Chapter Summaries

Cheng Buzheng fought Helian Miaosong and Helian Chuan'an after their fused domains trapped and suppressed him. As his defensive barrier began to fail, four rivers of sword energy suddenly erupted inside the domain.

• Helian Miaosong activated his Supreme Mystic Spirit Talisman and joined Helian Chuan'an in battle against Cheng Buzheng.
• Helian Miaosong and Helian Chuan'an fused their domains, weakening Cheng Buzheng's abilities and preventing him from escaping.
• The two Helian Ancestors relentlessly attacked Cheng Buzheng, forcing him to defend as his divine ability barrier began to flicker and falter.
• Cultivators on Helian Immortal Island watched the battle and discussed the clan's secret domain technique, while some worried about the damage and the outcome.
• Four rivers of sword energy burst into brilliant radiance within the domain, leaving the watching cultivators' eyes bloodshot or streaming with blood tears.

Cheng Buzheng shattered the Helian Immortal Clan’s domain and killed Helian Miaosong, while a black-masked cultivator protected him from Gongzhi Yang’s intervention. After rejecting Gongzhi Yang’s offer to end the conflict, the masked cultivator unleashed a vast chaotic domain that engulfed Gongzhi Yang, Helian Chuan'an, and Cheng Buzheng’s avatar.

• Cheng Buzheng combined four rivers of Sword Qi, shattered the Helian Immortal Clan’s domain, and struck at Helian Miaosong.
• Helian Chuan'an called for help, but the black-masked cultivator intercepted the giant hand sent from the palace on Helian Immortal Island.
• Cheng Buzheng’s sword overwhelmed Helian Miaosong’s divine light and killed him, while Gongzhi Yang arrived beside Helian Chuan'an.
• Gongzhi Yang tried to learn the masked cultivator’s identity and proposed ending the fight, but the masked cultivator refused.
• Gongzhi Yang deployed his domain, and the black-masked cultivator answered with four sword lights and a vast chaotic world that engulfed everyone nearby.

Cheng Buzheng’s true body trapped Gongzhi Yang and Helian Chuan'an inside the [Chaos Tribulation Array], overwhelming their defenses with chaotic tides. Gongzhi Yang sacrificed Helian Chuan'an and unleashed the Identity Token’s power to escape, leaving Cheng Buzheng unable to pursue him.

• Cheng Buzheng’s true body revealed himself as the black-masked Mortal Cultivator and used the [Chaos Tribulation Array] to trap Gongzhi Yang and Helian Chuan'an.
• Gongzhi Yang contracted his domain, reinforced his defenses, and urged Helian Chuan'an to help activate the Identity Token.
• The chaotic tides shattered Gongzhi Yang’s domain and defensive magic treasures, while Gongzhi Yang suffered a backlash and continued channeling power into the Identity Token.
• Gongzhi Yang seized Helian Chuan'an and refined him into a mass of origin essence, then fed it into the Identity Token.
• As the array broke through his final defenses, Gongzhi Yang sacrificed his own power to the Identity Token and escaped in a pillar of light.
• Cheng Buzheng watched Gongzhi Yang vanish beyond the Great Luo Dharma Eye’s range and noted that the array had strengthened his Life-Bound Magic Treasure.

Cheng Buzheng destroyed the Helian Immortal Clan, looted its island, and erased the island before the Sea Suppressing Alliance arrived to investigate. Disguised as an old cultivator, he left a nearby Immortal City by teleportation.

• Cheng Buzheng confirmed that his Chaos Dao Tribulation Swords had survived the broken formation with only a temporary loss of power, then found a small Teleportation Array beneath Helian Immortal Island and took it and the surrounding Soul-Restricting Stones.
• Cheng Buzheng's Myriad Transformation Dao Body finished plundering Helian Immortal Island, and Cheng Buzheng used his Great Luo Dharma Eye to check for survivors before collapsing the island into the sea.
• Ji Longzi and the Sea Suppressing Alliance arrived too late to find Helian Immortal Island or useful traces, so Ji Longzi ordered them to watch nearby Immortal Cities and said he would seek to activate the Sky-Peering Mirror.
• Cheng Buzheng entered a medium-sized Immortal City disguised as an elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator, overheard a pair of local cultivators dismiss him as a poor target, and continued to the Teleportation Hall.
• Cheng Buzheng boarded a teleportation platform and vanished from the Immortal City.

Gongzhi Yang reported his failed mission to Blood Sea Venerable, who ended the effort to gather spirit blood and discussed preparations for an assault on the Forbidden Sea. Blood Sea Venerable said the operation should begin within three hundred years and promised Gongzhi Yang a Purgatory Clan divine envoy’s blood to help him break through, leaving Gongzhi Yang concerned about the sect’s need for spirit blood.

