Chapter Summaries

Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang were captured by masked cultivators, who forced them to arrange a trade with Chu Yao for spiritual items. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng pursued Moon Evil Lord Yin and trapped his Netherworld Long River in a chaotic great array, leaving the demon lord under mounting pressure.

• A masked cultivator stopped his subordinate from killing Chu Daofeng and offered him a choice between Innate Gang Sha and Earthly Turbid Qi in exchange for his life.
• Chu Daofeng agreed to the deal, inscribed the masked man's requirements onto a Jade Slip, and silently placed his hopes in Cheng Buzheng.
• The masked cultivators knocked Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang unconscious after extracting information about their resources and Cave Mansion.
• The masked man explained that the group would have to exchange Chu Daofeng for the spiritual items because Chu Yao would not hand them over otherwise.
• Cheng Buzheng caught up with Moon Evil Lord Yin and used four swords to form a chaotic great array around the Netherworld Long River.
• Moon Evil Lord Yin raised a black moon and deployed a dense black domain to withstand the array's violent tide of chaos.

Cheng Buzheng used the [Chaos Tribulation Array] to overcome Moon Evil Lord Yin’s desperate escape attempt and destroy him, though the battle exhausted four of his magic treasures. He recovered a mysterious silver page from the sea and left to inspect it later.

• Moon Evil Lord Yin sacrificed his treasures and used a self-mutilating secret technique to strengthen the Netherworld Long River after Cheng Buzheng’s domain began to fail.
• After the domain shattered, Moon Evil Lord Yin used his life-bound curved blade and the river’s power to push through the chaotic tides toward the boundary wall.
• Cheng Buzheng strengthened the [Chaos Tribulation Array], and its surging tides erased the Netherworld Long River and killed Moon Evil Lord Yin.
• Cheng Buzheng recovered an intact silver page from where Moon Evil Lord Yin perished, then stored it and departed after confirming no one else was nearby.
• Cheng Buzheng reflected that the mission had cost him four mid-grade magic treasures but hoped the silver page would prove valuable.

After learning that Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang had been abducted, Cheng Buzheng agreed to pay the demanded dragon-attributed Innate Gang Sha, despite the loss of his hard-earned Contribution Points. He proposed that he and Shangguan Qingyu seek Hall Master Chu’s help before attempting the dangerous exchange.

• Shangguan Qingyu received a Jade Slip and discovered that Chu Daofeng had been abducted and was being held for ransom.
• Cheng Buzheng returned to Immortal Alliance City and met Shangguan Qingyu, who asked him to help Chu Daofeng.
• Cheng Buzheng examined the Jade Slip and confirmed that its origin power belonged to Chu Daofeng; the ransom demanded a portion of dragon-attributed Innate Gang Sha.
• Shangguan Qingyu explained that Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang had become targets after plans to explore True Lord Wondrous Pill’s Abandoned Mansion, and that the abductors had left no reliable trace.
• Cheng Buzheng agreed to exchange Contribution Points for the ransom but warned that powerful Nascent Soul cultivators had likely captured the two men.
• Cheng Buzheng proposed that he and Shangguan Qingyu ask Hall Master Chu to join the rescue and oversee the exchange.

Cheng Buzheng learned that Chu Daofeng’s grandfather had secretly died and that the Origin Pearl concealed his death, then promised Shangguan Qingyu he would handle Chu Daofeng’s rescue. He tested the mysterious silver page without success, while an unknown masked group monitored his movements and discussed Chu Yao.

• Shangguan Qingyu revealed that Hall Master Chu had died in meditation and used a secret art to preserve the power in his Origin Pearl and keep his death hidden.
• Cheng Buzheng realized the Origin Pearl could not support a Supervision Hall rescue, but promised Shangguan Qingyu he would redeem Chu Daofeng and told her to treat the Jade Slip as never received.
• Cheng Buzheng returned to the Supervision Hall, tested the silver page with Magic Power, soul power, physical force, and artifact-refining techniques, and failed to change or damage it.
• Over the following month, Cheng Buzheng reviewed Shadow Hall intelligence, cleared official business, and sent warnings to powers violating Immortal Alliance regulations, receiving gifts from visiting Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Black Robe reported to a masked man that Chu Yao had stayed in the Supervision Hall and that the Jade Slip had reached him through Shangguan Qingyu; the masked man then asked what Hall Master Chu had been doing.

