Chapter Summaries

Cheng Buzheng refined the boundary stele, secured the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine and its seed, and discovered that the collapsing Secret Realm was draining away its Spirit Energy. The stele then expelled the powerhouses from Xianyang Tower, including Ao Yuan, who suspected someone had already obtained Xianyang Great Power's inheritance.

• Murong Wanwan followed Cheng Buzheng's information to collect a Five-Colored Spirit Apricot and set off for another treasure.
• Cheng Buzheng finished refining the boundary stele and took the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine's fruit, which he sealed in a Jade Box.
• The fruitless vine produced a seed that devoured the pool's Creation aura and Spirit Energy, so Cheng Buzheng stored both the vine and its sprouted seed.
• The Secret Realm's Spirit Vein collapsed into an ordinary earth vein, and the land began to break apart as Cheng Buzheng poured power into the boundary stele.
• An invisible ripple swept Ao Yuan and other powerhouses out of Xianyang Tower, and Ao Yuan suspected a rival had taken the inheritance before noticing the Spirit Energy outside had nearly vanished.

Outside Xianyang Tower, Gongzhi Yang and Ao Yuan killed cultivators who demanded the Xianyang Great Power's inheritance, while Cheng Buzheng collected the tower's jade walls and searched the Secret Realm for treasures. He discovered that the Secret Realm was draining Desolate Beasts and rare Spirit Medicines to fuel Little Roar's ascension, then left the tower to gather what treasures remained.

• Cultivators outside Xianyang Tower accused those expelled from it of taking the inheritance, and Gongzhi Yang killed a Rogue Cultivator True Lord who challenged them.
• Ao Yuan killed a Great Demon who called for an attack, discouraging the other cultivators from making an immediate move.
• Cheng Buzheng collected several dozen Heavenly Crystal Jade Walls but found he could not take the Boundary Stele or Xianyang Tower.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Boundary Stele to survey the Secret Realm, spotted an encirclement outside the tower, and located hidden Spiritual Items.
• Cheng Buzheng saw Desolate Beasts and Spirit Medicines being drained by the Secret Realm and suspected the energy was meant to help Little Roar ascend to the Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng recorded the remaining treasure locations and flew out of Xianyang Tower to collect them.

Cheng Buzheng escaped the encirclement outside Xianyang Tower, discovered that his Creation Heaven-Mending Art could restore him even where Spirit Energy was scarce, and collected two wondrous treasures in the Secret Realm. He left the cavern with a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shoot and continued searching for treasures.

• Murong Wanwan learned from Cheng Buzheng that heaven and earth were devouring spirit-plant treasures and revised her route to search for them.
• Cheng Buzheng slipped through the encirclement around Xianyang Tower while the waiting cultivators watched for someone fleeing the tower.
• Cheng Buzheng tested the Creation Heaven-Mending Art in an area nearly devoid of Spirit Energy and restored his Magic Power and divine sense within a breath.
• Cheng Buzheng found a rare earth-attribute heavenly treasure, a black stone, among the remains of a fallen Desolate Beast comparable to a Spirit Transformation supreme.
• Cheng Buzheng retrieved a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shoot from a deep cavern and stored it in his Storage Bag.

Cheng Buzheng collected more than a hundred rare Spiritual Items in the Secret Realm, including an Emerald Heart, while Murong Wanwan’s incarnation found that many treasures had already been drained of their essence. They reunited, discussed Cheng Buzheng’s discoveries and Little Roar’s origins, and Murong Wanwan asked whether he would have gone to see the Spirit Realm if his true body had entered.

• Cheng Buzheng found an Emerald Heart hidden in a mist that blocked Divine Sense and sealed it away.
• Cheng Buzheng swept through the Secret Realm and gathered more than a hundred rare Spiritual Items, though some treasures he found had been drained of their essence.
• Murong Wanwan’s incarnation discovered that the crystal in a dried-up pool had lost its essence, then headed for the rendezvous as the forest withered behind her.
• Cheng Buzheng met Murong Wanwan, told her about his gains in Xianyang Tower, and explained that Little Roar was descended from the Thunder Marsh True Spirit.
• Murong Wanwan asked whether Cheng Buzheng would have gone to see the Spirit Realm if his true body had entered the Secret Realm, and he answered that every cultivator wanted to see it.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan discussed how to escape the attention of the Venerables waiting outside the Secret Realm, then compared and shared their rare treasures. Cheng Buzheng revealed the power and danger of the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art], and Murong Wanwan understood why he had warned her but chose not to cultivate it.

