Chapter Summaries

Gao Xian persuaded Fan Qingyuan to help distribute his illustrated cultivation book through the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion using a direct-sales model, then received guidance about the upcoming Dao examination. After finishing the book, he saw Fan Qingyuan set the Pavilion’s network into motion.

• Gao Xian proposed a direct-sales plan to Fan Qingyuan and secured her agreement to sell his books through the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Gao Xian and Fan Qingyuan signed a contract covering book sales, subsidies, and compensation for inaccurate sales reports.
• Fan Qingyuan explained the Dao examination’s four stages: a written test, Myriad Phenomena Palace, the Abyssal Essence Sea, and final duels among the top eight.
• Gao Xian studied the Xuanming Scripture and researched Myriad Phenomena Palace with Qingle, but they found no way to prepare for the maze.
• Gao Xian wrote an illustrated dual-cultivation book, and Fan Qingyuan distributed it through the Pavilion’s branches to test the direct-sales model.

Jin Dayuan launched Gao Xian’s dual-cultivation book as a widely distributed sales venture, and Lu Xuanji ordered her people to help promote it. As the book drove Humanity Aura toward Gao Xian, he spent most of his reserve to perfect the Pure Yang Spear, which began to resonate with his Pure Yang Precious Radiance.

• Jin Dayuan recognized that the simple method in <Great Bliss Ode of Heaven and Earth's Yin-Yang Union> could benefit cultivators at every level and organized its sale through a layered network of sellers.
• The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion spread the book across Ming Province, drawing Lu Xuanji’s attention; after Yuan Bin suggested Gao Xian might be gathering the willpower of living beings, Lu Xuanji ordered him to help sell it and study the sales method.
• Gao Xian saw Humanity Aura rapidly increasing and concluded that the book could sustain a long-term stream of it from low-level cultivators.
• Gao Xian spent six hundred and thirty million Humanity Aura to raise the Pure Yang Spear to the consummate master level.
• The perfected Pure Yang Spear resonated with the Pure Yang Precious Radiance in Gao Xian’s soul, suggesting it might advance to a fifth-order spell.

Gao Xian advanced the Pure Yang Spear into the fifth-rank Pure Yang Divine Spear, discovering that it conflicted with his Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle. As the Dao Examination began at Myriad Phenomena Palace, Qingle warned him that its arrangements had changed.

• Gao Xian resonated the Pure Yang Spear with the Pure Yang Precious Radiance and advanced it into the Pure Yang Divine Spear.
• Gao Xian realized the Pure Yang Divine Spear disrupted the Dragon Elephant Bright King Vajra Pestle and considered seeking its pill and secret art at Lesser Thunderclap Temple.
• Gao Xian tested the Pure Yang Divine Spear against replicated opponents and found it devastating to ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators but less effective against top-tier ones.
• More than a hundred Nascent Soul True Lords gathered outside Myriad Phenomena Palace for the Dao Examination, where many watched Gao Xian warily.
• Qingle discreetly warned Gao Xian that the Dao Examination had changed, and he suspected Fan Qingyuan might be targeting him.

Gao Xian entered Myriad Phenomena Palace and used his abilities to reach its central hall, where he answered the first Dao Examination question according to the Xuanming Scripture. As Qingqing followed him through the maze, three Spirit Transformation Dao Lords watched Gao Xian’s progress and discussed whether their sect could make use of him.

• Dao Lord Zhenye explained the Dao Examination’s three stages, warned against cheating and interference, and opened Myriad Phenomena Palace.
• Gao Xian entered first, and Qingqing followed, using her resonance with him to cross the maze’s barriers with Body-Sword Unity.
• Gao Xian reached the central hall ahead of the other contestants and told Qingqing to answer her question using the Xuanming Scripture’s standard wording.
• Gao Xian wrote a standard answer to his question about seizing heaven and earth’s true essence, then returned the jade slip to the table.
• Zhenye, Zhenyi, and Zhenming watched Gao Xian break the formations with surprising ease; Zhenye denied helping him and said their sect could make use of him.

