Chapter Summaries

Venerable Guanping agreed to swear a heart demon oath after negotiating for ten percent of the Spirit Sky Tiger Clan’s divine blood share. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng hunted down cultivators who had followed him from the Forbidden Ancient City and sorted through their spoils as he continued toward a remote sea region.

• Venerable Guanping first demanded a Law Spiritual Item, then accepted ten percent of the Spirit Sky Tiger Clan’s divine blood share and swore a heart demon oath before witnesses.
• Cheng Buzheng noticed that followers were tracking him as he traveled away from the Forbidden Ancient City.
• An old man aboard a concealed Flying Boat warned his companion that Cheng Buzheng was likely luring pursuers into a trap, and they turned back.
• Cheng Buzheng destroyed a great demon’s treasure ship and killed the two Jade Family True Lords who tried to flee, then pursued another follower.
• Cheng Buzheng gathered his spoils and inspected the Spirit Stones, spiritual materials, and Magic Treasures aboard his battle chariot.

Cheng Buzheng finished sorting his spoils and returned to a remote sea region, where he used Heart Spirit Teleportation Gate amid a surge of chaotic Spirit Energy. Meanwhile, Venerable Guanping confronted Hidden One and watched a recording that led him to suspect Cheng Buzheng had engineered the information scandal; Cheng Buzheng’s next move remained unknown.

• Cheng Buzheng found mostly minor pills and spirit water among his spoils, along with the incomplete [Geng Metal Sword Qi Diagram].
• Two Nascent Soul True Lords concluded that the missing cultivators and demons had fallen to the mysterious expert, then left the mountain outside the Forbidden Ancient City.
• After flying for several months, Cheng Buzheng returned to a remote sea region, searched for nearby powerhouses, and activated [Heart Spirit Teleportation Gate] while secretly stirring the Spirit Energy.
• Venerable Guanping confronted Hidden One at the [Hidden Information Pavilion] over the information that had damaged his standing, but agreed to spare him in exchange for help finding the mysterious expert.
• Hidden One showed Venerable Guanping a recording of Cheng Buzheng selling the information, and Venerable Guanping inferred that Cheng Buzheng had deliberately spread the rumor to disgrace him.

Cheng Buzheng’s incarnation escaped into the Forbidden Sea while his true body sorted the transferred treasures, studied the Purgatory Demon Sword blueprint, and tried to complete the Purgatory World-Extinguishing Divine Mill blueprint. When the deduction failed for lack of Deduction Value, he sent his incarnation back toward Forbidden Ancient City to gather more resources.

• Hidden One revealed Cheng Buzheng’s transformed appearance to Venerable Guanping and told him the man had sold items at the Treasure Pagoda before leaving the city.
• Venerable Guanping used the items Cheng Buzheng had sold to try to track his aura, but Cheng Buzheng had already cleansed them of his traces.
• Cheng Buzheng’s Myriad Transformation Dao Body sent a Storage Bag through the Heart Spirit Teleportation Gate to his true body, then flew deeper into the Forbidden Sea to hunt Purgatory Blood Demons for divine blood.
• Cheng Buzheng sorted the transferred Spirit Stones, Spirit Materials, divine blood, and blueprints, then deciphered the Purgatory Demon Sword blueprint and added to the incomplete divine mill blueprint.
• Cheng Buzheng tried to deduce the completed portion of the divine mill blueprint, but the Small Plate ran out of Deduction Value despite his remaining 87 points.
• Cheng Buzheng decided to send his incarnation back toward Forbidden Ancient City to recover the spoils and gain more Deduction Value.

Cheng Buzheng accepted a gift from the fleeing thief aboard a bronze warship, drawing Gongzhi Yang’s attention as the Dark Market guardians pursued them. Gongzhi Yang confronted Cheng Buzheng in his Old Monk Fayang disguise, but Cheng Buzheng abandoned the chance to kill him to protect his identity, family, and clan.

• Cheng Buzheng spotted the bronze warship fleeing from four Sovereign Dark Market guardians and Gongzhi Yang, but initially chose not to intervene.
• The thief sent Cheng Buzheng a Storage Bag to discourage him from interfering, and Cheng Buzheng accepted the Azure Spirit Star Gold inside and changed course.
• Gongzhi Yang suspected Cheng Buzheng might be the thief’s companion and pursued him while the warship and the guardians continued onward.
• Cheng Buzheng recognized Gongzhi Yang and considered killing him, but decided the risk to his disguise, wife, and clan was too great.
• Gongzhi Yang stopped before Cheng Buzheng, who appeared as Old Monk Fayang, and asked why he had been intercepted.

