Chapter Summaries

Gao Xian returned from Mysterious Spirit Mountain without the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s heavenly pill, then traded a cache of treasures through the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion for the materials he needed to advance his cultivation. As Lu Xuanji arrived to see the Tianhua Sect’s Founder, the unexpected pressure pushed Gao Xian through his Golden Core bottleneck, and he began forming a Nascent Soul.

• Gao Xian told True Lord Iron Crane that the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox was too powerful for him to defeat before he formed his Nascent Soul, and he left with Qingqing while keeping the Myriad Spirit Token.
• Gao Xian brought Qiniang to Jin Dayuan at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to sell a roomful of pills, spiritual items, and Dharma Artifacts, but he rejected Jin Dayuan’s initial offer of five hundred top-grade spirit stones.
• Gao Xian asked the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to find Five Elements materials, related inheritances, and a Great Five Elements Cosmos Golden Core, and Jin Dabao later arranged a mystic-grade gold token and access to discounted goods.
• Gao Xian spent several years cultivating with the gathered materials and twenty fourth-grade Nine-Turn Great Five Elements Cosmos Golden Cores, reaching the peak of the tenth level of Golden Core while Qingqing also advanced to the tenth level.
• Yue Shenxiu warned Gao Xian that Lu Xuanji, a Spirit Transformation Dao Lord of the Longevity Church, had arrived and specifically requested him, and the pressure triggered Gao Xian’s breakthrough toward forming a Nascent Soul.

Gao Xian formed a Nascent Soul after correcting an imbalance in his Five Elements mana and resisting a celestial demon’s misleading influence. His Yin God gained the Five-Color Divine Light, while Lu Xuanji recognized him as a remnant of the Tianhua Sect.

• Gao Xian noticed that his Sharp Metal Divine Light was weaker than his other four divine lights and used Humanity Aura to raise it to master-level perfection.
• Gao Xian realized a celestial demon had planted the dangerous idea of using the Five Elements Divine Lights as the foundation for his Yin Spirit, so he and Sister Lan reversed their methods and shattered his golden core.
• Gao Xian and Sister Lan circulated the Great Five Elements Technique and the Five Elements Harmonizing Qi Method together, forming an upper-grade Yin God as their spiritual consciousness advanced in tandem.
• Sister Lan joined hands with Gao Xian’s Yin God, and Gao Xian chose the five divine lights as his Nascent Soul ability, causing Five-Color Divine Light to rise into the sky.
• Lu Xuanji sensed Gao Xian’s Nascent Soul formation and, seeing the Five-Color Divine Light, identified him as a remnant of the Tianhua Sect.

Gao Xian successfully formed his Nascent Soul, stirring concern across Wanfeng Sect and delight among his companions. At Celestial Pivot Hall, Lu Xuanji proposed a duel between Gao Xian and Lu Chang'an to settle their past grudges, and Gao Xian accepted.

• Gao Xian’s Nascent Soul breakthrough sent Five-Color Divine Light across Wanfeng, prompting Wan Lihui, Ye Cangjian, and other cultivators to consider how his new power would change the sect’s balance.
• Qingqing and Qiniang celebrated Gao Xian’s success, while Yue Shenxiu watched from Celestial Pivot Hall beside Yue Wanfeng and Lu Xuanji.
• Lu Xuanji asked Yue Wanfeng to arrange a fair fight between Gao Xian and Lu Chang'an, proposing that the winner would end their past grudges.
• Gao Xian inspected his new Nascent Soul cultivation and strengthened abilities, then flew to Celestial Pivot Hall after receiving Yue Shenxiu’s message.
• Lu Xuanji challenged Gao Xian to fight Lu Chang'an, and Gao Xian accepted.

Gao Xian accepted Lu Chang'an’s challenge and fought him inside a sealed starlight arena created by Yue Wanfeng. He overwhelmed Lu Chang'an with layered spells and sword techniques, killed him, and left Lu Xuanji acknowledging his well-deserved reputation.

• Gao Xian agreed to fight Lu Chang'an and used the Flower Appraising Treasure Mirror to identify powerful spirit talismans hidden in Lu Chang'an’s sleeve.
• Yue Wanfeng created a sealed, thousand-zhang starlight battlefield inside Celestial Pivot Hall.
• Lu Chang'an activated a fifth-tier protective talisman while Gao Xian shielded himself with the Five Elements Lotus Crown and attacked with spells.
• Gao Xian kept Lu Chang'an under a prolonged barrage of Crimson Sun spells until his protective talisman began to weaken.
• Gao Xian trapped Lu Chang'an with the Heavenly Ultimate Eight-Character Mantra, then combined lightning and sword qi to kill him and his Yin Spirit.
• Gao Xian apologized to Lu Xuanji, who praised him as the Breaking Army Star Lord and said his reputation was well deserved.

