Chapter Summaries

After sixty years of war, Shen Long advanced to Nascent Soul Great Perfection while the fighting in the Heaven Origin Realm intensified. The chapter ended with Chu Buyu congratulating him and the war still raging.

• Lu Haoming told Huangfu Lou that the Human-Faced Dove had allied with the Swallowing Sea Whale and reported that Spirit Transformation cultivators were fighting in the Heaven Origin Realm.
• Huangfu Lou and Tai Shi Jin decided to begin testing Spatial Nodes for a realm-breaking grand formation while Gan Yang Realm's Spirit Transformation cultivators were away.
• Master Ice Silkworm, Han Yuwei, and Yuan Rui discussed the war's heavy casualties and withdrew to heal their injuries.
• Shen Hai told Shen Long that the Jade Universe Realm and Purple Charm Race had joined the war, and that four Spirit Transformation cultivators had fallen.
• Shen Long emerged from seclusion at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, and Chu Buyu congratulated him.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu discovered that Heaven Origin Race cultivators were patrolling the North Cold Ice Plain because a fifth-rank Ice Flood Dragon lived there, so they left the area. Meanwhile, Bi Yuan returned to the Heaven Origin Realm and reported that a destroyed Interface Passage had killed his companions and that Spirit Transformation cultivators guarded the route from the Green Plum Realm.

• Chu Buyu told Shen Long that the war had intensified, many Nascent Soul Cultivators had died, and a Spirit Transformation cultivator from the Black Tiger Tribe was hunting them, so they chose to keep cultivating away from the front.
• Shen Hai detected intruders, and Shen Long used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to identify three Heaven Origin Race Nascent Soul Cultivators, whom he and Chu Buyu captured.
• Chu Buyu learned from the captives that the Heaven Origin Race was patrolling the North Cold Ice Plain to track a fifth-rank Ice Flood Dragon, and Shen Long and Chu Buyu decided to relocate.
• Deep in the North Cold Ice Plain, the Ice Flood Dragon swallowed three fruits from a white fruit tree.
• Bi Yuan told Yin Shi, Yin Qing, and Yin Hao that a battle between Monster Beasts had destroyed an Interface Passage and killed his companions, and that Spirit Transformation cultivators guarded the Spatial Node leading from the Green Plum Realm.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu ambushed a group of Purple Charm Race cultivators and learned they were seeking Seven Star Cold Moon Grass in the North Cold Ice Plain. They left the battlefield and continued toward Heaven Wind Grotto-Heaven, ruling out the grass because of the Ice Flood Dragon.

• Shen Hai spotted Purple Charm Race cultivators traveling by flying boat, and Chu Buyu urged the group to capture them cautiously.
• Shen Long and his companions attacked, killing the green-shirted big man and capturing the Purple-Skirted Woman while the Iron Tail Scorpion devoured the other cultivators' Nascent Souls.
• Shen Long searched the green-shirted big man's Nascent Soul and learned that the Yunguan Tribe sought Seven Star Cold Moon Grass in the North Cold Ice Plain.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu surmised that the Ice Flood Dragon had eaten the grass to survive its Five-Nine Lightning Tribulation, and decided they could not risk approaching it.
• Shen Long collected the defeated cultivators' belongings, and he and Chu Buyu left to continue toward their destination.

Yin Shi, Yin Qing, Yin Hao, and Yin Chi debated how the Heaven Origin Race should respond to the advancing Human Race forces, while Lin Xiang, Qin Yue, and other Spirit Transformation cultivators discussed the campaign in Three Saints City. The Heaven Origin Race planned to seek reinforcements and new routes to the Green Plum Realm as the Human Race continued its slow advance.

• Yin Qing warned that the Spatial Node leading to the Green Plum Realm was unsafe, while Yin Shi argued they should keep using it to strike quickly.
• Yin Hao refused to risk traveling through the passage, and Yin Qing stressed that the Heaven Origin Race could not afford to lose its scarce Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures.
• Yin Chi proposed killing or subduing the fifth rank Ice Flood Dragon, but Yin Shi warned that the unstable space around its nest made a battle dangerous.
• Yin Hao proposed seeking reinforcements from other realms, Yin Shi volunteered to go, and Yin Qing urged the Purple Charm Race to search for other Spatial Nodes.
• Lin Xiang and Qin Yue discussed the Human Race's advance with Mo Wuya and other Spirit Transformation cultivators, who agreed to proceed cautiously and guard against the Purple Charm Race's illusions.
• Mo Wuya worried that the Heaven Origin Race would use its Heaven Origin Sword to send Spirit Transformation cultivators behind the Human Race's lines.

