Chapter Summaries

Zero Burial fought Spirit Crane Venerable in the Magma Space, using the Profound Yellow Sword and fire techniques to keep him from escaping. In the Origin Space, Liu Feng mistook his opponents for an illusion and tried to dispel it as Akatsuki and their allies prepared to attack.

• Spirit Crane Venerable realized the Magma Space had weakened him and tried to escape, but Zero Burial charged with the Profound Yellow Sword and magma.
• Zero Burial overwhelmed Spirit Crane Venerable with the sword and a storm of fire-style spells while the Magma Space shook around them.
• The chapter revealed that Lin Chuan had sent Chen Zheng and Spirit Crane Venerable into battle spaces and Liu Feng into the more balanced Origin Space.
• Liu Feng saw Meng Jingxian, Akatsuki’s divine envoys, Mu Bai, the Heaven One Sword Sect cultivators, the Thunder Breathing Beast, and three statue puppets, then concluded he was in an illusion realm.
• Liu Feng searched his storage ring for illusion-dispelling items while Meng Jingxian and Mu Bai watched, and Southern Dipper urged the group to attack.

Mu Yuyi’s group overwhelmed Liu Feng inside the Origin Space, while the Central River Imperial Family learned that Chen Zheng and the other two Mahayana-stage cultivators had vanished after entering the realm passage. Prince An was left uncertain whether to send more people to the Southern Bright Continent.

• Liu Feng mistook the Origin Space for genjutsu and tried magic artifacts to break free as Akatsuki attacked him.
• Mu Yuyi let the others fight Liu Feng, explaining that the space restricted his law abilities and made him suitable practice.
• At the realm passage, Prince Duanzhong and Prince Gong waited for Chen Zheng’s group to report, but their communication treasure remained silent.
• Prince An asked Shui Yixian for intelligence, and Shui Yixian reported that no Mahayana-stage cultivators had appeared on the Southern Bright Continent or elsewhere.
• Shui Yixian concluded that Chen Zheng’s group of three had disappeared, leaving Prince An unsure whether to send more cultivators.

Prince Cheng decided to send a Great Perfection Mahayana-stage cultivator to the Southern Bright Continent, while Mu Yuyi arranged to stop him with help from Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen. The chapter left Mu Yuyi preparing to take the two seniors to the continent after resting for half a day.

• After Chen Zheng and the others failed to report back, Prince Cheng arrived at the realm passageway and ordered everyone to reopen it so he could send a Great Perfection Mahayana-stage cultivator through.
• In Origin Space, Lin Chuan and Zero Burial continued using Chen Zheng and Spirit Crane Venerable as sparring partners, while Liu Feng was beaten by the others and eventually stopped resisting.
• Mu Yuyi learned that the Central River Imperial Family planned to send a Great Perfection Mahayana-stage cultivator in two days and decided to trap the newcomer in Amenominaka.
• Mu Yuyi went to Heaven One Sword Sect and asked Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen to help suppress the incoming cultivator inside his space.
• Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen agreed, and Mu Yuyi said he would take them to the Southern Bright Continent after resting for half a day.

Prince Cheng sent Shadow through the inter-realm passage to investigate the Southern Bright Continent, but Lin Chuan pulled him into an ambush with Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen. Shadow recognized the Heaven One Sword Sect cultivators beside Lin Chuan and accused them of colluding with the Akatsuki organization.

• Prince Cheng sent his confidant Shadow through the reopened inter-realm passage to the Southern Bright Continent.
• Mu Yuyi reviewed Yuwen Yuan’s report on Shadow while Lin Chuan continued attacking Chen Zheng in Ice Snow Space.
• Lin Chuan told Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen to suppress Shadow, then waited for the passage to open while playing chess with Mu Yunshu.
• Shadow emerged from the passage in the Land of Water and tried to send intelligence to Prince Cheng, but Lin Chuan drew his attention.
• Shadow attacked Lin Chuan, then froze when Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen revealed their Tribulation Transcendence cultivation.
• Shadow recognized Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen as members of the Heaven One Sword Sect and accused them of colluding with the Akatsuki organization.

Lin Chuan used Kotoamatsukami to make Shadow, a Great Perfection Mahayana cultivator, completely loyal to him. The Heaven One Sword Sect cultivators were left astonished as Shadow pledged to serve Lin Chuan.

• Mu Yunshu suppressed Shadow while Lin Chuan defended Akatsuki’s search for partners against Shadow’s threats.
• Lin Chuan approached Shadow with a previously unrecorded eye pattern, then used Kotoamatsukami through both eyes to alter his will.
• Shadow’s hostility vanished, and he knelt before Lin Chuan, swearing to serve him unto death.
• Lin Chuan told Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen that Shadow had fallen under his illusion technique and was now one of his people.

