Chapter Summaries

Wu Tao and the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Eighteen Realms joined forces to stop a Level 9 Evil Spirit from advancing, but the battle grew increasingly desperate as more evil spirits arrived. Just as Wu Tao revealed his full Divine Sense and prepared to fight at full strength, a lotus platform rose from the Source of Origin Spirit.

• The Heavenly Absolute Sect rallied the Nascent Soul cultivators to attack the advancing Level 9 Evil Spirit, and Wu Tao agreed to join them.
• Wu Tao and more than a hundred Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators attacked the evil spirits protecting the advancing spirit, but the battle became chaotic as reinforcements continued to arrive.
• The Heavenly Absolute Sect’s Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivator organized a group of ten powerful cultivators, and they advanced with Wu Tao toward the Level 9 Evil Spirit.
• As the advancing spirit’s command over the Evil Spirit Tide grew stronger, Wu Tao released his full Divine Sense of fourteen thousand four hundred li, shocking the ten cultivators beside him.
• A lotus platform the size of a millstone slowly rose from the center of the lake, drawing the attention of the Nascent Soul cultivators and evil spirits.

The Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform appeared during the battle against a Level 9 Evil Spirit, prompting the cultivators to agree to compete for it after stopping the evil spirit’s breakthrough. Wu Tao proved to be the main force in the assault, but the others secretly tried to exhaust him before the later contest, a scheme he recognized.

• The cultivators of the Eighteen Realms and Wu Tao saw a Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform emerge, while the Level 9 Evil Spirit also coveted it to advance to Level 10.
• The Heavenly Absolute Sect cultivator persuaded the others to stop the evil spirit’s breakthrough first, and the nine Ninth-Rank Sects swore to compete for the platform as individuals.
• Wu Tao and eleven Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators fought through the Evil Spirit Tide and reached the advancing Level 9 Evil Spirit.
• Wu Tao’s attacks threatened the evil spirit and forced it to halt its advancement, while its counterattack killed two Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators.
• The Heavenly Absolute Sect cultivator secretly told the others to feign helping Wu Tao so the evil spirit would drain his strength before the platform contest.
• Wu Tao calmly repelled the evil spirit’s assault and realized the other cultivators were holding back to weaken him before competing for the platform.

Wu Tao slew the failed Level 9 Evil Spirit, then faced the Eighteen Realms cultivators as they demanded he leave before the Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform matured. The Blood Sect sided with him, the Xuyang Sect withdrew, and Wu Tao removed the Blood Sect cultivators’ Life-Strangling Locks after they handed over the Origin Spirits.

• Wu Tao’s eighteen magic treasures weakened the Level 9 Evil Spirit until he blasted it into ash, while the other cultivators recovered and watched the Pure Spirit Lotus Platform mature.
• The Blood Sect cultivators concluded that the Eighteen Realms would try to expel Wu Tao, and Huang decided they should stand with him because the Life-Strangling Locks held their lives in his hands.
• Xiang Ziheng declared that the Xuyang Sect would withdraw from the contest, while the Heavenly Absolute Sect’s cultivator gave Wu Tao ten breaths to leave.
• The seven Blood Sect cultivators joined Wu Tao, and the Eighteen Realms cultivators learned that he controlled them with Life-Strangling Locks.
• Wu Tao asked the Blood Sect for the remaining Origin Spirits, received them, and removed the Life-Strangling Locks from their Nascent Souls.

Wu Tao freed the seven Blood Sect cultivators and fought the Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators of the Eighteen Realms for the Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform. He seized the platform and escaped the Evil Spirit Tide, then set out to use his stored Origin Spirits to break through to Nascent Soul Level 8.