Disguised as Old Monk Fayang, Cheng Buzheng avoided Gongzhi Yang’s suspicions, entered the Forbidden Ancient City, and discovered signs that Venerable Guanping might be investigating his past activities. He sold most of his treasures at the Treasure Pagoda, gained enough Spirit Stones to exceed 200 Deduction Value, and left to work on advancing his Life-Bound Magic Treasure.

• Cheng Buzheng let Gongzhi Yang inspect a Storage Bag containing Azure Spirit Star Gold, convincing him it held no treasure stolen from the Blood Fiend Gate.
• After Gongzhi Yang left, Cheng Buzheng traveled to the Forbidden Ancient City and noticed an extra Sea Suppressing Alliance cultivator among the city guards.
• At the Treasure Pagoda, Cheng Buzheng saw Sea Suppressing Alliance cultivators waiting in the hall and suspected Venerable Guanping had uncovered his earlier disguise and transactions.
• Cheng Buzheng traded most of his low-grade magic treasures and miscellaneous items on the seventh floor, receiving fifteen thousand High-grade Spirit Stones and raising his Deduction Value above 200.
• Cheng Buzheng left the city in his ancient war chariot, planning to use his Deduction Value to advance the blueprint of his Life-Bound Magic Treasure.

Cheng Buzheng failed to use the Small Plate to upgrade a Magic Treasure blueprint into a Spirit Treasure, so he returned to cultivation before his Forbidden Sea incarnation ambushed a squad of Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys. He killed Blood Two and several of the remaining envoys, while the fight continued.

• Cheng Buzheng used the [Heart Spirit Teleportation Gate] to send a Storage Bag of Spirit Stones to his true body, which converted them into Deduction Value and attempted to upgrade a Magic Treasure blueprint, but the deduction failed.
• Cheng Buzheng resumed cultivation, while his Myriad Transformation Dao Body returned to the Forbidden Sea.
• Blood Two explained that he was patrolling to earn merit and gather resources to advance, but Cheng Buzheng ambushed the squad and killed him with a sword strike.
• The remaining Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys summoned infernal treasures and Desolate Beasts, then unleashed the Blood Wave Divine Ripple to search for their hidden attacker.
• Cheng Buzheng attacked from the interlayer of space, suppressing the envoys with a shield and killing several with his sword, spirit awl, and golden-fire ruler.

Cheng Buzheng hunted Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys in the Forbidden Sea, harvesting divine blood, rare Spiritual Items, and other spoils. After a year of repeated battles and searching, he found no more targets in the Treasure Sea Region and continued facing a shortage of Spirit Stones.

• Cheng Buzheng killed several Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys, recovered their treasures, and extracted divine blood from summoned Desolate Beasts, though one Blood River Space had collapsed.
• Cheng Buzheng harvested the three Desolate Beasts’ Spirit Materials and refined their flesh into a small mass of essence before flying deeper into the Forbidden Sea.
• Three months later, Cheng Buzheng found another squad of Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys, killed them, and collected more divine blood and materials.
• Over the next year, Cheng Buzheng hunted more than forty Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys, collecting over forty drops of divine blood, Purgatory treasures, rare Spiritual Items, and Spirit Stones.
• Cheng Buzheng killed a Purgatory Blood Demon emissary comparable to a Half-Step Supreme and obtained Heavenly River Purple Sand, but its collapsed Blood River Space prevented him from collecting its divine blood.
• After searching the Treasure Sea Region without finding another Purgatory Blood Demon emissary, Cheng Buzheng gave up on finding more targets there.

Cheng Buzheng sent his incarnation’s harvest to his true body and used the Small Plate to deduce the Spirit Treasure blueprint for his Life-Bound Magic Treasure, the [Chaos Dao Tribulation Sword]. He learned that reforging it required a medium-sized Spirit Vein, but could not retrieve the one he had stored beneath a deserted island until it was safe to leave his Immortal City.

