Chapter Summaries

Wei Fan asked He Song for advice after centuries of being stuck at the early Spirit Transformation stage, and He Song explained how pills, arrays, and treasures aided cultivation. He Song gave Wei Fan pills and spiritual fruits, leaving Wei Fan grateful and feeling that his debt to He Song had only grown.

• Wei Fan told He Song that more than two thousand years of cultivation had brought him only to the bottleneck between the early Spirit Transformation stage and the Mid Nascent Soul Stage.
• He Song explained that cultivation in the Spirit Transformation Realm was slow without fortuitous opportunities, then described using pills, a Spirit Gathering Array, and treasures to advance.
• He Song learned that Wei Fan lacked Spirit Transformation pills and offered him Profound Clarity Dao Seeking Pills and spiritual fruits from his puppets.
• Wei Fan accepted the gifts, remembered how He Song and Meng Guan had helped him before, and vowed to repay their kindness when needed.
• Wei Fan thanked He Song and admitted that every attempt to repay his kindness only left him owing more.

Wei Fan delivered Meng Guan’s letter from the Azure Sea Realm, where Meng Guan urged him and He Song to join him and pursue rapid cultivation under the Nine Yang Sect. He Song learned that the sect offered limited support to Azure Sky Realm cultivators and decided to remain in the safer Azure Sky Realm for now, while accepting that Wei Fan might leave.

• Wei Fan thanked He Song for the spiritual medicines and pills, and He Song warned him to be cautious with unfamiliar spiritual fruits.
• Wei Fan gave He Song a Jade Slip containing Meng Guan’s letter about the Azure Sea Realm and his rapid rise to the Late Nascent Soul stage.
• He Song ordered his puppets to investigate the Nine Yang Sect’s cultivation support and learned it generally helped Azure Sky Realm cultivators reach great perfection nascent soul stage and offered one or two chances to break through into the Void Refinement Realm.
• Meng Guan urged He Song and Wei Fan to come to the Azure Sea Realm, arguing that the three of them could likely reach the Void Refinement Realm together.
• Wei Fan was tempted by Meng Guan’s proposal, but He Song resolved to stay in the Azure Sky Realm until he was strong enough to face the Azure Sea Realm’s dangers.

He Song considered the risks of becoming Nine Yang Sect branch Holy Master and decided to remain in the Azure Sky Realm, while Wei Fan resolved to travel to the Azure Sea Realm after preparing a successor. Wei Fan believed He Song’s excuses for staying, leaving their plans and the succession arrangement unsettled.

• He Song rejected the idea of becoming branch Holy Master because the position would draw scrutiny from the Azure Sea Realm’s Grand Ascension Holy Lands.
• After reading Meng Guan’s message, Wei Fan decided to leave for the Azure Sea Realm but said he would first train a new Holy Master for the Nine Yang Sect.
• He Song told Wei Fan he would stay in the Azure Sky Realm for at least a thousand years, citing his ties to the realm and a hidden opportunity that might help him reach Void Refinement.
• Wei Fan believed He Song’s explanation and considered what He Song’s refusal to leave meant for his own plans.

Wei Fan proposed making He Song the Nine Yang Sect Holy Master, but He Song declined and advised him to choose a successor instead. Wei Fan arranged for a relative of his Dao companion to inherit the post, broke through to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage with He Song’s help, and resumed cultivation while He Song’s Void Refining Spirit Puppets grew to eight.

• Wei Fan offered He Song the Holy Master position so he could leave for the Azure Sea Realm sooner, but He Song refused and urged him to cultivate a successor.
• Wei Fan agreed to choose a Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivator, pass the Holy Master position to him after his breakthrough, and leave the later arrangements to He Song.
• Wei Fan selected a member of his Dao companion’s family as successor, and He Song approved of his decision to return the position to that family.
• Wei Fan entered seclusion with He Song’s spirit fruits and broke through to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, after which He Song gave him Profound Clarity Dao Seeking Pills.
• As Wei Fan resumed cultivation, He Song’s Void Refining Spirit Puppets in the Azure Sea Realm increased from four to eight.

