Chapter Summaries

The Taichu God-Devil fought the Tailing God-Devil, who sacrificed the living beings of his world to gain strength, then gave Taichu his wisdom and Emperor Artifact as he merged his world into Taichu. Diming's avatar demanded the artifact, and Taichu refused, setting up a clash over its possession.

• The Taichu God-Devil and the Tailing God-Devil battled with physical strength and Immortal Dao techniques while Diming's avatar watched for a chance to claim the Emperor Artifact.
• The Taichu God-Devil killed the Void Refinement Heavenly Monarchs and Devil Race Demon Kings imprisoned in his inner world, and the Tailing God-Devil retaliated by annihilating all living beings in the Tailing Cultivation World to absorb their energy.
• Wu Tao sensed the destruction through Coffin Nail and realized the Three Realms might have suffered the same fate if Taichu had not valued his help and stance.
• The Tailing God-Devil revealed the Emperor Artifact Black Box and charged Taichu, who unleashed the Taiji Power stored in a black stone.
• The Taiji Power struck the Tailing God-Devil, who merged his world into Taichu and passed on his wisdom and Emperor Artifact before extinguishing his consciousness.
• Diming's avatar demanded the Emperor Artifact, but Taichu refused to hand it over.

Taichu revived by merging the Tailing Cultivation World with the Three Realms, while Sovereign Di and Coffin Nail stopped Diming's avatar from taking the Emperor Artifact. Back in the War Palace, Ning Qiudao revealed the truth of the Three Realms and told the faction that their campaign was over and they must leave the Immortal Tool Merit Hall.

• Diming's avatar tried to seize the Emperor Artifact, but Sovereign Di and Coffin Nail fought him off until he withdrew.
• Taichu fused the Tailing Cultivation World with the Three Realms, revived in his true body, and confirmed Ning Qiudao's agreement would stand.
• Taichu told Sovereign Di and Coffin Nail that he planned to search the Chaos Universe for surviving Innate God-Devils, and the two agreed to travel together.
• Ning Qiudao returned to the War Palace, assessed merits, and gave the Three Realms Faction generous rewards before ordering them to leave the Immortal Tool Merit Hall.
• Ning Qiudao explained that the Three Realms were Taichu's world and that Taichu had needed to annihilate its inhabitants to revive, but instead had chosen to devour the Tailing Cultivation World.

After spending their merits, the Three Realms cultivators returned to their homes and learned they would leave for a higher-level cultivation world in three days. Wu Tao reunited with Chen Yao and Li Yi, while Coffin Nail departed because Diming had targeted him.

• Ning Qiudao urged the Three Realms cultivators to spend all their merits, and Wu Tao exchanged his million merits for cultivation techniques, Divine Abilities, and resources.
• Ning Qiudao announced that the cultivators would leave the Three Realms in three days through the World-Leaving Array and travel to a higher-level cultivation world.
• The human cultivators and Devil Race returned to their respective territories after leaving the War Merit Palace.
• Wu Tao returned to Jade Star Island, reunited with Chen Yao and Li Yi, and told them their family would leave the Three Realms together.
• Three days later, Taichu began constructing the Magic Array as the cultivators gathered, and Coffin Nail told Wu Tao he was leaving because Diming had targeted him.

Taichu completed the World-Leaving Array and sent the Three Realms’ cultivators and Devil Race toward the Three Thousand Cultivation Worlds. Wu Tao arrived in a wilderness with Chen Yao and Li Yi, separated from the others, while Taichu revealed why he had chosen Ning Qiudao and explained that the travelers would be scattered across different worlds.

• Taichu completed the World-Leaving Array, and Heavenly Devil Xuan Yi led the Devil Race through it first.
• The Star Sea Cultivation World’s cultivators followed, and Wang Jing entered after thanking Sovereign Di.
• Taichu told Ning Qiudao to stay behind, then passed him a technique to awaken his Taichu God-Devil bloodline before Ning Qiudao entered the array.
• Wu Tao, Chen Yao, Li Yi, and Wen Xingrui entered together, but Wu Tao, Chen Yao, and Li Yi emerged alone in a wild forest.
• Taichu told Sovereign Di that he had scattered the travelers across the Three Thousand Cultivation Worlds so Diming would have a harder time finding them.

