Chapter Summaries

Cheng Buzheng used his Spirit Stones to raise his divine abilities to the sixth grade, cultivated nearly all of them, and deduced [Cosmic Pole Escape] to the seventh grade. After realizing he could not cultivate the seventh-grade ability with his current divine sense, he received the Myriad Transformation Dao Body, which had arrived in Immortal Alliance City to increase its strength.

• Cheng Buzheng drained two Storage Bags of Spirit Stones for Deduction Value, disposed of the resulting Waste Stones with Nascent Soul Fire, and raised his divine abilities to the sixth grade.
• Cheng Buzheng cultivated his sixth-grade divine abilities over the following year, but could not complete [Heart Spirit Divine Eye] because his divine sense was insufficient.
• Cheng Buzheng spent 96 Deduction Value to raise [Cosmic Pole Escape] to the seventh grade and learned that Nascent Soul Realm cultivators could not cultivate it.
• The Myriad Transformation Dao Body entered Cheng Buzheng's Quiet Room after arriving from the White Cloud Sect and completing orders in Fudao Hall, intending to raise its strength.

After re-condensing his Myriad Transformation Dao Body, Cheng Buzheng discovered it had stronger divine abilities and could remain spiritually connected to him across spatial barriers. He activated the silver page and learned the Creation Heaven-Mending Art, but his attempt to deduce it with the Creation Small Plate produced no response, leaving him unsure whether the art or the plate had reached its limit.

• Cheng Buzheng re-condensed his Myriad Transformation Dao Body, strengthening its weakened divine abilities and allowing it to stay connected to his true body across spatial barriers.
• Cheng Buzheng prepared to refine a Yin-Yang Nirvana Pill but instead took out the silver page suspected to be the Spirit Realm Heavenly Book.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Ruyi Refinement Method on the silver page, which revealed the Creation Heaven-Mending Art.
• Cheng Buzheng learned that the art could restore his body, Magic Power, divine sense, Nascent Soul source, and, under demanding conditions, lost lifespan.
• Cheng Buzheng placed the art's information into the Creation Small Plate, but the plate did not respond, prompting him to wonder whether the art or the plate could not be deduced further.

Cheng Buzheng’s avatar was intercepted by a Nascent Soul cultivator who wanted to use him to uncover Old Monk Fayang’s resources and background. After defeating the attacker’s opening strike, Cheng Buzheng demanded an explanation and learned that his true body’s long seclusion had drawn suspicion.

• Cheng Buzheng added the Creation Heaven-Mending Art to his panel, swallowed a Yin-Yang Nirvana Pill, and resumed secluded cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng’s Myriad Transformation Dao Body left Xuanfeng Immortal City and was stopped above the Profound Wind Sea Region by a burly Nascent Soul cultivator.
• The Nascent Soul cultivator questioned Cheng Buzheng about Old Monk Fayang, and Cheng Buzheng claimed Fayang had given him a trial to join his sect.
• The Nascent Soul cultivator saw through Cheng Buzheng’s story and attacked, but Cheng Buzheng revealed his true strength and shattered the attacker’s defenses with a sword strike.
• Cheng Buzheng spared the burly cultivator for the moment and learned that he had targeted Old Monk Fayang because years of seclusion suggested he possessed abundant resources.

Cheng Buzheng killed the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator who tried to flee, collected his intact body and belongings, and returned to the White Cloud Sect. After testing his divine abilities and the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art], he spent over a year extracting rare materials from Magic Treasures before beginning another cultivation session.

• The middle-aged cultivator fled using an escape divine art and secret technique, but Cheng Buzheng caught up and killed him with an invisible sword strike that destroyed his Nascent Soul while leaving his body intact.
• Cheng Buzheng took the cultivator's Storage Bags and body, then retrieved Magic Treasure fragments from the Boundless Sea and deposited the [Golden Core Breaking Pill] and other unwanted Spiritual Items in the family treasury.
• In the Secret Realm, Cheng Buzheng practiced his divine abilities and confirmed that the [Myriad Transformation Dao Body] let him use them freely there; he then used the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art] to restore his Magic Power within a few breaths.
• Cheng Buzheng returned to the White Cloud Sect and spent more than a year refining two mid-grade Magic Treasures and their fragments, extracting rare Spirit Materials for storage in five Jade Boxes.
• Cheng Buzheng entered a cultivation chamber, laid out Spirit Stones and three rare treasures, and began absorbing their energy.