Gao Xian and Qingqing descended into the Abyssal Essence Sea, where they hunted phantom demons and gathered spirit cores while Gao Xian refined the Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel. The chapter ended when Sister Lan blocked a curse aimed at Gao Xian, revealing that someone in the Dao Exam had moved against him.

• Zhenye persuaded Zhenyi and Zhenming to let Gao Xian compete for the Great Five Elements Divine Light, and Zhenyi agreed to handle his ranking as usual.
• Gao Xian waited for Qingqing to finish her exam, then led her out of the Myriad Phenomena Palace and into the Abyssal Essence Sea.
• Gao Xian drew in a fifth-rank phantom demon with the Five Elements Golden Lotus Precious Light, and Qingqing helped kill it with a sword strike.
• Gao Xian and Qingqing spent days hunting phantom demons, while Gao Xian discovered that the Abyssal Essence Sea greatly enhanced the Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel.
• On the tenth day, Sister Lan appeared in Gao Xian's sea of consciousness and blocked a powerful curse cast by an unknown Dao Exam participant.

Taining’s curse against Gao Xian failed and rebounded, while Gao Xian used the resulting attraction to phantom demons to gather spirit cores and strengthen his Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel. After the fifteen-day trial, Gao Xian and Qingqing returned to Myriad Phenomena Palace, where Zhenye announced Gao Xian among the top eight.

• Taining used a Taiyi Divine Transformation Heavenly Calamity Talisman against Gao Xian, but the talisman shattered and its backlash injured her.
• Gao Xian discovered that phantom demon spirit cores could strengthen the Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel, and he and Qingqing killed more than two hundred fifth-grade phantom demons.
• Gao Xian recognized Taining as the source of the curse, and they exchanged polite greetings while concealing their enmity.
• Gao Xian submitted thirty spirit cores for himself and Qingqing, securing their places in the top eight.
• Zhenye announced Gao Xian, Taining, Shui Qinghong, Qingle, Wan Qingxia, Gao Qinghe, Taicheng, and Tayuan as the top eight.

Gao Xian prepared for his Dao Examination match against Tayuan, restored Qingle’s strength through dual cultivation, and then received an invitation from Fan Qingyuan. At the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Taining apologized for secretly casting a spell on him and offered him the Great Five Elements Annihilation Blade Scripture, while Gao Xian’s determination to win the examination remained unchanged.

• Tayuan rebuked Gao Xian before their scheduled match, but Gao Xian stayed calm and accepted the challenge.
• Gao Xian used a dual-cultivation method with Qingle to restore her vitality, and she warned him that Taining might enlist Fan Qingyuan to approach him.
• Gao Xian refined the Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel, then accepted Fan Qingyuan’s invitation to visit the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Taining apologized to Gao Xian for secretly casting a spell on him at the Abyssal Essence Sea and offered him the Great Five Elements Annihilation Blade Scripture as compensation.

Gao Xian accepted Taining’s Great Five Elements Annihilation Blade Scripture, then learned that cultivating the Great Five Elements Divine Light required another inheritance. Taining asked him to help her win the Ten Directions True King Heavenly Sound Mirror from Bai Yujing’s ninth floor, and the chapter ended with Gao Xian smiling after she offered a bargain that could also block his path to the Divine Light.

• Taining presented Gao Xian with the Great Five Elements Annihilation Blade Scripture, and he accepted it after confirming its inheritance was intact.
• Taining offered to help Gao Xian buy the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade for seven thousand top-grade spirit stones, but he declined to avoid owing her and Fan Qingyuan a favor.
• After Fan Qingyuan left, Taining sealed the room and told Gao Xian that mastering the Yin-Yang Great Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon was required before cultivating the Great Five Elements Divine Light.
• Taining revealed that she needed the Ten Directions True King Heavenly Sound Mirror on Bai Yujing’s ninth floor and asked Gao Xian to help her obtain it.
• Taining offered to provide the Primordial Unity Canon and the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade, and swore she would help Gao Xian obtain the Divine Light later; Gao Xian recognized that she could withhold the canon and smiled at her.

