Chapter Summaries

Cheng Buzheng mastered the fifth-grade Crossing Tribulation Divine Light and chose to cultivate Great Luo Dharma Eye so he could better plan Murong Wanwan’s rescue. After setting out with Cheng Mingli, he headed toward the Jin Kingdom as True Lord Feng Ling awaited a promised Thousand-Year Wutong Tree Heart at the Green Wood Sect.

• Cheng Buzheng deduced Crossing Tribulation Divine Light to the fifth grade, gaining the Evil-Warding Mysterious Yang ability to resist sinister forces and soul attacks.
• With little time to rescue Murong Wanwan, Cheng Buzheng chose Great Luo Dharma Eye over his other unmastered fifth-grade divine abilities and cultivated it.
• Cheng Buzheng swallowed a Green Lotus Spirit-Restoring Pill, then left Immortal Alliance City disguised and began traveling toward the Jin Kingdom.
• True Lord Feng Ling received a message promising that an old man would bring her a Thousand-Year Wutong Tree Heart within a year, then left her hidden cave residence.
• Cheng Buzheng arrived at a teleportation plaza, took Cheng Mingli with him, and teleported away while Cheng Liu hoped their mission would succeed.

Cheng Buzheng rescued Murong Wanwan’s Soul Puppet incarnation and learned that True Lord Feng Ling had sealed her to seize her Phoenix Spirit Body. As they approached the Green Wood Sect, Murong Wanwan confirmed that True Lord Feng Ling had returned only a quarter-hour earlier, leaving Cheng Buzheng wary of what had happened.

• Cheng Mingli showed Cheng Buzheng the place where Murong Wanwan’s Soul Puppet was hidden, then returned to the North Azure Mountains.
• Cheng Buzheng dispelled the Light Screen, found Murong Wanwan’s Soul Puppet, and took her aboard his treasure ship.
• Murong Wanwan recounted how True Lord Feng Ling had helped her reach the Nascent Soul Realm before sealing her, and Cheng Buzheng deduced that True Lord Feng Ling wanted her Phoenix Spirit Body.
• Cheng Buzheng explained that True Lord Feng Ling might be waiting to transplant Murong Wanwan’s spirit body after activating it with the Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill.
• Near the Green Wood Mountain Range, Murong Wanwan said True Lord Feng Ling had returned to the sect only a quarter-hour earlier and confirmed she recognized her through another Soul Puppet incarnation.

Cheng Buzheng located Murong Wanwan’s imprisoned true body inside the Green Wood Sect and decided to wait for True Lord Feng Ling to leave before attempting a rescue. While Murong Wanwan’s Soul Puppet kept watch and his divine soul recovered, Cheng Buzheng used resources to strengthen his Myriad Transformation Dao Body.

• Cheng Buzheng used the Great Luo Dharma Eye to see Murong Wanwan sealed in the Green Wood Sect and sensed True Lord Feng Ling nearby, then decided to wait for a safer chance to rescue her.
• Cheng Buzheng told Murong Wanwan’s Soul Puppet what he had discovered and planned, then entered a cave to recover while she kept watch over the sect.
• After more than three months without changes, Cheng Buzheng fully restored his divine soul and chose to improve the Myriad Transformation Dao Body instead of cultivating a new fifth-grade divine ability.
• Cheng Buzheng supplied the Myriad Transformation Dao Body with Spirit Stones and heaven-and-earth rare treasures, causing its cultivation and pressure to grow.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan waited for True Lord Feng Ling to leave the Green Wood Sect, then Cheng Buzheng slipped through a flaw in the sect’s formation and infiltrated its forbidden grounds. He vanished from the ancient tower and appeared in a hidden cave dwelling, where a Mortal Cultivator was telling an intimate story to a woman.

• Murong Wanwan told Cheng Buzheng that True Lord Feng Ling had left the sect, and Cheng Buzheng absorbed the remaining essence from his treasures before setting out with her.
• A burst of overwhelming pressure swept across the Green Wood Mountain Range, and low-level cultivators rushed to collect the belongings of those it had injured or killed.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan reached a canyon near the Green Wood Sect, where they recovered Murong Wanwan’s Soul Puppet and waited for an opening to act.
• Cheng Buzheng created a tiny flaw in the sect’s Great Array, briefly drawing the attention of the Golden Core cultivator guarding it.
• Cheng Buzheng infiltrated the sect’s forbidden grounds, entered the ancient tower, and disappeared from view.
• Cheng Buzheng appeared in a hidden cave dwelling, where a Mortal Cultivator embraced a woman and offered to tell her another story.