• Murong Wanwan proposed using the Realm Stele to disguise a spiritual plant as the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine, but Cheng Buzheng rejected the plan because the Supremes outside the Secret Realm might see through it.
• Cheng Buzheng reassured Murong Wanwan that his true body could receive her safely and explained why the Venerables and Demon Venerables coveted the Secret Realm's inheritance.
• Murong Wanwan showed Cheng Buzheng more than a hundred kinds of rare treasures and offered him the items suited to his cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng revealed that he had collected a comparable haul, including ingredients for the [Life-Returning Pill], and gave Murong Wanwan rare Spiritual Items for her cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng explained the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art]'s ability to absorb Spirit Energy and warned Murong Wanwan that its value could attract Spirit Transformation Venerables.
• Murong Wanwan understood the danger of the secret art but decided she did not need to cultivate it.

Cheng Buzheng convinced Murong Wanwan to cultivate the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art] and showed her the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine. Meanwhile, the Secret Realm’s defensive formations collapsed, expelling the survivors to the Supremes as spatial turbulence began consuming the realm; those still inside searched for a way to escape.

• Cheng Buzheng insisted that Murong Wanwan cultivate the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art], and she agreed.
• Murong Wanwan asked to see the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine, and Cheng Buzheng showed her its storage bag and explained that it was a natural embryonic spiritual treasure.
• The formation worlds surrounding the Secret Realm lost their protective power, and a mysterious light transported the eliminated cultivators out before spatial turbulence destroyed the formations.
• The Supremes captured the survivors who appeared near Xianyang Island, moved them to locations around the Bright Cloud Sea Region, and interrogated them about the Secret Realm.
• Spatial fissures spread across the Secret Realm as turbulence consumed its land, and Turtle Elder offered Ao Yuan his defensive shell, but Ao Yuan refused it.
• True Lord Mingxiang considered whether a special rule of the Secret Realm could provide a way to escape.

As the Secret Realm began to collapse, Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan survived by using his newly unlocked authority over the Realm Stele to escape the realm’s destruction. They emerged in a remote part of the Bright Cloud Sea Region and used a Teleportation Guiding Jade to evade the Supremes gathered near Xianyang Island.

• Old Daoist ambushed True Lord Yang with a Black Light Needle, killed him, and took his treasures.
• Cheng Buzheng reassured Murong Wanwan that the Secret Realm’s upheaval would bring a turning point and that their greatest gain was learning the secret of ascending to the Spirit Realm.
• Xianyang Tower collapsed, and the Realm Stele’s final layer of authority opened to Cheng Buzheng, allowing him to choose where Secret Realm cultivators were teleported.
• Cheng Buzheng used Cyclic Causality Division to scatter the cultivators across the Bright Cloud Sea Region, drawing the Supremes’ attention away from a remote area.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan left the collapsing Secret Realm, then used their Teleportation Guiding Jade to escape before the Supremes’ divine sense reached them.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan escaped the Supreme Ones’ search and returned safely to Bright Cloud Immortal City. After consuming the [Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit], Cheng Buzheng found little obvious change and began testing whether it had increased his comprehension.

• Cheng Buzheng’s true body retrieved his and Murong Wanwan’s incarnations from a hidden undersea cavern while the Supreme Ones swept the region and gathered the remaining Demon Race and Human Race experts.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan returned to their room in Bright Cloud Immortal City, where she urged him to consume the [Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit].
• Cheng Buzheng ate the fruit and felt its power of creation transform his body, soul, consciousness, spirit blood, and bones, though he noticed almost no increase in cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng suspected the fruit’s power might have improved his comprehension and began studying the second-rank divine ability [Azure Flame Heaven-Locking Seal] without using [Celestial Cycle Divination] or the Creation Small Plate.

Cheng Buzheng refined the Creation Heavenly Rhythm Vine Fruit and found that it greatly increased his comprehension, though he remained far from reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm. Meanwhile, the Supremes questioned those who had left the Secret Realm, focusing on the powerful figures who entered Xianyang Tower.