• Cheng Buzheng and his true body opened a [Heart Spirit Teleportation Gate], allowing the Myriad Transformation Dao Body to send several Storage Bags to the Immortal City before the gate collapsed.
• The Myriad Transformation Dao Body stayed in the treasure sea region, hoping to find more treasures and the Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys’ hidden scheme.
• Cheng Buzheng converted the transmitted Spirit Stones into Deduction Value, reaching 1350 points, then used more than 1200 points to deduce the Spirit Treasure blueprint for the [Chaos Dao Tribulation Sword].
• The deduction revealed that a Spirit Treasure required an innate Spirit Restriction fused with at least a medium-sized Spirit Vein to develop sentience and that his existing materials could be reforged without replacement.
• Cheng Buzheng decided to wait before retrieving the medium-sized Spirit Vein beneath the deserted island, since leaving the Immortal City would sever the Telepathic Link with his Myriad Transformation Dao Body.

Cheng Buzheng continued cultivating while the Purgatory Race’s leaders debated the human and demon alliance and prepared to act first. The Seventh Divine Envoy left to investigate a compromised patrol location, while Cheng Buzheng waited in the Treasure Sea Region for Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys to arrive.

• Cheng Buzheng assessed his cultivation gains and resumed arduous practice in his secret chamber.
• The Grand Divine Envoy convened the Purgatory Race’s priests and divine envoys, who agreed to strike before the human and demon races could attack.
• The High Priest assured the gathering that Purgatory Continent was safe, but confirmed that the human and demon races were preparing major moves.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy reported that his subordinates had disappeared and a half-step Divine Envoy had died, so the Grand Divine Envoy ordered him to check whether their planned location had been exposed.
• Cheng Buzheng’s Myriad Transformation Dao Body waited in the Treasure Sea Region, expecting Purgatory Race experts to investigate and planning to use the imitation Chaos Dao Tribulation Swords against them.

The Seventh Divine Envoy searched the Forbidden Sea and found the Purgatory Race’s hidden formation site, where Purgatory Situ and the Blood Demon envoys were completing a vast formation. After confirming the site remained undiscovered, he learned it would take three months to perfect the formation and notified the Grand Divine Envoy.

• The Seventh Divine Envoy entered the Forbidden Sea and slaughtered creatures in his path as he descended to the seabed.
• Purgatory Situ identified a flaw in the formation blueprint and directed Blood Spirit to modify node 1454.
• Purgatory Situ and Blood Dragon discussed missing patrol squads, and Purgatory Situ ordered the clansmen not to leave or reveal their location.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy entered the hidden formation space, questioned Purgatory Situ and Blood Dragon, and confirmed the site had not been exposed.
• Purgatory Situ said the formation needed three months to be perfected, and the Seventh Divine Envoy warned him to complete it before notifying the Grand Divine Envoy.

The Seventh Divine Envoy traced Cheng Buzheng to the Forbidden Sea and searched for him, but Cheng Buzheng escaped detection by hiding in a spatial interstice. When the Envoy's attack exposed his presence, Cheng Buzheng prepared his replica [Chaos Dao Sword] to buy time for his final escape plan.

• The Seventh Divine Envoy used a cracked Blood Crystal plaque to trace a clue southwest, then searched the Forbidden Sea with Blood Path laws.
• Cheng Buzheng sensed mortal danger, fled into the Forbidden Sea, and hid in a spatial interstice as the Seventh Divine Envoy arrived.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy searched the sea but failed to find Cheng Buzheng, who quietly moved farther away.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy's pillar of Blood Path law power tore through space and exposed Cheng Buzheng's faint aura.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy reached into the spatial interstice with a giant hand, and Cheng Buzheng brought out four Small swords from his replica [Chaos Dao Sword] to stall him.

Cheng Buzheng used his replicated sword formation and a one-use [Confinement Divine Crystal] to delay and restrain the Seventh Divine Envoy, then escaped when the Supreme broke free. The Seventh Divine Envoy lost his trail but memorized Cheng Buzheng’s disguise and aura, leaving their pursuit unresolved.

