Chapter Summaries

Wei Suo broke through to Golden Core Second Layer after absorbing the Jade Dao Lotus’s vitality and spiritual energy, greatly increasing his power and perception. As he sorted the spirit medicines from Lingmiao Valley, the Yang Zhi Bird indicated that one of the unidentified medicines would benefit it.

• Wei Suo’s Golden Core expanded and transformed, carrying him through a breakthrough to Golden Core Second Layer.
• Wei Suo released his enormous Golden Core and discovered that his spiritual perception now reached seven hundred zhang.
• The Green Robe Old Man assessed Wei Suo’s increased strength and sorted the remaining spirit medicines by how they could be stored or refined.
• Wei Suo stored the medicines, leaving six unfamiliar items aside because the Green Robe Old Man could not identify them.
• The Yang Zhi Bird pointed to itself and confirmed that one of the unidentified spirit medicines would greatly benefit it.

Wei Suo discovered that the restrictions of Qingcheng Ruins had swept a broken mountain range into their unknown space, along with the Dao Discussion Hall marked on his map fragment. He entered the hall and found its first two floors empty except for valuable Star White Luo Gold, then sensed something at the entrance to the third floor.

• Wei Suo, the Green Robe Old Man, and the Yang Zhi Bird saw that a broken mountain range had been carried into the unknown space by the restrictions.
• Wei Suo recognized a purple hall on the mountain as the Dao Discussion Hall shown on one of his map fragments.
• Wei Suo cut through the weakened purple light screen with Dark Emperor Sword Qi and entered the hall.
• Wei Suo found the first floor plated with Star White Luo Gold, and the Green Robe Old Man suggested salvaging it.
• Wei Suo searched the empty second floor and twitched his brow as he reached the entrance to the third.

Wei Suo discovered ancient records warning that the Sky Vault was nearing the end of its estimated lifespan, making him fear for the Cultivation World and his companions if he remained trapped. He also found a versatile method for cultivating a natal magic treasure and began considering its value.

• Wei Suo read Ancient Records and learned about ancient cultivation methods, Demon Cultivators, and the Sky Vault’s origin.
• Wei Suo and the Green Robe Old Man concluded that the Sky Vault might collapse within a few hundred years, while the Yang Zhi Bird struggled to believe it.
• Wei Suo worried that remaining trapped could leave Ji Ya, Nangong Yuqing, Han Weiwei, and the others in danger, but suppressed his agitation.
• Wei Suo examined the second jade talisman and found the Golden Core Heart Seal Profound Scripture, a method for refining a suitable magic treasure into a natal magic treasure.

Wei Suo left the ruined hall with its Star White Luo Gold and flew through the vast, unfamiliar space until he heard a distant battle. He found Qing Ping fleeing True Person Panlong and another cultivator over a fragment of a yellow crystal stele, but their pursuers were faster than his Li Huo Boat.

• Wei Suo and the Green Robe Old Man discussed the Water Kirin King Seal and considered disguising True Person Qianluo's lifeless Golden Core as an Annihilation Golden Core after the Yang Zhi Bird suggested embedding a real one inside it.
• Wei Suo stored the damaged Refined Gold Puppet, determined the shattered Imprint Crystal was useless, and cut all the Star White Luo Gold from the hall into his Ancient Storage Ring.
• After flying for more than half a day through the seemingly boundless space, Wei Suo heard the sound of magical combat and flew toward it under his Invisibility Magic Robe.
• Wei Suo saw a green streak fleeing a yellow streak, recognized Qing Ping when she called to him, and learned that her pursuers were True Person Panlong of the True Martial Sect and another powerful cultivator.
• Qing Ping told Wei Suo that she had found a fragment of a yellow crystal stele and that the two cultivators attacked her to seize it; she had not found her husband or the others.

Wei Suo and Qing Ping encountered True Person Panlong and Bai Jiankong, who claimed they had found a way out of the spatial rift that required a Longevity Tablet fragment. Panlong proposed that Wei Suo, Bai Jiankong, and himself escape while Qing Ping stayed behind, leaving Wei Suo to decide whether to accept the sacrifice or resist.