• Cheng Buzheng used his enhanced comprehension to form and dismiss an azure fire Dao Seal, then checked his cultivation panel and found the fruit had granted only a little over a century of cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng told Murong Wanwan about the fruit's effects and explained that he still lacked the resources and opportunity needed to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan shared an intimate moment before he suggested they sort their gains and return to Immortal Alliance City when the Teleportation Array opened.
• The Supremes questioned the Secret Realm participants and inspected their human-made treasures, then asked whether anyone who had been near Xianyang Tower was absent.
• The powerful figures who had entered Xianyang Tower disclosed their experiences and showed the Supremes the divine abilities they had obtained from the Xianyang Jade Wall.
• Two Rogue Cultivator True Lords privately discussed who might have gained the Xianyang Great Power's inheritance and agreed to trade their Secret Realm treasures after the questioning ended.

The Supremes questioned cultivators who had left Xianyang Secret Realm and confirmed that the inheritor of Xianyang Great Power’s legacy had escaped their search. They planned to seek out juniors with extraordinary comprehension and spread news promising rewards, while the surrounding sea descended into slaughter.

• Blood Sea Demon Venerable questioned a rogue Nascent Soul True Lord, inspected his gains, and ruled out his two low-grade first-rank divine abilities as evidence of the inheritance.
• The Supremes questioned Ao Yuan, Sha Minghong, True Lord Mingxiang, and the other cultivators, but failed to find the inheritor.
• Venerable Zongbao, Venerable Guanping, Venerable Daoyuan, and the Demon Venerables concluded that the inheritor had likely escaped through a teleportation measure arranged by Xianyang Great Power.
• Venerable Tianzhao proposed searching first for missing juniors with extraordinary comprehension, including Golden Core cultivators and lesser demons, and expanding the search if that failed.
• Venerable Guanping proposed publicizing the search and offering cultivation treasures as rewards, hoping the inheritor would come forward; the Supremes agreed and divided up the search.
• The Supremes departed, and the powerful cultivators left behind flew away in groups or alone as the stretch of sea became a place of slaughter.

After returning from the Bright Cloud Sea Region, Cheng Buzheng resumed cultivating while Murong Wanwan practiced a divine ability and worried about having a child. Meanwhile, news spread that identifying the Xianyang Secret Realm inheritor could earn a vast reward, putting Cheng Buzheng at risk of being reported.

• Murong Wanwan told Cheng Buzheng she wanted to bear his child, and he said their chances were low and depended on fortune.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan returned to Immortal Alliance City, where their avatars resumed work at Fudao Hall and their true bodies went back to their cave abode.
• Cheng Buzheng passed the [Creation Heaven-Mending Art] to Murong Wanwan, then began refining Spirit Pills to cultivate.
• Murong Wanwan practiced the fifth-grade [Heart Spirit Divine Eye] with a crystal ball, making progress but saving her Spirit Heart Crystals for her husband.
• Old Daoist Yang told fellow Nascent Soul cultivators that the Supremes would reward anyone who identified the inheritor of the Xianyang Secret Realm, and warned them not to exploit the offer.

Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan arrived at Four Seas Tower for a gathering hosted by Chu Daofeng and Shangguan Qingyu, where Murong Wanwan bonded with the couple and gifted their infant daughter a precious piece of purple warm jade. Cheng Buzheng joined Chu Daofeng upstairs to meet several Nascent Soul True Lords, while Murong Wanwan and Shangguan Qingyu went to a nearby private room.

• Duan Xiaoyang welcomed Chu Daofeng and Shangguan Qingyu to Four Seas Tower, then received several hundred low-grade Spirit Stones from Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan after flattering them.
• Chu Daofeng greeted Cheng Buzheng and learned that Murong Wanwan was Cheng Buzheng's Dao companion, while Shangguan Qingyu addressed them as Senior Brother Cheng and Sister-in-law.
• Murong Wanwan gave Shangguan Qingyu's infant daughter a rare piece of purple warm jade, and the baby laughed as Shangguan Qingyu reluctantly accepted the gift.
• Murong Wanwan and Shangguan Qingyu chatted warmly about the baby's resemblance to her parents while Chu Daofeng and Cheng Buzheng joked together.
• Chu Daofeng led Cheng Buzheng upstairs and introduced him to several Nascent Soul True Lords, while Shangguan Qingyu took Murong Wanwan to a nearby private room.

