Chapter Summaries

Chu Buyu, True Monarch Spirit Control, and Lai Sheng’s group each found valuable treasures in the Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven. Shen Long joined Qin Wei to search for a Mahayana cultivator’s Ascension Cave Abode, while Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord agreed to cooperate with Yellow Dragon True Lord to claim Seven-Star True Spirit Fruits.

• Chu Buyu killed a late-seventh-order Heavenly Tiger Beast, took its corpse, and harvested and transplanted a Nine-Turn Profound Fruit tree.
• True Monarch Spirit Control destroyed a Fire Qilin Remnant Soul with a Heavenly Capital Divine Thunder Talisman and claimed its True Spirit Core.
• Lai Sheng killed three members of the He Family and learned that their ancestor’s Ascension Cave Abode was somewhere in the Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven.
• Shen Long found Qin Wei after she collected Nine Essence Jade Pear Fruits, then persuaded her to join him in searching for a Mahayana cultivator’s Ascension Cave Abode.
• Yellow Dragon True Lord proposed that he and Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord kill a Nine Yang Deer descendant guarding a Seven-Star True Spirit Fruit tree, and Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord agreed.

Shen Long and Qin Wei broke into a hidden Mahayana cultivator’s cave, but three Azure Xuan Clan cultivators ambushed them after they recovered its treasures. Qin Wei died buying Shen Long time to escape, and Lai Sheng pursued him.

• Shen Long and Shen Chan broke the weakened eighth-order formation protecting the cave, while Qin Wei waited outside.
• Shen Long found a skeleton, a formation disk, and a Yellow Storage Bracelet in the cave before it began collapsing.
• Lai Sheng and two Azure Xuan Clan cultivators ambushed Shen Long and Qin Wei, using soul attacks and powerful treasures.
• Qin Wei’s Red Fire Flood Dragon was killed, and Lai Sheng’s allies crushed Qin Wei after she escaped its body.
• Qin Wei’s Nascent Soul self-detonated to help Shen Long flee, and he escaped with Thunder Evasion Technique as Lai Sheng and the others gave chase.

Zhu Xin was killed by an Ink Qilin in the Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven, while Shen Long recovered from his escape from the Azure Xuan Clan and examined treasures taken from a He Family Mahayana cultivator’s cave abode. After learning Shen Mei was nearby, he set out with Shen Chan to reunite with his wife.

• An Early Mahayana Ink Qilin killed Zhu Xin, devoured his Nascent Soul, and took his belongings.
• Shen Long and Shen Peng separated after escaping the Azure Xuan Clan, and Shen Long healed his injuries in a hidden cave while Shen Chan kept watch.
• Shen Long vowed to settle his debt with the Azure Xuan Clan and inspected the treasures, spirit medicines, pill formulas, and route map he had obtained.
• Shen Long discovered a Seven-Star True Spirit Fruit and learned from the Jade Slips that the items came from a He Family Mahayana cultivator’s Ascension Cave Abode.
• Shen Chan located Shen Mei more than five thousand li to the southeast, and Shen Long left with his companions to meet his wife.

Shen Long reunited with Chu Buyu and learned that an Azure Xuan Clan cultivator had killed Qin. After finding and exploring an Ascension Cave Abode, he set off to confront a lone Azure Xuan Clan cultivator nearby.

• Shen Long reunited with Chu Buyu and told her that Qin had sacrificed herself to help him escape from three Azure Xuan Clan cultivators.
• Chu Buyu showed Shen Long a map to an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode, and they compared it with his maps before setting out together.
• Lai Sheng and his companions killed two Red Giant Lions after their intended prey escaped, while Li Dong killed a Five Lights Clan cultivator and learned of a True Spirit Fruit Tree guarded by an eighth-order Monster Beast.
• Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Shen Chan entered an Ascension Cave Abode and discovered the remains of a Heavenly Demon Palace cultivator whose soul Shen Jiu devoured.
• After Shen Chan detected a lone Azure Xuan Clan cultivator nearby, Shen Long merged with Shen Peng and flew off to confront him, while Chu Buyu followed.

Shen Long and his allies killed a green-shirted Azure Xuan Clan cultivator after overcoming his powerful treasures and divine abilities. They discovered that the cultivator had obtained two Immortal Realm cultivation manuals, then left with their prize.