Human Race leaders planned to counter the Purple Charm Sound and target the Purple Charm Race during the next battle, while the Heaven Origin Race prepared a Universe-Fixing Talisman to kill Chen Guang. At the Heaven Wind Grotto-Heaven, Chu Buyu agreed to protect Shen Long as he attempted to break through to the Spirit Transmutation Realm.

• Xu Qingyun, Li Wenbin, Qin Yue, Green Lotus Sword Venerable, and Mo Wuya discussed the dangers of inter-realm travel and the need to end the war quickly.
• Han Feng gave Lin Xiang and Chen Guang two Golden Small Locks that could weaken the Purple Charm Sound, and Lin Xiang ended the meeting by planning an attack on Tuna or Long Xin.
• Yin Jie told Yin Qingqing, Tuna, Long Xin, and Yin Hu that he had sent for a Universe-Fixing Talisman to help them kill Chen Guang.
• Yin Jie and Yin Hu vowed to search for Shen Long and Chu Buyu after the war, while Yin Qingqing remained confident that the Heaven Origin Race would repel the Human Race.
• At the Heaven Wind Grotto-Heaven, Chu Buyu offered to guard Shen Long as he secluded himself to attempt a breakthrough to the Spirit Transmutation Realm.

Shen Long prepared to attempt Spirit Transformation while Chu Buyu and his beasts stood guard, and he studied the trials involved. Elsewhere, Tai Shi Jin and Huangfu Lou failed to find a usable route to the Yin Underworld Realm, while the Green Rhino Tribe’s destruction alarmed Wu Xiao.

• Chu Buyu and Shen Hai agreed to guard Shen Long as he prepared for Spirit Transformation.
• Shen Long visited the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, learned that the Golden-Winged Wind Peng had reached Late Fourth Rank, and instructed his beasts to guard him.
• Shen Long studied the Black Tiger Tribe’s Spirit Transformation insights and listened to a golden-shirted man explain the first trial.
• Tai Shi Jin and Huangfu Lou tried to open a Spatial Node to the Yin Underworld Realm, but the unstable node collapsed.
• Tai Shi Jin and Huangfu Lou looted the Green Rhino Tribe’s possessions and burned its corpses before leaving.
• Bi Xin told Wu Xiao that the Green Rhino Tribe had been wiped out, and Wu Xiao ordered the Barbarian Race to strengthen its vigilance.

Fifty years after the war continued in the Heaven Origin Realm, Shen Long prepared to break through to the Spirit Transmutation Realm using two rare fruits. His breakthrough drew a lightning tribulation, which was still striking as the chapter ended.

• Master Ice Silkworm killed the Purple-Skirted Woman, captured her Nascent Soul, and returned to Three Saints City after the battle ended.
• Yuan Rui asked Master Ice Silkworm whether there was news of Shen Long, while Song Lianyue and Zhao Yang worried about Chu Buyu and Shen Long's safety.
• After fifty years of secluded cultivation, Shen Long decided to attempt the breakthrough with the Five-Light Morning Origin Fruit and the Seven-Treasure Glazed Fruit.
• Chu Buyu, Shen Hai, the Iron Tail Scorpion, and the Golden-Winged Wind Peng stood guard as Shen Long's breakthrough shook the surrounding region and triggered Sandalwood Transformation.
• A thundercloud formed above Shen Long's cave, and repeated bolts of lightning struck into the Yellow Mist as Chu Buyu watched from a distance.

Shen Long survived the Five-Nine Lightning Tribulation and entered the Spirit Transmutation Realm. He left the Heaven Wind Grotto-Heaven with Shen Hai and Chu Buyu to head for the front lines, while Spirit Transformation cultivators in Three Saints City discussed replacing a destroyed Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.

• Shen Long endured five bolts of Five-Colored Divine Lightning and destroyed the Thunder Flood Dragon with his Red Sound Wave and Red Giant Fists.
• Shen Long emerged from the tribulation and demonstrated that he could manipulate the spiritual qi of heaven and earth across hundreds of li.
• Shen Long told Chu Buyu and Shen Hai he would go to the front lines to seek a way back to the Gan Yang Realm and look for Fifth Rank Monster Ape Essence Blood.
• Lin Xiang offered ten fifth rank materials to the Green Lotus Sword Venerable and asked Han Feng to refine a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure for him.
• Han Feng agreed to refine the treasure as the Spirit Transformation cultivators left Three Saints Hall.