Cheng Buzheng entered Heavenly Demon City disguised as Hall Master Chu and witnessed the brutality of the Demonic Path Alliance before drawing the attention of greedy cultivators. After leaving the city, he sensed pursuers and stopped to confront them, while a masked Black Robe monitored events from the city gate.

• Black Robe received news from Immortal Alliance City and told his subordinate to wait for Chu Daofeng to arrive for the planned transaction.
• Cheng Buzheng traveled through Sea Suppressing Immortal City to Heavenly Demon City while wearing Hall Master Chu’s face and a bamboo hat.
• Cheng Buzheng observed the city’s shops selling corpse puppets, ghost spirits, spirit blood, living cultivators, and other goods made through ruthless practices.
• Several demonic cultivators targeted Cheng Buzheng as he left the city, while Black Robe used a Light Screen to reveal that he was a powerful Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Cheng Buzheng flew beyond the city’s safe zone, sensed cultivators following him, and stopped to ask what they wanted.

Cheng Buzheng killed eight demonic cultivators who ambushed him, then continued posing as Hall Master Chu to negotiate for Chu Daofeng’s return. He handed over a sealed bag containing what appeared to be Violet Zenith Gang Sha and arrived with his guide at the masked man’s island, where the masked man received a report before sending the guide away.

• Cheng Buzheng revealed his Nascent Soul pressure and slew the eight Golden Core demonic cultivators with a single sword strike, then collected their Storage Bags.
• A black-robed cultivator told the masked man that Chu Yao had likely left Heavenly Demon City alone, and the masked man ordered the original plan to proceed.
• Cheng Buzheng, disguised as Hall Master Chu, confronted a black-robed guide on an island and demanded to know where Chu Daofeng was.
• The guide demanded sincerity, so Hall Master Chu offered a sealed Storage Bag containing Innate Gang Sha that appeared to be Violet Zenith Gang Sha.
• The guide led Hall Master Chu to another island, where the masked man received the guide’s report and sent him back down to the island.

Hall Master Chu negotiated with the masked man to exchange the Innate Gang Sha in a restricted Storage Bag for Chu Daofeng and Hall Master Fang. After both captives were released from their seals and inspected, the exchange continued with Hall Master Chu checking Chu Daofeng for tampering before the masked man took him back as a hostage.

• Hall Master Chu displayed the restricted Storage Bag, and the masked man signaled for Hall Master Fang to be brought out and unsealed.
• Hall Master Chu refused to hand over the Storage Bag for Hall Master Fang alone and agreed to a one-for-one exchange after inspecting him.
• Hall Master Fang walked thirty zhang away so Hall Master Chu could examine him, then returned to the masked man's side.
• The masked man brought out Chu Daofeng, whose seal was removed, and Hall Master Fang was told to act as insurance for him.
• Hall Master Chu insisted on inspecting Chu Daofeng before Hall Master Fang sealed him, and the masked man brought Chu Daofeng within range for the inspection.
• Hall Master Chu found no tampering, and the masked man took Chu Daofeng hostage and led him back.

Hall Master Chu and his allies completed the exchange for Chu Daofeng, but Hall Master Fang betrayed them and the masked man trapped them in a formation. Cheng Buzheng then revealed himself and unleashed the [Chaos Tribulation Array], leaving Zhao Han and the others struggling as Chu Yao confronted the betrayal.

• Hall Master Fang resealed Chu Daofeng, and Hall Master Chu secretly taught him the Dao Seal needed to remove the Storage Bag’s restrictions.
• Hall Master Fang undid the Storage Bag’s restrictions while Hall Master Chu insisted that Chu Daofeng be released; Hall Master Fang then grabbed Chu Daofeng and fled to Hall Master Chu as the masked man’s side seized the bag.
• The masked man activated a formation around the island, and Hall Master Fang attacked Hall Master Chu, who used a teleportation treasure to escape with Chu Daofeng.
• Cheng Buzheng appeared above the island and used the [Chaos Tribulation Array] to destroy the enemy formation.
• The masked man, revealed to be Zhao Han, realized Chu Yao had anticipated Hall Master Fang’s betrayal as the group struggled against Cheng Buzheng’s array.

Cheng Buzheng exposed Zhao Han and his allies, then destroyed them with the Chaos Tribulation Array and rescued Chu Daofeng. After freeing Chu Daofeng, he explained Zhao Han’s plan to undermine his path to Spirit Transformation, leaving them aware of the threat Zhao Han posed to their positions and future.