• Wei Suo tested Qing Ping's yellow crystal tablet fragment and confirmed it could form a shield large enough for about three people, then stopped the Li Huo Boat.
• True Person Panlong and Bai Jiankong caught up on the Panlong Imperial Cauldron and began negotiating with Wei Suo and Qing Ping.
• Qing Ping warned Wei Suo that Bai Jiankong was a vicious late-stage Golden Core Second Layer cultivator known for killing cultivators outside the heavenly dome.
• Panlong revealed another damaged Longevity Tablet fragment and explained that the fragments could shield cultivators through a spatial opening but would be destroyed afterward.
• Panlong proposed that he, Wei Suo, and Bai Jiankong use Qing Ping's fragment to leave, while Qing Ping remained behind.

Wei Suo pretended to accept True Person Panlong’s offer before suddenly attacking Bai Jiankong and forcing a new bargain. The arrival of Cave Master Ancient Crocodile, whose cultivation surpassed Bai Jiankong’s, left Wei Suo facing a dire situation.

• Wei Suo rejected True Person Panlong’s proposal to abandon Bai Jiankong and appeared to negotiate for pills and other benefits.
• Wei Suo asked to speak privately with Bai Jiankong, then declared that he wanted Bai Jiankong’s life and attacked him.
• Wei Suo’s Golden Core manifestation and Blood-Eating Magic Saber injured Bai Jiankong, while True Person Panlong shattered Wei Suo’s dragon manifestation with a powerful spell.
• Wei Suo withdrew beside Qing Ping and proposed that he and Qing Ping leave while Bai Jiankong stayed behind.
• Cave Master Ancient Crocodile arrived, and the Green Robe Old Man warned Wei Suo that the newcomer’s cultivation exceeded Bai Jiankong’s.

Wei Suo faced True Person Panlong and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile, who sought the Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill and attacked him and Qing Ping. As Wei Suo prepared to use an Annihilation Golden Core while Qing Ping destroyed the Longevity Tablet Fragment, the Demon Deer Woman offered to help them escape in exchange for a place through the spatial rift, and Wei Suo agreed.

• True Person Panlong gave Bai Jiankong a True Martial Xuanji Pill and demanded the Seven-Orifice Immortal Pill from Wei Suo, who admitted killing True Person Xuanwu and refused to surrender his belongings.
• True Person Panlong attacked Wei Suo and Qing Ping with a yellow pipa and the Naihe Golden Bridge, but Wei Suo countered with his Golden Core, Rolling River Scroll, and other magic treasures.
• Wei Suo and Qing Ping resisted True Person Panlong's attacks, while Cave Master Ancient Crocodile arrived and struck them from afar with six white stone pillars that Wei Suo destroyed.
• Wei Suo raised an Annihilation Golden Core and told Qing Ping to destroy the Longevity Tablet Fragment, prompting True Person Panlong and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile to lose their composure.
• The Demon Deer Woman appeared and offered to help Wei Suo deal with his opponents if he took her through the spatial rift, and Wei Suo accepted her deal.

Wei Suo and Qing Ping used Annihilation Golden Cores to turn the battle against True Person Panlong and Cave Master Ancient Crocodile, while the Demon Deer Woman reluctantly intervened. Cave Master Ancient Crocodile survived the blast, but Wei Suo struck True Person Gu E with a dark-golden sword light.

• True Person Panlong unleashed powerful attacks that damaged Wei Suo’s Golden Core and forced Wei Suo to use an Annihilation Golden Core to destroy Panlong’s Daoist Venerable and skull.
• Wei Suo immobilized Cave Master Ancient Crocodile’s Refined Gold Giant Crocodile and pursued him while raising a huge Annihilation Golden Core as a feint.
• Qing Ping fired an Annihilation Golden Core at Cave Master Ancient Crocodile, and the Demon Deer Woman shattered True Person Panlong’s Daoist Venerable with her demon core to help Wei Suo evade an attack.
• Cave Master Ancient Crocodile emerged alive from the explosion, but Wei Suo’s dark-golden sword light pierced True Person Gu E through the heart.

Wei Suo fought True Person Panlong, whose powerful technique rapidly depleted his Golden Core, while the Azure Silver Staff’s aging light weakened him. After the staff’s power ran out, Wei Suo used Cave Master Ancient Crocodile’s corpse to unleash the small black knife and killed True Person Panlong, who warned that the True Martial Sect would seek revenge.

