill him and the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion cultivators.
• Jin Yutang, Yao Jingyuan, and Jiang Muyu realized Luo Yi’s strength could change their chances against the North Sea Dragon Palace and looked to him for direction.
• Luo Yi dismissed the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion as weak and turned to face the North Sea Dragon Palace Demon Generals.

Luo Yi rejected a North Sea Dragon Palace Demon General’s offer to spare his group in exchange for a favor and killed the twenty-odd Demon Generals with his divine soul. After collecting their valuable remains, he asked the shaken Jin Yutang and the other two whether they still planned to go to their destination.

• An elderly Demon General offered Luo Yi the group’s help in exchange for their lives, but Luo Yi said he wanted their lives instead.
• The elderly Demon General rallied the twenty-odd North Sea Dragon Palace Demon Generals to attack Luo Yi.
• Luo Yi stopped the charging Demon Generals with his divine soul and caused them to explode one after another.
• Luo Yi collected the Demon Generals’ choicest remains, planning to see whether the Heavenly Pill Sect could refine them into cultivation pills for the Tianyan Sect.
• Jin Yutang and the other two asked whether the green-robed youth was truly Sect Master Luo, and Luo Yi claimed his strength had improved before secretly activating the Seventy-Two Transformations.

Luo Yi sent Jin Yutang and the other Dao Seeds onward while he prepared to deal with the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion himself. As the three traveled toward Profound Origin Ancient City, they marveled at his overwhelming strength and feared what might have happened had the Ao Family's Third Prince intervened.

• Luo Yi told Jin Yutang and the other two to head back without him, since their presence would hinder his plans for the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion.
• Jin Yutang and the others set off toward Profound Origin Ancient City, hoping Luo Yi would punish the pavilion and find them another Dao-Merging Grounds.
• Jin Yutang wondered whether Luo Yi was an Immortal reincarnated, and Yao Jingyuan agreed that his strength exceeded what they could explain.
• Jiang Muyu said they were fortunate the Ao Family's Third Prince had not entered the fight, and Jin Yutang condemned the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion for secretly betraying them.

Jiang Muyu and Jin Yutang suspected the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion knew why the North Sea Dragon Palace expected to defeat the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea, so they delayed seeking allies until Sect Master Bai returned. Elsewhere, Ao Lao San met the First Princess of the North Sea Dragon Palace, whose command forced him to stay as she pursued her ambitions for Ao Cheng.

• Jiang Muyu said the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion must have gathered secret information about the conflict between the North Sea Dragon Palace and the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea.
• Jin Yutang notified Senior Sister Yiyi, Senior Brother Zhengxiong, and two others, and said they would wait for Sect Master Bai before seeking reinforcements.
• Jin Yutang noted that Sect Master Bai had been away for over a month and should soon return from the First Princess's residence.
• Ao Lao San met the First Princess in her residence, resisted her advances, and tried to leave.
• The First Princess ordered Ao Lao San to return, and he obeyed while privately resenting her influence and her effort to secure the Crown Prince position for Ao Cheng.

The Ao Family's Third Master weighed the political stakes of Ao Cheng's growing support and planned to use it to challenge the North Sea Dragon Palace succession. Meanwhile, the First Princess spoke privately with Bai Suxin, reassuring her about the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea, but Bai Suxin remained wary.

• The Ao Family's Third Master suspected the First Princess wanted to rule the North Sea Dragon Palace from behind the scenes and decided to watch her plans unfold.
• He considered how Ao Cheng had secretly gathered Northern Endless Sea factions and how outside powers could overturn the settled Crown Prince succession.
• The First Princess spoke with Bai Suxin, noting that more than a hundred thousand years had passed since their last meeting and asking why Bai Suxin had sought her out.
• Bai Suxin said she wanted to ask the First Princess something, but the First Princess claimed she had prepared for what was coming and urged her not to worry.
• Bai Suxin refused to trust the First Princess with the fate of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea based on a few assurances.

The First Princess revealed that she had arranged to protect the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds from the North Sea Dragon Palace, while warning Bai Suxin to watch over Sect Master Luo. Her plan failed when her guard reported that the Dao Seeds had vanished before he could find them.

• The First Princess ordered a Crimson Flood Dragon guard to warn the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea Dao Seeds about hidden dangers and escort them somewhere safe.
• Bai Suxin realized the North Sea Dragon Palace had attacked the Dao Seeds, and the First Princess assured her she had arranged their rescue.
• The First Princess warned Bai Suxin that Sect Master Luo might bring disaster upon the Tianyan Sect, but Bai Suxin declared her complete confidence in him.
• The Crimson Flood Dragon guard knelt and admitted he had failed to intercept the Dao Seeds because he had not seen any sign of them along the route to the North Sea Dragon Palace.
• The First Princess lost confidence in her plan and felt embarrassed after telling Bai Suxin that the Dao Seeds were safe.