Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingxuan endured the first thousands of Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulations as he crossed into the Tribulation Crossing Realm, while Cen Zhe and Xuantian Sect’s ancestors watched anxiously. The tribulation pushed Ye Qingxuan’s body, Primordial Spirit, and Dantian Small World toward collapse, but he remained composed, expecting the lightning to carry a power beyond destruction.

• Cen Zhe sealed the noisy Old Man Xuan in his cave mansion and sentenced him to one hundred years of closed-door cultivation.
• As Ye Qingxuan’s tribulation clouds covered a million li and brewed for three years, Xuanmu Ancestor and Ancestor Liehuo arrived to watch with Cen Zhe.
• The Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulation began, and Ye Qingxuan flew up to meet each bolt, resisting its power as it invaded his body, Primordial Spirit, and Dantian Small World.
• After more than two thousand bolts, the lightning began destroying Ye Qingxuan’s body and Primordial Spirit while his vitality and Spiritual Power repaired them.
• When the tribulation exceeded two thousand five hundred bolts, Ye Qingxuan’s Dantian Small World grew unstable and leaked its Heaven and Earth Root Source into his body.
• As his body, Primordial Spirit, and Dantian Small World neared collapse, Ye Qingxuan remained calm, believing the tribulation also contained a power opposed to destruction.

Ye Qingxuan survived the Tribulation Crossing Realm lightning tribulation, and the destruction and creation within it transformed his body, Nascent Soul, and Dantian Small World. After greeting Cen Zhe, he declined his master's suggestion that he become the Sect Master of Xuantian Sect.

• The Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulation's Power of Creation repaired Ye Qingxuan as his body, Nascent Soul, and Dantian Small World transformed and gave rise to microscopic Mustard Seed Worlds.
• Ye Qingxuan passed the final tribulation, absorbed its remaining power, and awoke three hours later to assess his strengthened cultivation and changing body.
• Cen Zhe waited outside Qingxuan Blessed Land, then received Ye Qingxuan's thanks for guarding him during the tribulation.
• Cen Zhe asked Ye Qingxuan whether he wanted to become the Sect Master of Xuantian Sect, and Ye Qingxuan declined because he preferred an idle life.

Ye Qingxuan declined Cen Zhe’s offer to become Xuantian Sect’s next Sect Master, but learned that the Dihuan Realm’s eventual ascension would leave the sect facing a chaotic era. He brought Cen Zhe to the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and revealed Realm Gates linking it to distant domains, prompting Cen Zhe to ask what he wanted to discuss.

• Ye Qingxuan refused the Sect Master position, so Cen Zhe chose Liu Tai'an as his successor and warned Ye Qingxuan to help if the sect faced trouble.
• Cen Zhe explained that the Dihuan Realm’s ascension would send the older Mahayana experts to the Upper Realm and could trigger centuries of chaos.
• Concerned about the Xuantian Sect’s future, Ye Qingxuan decided to accelerate his plans and invited Cen Zhe to visit the Qingxuan Cave Heaven.
• Ye Qingxuan brought Cen Zhe through the advanced Qingxuan Blessed Land and showed him the Cave Heaven’s Light Gates.
• Ye Qingxuan revealed that the Realm Gates could connect to any location within the Dihuan Realm, and Cen Zhe recognized that Ye Qingxuan had brought him there to ask for something.

Ye Qingxuan proposed building Virtual Markets in Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land to connect the Dihuan Realm Nine Domains, and Cen Zhe agreed to seek the Dihuan Realm Alliance’s support. As Ye Qingxuan planned the market, he resolved to use it to attract Rogue Cultivators who could help cultivate his lands and hasten their advancement to the Ninth Tier.

• Ye Qingxuan asked Cen Zhe for permission to establish a Space Tunnel near Xuantian Sect and explained his plan to connect the Nine Domains through Realm Gates and Virtual Markets.
• Cen Zhe supported the plan in principle and offered to propose it at the Dihuan Realm Alliance Conference; Ye Qingxuan agreed to rent shops and stalls to outside powers and Rogue Cultivators.
• Ye Qingxuan asked Cen Zhe to negotiate Realm Gate locations with the other domains’ hegemon-level forces and to announce that Mahayana Realm cultivators would be barred from the markets.
• Ye Qingxuan planned each Virtual Market as an enormous Bagua Diagram divided into outer, middle, and inner rings for resources suited to different cultivation realms.
• Ye Qingxuan decided his main purpose was to draw Rogue Cultivators into Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land, where they could open Blessed Lands and cultivate its Spirit Veins to speed its advancement to the Ninth Tier.