• Gongzhi Yang entered Heavenly Demon Island’s forbidden hall and reported to Blood Sea Venerable that a masked cultivator had thwarted his mission.
• Blood Sea Venerable tested Gongzhi Yang’s account, then ordered him to stop gathering spirit blood to avoid provoking the Immortal Alliance.
• Gongzhi Yang told Blood Sea Venerable that his trusted Nascent Soul Cultivators had mastered the secret art and prepared Blood Path runes for the planned journey to Seal Boundary Island.
• Gongzhi Yang urged Blood Sea Venerable to act soon, but Blood Sea Venerable explained that the joint assault on the Forbidden Sea had to await coordination among the human and Demon races’ peak powers.
• Blood Sea Venerable said the assault would begin within three hundred years at most and promised to give Gongzhi Yang a Purgatory Clan divine envoy’s blood to aid his breakthrough.
• Gongzhi Yang thanked Blood Sea Venerable, then asked whether the Blood Fiend Gate truly no longer needed to gather spirit blood.

Blood Sea Venerable ordered Gongzhi Yang to retrieve materials so he could refine a replacement Blood Linglong before the coming battle. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng was caught in a sweeping Heaven-Peering Mirror inspection in Sea Suppressing Immortal City, where concealed Nascent Soul cultivators were detained; he tried to leave before his own identity or purpose attracted attention.

• Blood Sea Venerable told Gongzhi Yang to return to the sect for the stored Spirit Materials so he could personally refine another Blood Linglong.
• Cheng Buzheng arrived at Sea Suppressing Immortal City as the Heaven-Peering Mirror exposed concealed appearances and cultivations throughout the Teleportation Hall.
• A disguised Nascent Soul True Lord prepared to resist, but Sea Suppressing Alliance cultivators ordered everyone to cooperate and Venerable Zongbao compelled the demonic-path cultivators to submit.
• Cheng Buzheng recognized the Heaven-Peering Mirror as an inherited supreme treasure whose inspection had nearly exposed his disguise.
• After the detained Nascent Soul cultivators were taken away, Cheng Buzheng headed for a central Teleportation Array to leave the city, suspecting the crackdown might relate to his destruction of the Helian Immortal Clan.

After destroying the Helian Immortal Clan, Cheng Buzheng escaped the Sea Suppressing Alliance’s citywide search and returned to Immortal Alliance City, where he began cultivating and sorting his spoils. Zhao Han learned of the clan’s destruction and suspected that Chu Yao had received help from someone within the Sea Suppressing Alliance.

• Cheng Buzheng reasoned that the Sea Suppressing Alliance’s crackdown stemmed from the destruction of the Helian Immortal Clan’s Spirit Vein, then escaped Sea Suppressing Immortal City through the teleportation array.
• The Sea Suppressing Alliance used Heaven-Peering Treasure Mirrors and mobilized its forces to capture suspicious Nascent Soul Cultivators across its Immortal Cities.
• Cheng Buzheng passed Storage Bags to his Myriad Transformation Dao Body, disguised himself as an old monk, and returned to his cave abode in Immortal Alliance City.
• Cheng Buzheng found that Little Roar had advanced to the middle fourth tier, then swallowed a Nine-Aperture Creation Pill and began refining it.
• The Myriad Transformation Dao Body sorted the Helian Immortal Clan’s plundered goods for the family’s younger generation and began dismantling the clan’s small Teleportation Array.
• Zhao Han learned that the Helian Immortal Clan and Helian Island had been destroyed, then suspected Chu Yao had evaded the Heaven-Peering Mirror with help from someone tied to the Sea Suppressing Alliance.

Zhao Han investigated the two cultivators implicated in the Helian Immortal Clan’s destruction, while Ancestor Shi’s clan prepared to target the Helian branch on Xiao Li Island. After hearing signs that the branch had received powerful reinforcements, Ancestor Shi chose a cautious plan to let another force test its strength first.

• A Golden Core Cultivator told Zhao Han that recordings showed two masked or disguised Nascent Soul Cultivators involved in the Helian Immortal Clan’s destruction, and Zhao Han ordered a search of the Profound Wind Sea Region for them.
• Three Shi Immortal Clan elders near the end of their lifespans asked Ancestor Shi to bring them on the expedition, but he initially told them to return.
• A clansman reported that the Helian branch had stopped selling its assets, tightened security on Xiao Li Island, and seen a surge in mortals with spiritual roots.
• Elder Xuanhui proposed using another force to test Xiao Li Island’s defenses before the Shi Immortal Clan intervened, and Ancestor Shi approved the cautious plan.