After six years in seclusion, Cheng Buzheng refined the Yin-Yang Nirvana Pill and reunited with Murong Wanwan, then left the story as the Blood Puppet Elder searched the Boundless Sea for an ancient secret realm and the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine.

• Cheng Buzheng finished refining the Yin-Yang Nirvana Pill, gaining 240 years of cultivation and advancing further in the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Cheng Buzheng emerged from seclusion when Murong Wanwan did, and the couple reunited in their cave mansion.
• Murong Wanwan asked Cheng Buzheng to guide her in forming divine abilities, but her repeated mistakes led to an intimate encounter.
• The Blood Puppet Elder, reborn in a Qi Refining cultivator's body, left Clear Void Palace to pursue resources and rebuild his cultivation.
• The Blood Puppet Elder searched the Boundless Sea for an ancient secret realm, hoping to find the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine that had helped Venerable Xianyang reach the Spirit Transformation realm.

Blood Puppet Elder uncovered a hidden gateway that seemed to lead to Venerable Xianyang’s inheritance and the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine, while Cheng Liu’s Soul Puppet watched from afar and reported the discovery to Cheng Buzheng. Cheng Buzheng sent his Myriad Transformation Dao Body toward the suspected Secret Realm and began preparing to help it secure the greatest gains.

• Blood Puppet Elder used an ancient sacrificial refinement method on his Identity Token, revealing a radiant, turbulent barrier in the void.
• Cheng Liu’s Soul Puppet recognized the signs of a Secret Realm opening and reported the sighting to Cheng Buzheng through the family’s Soul Puppets.
• Cheng Buzheng considered the possibility that the site was an unprecedented Secret Realm and judged that it could hold valuable treasures.
• Cheng Buzheng sent his Myriad Transformation Dao Body from the White Cloud Sect toward the emerging Secret Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng began calculating how to aid his Dao Body, then heard a soft voice beside him.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan connected signs of a new Secret Realm on Xianyang Island to the vanished cultivation grounds of ancient Spirit Transformation Venerable Xianyang, and Cheng Buzheng decided to investigate. His disguised avatar arrived in Immortal Alliance City as other figures also set out, leaving the group poised to travel toward the Secret Realm.

• Cheng Buzheng told Murong Wanwan that Cheng Liu had reported a strange phenomenon on Xianyang Island that might signal a Secret Realm's emergence.
• Murong Wanwan recalled a record identifying Xianyang Island as the ancient cultivation ground of Venerable Xianyang, whose inheritance had never been found.
• Cheng Buzheng reasoned that the Secret Realm was likely an artificial one left by Venerable Xianyang and decided to seek its resources, sending an avatar to investigate with Murong Wanwan.
• Cheng Buzheng's disguised avatar arrived in Immortal Alliance City among cultivators from the Profound Wind Sea Region.
• An old woman left Fudao Hall, while an old monk and a young Daoist nun departed a Cave Mansion on Immortal Mansion Spirit Mountain.

A Secret Realm emerged on Xianyang Island, drawing Mortal Cultivators and members of the Demon Race as Venerable Zongbao explained the treasures and inheritance it might contain. She prepared her disciples to explore it while warning them to avoid disrupting the alliance against the Purgatory Race.

• Strange phenomena from the emerging Secret Realm overwhelmed Blood Puppet Elder’s array seal, forcing him to hide and wait for a chance to act.
• Venerable Zongbao told her disciples that the Secret Realm might contain Venerable Xianyang’s Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine and a gigantic Spirit Vein, and promised rewards to those who secured them.
• Venerable Zongbao’s disciples swore heart-demon oaths to surrender the vine fruits to her or give her the Spirit Vein; True Lord Mingxiang questioned whether the vine could still exist.
• Venerable Zongbao revealed that Venerable Xianyang had inherited teachings from a great being of the Spirit Realm, stirring the gathered cultivators’ interest in the Secret Realm.
• Venerable Zongbao said she would lead the expedition, with Ji Longzi guiding the others inside if she could not enter, and ordered them to avoid conflicts outside the Secret Realm and keep the alliance against the Purgatory Race secret.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan traveled toward Xianyang Island as cultivators and demons flocked to the region for a Secret Realm believed to have been opened by Venerable Xianyang. They prepared to blend in upon arrival, while Cheng Buzheng worried that a Spirit Transformation Venerable might try to seize control of the Secret Realm.

