Chapter Summaries

Blood Puppet Elder reached the golden ancient tower and entered with his Identity Token, while Kong Wuxing failed to force his way inside. Cheng Buzheng arrived seeking the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine and killed Kong Wuxing with a devastating sword strike, leaving him before the still-untouched tower.

• Blood Puppet Elder arrived at the ancient tower and used his Identity Token to enter before Kong Wuxing could stop him.
• Kong Wuxing tried to break the tower’s defenses and contain it within a five-colored space, but the tower repelled his attacks.
• Cheng Buzheng spotted Kong Wuxing at the tower and prepared his four swords and a cracked chaos crystal longsword.
• Kong Wuxing sensed danger but stayed to pursue the opportunity as Cheng Buzheng’s chaotic sword light struck him.
• Kong Wuxing’s protective jade pendant failed to save him, and Cheng Buzheng’s sword killed him, filling the sky with five-colored rain.

Cheng Buzheng defeated Kong Wuxing, then mastered the Thunder Snake Escape divine ability and entered Xianyang Tower, where the Blood Puppet Elder was already enduring further trials. Other powerhouses arrived at the tower and wondered how Cheng Buzheng had mastered his chosen divine ability so quickly.

• Cheng Buzheng lamented that his strike had destroyed Kong Wuxing and his treasures, then examined the Xianyang Dao Wall and learned that mastering one of its divine abilities granted a token to enter Xianyang Tower.
• Cheng Buzheng chose the Third-grade Thunder Snake Escape and used his deduction ability to master it.
• Blood Puppet Elder used his increasingly cracked Identity Token to pass another trial inside Xianyang Tower and entered the next gate of light.
• Cheng Buzheng formed the Thunder Snake Dao Seal, received an Identity Token, and entered Xianyang Tower.
• Several powerhouses arrived at the Jade Wall and questioned how Cheng Buzheng could have mastered a divine ability in so little time.

Cheng Buzheng mastered the divine ability required by the Xianyang Ancient Tower’s trial and discovered that its Jade Wall was made of Heavenly Crystal Dao Jade. He realized the treasure could greatly accelerate his path to the Half-Step Supreme Realm and wondered whether more awaited him deeper in the Secret Realm.

• Cheng Buzheng entered a mysterious space in the Xianyang Ancient Tower, where his Identity Token crumbled as he examined the Jade Wall.
• Cheng Buzheng learned that he had to master a first-rank divine ability within a time limit, then used his Creation Divine Artifact to deduce it immediately.
• Cheng Buzheng formed the divine ability Dao Seal and opened a light gate, then recognized the revealed Jade Wall as Heavenly Crystal Dao Jade.
• Cheng Buzheng considered how Heavenly Crystal Dao Jade could help him fuse [Innate Gang Sha] and [Earthly Turbid Qi] and save centuries of cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng speculated that the Xianyang Great Power had acquired the rare jade through his victories and hoped the Secret Realm held more of it.

Cheng Buzheng discovered that the Heavenly Crystal Dao Jade was fused to each trial realm and could not be taken by force, so he continued following the inheritance trials and mastering their divine abilities. By the time he reached a chamber with four more jade walls, nearly twenty pieces had appeared, but his Deduction Value and Spirit Stones were running low.

• Cheng Buzheng failed to remove the first Heavenly Crystal Dao Jade and realized it was bound to its world by the Xianyang Great Power’s lingering restrictions.
• Cheng Buzheng reasoned that claiming the Secret Realm’s inheritance might eventually give him ownership of its treasures, and he valued the Heavenly Crystal Dao Jade most among the rewards he sought.
• Cheng Buzheng entered further trial chambers, deduced and mastered the divine abilities on their jade walls, and passed through newly formed gates of light.
• Cheng Buzheng encountered nearly twenty Heavenly Crystal Jade Walls in total, including walls containing increasingly difficult first-rank and second-rank divine abilities.
• Cheng Buzheng worried that his Deduction Value and Spirit Stones would soon run out, while the sealed Teleportation Array prevented his Soul Puppet from bringing more funds from the family treasury.