• Cheng Buzheng combined four swords into a single attack that destroyed the Seventh Divine Envoy’s giant palm and transformed into a chaotic sword formation around him.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy withstood the formation’s chaos waves while Cheng Buzheng activated the [Confinement Divine Crystal] from the void interlayer.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy shattered the formation, but the crystal’s confinement power caught him as Cheng Buzheng fled.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy broke the confinement with Blood Path law power, while Cheng Buzheng changed his appearance and used the Mad Demon Great Art to escape.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy failed to find Cheng Buzheng, memorized Old Monk Fayang’s appearance and aura, and departed.

Cheng Buzheng repaired his avatar after using the Mad Demon Great Art, restoring its bodily injuries while his Nascent Soul origin remained badly depleted. A vast heavenly phenomenon appeared over the Forbidden Sea, drawing cultivators from several factions toward the potential emergence of an innate Spiritual Item.

• Cheng Buzheng discovered that the Mad Demon Great Art had damaged his avatar and reduced its cultivation from Nascent Soul Late Stage to the peak of Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Creation Heaven-Mending Art and Spiritual Items to heal his avatar, eventually restoring its bodily injuries while recovering less than twenty percent of its Nascent Soul origin.
• A colossal pillar of light erupted from the Forbidden Sea, and nearby cultivators debated whether to pursue the opportunity or flee the dangerous region.
• A group of Return to Origin Immortal Sect cultivators, including Chu Daofeng, decided to investigate the heavenly phenomenon.
• Ye Han and the Ancient Sword Sect's ancestor also set out toward the pillar of light.

Female cultivators and Devil Lords reacted to a heavenly sign that might herald an Innate Spiritual Item, while Cheng Buzheng finished healing his avatar and spotted the pillar of light. The chapter left him weighing whether to approach the phenomenon.

• Jiang Siling and Fairy Kong warned their companions that the pillar of light could signal an Innate Spiritual Item, but the female cultivators swore to divide any gains equally and set out together.
• Madam Yao refused to join the Devil Lords in seeking the opportunity, negotiated her way out of their demands, and flew toward the Forbidden Ancient City as they headed for the light.
• Cheng Buzheng's avatar completed its recovery to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, cleared away the remains of its medicines, and left its cave beneath the sea.
• Cheng Buzheng emerged above the sea, recognized the pillar of light as a possible sign of an innate Spiritual Item, and hesitated to approach.

Cheng Buzheng disguised himself as a dying Nascent Soul cultivator and headed toward the heavenly pillar at the Treasure Sea, while powerful cultivators and demons rushed to claim the Innate Ink Lotus within it. The pillar killed the Spirit Creek Sect Ancestor and destroyed the demons’ treasures, leaving the Five-Colored Jellyfish great demon to summon help and prey on rivals as the struggle for the treasure intensified.

• Cheng Buzheng used [Heaven-Covering Transformation] and [Life Simulation] to make himself appear to be a Nascent Soul True Lord near the end of his lifespan, then flew toward the pillar of light.
• The Spirit Creek Sect Ancestor charged at the pillar but was repelled and killed by its power before a Five-Colored Jellyfish great demon could approach.
• The Five-Colored Jellyfish great demon tested the pillar with a spear and a Flood Dragon seal, watched both treasures get destroyed, and saw the Innate Ink Lotus beneath the sea.
• The Five-Colored Jellyfish great demon sent news through an ancient Jade Talisman, retreated, and returned to kill a weakened demon after it defeated a rival.
• Two more great demons arrived and fought over the opportunity, while the Five-Colored Jellyfish great demon took advantage of their battle to kill the victor.

Cheng Buzheng arrived at the heavenly pillar of light, killed the Five-Colored Jellyfish Clan's Great Demon who had ambushed earlier cultivators, and discovered a precious black lotus beneath the sea. As human and Demon Race factions gathered, they agreed to send one member from each group to test the pillar's danger while Cheng Buzheng watched in silence.

• Cheng Buzheng reached the empty sea region and noticed that the human cultivators he expected to find had vanished.
• Cheng Buzheng exposed and killed the concealed Great Demon of the Five-Colored Jellyfish Clan with a single sword strike.
• Cheng Buzheng examined the pillar of light and saw a mysterious twelfth-grade ink-black lotus on the seabed.
• Four human Nascent Soul True Lords, three great demons of the Purple Scale Yuan Beast Clan, and five other great demons arrived and gathered around Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Buzheng declined the human True Lord's invitation and said he did not know what lay within the pillar of light.
• The assembled factions agreed to send one member apiece into the pillar to test it, while Cheng Buzheng watched without joining them.

