Chapter Summaries

Wu Tao questioned why Nascent Soul cultivators could resist the world's compulsion to attack Outer Realm Heavenly Devils, then continued toward East Peak Continent while recovering and scouting. At Guyang Sect, Xiao Tiandao agreed to hunt Wu Tao and began arranging a force to pursue him.

• Wu Tao suspected the world's influence weakened at the Nascent Soul level and decided to improve his Magneto-Polar Aurora Evasion while staying ready for danger.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators who had escaped Wu Tao's attack sought help from Guyang Sect, where they waited for Chief Disciple Xiao Tiandao.
• After learning an Outer Realm Heavenly Devil had killed twelve Nascent Soul cultivators, Xiao Tiandao ended his seclusion and questioned the visiting cultivators.
• Xiao Tiandao ordered the visitors to remain at Guyang Sect and sent Aunt Lin to notify the Three Gods Sect that he would bring disciples and Nascent Soul cultivators into East Yue Continent.
• Aunt Lin warned Xiao Tiandao to be cautious and questioned why the surviving Yuan had fled instead of succumbing to the world's compulsion; Xiao Tiandao proposed consulting Guyang Sect's Divine Monarch.

Wu Tao encountered East Yue Continent cultivators and discovered that, unlike others he had met, they were not driven mad by the world's will to attack him. The chapter ended with Diming's benevolent clone confronting Tailing Gods and Devils over the Emperor Artifact and Taichu's agents.

• Wu Tao entered a Manjin Tiger's territory, where Wang Kai and three Jinyuan Sect cultivators arrived to hunt the beast and ask him to yield it.
• Wang Kai and the others sensed Wu Tao's Nascent Soul aura, recognized him as an Outer Realm Heavenly Devil, and tried to flee, but Wu Tao stopped them with his Divine Sense.
• Wu Tao released the four cultivators and watched them for a quarter hour, confirming that they remained sane and were not compelled by the world's will to attack him.
• Wu Tao questioned Wang Kai about how cultivators viewed Outer Realm Heavenly Devils, then let the four return to Jinyuan Sect so its Nascent Soul cultivators might come after him.
• Diming's clone urged Tailing Gods and Devils to reveal the Emperor Artifact's traces, while Tailing warned that Taichu's agents were attacking him and rejected the clone's offer of protection.

Wu Tao cultivated in the War Merit Palace while Xiao Tiandao learned from Tianyang Divine Monarch about the world’s curse against Outer Realm Heavenly Devils and mobilized Guyang Sect forces to hunt them. After Wang Kai reported his encounter with Wu Tao, the Jinyuan Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords searched the area but found he had already left.

• Wu Tao met Lao Lu in the War Merit Palace, checked that Wen Xingrui remained on the War Merit Ranking List, and entered the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room to train.
• Xiao Tiandao told Tianyang Divine Monarch about the Outer Realm Heavenly Devil, and Tianyang Divine Monarch explained how the world’s will drove cultivators to attack them and urged a swift hunt.
• Xiao Tiandao assembled dozens of powerful Nascent Soul cultivators and set out for East Yue Continent to search for Wu Tao.
• Wang Kai returned to the Jinyuan Sect and told Wang Tianhe that Wu Tao had spared him and his companions; Wang Tianhe summoned the other two sect True Lords to investigate.
• The Jinyuan Sect True Lords searched the place where Wang Kai had encountered Wu Tao but found only the Manjin Tiger, which Wang Tianhe killed and collected.

Wu Tao left the War Merit Palace and learned that cultivators in East Yue Continent were hunting Outer Realm Heavenly Devils, while his master Wen Xingrui was being pursued in Dongyun Continent. After returning to East Yue Continent, Wu Tao killed two Nascent Soul cultivators, obtained a sect distribution map, and detoured toward Dongyun Continent, where he encountered a Nascent Soul Level 6 opponent.

• Wu Tao spoke with Li Jingxing and Lao Lu in the War Merit Palace, learning that Liu Cheng was in East Yue Continent and that Wen Xingrui was hiding from Nascent Soul Level 8 and Level 9 pursuers.
• Wu Tao saw Liu Cheng's name disappear from the War Merit Ranking List, realized Liu Cheng had died, and decided to seek a sect distribution map before crossing East Yue Continent.
• Wen Xingrui met Wu Tao in the War Merit Palace, warned him about his pursuers, and told him to come find him in Dongyun Continent after crossing East Yue Continent.
• Gu Tianling identified the slain Outer Realm Heavenly Devil as Liu Cheng and resolved to hunt more Outer Realm Heavenly Devils alongside his rivalry with Xiao Tiandao.
• Wu Tao killed a Nascent Soul Level 3 cultivator, interrogated and killed a Nascent Soul Level 2 cultivator, and took her map of East Yue Continent's sects.
• Wu Tao detoured around three Deity Transformation sects toward Dongyun Continent, but encountered a Nascent Soul Level 6 cultivator several hours later.

