Chapter Summaries

News from the Ancient Immortal Realm shook the cultivation world, prompting major powers to send Great Ascension cultivators after Moonlit and the other newly revealed treasures. As the realm’s exit opened, the Immortal Bone Children held back everyone else so Lin Chuan could try to escape in the chaos, though they knew his chances were slim.

• Zhongchuan Du ordered Central River Imperial Family members to seize Moonlit and capture the Azure Dragon, while the Three Pure Ones Sect dispatched Great Ascension elders after learning of the Dao Scripture and Primordial Chaos Pearl.
• The Ancient Immortal Realm’s exit widened, but the nine surviving Immortal Bone Children refused to leave first.
• Lin Ru used his righteous aura to knock a Fusion-stage cultivator from the sky and severely wound him, and the nine Immortal Bone Children suppressed others who tried to pass.
• Mu Bai told Lin Chuan that the Immortal Bone Children would hold back the cultivators until everyone was expelled together, giving Lin Chuan a chance to escape.
• Lin Chuan sent Kong Chen back to Origin Space and thanked the others for helping him.

The cultivators were forced out of the Ancient Immortal Realm together, but dozens of Mahayana cultivators waited at the Ancient Immortal Plaza to identify and capture Azure Dragon by his soul aura. They sealed everyone who emerged inside a barrier, and a pale youth arrived with an enigmatic remark.

• The nine Immortal Bone heirs’ plan sent everyone flying out of the Ancient Immortal Realm at once to hide Lin Chuan among them.
• Prince Gong and other Mahayana cultivators gathered at the Ancient Immortal Plaza, intent on capturing Azure Dragon and claiming Moonlit.
• The Ancient Immortal Gate opened, and the waiting cultivators used soul pressure to search each person while trapping everyone who emerged inside a barrier.
• Lin Ru emerged, was cleared of suspicion, and discovered that the barrier blocked voice transmissions.
• A pale youth landed, was cleared by the soul searches, and softly asked someone whether they were relieved.

Lin Chuan was identified as Azure Dragon and trapped by dozens of Mahayana cultivators seeking Moonlit and his other possessions. The factions argued over whether to kill him or spare his life, leaving him pinned in place as the standoff escalated.

• Lin Ru told the Supreme Purity Sect's Sixth Elder that Azure Dragon was Dao Immortal's disciple and asked him to spare Lin Chuan's life.
• The Jade Purity Sect decided to intervene to protect Azure Dragon, while Shui Wenjie asked Shui Yixian to help him; Shui Yixian did not give a clear answer.
• Lin An revealed that Azure Dragon was Lin Chuan, the child whose eyes the Lin Clan had once dug out and abandoned.
• Lin Chuan appeared in the square, and the Mahayana cultivators confirmed his identity before sealing the space and pinning him down.
• Prince Gong tried to attack Lin Chuan, but Shui Yixian and elders from the Jade Purity Sect and Heaven One Sword Sect intervened, while Qin Mie argued against sparing him.
• Prince Gong proposed crippling Lin Chuan's cultivation, and the rival factions remained locked in a standoff.

Lin Chuan remained trapped under the pressure of more than fifty Mahayana cultivators as factions argued over his fate. After the barrier was lifted, Lin An opened a spatial passage, and Prince Gong realized that the person leaving was actually Lin Chuan.

• Zhang Lin spoke up against Prince Gong's demand to cripple Lin Chuan, while Shui Yixian cited the rule against carrying Ancient Immortal Realm grudges outside.
• More Mahayana cultivators gathered, and Lin Chuan remained sealed in place as their dispute intensified.
• The factions lifted the barrier to let the other cultivators leave, but continued to suppress Lin Chuan until blood seeped from his mouth.
• The Lin Clan elder and other Mahayana cultivators saw Lin An open a spatial passage despite the remaining spatial seal.
• Prince Gong realized that the person entering the passage was not Lin An but Lin Chuan, and that they had caught the wrong person.

Lin Chuan’s identity swap with Lin An was exposed, and Prince Gong and the other Mahayana-stage cultivators attacked him as he tried to escape. Lin Chuan survived their killing blows with Izanagi and the World Suppressing Disk, then entered the stabilized spatial passage.

• The Mahayana-stage cultivators discovered that Lin Chuan and Lin An had switched identities, while a pale youth revealed that he had helped disguise Lin Chuan’s soul aura and then vanished.
• Prince Gong, Qin Mie, and other Mahayana-stage cultivators sealed the space around Lin Chuan and launched killing attacks as Zhang Lin and the others tried to intervene.
• Lin Chuan broke free of their pressure with Moonlit, used Izanagi, and took out the World Suppressing Disk as their attacks struck and his body disintegrated.
• Lin Chuan’s body restored itself, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned as blood continued to stream from his eyes.
• Lin Chuan shattered the weakened suppression, used the World Suppressing Disk to stabilize the spatial passage, and stepped inside.