True Lord Feng Ling returned to Green Wood Sect with her disguised lover, True Lord Zhong, and prepared to use Murong Wanwan’s Phoenix Spirit Body for a rebirth ritual. Murong Wanwan revealed that she had been pretending to be sealed, killed True Lord Zhong, and faced True Lord Feng Ling as the chapter ended.

• True Lord Feng Ling sensed the Spirit Suppression Tower’s formation activate twice and returned to Green Wood Sect with True Lord Zhong, disguised as her friend.
• The two entered the tower and confirmed Murong Wanwan remained sealed as True Lord Feng Ling explained her plan to use the Phoenix Spirit Body to overcome the limits of her possessed body.
• True Lord Feng Ling brought out the crystal coffin containing True Lord Chaofeng, her former body, and began preparing the ritual with the Thousand-Year Parasol Tree Heart.
• Murong Wanwan opened her eyes, revealed that she had broken free, and attacked True Lord Zhong with a chaotic-colored sword.
• Murong Wanwan killed True Lord Zhong, and True Lord Feng Ling summoned the Ten Thousand Flood Dragon Great Array to attack her.

Cheng Buzheng’s avatar killed True Lord Feng Ling and unleashed a sword strike that destroyed the Green Wood Sect’s defenses, while Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan watched from afar. After explaining Feng Ling’s history and plot to take Murong Wanwan’s Spirit Body, he left Murong Wanwan grieving and considered finding or reconstructing the missing parts of her cultivation technique.

• Murong Wanwan’s protected body withstood True Lord Feng Ling’s flames, and Cheng Buzheng’s avatar killed Feng Ling with one sword strike.
• The sword strike tore through the Spirit Suppression Tower’s formation, devastated the Green Wood Sect, killed many cultivators, and shattered its Sect Protection Formation.
• Cheng Buzheng told Murong Wanwan that True Lord Feng Ling had possessed a gifted girl’s body and that Ancestor Zhong had secretly helped her regain control of the Green Wood Sect.
• Cheng Buzheng explained that his avatar had been prepared to flee if necessary, but it had defeated Feng Ling without being injured.
• Murong Wanwan asked whether True Lord Feng Ling had meant to transplant her Spirit Body, and Cheng Buzheng confirmed that this was likely her plan.
• Murong Wanwan wept over her master’s betrayal, while Cheng Buzheng considered searching for the original [Heavenly Phoenix True Canon] or deriving its missing parts.

After learning that Green Wood Sect had fallen and its Ancestor was dead, White Cloud Sect’s Golden Core True Persons prepared for an attack and sent cultivators to find Cheng Buzheng. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng showed Murong Wanwan the original [Heavenly Phoenix True Canon], spared Green Wood Sect’s fleeing cultivators at her request, and left with her for the Boundless Sea.

• True Person Huang told White Cloud Sect’s Golden Core True Persons that Green Wood Sect had likely been destroyed by Evil Cultivators and that their Ancestor had probably fallen as well.
• True Person Huang ordered the sect to activate its protection and seal its resources, while a group departed on the Heaven Escaping Boat to seek Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Buzheng gave Murong Wanwan the original [Heavenly Phoenix True Canon], and she learned that True Lord Feng Ling had intended to use the [Phoenix Nirvana] art on her.
• Murong Wanwan told Cheng Buzheng she no longer wanted to return to Jin Kingdom and persuaded him to spare Green Wood Sect’s fleeing Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan left on a Treasure Ship as Green Wood Immortal City descended into looting and deadly fights.

Ancestor Sikong prepared North Azure Sect to seize Green Wood Immortal City, while Cheng Mingli realized the suspected evil cultivator was his own ancestor, Cheng Buzheng. Far away from Jin Kingdom, Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan headed toward the Boundless Sea, and he took her to a quiet room to examine the effects of her Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill.

• Ancestor Sikong ordered North Azure Sect's cultivators to prepare to depart, then decided to send Golden Core elders to Green Wood Immortal City while he followed in secret.
• Ancestor Sikong learned that White Cloud Sect was holding its ground and concluded that the evil cultivator had likely already left.
• Cheng Mingli learned of Green Wood Sect's destruction and inferred that Cheng Buzheng was the suspected evil cultivator, then hurried to the main peak plaza.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan traveled by Flying Boat toward the Boundless Sea instead of using the clan's restricted Teleportation Array.
• Murong Wanwan explained that the Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill was stabilizing her foundation and improving her cultivation and potential despite her sealed cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng led Murong Wanwan to the Treasure Ship's quiet room to undo her seal and check the pill for hidden dangers.