• Wu Tao removed the Life-Strangling Locks from the seven Blood Sect cultivators, who gave up the contest and withdrew; Xiang Ziheng, Liu Hai, and the Xuyang Sect cultivators also retreated.
• Wu Tao stayed to contest the Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform, and over a hundred Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators of the Eighteen Realms attacked him as Evil Spirits swarmed the battlefield.
• Wu Tao killed several opponents while fending off the attacks, and the platform matured as the cultivators and Evil Spirits rushed to claim it.
• Wu Tao destroyed a Level 9 Evil Spirit, caught the platform, and fought his way out of the Evil Spirit Tide despite attacks from the remaining cultivators and Evil Spirits.
• After the Source of Origin Spirit disappeared and the Evil Spirit Tide scattered, Wu Tao admired the platform and decided to refine his stored Origin Spirits before the secret realm closed.

Wu Tao refined the origin spirits he had gathered in the Origin Spirit Secret Realm, breaking through from Nascent Soul Level 7 to Level 8 and raising his cultivation progress to 31%. Before the realm expelled him, he found and killed the Heavenly Absolute Sect cultivator who had tried to turn the other cultivators against him during the Evil Spirit Tide.

• Wu Tao broke the restrictions on ten Storage Bags and collected origin spirits worth the equivalent of fifteen Level 9 Origin Spirits.
• Wu Tao refined his origin spirits, broke through to Nascent Soul Level 8, and increased his Divine Sense to 15,400 li.
• Wu Tao refined the rest of his origin spirits, bringing his Level 8 cultivation progress to 31%, then searched the realm for more gains.
• Wu Tao sensed the Heavenly Absolute Sect leader and headed toward him, remembering his role in the attempt to drive Wu Tao out during the Evil Spirit Tide.
• The Heavenly Absolute Sect cultivator reached Nascent Soul Perfection but regretted losing the Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform to Wu Tao.
• Wu Tao surrounded the Heavenly Absolute Sect cultivator with his Crimson Flame Divine Fire Covers and attack-type Magic Treasures, killed him, and left his Storage Bag behind.

Wu Tao entered the depths of the Origin Spirit Secret Realm at the Coffin Nail’s urging, where it took control of his body to seize the Level 10 Origin Spirit and restore its power. The Level 10 Origin Spirit tried to flee after its attack failed, but Wu Tao cut off its escape.

• Wu Tao searched the Origin Spirit Secret Realm for more Origin Spirits after killing the Heavenly Absolute Sect’s Nascent Soul Perfection cultivator, but found none.
• The Coffin Nail told Wu Tao that it needed the Level 10 Origin Spirit and a Level 10 Evil Spirit in the depths to restore some of its power, so Wu Tao hurried inward.
• Xiang Ziheng, Liu Hai, and other Xuyang Sect cultivators saw Wu Tao enter the depths and guessed he only wanted to glimpse the Level 10 Origin Spirit before leaving the realm.
• Wu Tao found the ancient Level 10 Origin Spirit beneath a radiant seven-colored tree and spoke with it in Dao Language, but it ordered him to leave.
• Wu Tao yielded control of his body to the Coffin Nail, which crushed the Origin Spirit’s attack and sent it fleeing with the nearby Origin Spirits absorbed into its body.
• Wu Tao moved ahead of the fleeing Level 10 Origin Spirit and blocked its path.

Wu Tao let the Coffin Nail control his body and swiftly capture and devour the Level 10 Origin Spirit and Level 10 Evil Spirit in the Origin Spirit Secret Realm. After returning to the War Merit Palace, he reported his gains and checked his cultivation status, leaving him to plan his next steps at Nascent Soul Level 8.

• The Coffin Nail crushed the Level 10 Origin Spirit’s attacks, captured it, and devoured it in Wu Tao’s Sea of Divine Sense.
• The Coffin Nail bound and devoured the Level 10 Evil Spirit, then returned control of Wu Tao’s body to him.
• Wu Tao fought off nearby Evil Spirits, left the depths of the secret realm, and spoke with Xiang Ziheng, Liu Hai, and the other Xuyang Sect cultivators before they were all sent out.
• Wu Tao returned the entry token to the War Merit Palace Spirit and explained that the Evil Spirit Tide and Source of Origin Spirit had helped him advance from Nascent Soul Level 4 to Level 8 and obtain a spirit object.
• Wu Tao messaged Wen Xingrui, returned to the Triple Acceleration Cultivation Room, and reviewed his Personal Status.