Lin Chuan escaped the Mahayana cultivators through a spatial black hole, surviving repeated attacks with his Dojutsu before vanishing without leaving a trace. The cultivators then confronted Lin An, who explained that Lin Chuan had ambushed and disguised him in the Ancient Immortal Realm.

• The Mahayana cultivators attacked Lin Chuan as he entered the spatial black hole, but his body repeatedly restored itself despite their strikes.
• Lin Chuan warned the cultivators that he would repay them and began to disappear, while Zhang Lin crushed their attempts to mark him for tracking.
• The cultivators searched for Lin Chuan through spatial traces but lost his trail after he made several consecutive traversals.
• Mu Li, Lin Ru, Mu Bai, Mars, Lin Chen, and the others were relieved that Lin Chuan had escaped with his treasures.
• The Mahayana cultivators blamed Lin An for helping Lin Chuan escape, and Lin An explained that Lin Chuan had ambushed him, sealed his cultivation, and disguised him.

After Lin Chuan escaped more than fifty Mahayana cultivators, the cultivation world learned of his origins and his conflict with the Lin Clan. He reached Dasi Lianshui and entered Origin Space, where [Akatsuki] welcomed him and Xiao Heng recognized that his escape had come at the cost of death.

• Zhang Lin led Mu Li and the Origin Sect disciples away, and the other Mahayana cultivators left to pursue Lin Chuan through other means.
• News of Lin Chuan and [Akatsuki] spread across the continent, and Great Sound Pavilion revealed that Lin Chuan was Lin An's younger brother and the Lin Clan head's son.
• Reports exposed how the Lin Clan had taken Lin Chuan's eyes for Lin An and abandoned him, turning public amazement at Lin Chuan's talent into mockery of the Lin Clan.
• Lin Chuan concealed his spiritual power, used Yomotsu Hirasaka to reach Dasi Lianshui, and entered Origin Space with his left eye still shut.
• Bu Lianshi embraced Lin Chuan, while Xiao Heng looked at his closed left eye and murmured that his escape had come at the price of death.

Lin Chuan explained how Izanagi had let him escape the Great Ascension cultivators, while revealing that Lin An's Illusion-Breaking Eye could counter it. He planned to recover in seclusion as his allies gathered intelligence and prepared to sell information about the technique.

• Lin Chuan explained that Izanagi could turn injuries and death into dreams and restore him to the state recorded when he activated it, though using the technique blinded his eye for ten years.
• Xiao Heng clarified how Izanagi worked, and Shui Mochan asked whether the Illusion-Breaking Eye could counter it; Lin Chuan confirmed that it could.
• Lin Chuan said he owed Lin An a favor and planned to reclaim what was his, but would recuperate before deciding on anything else.
• Lin Chuan asked White Zetsu to gather intelligence and told Jade Maiden to sell information about Izanagi through the Great Sound Pavilion.
• Jade Maiden assured Southern Dipper that she could prevent their whereabouts from being tracked, and Lin Chuan entered the Cosmic Light Hall to cultivate in seclusion.

Three days after the Ancient Immortal Realm closed, Shui Mochan met her brother Shui Wenjie to sell him information about Lin Chuan’s Izanagi and ask for intelligence on the Great Ascension cultivators who attacked him. Shui Wenjie agreed to gather the records, while Shui Mochan demonstrated that her apparently powerless clone could use a formidable technique before vanishing.

• Shui Wenjie found Shui Mochan in a hidden oasis, where she offered him information about the Dojutsu Lin Chuan had used to escape.
• Shui Wenjie paid Shui Mochan five hundred million spirit stones for her detailed account of Izanagi.
• Shui Mochan asked Shui Wenjie to identify the Great Ascension cultivators who attacked Lin Chuan and provide information on their sects and factions so Akatsuki could rob them.
• Shui Wenjie warned Shui Mochan that Akatsuki was being hunted, but agreed to collect the requested intelligence after she assured him the organization could handle the danger.
• Shui Wenjie realized Shui Mochan was a clone with no detectable spiritual energy, and she demonstrated a powerful Water Dragon Bullet Technique before teleporting away.

Shui Mochan safely returned to Origin Space, while [Akatsuki] prepared to strike back by raiding major factions and escaping with Yomotsu Hirasaka. Xiao Heng revealed that his divination had shown Dasi Lianshui transformed into Akatsuki Domain, hinting at [Akatsuki]’s future.