Wu Tao, Chen Yao, and Li Yi arrived in a higher-ranked cultivation world, trained against demonic beasts as they crossed a wilderness, and searched for human cultivators to learn about their new surroundings. After encountering a flying boat from the Congyun Chamber of Commerce, they drew the attention of its elders, who noticed their unfamiliar vessel.

• Wu Tao probed the wild mountain forest and found demonic beasts but no cultivators, then decided to seek a human settlement while reassuring Chen Yao about Master Wen Xingrui.
• Wu Tao made Li Yi fight Tier 2 demonic beasts and Chen Yao fight a Tier 3 demonic beast as the family traveled through the forest.
• After two days, Wu Tao brought Chen Yao and Li Yi out of the forest aboard the Mystic Light Boat and restrained his cultivation to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Wu Tao detected a Tier 5 Mid-Level flying boat carrying cultivators from the Congyun Chamber of Commerce, including a Deity Transformation cultivator.
• Ji Xiyun and Senior Huang spotted Wu Tao’s Tier 4 High-Grade flying boat, and Ji Xiyun offered to negotiate to buy it for Senior Huang to study.

Wu Tao and his family traveled aboard the Congyun Chamber of Commerce’s flying boat to Tianyang City, where he exchanged his Mystic Light Boat for another flying treasure and Spirit Stones. The family left the chamber of commerce to settle in the city, while Ji Xiyun offered Huang Yu a chance to seek artifact-refining insights beyond Yunyang Continent.

• Ji Xiyun invited Wu Tao, Chen Yao, and Li Yi aboard the Congyun Chamber of Commerce’s flying boat after thanking Wu Tao for giving way.
• Huang Yu recognized Wu Tao’s Mystic Light Boat as a high-grade artifact from outside Yunyang Continent, and Wu Tao agreed to let him study it in exchange for another flying treasure and 200 High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Wu Tao and his family stayed aboard the flying boat for three days before arriving at Tianyang City, a Grade 5 Cultivation City ruled by a Divine Monarch at Spirit Transformation Perfection.
• Wu Tao declined Ji Xiyun’s offer to settle at the Congyun Chamber of Commerce and left with Chen Yao and Li Yi to find their own way in the city.
• Huang Yu suggested recruiting Wu Tao as a Guest Elder, but Ji Xiyun declined, then offered Huang Yu leave to visit other continents and exchange artifact-refining insights.

Wu Tao settled with Chen Yao and Li Yi in Tianyang City, then went out disguised as Li Mo to learn about the city. A local cultivator told him about Tianyang City's powerful sects, including the Xuyang Sect, whose disciples Xiang Ziheng and Liu Hai Wu Tao had met before.

• Wu Tao checked his family into an Immortal Inn and inspected the suite for hidden formations before they rested.
• Wu Tao cultivated the Fire Source Transformation Scripture and Cosmic Star Body Refining Art, then left the inn to gather information about Tianyang City.
• Wu Tao approached a Nascent Soul third-layer local cultivator and invited him to a restaurant, introducing himself as Li Mo.
• The local cultivator explained that Tianyang City was controlled by powerful sects and clans, including the Yunling Sect and Liuyang Sect, backed by eighth-rank sects.
• Wu Tao recognized the Xuyang Sect as the sect of his old acquaintances Xiang Ziheng and Liu Hai and considered meeting them again.

Wu Tao learned about Tianyang City and decided to rent a Cave Abode at Liuyang Immortal Garden, revealing his Spirit Transformation Level 6 cultivation. He arrived with Chen Yao and Li Yi, where Liuyang Sect cultivators welcomed him as a Divine Monarch.

• Yan explained Tianyang City's Cave Abodes, flying boats, and rules to Wu Tao, who decided the city suited a long stay.
• Wu Tao told Chen Yao and Li Yi that he planned to rent at Liuyang Immortal Garden and cultivate toward Void Refinement, then checked out of the Immortal Inn with them.
• Wu Tao, Chen Yao, and Li Yi boarded a City Lord's Mansion flying boat and traveled across Tianyang City to Liuyang Immortal Garden.
• Wu Tao revealed his Spirit Transformation Level 6 aura at the Liuyang Immortal Garden office, and a Liuyang Sect cultivator respectfully greeted him as a Divine Monarch.

Wu Tao rented Cave Abode No. 18 in Liuyang Immortal Garden for ten years so he could settle in Tianyang City with Chen Yao and Li Yi. After receiving his Airborne Order, he chose to enter secluded cultivation and aim for Spirit Transformation layer seven within a year.