Gao Xian investigated whether he needed Taining’s secret art to cultivate the Great Five Elements Divine Light and learned that his existing techniques were likely sufficient. At the Heavenly Martial Platform, he proposed that Taining hand over the Primordial Unity Canon and Divine Blade, leaving the Heavenly Sound Mirror untouched.

• Taining left Gao Xian without an answer and decided she might have to defeat him to claim first place, while keeping the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade in reserve.
• Gao Xian consulted Qingle and Lu Xuanji, who confirmed the Yin-Yang Great Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon was the Great Five Elements Sect’s true inheritance but said his existing cultivation could suffice.
• Qingle found that earth-rank merit tasks could grant access to Bai Yujing’s ninth level, and Gao Xian reviewed the difficult tasks before spending the night with her.
• Gao Xian, Qingle, and Qingqing went to the Heavenly Martial Platform, where Taining and Tayuan were waiting among the spectators.
• Gao Xian told Taining to hand over the Yin-Yang Great Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon and the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade, saying he would leave the Ten Directions True King Heavenly Sound Mirror untouched.

Gao Xian faced Tayuan in the first Heavenly Martial Platform duel and defeated him with a single sword move. His overwhelming victory left Taining and the watching cultivators stunned as he advanced.

• Taining warned Tayuan not to confront Gao Xian head-on, but Tayuan declared that he would fight with all his strength.
• Zhenye announced the duel’s half-hour limit, and Gao Xian and Tayuan entered the Heavenly Martial Platform.
• Tayuan attacked Gao Xian with his dragonlike sword intent, while Gao Xian countered with the Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel.
• Gao Xian used Dark Moon Hides in the Void to shatter Tayuan’s attack and send him out of the platform in one move.
• Zhenye declared Gao Xian the winner, and the spectators reacted with awe at the gap between the fighters.

Gao Xian’s one-move defeat of Tayuan left the other contestants in awe as the Heavenly Martial rankings battle continued. After the first round ended, Gao Xian faced Qingle, while Taining began considering whether seducing him could protect her interests.

• Gao Xian’s effortless victory over Tayuan frightened the other contestants, and Shui Qinghong said he would aim for second place.
• Taining defeated Taicheng after sealing his whip and striking him with the Heaven-Measuring Jade Ruler.
• Shui Qinghong defeated Qingqing with ice spells and an Ice Soul Divine Palm, while Gao Xian advised his daughter to practice her swordsmanship.
• Qingle and Wan Qingxia knocked each other from the platform, but Qingle won the match by a single move.
• Gao Xian and Qingle entered the platform for their second-round match, and Taining wondered if she should seduce Gao Xian to resolve her problem.

Gao Xian and Qingle fought an impressive sparring match before Taining defeated Shui Qinghong and advanced to the final against Gao Xian. Before their battle, Taining apologized and offered him a cultivation manual and dual cultivation, leaving Gao Xian caught off guard as the showdown began.

• Gao Xian and Qingle exchanged powerful spells on the Heavenly Martial Platform, and Qingle conceded after Gao Xian survived her strongest attack.
• Taining and Shui Qinghong fought, and Taining used the Heaven-Measuring Jade Ruler to force Shui Qinghong from the platform.
• Gao Xian and Taining entered the Heavenly Martial Platform for the final battle.
• Taining apologized to Gao Xian and offered him the Yin-Yang Great Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon and dual cultivation.
• Gao Xian claimed he would fight without mercy, while Taining insisted her offer was unrelated to the battle.

Gao Xian defeated Taining in the Dao examination’s final battle, overcoming her intricate Profound Bright Church spells with overwhelming mana and skill. Afterward, Daoist Lord Xuanyang watched in thought while Zhenyi warned that Gao Xian’s unknown origins and potential could threaten the church.