At Chu Daofeng and Shangguan Qingyu’s gathering, Elder Qu warned that the Immortal Alliance was preparing a major move involving Nascent Soul cultivators. In the neighboring room, Shangguan Qingyu’s account of using Creation Womb-Nurturing Pills inspired Murong Wanwan to secretly seek a child, while the women exchanged intimate stories about their partners.

• At Chu Daofeng’s celebration, Elder Qu said the Immortal Alliance’s increased oversight pointed to a major move involving Nascent Soul True Lords and urged the cultivators to strengthen their combat and survival skills.
• Cheng Buzheng recalled Venerable Daoyuan’s earlier warning but felt reassured that the upheaval would not affect him as an inland sect’s ancestor.
• Shangguan Qingyu told the women that she conceived after taking her third Creation Womb-Nurturing Pill, prompting Murong Wanwan to decide she would secretly obtain the pills and have a child.
• Jiang Siling teased Murong Wanwan about her plans, and Murong Wanwan joked about sharing Cheng Buzheng with her before the women asked about their relationship.
• Murong Wanwan shared stories about her life with Cheng Buzheng, and the women—including Shangguan Qingyu—joined in discussing their partners.

At a banquet hosted by Chu Daofeng, True Lord Qi revealed that the Supremes were searching for the unknown cultivator who obtained the greatest fortune in the Xianyang Secret Realm. Cheng Buzheng realized the search concerned a hidden secret and concealed that he was the person they sought.

• A Nascent Soul True Lord asked True Lord Qi for a chance to make a fortune, and True Lord Qi brought up the Secret Realm on Xianyang Island.
• Chu Daofeng described the Secret Realm’s deadly trials and powerful Desolate Beasts, explaining that he had barely escaped alive.
• True Lord Qi revealed that the Supremes had secretly ordered cultivators to find the unknown expert who took the Secret Realm’s greatest fortune and bring them before a Venerable.
• True Lord Qu reasoned that the public search was also meant to lure the expert out, and True Lord Qi confirmed that the Venerables wanted the person brought in rather than the treasures recovered.
• Chu Daofeng and the others agreed that the expert would be foolish to surrender, while Cheng Buzheng echoed them and hid his reaction.

After Chu Daofeng's birthday banquet, Cheng Buzheng attended the trade fair and pondered why the Immortal Alliance and other Supremes were searching for the person who took the Creation from the Xianyang Secret Realm. He suspected they wanted the secret of ascension and began planning how to profit from meeting them.

• Chu Daofeng ended the banquet and invited the cultivators to an internal trade fair, while Shangguan Qingyu left early with her infant.
• Cheng Buzheng traded a few treasures, and Murong Wanwan browsed the fair before they left together.
• After the guests dispersed, Duan Xiaoyang and the Green-Clothed Attendant headed to Rouge Alley.
• Cheng Buzheng asked Murong Wanwan about the Female Cultivators' strange looks, but she kept their private conversation secret.
• Cheng Buzheng reviewed the Immortal Alliance's demands and the search for the Xianyang Secret Realm's missing Creation, then considered meeting the Supremes to bargain for benefits and began writing notes on a Jade Slip.

Cheng Buzheng sent a Soul Puppet disguised as a young Foundation Establishment cultivator to confront the Venerables gathered at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters. After the Venerables searched Immortal Alliance City for his true body, the puppet performed a trick before them, leaving the chapter on their reaction.

• Cheng Buzheng disguised his Myriad Transformation Dao Body as a little old man and used it to send a Soul Puppet toward the Immortal Alliance Headquarters.
• The Soul Puppet, disguised as a blue-robed youth, claimed the Venerables had created their spectacle to draw him out and revealed that his disguise had fooled them.
• The Venerables unleashed their divine sense across Immortal Alliance City but found no trace of Cheng Buzheng's true body.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Soul Puppet to complain about their search and announce that he would perform a trick for the Venerables.
• A metallic Puppet and gray Storage Bag fell into the hall, and the blue-robed youth reappeared before the Venerables.