• Wu Tao told a Liuyang Immortal Garden attendant that he wanted an Area A cave abode with separate cultivation and resting rooms and an Artifact Refining Room, then chose Cave Abode No. 18.
• Wu Tao, Chen Yao, and Li Yi signed a ten-year residence contract, paid the rent, and received the cave abode token; Wu Tao also left his Spell Seal for the Airborne Order application.
• A Liuyang Immortal Garden cultivator escorted Wu Tao and his family to their new home, where they toured the cave abode and let their spirit beasts out into its grounds.
• Wu Tao reviewed his Personal Status and decided to remain in seclusion until he reached Spirit Transformation layer seven.
• On the third day, a Liuyang Immortal Garden attendant delivered Wu Tao's Airborne Order and relayed that the Deputy City Lord wanted to meet him; Wu Tao said he would visit after his seclusion.

Wu Tao settled his family in Tianyang City, gave Chen Yao and Li Yi Airborne Tokens, and began a steady cultivation routine while teaching them Dao Language. When Li Yi attended an artifact-refining competition and flew home on his own Tier 2 flying treasure, Ji Xiyun realized his father might be a Deity Transformation Sovereign.

• Wu Tao gave Chen Yao and Li Yi Airborne Tokens and explained Tianyang City's rules for flying, then promised to teach them Dao Language every day.
• Wu Tao considered his prospects for joining a high-level cultivation force, then entered seclusion to cultivate toward Deity Transformation layer seven while guiding Chen Yao and Li Yi.
• Li Yi heard about Tianyang City's artifact-refining competition, watched Huang Yu place second, and exchanged greetings with Ji Xiyun.
• Ji Xiyun offered Li Yi a ride on the Congyun Chamber of Commerce's flying boat, but Li Yi declined and flew away on his own Tier 2 flying Magic Treasure.
• Ji Xiyun watched Li Yi leave and wondered whether his father was a Deity Transformation Sovereign.

Li Yi returned from Tianyang City and told Wu Tao about the Congyun Chamber of Commerce, while his family settled into life at Liuyang Immortal Garden. After a year of cultivation, Wu Tao broke through to Deity Transformation Layer 7 and his divine sense reached 141,000 li.

• Huang Yu and Ji Xiyun concluded that Li Mo was a Deity Transformation Sovereign and discussed whether the Congyun Chamber of Commerce might recruit him.
• Li Yi passed an aerial patrol inspection using his Airborne Token, returned to the cave abode, fed the four demon beasts, and told Wu Tao about his encounters in Tianyang City.
• The Congyun Chamber of Commerce won the artifact refiner competition, while Chen Yao and Li Yi advanced in cultivation and continued studying Dao language with Wu Tao.
• Liao Zhengyi visited the neighboring cave abode to greet Li Mo, but Chen Yao told him her husband was in seclusion.
• After a year in Tianyang City, Wu Tao absorbed energy from the Fire Virtue Immortal Crystal Fragment, broke through to Deity Transformation Layer 7, and reached 141,000 li of divine sense.

After a year in seclusion, Wu Tao emerged at Spirit Transformation Level Seven and visited his neighbor Liao Zhengyi to begin building connections in Tianyang City. Liao invited him to a gathering of Spirit Transformation cultivators in three days.

• Wu Tao surveyed Liuyang Immortal Garden with his divine sense and reviewed his cultivation and skill progress, noting that the Fire Virtue Immortal Crystal Fragment had helped him reach Spirit Transformation Level Seven.
• Wu Tao came out of seclusion and learned that Li Yi had left Tianyang City with friends to temper himself; Chen Yao had given him the Golden Winged Eagle and Soul-Devouring Insect for protection.
• Wu Tao reassured Chen Yao about Li Yi and told her he planned to visit their neighbor, Liao Zhengyi.
• Wu Tao visited Liao Zhengyi at Cave Abode No. 17, introduced himself, and asked to learn more about Tianyang City and its cultivators.
• Liao Zhengyi invited Wu Tao to accompany him to a gathering of Spirit Transformation cultivators in three days, and Wu Tao accepted.

Wu Tao discussed Tianyang City’s cultivation forces and the prospects for Rogue Cultivators with Liao Zhengyi, then went to visit Vice City Lord Cai Chao. Cai deliberately made Wu Tao wait for days, so Wu Tao left without meeting him.