He Song reached Great Perfection in the Nascent Soul stage after centuries of cultivation, while Wei Fan’s successor Ruoshui broke through into the Spirit Transformation Realm. As Wei Fan prepared to leave for the Azure Sea Realm, he asked He Song to protect the Nine Yang Sect if it faced invasion and to preside over Ruoshui’s Primordial Spirit Assembly after she mastered her new strength.

• He Song obtained the Grand Void Spirit Refining Technique, three Nine Transformations Void Returning Pills, and accounts of past Void Refinement breakthroughs from the Nine Yang Sect.
• After several hundred years of cultivation, He Song advanced from the Late Nascent Soul stage to Great Perfection.
• He Song sensed that Ruoshui, Wei Fan’s chosen successor, had broken through into the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• He Song prepared to send his accumulated Azure Sky Realm resources to the Azure Sea Realm through the sect’s Cross-Realm Teleportation Array.
• Wei Fan confirmed he was leaving and asked He Song to deter any invaders threatening the Nine Yang Sect and later preside over Ruoshui’s Primordial Spirit Assembly.

Wei Fan departed the Azure Sky Realm for the Azure Sea Realm after arranging for He Song to oversee the Nine Yang Sect and send future Spirit Transformation cultivators across realms. He Song returned to his true body, recalled a Void Refinement Puppet for protection, and received resources and knowledge that would support his own advance into the Void Refinement Realm.

• He Song agreed to protect the Nine Yang Sect and attend the Primordial Spirit Assembly after Wei Fan left, and said he planned to travel to the Azure Sea Realm himself in the future.
• Wei Fan finished preparing to leave, gave He Song a Jade Slip containing the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array's operating method, and demonstrated how to activate it.
• Wei Fan entered the array and vanished in a streak of white light as He Song and the Nine Yang Sect cultivators watched.
• He Song ordered the Nine Yang Sect to continue following Wei Fan's arrangements, then withdrew his consciousness from the puppet and returned it to its original form.
• He Song recalled an early Void Refinement Puppet to protect him and received treasures, Void Refinement techniques, and knowledge of cultivation arts from the Azure Sea Realm.

He Song prepared his cave abode and defenses before beginning his attempt to break through to the Void Refinement Realm. He began tempering his Primordial Spirit with the Grand Void Spirit Refining Technique and remained unaware of events outside as the process continued.

• He Song learned that Wei Fan and Meng Guan had been assigned to cultivate on the Nine Yang Sect's Main Peak, then ordered his puppets to keep watch over them.
• He Song laid down a Void Refining Spirit Gathering Array and a Void Refining Concealment Array, then added offensive and defensive Void Refining Grand Arrays around his cave abode.
• He Song reviewed the Grand Void Spirit Refining Technique and the Nine Yang Sect predecessors' breakthrough experiences before starting his cultivation.
• The technique drew upon the power of the Grand Void to temper He Song's Primordial Spirit, causing it to turn ethereal and develop mysterious silver patterns.
• He Song resisted the urge to extend his divine sense and continued the delicate tempering process without learning what happened outside.

He Song used two Nine Transformations Void Returning Pills to study and complete the fusion of his Primordial Spirit and physical body, advancing his breakthrough into the Void Refinement Realm. After refining the spiritual energy that flooded into him, he prepared for the Heart Demon Tribulation, which appeared as the next obstacle.

• After more than a hundred years of refining his Primordial Spirit, He Song swallowed a Nine Transformations Void Returning Pill and studied its temporary fusion with his body.
• When the first pill’s effects faded before He Song had grasped the fusion fully, he took a second pill and completed his comprehension.
• He Song began merging his Primordial Spirit with his body, progressing from his toes upward while spiritual energy gathered and transformed him.
• He Song cautiously fused his Primordial Spirit with his head, completing the union and drawing in an even greater torrent of spiritual energy.
• He Song circulated the Tai Hao Xuan Yuan Scripture to refine the gathered energy, then realized the Heart Demon Tribulation was the next obstacle.