Gao Xian killed Lu Chang'an, then declined Lu Xuanji’s offer to join the Longevity Church but agreed to seek a Golden-Blood Dragon Scale in exchange for the Innate Five Qi Origin-Return Token. Yue Wanfeng explained that Gao Xian’s next task would take him into the dangerous Netherworld Spirit Realm, while Lu Xuanji discovered that Gao Xian had taken Lu Chang'an’s divine talisman.

• Gao Xian defeated and killed Lu Chang'an before Lu Xuanji and the gathered cultivators, then returned Lu Chang'an’s corpse in a Storage Talisman.
• Lu Xuanji offered Gao Xian a high-ranking position in the Longevity Church and promised to exchange the Innate Five Qi Origin-Return Token for a fifth-rank Golden-Blood Dragon Scale from the Netherworld Spirit Realm; Gao Xian accepted the bargain but declined to join her church.
• Lu Xuanji departed with the Longevity Church cultivators, and Yue Wanfeng kept Gao Xian and Yue Shenxiu behind to discuss the Netherworld Spirit Realm.
• Yue Wanfeng explained that the Netherworld Spirit Realm was a formation eye suppressing one head of the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon and that cultivators below Nascent Soul had to clear its escaped dragon scales.
• Lu Xuanji reached Longevity Mountain and discovered that Gao Xian had taken the Heavenly Blessing Earthly Longevity Divine Talisman from Lu Chang'an’s Storage Talisman.

Gao Xian agreed to prepare with Yue Shenxiu for a dangerous expedition into the Netherworld Spirit Realm while planning to strengthen his cultivation. Meanwhile, his Taixuan Divine Image formed a Nascent Soul in Blood Red City, drawing the attention of Yuan Wuxian.

• Yue Wanfeng offered Gao Xian a copy of the Great Five Elements God-Slaying Sword Scripture if he obtained a fifth-order Golden-Blood Dragon Scale, but refused to let him join the expedition early or buy the scripture on credit.
• Yue Shenxiu gave Gao Xian fourth-order Nine-Turn Supreme Clarity Pills, and they planned to prepare for the Netherworld Spirit Realm and cross their first Wind Tribulation together.
• Gao Xian considered ways to improve his secret arts and abilities before the expedition, while he and Yue Shenxiu agreed to spend a few years consolidating their cultivation.
• Nascent Soul True Lords and other sects sent Gao Xian congratulatory gifts after he formed his Nascent Soul and killed Lu Chang'an.
• Gao Xian's Taixuan Divine Image reached the peak of the tenth level of Golden Core in Blood Red City and refined Yan Ming's Blood God Banner.
• The Taixuan Divine Image formed a Nascent Soul, and Yuan Wuxian sensed the event from One Source Peak.

Gao Xian formed a Nascent Soul as the rogue cultivator Red Lotus and drew the attention of Yuan Wuxian, the Origin Demon Sect’s powerful sect master. After she invited him to join her sect, Gao Xian sensed that refusing could put him in danger.

• Yuan Wuxian noticed a powerful blood-colored phenomenon over Blood Red City and ordered Xu Zijun to bring its source to her.
• Xu Zijun found Gao Xian completing his cultivation and grew wary of his strength and refined Blood Scripture aura.
• Gao Xian finished refining the Blood God Banner, assessed his newly strengthened abilities, and prepared to meet Xu Zijun.
• Gao Xian introduced himself to Xu Zijun as the rogue cultivator Red Lotus, and she escorted him to meet Yuan Wuxian.
• Gao Xian gave Yuan Wuxian a carefully worded account of his origins, and she invited him to join the Origin Demon Sect.
• Gao Xian sensed that Yuan Wuxian might attack if he refused her offer.

Gao Xian accepted Yuan Wuxian’s invitation and placed the Taixuan Divine Image inside the Origin Demon Sect while secretly developing the power of his three united yin spirits. After strengthening his defenses and bringing Qingqing to Golden Furnace Mountain, he returned to Mysterious Spirit Mountain and confronted the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox.