Cheng Buzheng pressed on with deducing divine abilities inside the Xianyang Ancient Tower while powerful cultivators gathered outside. Sha Minghong provoked Ao Yuan over a Golden Flood Dragon Puppet, and the two demon prodigies began fighting as onlookers wondered who truly deserved to be called the Demon Race's number-one prodigy.

• Cheng Buzheng weighed the dangers surrounding the tower’s fortune, then immersed his consciousness in a Heavenly Crystal Jade Wall to continue cultivating divine abilities.
• Powerful cultivators from across the secret realm continued to gather outside the Xianyang Ancient Tower as they sought its abundant Spirit Energy and the treasure within.
• Ao Yuan recognized Sha Minghong’s arrival in a carriage pulled by a Golden Flood Dragon Puppet and demanded that Sha Minghong destroy it and apologize to his clan.
• Sha Minghong mocked Ao Yuan, revealed that he had concealed his true strength, and challenged him for the title of the Demon Race’s number-one prodigy.
• Ao Yuan and Sha Minghong exchanged attacks, beginning a battle before the gathered cultivators, who marveled at their formidable power.

Gongzhi Yang arrived at the Xianyang Ancient Tower, selected a trial on the Jade Wall, and passed because he chose a divine ability he had already mastered. He entered the tower while True Lord Mingxiang and the other cultivators remained outside, wondering whether they had any chance to enter.

• Gongzhi Yang arrived as Ao Yuan and Sha Minghong fought, judged that Ao Yuan held more power in reserve, and examined the Xianyang Jade Wall.
• True Lord Mingxiang arrived and sensed Gongzhi Yang’s hostility, but he did not attack her, and she turned her attention to the Jade Wall.
• Ao Yuan defeated Sha Minghong, whose concealed bloodline divine ability failed to turn the battle in his favor.
• Gongzhi Yang passed the Jade Wall’s trial by choosing a divine ability he had already cultivated, received an Identity Token, and entered the Xianyang Ancient Tower.
• Several cultivators tried to follow Gongzhi Yang through the gate but were thrown back, while True Lord Mingxiang realized his success had depended on luck.

Blood Puppet Elder and Cheng Buzheng advanced through the Xianyang Tower’s trials, with Cheng Buzheng spending nearly all his Spirit Stones to deduce the divine abilities needed to proceed. Blood Puppet Elder reached a realm containing the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine and its fruit, while Cheng Buzheng opened the same path and left the story poised at the treasure.

• True Lord Mingxiang and the other experts outside the tower began cultivating their chosen divine abilities while they waited.
• Blood Puppet Elder recorded the eight divine abilities on Jade Slips, used his cracking Identity Token to open a light gate, and entered the next realm as the token shattered.
• Cheng Buzheng found his Deduction Value exhausted before he could finish the required divine abilities, so he sold Spirit Materials in Bright Cloud Immortal City and returned to deduce more in seclusion.
• Cheng Buzheng’s Myriad Transformation Dao Body mastered the remaining divine ability, opened a gate through the eight Heavenly Crystal Jade Walls, and vanished into the next realm.
• Blood Puppet Elder discovered the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine growing beside a pool at the origin of a large Spirit Vein and recognized its pale golden fruit as the legendary Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit.

Blood Puppet Elder discovered that the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit was still unripe and that the ancient stone stele protected it while regulating the vine’s growth. He poured treasures and then sacrificed his Golden-Armored Puppets to force the fruit toward maturity, leaving the result uncertain.

• Blood Puppet Elder’s divine sense struck the stone stele and was shattered by the power left behind by the Xianyang Great Power, so he abandoned any attempt to take it.
• Blood Puppet Elder found that the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit had not ripened and concluded that he needed to supply the vine with additional resources to accelerate its growth.
• Blood Puppet Elder dropped Spirit Stones and other Spiritual Items into the azure pool, briefly enriching its spiritual essence and advancing the fruit’s maturation.
• Blood Puppet Elder spent nearly all his remaining treasures, turning the fruit golden but leaving it short of true maturity.
• Blood Puppet Elder sacrificed his Golden-Armored Puppets into the pool, where their bodies collapsed into Spirit Energy and their bones crumbled away.