• Zhao Han, Fang Qing, True Lord Zangyu, and the other black-robed cultivators revealed themselves and tried to outlast Cheng Buzheng’s formation.
• Cheng Buzheng unleashed the Chaos Tribulation Array, annihilated the six Nascent Soul cultivators, and returned from the chaotic world after his Life-Bound Magic Treasure grew stronger.
• Cheng Buzheng used the exhausted Teleportation Guiding Jade to bring Chu Daofeng to safety, then removed the seals that had suppressed Chu Daofeng’s Nascent Soul strength.
• Chu Daofeng asked about Fang Qing’s betrayal, and Cheng Buzheng explained that he had suspected Fang Qing and learned of his plans from Shangguan.
• Cheng Buzheng revealed that the masked cultivator had been Zhao Han and identified True Lord Zangyu, True Lord Minggong, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators as Zhao Han’s allies.
• Cheng Buzheng explained that Zhao Han had used Chu Daofeng and the proposed Innate Gang Sha trade to drain his Contribution Points and obstruct his preparations for breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

Cheng Buzheng concealed his role in Zhao Han’s coming death and prepared Chu Daofeng to keep the secret, while arranging for Hall Master Chu’s death to remain hidden. Chu Daofeng repaid Cheng Buzheng for saving him by revealing the location of Houtu Turbid Qi, but warned him that the forbidden land could kill even Spirit Transformation Venerables.

• Cheng Buzheng told Chu Daofeng that Blood Sea Venerable would deal with Zhao Han and the others, and warned him to keep their involvement secret.
• Cheng Buzheng showed Chu Daofeng the nearly ruined Origin Pearl and claimed its power had been spent when Venerable Daoyuan summoned him.
• Chu Daofeng revealed that his grandfather, Hall Master Chu, had passed away in meditation, and Cheng Buzheng advised postponing the disclosure until the current turmoil passed.
• Chu Daofeng gave Cheng Buzheng a Storage Bag with supplies and a Jade Slip recording the location of Houtu Turbid Qi as repayment for saving him.
• Chu Daofeng warned Cheng Buzheng not to enter the forbidden land before reaching Nascent Soul Great Perfection, since even Spirit Transformation Venerables faced mortal danger there.

After Zhao Han’s death was reported, Venerable Tianzhao mobilized the Immortal Alliance and suspected Blood Sea Venerable, while Chu Daofeng and Shangguan Qingyu covered their tracks. Fleeing the Heavenly Demon Sea Region, Cheng Buzheng discovered Blood Sea Venerable cultivating and was pursued despite using his escape techniques.

• Cheng Buzheng and Chu Daofeng parted near Heavenly Demon City after agreeing to clear away the traces before the Origin Pearl became unusable.
• A Nascent Soul cultivator reported Zhao Han’s death to Venerable Tianzhao, who summoned the deputy alliance leaders and identified Blood Sea Venerable as the chief suspect.
• Chu Daofeng returned to Immortal Alliance City and worked with Shangguan Qingyu to fabricate traces and prepare a contingency.
• Cheng Buzheng hurried to rendezvous with his Myriad Transformation Dao Body, but sensed a vast blood sea and recognized Blood Sea Venerable cultivating there.
• Blood Sea Venerable noticed Cheng Buzheng, pursued him across the void, and dismissed his attempt to escape by merging into it.

Cheng Buzheng escaped Blood Sea Venerable by using a Teleportation Guiding Jade, then checked that he had left no clues behind. Meanwhile, Cheng Mingli brought news about the Ancestress to Cheng Liu and asked for help leaving his sect to cultivate in the Boundless Sea, but they could not reach the Ancestor.

• Blood Sea Venerable's power shook Cheng Buzheng out of the void, but Cheng Buzheng vanished just as the sea of blood engulfed him.
• Cheng Buzheng emerged on a desolate island, confirmed his identity and aura were concealed, then left for a medium-sized demonic city while his Myriad Dao Incarnation turned back to meet him.
• Cheng Mingli arrived at Cheng Liu's underground plaza and reported the news Cheng Changqing had gathered about the Ancestress, including a strange phenomenon above the Green Wood Sect.
• Cheng Mingli asked Cheng Liu to help him leave the North Azure Sect and cultivate in the Boundless Sea; Cheng Liu said only the Ancestor could intervene and advised him to make the request when reporting the news.
• Cheng Liu tried to contact the Ancestor through a Puppet, but received no response, so he told Cheng Mingli to return while he waited for an opportunity to ask on his behalf.