Cheng Buzheng completely undid the bloodline seal on Murong Wanwan, then recovered while his Myriad Transformation Dao Body absorbed Spirit Stones and rare materials. He cultivated Cosmic Pole Escape aboard the Treasure Ship and assessed the spoils from the Green Wood Sect, leaving him intent on finding Spirit Stones quickly so he could break through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Cheng Buzheng used a secret art to overwhelm the seal in Murong Wanwan's bloodline, completely removing it and allowing her to refine the [Phoenix Blood Spirit Pill].
• Cheng Buzheng summoned his Myriad Transformation Dao Body and fed it Spirit Stones and rare treasures, then spent half a month recovering.
• Cheng Buzheng cultivated Cosmic Pole Escape, exhausting much of his divine sense while successfully completing the divine ability.
• Cheng Buzheng inventoried the Green Wood Sect's spoils and set aside three valuable Magic Treasures for Murong Wanwan.
• Cheng Buzheng judged that the spoils still left him short of Spirit Stones and decided that hunting Desolate Beasts would waste time he needed for his planned breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Cheng Buzheng completed his final fifth-grade divine ability and defeated two Evil Cultivators who mistook his treasure ship for an easy target. He sped up the ship, reached the Outer Sea of the Boundless Sea, and discussed joining the Immortal Alliance with Murong Wanwan while weighing the risks of its [Consecration Hall].

• Cheng Buzheng completed [One Sword Tilts the Heavens] while his treasure ship crossed the sea of clouds.
• True Person Zhu and Old Sixth trapped Cheng Buzheng's ship, but Cheng Buzheng broke the spirit talisman's restraint and killed them with a sword strike.
• Cheng Buzheng collected the attackers' spoils, then increased the ship's speed to deter further ambushes.
• Cheng Buzheng continued cultivating and replenishing the Myriad Transformation Dao Body with Spirit Stones as the ship crossed into the Outer Sea of the Boundless Sea.
• Murong Wanwan joined Cheng Buzheng on deck after stabilizing her cultivation and asked whether she would join the Immortal Alliance with him.
• Cheng Buzheng considered the [Consecration Hall]'s obligations and the Immortal Alliance's power as Murong Wanwan looked toward their future.

Cheng Buzheng persuaded Murong Wanwan not to join the Immortal Alliance’s Consecration Hall, then gave her precious Spirit Pills and protective magic treasures. After revealing his true cultivation and describing some of his gains from the Langya Secret Realm, he and Murong Wanwan disguised themselves and headed toward Immortal Alliance City.

• Cheng Buzheng explained the dangers and restrictions of the Consecration Hall, and Murong Wanwan agreed to follow his arrangements despite privately considering joining it herself.
• Cheng Buzheng gave Murong Wanwan a Storage Bag filled with Nascent Soul cultivation pills, and she initially refused because she thought he needed them.
• Cheng Buzheng revealed his peak Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation and explained that his gains came from the Langya Secret Realm, easing Murong Wanwan’s worries while concealing several dangerous details.
• Murong Wanwan accepted the Spirit Pills and three magic treasures Cheng Buzheng had prepared for her protection.
• The next afternoon, Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan disguised their appearances and cultivation, stored away their Treasure Ship, and flew toward the island near Immortal Alliance City.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan reached Immortal Alliance City while his Myriad Transformation Dao Body sold plundered Spiritual Items across several cities and eliminated Golden Core cultivators who targeted him. After spending more than two months with Murong, Cheng Buzheng learned that the White Cloud Sect had asked him to return after its ancestor fell.

• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan disguised themselves and traveled through several Teleportation Arrays to Immortal Alliance City, while his Myriad Transformation Dao Body gathered treasury resources and prepared Spiritual Items for sale.
• The Myriad Transformation Dao Body sold Spiritual Items to large shops across medium-sized immortal cities, killing Golden Core cultivators who followed him and targeted him.
• The Myriad Transformation Dao Body continued selling in Xuanfeng Immortal City and other large cities, ending his rounds at Brahma Cloud Immortal City.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan entered his Cave Mansion on Immortal Mansion Spirit Mountain, where he told her the story of an immortal catching Yin-Yang Immortal Fish.
• Cheng Buzheng checked his Soul Puppets and received a message from the Spirit Message Hall that the White Cloud Sect's ancestor had fallen and the sect wanted him to return and oversee it.