Ye Qingxuan decided that building the Virtual Markets in Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land would require help from Xuantian Sect elders, so Cen Zhe sent He Yijun, Yi Tianzong, and their teams to assist. After they entered Qingxuan Blessed Land, Ye Qingxuan explained that he could use its rules to power the market’s grand formation, leaving the elders astonished and considering other paths of Blessed Cultivation.

• Ye Qingxuan began designing walls, barriers, and spatial formations for the Virtual Market, then realized he could not complete its complex arrays alone within three months.
• Ye Qingxuan contacted Cen Zhe, who summoned He Yijun and Yi Tianzong and ordered them to lead elders from their halls to help build the Virtual Market while keeping Ye Qingxuan’s secrets.
• He Yijun, Yi Tianzong, and the elders arrived at Qingxuan Blessed Land, where Ye Qingxuan welcomed them and showed them the cleared central area intended for the market.
• He Yijun warned that the grand formation would need time to develop its own Source of Rules, and Ye Qingxuan explained that he could supply the formation with rules from his Blessed Land.
• The elders were astonished by Ye Qingxuan’s authority over his Blessed Land, while some considered researching Blessed Cultivation - Self Dao and Blessed Cultivation - Artifact Path instead.

Ye Qingxuan and the Xuantian Sect Elders spent three months building two connected Virtual Markets inside Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land. After rewarding the elders and seeing them off, Ye Qingxuan surveyed the completed markets and named them the Qingxuan Virtual Market.

• Yi Tianzong and He Yijun organized the Xuantian Sect Elders to refine the Virtual Market components, while Ye Qingxuan provided spirit materials and access to the Dihuan Realm Alliance Treasury.
• Over three months, the elders refined the components, formation disks, and formation bases for two Virtual Markets.
• Ye Qingxuan and the elders assembled the markets, merged their Combined Great Formations with the Heaven and Earth Rules, and activated the formations.
• Ye Qingxuan gave each elder a Cave Heaven Origin Seed, a Blessed Land Origin Seed, and the right to use a Large Shop in a Virtual Market.
• Ye Qingxuan sent Yi Tianzong, He Yijun, and the elders away, then inspected the completed markets and named them the Qingxuan Virtual Market.

Cen Zhe convened the Dihuan Realm Alliance to seek support for Ye Qingxuan's virtual market, which would use Realm Gates to connect the nine domains. The Mahayana experts agreed that the plan could proceed and began demanding shares of its shop ownership and profits.

• Ye Qingxuan told Cen Zhe that his virtual market was complete, and Cen Zhe summoned the Alliance's Mahayana experts to discuss it.
• Cen Zhe explained that Ye Qingxuan's Realm Gates could connect locations across the Dihuan Realm, prompting the experts to question him about their range and capabilities.
• Cen Zhe proposed placing a Virtual Market City and Realm Gate in each of the other eight domains, with a Fixed Space Tunnel serving the Eastern Domain.
• The experts concluded that they could not stop or quickly imitate Ye Qingxuan's plan, so the Lingxiao Temple Master and Wang Daoxuan voiced their support.
• Wang Daoxuan and other Alliance members demanded ownership of some virtual market shops and a share of its benefits in exchange for their support.

Cen Zhe secured the Alliance’s approval for Ye Qingxuan’s Virtual Market after offering half its shops for Alliance forces to use and negotiating the Realm Gate cities’ locations and shop allocations. After the conference, Ye Qingxuan told Cen Zhe he would arrange the cities through his clones and prepare an External Incarnation to undergo tribulation, then considered having an Ordinary Clone oversee Dongxuan City during the ordeal.

• Cen Zhe refused to grant the Alliance ownership of Virtual Market shops but offered it permanent usage rights to half of them in exchange for forces opening resource shops.
• The Lingxiao Temple Master and the other Mahayana experts voted to approve the Virtual Market Plan, and they agreed on the city locations, shop shares, and plans to promote the market.
• Cen Zhe announced that the public Realm Gates would not transport Mahayana experts, then dismissed the Alliance Conference after the attendees accepted the restriction.
• The Lingxiao Temple Master reminded Cen Zhe to prepare for the Alliance’s upcoming Metal Rule Law Crystal arrangements before leaving the hall.
• Ye Qingxuan told Cen Zhe that his clones would arrange the nine Virtual Market cities and that an External Incarnation would undergo tribulation in Qingxuan Cave Heaven; Cen Zhe agreed to conceal the lightning tribulation from others.
• After Cen Zhe left, Ye Qingxuan considered using an Ordinary Clone to oversee Dongxuan City while his External Incarnation underwent tribulation.