The Immortal Alliance investigated the deaths of Zhao Han and several Supervision Hall cultivators, while Ning Taibai questioned Chu Daofeng and helped conceal his involvement. After the danger was redirected through Ning Taibai, Cheng Buzheng assumed the guise of a wicked monk and approached Heavenly Demon City.

• Deputy alliance masters reported that Zhao Han and four other Mortal Cultivators had last appeared in Heavenly Demon City and died at nearly the same time, prompting Venerable Tianzhao to suspect Blood Sea Venerable.
• Ning Taibai questioned Chu Daofeng about Fang Qing and Zhao Han, and Chu Daofeng claimed he had parted from Fang Qing after exploring an empty Abandoned Mansion.
• Ning Taibai accepted Chu Daofeng's account, urged him to hide their meeting from outsiders, and promised to handle the Supervision Hall's vacancies while Chu Yao remained in seclusion.
• After Ning Taibai left, Chu Daofeng reflected that Cheng Buzheng had arranged for the clues to reach Ning Taibai so he would clean up the remaining danger.
• Cheng Buzheng reached the sea beyond Heavenly Demon City, absorbed the guise of a sinister old man into his shadow, transformed into a wicked monk, and headed for the city.

Cheng Buzheng tried to escape Heavenly Demon City after Blood Sea Venerable and Venerable Tianzhao appeared and began fighting. He reached Immortal Alliance City by teleportation, while Blood Sea Venerable returned to punish the cultivators who had violated the alliance’s rules.

• Blood Sea Venerable and Venerable Tianzhao confronted each other above Heavenly Demon City, sending its cultivators fleeing toward the gates and Teleportation Hall.
• Blood Sea Venerable froze the fleeing crowd with his pressure, then left to face Venerable Tianzhao beyond the city.
• Cheng Buzheng hurried to the Teleportation Hall, used his Nascent Soul pressure to reach the front of the line, and disguised his aura before teleporting to Sea Suppressing Immortal City.
• Cheng Buzheng obeyed the rules in Sea Suppressing Immortal City and then teleported onward to Immortal Alliance City.
• After the battle, Blood Sea Venerable returned to Heavenly Demon City and seized hidden cultivators who had violated the alliance’s rules.
• Blood Sea Venerable absorbed the captured cultivators into a blood river, killing them as a warning to the city.

Cheng Buzheng learned that Murong Wanwan was attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and gave Cheng Liu a way to help Cheng Mingli leave the North Azure Sect. Back in his cave mansion, he examined a jade slip that placed the rare Houtu Turbid Qi deep inside the Forbidden Sea, in the perilous Thunder Abyss.

• Cheng Buzheng sensed Cheng Liu’s message after returning to Immortal Alliance City and contacted him, learning that Murong Wanwan was undergoing a promising Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Cheng Liu asked Cheng Buzheng to arrange for Cheng Mingli to leave the North Azure Sect after training another Foundation Establishment cultivator, and Cheng Buzheng recorded a concealment method in the family inheritance Jade Slip.
• Cheng Buzheng warned Cheng Liu to handle the North Azure Sect’s Spirit Medicine matters carefully and to report any changes involving Green Wood Sect.
• Cheng Buzheng returned to his cave mansion, checked messages from neighboring Nascent Soul cultivators, and replied that he would visit them later.
• Cheng Buzheng examined Chu Daofeng’s Jade Slip and discovered that Houtu Turbid Qi lay deep in the Forbidden Sea, within the dangerous Thunder Abyss.

Cheng Buzheng advanced to the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, stabilized his cultivation, and prepared to break through using precious spiritual treasures. As he began the breakthrough on Immortal Mansion Spirit Mountain, a vast surge of Spirit Energy drew the attention of nearby cultivators.

• Cheng Buzheng studied Chu Daofeng's Jade Slip map of the Thunder Abyss, then swallowed a Nine-Aperture Creation Pill and began cultivating.
• The Myriad Transformation Dao Body refined more than a dozen demonic Magic Treasures into Spirit Materials while Fudao Hall remained without major orders.
• News arrived that Hall Master Chu had died during a failed attempt to break through to the Spirit Transformation realm, while the heavenly omen above Green Wood Sect remained unchanged.
• After decades of cultivation, Cheng Buzheng reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage and examined a Nine-Bend Strange Spirit Gold Ginseng and a Heavenly Unity Spirit Pill for his future breakthrough.
• Cheng Buzheng stabilized his cultivation, visited his new neighbors, and closed Fudao Hall after the Myriad Transformation Dao Body disappeared.
• A massive surge of Spirit Energy gathered above Immortal Mansion Spirit Mountain, prompting nearby cultivators to speculate about a senior's breakthrough.