Cheng Buzheng chose to leave the Supervision Hall and seek freedom while keeping his true body and Fudao Hall in Immortal Alliance City. He planned for his avatar to return to White Cloud Sect, but first needed to solve the long-distance spiritual connection problem, and the chapter ended with him leaving Murong Wanwan and Little Roar behind.

• Cheng Buzheng weighed the Immortal Alliance’s lack of prospects against the freedom of becoming an honorary elder and decided to sever his ties with the Supervision Hall.
• Cheng Buzheng planned to keep his true body in Immortal Alliance City to protect his Cave Mansion, Fudao Hall, and family while sending his avatar to guard White Cloud Sect.
• Cheng Buzheng realized he needed to extend the [Heart Spirit Divine Eye]’s range to maintain spiritual contact with his distant avatar, but lacked enough Spirit Heart Crystals.
• Cheng Buzheng considered the Immortal Alliance’s surveillance network and trusted that his avatar’s divine ability disguise would evade its formations.
• Cheng Buzheng left Murong Wanwan a sound-recording talisman, disguised himself as an old monk, and walked out of the Cave Mansion.
• Little Roar worried that Cheng Buzheng had noticed it shirking cultivation and secretly imagined demanding Spirit Pills from him, then guiltily retreated to its Quiet Room.

Cheng Buzheng gathered Spirit Heart Crystals, arranged his departure from the Immortal Alliance, and upgraded the [Heart Spirit Divine Eye] to fourth rank. Its increased range still failed to reach Jin Kingdom, leaving him unsure how to protect the White Cloud Sect in time.

• Cheng Buzheng left his Myriad Transformation Dao Body at Fudao Hall to cultivate while his true body visited shops and gathered more Spirit Heart Crystals.
• Cheng Buzheng returned to Immortal Alliance City, exchanged his accumulated Contribution Points for six Spirit Heart Crystals, resigned as Supervisory Elder, and became an Honorary Elder.
• Cheng Buzheng used the crystals to upgrade the [Heart Spirit Divine Eye], then tested whether its spiritual connection could reach Jin Kingdom.
• Cheng Buzheng sent a Soul Puppet through the teleportation array, but the connection failed, so he concluded the divine eye needed another deduction.
• Cheng Liu waited for the Soul Puppet to return and, when it did not, hurried to investigate.

Cheng Buzheng deduced the fifth-grade Heart Spirit Divine Eye and discussed with Murong Wanwan the danger of remaining in the Immortal Alliance and their need to overcome the limits of spiritual sensing before withdrawing. Murong Wanwan joined him at Fudao Hall, where he explained his plans but rejected her apparent intention to give up her own divine ability to help.

• Cheng Buzheng spent Deduction Value to deduce the fifth-grade Heart Spirit Divine Eye, but realized that mastering it would require a powerful soul-restoring Spirit Pill and more Spirit Heart Crystals.
• Murong Wanwan woke to Cheng Buzheng's message, disguised her cultivation and appearance, and went to Fudao Hall to find him.
• Cheng Buzheng welcomed Murong Wanwan and explained his meeting with Venerable Daoyuan, the danger of staying in the Immortal Alliance, and his withdrawal from the Supervision Hall.
• Murong Wanwan recognized that they needed to solve the spiritual-sensing distance limit to withdraw safely without delaying cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng warned Murong Wanwan not to give up her Heart Spirit Divine Eye, explaining that its essence would not provide enough to meet his needs.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan traveled to Wild Spirit Immortal City to attend its high-caliber Dark Market, hoping to find Spirit Heart Crystals. After boarding the hidden warship that housed the market, they learned how it operated and prepared to search its shops for treasures.

• Murong Wanwan suggested that Spirit Heart Crystals might be available at a Dark Market, and Cheng Buzheng agreed to go with her.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan disguised themselves, traveled to Wild Spirit Immortal City, and used one of his longstanding identities to contact the Dark Market.
• They waited in the Ancient Pine Forest with other Nascent Soul cultivators and their juniors, and Cheng Buzheng told Murong Wanwan to use the Teleportation Guiding Jade if he was delayed by trouble.
• At midnight, the cultivators boarded a flying boat that carried them to a massive warship circling Wild Spirit Immortal City.
• An attendant guided Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan through the warship's streets, shops, and auction plaza, explaining that attendees could use the shops to display or seek Spiritual Items.