Wu Tao told Wen Xingrui about his gains in the Origin Spirit Secret Realm and set out with him for Dongping Continent to meet Divine Monarch Kaiyang. As they traveled, Wu Tao detected six Nascent Soul cultivators ahead and launched an attack before they could sense him.

• Wu Tao reviewed his cultivation progress, then met Wen Xingrui and revealed that he had advanced from Nascent Soul Level 4 to Level 8 in the Origin Spirit Secret Realm.
• Wu Tao showed Wen Xingrui the Fifth-Order Pure Spirit Lotus Platform and urged him to accumulate war merits so he could enter the secret realm too.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui discussed their journey to Dongping Continent, then left Dongsheng Continent while avoiding its Nascent Soul cultivators with Wu Tao's Divine Sense.
• After half a month of traveling, Wu Tao sensed six Nascent Soul Level 8 and Level 9 cultivators ahead and said they had to kill them rather than detour.
• Wu Tao told Wen Xingrui to watch as he sent out six Crimson Flame Divine Fire Covers and eighteen Attack-type Magical Treasures toward the unaware cultivators.

Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui traveled to Dongping Continent to meet Divine Monarch Kaiyang, and Wu Tao swiftly killed Nascent Soul cultivators who threatened them. After Wu Tao rescued Zhou Hong from seven pursuers, Zhou Hong revealed that three Deity Transformation Sovereigns from Dongping Continent had besieged Divine Monarch Kaiyang, leaving his situation dire.

• Wu Tao killed six Nascent Soul cultivators with his magical treasures and collected their Storage Bags while traveling with Wen Xingrui.
• Wu Tao gave Wen Xingrui three Life-Strangling Locks, then continued cultivating and traveling toward Dongping Continent.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui encountered Zhou Hong fleeing seven Dongping Continent Nascent Soul cultivators and persuaded him to come to them for help.
• Wu Tao used his eighteen Attack-type Magical Treasures and six Crimson Flame Divine Fire Covers to kill all seven pursuers.
• Zhou Hong told Wu Tao that three Deity Transformation Sovereigns from Dongping Continent had besieged Divine Monarch Kaiyang, whose situation was extremely bad.

Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui returned to the War Merit Palace after Zhou Hong told them that Divine Monarch Kaiyang was besieged by three Deity Transformation Sovereigns. Responding to Mysterious Moon Divine Monarch’s rescue mission, Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui went back to Dongping Continent, where Wu Tao saved two Sun Immortal Palace cultivators and sent them with Wen Xingrui to aid others; Divine Monarch Kaiyang remained surrounded and under attack.

• Zhou Hong told Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui that Dongping Continent’s three Deity Transformation Sovereigns had ambushed Divine Monarch Kaiyang and that Kaiyang had ordered the survivors to flee to the War Merit Palace.
• Wu Tao, Wen Xingrui, and Zhou Hong returned to the War Merit Palace, where Zhou Hong went to recover from his injuries.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui received Mysterious Moon Divine Monarch’s mission to rescue Three Realms cultivators and Original Spirit Devils being hunted in Dongping Continent, then returned there together.
• Wu Tao killed six Dongping Continent Nascent Soul cultivators with his magic treasures and Crimson Flame Divine Fire Covers, saving two Sun Immortal Palace cultivators.
• Wu Tao sent the two Sun Immortal Palace cultivators with Wen Xingrui to rescue others, then departed alone while Wen Xingrui’s companions learned that Wu Tao had defeated the six pursuers by himself.
• Divine Monarch Kaiyang was forced back by an attack from one of the three surrounding Deity Transformation Sovereigns, who declared that Kaiyang would die in Dongping Continent.

Wu Tao rescued Three Realms cultivators and Devil Race members being hunted across Dongping Province while Divine Monarch Kaiyang held off three Deity Transformation Sovereigns. Mysterious Moon Divine Monarch and three Demon Venerables joined the battle, and the chapter ended with news that they had killed one enemy sovereign and driven the other two away severely wounded.