• Liao Zhengyi explained that Cai Chao was petty and that Rogue Cultivators had little chance of obtaining Void Refinement techniques through Tianyang City’s forces.
• Wu Tao and Liao Zhengyi discussed the forces in Tianyang City, and Liao invited Wu Tao to meet other Deity Transformation cultivators in three days.
• Wu Tao decided to pursue artifact refinement as a path toward joining Liuyang Sect and eventually Xuyang Sect, then set out to visit Cai Chao the next morning.
• Cai Chao recalled Wu Tao’s earlier refusal of his invitation and instructed Zhu Jun to tell Wu Tao to wait in the City Lord’s Mansion for several days.
• Wu Tao recognized Cai Chao’s delay as a deliberate slight and left the Waiting Hall without waiting for him.

Wu Tao left the City Lord's Mansion after Cai Chao tried to make him wait, then toured Tianyang City and ran into Yan, who learned that Wu Tao lived in Liuyang Immortal Garden. Back at the cave abode, Wu Tao told Chen Yao about his visit and later set out with Liao Zhengyi to meet Tianyang City's Deity Transformation cultivators, where he learned Cai Chao had also been invited.

• Wu Tao refused Zhu Jun's request to wait for Cai Chao, and Cai Chao sensed Wu Tao's Deity Transformation Late Stage cultivation as he left the City Lord's Mansion.
• Wu Tao toured Tianyang City's central district, encountered Yan, and told him that he lived in Liuyang Immortal Garden; Yan's five companions discussed inviting Wu Tao on a future expedition.
• Wu Tao returned to his cave abode, told Chen Yao that Cai Chao had turned him away, and promised to take her around the city another time.
• Two days later, Wu Tao joined Liao Zhengyi on a Flying Boat bound for a gathering at Tianyuan Tower, where Cai Chao was also expected to attend.
• When Liao Zhengyi asked whether Wu Tao had met Cai Chao, Wu Tao explained that Cai Chao had asked him to wait several days, so he had left instead.

Wu Tao attended Tianyuan Tower’s Deity Transformation gathering with Liao Zhengyi, where Vice City Lord Cai Chao invited him to join the City Lord’s Mansion. Wu Tao refused, then agreed to accompany Cai Chao and five other cultivators to Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s Cave Abode Ruins to seek Fire Linglong.

• On the way to Tianyuan Tower, Liao Zhengyi warned Wu Tao that Cai Chao might target him and explained that Cai Chao needed a treasure to advance to Spirit Transformation Level 9.
• Liao Zhengyi introduced Wu Tao to the Deity Transformation cultivators at the gathering, and Cai Chao approached Wu Tao and invited him to join the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Wu Tao calmly refused Cai Chao’s invitation, sensing a faint trace of killing intent despite Cai Chao’s outwardly gracious response.
• After the gathering’s trades and exploration plans, Cai Chao recruited five Spirit Transformation Level 7 cultivators to seek Fire Linglong in Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s Cave Abode Ruins.
• Cai Chao asked Wu Tao to join the expedition as the final member, and Wu Tao agreed.

Wu Tao agreed to join Cai Chao’s expedition to Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s Cave Abode Ruins, despite Liao Zhengyi’s warning that Cai Chao might seek revenge for being refused. The group assembled outside Tianyang City, where Wu Tao and Liao Zhengyi faced Cai Chao and five other Deity Transformation Sovereigns as they set out for the ruins.

• Wu Tao accepted Cai Chao’s invitation to explore Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s Cave Abode Ruins, and Liao Zhengyi volunteered to join him.
• Liao Zhengyi warned Wu Tao that Cai Chao might attack them beyond Tianyang City, but Wu Tao reassured him and Liao Zhengyi explained that he felt responsible for bringing Wu Tao to the gathering.
• Wu Tao told Chen Yao about the expedition and asked her to keep Li Yi in the cave abode until he returned.
• The next day, Wu Tao and Liao Zhengyi traveled to the city outskirts, where five Spirit Transformation Level 7 Sovereigns waited for Cai Chao.
• Cai Chao arrived, the five Sovereigns greeted him warmly, and the group prepared to leave for the ruins.

Cai Chao led Wu Tao, Liao Zhengyi, and five Deity Transformation Sovereigns toward Fire Abyss to explore Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch's ruins, while Wu Tao learned Cai Chao might be seeking a Void Refinement cultivation technique. Elsewhere, Li Yi joined four Foundation Establishment cultivators in exploring a Golden Core cave abode, where Fang Juntao and Jiang Ping revealed they had brought the others as offerings to a living Golden Core cultivator.