Stone Ancestor assigned the clan’s mission and left three aging elders to choose between peaceful retirement and a final breakthrough attempt. Cheng Buzheng gave Chu Daofeng a Nascent Soul Breaking Pill, then reviewed intelligence before a battle erupted on Xiao Li Island between the Helian Immortal Clan and masked Golden Core cultivators.

• Stone Ancestor assigned everyone their duties, and three clan elders nearing the end of their lifespans chose to make a desperate attempt at breaking through.
• Cheng Buzheng’s Myriad Transformation Dao Body separated rare Spirit Materials from the teleportation spirit platform and traveled through an Immortal City to Immortal Alliance City.
• Cheng Buzheng handed in his mission, visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and gave Chu Daofeng a Nascent Soul Breaking Pill to aid his breakthrough.
• Cheng Buzheng reviewed intelligence about the Sea Suppressing Alliance’s Heaven-Peering Mirror and noted that he would conceal his appearance when using the Chaos Tribulation Array.
• Helian Duanfei and his allies arrived at Xiao Li Island, where Helian Duanfei used a white-bone Identity Token to kill six masked Golden Core cultivators and free the Helian clan members they had besieged.
• The remaining masked cultivators attacked again, and Helian Duanfei led the Helian Immortal Clan into a desperate battle to protect their mortal descendants.

Ancestor Shi watched as Helian Duanfei destroyed Xiao Li Island and its inhabitants in a desperate final attack, then killed Cui Xiu and ordered his clan to search the ruins. A day later, Cheng Buzheng read a Shadow Hall report that a branch of the Helian Immortal Clan had been wiped out.

• Ancestor Shi delayed the Shi Immortal Clan's attack, waiting for the Helian Immortal Clan to be cornered while masked cultivators overwhelmed its Golden Core fighters.
• Helian Duanfei sacrificed his Magic Power, essence blood, and divine soul to unleash a devastating blast that destroyed Xiao Li Island, its mortal descendants, and the masked cultivators around him.
• Cui Xiu survived the blast with the aid of a defensive divine ability, but Ancestor Shi intercepted and killed him when he tried to flee.
• Ancestor Shi ordered his clansmen to scour the sea region for the Helian Immortal Clan's treasures, while other Helian branches also suffered slaughter.
• A day later, Cheng Buzheng received Shadow Hall intelligence and read that a branch of the Helian Immortal Clan had been wiped out.

Cheng Buzheng reviewed intelligence about Xiao Li Island’s destruction, accepted Ancestor Shi’s tribute of ten Yin-Yang Nirvana Pills, and tested the pills before setting out in disguise. In Immortal Alliance City, he bought a rare Heavenly Spirit Purple Ginseng from a young stall owner at the price of ordinary Purple-Leaf Ginseng and left without revealing its true value.

• Cheng Buzheng read a report linking the Shi Immortal Clan to the destruction of the Helian Immortal Clan and the deaths on Xiao Li Island.
• Ancestor Shi denied responsibility for the mortals’ deaths and gave Cheng Buzheng a bottle of ten Yin-Yang Nirvana Pills in hopes of securing leniency.
• Cheng Buzheng tested the pills for tampering, confirmed they were safe, and left the Immortal Alliance Headquarters in disguise.
• Cheng Buzheng bought several medicines from a young stall owner, including a Heavenly Spirit Purple Ginseng mistaken for ordinary Purple-Leaf Ginseng, and gave the owner his Storage Bag.
• An old cultivator recognized the precious medicine after Cheng Buzheng had left, and the young stall owner realized he had sold it for far too little.

Cheng Buzheng secretly transferred the [Yin-Yang Nirvana Pills] to his true body, then took safer missions while impersonating Hall Master Chu. Seven years later, he had amassed more than three hundred thousand Contribution Points and many other treasures, leaving him just over two hundred thousand short of exchanging for [Stellar Gang Sha].

• Cheng Buzheng used a Soul Puppet to stage a stall transaction that transferred the [Yin-Yang Nirvana Pills] to his true body, then resumed Hall Master Chu's appearance and reviewed the Supervision Hall's affairs.
• Zhao Han reviewed intelligence on Nascent Soul cultivators, suspected Chu Yao was concealing people, and learned that Chu Daofeng had entered a twenty-year retreat to seek a breakthrough.
• Cheng Buzheng accepted an ordinary Internal Affairs Hall mission and decided to avoid the high-risk missions issued by Venerables.
• Over seven years, Cheng Buzheng hunted Evil Cultivators and demonic fiends, using Hall Master Chu's connections with Shangguan Qingyu's permission to locate his targets.
• Cheng Buzheng accumulated more than three hundred thousand Contribution Points and collected Spirit Pills and treasures, selling unsuitable items for Spirit Stones and transferring the valuable items to his true body.