He Song passed his Heart Demon Tribulation and broke through to the Void Refinement Realm, then comprehended the Time Law. He emerged with a Time Domain Prototype that let him slow incoming attacks and accelerate his own.

• He Song faced a Heart Demon Tribulation that showed Meng Guan and Wei Fan under attack, while his powerful spirit puppets swiftly rescued them and killed their pursuers and the figures in the sky.
• The illusion shattered, and He Song realized that he had passed the Heart Demon Tribulation and begun transforming into a Void Refinement cultivator.
• He Song focused on comprehending the Time Law as his body completed its transformation and he achieved the Void Refinement Realm.
• He Song's understanding of the Time Law deepened until he formed a Domain Prototype spanning a thousand meters, where he could slow enemies' attacks and accelerate his own.

He Song discovered that his Time Domain Prototype accelerated his cultivation and combat abilities but consumed lifespan, with stronger effects at smaller ranges. Because he was an Immortal who could ignore lifespan loss, he planned to use the domain continuously while consolidating his new Void Refinement cultivation.

• He Song tested his Time Domain Prototype and found that its thousand-meter range increased his personal time flow by 50% while slowing enemies by the same amount.
• He Song sensed that using the domain tripled his lifespan depletion, and realized that ordinary cultivators could unknowingly shorten their lives by relying on it.
• He Song shrank the domain around himself and found that his time flow doubled, though the lifespan cost rose to five times its normal rate.
• He Song concluded that the domain could halve the time needed for each minor breakthrough, and planned to improve his puppets, master profitable crafts, and find more treasures in the Azure Sky Realm.
• He Song began consolidating his early Void Refinement cultivation, intending to use the domain to complete in five hundred years tasks that would normally take a thousand.

After spending centuries breaking through to Void Refinement and stabilizing his cultivation, He Song checked the messages Wei Fan and Meng Guan had sent during his seclusion. He replied that he was safe and would visit the Azure Sea Realm in several hundred years, then went to see whether Fairy Ruoshui had completed her seclusion.

• He Song calculated that his breakthrough and mastery of Void Refinement combat power had taken about a thousand years within his Time Domain Prototype.
• He Song opened the Nine Yang Sect’s cross-realm communication hall and found three unanswered messages from Wei Fan and a worried message from Meng Guan.
• Wei Fan’s letters described his and Meng Guan’s life in the Azure Sea Realm and asked why He Song had not replied or visited.
• He Song sent Wei Fan and Meng Guan a Jade Slip explaining that his seclusion had reached a critical juncture and promising to visit the Azure Sea Realm in several hundred years.
• He Song went to Fairy Ruoshui’s place of seclusion to check whether she had emerged after breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

He Song arranged Fairy Ruoshui’s Primordial Spirit Assembly, which would make her the Nine Yang Sect’s Holy Lord, while planning how to protect his identity and preserve a route to revival. After deciding not to increase his puppet force, he sent three Nascent Soul-limit puppets to explore dangerous regions of the Myriad Monster Realm for Yin-contaminated treasures.

• Fairy Ruoshui emerged from seclusion and asked He Song whether he had come to arrange the Primordial Spirit Assembly.
• He Song confirmed the assembly, told Ruoshui to remain out of deep seclusion, and left her to have the Nine Yang Sect’s Nascent Soul elders prepare it.
• He Song reviewed intelligence on Meng Guan and Wei Fan, learned they had remained in seclusion, and expected both to reach Late Nascent Soul within a hundred years.
• He Song considered increasing his puppet force but decided to keep it near two hundred and weighed the risks of upgrading his Azure Sky Realm puppets.
• He Song sent three Nascent Soul-limit puppets toward the Myriad Monster Realm to explore dangerous areas and retrieve Yin-contaminated treasures.

He Song oversaw the Nine Yang Sect’s Primordial Spirit Assembly, helping Fairy Ruoshui become its new Holy Master before returning to seclusion. After a thousand years of cultivation inside his Time Domain Prototype, he stabilized at early Void Refinement, strengthened his puppet forces, and prepared to advance further.