Ye Qingxuan moved his Realm Gates and clones to prepare Virtual Market Cities across the Dihuan Realm, but Taiyu Sect cultivators intercepted his Mysterious Merchant clone over a century-old grudge. After killing them, Ye Qingxuan invoked his alliance mission and powerful backing to deter the Taiyu Sect Master, then continued toward the Central Domain site for a new city.

• Ye Qingxuan ordered his clones to relocate Realm Gates and prepare Virtual Market Cities throughout the Dihuan Realm.
• The Mysterious Merchant closed his shop in Central State City, and Taiyu Sect watchers pursued him, believing he was carrying the Spirit Transformation Realm clone they had hunted for over a hundred years.
• Ye Qingxuan revealed his Sword Realm and killed the four Taiyu Sect cultivators who blocked his path.
• The Taiyu Sect Master arrived after receiving a plea for help, but Ye Qingxuan identified himself as an alliance agent and threatened the sect against another attack.
• The Taiyu Sect Master restrained himself, and Ye Qingxuan flew toward the Central Domain location chosen for the Virtual Market City.

Ye Qingxuan completed nine Virtual Market cities across the Dihuan Realm and recalled Luo Tian, Xueyu, and Bai Shuqing to begin cultivation in the Blessed Cultivation - Self Path. While his External Incarnation prepared to break through, Ye Qingxuan established rules for the markets and planned to investigate the Everlasting Cave Heaven afterward.

• Ye Qingxuan's clones built nine Virtual Market cities across the Dihuan Realm, each with a Realm Gate or Space Tunnel, a Random Teleportation Grand Formation, and temporary lodging towers.
• Ye Qingxuan summoned Luo Tian, Xueyu, and Bai Shuqing to Qingxuan Cave Heaven, gave them Origin Seeds and cultivation resources, and sent them to cultivate in seclusion and switch to the Blessed Cultivation - Self Path.
• Ye Qingxuan decided that after his External Incarnation broke through to the Tribulation Crossing Realm, he would use the Everlasting Immortal Bottle to investigate the Everlasting Cave Heaven.
• Ye Qingxuan set rules for market access, including three free days per month, paid long-term stays, Cave Mansion rentals, and leasing shops and stalls.
• Ye Qingxuan prepared Virtual Market Masks to protect customers' identities and established punishments for anyone who fought within the markets.

Ye Qingxuan finalized the Virtual Market’s cultivator, travel, and shop rules, then coordinated with Cen Zhe and his subordinates to prepare the markets for opening. The major powers and Xingluo Dongxuan City began mobilizing people and goods to staff and stock their shops.

• Ye Qingxuan set discounted Blessed Land exchange prices, farming terms, profit shares, and travel allowances for Temporary Blessed Cultivators, while reserving seventh-grade Spirit Veins.
• Ye Qingxuan inscribed the Virtual Market’s domain information, cross-domain travel restrictions, building map, and customer departure procedures into Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land.
• Ye Qingxuan contacted Cen Zhe, who visited the Virtual Market, learned about its rules, and carried the information to the Dihuan Realm Alliance and major powers.
• Ye Qingxuan gave Cen Zhe control tokens for shops to be assigned to Xuantian Sect, while the major powers began preparing personnel and resources for their allocated shops.
• Ye Qingxuan sent Liu Feifeng, Li Mu, Jiang Wen, and Jiang Yinyin to gather staff and stock for the markets, and Xingluo Dongxuan City's craftspeople began producing goods for sale.

Ye Qingxuan began preparing the Qingxuan Virtual Market, rewarding Zhu Dafu with the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance and tasking him with opening Tianfu Shop branches there. He set the market’s public opening for seven days later, and news of it spread through the Dihuan Realm’s Inner Five Domains.

• Ye Qingxuan summoned Zhu Dafu and gave him the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance and the Source Seeds needed for entry-level cultivation.
• Ye Qingxuan brought Zhu Dafu to the Qingxuan Virtual Market and assigned him to establish one large, one medium, and one small Tianfu Shop branch.
• Cultivators from the Xuantian Sect and other major powers entered the market early, stocked shops, and learned about the opportunity to obtain the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance and Source Seeds.
• Ye Qingxuan told Cen Zhe that the Qingxuan Virtual Market would open to the public in seven days, and Cen Zhe relayed the date to the Alliance and the Hegemon-level Forces.
• News of the market spread through the Inner Five Domains, and cultivators discussed traveling to the Eastern Domain’s Virtual Market City.

News of the Qingxuan Virtual Market spread across the Dihuan Realm, prompting East Extremity Domain forces to seek a foothold near its city in Xingluo State. Yuanmen Sect ancestor Lu Yanyun claimed land near the city and led his people toward Dongxuan City to confront its lord.