Cheng Buzheng arrived at the azure pool and discovered the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit was undergoing its final transformation without enough Spirit Energy. As he sacrificed his avatar’s Spirit Materials and Magic Treasures to sustain it, the Blood Puppet Elder identified the chariot and suspected Cheng Buzheng was Devil Lord Beili, but resolved not to give up the fruit.

• The Blood Puppet Elder fled the pool when Cheng Buzheng appeared, hiding nearby with a compass Magic Treasure.
• Cheng Buzheng inspected the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine and its stone stele, recognizing the danger of the power sealed within and deciding to deal with the Blood Puppet Elder later.
• The Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine began its final transformation, rapidly draining the Spirit Energy in the pool.
• Cheng Buzheng threw in Desolate Beast Spirit Materials, a demon nascent soul, and then his Magic Treasures to replenish the pool’s Spirit Energy.
• The Blood Puppet Elder recognized the Demonic Light War Chariot and concluded Cheng Buzheng was likely Devil Lord Beili, but vowed to claim the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit anyway.

Cheng Buzheng and the Blood Puppet Elder both tried to claim the ripening Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit, but the Xianyang Great Power manifested from the stone stele and stopped them. The Great Power questioned the Blood Puppet Elder about the Xianyang Token, then revealed that he was not the descendant it sought, leaving the Elder intent on fleeing.

• As the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit ripened, the Blood Puppet Elder used a talisman to switch places with Cheng Buzheng and reached for the fruit.
• The stone stele’s power hurled the Blood Puppet Elder away and sealed the space, preventing Cheng Buzheng from reaching the fruit with Void Escape Travel.
• The Xianyang Great Power manifested from the stele, and Cheng Buzheng realized its divine thought had remained in the Secret Realm.
• The Xianyang Great Power asked the Blood Puppet Elder where he had obtained the Xianyang Token, and the Elder said he had found it in an Abandoned Mansion.
• The Xianyang Great Power extracted the Blood Puppet Elder’s bloodline origin and declared that he was not the person’s descendant.
• The Blood Puppet Elder realized he had no chance of obtaining the fruit and began considering how to leave.

Cheng Buzheng watched Xianyang Great Power destroy Blood Puppet Elder’s escape talisman and then learned that the ancient powerhouse had been observing him in the Xianyang Tower. Xianyang Great Power praised Cheng Buzheng’s talent, discussed the Cultivation World’s current state, and revealed that he wanted Cheng Buzheng to help him ascend to the Spirit Realm.

• Blood Puppet Elder tried to escape through a bronze teleportation gate, but Xianyang Great Power shattered it with spatial turbulence, killing him.
• Cheng Buzheng worried that Xianyang Great Power might discover his actions against the Five-Colored Jellyfish Clan, then bowed when the powerhouse turned his attention to him.
• Xianyang Great Power praised Cheng Buzheng’s comprehension and asked about his sect and the state of the human race; Cheng Buzheng identified the Green Wood Sect and confirmed that the three great alliances still governed humanity.
• Xianyang Great Power said he had watched Cheng Buzheng’s progress through the Xianyang Tower and explained that the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit suited him.
• Cheng Buzheng agreed to hear Xianyang Great Power’s request, and the powerhouse asked whether he sought to ascend to the Spirit Realm.

Cheng Buzheng refused Xianyang Great Power’s offer to ascend to the Spirit Realm because he could not bring his true body and Dao companion with him. Xianyang Great Power offered him another chance to keep the [Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine] in exchange for a request, then forced Little Roar out of hiding, leaving Cheng Buzheng to restrain the beast as it attacked him.

• Cheng Buzheng declined Xianyang Great Power’s offer, citing his desire to remain with his Dao companion, and bowed to ask forgiveness.
• Xianyang Great Power accepted Cheng Buzheng’s explanation but said he could keep the [Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine] if he fulfilled a request.
• Xianyang Great Power used a mysterious power to force Little Roar out from Cheng Buzheng’s back.
• Little Roar mistook Xianyang Great Power for an enemy and prepared to help Cheng Buzheng escape, but Cheng Buzheng told it he was a senior.
• Little Roar lunged at Cheng Buzheng in anger after realizing it had been teased, and Cheng Buzheng pinned it down.

Cheng Buzheng learned from Xianyang Great Power that Little Roar belonged to a powerful True Spirit descendant clan whose bloodline could only be awakened by a True Spirit’s origin blood. Xianyang Great Power’s interest in Little Roar became clear, and Cheng Buzheng began preparing the beast for what lay ahead.