Cheng Buzheng searched the Dark Market for treasures needed to advance his Myriad Transformation Dao Body and tried unsuccessfully to find a Spirit Heart Crystal. After trading for several metal-attributed treasures, he rented a shop through the Treasure Tower and began offering his own Spiritual Items.

• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan split up to search different streets of the Dark Market, and Cheng exchanged Ice Spirit Snowstone and Spirit Stones for Liyang Gold Essence.
• Cheng Buzheng visited the shops on two streets, trading for metal-attributed treasures but failing to find a Spirit Heart Crystal.
• Cheng Buzheng learned that the Treasure Tower collected priority trading rights from rented shops and could sell some rare items at a premium.
• Cheng Buzheng paid five thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones to rent a shop, stocked its counter with Spiritual Items, and attracted a line of prospective customers.

Cheng Buzheng traded for a Seven Treasures Soul-Clearing Pill after revealing the seller’s plans to refine the Dark Underworld Heavenly Wheel, then visited the Dark Market treasure pavilion to exchange treasures for materials to cultivate his Myriad Transformation Dao Body. The chapter ended as the pavilion manager considered whether to accept Cheng Buzheng’s offered Life Jade Fruit in the trade.

• Murong Wanwan spotted a shop selling a Seven Treasures Soul-Clearing Pill and sent Cheng Buzheng its location.
• Cheng Buzheng identified the seller’s intended Dark Underworld Heavenly Wheel and offered Sinking Iron Mystic Essence and Pure Extreme Cold Soul for the pill.
• The Nascent Soul True Lord accepted Cheng Buzheng’s Fudao Hall token as proof of his artifact-refining credentials, and they completed the trade after Cheng Buzheng tested the pill.
• Cheng Buzheng exchanged his water-, wood-, and wind-attribute treasures for metal-, earth-, and fire-attribute treasures at the Dark Market treasure pavilion.
• The pavilion manager examined Cheng Buzheng’s Five-Colored Auspicious Cloud Ganoderma, Dragon-Eye Spirit Ginseng, and Life Jade Fruit and weighed whether to accept the trade.

Cheng Buzheng traded a few rare treasures for Spirit Heart Crystals, then traveled with Murong Wanwan through many Dark Markets in search of more. They arrived at the Origin Sea Dark Market, where Cheng Buzheng recognized its entrance and began searching the stalls, but had found nothing yet.

• Cheng Buzheng traded three Heavenly Rarity-grade Spiritual Items for Spirit Heart Crystals at the Dark Market Treasure Tower, then left without provoking the steward or his disciple.
• Cheng Buzheng met Murong Wanwan and traveled with her to numerous Dark Markets and immortal cities, trading rare treasures while finding few Spirit Heart Crystals.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan arrived at Origin Sea Immortal City and entered its Dark Market after disguising their cultivation as Golden Core Middle Stage.
• Cheng Buzheng recognized the woman guarding the entrance from his previous visit and inferred that the Teleportation Array had been moved or relocated for the market.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan split up to search the Dark Market for Spirit Heart Crystals and suitable Spiritual Items, but Cheng Buzheng found nothing at the first stalls he browsed.

Murong Wanwan found a stall selling Spirit Heart Crystals and arranged to buy them from its ghost-masked Golden Core owner, while Cheng Buzheng traded treasures at the dark market. After the market began to empty, Murong Wanwan and Cheng Buzheng prepared for the later exchange and its possible dangers.

• Murong Wanwan spotted Spirit Heart Crystals at the ghost-masked stall and agreed to buy one hundred portions, with a plan to arrange the remaining purchase later.
• Murong Wanwan accepted the stall owner’s Sound Transmission Talisman and bought the hundred Spirit Heart Crystals he had brought, then informed Cheng Buzheng of the deal.
• Murong Wanwan and Cheng Buzheng continued browsing separately, and Murong Wanwan pretended not to notice the stall owner’s hidden surveillance.
• Cheng Buzheng revealed Nascent Soul Early Stage pressure and traded several treasures with the dark market before leaving the guarded stone gate.
• Cheng Buzheng noticed cultivators tailing three stallholders who were secretly Nascent Soul True Lords, then focused on protecting Murong Wanwan for her later transaction.