• Liao Zhengyi told Wu Tao that Fire Abyss was deadly to cultivators below Spirit Transformation and that Cai Chao might be seeking Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch's Void Refinement cultivation technique.
• Wu Tao and Liao Zhengyi discussed the dangers of the expedition as seven flying boats headed toward Fire Abyss, with Cai Chao secretly watching them.
• Fang Juntao, Jiang Ping, Zhou Han, fellow cultivator He, and Li Yi broke an Illusion Array and explored an untouched Golden Core cave abode, gathering treasures.
• At the Golden Core cultivator's remains, Li Yi realized the cultivator was still alive and quietly stepped back.
• Fang Juntao and Jiang Ping knelt before the Golden Core cultivator and called Zhou Han, fellow cultivator He, and Li Yi Blood Foods, while the cultivator demanded offerings with higher cultivation next time.

Li Yi rescued Zhou Han and Fellow Daoist He from a Demonic Dao Golden Core Master, killing him and the betrayers Fang Juntao and Jiang Ping. After returning to Tianyang City, Li Yi revealed that his father was a Deity Transformation Sovereign and flew home to Liuyang Immortal Garden.

• The Demonic Dao Golden Core Master bound Zhou Han and Fellow Daoist He as Blood Food, while Li Yi stepped forward to protect them.
• Li Yi summoned his Golden Winged Eagle, which fought and killed the Demonic Dao Golden Core Master.
• Li Yi used his Soul-Devouring Insect to kill Fang Juntao and Jiang Ping as they tried to escape.
• Li Yi freed Zhou Han and Fellow Daoist He, divided the spoils with them, and cremated the corpses before they left the ruins.
• Five days later, Li Yi returned to Tianyang City and told Zhou Han and Fellow Daoist He to visit him at Liuyang Immortal Garden.
• Li Yi showed his Airborne Order token and revealed that his father was a Deity Transformation Sovereign, then flew home as Zhou Han and He stared in shock.

Li Yi returned to Liuyang Immortal Garden, reunited with Chen Yao, and told her about his dangerous journey while Wu Tao traveled with Cai Chao toward the Fire Abyss. Cai Chao secretly enlisted five cultivators to help him kill Li Mo and Liao Zhengyi in the Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s ruins, and the group set off for the Fire Abyss unaware of the plot.

• Li Yi returned to Cave Abode No. 18, fed his demonic beasts, and learned that Wu Tao had left Tianyang City with Deputy City Lord Cai.
• Li Yi told Chen Yao about his encounters outside the city, including the death of a Demonic Dao Golden Core at the Golden Winged Eagle’s hands, and agreed to wait for Wu Tao’s return.
• Wu Tao arrived in Fire Abyss City with Cai Chao, Liao Zhengyi, and five other Deity Transformation cultivators, then cultivated privately in his room.
• Cai Chao secretly gathered the five cultivators and arranged to kill Li Mo and Liao Zhengyi in the Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s ruins, with their deaths to be disguised as an accident.
• Cai Chao led the group out of Fire Abyss City to the edge of the Fire Abyss, eager to obtain the Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch’s Void Refinement cultivation technique.

Wu Tao and his companions entered the Fire Abyss, fought fire spirits, and reached Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch's Cave Abode Ruins under Cai Chao's lead. When a cultivator fleeing with Fire Linglong appeared, Cai Chao moved to intercept him and claim it.

• Cai Chao gave the group Ice Soul Cold Talismans, and they entered the Fire Abyss as Liao Zhengyi explained its dangers to Wu Tao.
• Cai Chao led the group around a battle between eight late Spirit Transformation cultivators and three fire spirits, then continued toward Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch's Cave Abode Ruins.
• Ten fire spirits ambushed the group's Flying Boats, and Cai Chao, Wu Tao, Liao Zhengyi, and the others fought them and collected their Fire Spirit Crystals.
• After two more days of travel, Cai Chao led the group to Fire Ghost Heavenly Monarch's Cave Abode Ruins, where they put away their Flying Boats and proceeded on foot.
• The group heard a pursuer demand Fire Linglong from a fleeing Spirit Transformation layer seven cultivator, and Cai Chao moved to intercept him and seize it.