• He Song hosted the Nine Yang Sect’s Primordial Spirit Assembly with Fairy Ruoshui and met important figures from the other five sacred lands and the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Fairy Ruoshui became the Nine Yang Sect’s Holy Master, and He Song informed Wei Fan that he had fulfilled his request before resuming secluded cultivation.
• He Song spent a thousand years cultivating inside his Time Domain Prototype, fully consolidating his early Void Refinement cultivation, refining two mid-grade Dao Artifacts, and mastering Void Refinement spells and secret arts.
• He Song’s puppets accumulated resources and grew stronger, with more than half reaching Void Refinement and over a dozen reaching Peak Void Refinement.
• He Song considered further improving his artifacts, spells, and formations, then swallowed a powerful spirit fruit after arranging for Serene Valley to send him Void Refinement treasures.

After consolidating his Void Refinement cultivation, He Song tested whether his puppet could wield a Domain Prototype, then chose to study the Time Law in the Nine Yang Sect’s Scripture Pavilion. He discovered that using the Time Domain Prototype consumed lifespan, but as an Immortal, he believed its cost would not threaten him.

• He Song tried to make his Void Refinement Puppet unleash a Domain Prototype, but the attempt failed.
• He Song decided to prioritize comprehending the Time Law while keeping other methods of strengthening himself in reserve.
• He Song possessed one of his Void Refinement Puppets in the Nine Yang Sect and entered the Scripture Pavilion to seek knowledge about the Time Law.
• A Scripture Pavilion elder pitied He Song for choosing the Time Law, then left him to read the jade slips.
• He Song read a warning that using the Time Domain Prototype consumed lifespan and could trap cultivators in the Void Refinement Stage, but he continued because he was an Immortal.

He Song read Jade Slips warning that the Time Domain Prototype consumed cultivators’ lifespans and had ruined Han Jiang’s chance to reach the Body Integration Realm. Unconcerned because he was an Immortal, He Song studied the recorded insights and began testing whether keeping his Time Domain Prototype constantly active would speed his comprehension of the Time Law.

• He Song read Han Jiang’s account of how habitual use of the Time Domain Prototype drained his lifespan and left him unable to advance beyond Late-Stage Refining Void.
• He Song considered the warnings in the Jade Slips but concluded that lifespan consumption posed little risk to him as an Immortal.
• He Song memorized the Time Law insights in the Jade Slips and returned his consciousness to his true body.
• He Song inferred that cultivators who comprehended the Time Domain Prototype had to spend lifespan to advance their law comprehension and meet the requirements for reaching the Body Integration Realm.
• He Song kept his Time Domain Prototype continuously active to test whether it would accelerate his comprehension, and he found that his understanding of the Time Law steadily deepened.

He Song refined his method of using the Time Domain Prototype, accelerating both his cultivation and comprehension while planning to make the most of his remaining Azure Sky Realm treasures. He sent a Nascent Soul Puppet through the Nine Yang Sect’s Cross-Realm Teleportation Array to the Azure Sea Realm and prepared to resume cultivation under the protection of a Peak Void Refinement Puppet.

• He Song discovered that repeatedly expanding and withdrawing the Time Domain Prototype helped him enter a state of comprehension, while maintaining it afterward accelerated his understanding of the Time Law.
• He Song estimated that precious cultivation treasures and the Time Domain Prototype could reduce his path from early to mid Void Refinement from seven or eight thousand years to around a thousand years, but worried that his supply of Yin-contaminated treasures would eventually run out.
• He Song used a Mid Nascent Soul Puppet to approach Fairy Ruoshui, now the Nine Yang Dao Lord, and asked her to send it to the Azure Sea Realm.
• A month later, Fairy Ruoshui activated the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array and sent He Song’s puppet and the accompanying cultivators and mortals to the Azure Sea Realm.
• After the transmission, He Song summoned a Peak Void Refinement Puppet carrying enough resources to support his cultivation toward great perfection void refinement.