• True Person Panlong summoned a powerful yellow Daoist Venerable and attacked Wei Suo, while Wei Suo used the Azure Silver Staff to age him at the cost of rapidly exhausting its dharma pearl.
• True Person Panlong used Bai Jiankong as a shield, then killed him when the Azure Silver Staff’s light continued to affect them both.
• Wei Suo immobilized True Person Panlong’s flight treasure with the Peacock Ming King Feather as the two fought desperately, until the Azure Silver Staff’s dharma pearl cracked and its light vanished.
• Wei Suo seized Cave Master Ancient Crocodile’s corpse and plunged the small black knife into it, then launched the knife at True Person Panlong.
• True Person Panlong’s blue earring failed to break the knife, and its red light pierced the Naihe Golden Bridge and killed him; he cursed Wei Suo and invoked the True Martial Sect’s revenge.

After killing True Person Panlong, Wei Suo and the Demon Deer Woman argued over the spoils while he recovered the cultivators’ Golden Cores and examined their treasures. They left with the Demon Deer Woman holding the other loot and Qing Ping helping store it, while Wei Suo secured the corpses and valuables.

• The Demon Deer Woman claimed True Person Panlong’s belongings, but Wei Suo insisted on taking his corpse and demanded his Golden Core as well.
• Wei Suo threatened the Demon Deer Woman with his Great Annihilation Golden Core, and she surrendered True Person Panlong’s Golden Core before cautiously moving beside Wei Suo and Qing Ping.
• Wei Suo retrieved Bai Jiankong’s Golden Core and the rune-patterned refined-gold dagger, finding the dagger undamaged.
• The Demon Deer Woman collected the cultivators’ robes, artifacts, and Treasure Pouches, while Wei Suo tested Cave Master Ancient Crocodile’s intact Refined Gold Giant Crocodile.
• Wei Suo had Qing Ping help the Demon Deer Woman store the loot, then gathered Bai Jiankong’s mangled corpse.

Wei Suo, Qing Ping, and the Demon Deer Woman entered a spatial rift using the Longevity Tablet Fragment, but the Demon Deer Woman betrayed them and cut the fragment apart. The rift’s violent spatial power overwhelmed their defenses, separating Wei Suo and Qing Ping as the fragment broke again.

• After searching the strange space for more than ten days without finding Qi Longshan and the others, Wei Suo and Qing Ping decided to leave with the Demon Deer Woman.
• Wei Suo’s group reached a spatial rift between two frozen blue cloud pillars, and Qing Ping used the Longevity Tablet Fragment to shield all three as they entered.
• Inside the rift, the Demon Deer Woman secretly struck the Longevity Tablet Fragment with a red light and threw away the bundle of treasures taken from their slain enemies.
• The Demon Deer Woman separated herself with a large piece of the fragment, leaving Wei Suo and Qing Ping with too little protection from the spatial power.
• Qing Ping activated the Five-Colored Magpie Chain while Wei Suo used his Karma Fire Red Lotus Magic Robe, but their barriers shattered and the fragment broke again, separating them.

Wei Suo found Heavenly Crystal Emperor Pills among True Person Panlong’s spoils and used powerful corpses to feed the Heart Devouring Worm, which fell into an advancement slumber. He then examined a strange golden sphere and flew off after its insects revealed a direction.

• Wei Suo recognized the pills in True Person Panlong’s Treasure Pouch as Heavenly Crystal Emperor Pills, swallowed one, and learned it held exceptionally pure spiritual energy.
• Wei Suo and the Green Robe Old Man sorted out twelve Level Seven or higher demon beasts, and Wei Suo prepared the Ancient White Marsh, True Person Panlong, Cave Master Ancient Crocodile, and Bai Jiankong’s corpses for the Heart Devouring Worm.
• The Heart Devouring Worm drained the Ancient White Marsh and True Person Panlong before curling up to sleep, signaling that it had advanced.
• Wei Suo found a golden sphere in Cave Master Ancient Crocodile’s Treasure Pouch and discovered that it was covered by tiny metal insects surrounding a transparent crystal ball.
• Wei Suo poured True Essence into the crystal ball, watched the insects shoot outward, then flew in their direction while the Green Robe Old Man retreated into the Ghost Nurturing Jar.