Wu Tao escaped Fang Zixin, a Level 6 Nascent Soul cultivator, by using his superior evasion art and returning to the War Merit Palace. While Fang Zixin and the other cultivators began searching for him, Wu Tao entered the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room to grow stronger.

• Fang Zixin sensed Wu Tao and pursued him, while Wu Tao fled and used his Treasure-Dropping Coin to hinder Fang Zixin's fiery-red Flying Sword.
• Wu Tao outpaced Fang Zixin and activated his War Merit Palace Brand to vanish from the area.
• Fang Zixin met Fellow Daoist Zhao, Fellow Daoist Qi, and Fellow Daoist Tian, and they realized none of them had encountered Wu Tao and began searching for him.
• Wu Tao returned to the War Merit Palace, checked the War Merit Ranking List, and entered the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room.
• Wu Tao decided to cultivate his Heavenly Derivation God Refining Scripture and Nascent Body realm using his remaining resources so he could face the Level 6 Nascent Soul cultivators.

Wu Tao cultivated in the War Merit Palace while he and Wen Xingrui prepared to face the Nascent Soul cultivators hunting them. They deduced a Nascent Soul-level Artifact Refining Combat Dao method together, while the pursuers in East Yue Continent failed to find Wu Tao and eventually dispersed.

• Wu Tao cultivated and deduced the Tier 4 Mid-Level Treasure-Dropping Coin, planning to stay in the War Merit Palace until he had grown stronger.
• After a month in the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room, Wu Tao reviewed his progress and met Wen Xingrui in the War Merit Palace's Main Hall.
• Wu Tao told Wen Xingrui that he was being hunted in East Yue Continent, and the two agreed to cultivate and deduce the Nascent Soul-level Artifact Refining Combat Dao together.
• Fang Zixin and the other Nascent Soul True Lords searched for Wu Tao for three days without finding him, and Xiao Tiandao also failed to locate him before heading toward East Yue Continent's central region.
• Over three months, Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui deduced the Nascent Soul-level Artifact Refining Combat Dao method and resolved to cultivate it to initial mastery.

Wu Tao cultivated the Nascent Soul-level Artifact Refining Combat Dao method while advancing his divine sense and artifact-refining skills in the War Merit Palace. After six months, his Nascent Body cultivation reached a breakthrough point, and he began refining a Star Flowing Light to advance to Nascent Body Level 4.

• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui prepared to cultivate their newly deduced Nascent Soul-level Artifact Refining Combat Dao method, but Li Jingxing met them and said he expected to gather the resources for a Deity Transformation breakthrough within a year.
• Wu Tao comprehended the combat method in the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room, while Fang Zixin and Xiao Tiandao’s groups found no Outer Realm Heavenly Devils in East Yue Continent.
• Wu Tao mastered the first level of the combat method and perfected the seventh level of the Heavenly Derivation God Refining Scripture, raising his divine sense to seven thousand eight hundred li.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui continued studying Tier 4 mid-level artifact refining and deducing the Treasure-Dropping Coin as their skills advanced over the following months.
• After six months, Wu Tao’s Star Nascent Body reached the peak of its third level, and he began refining a Star Flowing Light to break through to Nascent Body Level 4.

Wu Tao broke through to the fourth layer of the Nascent Body realm in the War Merit Palace, increasing his divine sense and strengthening his combat power. He and Wen Xingrui left the palace, and while Wen Xingrui killed three pursuing Nascent Soul cultivators, Wu Tao confronted Fang Zixin in the borderlands of East Yue Continent.

• Wu Tao broke through to the fourth layer of the Nascent Body realm, expanding his divine sense to 8,600 miles, and reviewed his cultivation and artifact-refining progress.
• Wu Tao met Wen Xingrui, who had reached the seventh level of Nascent Soul, and they decided to leave the War Merit Palace without completing their work on the Tier 4 Mid-Level Treasure-Dropping Coin.
• Wen Xingrui returned to Dongyun Continent and killed a seventh-level and two sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivators who attacked him.
• Wu Tao appeared in the border region of Dongyue Continent and flew toward Dongyun Continent while avoiding Taiyue Divine Sect.
• Wu Tao encountered Fang Zixin, who attacked him after sensing his second-level Nascent Soul cultivation, and Wu Tao countered by sending nine magic treasures at him.