Heaven Origin and Purple Charm Race leaders planned to trap the Human Race in the Heaven Origin Realm while their forces attacked the Green Plum Realm, and Huangfu Lou and Tai Shi Jin abandoned their search for a route to the Yin Underworld Realm. Shen Long returned to the Human Race Camp as a Spirit Transformation cultivator and was summoned to meet Senior Mo.

• Tuna warned Yin Jie that the war was becoming costly, and Yin Jie said their forces would cut off the Human Race's retreat through the Green Plum Realm before launching a decisive battle.
• Yin Shuo and two other Spirit Transformation cultivators led an attack that destroyed the Xu Family, hoping to force Green Plum Realm cultivators to defend their factions and ease an assault on the Spatial Node.
• After another failed attempt to find a stable Spatial Node to the Yin Underworld Realm, Huangfu Lou agreed to accompany Tai Shi Jin to the Yin Devil Realm instead.
• Yuan Rui and Master Ice Silkworm discussed sending Liu Yuruo and other wounded cultivators back to the Gan Yang Realm with Mo Wuya.
• Shen Long returned with Liu Yuruo and revealed that he had reached the early Spirit Transformation Realm, surprising Master Ice Silkworm and Yuan Rui.
• Liu Yuruo delivered Senior Mo's invitation for Shen Long to meet at the Ten Thousand Sword Garden.

After advancing to the Spirit Transmutation Realm, Shen Long met with Gan Yang Realm’s Spirit Transformation cultivators and traded ten-thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood for fifth-rank Monster Ape Essence Blood. He also revealed the location of a fifth-rank Ice Flood Dragon, leaving the cultivators to prepare for the danger it posed.

• Shen Long met Mo Wuya and other Spirit Transformation cultivators at Ten Thousand Sword Garden, where they congratulated him on his breakthrough and discussed his ability to refine fifth-rank pills.
• Shen Long offered Soul-Nourishing Wood and Six Roots Purity Bamboo in exchange for fifth-rank Monster Ape Essence Blood, and Mo Wuya contacted Li Wenbin, who owned a bottle of Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape Essence Blood.
• Shen Long told the gathered cultivators that he and Chu Buyu had discovered a fifth-rank Ice Flood Dragon in the unstable North Cold Ice Plain, prompting Mo Wuya to call for the intelligence to be reported to Lin.
• Li Wenbin arrived, accepted Shen Long’s ten-thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood, and gave him the bottle of fifth-rank Monster Ape Essence Blood.

Shen Long traded for alchemy materials, distributed resources to the Spirit Control Sect, and helped Yuan Rui prepare to break through to Spirit Transmutation. He then entered secluded cultivation to practice the Heavenly Demon True Scripture.

• Shen Long agreed to refine Cyan Condensation Jade Dew Pills for True Monarch Taihao in exchange for the Dragon-Suppressing Stone and asked Li Wenbin to offer fifth-rank monster ape Essence Blood for the Six Roots Purity Bamboo.
• Li Wenbin told Shen Long that Yin Jie possessed the Essence Blood of a slain Daoist Chen, while Mo Wuya warned that Yin Jie had defeated three Spirit Transmutation cultivators.
• Shen Long gave Qian Dafu seized cultivation resources to distribute among the Spirit Control Sect cultivators.
• Yuan Rui presented collected herbs and materials, and Shen Long gave him a Five-Light Morning Origin Fruit, a Seven-Treasure Glazed Fruit, and insights on reaching Spirit Transmutation.
• Shen Long asked Master Ice Silkworm to refine a set of Spirit Treasures, then went to the Golden Roc Pavilion to cultivate with monster ape Essence Blood.

Yin Chi and Yin Shuo pursued their campaign in the Green Plum Realm, while Tai Shi Jin found a passage to the Yin Devil Realm and Xu Qingyun learned that the Green Plum Realm’s route back had been destroyed. In Three Saints City, Shen Long completed the first floor of the Heavenly Demon True Scripture, gaining the Mountain True Roar divine ability.