• Powerful cultivators and demons converged on the Bright Cloud Sea Region after the Secret Realm's appearance revealed a possible inheritance left by Venerable Xianyang.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan discussed the spreading news aboard their Golden Light Treasure Ship and considered tracking down the Nascent Soul cultivator who had opened the Secret Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng explained that the opener had once been a Clear Void Palace disciple, and he and Murong Wanwan planned to find him on Xianyang Island or search for him inside the Secret Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng reported that Liu Er's Soul Puppet had been discovered and destroyed, though it had seen many Nascent Soul cultivators and great demons reach the island.
• Cheng Buzheng privately feared a Spirit Transformation Venerable might seal the Secret Realm's entrance, but reassured Murong Wanwan that its opportunities would not be won by strength alone.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan donned black robes and conical hats, then activated their Teleportation Guiding Jades and concealed them in their sleeves.

Sea Dragon True Lord ordered the Sea Dragon Association to seal Sea Dragon Island and stay out of the dangerous Secret Realm affair on Xianyang Island. As the association braced for the threat after hearing of two powerful factions’ destruction, Venerable Guanping arrived and asked Sea Dragon True Lord to serve him.

• Sea Dragon True Lord rejected a proposal to seek opportunities in the Secret Realm and ordered the Sea Dragon Association to seal Sea Dragon Island, expelling anyone who insisted on leaving.
• Sea Dragon True Lord revealed that the Blood Shadow Society and Golden Roc Society had been wiped out after provoking powerful figures, terrifying the association’s cultivators.
• A terrifying powerhouse arrived above Sea Dragon Island and shattered its protective array with his pressure and voice.
• Sea Dragon True Lord greeted the visitor respectfully, and Venerable Guanping of the Sea Suppressing Alliance asked him to serve.

Venerable Guanping forced Sea Dragon True Lord and other cultivators to accompany him to Xianyang Island, where an ancient secret realm was about to open. Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan narrowly escaped Guanping’s attack, but their identities were exposed as unusable, so they planned to adopt new ones before approaching the island.

• Venerable Guanping pressured Sea Dragon True Lord into gathering the Sea Dragon Association’s cultivators and leading them toward Xianyang Island.
• Blood Puppet Elder waited in hiding on Xianyang Island, relying on his possession of the secret realm’s opening token despite the powerful newcomers gathering there.
• Cheng Buzheng sensed Venerable Guanping’s approaching group and changed the Golden Light Treasure Ship’s course to avoid them.
• Venerable Guanping detected Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan, destroyed their Golden Light Treasure Ship, and tried to force them out of hiding.
• Cheng Buzheng used [Cosmic Pole Escape] to flee with Murong Wanwan, then decided they needed new identities with formidable backgrounds before going to Xianyang Island.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan searched the Bright Cloud Sea Region for a powerful cultivator whose identity could get them into the Ancient Secret Realm, then targeted Beili Ming, disciple of Ten Thousand Souls Venerable. Cheng Buzheng’s attack forced Beili Ming to rely on his master’s protective token, and the chapter ended as Beili Ming unleashed a deadly strike at Cheng Buzheng.

• Beili Devil Master captured two Golden Core cultivators with his demonic bell after they tried to flee, then continued searching for tools.
• Cheng Buzheng rejected several potential identities before identifying Beili Ming, a Nascent Soul cultivator backed by Ten Thousand Souls Venerable, as a suitable target.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan lowered their apparent cultivation to Golden Core and let Beili Ming intercept them.
• Cheng Buzheng attacked Beili Ming, shattering his demonic bell and defenses until Beili Ming’s identity token raised a powerful protective barrier.
• Cheng Buzheng pursued Beili Ming, and the two fought while neither could break through the other’s defenses.
• Beili Ming used a demonic banner to launch a devastating Spirit Transformation-level strike at Cheng Buzheng.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan survived Beili Devil Master's desperate attacks and captured his Nascent Soul before leaving the battlefield. They then arrived at Xianyang Island, where powerful human and Demon Race cultivators had gathered for the Secret Realm, and Murong Wanwan spotted concealed powerhouses in the void.