• Wu Tao killed two Nascent Soul Level 9 cultivators from Dongping Continent and saved an Original Spirit Level 7 Heavenly Devil Royal Clan member, who chose to join his rescue efforts.
• Wu Tao gathered seven rescued cultivators into a team, then continued alone and saved two injured Star Immortal Palace disciples, sending them back to the War Merit Palace to heal.
• Divine Monarch Kaiyang, wounded while fighting Dongping Continent's three Deity Transformation Sovereigns, held on until Mysterious Moon Divine Monarch and three Devil World Demon Venerables arrived.
• The reinforcements joined Kaiyang in battle, and one night later the surviving Three Realms cultivators and Devil Race members returned to the War Merit Palace.
• Wu Tao and the others received news that their side had slain one Dongping Continent Deity Transformation Sovereign, while the other two had been severely injured and fled.

Wu Tao joined Divine Monarch Kaiyang’s group as they withdrew from Dongping Continent and traveled toward the North Divine Domain, where the Three Realms’ migration faced threats from the Tailing Cultivation World. The chapter ended with Ning Qiudao placing Dao Integration Cave Abode Ruins in the Western Wasteland to draw Void Refinement Heavenly Monarchs and Demon Kings away.

• Wu Tao and the other Three Realms cultivators and Devil Race members reached Dongping Continent, where Divine Monarch Kaiyang praised Wu Tao’s role in their escape and offered to support him.
• Divine Monarch Kaiyang, Mysterious Moon Divine Monarch, and the three Demon Venerable carried the survivors toward the North Divine Domain, while the two remaining Deity Transformation Sovereigns of Dongping Continent withdrew to recover.
• The group picked up more Three Realms cultivators and devils as they traveled, while news spread that the North Divine Domain’s nine Deity Transformation cultivators had sought aid against the approaching migration.
• After the Three Realms’ cultivators worried that Central Continent’s Void Refinement Heavenly Monarchs might intervene, Wu Tao guessed that Sovereign Di was preventing them from acting.
• In the Western Wasteland, Ning Qiudao dropped Dao Integration Cave Abode Ruins into the earth, intending to attract the Tailing Cultivation World’s Void Refinement Heavenly Monarchs and Demon Kings.

Yu Qing of the Spirit Mountain Sect arrived in Western Wasteland City with his Foundation Establishment Dao Protector and sought the Hu Family’s help reaching a location marked on his treasure map. Master Hu Jiu told him the site was where his grandfather died, but Yu Qing offered a Foundation Establishment Pill, prompting Hu Jiu to consult Master Hu Ba.

• Yu Qing entered Western Wasteland City with his Dao Protector and hired Liu Le'er to take him to the Hu Family.
• Master Hu Jiu met Yu Qing and learned that he wanted the Hu Family to guide him to a place shown on his treasure map.
• Master Hu Jiu recognized the map’s patterns and warned Yu Qing that the location was where his grandfather, Seventh Master Hu, had died.
• Yu Qing offered the Hu Family a Foundation Establishment Pill for guiding him, and Master Hu Jiu went to ask his father, Master Hu Ba, for permission.
• Master Hu Ba initially told Hu Jiu to refuse, but reacted with disbelief when he learned Yu Qing had offered a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Master Hu Ba led Yu Qing and Uncle Liu into the Western Wasteland to find rumored ruins in exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, but Yu Qing’s reckless actions triggered a powerful eruption from the ruins. The discovery drew the attention of the strongest cultivators and demons, while the Three Realms gathered to attack the North Divine Domain.

• Master Hu Ba agreed to guide Yu Qing to the treasure site, accepted a Foundation Establishment Pill in advance, and left Hu Jiu behind.
• Master Hu Ba led Yu Qing and Uncle Liu across the Western Wasteland and used his father Hu Qi’s maps to reach the buried ruins.
• After Hu Ba found the excavation site and the group uncovered an entrance, Yu Qing pulled a fragment from a wall despite Hu Ba’s warning.
• Uncle Liu blasted open the wall, causing the ruins to collapse and engulf Yu Qing, Uncle Liu, and Hu Ba in golden light as demonic qi surged into the sky.
• Ning Qiudao identified the ruins as a Dao Integration Cave Abode, and Central Continent’s Void Refinement Heavenly Monarchs and the Devil Race’s Demon Kings began responding to the discovery.
• The Three Realms assembled at the edge of the North Divine Domain, preparing to attack it as North Divine Domain cultivators reached Central Continent to seek aid.