• Yin Chi and Yin Shuo failed to capture a fleeing Spirit Transformation cultivator after breaking a formation at the Green Plum Realm’s spatial node, and Yin Chi resolved to destroy the node and return to the Heaven Origin Realm.
• Tai Shi Jin and Huangfu Lou opened a breach with the Silver Dharma Array; Tai Shi Jin confirmed it led to a realm with pure demonic qi and entered the passage.
• Xu Qingyun told Lin Xiang and Qin Yue that the spatial node connecting the Green Plum Realm and Heaven Origin Realm had been destroyed, and Lin Xiang arranged for Madam Lin to help Xu return through another node.
• After three years of secluded cultivation, Shen Long mastered the first floor of the Heavenly Demon True Scripture and gained the Mountain True Roar divine ability.

Shen Long received a set of Spirit Treasure Thunder Flood Dragon Gauntlets and attended a meeting where Lin Xiang proposed an early strike against the Heaven Origin Race. With their retreat route cut off, the Spirit Transmutation cultivators agreed to fight again in one month.

• Master Ice Silkworm gave Shen Long the Thunder Flood Dragon Gauntlets he had refined for him.
• Lin Xiang told the Spirit Transmutation cultivators that he planned to strike the Heaven Origin Race in one month and distributed Golden Lotus Pills to help five of them recover.
• Lin Xiang revealed that the Spatial Node connecting the Green Plum Realm to the Heaven Origin Realm had been destroyed, cutting off their retreat.
• Qin Yue and Lin Xiang argued that an early attack could disrupt the enemy’s plans and reduce the danger of the coming decisive battle.
• Li Wenbin supported Lin Xiang’s plan, and the other Spirit Transmutation cultivators agreed to fight.

Shen Long arranged to lead a raid on a Heaven Origin Race stronghold with Liu Yuyun, despite warnings about the danger. Meanwhile, the Heaven Origin Race secured the Golden Scale Race’s military support at a steep price and worried that a fifth rank Ice Flood Dragon might join the Human Race.

• Shen Long volunteered to attack a Heaven Origin Race stronghold, and Liu Yuyun agreed to accompany him with twenty Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Han Yuwei and Master Ice Silkworm warned Shen Long about the risks, but he said he was confident and promised to be careful.
• Yin Qing, Yin Shi, Yin Hao, and Bi Yuan discussed the loss of Lady Yin, the effort to destroy the Spatial Node, and the threat posed by the fifth rank Ice Flood Dragon.
• Bian Rong returned from the Golden Glaze Realm and reported that the Golden Scale Race would send troops in exchange for cultivation resources and fifth rank materials.
• Yin Qing accepted the resource arrangement, and Bian Rong agreed to handle the delivery.

Shen Long and Liu Yuyun attacked the Qinglang Mountain Range, where Yin Shuo defended a fifth rank Formation. Shen Long shattered the Formation in less than three breaths and destroyed a Spirit Treasure, leaving the defenders exposed.

• Yin Shuo ordered reinforcements sent to the front lines after the Human Race launched another war.
• Shen Long and Liu Yuyun attacked the Qinglang Mountain Range while battles erupted on the front lines.
• Yin Shuo and the defenders fought off the attackers’ blows as Shen Long tested the Cyan Light Screen.
• Shen Long used the Water Qilin Bead to weaken the Formation, transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape, and smashed through the Cyan Light Screen.
• The Yellow Giant Ape punched away a Heaven-Propping Giant Peak and destroyed the Spirit Treasure.

Shen Long and the others destroyed the Qinglang Mountain Range’s defenses, killed Yin Shuo, and looted Qinglang Tower. Alarmed by the stronghold’s silence, Yin Qing ordered the Heaven Origin Race forces to retreat and consolidate at the Heaven Origin Mountain Range.

• The Yellow Giant Ape broke through the Heaven Origin Race’s defenses and killed Yin Shuo after destroying his Life-Bound Spirit Treasure.
• Shen Long sealed Yin Shuo’s Nascent Soul, took his Storage Bracelet, and joined Liu Yuyun in plundering Qinglang Tower’s resources.
• Shen Long ordered Han Yilong and the others to clear the battlefield before reinforcements arrived.
• Yin Qing learned that the Qinglang Mountain Range’s Life Soul Lamps had gone out and suspected the Human Race had launched attacks on multiple strongholds.
• Yin Qing ordered the Heaven Origin Race forces at the front lines to retreat and concentrate their defenses at the Heaven Origin Mountain Range.