• Cheng Buzheng blocked the demonic light with his chaotic sword and escaped with Murong Wanwan while she attacked Beili Devil Master's weakening shield.
• Beili Devil Master used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, but Cheng Buzheng tracked down and sealed his fleeing demonic infant in a Jade Box.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan left before other experts arrived, and Beili Devil Master's demonic light shattered the void after losing its target.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan arrived at Xianyang Island in the Demonic Light War Chariot as gathered cultivators speculated about Beili Devil Master and the coming Secret Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng recognized familiar human and Demon Race cultivators outside the chariot but did not find Liu Er's contact or the Venerable who had attacked him.
• Murong Wanwan pointed out a stretch of void concealing numerous powerful figures.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan arrived at Xianyang Island, where human and Demon Race Venerables gathered around the rumored secret realm inheritance. Cheng Buzheng identified Blood Puppet Elder among the hidden cultivators and planned to capture him after the realm opened, just as the Golden Flood Dragon Clan arrived and Ao Yuan exchanged taunts with Sha Minghong.

• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan saw many human and Demon Race Venerables watching the cultivators gathered on Xianyang Island, and Cheng Buzheng suspected the secret realm held more than an ordinary inheritance.
• Cheng Buzheng used the [Great Luo Dharma Eye] to find hidden cultivators and recognized Blood Puppet Elder, whom he intended to capture for the secret realm's opportunities and Liu Er's advancement.
• Cheng Buzheng told Murong Wanwan about Blood Puppet Elder and their past enmity, and she memorized the hidden cultivator's appearance.
• Ao Yuan arrived with the Golden Flood Dragon Imperial Guard, and the gathered cultivators recognized him as the Golden Flood Dragon Clan's First Prince.
• Ao Yuan mocked Sha Minghong, who answered with a cold snort, while the other cultivators watched their familiar rivalry.

Cheng Buzheng learned that Venerable Guanping had gathered cultivators for the Secret Realm, while powerful figures continued to arrive on Xianyang Island. Concerned for Cheng Buzheng’s avatar, Murong Wanwan agreed to stay outside as he prepared to enter the Secret Realm alone.

• Cheng Buzheng recognized Venerable Nether Sea among the Demon Race powers and assessed the Golden Flood Dragon Clan’s Ao Yuan.
• Venerable Guanping arrived with more than a hundred cultivators, including Sea Dragon True Lord and members of the Sea Dragon Association, and concealed himself beside Venerable Zongbao.
• The gathered powers speculated that Venerable Guanping’s arrival meant the Secret Realm contained a great opportunity, and Cheng Buzheng realized the Venerable had attacked him earlier to capture him for the expedition.
• Murong Wanwan urged Cheng Buzheng to let her enter the Secret Realm instead, but he persuaded her to remain outside because her incarnation might leave him unable to protect himself.
• Cheng Buzheng sent Murong Wanwan away in the Demonic Light War Chariot, drawing the attention of several Devil Lords.

Cheng Buzheng impersonated Beili Devil Master and rejected the Devil Lords seeking to join forces with him. Meanwhile, Sword One displayed his talent before provoking Sha Minghong, leaving their confrontation on the verge of escalation as Venerable Nether Sea dismissed the dispute as youthful mischief.

• Cheng Buzheng, disguised as Beili Devil Master, turned away the blue-haired Devil Master and other Devil Lords who sought an alliance.
• Sword One comprehended a new insight into the Sword Dao, and Ao Yuan praised his progress.
• Sha Minghong offered Sword One a thousand years of service in exchange for power and protection, but Sword One said Sha Minghong was unworthy.
• Sha Minghong threatened to destroy the Sword Bone Spirit Fish Clan, while Sword One asked Ao Yuan whether he had spoken wrongly and Ao Yuan supported him.
• Ye Han's sword stirred at the sight of Sword One, and he promised inwardly to obtain Sword One's sword bones.
• Venerable Luo Sha questioned Venerable Nether Sea about the dispute, but Venerable Nether Sea called it youthful fooling around.