Cheng Buzheng used the Nine-Bend Strange Spirit Gold Ginseng and Heavenly Unity Spirit Pill to break through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, then spent half a year consolidating his cultivation before returning to Fudao Hall to fulfill overdue commissions. Meanwhile, Murong Wanwan also broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and True Lord Feng Ling gave her a Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill to strengthen her cultivation and Phoenix Spirit Body.

• Cheng Buzheng shattered his bottleneck with the Heavenly Unity Spirit Pill and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Cheng Buzheng spent half a year stabilizing his new realm, then concealed his cultivation and went to Fudao Hall to complete its delayed orders.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Creation Small Plate to deduce the required Magic Treasure diagrams and Alchemical Formulas, then began refining the commissions.
• The strange phenomenon over the Green Wood Sect ended, and True Lord Feng Ling went to the ancient tower where Murong Wanwan had completed her breakthrough.
• True Lord Feng Ling told Murong Wanwan to call her Senior Sister outside the sect and gave her a Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill to refine.

Murong Wanwan was trapped after True Lord Feng Ling used the Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill to seal her, then tried to break through the Soul Seed protecting her Sea of Consciousness. Though Feng Ling left to seek materials for a complete breakthrough, Murong Wanwan used her Soul Puppet to contact the Cheng family, and Cheng Mingli set out with her to deliver a message to her ancestor.

• True Lord Feng Ling gave Murong Wanwan the Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill, and Murong Wanwan swallowed it to stabilize her cultivation.
• The pill sealed Murong Wanwan’s powers, and True Lord Feng Ling admitted she had targeted her Phoenix Spirit Body.
• True Lord Feng Ling discovered the Soul Seed protecting Murong Wanwan’s Sea of Consciousness and used a secret art that could only shake it; she left to seek materials for a formation that could remove it completely.
• Murong Wanwan secretly controlled her Soul Puppet and sent it from Green Wood Immortal City to meet Cheng Mingli near the North Azure Sect.
• Murong Wanwan revealed herself to Cheng Mingli, gave him a Jade Slip for her ancestor, and left with him aboard a Flying Boat.

Cheng Buzheng received Murong Wanwan’s urgent message and learned something that enraged him, prompting him to prepare to leave at once. He gathered Spirit Stones and began deducing Cosmic Pole Escape, with his next move aimed at Murong Wanwan’s situation.

• At the Jin Kingdom border, True Lord Murong sent Cheng Mingli onward with a sealed Jade Slip for Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Buzheng finished a spirit hammer Magic Treasure, branded it with “Grand Origin One,” and was contacted by Cheng Liu and Cheng Mingli.
• Cheng Mingli delivered Murong Wanwan’s Jade Slip, and Cheng Buzheng read it before setting out immediately, leaving Cheng Mingli in Cheng Liu’s care.
• Back in Fudao Hall, Cheng Buzheng gathered nearly all his Spirit Stones and converted them into Deduction Value.
• Cheng Buzheng used his Deduction Value to begin upgrading Cosmic Pole Escape, fearing for Murong Wanwan’s safety.

Cheng Buzheng used the Heavenly Jade Disc to upgrade [Cosmic Pole Escape], [One Sword Tilts the Heavens], and [Great Luo Dharma Eye] to fifth-grade divine abilities. After weighing his remaining options, he chose to upgrade [Crossing Tribulation Divine Light], and its deduction began.

• Cheng Buzheng upgraded [Cosmic Pole Escape], increasing its escape speed and strengthening its [Void Escape Travel] profundity.
• Cheng Buzheng upgraded [One Sword Tilts the Heavens] to fifth grade, greatly increasing its power and granting it the [Sword River Domain Breaker] profundity.
• Cheng Buzheng upgraded [Great Luo Dharma Eye] to fifth grade, improving its ability to see through disguises and divine abilities and enhancing [Celestial Cycle Divination].
• Cheng Buzheng decided to postpone upgrading [Heaven-Covering Transformation] and chose [Crossing Tribulation Divine Light] as his next target.
• Cheng Buzheng converted Spirit Stones into Deduction Value and began deducing [Crossing Tribulation Divine Light].