Cheng Buzheng returned to Immortal Alliance City as Chu Daofeng’s breakthrough stirred a heavenly sign that lasted three more years before vanishing, confirming Chu Daofeng had reached the Nascent Soul Realm. Shangguan Qingyu hosted a congratulatory banquet for him, where cultivators gathered and Hall Master Wei left her a sealed gift, while Chu Daofeng had yet to arrive.

• Cheng Buzheng returned to Immortal Alliance City, saw the heavenly fire over Immortal Mansion Spirit Mountain, and went to hand in his mission.
• Three years later, Chu Daofeng’s heavenly sign vanished, and Shangguan Qingyu received news that he had successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Shangguan Qingyu replied to congratulatory messages and prepared to receive guests as Chu Daofeng’s Dao companion.
• Three months later, Shangguan Qingyu hosted Chu Daofeng’s banquet, where Golden Core cultivators sought guidance from the attending Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Hall Master Wei gave Shangguan Qingyu a sealed Jade Box and asked her to pass his greetings to Chu Daofeng, who had not yet arrived.

Chu Daofeng attended his celebration after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, then learned that Hall Master Fang had found a map to True Lord Wondrous Pill’s Abandoned Mansion. They agreed to investigate the mansion together, hoping to obtain a Nascent Soul Breaking Pill for Shangguan Qingyu, while Chu Daofeng avoided asking his disguised grandfather for help.

• Chu Daofeng greeted the gathered cultivators and mingled with the Nascent Soul True Lords alongside Shangguan Qingyu.
• True Lord Fang told Chu Daofeng that he had found a map to True Lord Wondrous Pill’s Abandoned Mansion but had failed to break its formation alone.
• Chu Daofeng thanked True Lord Fang, who proposed seeking Hall Master Chu’s help to break the formation.
• Chu Daofeng explained that his grandfather was focused on making a final attempt to reach Spirit Transformation and proposed that he and True Lord Fang inspect the formation first.
• True Lord Fang set out terms for dividing the Abandoned Mansion’s pills and other treasures, giving Chu Daofeng the pills that could advance Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation.

Chu Daofeng celebrated his breakthrough at a banquet, where Cheng Buzheng, disguised as Hall Master Chu, teased him and bestowed a precious magic treasure on Shangguan Qingyu. The banquet proceeded with congratulations and gifts as Chu Daofeng happily accepted toasts.

• Chu Daofeng thanked Hall Master Fang for agreeing to explore the Abandoned Mansion together and returned to the banquet.
• Chu Daofeng told the guests that he would delay his Nascent Soul Ceremony for a few years to hold it alongside his Dual Cultivation Ceremony.
• Cheng Buzheng, appearing as Hall Master Chu, scolded Chu Daofeng for the resources spent on his breakthrough and gave Shangguan Qingyu a mid-grade Magic Treasure.
• Shangguan Qingyu accepted the treasure after Hall Master Chu urged her to call him Grandfather, while the guests teased her and Chu Daofeng.
• Shangguan Qingyu pinched Chu Daofeng in anger, and he hurried to coax her as the guests took their seats.
• Cheng Buzheng began the banquet, where cultivators presented gifts to Chu Daofeng and he accepted toasts from the guests.

After Chu Daofeng’s banquet, Cheng Buzheng gave him detailed advice about Nascent Soul cultivation and warned him not to mix the breathing arts of different cultivation methods. Chu Daofeng later joined Shangguan Qingyu to open the banquet’s congratulatory gifts, finding many valuable items but no treasure to aid her breakthrough.

• Cheng Buzheng gave Shangguan Qingyu a mid-grade chain Magic Treasure as an advance wedding gift, and she accepted it.
• Chu Daofeng asked Cheng Buzheng about Nascent Soul cultivation, and Cheng Buzheng warned him against swapping the Nascent Soul Breathing Arts paired with different cultivation methods.
• Cheng Buzheng explained Nascent Soul cultivation taboos to Chu Daofeng for four hours before they parted.
• Chu Daofeng returned to Shangguan Qingyu and persuaded her to stay and open the congratulatory gifts together.
• Shangguan Qingyu opened the Jade Boxes, revealing spirit medicines, pills, spirit mines, and other Spiritual Items, while Chu Daofeng read the congratulatory messages.