• Shui Mochan used a chakra-powered clone to enter Origin Space without revealing her cultivation or exposing its location.
• Zero Burial told [Akatsuki] to gather intelligence and prepare to strike back, and Mu Yuyi proposed raiding factions before escaping through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Shi Jin and Jade Maiden explained why Great Ascension cultivators could not easily stop them if they avoided heavily populated regions and did not linger.
• Xiao Heng asked Zero Burial and Mu Yuyi why they had followed his earlier instruction to come to Dasi Lianshui.
• Xiao Heng explained that his divination had shown Dasi Lianshui becoming Akatsuki Domain in [Akatsuki]’s future.

Xiao Heng’s divination gave Zero Burial and Mu Yuyi a possible future in which Akatsuki established its own territory in Dasi Lianshui, and they discussed how to pursue that goal. Mu Yuyi then entrusted Shi Jin with the holy medicine Red Spider Lily and its companion Dark Tendril Devourer to support Akatsuki’s growth.

• Xiao Heng explained that his vision of Akatsuki Domain was only one possible outcome, but Zero Burial saw it as a useful direction for Akatsuki’s future.
• Zero Burial and Mu Yuyi discussed warning the major powers, exploring Dasi Lianshui, and possibly traveling to the West Creek Continent to seek Mu Bai’s help and more Origin Grass.
• Mu Yuyi visited Shi Jin’s cultivation chamber and revealed that the Dark Tendril Devourer had to accompany the Red Spider Lily.
• Mu Yuyi entrusted the Red Spider Lily to Shi Jin, asking him to replenish the holy medicine’s consumption with the Dark Tendril Devourer when refining pills.

Lin Chuan gave Manjusaka to Shi Jin so he could use it for alchemy and strengthen the Akatsuki organization. Meanwhile, cultivators searching for Lin Chuan attacked the Zhang Clan, leaving it destroyed and Zhang Qing dead.

• Lin Chuan entrusted Manjusaka to Shi Jin, who vowed to use it to create powerful pills for the Akatsuki organization.
• Xiao Heng reflected that Lin Chuan sought strength for the entire Akatsuki organization rather than for himself alone.
• Cultivators, including Spirit Crane Venerable and members of the Central River Imperial Family, surrounded the Zhang Clan to demand Azure Dragon's whereabouts.
• Zhang Qing denied knowing where Azure Dragon was, but the attackers slaughtered the Zhang Clan members despite his protests.
• Zhang Qing cursed the attackers and self-detonated, and the cultivators departed after leaving the Zhang Clan in ruins.

White Zetsu rescued three Zhang Clan prodigies after the major factions destroyed the clan, prompting Akatsuki to prepare retaliation. The threat escalated when Shui Mochan reported that the factions planned to open the interrealm passageway to the Southern Bright Continent and attack the Ninja Sect.

• White Zetsu escaped with three unconscious Zhang Clan disciples whom Zhang Qing had entrusted to him as the clan’s last hope.
• White Zetsu reported the Zhang Clan’s destruction to Akatsuki, and Mu Yuyi ordered him to gather intelligence on the factions responsible.
• Shui Mochan and Northern Dipper pledged to help Akatsuki retaliate, while Shi Jin prepared Saint-grade pills for logistical support.
• The major factions decided to open the interrealm passageway early and attack the Ninja Sect after failing to locate Akatsuki in the Central River Continent.
• Shui Mochan reported the factions’ plan to Akatsuki, and Zero Burial said they had to act before the passageway opened.

Akatsuki planned the Underworld Operation to strike the major factions’ vulnerable outposts and discourage them from opening the realm passage. After gathering intelligence, Mu Yuyi chose to attack Prince Gong’s Manor while its Mahayana cultivators were away.

• Mu Yuyi argued that the major factions’ unguarded branches and cities were weaknesses Akatsuki could exploit, and Zero Burial ordered the Underworld Operation.
• Zero Burial explained how Yomotsu Hirasaka passages and jade stones would let the teams reach their targets and return to Origin Space.
• Bu Lianshi asked whether Lin Chuan should be awakened, but Zero Burial decided to let him recover and remain in Origin Space.
• Shui Mochan named Spirit Crane Island and Prince Gong’s Manor as targets, noting that every Mahayana cultivator in Prince Gong’s Manor had been dispatched.
• Mu Yuyi declared that he would personally attack Prince Gong’s Manor.

[Akatsuki] selected targets among the Central River Continent’s cultivation forces and assigned paired teams, including guardians, to attack them. The chapter ended with the organization preparing detailed battle plans and directing Lin Long to bring three rescued Zhang Clan disciples against the Cloud Dream Sect.

• Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper reviewed intelligence and identified the Cloud Dream Sect for retaliation over its role in destroying the Zhang Clan.
• Zero Burial assigned Lin Long and Gao Ze to attack the Cloud Dream Sect, while Bu Lianshi proposed giving other guardians a chance to gain experience.
• [Akatsuki] members paired up for attacks, including Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi targeting Spirit Crane Island and Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise targeting the Qin Clan of Thunder Region.
• The group drew lots to choose among their remaining targets, then agreed to avoid harming innocents and to loot the targets’ Treasure Pavilions.
• Zero Burial instructed Lin Long to bring the three rescued Zhang Clan disciples to the Cloud Dream Sect and assess whether they wanted to remain with him.

Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi launched Akatsuki’s Underworld Operation on Spirit Crane Island, using Bu Lianshi’s Control Domain to conceal their actions from the island’s Great Ascension cultivators. They entered Spirit Crane City and headed for its Treasure Pavilion, leaving its defenses unable to detect their approach.

• Zero Burial and Mu Yuyi sent Akatsuki members to their targets and ordered everyone to return to Origin Space within the time it took three incense sticks to burn.
• Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi arrived on Spirit Crane Island and used Control Domain to suppress the perception of two Great Ascension cultivators and block sound transmissions.
• Bu Lianshi located Spirit Crane City’s teleportation formations and reported the cultivators guarding the city.
• Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi used Yomotsu Hirasaka to bypass the city’s formations and reach the underground Treasure Pavilion.

Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi stole Spirit Crane Island’s hidden wealth, then destroyed Spirit Crane City’s teleportation formation and began attacking the city. They left the story flying into the sky as six crystal coffins crashed toward different parts of Spirit Crane City.

• Bu Lianshi intercepted the Treasure Pavilion’s alarms while Zero Burial and she seized its treasures, worth about fifty billion spirit stones.
• Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi entered Spirit Crane City’s teleportation hall among arriving travelers, then Zero Burial revealed himself as the formation’s extra occupant.
• Zero Burial struck the teleportation formation with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, destroying it and shattering the hall with Shinra Tensei.
• Zero Burial and Bu Lianshi flew into the sky as six crystal coffins crashed toward different parts of Spirit Crane City.

Zero Burial and White Tiger launched a surprise attack on Spirit Crane City, using the Bible of the Future to assault the city's inhabitants and provoke Spirit Crane Island. As Spirit Crane Island's cultivators moved to stop them, White Tiger headed into the city while Zero Burial confronted the strongest defenders.

• Zero Burial used the Bible of the Future to unleash a citywide soul attack that left Spirit Crane City's cultivators in pain and disorder.
• Zero Burial warned non-members of Spirit Crane Island to leave and declared that he would erase Spirit Crane City; several outsiders withdrew while others chose sides.
• Six early-stage Body Fusion cultivators attacked the crystal coffin, while four stronger cultivators charged Zero Burial and White Tiger.
• White Tiger summoned an enormous azure python and carried Bu Lianshi toward the city to release Little Azure as Zero Burial held off the defenders.
• Zero Burial activated Limbo: Border Jail against the approaching cultivators.

Zero Burial and the Six Paths of Pain unleashed their powers against Spirit Crane City while Bu Lianshi transformed the city into a forest. As the four Fusion Stage cultivators struggled to stop them, an unseen golden lightning bolt pierced Xie Feizhang.

• Zero Burial used Limbo and Banshō Ten'in to disrupt the four Fusion Stage cultivators attacking him, while Su Xinli ordered them to target Zero Burial first.
• The Animal Path summoned a late Fusion Stage Nether Demon and a gigantic violet-gold toad as the Six Paths of Pain attacked Spirit Crane City.
• The Asura Path, Deva Path, Human Path, Preta Path, and Naraka Path wreaked havoc across the city while Zero Burial held its strongest cultivators at bay.
• Bu Lianshi drew spiritual power from Little Azure and used Sage Art: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to cover Spirit Crane City with a vast forest.
• Su Xinli questioned why the Mahayana Stage cultivators had not arrived, and an unseen golden lightning bolt pierced Xie Feizhang's chest.

Zero Burial used Limbo: Border Jail to kill three of Spirit Crane City's four strongest Body Fusion cultivators and trapped Su Xinli when he tried to flee. After revealing that he had blocked communication and the Grand Ascension cultivators' perceptions, Zero Burial killed Su Xinli and prepared to leave Spirit Crane Venerable a final gift.

• An unseen Limbo shadow killed Xie Feizhang, battered a mid-stage Body Fusion cultivator to death, and erased another with a beam of light.
• Su Xinli tried to escape through a spatial rift, but Zero Burial tore open the space and forced him back out.
• Zero Burial told Su Xinli that Spirit Crane City could not contact the outside world and that the Grand Ascension cultivators could not perceive what was happening.
• A Limbo shadow struck Su Xinli with a Rasenshuriken, shattering his defenses and severely injuring him.
• Zero Burial used Sage Art: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique to reduce Su Xinli to atoms, then looked down at Spirit Crane City and prepared to leave Spirit Crane Venerable a final gift.