Wu Tao killed Fang Zixin after using him to summon the Nascent Soul cultivators of the East Yue Continent border region. As Wu Tao waited for the reinforcements to gather, he received news that the War Merit Palace had activated its Magic Treasure Recycling Function.

• Wu Tao overwhelmed Fang Zixin with his Divine Sense and nine magic treasures, then let him activate a Transmission Talisman to summon nearby Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Wu Tao chased down Fang Zixin, destroyed his body, and refined his Nascent Soul with four Crimson Flame Divine Fire Covers.
• Wu Tao retrieved Fang Zixin's Storage Bag and killed a Tier 2 Advanced Demonic Beast that had stolen it.
• Yuan Gang sent a message to Xiao Tiandao and then left his Sect with two fellow disciples to assist Fang Zixin.
• Daoist Zhao and two fellow disciples reached Wu Tao, who urged them to wait for the other Nascent Soul cultivators before fighting him.
• The War Merit Palace Brand informed Wu Tao that magic treasures could now be recycled for war merits.

The War Merit Palace added a function that let Three Realms cultivators recycle captured magic treasures for war merits. Wu Tao slaughtered the Nascent Soul cultivators who gathered to surround him, raising his war merits above two thousand, while Wen Xingrui also killed his pursuers and went to recycle their treasures.

• The War Merit Palace announced that cultivators and Devil Race from the Three Realms could recycle magic treasures for war merits.
• Wen Xingrui defeated sixteen Nascent Soul cultivators in Dongyun Continent, killed the survivors, and entered the War Merit Palace with more than twenty Tier 4 magic treasures.
• Wu Tao waited for Nascent Soul cultivators from the border region of East Yue Continent to gather around him.
• Yuan Gang recognized Wu Tao, but the assembled cultivators began their attack after a Nascent Soul Layer Six cultivator challenged Wu Tao to face a trapping formation.
• Wu Tao killed the attackers, including fellow daoist Zhao and Yuan Gang, after using a trapping formation to prevent their escape.
• Wu Tao checked his War Merit Palace Brand and saw that his war merits had exceeded two thousand.

After Wu Tao defeated and killed more than twenty Nascent Soul True Lords, he returned to the War Merit Palace, leaving the cultivators of East Yue Continent to discover the massacre. Xiao Tiandao and Gu Tianling arrived to hunt him down, then wagered their treasures on who could kill him alone.

• Wu Tao cleaned up the battlefield, entered the War Merit Palace, and left the Golden Core cultivators to find the empty site.
• The Golden Core cultivators discovered the remains of all the besieging Nascent Soul True Lords and concluded that Wu Tao had slain them.
• The Golden Core cultivators reported Wu Tao’s appearance to the Guyang Sect and Taiyue Divine Sect, prompting Xiao Tiandao and Gu Tianling to lead forces toward the borderlands.
• Gu Tianling reached the borderlands first, learned that Wu Tao had killed the Nascent Soul cultivators, and welcomed the chance to hunt him.
• Xiao Tiandao arrived and argued with Gu Tianling over whose territory and revenge the hunt concerned.
• Gu Tianling proposed a wager: he and Xiao Tiandao would each fight Wu Tao alone, with their spirit pill and matching treasure at stake, and Xiao Tiandao accepted.

Wu Tao recycled seized magic treasures for war merits, then joined Wen Xingrui in a year of cultivation and artifact-refining work inside the War Merit Palace. After his cultivation reached 99% of the second layer, Wu Tao prepared to break through to the third Nascent Soul layer.

• Wu Tao broke the restrictions on the Storage Bags taken from slain Nascent Soul cultivators, kept nine mid-grade Tier 4 offensive treasures, and recycled the rest for 3,100 war merits.
• Wu Tao met Wen Xingrui in the War Merit Palace, and the two agreed to cultivate there for a year before returning to the dangerous borderlands.
• Wu Tao’s first month in the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room raised his Nine Luminaries Heavenly Capital Spirit Preserving Method to 54% and his Cosmic Star Body Refining Art to 7%.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui spent six months comprehending artifact-refining knowledge and deducing the Tier 4 Mid-Level Treasure-Dropping Coin, then Wen Xingrui crafted one for each of them.
• Xiao Tiandao and Gu Tianling searched the East Yue Continent borderlands for Wu Tao but stayed there when they failed to find him.
• After another three months and ten days, Wu Tao’s second-layer cultivation reached 99%, and he decided to break through to the third Nascent Soul layer.