• Cultivators across the Dihuan Realm discussed the Qingxuan Virtual Market, while crowds gathered outside its five Inner Five Domains cities ahead of the opening seven days later.
• Donggan Sect ancestor Gan Wuji rejected plans to control the East Extremity Domain's Virtual Market City or claim land in Xingluo State, citing the strength of Dongxuan City, and ordered an outpost established near the state's border.
• Other East Extremity Domain forces set out for Xingluo State to secure land, including Yuanmen Sect, led by its ancestor Lu Yanyun.
• Lu Yanyun's group entered Xingluo State, chose a stretch of land south of the Virtual Market City, and declared it Yuanmen Sect property.
• Lu Yanyun led his cultivators toward nearby Dongxuan City to speak with its lord.

Ye Qingxuan suppressed Yuanmen Sect ancestor Lu Yanyun after he tried to claim land in Xingluo State, deterring other forces from challenging Dongxuan City. Qingxuan Virtual Market opened across the Dihuan Realm Nine Domains, and its first visitors discovered its shops and cultivation opportunities.

• Ye Qingxuan rejected Lu Yanyun's request to establish a Yuanmen Sect outpost in Xingluo State and suppressed Lu and his group beneath a rule-forged pagoda for seven days.
• Cultivators from rival top-tier forces saw Lu Yanyun's fate and abandoned their plans to challenge Dongxuan City, waiting instead for Qingxuan Virtual Market to open.
• Ye Qingxuan's nine clones announced the opening of Qingxuan Virtual Market at the Virtual Market Cities throughout the Dihuan Realm Nine Domains.
• Cultivators entered Qingxuan Virtual Market and received information about its rules, layout, and shops.
• High-level visitors learned that hegemon-level forces operated many shops and that Ye Qingxuan's self-operated shops offered access to his Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance and Source Seeds.

Cultivators across Qingxuan Virtual Market learned about its Temporary Blessed Cultivator System and the chance to obtain the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance and Source Seeds. At Number 17 Qingxuan Shop, Yu Yanfeng introduced Virtual Market Secret Stones, and the first batch quickly sold out as cultivators scrambled to buy them.

• High-level cultivators explored the Virtual Market, while a Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestor studied a Virtual Market Mask and decided he had no need for it.
• Mid- and low-level cultivators discussed the Temporary Blessed Cultivator System and headed toward the Virtual Market's Own Shops to learn about the inheritance and Source Seeds.
• Liu Qingxia suggested that she, Liu Qingyun, and Gu Haotian visit a shop, and the three put on Virtual Market Masks before entering Number 17 Qingxuan Shop.
• Yu Yanfeng explained that Primary Virtual Market Secret Stones contained assorted items, with each batch guaranteed to include the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance, a Cave Heaven origin seed, and a Blessed Land origin seed.
• Cultivators rushed to purchase and open the stones, competing over their choices, and quickly bought up all the stones displayed in the plaza.

Gu Haotian, Liu Qingyun, and Liu Qingxia lost their Spirit Stones gambling on Virtual Market Secret Stones and decided to become Temporary Blessed Cultivators so they could keep farming and buying more. Ye Qingxuan watched the shops’ booming sales and laid out the three tiers of stones and their purchase limits.

• Gu Haotian, Liu Qingyun, and Liu Qingxia opened their stones, finding mostly low-value resources while Liu Qingxia uncovered a Tier 4 Low-grade Attack Talisman.
• Gu Haotian uncovered a mortal hoe, then joined Liu Qingyun and Liu Qingxia in buying more stones until they had spent nearly all their Spirit Stones.
• Gu Haotian resolved to farm as a Temporary Blessed Cultivator to earn more Spirit Stones, and Liu Qingyun agreed to take the three of them to buy Blessed Land slots.
• Other cultivators who lost their fortunes also became Temporary Blessed Cultivators, while lucky buyers’ profits encouraged others to keep gambling on stones across Qingxuan Virtual Market.
• Ye Qingxuan surveyed the shops’ business and reviewed the contents, prices, batch guarantees, and purchase limits for Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced Virtual Market Secret Stones.

Ye Qingxuan’s first unveiled Source Seed sparked a bidding war and spread excitement through Qingxuan Virtual Market, drawing cultivators into buying Virtual Market Secret Stones. The rogue cultivator who found it kept the seed, while the growing frenzy left Li Qing regretting his losses and looking for more Spirit Stones.