• Little Roar kowtowed to Xianyang Great Power, while Cheng Buzheng realized that the senior had summoned the beast for a reason.
• Xianyang Great Power explained that Thunder Roar Beasts could become Thunder Marsh True Spirits and that Little Roar’s bloodline remained dormant until a True Spirit awakened it.
• Xianyang Great Power recounted how True Spirits sealed descendant bloodlines to protect their clans and warned of the dangers surrounding awakened descendants.
• Cheng Buzheng realized Xianyang Great Power’s condition for obtaining the [Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine] involved sending Little Roar to the Spirit Realm, though he remained wary of the senior’s motives.
• Cheng Buzheng used their contract to pass Little Roar the [Soul Seed] secret art, and Little Roar obediently began cultivating it.

Cheng Buzheng learned why Five Elements cultivators were sent deep into the Secret Realm while guiding Little Roar through the [Soul Seed] secret art. After Little Roar mastered it, Xianyang Great Power asked Cheng Buzheng to persuade the beast to ascend to the Spirit Realm.

• Cheng Buzheng realized Xianyang Great Power had noticed Little Roar secretly cultivating the [Soul Seed], but the senior let it continue and explained the Thunder Marsh True Spirit Descendant Clan.
• Xianyang Great Power revealed that cultivators with Five Elements aptitude who passed the first trial were sent directly to the Secret Realm's heartland, explaining the powerful members of the Five-Colored Jellyfish Clan Cheng Buzheng had seen there.
• Cheng Buzheng asked about treasures that could complete Five Elements spiritual roots, while secretly guiding Little Roar through the [Soul Seed] secret art.
• Little Roar successfully rooted the Soul Seed in its Sea of Consciousness and boasted that it had mastered the technique through its own genius.
• Xianyang Great Power asked Cheng Buzheng to persuade Little Roar to ascend to the Spirit Realm, and Cheng Buzheng took his request as further proof that the senior did not intend to seize the beast.

Cheng Buzheng persuaded Little Roar to ascend to the Spirit Realm by disguising his reluctance as casual encouragement, while Little Roar agreed after securing promises about its return and its place as his only spirit beast. Xianyang Great Power began preparing the ascension, gathering a terrifying five-colored sphere of power before making his next move.

• Cheng Buzheng reflected on Little Roar's potential and their years together, then asked whether it wanted to accept a heaven-sent opportunity.
• Little Roar distrusted Cheng Buzheng at first, but he described the Spirit Realm's opportunities and privately explained that his incarnation could not accompany it.
• Little Roar weighed the journey and agreed after bargaining over how long it would be away and whether Cheng Buzheng would raise other spirit beasts.
• Cheng Buzheng asked Xianyang Great Power to cast the spell, and Xianyang Great Power gathered a massive five-colored sphere of power.

Xianyang Great Power used his remaining divine intent to contact his true self in the Spirit Realm, triggering a massive drain of Spirit Energy throughout the Secret Realm and unrest among the Desolate Beasts. After the phenomenon ended, he warned Cheng Buzheng that descendants of Primordial True Spirit bloodlines might look down on Little Roar because of his contract.

• Xianyang Great Power split his body, poured most of his power into a five-colored ball of light, and raised a pillar that linked heaven and earth.
• A great existence in the Spirit Realm recognized the disturbance as a signal from his divine intent in the Azure Feather World and sent power through a spatial rift.
• The pillar devoured Spirit Energy across the Secret Realm, weakening a Spirit Vein node and provoking Desolate Beasts; one beast swallowed a Nascent Soul powerhouse.
• Powerhouses outside Xianyang Tower noticed the Spirit Energy decline and the tower's transformation, then argued over whether the opportunity within had been claimed or an unforeseen change had occurred.
• The devouring stopped, leaving an altar inside the pillar, and Xianyang Great Power cautioned Cheng Buzheng that True Spirit descendants might treat Little Roar differently because of his contract.