Wu Tao advanced to the third layer of Nascent Soul, became a Tier 4 Mid-Level Artifact Refiner, and prepared to leave the War Merit Hall with Wen Xingrui. Meanwhile, Gu Tianling learned that his subordinates had located Wu Tao and rushed to capture him before Xiao Tiandao could intervene.

• Wu Tao broke through to the third layer of Nascent Soul, raising his divine sense to 9,600 li, and reviewed his cultivation progress and resource needs.
• Wu Tao exchanged war merits for materials and refined a superior-quality Tier 4 mid-level Flying Sword under Wen Xingrui’s supervision, advancing to Tier 4 Mid-Level Artifact Refiner.
• Wu Tao spent another month cultivating and memorial-refined his fifth Crimson Flame Divine Fire Cover before deciding to leave the War Merit Hall with Wen Xingrui.
• Xiao Tiandao and Gu Tianling planned to leave the border region of East Yue Continent to lure Wu Tao out of hiding.
• A Nascent Soul cultivator told Gu Tianling that Wu Tao had killed Junior Brother Li and was being held by senior brother Gong, so Gu Tianling hurried to reach him before Xiao Tiandao.

Wu Tao tested his strength against Gong Zhenghong, then killed him when Gu Tianling and another Taiyue Divine Sect cultivator approached. Gu Tianling pursued Wu Tao alone, challenging him to stop and fight.

• Wu Tao and Gong Zhenghong fought while each tried to delay until reinforcements arrived.
• Xiao Tiandao realized Gu Tianling had left Tianqing Sect and led Guyang Sect cultivators out to pursue the Outer Realm Heavenly Devil.
• Wu Tao unleashed ten offensive magic treasures, trapped Gong Zhenghong with five Crimson Flame Divine Fire Covers, and killed him before Gu Tianling arrived.
• Gu Tianling chased Wu Tao alone while Senior Brother Chen stayed behind to block Xiao Tiandao.
• Wu Tao fled with Magneto-Polar Aurora Evasion, and Gu Tianling taunted him to stop and fight.

Wu Tao killed Gu Tianling and Xiao Tiandao in succession, then hid in the War Merit Palace as Taiyue Divine Sect and Guyang Sect cultivators prepared to hunt him. In the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room, he began breaking the restrictions on the four Storage Bags he had collected.

• Wu Tao stopped fleeing and fought Gu Tianling, using Shatter Star to break Gu Tianling's defensive talisman and kill him and his Nascent Soul.
• Wu Tao sensed Xiao Tiandao approaching and killed him with his magic treasures, fire domes, and Shatter Star before escaping with both men’s Storage Bags and Flying Swords.
• Wu Tao activated his War Merit Palace Brand and vanished, while the Taiyue Divine Sect and Guyang Sect cultivators discovered Gu Tianling and Xiao Tiandao were missing and joined forces to search for him.
• Wu Tao entered the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room and began wearing down the restrictions on four Storage Bags, reflecting that he had to fight with all his strength even against weaker cultivators.

Wu Tao found an Origin Spirit Pill in Xiao Tiandao’s Storage Bag and a Spirit Nourishing Lotus in Gu Tianling’s, then used both to advance from Nascent Soul Level 3 to Level 4. He later broke through to Nascent Body Level 5 in the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room, leaving him confident he could face Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators.

• Wu Tao searched the four Storage Bags and discovered an Origin Spirit Pill among Xiao Tiandao’s belongings and a Spirit Nourishing Lotus among Gu Tianling’s.
• Wu Tao decided to use the two treasures immediately and refined them, advancing to Nascent Soul Level 4 and increasing his divine sense to 10,600 li.
• Wu Tao checked his progress, stayed in the War Merit Palace, and cultivated the Cosmic Star Body Refining Art with Star Flowing Light.
• Wu Tao refined Star Flowing Light and broke through to Nascent Body Level 5, increasing his divine sense to 11,400 li.
• Wu Tao checked his Personal Status and judged that his current strength could withstand a Nascent Soul Level 9 opponent.

Wu Tao joined the effort to create a communication formation linking the humans and devils from the Three Realms who had been scattered across the world. After a year of work, the formation and its identity tokens were completed, and the first Three Realms Assembly brought their leaders together at the War Merit Palace to establish cooperation.