Cheng Buzheng convinced the gathered Supremes that he was the elusive An Lan and had obtained the Xianyang Secret Realm’s fortune by demonstrating his signature and revealing the Xianyang Jade Wall. Once they accepted his identity, Venerable Tianzhao asked whether Xianyang Great Power’s inheritance contained records about ascending to the Spirit Realm, leaving Cheng Buzheng to consider how to answer.

• The Supremes agreed to stop using underhanded methods against Cheng Buzheng until they obtained what they wanted, and he refused to reveal his true identity.
• Cheng Buzheng identified himself as An Lan and formed his distinctive signature, which Venerable Tianzhao and Demon Venerable Nether Sea recognized from the Langya Secret Realm.
• Cheng Buzheng produced the Xianyang Jade Wall, and the Supremes confirmed its identity and believed he had likely obtained the secret realm’s fortune.
• Cheng Buzheng put the jade wall away and refused to share information about the secret realm until the Supremes stated what they sought.
• Venerable Tianzhao asked whether Xianyang Great Power’s inheritance contained secret records about ascending to the Spirit Realm, and Cheng Buzheng paused to consider his response.

Cheng Buzheng told the Supremes that Xianyang Great Power’s legacy contained two possible paths to ascension, and he decided to bargain with them for gifts and resources. As the Supremes gathered in Immortal Alliance City, their arrivals alarmed the city until Venerable Tianzhao reassured its residents and restored order.

• Cheng Buzheng explained that ancient ascension methods no longer worked after a great upheaval, and Venerable Daoyuan said the Supremes sought a safe new path.
• Cheng Buzheng revealed that Xianyang Great Power’s divine thought had taught him two ascension methods, then proposed waiting for the Supremes’ true selves to arrive before discussing terms.
• The Blood Sea Demon Venerable and other Supremes promised Cheng Buzheng meeting gifts as they traveled to Immortal Alliance City.
• The arrival of powerful Supremes stirred fear and speculation among the city’s cultivators, who suspected a major event was underway.
• Venerable Tianzhao announced that he had invited the Demon Race’s supreme experts to gather and warned residents against breaking the city’s laws, restoring order.

Cheng Buzheng negotiated with the gathered Supremes for cultivation resources in exchange for information about the Xianyang Great Power’s methods of ascending to the Spirit Realm. He secured a large supply of pills and other materials, then threatened to self-destruct unless they also helped him prepare for future breakthroughs.

• Demon Venerable Nether Sea and several other Supremes gave Cheng Buzheng valuable meeting gifts, including a top-tier upper-grade Magic Treasure and a Life-Returning Pill.
• Venerable Tianzhao asked Cheng Buzheng to explain the two methods for ascending to the Spirit Realm, and Cheng Buzheng demanded compensation before sharing the information.
• Cheng Buzheng requested large quantities of Spirit Pills, bargained with the Supremes, and secured enough for himself and Murong Wanwan to reach the peak of Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Cheng Buzheng demanded Innate Gang Sha, Earthly Turbid Qi, and sixty portions of harmonizing Spiritual Items to support his future cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng demanded three breakthrough treasures and the Supremes’ cultivation insights, then threatened to self-destruct when they hesitated.
• The Supremes agreed to copy their breakthrough insights and discuss gathering the treasures, then privately considered bargaining down his demands.

Cheng Buzheng negotiated with the Cultivation World's Supremes for rare Spiritual Items and breakthrough insights in exchange for revealing the secret of ascension. He secured their agreement to strict safeguards and Heart Demon Great Oaths, leaving the exchange poised to proceed.

• Cheng Buzheng held firm during bargaining, and the Supremes agreed to provide the promised Spiritual Items.
• The Supremes delivered the treasures and Jade Slips containing their breakthrough insights to Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Buzheng presented Jade Slips listing nine clauses and 108 detailed rules, including protections against obstruction, tracking, and tampering.
• Venerable Tianzhao pressured Cheng Buzheng, but Demon Venerable Nether Sea intervened and warned him not to harm the young man.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea announced that the Supremes accepted Cheng Buzheng's conditions, including swearing Heart Demon Great Oaths before he revealed the secret.