• Gao Xian agreed to serve Yuan Wuxian, who gave him a fourth-grade Spirit Artifact and appointed him a Dharma Protector Elder of Yama Hall.
• Gao Xian sealed the Taixuan Divine Image inside its cave abode and tested how his three united yin spirits could combine their powers for up to half a shichen.
• Gao Xian spent years’ worth of Humanity Aura improving the Taiji Mystic Light Formless Heavenly Robe and took Qingqing to Golden Furnace Mountain.
• Gao Xian reunited with Yan Feiyin, then asked True Lord Iron Crane to help him reach Mysterious Spirit Mountain.
• Gao Xian surveyed the Phantom Moon Tree for other powerful demon beasts and approached within a thousand zhang.
• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox sensed Gao Xian, revealed his invisible form, and recognized him.

Gao Xian battled the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox, testing his Five Elements Divine Light against its powerful primordial spirit and surviving its mind and space-based attacks. He escaped by teleporting millions of li away, convinced he had found a way to defeat it.

• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox attacked Gao Xian with its Space-Rending Claw, but his layered Five Elements Divine Light weakened the strike and shattered the claw with Great Sun Overhead.
• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox used a bewitching howl to assault Gao Xian's Yin Spirit, so he relied on Body-Sword Unity to resist and charge at its primordial spirit.
• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox suppressed Gao Xian's sword form with its Illusion God Silver Eyes and twisted the space around him, but his Blood Shadow Transformation kept him from being destroyed.
• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox blasted Gao Xian's blood shadow apart with silver moon Gang Qi, but Gao Xian escaped by teleporting millions of li away.
• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox searched for Gao Xian and failed to find him, while Gao Xian judged that the battle had revealed a way to win.

Gao Xian underwent the Wind Tribulation with each of his three Yin Spirits, enduring the astral winds and blazing sun to temper them and improve his cultivation. After recovering, he emerged with stronger Yin Spirits, greater divine sense, increased lifespan, and substantial progress in his techniques.

• Gao Xian surveyed the gale winds above Mysterious Spirit Mountain and decided to undergo the Wind Tribulation, relying on Pure Yang Precious Radiance and the Nine Cauldrons Spirit-Stabilizing Pills for protection.
• Gao Xian sent the Taixuan Divine Image into the gale winds, endured two days of torment, and completed its first Wind Tribulation, increasing its Yin Spirit’s power by nearly fifty percent.
• Gao Xian sent the Taiyuan Divine Image to undergo tribulation without its natal sword artifact, then used the Heavenly Image Sword Intent to resist the winds and sun before passing after two days.
• Gao Xian underwent tribulation with his main Yin Spirit at twelve thousand li, using the Lesser Five Elements Divine Light to endure four days of astral winds before withdrawing to recover.
• Gao Xian’s three Yin Spirits gained greater power and utmost-yang aura, while his divine sense reached twelve hundred li, his lifespan rose to three thousand three hundred years, and his techniques advanced substantially.

After surviving the Wind Tribulation, Gao Xian returned to fight the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox, using his improved Yin Spirits and carefully planned tactics to overcome its divine powers. He wounded the fox’s Primordial Spirit with the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade, leaving it raging as heavenly baleful qi threatened to overwhelm it.

• Gao Xian assessed how the Wind Tribulation had strengthened his Yin Spirits and prepared to risk another battle with the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Gao Xian confronted the fox at the Phantom Moon Tree, and his sword light broke through the Illusion God Silver Eyes that had previously frozen it.
• Gao Xian lured the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s Primordial Spirit into a prolonged chase, exhausting it before turning his attack toward the fox’s true body.
• The Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox shattered the Phantom Moon Tree while trying to stop Gao Xian’s sword assault, forcing Gao Xian out of Body-Sword Unity.
• Gao Xian used the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade to slash the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s Primordial Spirit, spreading blood-colored baleful qi through it.

Gao Xian used the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade to cripple the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox, then killed it with his Wuji Sword and collected its remains and spirit crystal. He returned to the Myriad Spirit Sect with the mission complete, leaving True Lord Iron Crane astonished that he had slain a fifth-rank demon beast in only a few dozen days.

• Gao Xian contaminated the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox's primordial spirit with the Heavenly Baleful Blood-Dissolving Blade Qi and fought it with the Wuji Heaven Aspect Sword.
• Gao Xian tested his Wuji Sword and pierced through the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox's primordial spirit, killing it as it unleashed its final howl.
• Gao Xian gathered the fox's scattered primordial spirit into the Blood God Banner and took its spirit crystal, which Sister Lan seemed to need for a breakthrough.
• Gao Xian refined the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox's body, collected its celestial core and the Phantom Moon Tree's heart, then returned to the Myriad Spirit Sect.
• Gao Xian told True Lord Iron Crane that he had completed the mission, and True Lord Iron Crane was astonished that he had killed a fifth-rank demon beast so quickly.