• Shen Long ambushed the green-shirted big man and smashed his body, but the man escaped using a bamboo substitute.
• The green-shirted big man attacked Shen Long with the Jade Soul Flute and a divine sense blade, but Shen Long resisted and evaded him with his golden feather wings.
• The big man used his cyan bead to immobilize Shen Long's Seventh Order Puppet Beast, while Shen Long blocked his attacks and Shen Die, Shen Jiu, and Shen Ao helped corner him.
• Shen Die used her space divine ability to strike the green-shirted big man, freeze him, and pull his Nascent Soul into a spatial opening, killing him.
• Shen Jiu told Shen Long that the big man had found the Myriad Beast Immortal Scripture and the Ten Thousand Monsters Return to One Immortal Scripture in an Ascension Cave Abode.
• Shen Long found the manuals in the green-shirted big man's storage bracelet and left with Chu Buyu and the others.

Lai Shan killed a Dry Azure Sect cultivator and learned she had sought True Spirit Remains, while True Monarch Spirit Control harvested an Azure Mysterious Divine Fruit Tree. Li Dong joined Shen Long and Chu Buyu to plan a raid for True Dragon Fruits, and Mo Lin forced Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord and Yellow Dragon True Lord to submit before ordering them to hunt the other Mahayana cultivators.

• Lai Shan killed the White-Skirted Woman, took her valuables, and discovered she had sought True Spirit Remains in the Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven.
• True Monarch Spirit Control killed an eighth-order red rhinoceros, harvested its Essence Soul, and collected and transplanted an Azure Mysterious Divine Fruit Tree.
• Li Dong reunited with Shen Long and Chu Buyu, learned Senior Sister Qin had been killed, and received a Nine Essence Jade Pear Fruit and other resources.
• Li Dong refined the Nine Essence Jade Pear Fruit and advanced to the Integrated Body Late Stage, then planned with Shen Long and Chu Buyu to use seventh-order Monster Beasts to distract an eighth-order Fire Ni Beast and seize True Dragon Fruits.
• Mo Lin defeated Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord and Yellow Dragon True Lord, accepted their submission, and ordered them to help him kill the other Mahayana cultivators.

Shen Long’s group stole more than a dozen True Spirit Fruits from the Fire Ni Beast, while the Five Thunders Divine Monarch rescued He Chenyang and learned of a Heavenly Wood guarded by an Eighth-Order Monster Beast. Lai Chen discovered the same lead by searching the souls of the Soul-Shattering Fairy and the Treasure Seeker, then killed them and set out for the Heavenly Wood.

• Shen Long used his Dharma Aspect to direct dozens of Seventh-Rank Monster Beasts in an attack on the Fire Ni Beast while Chu Buyu stole True Spirit Fruits from its cave.
• The Fire Ni Beast saw through Shen Long’s decoy and returned to guard its nest, while Chu Buyu escaped with Shen Long, Li Dong, and Shen Chan.
• The Five Thunders Divine Monarch killed the Yellow Giant Rat that had captured He Chenyang, then asked him to lead the way to a nearly ripe Heavenly Wood guarded by an Eighth-Order Monster Beast.
• The Soul-Shattering Fairy and the Treasure Seeker defeated a Red Giant Lion and discussed the danger of Azure Xuan Clan cultivators entering the Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven.
• Lai Chen captured the Soul-Shattering Fairy and the Treasure Seeker, searched their souls for information about the Heavenly Wood, killed them, and left to claim the resource.

Shen Long and his companions subdued a Li Fire Crocodile, collected rare Li Fire Ganoderma, and joined True Monarch Spirit Control and Gan Qingzi in battle against the Five Lights Clan. They later found the Five Thunders Divine Monarch fighting Lai Chen and Lai Shan over a Heavenly Object.

• Shen Long gave the Li Fire Crocodile a Seven Wonders Moon Fruit, named him Shen E, and devoured the Crimson Fire Phoenix with Green Lotus True Flame.
• Shen Long collected the Li Fire Ganoderma and met True Monarch Spirit Control, who told them he had obtained the True Spirit Remains and other resources.
• Shen Long used Ten Thousand Li Ear to identify a fight between the Five Lights Clan and the Dry Azure Sect, and True Monarch Spirit Control went to assist.
• True Monarch Spirit Control and Gan Qingzi defeated Mo Shuo, and True Monarch Spirit Control discovered through soul-searching that Mo Shuo had not encountered a Mahayana cultivator from the Azure Xuan Clan.
• Gan Qingzi and True Monarch Spirit Control joined the Five Thunders Divine Monarch's battle against Lai Chen and Lai Shan after he warned them not to let the others obtain the Heavenly Object.

Shen Long seized the ripe Heavenly fruit while the others fought the Azure Xuan Clan cultivators, then helped True Monarch Spirit Control and the Five Thunders Divine Monarch kill Lai Shan. The fruit ended up with True Monarch Spirit Control, who revealed it was a Heavenly Object, prompting Yang Yixin to ask where it was.