Lin Chuan subdued Shadow, a Great Perfection Mahayana Stage cultivator, revealing the strength of [Akatsuki] and leaving the Central River forces unable to understand what had happened. Prince Cheng ended the operation rather than risk sending a Tribulation Stage cultivator, while [Akatsuki] rose to prominence across the Central River Continent.

• Mu Yunshu and Mu Chen realized [Akatsuki] had become a peak second-tier cultivation power after Lin Chuan subdued Shadow.
• Lin Chuan reflected that he had used Kotoamatsukami from both eyes on Shadow and planned to deal with Chen Zheng and the others later.
• Prince Cheng and the Central River forces waited for news, but Shadow and the three earlier cultivators remained alive and silent.
• Prince An and Prince Cheng refused to risk sending a Tribulation Stage cultivator to the Southern Bright Continent.
• Prince Cheng called off the operation and decided to report the situation to the Imperial Family.
• News of the failed operation spread across the Central River Continent, and Lin Chuan complained that the Imperial Family had stopped sending him talent.

Lin Chuan expanded his space in the Land of Wood while trying to recruit three trapped Great Ascension cultivators. Chen Zheng agreed to join the Ninja Sect if his poison was cured, and Shi Jin offered him a pill.

• Lin Chuan ignored the imperial family's plan to travel to the West Creek Continent and continued expanding his space in the Land of Wood.
• Lin Chuan kept fighting Chen Zheng, Spirit Crane Venerable, and Liu Feng while trying to make them submit to [Akatsuki].
• Chen Zheng agreed to become a guest elder of the Ninja Sect if Lin Chuan removed Prince Gong's poison from his body.
• Lin Chuan summoned Shi Jin to examine Chen Zheng, and Shi Jin handed him a pill that he said would cure the poison.

Lin Chuan cured Chen Zheng’s poison with a pill from Shi Jin, revealed that Shi Jin was the reincarnated Carefree Pill Immortal, and bound Chen Zheng with a Caged Bird curse seal. Chen Zheng accepted Shadow’s authority after learning that Shadow was a Mahayana Great Perfection cultivator and Prince Cheng’s former confidant.

• Lin Chuan told Chen Zheng that Shi Jin was the Carefree Pill Immortal and offered to free him if the pill failed to cure his poison.
• Chen Zheng swallowed the pill, and the poison vanished; convinced by the cure, he agreed to submit to [Akatsuki].
• Lin Chuan placed a Caged Bird curse seal on Chen Zheng and warned that he could destroy Chen Zheng’s brain with a thought.
• Lin Chuan ordered Chen Zheng to follow Shadow and offered him an elder’s position if he could defeat Shadow.
• Shadow appeared with a Mahayana Great Perfection aura, and Lin Chuan revealed that Shadow had been Prince Cheng’s trusted confidant.
• Chen Zheng recognized Shadow, conceded without fighting, and agreed to obey him.

After learning that Shadow had submitted to Lin Chuan, Chen Zheng tried to prove his usefulness by revealing what he knew about Dasi Lianshui and persuading Liu Feng to join Akatsuki. Liu Feng remained stunned when Shadow appeared behind him, leaving him facing the same overwhelming force that had convinced Chen Zheng to submit.

• Lin Chuan told Shadow to persuade Chen Zheng and later bring Liu Feng to submit to Akatsuki.
• Chen Zheng told Lin Chuan that Prince Gong had a Treasure Pavilion on Dasi Lianshui and described the region's spiritual treasures and powerful factions.
• Lin Chuan left the Ice Snow Space, then had a bewildered Liu Feng brought inside to face Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng told Liu Feng that he had joined Akatsuki, his poison had been cured, and Liu Feng should submit despite his brother's death.
• When Liu Feng still refused, Shadow appeared from his shadow and made him tremble with fear.

Lin Chuan’s [Akatsuki] gained Liu Feng’s submission and worked to persuade Spirit Crane Venerable while Shi Jin completed the Great Ascension Golden Pattern Pills. The chapter left [Akatsuki] with ten pills that could rapidly strengthen its cultivators below the Great Ascension stage.

• Chen Zheng persuaded Liu Feng that joining [Akatsuki] could help save Peerless Valley, and Liu Feng submitted after half a month.
• Lin Chuan placed the Caged Bird technique on Liu Feng and promised to avoid harming Peerless Valley as much as possible.
• Chen Zheng and Liu Feng entered the Magma Space to persuade Spirit Crane Venerable to submit.
• Shi Jin unveiled the Great Ascension Golden Pattern Pill, which improved aptitude and cultivation for cultivators below the Great Ascension stage.
• Xiao Heng declined to take the pills, saying they would be better used by other members of [Akatsuki].
• Shi Jin produced ten Great Ascension Golden Pattern Pills, and Lin Chuan anticipated that they would strengthen [Akatsuki] after its return to Central River.