Gao Xian helped Yan Feiyin advance her Three-Tailed Heavenly Fox to six tails and had True Lord Iron Crane compound the Phantom Moon Tree Heart for Qingqing. Back at Azure Cloud Cottage, Gao Xian used a Silver Moon Spirit Crystal to help Sister Lan advance into the Taishi Idol Spirit, which could manifest powerful beings he had seen.

• Gao Xian gave Yan Feiyin the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s heavenly pill, and True Lord Iron Crane thanked him and agreed to help compound the Phantom Moon Tree Heart.
• Gao Xian stayed at the Myriad Spirit Sect for three months, helping Yan Feiyin digest the pill until her spirit beast advanced from three tails to six.
• True Lord Iron Crane finished compounding the Phantom Moon Tree Heart for Qingqing, and Gao Xian returned to Azure Cloud Cottage with her.
• Gao Xian used the Silver Moon Spirit Crystal to help Sister Lan advance, and she manifested a vast Heart-Image Divine Palace named Taishi.
• Sister Lan manifested a Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox with the power it had possessed in life, and Gao Xian discovered that the Taishi Idol Spirit could turn the void into the real.

Gao Xian tested the Taishi Idol Spirit’s ability to simulate people and used it to train Qingqing in swordsmanship. After years of sparring in Taishi Hall, Qingqing formed her Nascent Soul as a Sword Lord, shocking Wanfeng Sect’s experts.

• Gao Xian discovered that the Taishi Idol Spirit could simulate opponents, though it could only reproduce people’s abilities when he knew them well or had witnessed them fight.
• Gao Xian brought Qingqing’s consciousness into Taishi Hall and began training her, defeating her in three moves and frightening her with the simulated combat.
• Gao Xian arranged increasingly challenging opponents for Qingqing, and her swordsmanship improved over the following years.
• In the spring of the fourth year, Qingqing gained an insight during a thunderstorm and formed her Nascent Soul by noon.
• Qingqing’s Divine Firmament Heavenly Blade sent a sword rainbow into the sky, and Yue Wanfeng, True Lord Zhengyang, and Wanfeng Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords realized she had become a Sword Lord wielding a divine sword.

Gao Xian celebrated Qingqing’s rise as the Qinghe Sword Lord while he and Yue Shenxiu prepared to enter the dangerous Netherworld Spirit Realm. He advanced all three of his Nascent Souls to the Middle Stage and perfected a concealment art, leaving him confident and eager for the journey ahead.

• Yue Shenxiu congratulated Qingqing and suggested a banquet, where Gao Xian formally introduced her as Gao Qinghe, the Qinghe Sword Lord, and collected lavish gifts from Wanfeng Sect cultivators.
• Yue Shenxiu passed her first Wind Tribulation, and she and Gao Xian began preparing pills, talismans, and artifacts for their planned years in the Netherworld Spirit Realm.
• Gao Xian told Wang Yuan he would enter seclusion, recalled the Taixuan Divine Image’s Nascent Soul, and withdrew from managing its activities in the Origin Demon Sect.
• Gao Xian passed his second Wind Tribulation, and the Taixuan and Taiyuan Divine Images followed, bringing all three Nascent Souls to the Middle Stage.
• Gao Xian invested 1.5 billion Humanity Aura in the Taiji Mystic Light Formless Heavenly Robe, perfecting it so he could evade detection by powerful fifth-rank demon beasts.

Gao Xian joined the first watch of the Netherworld Spirit Realm, where he and Yue Shenxiu explored its ninth level with Qingqing. He was suddenly summoned by Yuan Wuxian, who demanded that the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators swear secrecy before an unexplained undertaking.

• Yue Wanfeng and Yuan Tianyi met at the Netherworld Spirit Realm, and the sect leaders arranged for the Nascent Souls to enter and clear its nine levels.
• Lu Xuanji arrived with Dao Lord Wanshou, and the Spirit Transformation Dao Lords sent the Nascent Souls into the realm to sweep away demons.
• Gao Xian, Yue Shenxiu, and Qingqing explored the ninth level, where Qingqing killed a fourth-rank demon with one sword strike.
• Gao Xian's Taixuan Divine Image returned to its physical body after he sensed a disturbance, and Wang Yuan summoned him to the Great Freedom Palace.
• Yuan Wuxian showed the Nascent Souls the Myriad Tribulations God-Extinguishing Token and ordered them to offer essence blood and swear that they would reveal nothing.