Wu Tao arrived at the North Divine Domain’s border with the Three Realms’ forces, completed patrol duty, and broke through to Nascent Body Level 6 while preparing for war. After Spirit God Sect declined to send aid because its forces were occupied with a major Cave Abode Ruins, the Three Realms launched a sudden attack, and Wu Tao was dispatched to the front.

• Wu Tao, Wen Xingrui, and their companions reached the North Divine Domain, where the Three Realms’ camp had built a fortified city and assigned newcomers patrol duties.
• Wu Tao returned to the War Merit Palace and refined Star Flowing Light in an accelerated cultivation room, breaking through to Nascent Body Level 6 and extending his divine sense to sixteen thousand two hundred li.
• A Nascent Soul True Lord from the North Divine Domain asked Lin Chaozong of Spirit God Sect for aid, but Lin Chaozong refused because Central Continent’s forces were focused on a Cave Abode Ruins and gave him a talisman to seek help elsewhere.
• As the North Divine Domain envoy returned home, the Three Realms’ camp launched a sudden attack, beginning the battle for the North Divine Domain.
• Wu Tao received his mission and was sent to the border, where Nascent Soul cultivators like him were tasked with fighting the North Divine Domain’s Nascent Soul cultivators.

The Three Realms camp launched a surprise assault on the North Divine Domain, and Wu Tao led an attack that shattered a Spirit Transformation sect’s defenses. On the Spirit Transformation Battlefield, Ning Qiudao’s strategy drove the supporting forces to withdraw, leaving the Three Realms camp in control of the North Divine Domain.

• The Three Realms camp attacked the North Divine Domain before reinforcements from the Central Continent, East Divine Domain, and West Divine Domain could arrive, while its Deity Transformation Sovereigns and Demon Venerables engaged the defenders in the Celestial Heavens.
• Wu Tao led more than thirty Nascent Soul cultivators and devils to a North Divine Domain Spirit Transformation sect and used a Tier 5 array-breaking talisman to destroy its protective array and kill many defenders.
• Wu Tao and Wen Xingrui fought alongside the Three Realms camp forces as battles spread across the North Divine Domain and both sides suffered casualties.
• Ning Qiudao directed the Three Realms camp to target Deity Transformation Sovereigns from the East Divine Domain and West Divine Domain, and they killed several of the supporting Sovereigns.
• The East Divine Domain and West Divine Domain forces withdrew, and the North Divine Domain’s native Deity Transformation Sovereigns also retreated, conceding the region to the Three Realms camp.

The Three Realms camp defeated the North Divine Domain’s forces and annihilated its sects, while Divine Monarch Kaiyang praised Wu Tao’s performance and promised him merit. After the North Divine Domain was secured, the camp prepared to consolidate its resources by extracting its spirit veins and combining them into a Tier 6 Spirit Vein.

• The Three Realms camp’s Deity Transformation Sovereigns and Demon Venerables drove the North Divine Domain’s defenders from the Celestial Heavens Layer, then divided up to protect the Nascent Soul battlefields.
• Divine Monarch Kaiyang watched Wu Tao fight, admired his strength, and decided to invest in his future.
• Wu Tao and the Three Realms camp annihilated a North Divine Domain Spirit Transformation Sect, collected its spoils, and mourned the three allies who had died.
• Divine Monarch Kaiyang arrived, confirmed that the Three Realms camp had won the Spirit Transformation Battlefield without losing a Deity Transformation Sovereign or Demon Venerable, and promised to request merit for Wu Tao.
• The Three Realms camp destroyed the North Divine Domain’s remaining sects, left lower-level cultivators to manage local industries, and planned to extract the region’s spirit veins into one Tier 6 Spirit Vein.