Wei Suo spotted the Qingxu Vine on a shattered boulder as a three-legged phoenix attacked it, but powerful cultivators and Profound Tier treasures arrived to challenge the beast. The chapter ended with Lin Taixu appearing above the battlefield, while Wei Suo was still closing in on the vine.

• A three-legged phoenix swept into the cultivators around the boulder, killing several as the others fled.
• Wei Suo recognized the Qingxu Vine among the fallen earth and rushed toward it, but the phoenix reached it first.
• A cyan-robed Great Golden Core cultivator struck at the phoenix with a powerful green hand magic treasure, but the beast emerged unharmed.
• The three-legged phoenix paused as a gigantic crimson-bronze hall descended from the clouds, and the cultivators identified it as Xuanfeng Sect's Xuanfeng Heavenly Palace.
• Lin Taixu appeared atop the hall and recognized the Qingxu Vine, while the cyan-robed cultivator addressed him by name.

Wei Suo watched Lin Taixu and Xu Qianhuan attack Feng Wucang over the Qingxu Vine, then seized the vine amid the chaos. Lin Taixu and Xu Qianhuan spotted his transparent figure fleeing and pursued him with killing intent.

• Wei Suo and the Green Robe Old Man recognized Lin Taixu and Feng Wucang as they contested the three-legged phoenix and the Qingxu Vine.
• Xu Qianhuan joined Lin Taixu, and their combined attack gravely injured Feng Wucang.
• Feng Wucang unleashed a stellar technique that struck Lin Taixu and Xu Qianhuan before he retreated from the battle.
• Wei Suo saw the stellar vital energy Feng Wucang summoned and became reluctant to leave, hoping to learn the technique.
• While Lin Taixu and Xu Qianhuan recovered from Feng Wucang's attack, Wei Suo took the Qingxu Vine and fled.
• Lin Taixu and Xu Qianhuan noticed Wei Suo's transparent figure escaping and moved to pursue him.

Wei Suo stole the Qingxu Vine and escaped Lin Taixu’s and Xu Qianhuan’s attacks, though both pursued him with powerful techniques. He reached the forest beyond Fanying Mountain and continued fleeing while the Green Robe Old Man urged him onward.

• Wei Suo seized the Qingxu Vine and fled through the chaotic battlefield, but Xu Qianhuan recognized him and Lin Taixu launched the Annihilation Divine Spear.
• Wei Suo used his golden core and Blood-Eating Magic Saber to knock the spear back, then Xu Qianhuan struck his golden core with a transparent claw and sent him into the clouds.
• Wei Suo sealed his injuries with the Demon Sealing Body Technique and continued toward the swamp’s edge while Xu Qianhuan ordered everyone to remain inside the swamp.
• Lin Taixu told Xu Qianhuan that Flowing Shadow had marked Wei Suo with a restriction that would leave traces of his aura, while True Person Yun Fan challenged their authority.
• Wei Suo concealed himself among fleeing cultivators, crossed Fanying Mountain aboard a jade-green skiff, then escaped in the Pure Flower Flying Lotus and flew low through the forest.

Wei Suo encountered a disguised female cultivator fleeing the Xuanfeng Sect and learned Lin Taixu had marked him with a tracking restriction. After she removed it, she warned that Xuanfeng Heavenly Palace could still track his flight, so they began digging a deep hiding place.

• Wei Suo met a disguised female cultivator near Fanying Mountain and demanded to know whether she recognized him.
• The female cultivator explained that Lin Taixu’s magic treasure had placed a hidden Flame Shadow Imprint on Wei Suo and offered to remove it.
• The female cultivator used azure strands to destroy the imprint, revealing it as a trace of Lin Taixu’s Annihilation Divine Spear.
• The female cultivator, who gave her surname as Lan, warned Wei Suo that Xuanfeng Heavenly Palace could track his direction if he fled through the air.
• Wei Suo used his Door-plank Flying Sword to dig downward while Lan gathered the earth and reinforced the hole’s walls.