• True Monarch Spirit Control and Gan Qingzi joined the Five Thunders Divine Monarch against Lai Chen and Lai Shan, while Shen Long and Shen Yan went to secure the Heavenly Object.
• Shen Yan and Shen Mei defeated the three intruders at the Heavenly Wood, and Shen Long collected its fruit.
• Shen Long returned to find Gan Qingzi and Lai Chen dead, while the Five Thunders Divine Monarch and True Monarch Spirit Control fought Lai Shan.
• A Vermilion Bird True Flame attack weakened Lai Shan, and True Monarch Spirit Control and the Five Thunders Divine Monarch destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• Shen Long gave the Heavenly fruit to True Monarch Spirit Control, who told Yang Yixin that it was a Heavenly Object.

The Five Thunders Divine Monarch and True Monarch Spirit Control negotiated with Yang Yixin to exchange the Heavenly Object for resources, then returned to Green Lotus Continent after Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven closed. Meanwhile, the Azure Xuan Clan and Yang Clan learned of deaths among their Mahayana cultivators and prepared to investigate, while Shen Long offered True Monarch Spirit Control Creation Divine Milk to heal his injuries.

• True Monarch Spirit Control deferred to the Five Thunders Divine Monarch over the Heavenly Object, and Yang Yixin agreed to negotiate an exchange after they left.
• Mo Lin killed Yang Yuwei, then let the Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord devour her corpse.
• Lai Chang learned that Lai Shan and Lai Chen had died and ordered Lai Mei to contact a nearby Mahayana cultivator to investigate.
• Yang Xueqing learned that Yang Yuwei had died and decided to travel to the Lingxu Realm to find Yang Yixin.
• After Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven closed, the Five Thunders Divine Monarch, True Monarch Spirit Control, and Yang Yixin agreed to exchange the Heavenly Object for cultivation resources, with the Five Thunders Divine Monarch keeping it until the exchange.
• Shen Long offered True Monarch Spirit Control two drops of Creation Divine Milk to heal his injuries.

Shen Long prepared to advance while Mo Lin destroyed the Sky Cloud Clan and acquired a treasure that could open routes to other realms. Five thousand years later, Shen Long emerged at Body Integration Great Perfection, and True Monarch Spirit Control summoned him to discuss something.

• Shen Long gave True Monarch Spirit Control two drops of Creation Divine Milk, then entered seclusion to attempt Body Integration Great Perfection and instructed his spirit beasts to cultivate the Ten Thousand Monsters Return to One Immortal Scripture.
• Mo Lin and his companions destroyed the Sky Cloud Clan, plundered its resources, and took the Sky Cloud Ruler, which could break through realm barriers.
• News of the Sky Cloud Clan's destruction spread, and Yang Yiwei sent Yi Yan and Yang Yixin to exchange for a Heavenly Object and investigate Yang Yuwei's death.
• Five thousand years later, True Monarch Spirit Control accepted Li Jingjing, an Ice Soul Body cultivator, as his disciple.
• Shen Long contacted Mo Bingbing and then arrived at the Spirit Control Garden, having reached Body Integration Great Perfection.

Shen Long advanced to Great Perfection of the Body Integration Realm, received treasures and guidance from True Monarch Spirit Control, and took Qin Yuying as his disciple. The chapter ended with Shen Long settling into his role as a mentor while the cultivation world remained unsettled by the Ink Qilin and shifting factions.

• Mo Bingbing congratulated Shen Long on reaching Great Perfection, and True Monarch Spirit Control gave him a defensive spirit treasure and insights into breaking through to the Mahayana Stage.
• Shen Long sought advice from True Monarch Spirit Control, then gave Li Jingjing pills and promised to find her a powerful lightning-attributed Spirit Beast.
• True Monarch Spirit Control and Mo Bingbing told Shen Long that the Ink Qilin had killed Lai Yang and that upheaval among the major factions had opened opportunities for smaller forces.
• Shen Long learned that Qin Wei's descendant Qin Yuying was a talented Talisman Maker and summoned her to Golden Roc Peak.
• Shen Long accepted Qin Yuying as his disciple, gave her resources, and offered to guide her in raising Spirit Birds.

The Crimson Li Clan investigated the deaths of an escort party and suspected the Ink Qilin, while Yang Clan cultivators discussed hunting him and seeking more Heavenly Objects. In Lingxu Realm, Shen Long prepared to attempt the Mahayana Stage with new talismans to protect him from the Inner Demon Tribulation.