He Song arrived in the Azure Sea Realm in a puppet, safely transferred his accumulated treasures to Serene Valley, and reunited with Meng Guan and Wei Fan at the Nine Yang Sect. He agreed to live and cultivate in Wei Fan’s cave dwelling until he reached Void Refinement, then asked his friends about their cultivation and experiences.

• He Song removed the treasures from a Peak Void Refinement puppet and arranged for a Storage Pouch of valuables to be distributed among his puppets and delivered to Serene Valley.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan welcomed He Song after his puppet arrived, and a Spirit Transformation cultivator escorted him through the Nine Yang Sect’s registration process.
• He Song received a Nine Yang Sect token, then joined Meng Guan and Wei Fan at Wei Fan’s cave dwelling on the sect’s Main Peak.
• He Song agreed to stay with Meng Guan and Wei Fan until he reached Void Refinement, and the three celebrated their reunion in the Azure Sea Realm.
• He Song assessed Meng Guan and Wei Fan’s Late Nascent Soul cultivation and asked them about cultivating on the Nine Yang Sect’s Main Peak.

He Song discussed cultivation with Meng Guan and Wei Fan, sharing methods to speed their progress and learning more about their lives and standing in the Nine Yang Sect. Wei Fan explained how the Unity of Heaven and Man after a Void Refinement breakthrough shaped cultivators’ law comprehension and prospects, leaving He Song with a clearer picture of the realm’s divisions and potential.

• He Song shared cultivation methods with Meng Guan and Wei Fan to help them advance from the Late Nascent Soul stage more quickly.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan described their paths in the Nine Yang Sect, including Wei Fan becoming the Holy Master's disciple and bringing Meng Guan to the Main Peak.
• Wei Fan explained that his position gave him access to sect techniques and secret records beyond the reach of ordinary elders.
• Wei Fan described the Unity of Heaven and Man and explained that roughly seventy percent of Void Refinement cultivators gained only slight law comprehension, while about twenty-five percent comprehended laws deeply.
• Wei Fan explained that the rarest cultivators could grasp the rudiments of a domain during Unity of Heaven and Man, giving them exceptional strength and strong prospects of reaching the Body Integration Realm.

Wei Fan told He Song and Meng Guan about the dangers of comprehending the Time Law and the many benefits he had received as the Nine Yang Sect Holy Master's disciple. He Song then described events in the Azure Sky Realm, accepted Wei Fan's thanks, and settled into a cultivation chamber near Wei Fan and Meng Guan.

• Wei Fan warned He Song and Meng Guan against comprehending the Time Law and described the resources and treasures bestowed on him by the Nine Yang Sect Holy Master.
• He Song reflected on Wei Fan's growing ties to the Nine Yang Sect and his own ability to protect himself and his companions with puppets.
• Wei Fan asked He Song about the Azure Sky Realm and the Nine Yang Sect during the thousand years he had been away.
• He Song reported that the Nine Yang Sect had prospered, faced no border trouble from the Soul Locking Sect, and seen Wei Fan's Dao companion's family gain more Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Wei Fan thanked He Song for supporting the Nine Yang Sect, and Meng Guan urged He Song to accept Wei Fan's promised reward.
• Wei Fan led He Song to a spiritually rich place to cultivate, while he and Meng Guan entered nearby quiet chambers.

He Song advanced to Mid-Stage Void Refinement while deepening his comprehension of the Time Law, which accelerated his cultivation further. He then noticed Meng Guan and Wei Fan had reached great perfection Nascent Soul and emerged from seclusion to prepare for their attempts to enter the Void Refinement Realm.

• He Song kept the puppet on Nine Yang Sect's Main Peak dormant and continued cultivating in seclusion with his true body.
• After several hundred years, He Song consumed a breakthrough-assisting spirit fruit and advanced to Mid-Stage Void Refinement.
• He Song continued comprehending the Time Law, increasing his Time Domain Prototype's time-flow acceleration from double to two and a half times.
• He Song sensed activity at the Main Peak and found Meng Guan and Wei Fan drinking together after reaching great perfection Nascent Soul.
• He Song joined Meng Guan and Wei Fan, congratulated them, and explained that a sensing restriction had alerted him to their emergence from seclusion.