Shangguan Qingyu and Chu Daofeng opened their congratulatory gifts, discovering treasures that offered hope for her breakthrough and learning of a dangerous expedition to seek a Nascent Soul Breaking Pill. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng settled affairs and set out on a new mission as a major breakthrough in Jin Kingdom prompted Rogue Cultivators to consider fleeing.

• Shangguan Qingyu opened the gifts and found a Creation Womb-Nurturing Pill, while Chu Daofeng found no immediate breakthrough aid among the other treasures.
• Shangguan Qingyu revealed Hall Master Wei's gift, a bottle of Purple Crystal Essence Dew, and Chu Daofeng explained that he planned to explore True Lord Wondrous Pill's Abandoned Mansion with Hall Master Fang to seek a Nascent Soul Breaking Pill.
• Cheng Buzheng finished reviewing Shadow Hall intelligence and receiving visiting Nascent Soul True Lords, then exchanged or sorted his accumulated treasures and accepted a new mission after learning one target's approximate whereabouts.
• A powerful heavenly sign appeared over Green Wood Sect, and an Outer Sect Disciple told cultivators in Green Wood Immortal City that a Golden Core cultivator was breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The elderly Rogue Cultivators feared that Green Wood Sect's rise would destabilize Jin Kingdom and resolved to leave before the sect's expansion affected them.

Cheng Changqing reported news of True Person Murong’s attempted breakthrough to Cheng Mingli, who rewarded him and reflected on the Cheng family’s hidden lineage and his own ties to the North Azure Sect. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng found Moon Evil Lord Yin’s hidden cave and attacked him, forcing the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator to reveal his defenses as their battle began.

• Cheng Changqing learned that True Person Murong of the Green Wood Sect was attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and hurried back to the North Azure Sect with the news.
• Cheng Mingli rewarded Cheng Changqing with Spirit Pills, then reflected on the Cheng family’s secret lineage, the dangers facing its ambitious cultivators, and his own limited prospects in the inland regions.
• Cheng Mingli departed the North Azure Sect toward the Yue Kingdom to deliver the news as Cheng Buzheng reached Moon Evil Lord Yin’s hidden island in the Boundless Sea.
• Cheng Buzheng struck the mountain concealing Moon Evil Lord Yin’s cave, triggering an explosion that devastated nearly half the island and brought the two cultivators face-to-face.
• Moon Evil Lord Yin recognized that Cheng Buzheng was likely from the Immortal Alliance, and Cheng Buzheng unleashed a powerful sword attack that prompted Yin to summon a black full moon and spread black Light Screens across the sky.

Cheng Buzheng fought Moon Evil Lord Yin, who used a domain-enhanced black moon and a deceptive escape technique before fleeing into the Boundless Sea. Meanwhile, Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang reached True Lord Wondrous Pill’s Abandoned Mansion, but a masked Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator stole the Beast Skin map, forcing them to flee in opposite directions.

• Moon Evil Lord Yin’s domain weakened Cheng Buzheng’s sword light, but Cheng Buzheng’s defensive divine ability withstood the black moon.
• Moon Evil Lord Yin conjured a river resembling the legendary Netherworld Demon River, then used it to escape as Cheng Buzheng unleashed four sword techniques.
• Cheng Buzheng realized Moon Evil Lord Yin had used a deceptive escape divine ability and pursued him across the Boundless Sea.
• Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang traveled to the Golden Sun Desert and began opening True Lord Wondrous Pill’s Abandoned Mansion with a Beast Skin map.
• A masked cultivator of at least Nascent Soul Late Stage stole the Beast Skin map and caused the mansion’s gateway to vanish.
• Hall Master Fang and Chu Daofeng attacked the masked cultivator, then fled in opposite directions after sensing his cultivation.

A masked group captured Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang in the Golden Sun Desert and took them to a sealed cavern. Their leader demanded that Chu Daofeng provide Innate Gang Sha and Earthly Turbid Qi, and Chu Daofeng declared the demand impossible and challenged them to fight.

• A masked leader used a Jade Tray and four Black Robe cultivators to trap Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang in a black-mist array.
• The leader's group captured both cultivators, sealed their powers, and carried them away from the Golden Sun Desert.
• In a sealed cavern, the captors awakened Hall Master Fang and Chu Daofeng, who had pretended to remain unconscious.
• A masked cultivator called Chu Daofeng the Little God of Wealth and said his captors would spare them only if he paid.
• The masked leader demanded Innate Gang Sha and Earthly Turbid Qi for his cultivation, and Chu Daofeng said his grandfather could not meet the demand and challenged the captors to fight.