• Li Yang ordered the Crimson Li Clan to investigate the deaths of its escort party and suspected the Ink Qilin had attacked them.
• Yang Xueqing, Yang Yiwei, and Yang Yixin discussed the difficulty of finding the Ink Qilin and planned to seek Heavenly Objects or True Spirit Remains in Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven.
• Lin Yutong, Su Changfeng, and Yuan Rui discussed Shen Long's plan to attempt the Mahayana Stage and the danger of the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Li Dong and He Zixiao returned to Thousand Spirits Sect and gave Shen Long two eighth-order talismans, including one effective against Inner Demons.
• Shen Long entered secluded cultivation in Cyan Roc Valley with Shen Peng ready to assist him, while Shen Lang was tasked with notifying Chu Buyu if the lightning tribulation began.

After a thousand years, Li Yu welcomed Wang Rui, an ascender with an Eight Trigrams Body, into the Thousand Spirits Sect. At Cyan Roc Valley, Shen Long began his breakthrough to the Mahayana Stage, absorbing the Five Elements Spiritual Qi as his transformation started.

• Yellow Dragon True Lord returned to the hidden island, where Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord told him that the Seven-Star True Spirit Fruit had not helped him become a True Spirit.
• Mo Lin emerged from seclusion and learned that the Crimson Li Clan blamed his group for a caravan robbery; he ordered Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord and Yellow Dragon True Lord to stay and cultivate while he recovered.
• Li Yu examined ascender Wang Rui, confirmed his Eight Trigrams Body, and took him to the Thousand Spirits Sect.
• Li Yu and Wang Rui witnessed the Mahayana phenomenon over Cyan Roc Valley, where Shen Long began breaking through to the Mahayana Stage.
• Chu Buyu arrived at Cyan Roc Valley as Shen Long absorbed the Five-Colored Raindrops, transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape, and swallowed the Five-Colored Vortex.

Shen Long endured the Inner Demon Tribulation and saw through its illusions before facing the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation to break through to the Mahayana Stage. He survived four Nine-Color Divine Lightnings and emerged amid scorched earth, radiating powerful spiritual pressure.

• Shen Long’s body repeatedly split with bloody cracks as he absorbed spiritual energy, then he fused with his Humanoid Projection and began the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Chu Buyu, Mo Bingbing, Li Dong, and Su Changfeng watched over Shen Long as he faced the tribulation, while illusions showed him a life in which he founded the Heavenly Dragon Alliance with Chu Buyu.
• Shen Long exposed an Inner Demon posing as Chu Buyu, destroyed its illusionary body, and used Shen Peng’s power to unleash a storm of lightning.
• Shen Long faced the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation at Cyan Roc Valley with the Nine Profound Beads, the Mysterious Net Umbrella, and a Dry Earth Defense Talisman.
• Shen Long survived four Nine-Color Divine Lightnings and the Nine-Colored Thunder Flood Dragon, emerging wounded but alive with a terrifying spiritual pressure.

Shen Long recovered from his tribulation, consolidated his new Mahayana cultivation, and prepared to accept Wang Rui as a disciple while seeking rare Vermilion Bird essence blood. Meanwhile, the Azure Xuan Clan investigated the Ink Qilin and discussed Shen Long, and the chapter ended with Shen Long asking Wang Rui about the Lower Realm.

• Shen Long advanced to the Mahayana Stage, and Mo Bingbing told him that Wang Rui, an Eight Trigrams Body diviner from the Lower Realm, had ascended; Shen Long agreed to take him as a disciple.
• Lai Yue advanced to the Mahayana Stage, while Lai Chang and Lai Sheng discussed the Ink Qilin's killings and learned that Shen Long came from the Thousand Spirits Sect.
• After consolidating his cultivation, Shen Long decided to seek eighth-order Demon Bird essence blood with a Vermilion Bird bloodline to cultivate the Myriad Beast Immortal Scripture.
• Chu Buyu told Shen Long that Wang Tianyang had advanced to the Mahayana Stage and invited the Thousand Spirits Sect to his celebration.
• Shen Long summoned Qin Yuying and Wang Rui, answered Qin Yuying's cultivation questions, and asked Wang Rui about the Spirit Control Sect and the Sun and Moon Palace in the Lower Realm.

Shen Long received a secret envoy from the Heavenly Cocoon Race, which sought his protection from the Human Race’s coming campaign against the alien races. He demanded a greater offer in exchange, and Shi Yu left to consult her clan.