Cheng Buzheng persuaded Little Roar to accept separation from their contract and sent it to the Spirit Realm, giving it his most precious secret art before it left. After learning that ascending required either overwhelming power or a Life-Bound Magic Treasure reforged into a Spirit Treasure, Cheng Buzheng abandoned hopes of the first path and resolved to pursue the second.

• Cheng Buzheng persuaded Little Roar to agree to the contract’s release by promising he would never contract another spirit beast.
• Cheng Buzheng dissolved the contract, then gave Little Roar the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art] as a secret life-saving method.
• Cheng Buzheng sent Little Roar onto the altar and asked Xianyang Great Power to guide it to the Spirit Realm.
• Little Roar realized Cheng Buzheng had tricked it and resisted leaving, but Xianyang Great Power activated the altar and sent it away.
• Xianyang Great Power told Cheng Buzheng that ascension required either forcing open a passage with supreme power or refining a Life-Bound Magic Treasure into a Spirit Treasure.
• Cheng Buzheng regretted not obtaining a Spirit Treasure blueprint, then resolved to cultivate and gather Spirit Restrictions so he could reforge his treasure.

After Little Roar was sent toward the Spirit Realm, the Secret Realm’s ancestral vein began draining to power its ascension, triggering a catastrophic loss of spiritual energy. Cheng Buzheng raced to refine the Realm Stele before the vein failed, while cultivators across the Secret Realm faced dying beasts and withering treasures, and one powerhouse concluded that a Forbidden Land for Living Beings had been activated.

• Cheng Buzheng traced the surging spiritual energy to the five-colored thread tied to Little Roar’s ascension and discovered that the Secret Realm’s ancestral vein was rapidly declining.
• Cheng Buzheng went to the pool and began refining the Realm Stele, the core of the Secret Realm and the key to claiming the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit.
• Jiang Siling watched a lightning-talented Desolate Beast collapse and die as the spiritual energy dwindled.
• Chu Daofeng and Shangguan Qingyu found a spirit medicine withered to ash, then left the borderlands after Shangguan Qingyu urged caution.
• A powerful figure in the inner region saw a Spirit Vein fail and a Spirit Medicine wither, concluded that Xianyang Great Power had activated a Forbidden Land for Living Beings, and began seeking an escape.

Cheng Buzheng refined the Realm Stele and used its growing power to observe Xianyang Tower and the surrounding land, discovering how far his perception could reach. After refining the stele to twenty percent, he extended his gaze beyond the tower and spotted a low-tier Spirit Medicine, while the Spirit Vein continued to decline as its energy fed the five-colored light.

• Cheng Buzheng completed the initial refinement of one-tenth of the Realm Stele and used its power to observe the tower’s inner spaces, where he saw Ao Yuan, Sha Minghong, True Lord Mingxiang, and Gongzhi Yang comprehending divine abilities.
• Cheng Buzheng’s vision reached its limit at the tower’s boundary, so he returned his focus to refining the Realm Stele as the five-colored light continued devouring Spirit Energy.
• Cheng Buzheng refined the Realm Stele to twenty percent, then borrowed its stronger power to observe beyond Xianyang Tower.
• Cheng Buzheng surveyed the surrounding land for ten thousand miles and spotted a low-tier Spirit Medicine.

Cheng Buzheng discovered that the Secret Realm’s power was draining energy from Spiritual Plants, Desolate Beasts, and treasures as Little Roar ascended, so he hurried to refine the Boundary Stele before the remaining treasures vanished. He used the Ruyi Refinement Method to speed up the process and recorded the locations of rare treasures, but he still could not find Murong Wanwan.

• Cheng Buzheng saw Spiritual Plants wither and Desolate Beasts waste away as their essence and energy were drained by the Secret Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng realized that the five-colored light was consuming the Secret Realm’s energy and treasures, and he began seeking a faster way to refine the Boundary Stele.
• Cheng Buzheng switched to the Ruyi Refinement Method, increasing his refinement speed by thirty percent, but his attempt to deduce the method further failed.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Boundary Stele’s power to observe the Secret Realm and marked the locations of more than two hundred rare treasures as other treasures were devoured.
• Cheng Buzheng witnessed Ye Han and Sword One join forces to kill a Desolate Beast before ending their hostility and parting ways.
• Cheng Buzheng continued refining the Boundary Stele but could not locate Murong Wanwan within his range of observation.