Wei Suo dug a deep underground hideout while questioning the mysterious cultivator about the powerful sects and cultivators pursuing them. As the Xuanfeng Heavenly Palace flew overhead, Wei Suo realized the pockmarked male cultivator’s delicate fragrance and mannerisms seemed strangely effeminate.

• Wei Suo learned that cultivators were searching the Fanying Mountain swamp for spiritual medicines and that Lin Taixu had wounded Feng Wucang during their fight.
• The female cultivator explained that Profound Tier magic treasures were rare, described Lin Taixu’s status, and named several powerful True Martial Sect cultivators.
• Wei Suo admitted that he had grievances with the True Martial Sect after taking something from under Xu Qianhuan’s nose, and the female cultivator said the Xuanfeng Sect wanted something she possessed.
• Wei Suo dug nearly three hundred feet down and carved out several rooms, then the female cultivator sensed his injuries.
• The Xuanfeng Heavenly Palace’s rumbling approach made the female cultivator warn Wei Suo not to use techniques, while Wei Suo noticed her fragrance and effeminate mannerisms.

Wei Suo hid underground with a female cultivator disguised as a pockmarked-faced man while Lin Taixu searched above. After testing her trustworthiness, Wei Suo misunderstood her embarrassment as attraction to men, and they prepared for him to heal his injuries.

• The female cultivator warned Wei Suo that Lin Taixu might search the area for six or seven days, while Wei Suo worried about his worsening injuries and the Qingxu Vine.
• She offered to stand guard and revealed her Golden Core after Wei Suo asked how he could trust her, then told him she had no powerful magic treasures.
• Wei Suo lectured her about the dangers of trusting other cultivators and patted her shoulder to test her reaction.
• The female cultivator blushed and cried out when Wei Suo touched her, leading him to ask whether she liked men.
• She agreed that she had no improper thoughts about him, and Wei Suo began planning to dig more rooms and heal his injuries.

Wei Suo outfitted an underground hideout, tried to persuade Fellow Daoist Lan to change her preference for male cultivators, and spent two days healing while Lin Taixu searched overhead. When Wei Suo prepared to cultivate the Qingxu Vine and Golden Thunder Divine Wood into a spiritual root, he decided to test their medicinal effects first.

• Wei Suo furnished several underground rooms and advised Fellow Daoist Lan that cultivation should help her live as she wished, then urged her to like female cultivators instead of male cultivators.
• Wei Suo gave Fellow Daoist Lan portraits of Shui Ling'er and a dual-cultivation booklet; she kept the portraits, rejected the booklet, and fled into a quiet room.
• Wei Suo sealed himself in another quiet room, set the Black Nether Bone Lord to guard the entrance, and spent two days healing while the Xuanfeng Heavenly Palace repeatedly searched overhead.
• Wei Suo recovered most of his bodily injuries but found that his golden core and Rolling River Scroll still needed more time to recover.
• Wei Suo brought out the Qingxu Vine and discussed cultivating its spiritual root with the Green Robe Old Man, who estimated that refining it with the Golden Thunder Divine Wood would take five or six days.
• Wei Suo cut off a small section of the Qingxu Vine to test its medicinal effects.

Wei Suo fed the Heart Devouring Worm powerful demonic cultivators and examined a remarkably durable Kongtong Dog skeleton, hoping to refine it into a Black Nether Bone Lord. The Yang Zhi Bird announced that it had learned to cultivate by absorbing Solar True Fire, though Wei Suo pointed out that it was still a bird.

• Wei Suo fed the Heart Devouring Worm the corpses of Cave Master Ancient Crocodile and Bai Jiankong, but the worm remained hungry.
• Wei Suo brought out four wind-element Level Seven demonic beasts for the Heart Devouring Worm to eat and examined the Kongtong Dog skeleton.
• Wei Suo tested the skeleton with a bronze short ge and a rune-patterned refined-metal knife, finding that neither could scratch its bones.
• The Yang Zhi Bird showed Wei Suo a new red radiance and said it had learned to cultivate by absorbing Solar True Fire.
• The Yang Zhi Bird declared that it was no longer a bird, and Wei Suo replied that it was still a bird that could cultivate.