• Gao Xian postponed discussing Taining’s proposed bargain until after the Dao examination and entered their duel fully shielded.
• Taining countered Gao Xian’s Crimson Sun Bullets with the One-Origin Dual-Aspect secret art, then used the Heaven-Measuring Jade Ruler to contain his Mysterious Underworld Ice Swords.
• Gao Xian transformed his attacks and broke Taining’s universe-within-the-sleeve defense, then shattered her One Origin Infinity Mirror with the Grand Yin Mystic Essence Wheel.
• Gao Xian disrupted Taining’s divine sense with Celestial Pivot Lightning and struck her from the Heavenly Martial Platform with the Purple Firmament Tianshu Demon-Subduing Golden Whip.
• Daoist Lord Xuanyang praised Gao Xian’s strength, while Zhenyi warned that Gao Xian’s talent and unknown origins might bring trouble to the Profound Bright Church.

Daoist Lord Xuanyang dismissed concerns about Gao Xian and allowed the Dao examination’s participants to receive the Profound Bright Church’s divine registers. When the True Martial Emperor’s statue reacted as Gao Xian was about to receive his register, a deep-blue star appeared in the sky and startled powerful experts across the Nine Provinces.

• Daoist Lord Xuanyang told Zhenyi that Gao Xian would become a member of the church once he accepted its divine register, regardless of his past inheritance.
• Zhenye gathered the Dao examination participants in Heavenly Martial Hall and warned them that accepting a divine register would bind them to the Profound Bright Church.
• Zhenye’s Primordial Spirit pressure overwhelmed many Nascent Soul True Lords, but Gao Xian and a few others remained unmoved.
• Qingle and Taining each received a first-rank divine register from the True Martial Emperor.
• As Zhenye prepared to give Gao Xian a Demon-Breaking divine register, the True Martial Emperor’s statue shook and blasted everyone away.
• The Northern Pole Great Emperor’s divine light flared, and a deep-blue star appeared beside the sun, visible throughout the Nine Provinces.

During the Profound Bright Church’s Dao examination, Gao Xian summoned the Breaking Army primary star and received its divine talisman. Daoist Lord Xuanyang named him Breaking Army Star Lord and ordered him to enter North Pole Hall.

• Lu Xuanji and Yue Wanfeng saw the Breaking Army primary star appear in daylight and suspected it had been summoned for Gao Xian’s divine register.
• Daoist Lord Xuanyang guided the star’s power through the altar, forming a divine talisman that descended into Gao Xian.
• Qingqing tried to intervene, but Zhenyi suppressed her sword and assured her that Gao Xian was unharmed.
• The star power formed a deep-blue nine-pointed mark on Gao Xian’s brow, and Daoist Lord Xuanyang identified it as the Breaking Army talisman, whose power grew through victory in battle and killing.
• Daoist Lord Xuanyang declared that Gao Xian would enter North Pole Hall and receive the title Breaking Army Star Lord.

Gao Xian received the Heaven-Bestowed Breaking Army Divine Talisman and the title Breaking Army Star Lord, drawing attention within the Profound Bright Church. He studied the talisman’s abilities at Orchid Fragrance Studio, then received a message from Taining asking to meet.

• Mysterious Brightness Dao Venerable declared Gao Xian the Breaking Army Star Lord and ended the talisman-bestowal ceremony, while the visiting Nascent Soul True Lords were told to await further notice.
• Wan Qingxia and Shui Qinghong worried that Gao Xian’s sudden prominence would attract dangerous attention, while Gao Xian accepted the talisman and considered its power his own.
• Gao Xian exchanged divine-sense imprints with Taining, then left the Heavenly Martial Hall with Qingqing and returned to Orchid Fragrance Studio.
• Gao Xian used the Wind and Moon Mirror to identify the Breaking Army Divine Talisman as a top-grade fifth-rank talisman whose traits protected his soul and grew stronger through combat.
• Sister Lan interpreted the talisman’s traits for Gao Xian, who tested it and found it powerful but costly to maintain and difficult to control.
• Taining sent Gao Xian a message saying she had arrived at his entrance and asking whether they could meet.