Lin Chuan and the members of [Akatsuki] cultivated in the Cosmic Light Hall for a year, using Great Ascension Golden Pattern Pills to raise their strength while [Akatsuki] remained hidden from Central River Continent. Lin Chuan, Qin Lang, and several others reached the great perfection of the Body Fusion stage, leaving the group stronger as they reentered the cultivation world.

• Lin Chuan distributed seven Great Ascension Golden Pattern Pills and led everyone into closed-door cultivation in the Cosmic Light Hall.
• After half a year, Spirit Crane Venerable submitted to Chen Zheng, and Central River Continent's search for [Akatsuki] ended without success.
• Kong Chen and Southern Dipper emerged at the great perfection of the Body Fusion stage, followed by several others who reached the late stage.
• Lin Chuan emerged after another half year, having reached the great perfection of the Body Fusion stage through the fusion of his Three Pure Ones Clones.
• Qin Lang emerged a month later after crossing two minor stages to reach the great perfection of the Body Fusion stage, and Lin Chuan celebrated [Akatsuki]'s growing strength.

Xiao Heng urged [Akatsuki] to seek Gui Water Yin Thunder on the North Profound Continent so Qin Lang could advance before they returned to Central River. As the group prepared to leave, Xiao Heng spoke with the recovering girl in the Beauty Tomb and encountered Changsun Zhe and Zhou Hui.

• Xiao Heng argued that [Akatsuki] should wait until one of its own members reached the Great Ascension stage, then proposed that Qin Lang devour Gui Water Yin Thunder.
• Qin Lang agreed the plan was feasible, and Lin Chuan decided the group would travel to the North Profound Continent before returning to Central River.
• The Heaven One Sword Sect members prepared to depart, with some staying behind on the Southern Bright Continent to develop the sect.
• Xiao Heng told the girl's spirit body that he would search for Gui Water Yin Thunder, and she said she would help once she recovered her body.
• Changsun Zhe and Zhou Hui entered the Beauty Tomb, and Xiao Heng told them they were on the same side before leaving.

The [Akatsuki] organization left the Southern Bright Continent and arrived on the North Profound Continent to search for the Gui Water Yin Thunder. Lin Chuan encountered the continent’s companion divine beast, a Snow Fox, and sent his companions to investigate while keeping their identities hidden.

• Lin Chuan entrusted the Ninja Sect and the Southern Bright Continent to Black Xuan before using Yomotsu Hirasaka to take the departing members of [Akatsuki] to the North Profound Continent.
• After arriving on an ice plain, Lin Chuan noticed a Snow Fox that had escaped everyone’s detection.
• Lin Chuan explained that the group sought the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and asked the Snow Fox about the Gui Water Yin Thunder.
• The Snow Fox approached Lin Chuan and rubbed against his leg, so he picked it up and carried it with him.
• Lin Chuan ordered the others to investigate possible locations of the Gui Water Yin Thunder, avoid exposing their identities, and contact him if anything unusual happened.

Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper searched Mist Forest for Gui Water Yin Thunder and discovered tracks leading into its dangerous heart. There, they found nearly a hundred Dark Nether Sect cultivators preparing to break through the ice lake under the leadership of the Dark Nether Two Elders.

• Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper entered Mist Forest in white robes and avoided powerful Spirit Beasts as they searched for Gui Water Yin Thunder.
• A strange mist swallowed the forest, but Southern Dipper shielded them with spiritual power and they continued toward the core.
• Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper found footprints leading deeper into the forest and judged that a powerful cultivator had passed through recently.
• Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper followed the tracks toward the forest's heart.
• Elder Xuan and Elder Ming oversaw nearly a hundred Dark Nether Sect cultivators as they completed a formation to break through the frozen lake and uncover its secret.

Northern Dipper and Southern Dipper ambushed four Dark Nether Sect elders and captured one, who revealed that the sect was searching beneath the ice lake for a treasure. The pair wondered whether it was the North Profound Continent’s associated immortal artifact, while the prisoner was left terrified by their knowledge and power.

• A Dark Nether Sect elder told Elder Xuan and Elder Ming that their outer formation had been triggered, and Elder Xuan sent four elders to investigate.
• Northern Dipper and Southern Dipper deliberately triggered the formation to draw out the sect members and prepared to kill them before they could escape.
• The four elders found no traces and headed toward the ice field, discussing the mysterious treasure beneath it.
• Northern Dipper and Southern Dipper killed three of the elders and immobilized the middle Fusion-stage elder.
• Southern Dipper interrogated the survivor, who said the Dark Nether Sect sought a treasure beneath the ice lake that could help it unite the North Profound Continent.
• Northern Dipper and Southern Dipper wondered whether the treasure was the continent’s associated immortal artifact, since Southern Dipper had returned the Profound Yellow Sword to Azure Dragon.

Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper followed Zhang Wei to the Dark Nether Sect’s ice lake, where they discovered a Purple Heaven Divine Thunder beneath the ice. After confronting the Dark Nether Two Elders, they were joined by Lin Chuan and the others, who surrounded the lake.

• Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper forced Zhang Wei to lead them to the ice lake, where the Dark Nether Sect was channeling spiritual energy into it.
• The Dark Nether Two Elders confronted them, and Elder Dark attacked after a strange fluctuation rose from beneath the ice.
• The Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder on Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper sensed another Purple Heaven Divine Thunder beneath the ice, so Southern Dipper summoned Lin Chuan and the others.
• Southern Dipper held off Elder Dark with Divine Light Finger, while a black thread cut apart Elder Nether’s attack.
• Lin Chuan and the others emerged through spatial passages and surrounded the ice lake as a white-haired, white-eyed figure arrived with a Snow Fox and a yellow longsword.

Lin Chuan revealed Akatsuki’s identity to the Dark Nether Two Elders and forced them to surrender. He then examined the icy lake, identified a powerful formation concealing the Gui Water Yin Thunder, and sent Qin Lang to break it with a Boundary-Breaking Talisman.

• Zhang Wei recognized the Snow Fox and yellow sword as the North Profound Continent’s natal divine beast and immortal artifact, prompting Elder Xuan to identify Lin Chuan as Akatsuki’s Azure Dragon.
• Elder Xuan offered to leave and keep Akatsuki’s presence secret, but Lin Chuan demanded that the Dark Nether Two Elders surrender or die.
• Lin Chuan summoned four figures to surround the Dark Nether Two Elders, and Elder Xuan and Elder Ming surrendered without resistance.
• Qin Lang sensed Purple Heaven Divine Thunder beneath the black water, while Lin Chuan saw that a powerful formation concealed the lake’s depths and Gui Water Yin Thunder.
• Lin Chuan gave Qin Lang a Boundary-Breaking Talisman and ordered him to break the formation in the ice.

Qin Lang melted the ice sealing the Gui Water, and Lin Chuan discovered a colossal turtle with Black Tortoise bloodline beneath it. Lin Chuan opened a passage to Central River Continent and called Scruffy Sparrow over to identify the creature.

• Qin Lang protected himself with Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder and used the Boundary-Breaking Talisman to melt the frozen lake.
• The ice plain collapsed, releasing corrosive Gui Water that Qin Lang resisted with his lightning.
• Bu Lianshi spotted a huge creature beneath the water, and Lin Chuan used the Beast King Seal and Snow Fox to knock it back into the lake.
• Xiao Heng said the creature likely carried Black Tortoise bloodline, while Little Azure transformed from Bu Lianshi's bracelet into a giant serpent.
• Lin Chuan opened a spatial passage to Central River Continent and summoned Scruffy Sparrow to meet the creature.

Lin Chuan had Scruffy Sparrow and Little Azure subdue the Black Tortoise Spirit Beast in the Gui Water lake. After recruiting the beast, Lin Chuan and Qin Lang descended into the lake to search for the Gui Water Yin Thunder.

• Scruffy Sparrow emerged from the spatial passage and learned that Lin Chuan had brought him to the North Profound Continent to help subdue a Black Tortoise Spirit Beast.
• Scruffy Sparrow and Little Azure fought the beast under the Gui Water, while the Snow Fox stopped it from escaping.
• Lin Chuan sent Chen Zheng into the lake, and his persuasion helped Scruffy Sparrow and Little Azure convince the exhausted beast to surrender.
• Lin Chuan learned that the Gui Water Yin Thunder lay about three thousand meters beneath the lake and decided to investigate with Qin Lang.
• Lin Chuan and Qin Lang used Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to protect themselves as they descended toward the rumbling currents below.

Qin Lang tested the Gui Water Yin Thunder and then descended into its depths to refine it and prepare for a breakthrough to the Mahayana stage. Lin Chuan brought the thunder into Origin Space so the [Akatsuki] members could temper their bodies, leaving the Dark Nether Sect members stunned by their willingness to touch it.

• Qin Lang withdrew his Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, tested the Gui Water Yin Thunder, and told Lin Chuan it was safe to enter cautiously.
• Lin Chuan descended into the thunder, then learned Qin Lang would need at least one or two months to refine it and break through to the Mahayana stage.
• Qin Lang sank deeper into the Gui Water Yin Thunder while Lin Chuan slowly drew a small amount into Origin Space through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Lin Chuan transported the [Akatsuki] members and the Dark Nether Sect group into Origin Space, where he warned them to stop if they could not endure the Gui Water Yin Thunder.
• The [Akatsuki] divine envoys began guiding the Gui Water Yin Thunder toward their bodies, leaving Chen Zheng's group and the Dark Nether Two Elders petrified.