Ao Yuan defeated Sha Minghong in their battle, then agreed to let Sword One duel Ye Han before the Secret Realm opened. The two Sword Cultivators met in the sky, where their sword intents began to temper each other.

• Ao Yuan intercepted Sha Minghong's attack on Sword One and fought him, overpowering him while holding back his strongest bloodline divine ability.
• Cheng Buzheng observed that Ao Yuan had concealed a devastating trump-card ability, while Sword One recognized Ye Han as the opponent his sword intent had sought.
• Sword One asked Ao Yuan for permission to duel Ye Han, and Ao Yuan arranged the duel with an Immortal Alliance deputy alliance leader.
• Ye Han explained to Chu Daofeng and Shangguan Qingyu that sword duels advanced a Sword Cultivator's Sword Dao, then flew out to meet Sword One.
• Ye Han and Sword One collided in the sky, and their sword intents clashed and sharpened through the duel.

Cheng Buzheng and the gathered cultivators waited as Xianyang Island filled with powerful arrivals, while Blood Puppet Elder worried that the growing crowd would ruin his plans. When Venerable Xianyang’s manifested divine thought appeared, its overwhelming pressure forced everyone from the sky and made the Supremes wonder whether Xianyang had reached a new realm.

• Ye Han and Sword One ended their evenly matched sword duel with mutual salutes and returned to their respective companions.
• As more cultivators and demons arrived on Xianyang Island, Blood Puppet Elder grew increasingly anxious about the competition and the possibility of Half-Step Supremes entering the Secret Realm.
• The golden light gathered into a lifelike figure that the gathered powers recognized as Venerable Xianyang’s divine thought.
• Venerable Xianyang’s pressure drove every figure, chariot, and ship from the sky, leaving only his manifested form in the air.
• Venerable Nether Sea and other Supremes wondered whether Venerable Xianyang had broken through to a new realm, as his ancient divine thought showed impossible power.

Venerable Xianyang revealed that the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine had transformed his cultivation and that he had reached Void Refinement and ascended to the upper realm. His revelation stirred greed for the treasure and renewed hopes of finding a way to ascend, while Blood Puppet Elder lamented that the secret had been exposed.

• Venerable Xianyang’s divine-sense pressure crushed cultivators and Venerables alike, while Sha Minghong suspected Xianyang had once surpassed Spirit Transformation.
• Venerable Xianyang recounted his rise from an ordinary Rogue Cultivator, crediting the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine with his rapid cultivation, and said he had left it in the Secret Realm.
• Sha Minghong resolved to seize the vine, Xianyang’s inheritance, and the Spirit Vein for the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan, even if he had to kill anyone in his way.
• Blood Puppet Elder angrily realized that Xianyang’s public revelation had exposed the Secret Realm’s greatest treasure and would draw even more powerful rivals.
• Venerable Guanping concluded that Xianyang’s successful ascension proved another route through the Forbidden Land might exist, and planned to investigate after the journey.

Cheng Buzheng realized that the Secret Realm contained the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine, whose fruit could greatly strengthen a cultivator’s foundation and aid a future breakthrough, and vowed to claim it despite the Spirit Transformation Supremes competing for it. As the human and demonic factions prepared to enter, their leaders and disciples also renewed old grudges, leaving the coming struggle poised to involve both the treasure and revenge.

• Cheng Buzheng recalled from Beili Devil Master’s memories that the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine bore innate fruits that could boost a Mortal Cultivator’s potential and improve their odds of reaching Spirit Transformation, and that the vine itself could become a Spirit Treasure.
• Cheng Buzheng understood why so many Supremes had come for the Secret Realm and resolved to obtain the vine fruit even if his avatar was destroyed.
• Ji Longzi ordered Venerable Zongbao’s disciples to prioritize locating the vine, while True Lord Mingxiang urged them to keep it from the Demon Race and demonic path if they could not claim it themselves.
• Jiang Siling fixed her killing intent on Gongzhi Yang, blaming him for protecting Xu Shi and contributing to Jiang Fugui’s death.
• Gongzhi Yang recalled his failed plan to use Xu Shi’s Blood Path Spirit Body to advance his cultivation and vowed to settle old scores with Mingxiang’s and Tianzhao’s disciples in the Secret Realm.