• Wu Tao met with Wen Xingrui, Wu Chongyi, and Gu Zhouming to discuss his proposal for a Message Leaving Array, and Gu Zhouming revealed that the Deity Transformation Sovereigns and Demon Venerables also planned to link the Three Realms’ people.
• Li Jingxing assigned Wu Tao and the other Artifact Refiners and Formation Masters to jointly devise and build a communication formation for the War Merit Palace.
• Wu Tao, Wen Xingrui, Gu Zhouming, Wu Chongyi, and the other human and devil specialists spent a year deducing the formation, installing it in the Main Hall, and crafting linked Identity Tokens.
• The Deity Transformation Sovereigns and Demon Venerables announced that all humans, cultivators, and devils from the Three Realms should gather for the first Three Realms Assembly.
• Wu Tao attended the assembly and saw fourteen human Deity Transformation Sovereigns and seventeen Demon Venerables, who were united under the War Merit Palace and agreed to avoid fighting among themselves.

Wu Tao confirmed that Ning Qiudao was himself, then learned how the Three Realms Alliance planned to unite its forces in the Tailing Cultivation World. After the assembly, Ning Qiudao summoned Wu Tao to Resting Room No. 13, where their private meeting began.

• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui recognized the genuine Ning Qiudao at the assembly, and Wen Xingrui confirmed that he had returned a year earlier.
• Origin Cauldron Divine Monarch and Heavenly Devil Xuan Yi announced the Three Realms Alliance and explained that its human cultivators and devils would unite against the Tailing Cultivation World's forces.
• The assembly marked each cultivator's location and planned to gather in the North Divine Domain, where Origin Cauldron Divine Monarch and Heavenly Devil Xuan Yi would receive resources to attempt advancement.
• Ning Qiudao secretly told Wu Tao to meet him in Resting Room No. 13, and Wu Tao kept the summons from Wen Xingrui.
• After meeting with Star Immortal Palace cultivators, Wu Tao went to Resting Room No. 13 and greeted Ning Qiudao.

Wu Tao learned that Ning Qiudao’s crisis had been resolved, reviewed his cultivation progress, and planned a journey to reunite with Wen Xingrui in Dongyun Continent. On the way, he killed a Taiyue Divine Sect Nascent Soul cultivator and charged toward four Nascent Soul Layer Nine cultivators blocking his path.

• Ning Qiudao told Wu Tao that his disagreement with the senior behind him had been resolved and urged him to cultivate quickly before returning to the Three Realms.
• Wu Tao reviewed his progress, noting his Nascent Soul Level 4 cultivation, growing combat strength, and expected breakthroughs in both dharma and body cultivation.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui agreed that Wen Xingrui would wait in Dongyun Continent while Wu Tao traveled there first; they planned to leave the War Merit Palace together afterward.
• After Wu Tao emerged above the East Yue Continent border, a Nascent Soul Layer Eight cultivator of the Taiyue Divine Sect raised the alarm, and Wu Tao killed a Nascent Soul Layer Seven cultivator with Shatter Star as he sped away.
• Wu Tao concealed the full extent of his cultivation and hurried toward Dongyun Continent, avoiding a fight with the pursuing cultivators so he would not attract Deity Transformation Sovereigns.
• Four Nascent Soul Layer Nine cultivators sensed Wu Tao approaching and prepared to slay him, while Wu Tao continued charging straight toward them.

Wu Tao charged into an ambush by four Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators and effortlessly countered their attacks, revealing the overwhelming strength of his divine sense and Star Nascent Body. He fought off the reinforcements, killed thirty-one Nascent Soul cultivators, and ended the battle with over twelve thousand war merits as the remaining enemies fled.

• Wu Tao detected four Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators preparing an ambush but continued toward them to test his newly advanced strength.
• Wu Tao repelled their combined assault, damaging one cultivator’s divine sense, stripping another’s control of his Flying Sword, neutralizing the water arrows, and smashing the Thousand-Foot Peak.
• The four cultivators recognized Wu Tao’s superior divine sense and dual cultivation of magic and body, then sent Qi to summon a Deity Transformation Sovereign while the other three tried to delay him.
• Wu Tao attacked the three cultivators and the arriving reinforcements, killing Nascent Soul cultivators with his Star Nascent Body, magic treasures, and Divine Fire Covers.
• After thirty breaths, the three Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators and the remaining fighters fled, but Wu Tao pursued them and killed thirty-one Nascent Soul cultivators, including one at Level 9.
• Wu Tao collected the Spirit-Shaking Drum and other spoils, saw his war merits exceed twelve thousand, and calmed his killing intent.