After the Three Realms camp seized the North Divine Domain, Wu Tao and Divine Monarch Kaiyang guarded the recovering cultivators while the human Deity Transformation Sovereigns extracted a Fifth-Rank Spirit Vein. Wu Tao absorbed its spiritual light to boost his cultivation, then followed Kaiyang toward the North Divine Sect as the campaign continued.

• Divine Monarch Kaiyang guarded Wu Tao and the recovering Nascent Soul cultivators and Original Spirit Devils while other groups secured the North Divine Domain and extracted its spirit veins.
• Ning Qiudao and five other Deity Transformation Sovereigns arrived and used a grand formation to extract the sect’s Fifth-Rank Spirit Vein.
• Divine Monarch Guyue invited the human Nascent Soul cultivators to absorb the pure Spiritual Power released by the extraction, and Wu Tao rapidly gathered spiritual light with the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Capital Spirit Preserving Method.
• The Fifth-Rank Spirit Vein vanished, and Divine Monarch Guyue asked Kaiyang to escort the cultivators to the North Divine Sect while the extraction team moved on.
• Wu Tao checked his progress on the way to the North Divine Sect and found that his Nascent Soul Level 8 cultivation had advanced by 12 points, equivalent to a year of cultivation.

Wu Tao and the Three Realms Faction regrouped at the ruined North Divine Sect, where the Deity Transformation Sovereigns advanced its spirit vein and rebuilt it as their alliance base. At the second Three Realms assembly, the leaders began awarding battle merits and preparing an attack on the Demon Abyss in the North Cold Land.

• Wen Xingrui told Wu Tao that his battle merits and the coming rewards should let him enter the Origin Spirit Secret Realm, and Wu Tao offered to share his experiences there.
• Divine Monarch Kaiyang brought Wu Tao and the others to the North Divine Sect, where the Three Realms forces gathered after conquering the North Divine Domain.
• Divine Monarch Guyue, Ning Qiudao, and six other Deity Transformation Sovereigns used a grand formation to advance the North Divine Sect's Fifth-Rank Spirit Vein into a high-grade Tier 6 Spirit Vein, while participating Nascent Soul cultivators absorbed its spiritual radiance.
• The Three Realms Faction rebuilt the North Divine Sect as its alliance base and assigned Wu Tao a Nascent Soul palace with a Fifth-Rank High-Grade Spirit Vein and an Artifact Refining Room.
• A returning Nascent Soul cultivator delivered Lin Chaozong's Magic Talisman to the North Divine Domain's Deity Transformation Sovereigns, giving them a means to command some East and West Divine Domain leaders.
• At the second Three Realms assembly, Divine Monarch Guyue announced rewards for merit and plans to attack the Demon Abyss in the North Cold Land.

Ning Qiudao and Heavenly Wing Demon Venerable awarded war merits for the North Divine Domain campaign, naming Wu Tao the top-ranked contributor and granting him 30,000 war merits plus the chance to learn a Deity Transformation cultivation technique. The Three Realms Alliance then prepared to occupy the Demon Abyss after cultivators entered their secret realms, while Wu Tao shared his Origin Spirit Secret Realm notes with Wen Xingrui.

• Divine Monarch Guyue announced the Reward Hall and had Ning Qiudao and Heavenly Wing Demon Venerable assess the campaign's war merits.
• Ning Qiudao awarded Wen Xingrui 10,000 war merits for his kills, and Wu Tao congratulated his master.
• Ning Qiudao awarded Wu Tao 30,000 war merits and first place on the War Merit Ranking List, with the option to receive instruction in a Deity Transformation cultivation technique.
• Divine Monarch Guyue ordered the cultivators to prepare for the Origin Spirit Secret Realm and Origin Devil Secret Realm before setting out to occupy the Demon Abyss ten days later.
• Wu Tao gave Wen Xingrui a Jade Slip containing his secret-realm experience and guide, then lent him his Life-Strangling Locks.