Gao Xian received the Yin-Yang Great Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon from Taining and arranged for her to buy him the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade. He entered Bai Yujing to claim his Dao Examination reward, but its white-clad guardian recognized his ties to the Great Five Elements Sect and challenged his denial of them.

• Taining visited Gao Xian and gave him the Yin-Yang Great Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon, which he found could refine his cultivation.
• Gao Xian paid Taining four thousand top-grade spirit stones to buy the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade within three days.
• Taining offered to help Gao Xian open the Five Qi Grotto-Heaven if he obtained the Ten Directions True King Heavenly Sound Mirror for her, but Gao Xian refused to agree.
• Gao Xian joined the Profound Bright Church’s ceremony and entered Bai Yujing first to claim his reward.
• Gao Xian tried to take the Great Five Elements Divine Light, but the golden barrier repelled him and a white-haired woman appeared.
• The woman in white listed signs of Gao Xian’s connection to the Great Five Elements Sect, and Gao Xian denied having any connection to it.

Gao Xian met Bai Yujing, who gave him the Great Five Elements Divine Light and promised him an opportunity after he reached Spirit Transformation. After receiving his appointment and returning to Orchid Fragrance Studio, he began investigating the divine light, only for its power to flood his sea of consciousness.

• Gao Xian denied being a successor of the Great Five Elements Sect, and Bai Yujing gave him the Great Five Elements Divine Light with instructions to seek her out after reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Gao Xian returned to the Heavenly Treasure Grand Hall, concealed his encounter from Zhenye and Zhenyi, and received an appointment to the North Pole Hall with Qingqing.
• Taining returned the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade to Gao Xian and asked for his guidance, but he refused, saying he was going into seclusion.
• Gao Xian returned to Orchid Fragrance Studio with Qingqing, who took her Taiwei Pill and entered seclusion; he then told Qingle he would visit her after his own seclusion.
• Gao Xian activated the formation and probed the Great Five Elements Divine Light with his spiritual sense, which surged into his sea of consciousness and drowned his soul.

Gao Xian received the Great Five Elements Divine Light inheritance and tested its power, then used his newfound understanding to master the Anti-Five Elements Annihilation Divine Blade and advance his cultivation. He decided to seek a second Innate Five Qi Origin-Return Token and went to sound out Taining.

• Gao Xian endured the Five-Color Divine Light’s assault and received the Great Five Elements Divine Light inheritance, which appeared at the beginner stage in his Wind and Moon Mirror.
• Gao Xian tested the Great Five Elements Divine Light on the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox, killing its Primordial Spirit with one strike but exhausting most of his mana and spiritual sense.
• Gao Xian found that the five divine lights had advanced and that mastering the Great Five Elements Divine Light required raising each one to its maximum proficiency.
• Gao Xian realized that merging his five divine swords required a pair of Innate Five Qi Origin-Return Tokens and considered the Five Qi Grotto-Heaven at Heaven Gate Mountain as a possible lead.
• Gao Xian mastered the Anti-Five Elements Annihilation Blade and refined the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Blade in a few days, gaining a powerful, less costly combat ability.
• Gao Xian advanced to the eighth level of Nascent Soul after converting his Great Five Elements Technique into the Yin-Yang Five Elements Primordial Unity Canon, then went to sound out Taining about the missing token.

Gao Xian and Qingqing arrived at North Pole Hall, paid respects to Hall Master Chang Ning, and went to meet Chief Seat Shouren to learn their assignments. Shouren proposed that Gao Xian go to Shaking Light Palace, where he would have to compete with its current Palace Master.

• Gao Xian and Qingqing visited Chang Ning, who directed them to Chief Seat Shouren for their duties.
• On the way to Celestial Pivot Palace, Qingqing learned that North Pole Hall oversaw several million cultivators.
• Shouren kept Gao Xian and Qingqing waiting while he annotated documents, then asked whether they had a preferred division or palace.
• Gao Xian left the choice of their assignments to Shouren.
• Shouren told Gao Xian that his title as Breaking Army Star Lord suited Shaking Light Palace, but he would have to compete with its current Palace Master to take the position.