After the Human Race won major victories against the Heaven Origin Race, Shen Long and Liu Yuyun revealed that they had captured a major stronghold, prompting the leaders to plan a cautious advance. The Heaven Origin Race withdrew to its remaining strongholds and began investigating the unknown force behind the attack.

• Lin Xiang and the other Human Race cultivators celebrated their front-line victory and discussed why the Heaven Origin Race had retreated without sending reinforcements.
• Shen Long and Liu Yuyun arrived and revealed that they had breached a major stronghold, where Shen Long killed a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Lin Xiang and Shen Long urged the Human Race to hold its territory and bring in more experts before advancing, while news of Shen Long’s victory earned him the name True Monarch Golden Peng.
• Yin Chi and Yin Shuo returned to Heaven Origin Mountain Range after destroying a Spatial Node and attacking the Green Plum Realm, then learned that the Qinglang Mountain Range had fallen.
• Yin Jie ordered the Heaven Origin Race to reinforce its remaining positions and investigate who had attacked the Qinglang Mountain Range.

Huangfu Lou agreed to help Yin Devil Realm invade Gan Yang Realm after its cultivators promised to send him back to Yin Underworld Realm. In Heaven Origin Realm, Shen Long completed his first batch of Fifth-Rank pills and received his agreed reward from True Monarch Taihao.

• Duanmu Xi and Mu Jiaojiao arrived in Gan Yang Realm with Tai Shi Jin and demanded Huangfu Lou's help in taking the realm.
• Huangfu Lou refused to remove Tai Shi Jin's restriction without guarantees, then agreed to help after Duanmu Xi promised to send him back to Yin Underworld Realm.
• Huangfu Lou ordered Lu Haoming to guide them to the Swallowing Sea Whale and Human-Faced Dove so they could try to subdue the two Fifth-Rank Great Demons.
• Shen Long finished refining twenty-four Cyan Condensation Jade Dew Pills after half a year and summoned True Monarch Taihao to collect ten.
• True Monarch Taihao gave Shen Long a Storage Bracelet containing the Dragon-Suppressing Stone, ten ancient spirit herbs, and three Fifth-Rank refining materials, then departed.

Shen Long arranged for Han Feng to refine a weight-type Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure and learned that the Strange Beast he sought came from the Golden Glaze Realm and was unique to the Golden Scale Race. The Heaven Origin Race discussed Shen Long’s power and suspected the Human Race might be hiding reinforcements.

• Shen Long learned that the Heaven Origin Race had withdrawn and showed no signs of preparing another major war.
• Shen Long met Han Feng and traded a segment of Six Roots Purity Bamboo for Han Feng’s help refining a weight-type Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
• Han Feng asked about Shen Long’s Transformation Art, and Shen Long credited the Water Qilin Bead without revealing more.
• Mu Weiwei told Shen Long that records identified the Strange Beast as a Spirit Beast unique to the Golden Scale Race in the Golden Glaze Realm, and Shen Long rewarded her and asked her to keep investigating discreetly.
• Yin Jie, Yin Qing, Yin Shi, and Yin Hao discussed Shen Long’s Spirit Treasure and Transformation Art, and suspected the Human Race might be concealing reinforcements.

The Heaven Origin Race debated reports of Shen Long’s power and decided to hold their territory until Golden Scale Race reinforcements arrived. The Golden Scale Race agreed to help only enough to keep the Heaven Origin Race from being destroyed, while demanding resources, and elsewhere a Demon Race force attacked Heaven Beast Island and moved to kill Wang Kun after he refused to submit.

• Yin Qingqing, Yin Hu, Bi Yuan, and Yin Chi debated whether reports of Shen Long breaking a fifth rank Formation were genuine and agreed the weakened Heaven Origin Race had to hold its ground and await aid.
• Zamuha ordered Tuo Shan to reinforce the Heaven Origin Race without defeating the Human Race, and the Golden Scale Race dispatched five Spirit Transmutation cultivators and one thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators in exchange for cultivation resources.
• Huangfu Lou, Tai Shi Jin, Duanmu Xi, and Mu Jiaojiao invaded Heaven Beast Island with the Fire Qilin Beast, Human-Faced Dove, and Swallowing Sea Whale, having subdued the two Monster Beasts and entered in disguise.
• Duanmu Xi offered Wang Kun the choice to work for them, but Wang Kun refused and attacked with a Blue Soundwave.
• Duanmu Xi ordered the others and the Monster Beasts to kill Wang Kun, and they intensified their assault.