• Wang Rui reported on the strength of the Spirit Control Sect and the Sun and Moon Palace, and Shen Long gave him cultivation resources and three spirit beasts.
• Shen Long declined to hold a Mahayana grand ceremony because the Thousand Spirits Sect had made enemies of the Azure Xuan Clan and the Heavenly Demon Palace.
• Sun Lin reported that a secret envoy from the Heavenly Cocoon Race had arrived, and Shen Long ordered him to bring the envoy in discreetly.
• Shi Yu revealed that her clan wanted the Thousand Spirits Sect to spare its heritage and offered to help attack Shadow Charm Race and Crystal Race cities.
• Shen Long rejected the envoy’s initial gifts as insufficient and warned that the Thousand Spirits Sect could seize the clan’s resources by force.
• Shi Yu said she lacked authority to agree and asked to return to discuss Shen Long’s demands with her clan.

Shen Long met Vajra Son, a Buddhist Mahayana cultivator from the Heavenly Hao Realm, who challenged him to a spar and revealed a dangerous place called the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven. Afterward, Shen Long returned to the Thousand Spirits Sect and began refining eighth order pills to trade for resources.

• Shi Yu assured Shen Long that the Heavenly Cocoon Race would not secretly flee while pretending to submit to the Thousand Spirits Sect.
• Sun Lin reported that Vajra Son had arrived alone from the Heavenly Hao Realm, and Shen Long went to meet him.
• Shen Long and Vajra Son sparred, and Vajra Son recognized that Shen Long had not cultivated the tenth floor of the Ten Thousand Demons True Scripture.
• Vajra Son said he knew someone who had mastered the tenth floor but disappeared in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven, a rumored True Immortal's Daoist Field dangerous enough to kill Mahayana cultivators.
• Shen Long told Chu Buyu about the cave heaven, then entered the Alchemy Room to refine eighth order medicinal pills for trading.

The Wang Clan discussed how to deal with rival races, while the Green Lotus Merchant Alliance investigated reports of newly emerged True Spirits. A hundred years later, Shen Long refined another Supreme Pill at the Thousand Spirits Sect, where he had become the Green Lotus Continent’s only eighth-order alchemist.

• Wang Tianyang regretted that Wang Tianhu had failed the Inner Demon Tribulation, and Five Thunders Divine Monarch explained that the Wang Clan should seize most of the Shadow Charm, Crystal, and Heavenly Cocoon Races’ territory without provoking a desperate retaliation.
• True Monarch Green Silkworm dismissed the idea of reporting the Ink Qilin to the Immortal Realm, then learned from Xu Sheng that a Green-Eyed Cold Silkworm had killed two Mahayana cultivators from the Gu Clan.
• Yu Qiuya suspected the Green-Eyed Cold Silkworm’s attack and the Ink Qilin’s killing of an Azure Xuan Clan member might have been coordinated, and True Monarch Green Silkworm ordered an investigation.
• A hundred years passed, and Shen Long refined another Supreme Pill at Golden Roc Peak while Chu Buyu, Mo Bingbing, Qin Yan, and True Monarch Spirit Control watched the pill-refining anomaly.
• Shen Long emerged from the pavilion smiling, and True Monarch Spirit Control asked whether he had finished refining pills.

Thousand Spirits Sect learned that the Ni Family’s ancestor had reached Mahayana and that the Heavenly Cocoon Race had submitted, while Shen Long and True Monarch Spirit Control traveled to Wang Tianyang’s Mahayana celebration. The Gu Clan discussed the Green-Eyed Cold Silkworm’s transformation into a True Spirit and vowed to hunt it down, as the celebration’s guests continued to arrive.

• Mo Bingbing reported that the Ni Family’s ancestor had advanced to Mahayana, the East Hua Immortal Couple had attacked the Shadow Charm Mountains, and the Heavenly Cocoon Race had submitted to Thousand Spirits Sect.
• True Monarch Spirit Control ordered Thousand Spirits Sect to take over the Heavenly Cocoon Race’s territory while leaving a small portion for the Shadow Charm Race.
• Shen Long told True Monarch Spirit Control that he needed eighth-order Demon Bird Essence Blood with Vermilion Bird bloodlines to cultivate the next floors of the Ten Thousand Demons True Scripture, and they set out for Wang Tianyang’s celebration.
• Gu Xuelin told Gu Xueyun that the Green-Eyed Cold Silkworm had become a True Spirit and killed members of the Gu Clan; Gu Xueyun ordered them to investigate and vowed to destroy it.
• At the Ten Thousand Trees Mountain Range, Wang Yunsong informed Wang Tianyu that True Monarch Spirit Control and Shen Long had arrived, and Wang Tianyu welcomed them.