Gao Xian accepted Yuan Wuxian’s binding oath and learned that she planned to attack Yue Wanfeng and Lu Xuanji’s forces in the Netherworld Spirit Realm. Suspecting that Yuan Tianyi and Dao Lord Wanshou were involved in her scheme, he chose to stay and wait for an opportunity to learn more.

• Gao Xian weighed the danger of the Myriad Tribulations God-Extinguishing Token against his curiosity about Yuan Wuxian’s plans and decided to risk remaining with the group.
• Yuan Wuxian made the Nascent Soul cultivators swear an oath and leave their essence blood on the token, binding their yin spirits for half a year.
• Yuan Wuxian revealed that she intended to kill Yue Wanfeng and Lu Xuanji’s Nascent Soul followers, while the token’s restriction would strengthen her own forces in the Netherworld Spirit Realm.
• Gao Xian realized Yuan Wuxian’s failure to mention the Heaven Puppet Sect or Dao Lord Wanshou suggested that Yuan Tianyi and Dao Lord Wanshou were involved in her scheme.
• Gao Xian recognized that his Taixuan Yin Spirit could relay what it knew to his true body, and he decided to remain in the sealed room until Yuan Wuxian acted.

Gao Xian anticipated Yuan Wuxian’s attack on the Wanfeng and Longevity cultivators, gathered allies, and concealed them in the Netherworld Spirit Realm. He warned Yue Wanfeng of an impending calamity and left the Founder owing him a huge favor.

• Gao Xian decided to protect Yue Wanfeng from Yuan Wuxian’s scheme while looking for a chance to benefit himself.
• Gao Xian drew Dai Yuheng, Kaiyang True Lord, and Golden Sun True Lord closer, claiming he sensed danger nearby.
• Yuan Wuxian gave the Nascent Soul cultivators Great Freedom Demon-Transforming Pills and led them toward the Netherworld Spirit Realm to attack the Ten Thousand Peaks and Longevity sects.
• After entering the Netherworld Spirit Realm, Gao Xian persuaded Dai Yuheng and the others to hide in a sealed mountain cave until the danger became clear.
• Gao Xian sent word to Yue Wanfeng, who arrived, and Gao Xian told him that he owed him a huge favor.

Gao Xian warned Yue Wanfeng that Wanshou and Yuan Tianyi planned to kill him, earning the Great Five Elements God-Slaying Sword Scripture and a possible recommendation for the Dao Examination. Yue Wanfeng later sensed danger at the valley where Wanshou and Lu Xuanji waited, stopping Yuan Tianyi before they entered the hidden formation.

• Gao Xian told Yue Wanfeng that Wanshou and Yuan Tianyi intended to kill him and warned that Lu Xuanji and Yuan Wuxian might also be involved.
• Yue Wanfeng gave Gao Xian the Great Five Elements God-Slaying Sword Scripture and explained that the Great Five Elements Divine Light could protect his path to Spirit Transformation.
• Yue Wanfeng said he would recommend Gao Xian for the Profound Bright Church's Dao Examination if Gao Xian obtained the Golden-Blood Dragon Scale.
• Gao Xian returned to Yue Shenxiu and the others, told them to rest in their hidden cave, and kept watch over the Taixuan Divine Image.
• Yuan Tianyi led Yue Wanfeng to a secluded valley where Wanshou and Lu Xuanji were waiting, but Yue Wanfeng sensed something amiss and stopped before they entered the formation.

Yuan Wuxian, Yuan Tianyi, and Wanshou Dao Lord trapped Lu Xuanji inside the Myriad Calamities God-Annihilating Grand Formation, while Yue Wanfeng sensed danger and escaped. As Yuan Wuxian’s token clashed with Lu Xuanji’s summoned Founder, the shockwaves reached the Netherworld, where Red Lotus and a hidden sword cultivator killed Wang Yuan.

• Yue Wanfeng refused to enter the valley, and Yuan Tianyi went inside alone to investigate.
• Yuan Tianyi brought out four golden-armored puppets to scout the black pool, but Yue Wanfeng vanished as Yuan Wuxian appeared and revealed the betrayal.
• Lu Xuanji activated the Profound Bright Heavenly Treasure Dharma Robe and summoned the Founder, while Yuan Wuxian transformed the Myriad Tribulations God-Extinguishing Token into a demonic dragon.
• The Founder’s golden attack collided with the black dragon, sending powerful shockwaves through the Netherworld Spirit Realm.
• Red Lotus attacked Wang Yuan, and a hidden sword cultivator struck him down before the other two Origin Demon Sect Nascent Souls fled.