• Ye Qingxuan arranged for Source Seeds and Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritances in Virtual Market Secret Stones to emit golden light, and planned to distribute lower-rank Source Seeds widely.
• A Nascent Soul Realm rogue cultivator unveiled a Third-grade Cave Heaven Origin Seed, attracting a crowd and bids from several cultivators, including Yun Zhongjun of the Yun Family.
• The rogue cultivator refused to sell, hoping to use the Source Seed if he found the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance; Yun Zhongjun and the other bidders left without forcing him.
• News of the Source Seed and its high bids spread through Qingxuan Virtual Market, prompting many hesitant cultivators to buy Virtual Market Secret Stones.
• Li Qing left the shop regretting his losses on dozens of stones and wondered how to obtain more Spirit Stones.

Li Qing chose to become a Temporary Blessed Cultivator to earn Spirit Stones for the Virtual Market Secret Stones, while Xiao Wuyan found medicine for his damaged divine soul and learned he could earn money by opening a Blessed Land. Xiao Wuyan headed to the Management Center to begin, and the Xuantian Sect shop assistant reported their conversation as a promising source of income.

• Li Qing decided not to sell his Source Seed and planned to farm Spirit Stones as a Temporary Blessed Cultivator until he could obtain the Blessed Cultivator Three Paths inheritance.
• Zhu Dafu watched customers pursue Source Seeds and considered spending his savings to obtain one.
• Xiao Wuyan bought a low-grade Tier Six Yun Shen Pill, which temporarily stopped his divine soul origin from dissipating, but learned he needed two more pills to recover fully.
• A Xuantian Sect shop assistant advised Xiao Wuyan to become a Temporary Blessed Cultivator, and Xiao Wuyan learned that opening a Fifth-grade Blessed Land would require him to remain in the Virtual Market for one thousand eight hundred years.
• Xiao Wuyan left for the Qingxuan Virtual Market Management Center, while the shop assistant sent footage of their conversation to the center and celebrated the prospect of steady income.

Ye Qingxuan integrated his Qingxuan Cave Heaven subordinates into the Qingxuan Virtual Market, then used his External Incarnation and the Everlasting Immortal Bottle to open the hidden Everlasting Cave Heaven. The emergence drew attention from nearby cultivators, leaving him a limited window to explore before the South Domain’s Hegemon-level Forces learned of it.

• Ye Qingxuan granted his Blessed Cultivator subordinates access to the Qingxuan Virtual Market and permanent stall tokens, and they began selling their refined goods there.
• After a year, Ye Qingxuan’s External Incarnation reached the Early Tribulation Crossing Realm, and Ye Qingxuan took control of it and traveled to Everlasting Lake with the Everlasting Immortal Bottle.
• Ye Qingxuan found no trace of the Everlasting Cave Heaven by searching the area, so he awakened the bottle and activated its hidden imprint.
• The imprint opened a Seven-Colored Space Tunnel above Everlasting Lake, revealing the entrance to Everlasting Cave Heaven, and Ye Qingxuan entered it.
• Nearby cultivators noticed the emergence, and Ye Qingxuan realized he had to explore quickly before the South Domain’s Hegemon-level Forces arrived.

Ye Qingxuan explored the ruined Everlasting Cave Heaven, where the Everlasting Immortal Bottle led him to a fading World Tree Seedling. Through the seedling, he learned that the Everlasting Immortal Sect had tried to flee the Dihuan Realm millions of years ago, but the realm’s Lightning Punishment destroyed the sect and left the cave heaven stranded and desolate.

• Ye Qingxuan found a Sixth-grade Spirit Vein Source sealed by the Dihuan Realm Heaven and Earth Rules and took it from beneath a fissure.
• The Everlasting Immortal Bottle flew to the central area of the Everlasting Cave Heaven, where Ye Qingxuan found a declining World Tree Seedling and three ruined Immortal Artifacts.
• The World Tree Seedling sent information through the Everlasting Immortal Bottle, revealing that the Everlasting Immortal Sect Master had isolated its origin from the Dihuan Realm and planned to use it to establish an independent realm.
• The Everlasting Immortal Sect moved its sect and spirit veins into the cave heaven and attempted to escape toward the Chaos Beyond The Void, but the Dihuan Realm’s Lightning Punishment struck before it could fully break free.
• The Lightning Punishment destroyed the spirit veins and killed the Everlasting Immortal Sect’s cultivators, while severely injuring the World Tree Seedling and stranding the cave heaven at the boundary of the Dihuan Realm Void Realm and Chaos.
• Ye Qingxuan realized that the Everlasting Immortal Bottle had been refined from a branch of the World Tree and reflected that the sect’s fate might have differed if it had repaid its karma to the Dihuan Realm.