A blood-red palace brought Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys and fourth-tier Desolate Beasts into battle against human and demon powerhouses, while Cheng Buzheng concealed his strength and fought one envoy. When the palace revealed itself as the powerful [Purgatory Divine Tower], Cheng Buzheng tried to claim it, but the tower broke through the combined assault and escaped.

• A blood-red palace blocked the fighters approaching the pillar of light, then sent Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys and fourth-tier Desolate Beasts to attack the human and demon powerhouses.
• Cheng Buzheng fought an envoy and several Desolate Beasts while holding back his strength, as the human and demon forces struggled and awaited reinforcements.
• When reinforcements appeared, the Purgatory Blood Demon Envoys retreated into the palace, but two human Nascent Soul cultivators restrained it with their treasures and urged everyone to attack.
• The palace transformed into the Blood Crystal [Purgatory Divine Tower], and Cheng Buzheng recognized it from Purgatory Situ’s memories and activated [Primordial Force Field] in an attempt to seize it.
• The [Purgatory Divine Tower] unleashed its full power, shattered the surrounding suppression, injured a great demon, and escaped; Cheng Buzheng regretted that his true body had not been present.

Cheng Buzheng finished processing a fourth-rank Desolate Beast while the human and demon powerhouses realized the heaven-piercing pillar of light could kill powerful cultivators. Revealing himself as Grand Origin One, he warned everyone to leave before departing, leaving them uncertain whether to retreat or test the pillar.

• Human and demon powerhouses discussed the difficulty of finding Purgatory Blood Demon envoys and gathered the spoils from the battlefield.
• A marine creature was crushed when it landed on the pillar of light, convincing the assembled experts that the pillar posed a deadly threat to Nascent Soul-level cultivators.
• Cheng Buzheng refined the fourth-rank Desolate Beast's flesh into a tiny bead of essence without wasting its useful substance, astonishing the watching powerhouses.
• Cheng Buzheng identified himself as Grand Origin One and confirmed that he guarded the hall at Fudao Hall in Immortal Alliance City.
• Cheng Buzheng warned the powerhouses that they could not seize the fortune before them and urged them to leave, then departed on a Rosy Cloud.
• The remaining human and demon experts debated whether to retreat or make one last attempt at the pillar.

Cheng Buzheng secretly remained near the Forbidden Sea’s pillar of light while the gathered cultivators failed to break through it and discovered a divine lotus on the seabed. In the Forbidden Ancient City, the Supremes debated whether the omen was a Purgatory Race trap and how to attack Purgatory Continent.

• The human and demon powerhouses discussed Cheng Buzheng’s reputation and guessed why he had left the pillar of light.
• The powerhouses sent cultivators to attack the pillar, but its force shattered their Magic Treasures and wounded them, driving some away.
• Those who remained searched the seabed for an entrance, found none, and eventually discovered an ink-black lotus wreathed in divine light.
• Cheng Buzheng watched unseen from a spatial interlayer, having changed his appearance and continued searching for a way to seize the providence.
• News of the omen spread, drawing more cultivators and Supremes toward the Forbidden Sea.
• In the Forbidden Ancient City, the Supremes discussed the Purgatory Race’s defenses and considered clearing out its forces before attacking Purgatory Continent.

Supreme powerhouses agreed to hunt the Purgatory Race forces gathered around the omen in the Forbidden Sea and sent agents to eliminate their spies. As powerful figures assembled beneath the pillar of light, Cheng Buzheng watched the arrivals, including the Ancient Sword Sect cultivators and Jiang Siling, while the omen remained unresolved.

• Demon Venerable Nether Sea and the other supreme powerhouses agreed to attack the Purgatory Race forces and divide any law-related spiritual items by contribution.
• Demon Venerable Xuanba and Ten Thousand Souls Venerable departed to eliminate the Demon Race's and human side's Purgatory spies.
• Cheng Buzheng spotted the Ancient Sword Sect ancestor and Ye Han arriving, and learned Ye Han had come to meet Sword One to discuss swordsmanship.
• Jiang Siling and Fairy Kong arrived with a group of female cultivators and were greeted by human Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Purgatory Race Blood Demon Envoys fled the gathering, while two-rank and weaker cultivators and demons were driven away or captured as powerful figures gathered beneath the omen.