Chapter Summaries

He Song accompanied Meng Guan and Wei Fan to the Nine Yang Sect’s Scripture Pavilion to study Void Refinement breakthrough accounts and arranged for his puppet, Xuan Yangzi, to establish an open connection with him. Xuan Yangzi praised He Song’s cautious outlook and gave him a token to visit Xuan Yang Peak, leaving Meng Guan and Wei Fan impressed by He Song’s apparent good fortune.

• He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan agreed to visit the Scripture Pavilion and review Void Refinement cultivators’ breakthrough experiences.
• He Song sent a Peak Void Refinement puppet to the pavilion and arranged for it to appear as Xuan Yangzi, a Nine Yang Sect elder.
• Wei Fan and Meng Guan discussed the sect’s strength and praised He Song’s cautious approach to cultivation.
• Xuan Yangzi introduced himself, praised He Song, and gave him a token granting access to Xuan Yang Peak.
• Wei Fan and Meng Guan congratulated He Song on winning Xuan Yangzi’s favor and welcomed the benefits his new connection might bring.

He Song helped strengthen his public friendship with Xuan Yangzi while Meng Guan and Wei Fan prepared to attempt breakthroughs into Void Refining. After Wei Fan secured access tokens for He Song and Meng Guan, He Song visited Xuan Yang Peak repeatedly and used his connection to Xuan Yangzi to meet other cultivators.

• He Song and Xuan Yangzi’s apparent acquaintance reassured Meng Guan and Wei Fan, and the three continued studying accounts of breakthroughs into Void Refining.
• Wei Fan returned with two tokens from his master that allowed He Song and Meng Guan to enter and leave the Nine Yang Sect’s Main Peak, and both men thanked him for the difficult favor.
• Meng Guan departed to attempt his breakthrough, and Wei Fan entered seclusion soon afterward to do the same.
• He Song left the Main Peak for Xuan Yang Peak, where Xuan Yangzi welcomed him and hosted him for several days.
• He Song made repeated visits to Xuan Yangzi, spreading rumors of their close friendship and gaining introductions to cultivators connected to Xuan Yangzi.

He Song discovered that the Nine Yang Sect’s Main Peak Scripture Pavilion offered Body Integration and Grand Ascension cultivation methods, far beyond anything he had found elsewhere. He lacked the Contribution Points to obtain one yet, but estimated that his puppet network could earn enough in a few decades and wondered why the methods were so affordable.

• Nascent Soul cultivators treated He Song with deference because of his friendship with Xuan Yangzi, while He Song maintained a polite distance from them.
• He Song used the Time Domain Prototype to direct more puppets toward gathering resources, increasing his ability to control them without adding to their number.
• While He Song cultivated and comprehended the Time Law, his puppet on the Nine Yang Sect’s Main Peak discovered Body Integration and Grand Ascension cultivation methods in the Scripture Pavilion.
• He Song compared the newly discovered methods with his incomplete Tai Hao Xuan Yuan Scripture and recognized that a stronger method could improve his cultivation and save him from changing methods repeatedly.
• He Song calculated that he could not yet afford a Grand Ascension cultivation method, but his many puppets could earn enough Contribution Points within a few decades.
• He Song wondered why the powerful cultivation methods were so affordable on the Main Peak and whether the rest of the Nine Yang Sect existed to gather resources for it.

He Song asked Wei Fan about the prices of Great Ascension cultivation techniques and learned how the Nine Yang Sect granted access to higher-level manuals. Wei Fan explained that He Song’s token gave him broad Main Peak privileges, leaving He Song to consider how the Main Peak used its followers to strengthen its influence.

• He Song found Great Ascension cultivation techniques in the Scripture Pavilion and messaged Wei Fan to ask about their prices.
• Wei Fan left his meditation chamber and said He Song’s message had interrupted his stalled preparations for a Void Refinement breakthrough.
• He Song apologized by giving Wei Fan rare Void Refinement spirit fruits, which Wei Fan accepted and promised to repay with similar help later.
• Wei Fan explained that Nine Yang Sect cultivators usually received the next realm’s techniques only after breaking through, but Main Peak disciples and their approved associates could access higher-level manuals earlier.
• Wei Fan revealed that He Song’s token granted him nearly all the privileges of a Holy Lord’s disciple on the Main Peak, including access to higher-level techniques.
• He Song realized the Main Peak used its disciples’ followers and their backing factions to extend its influence, then thanked Wei Fan and said he would obtain the techniques himself.

He Song examined the Nine Yang Sect’s Mahayana cultivation methods with Wei Fan and chose the Fleeting Eternity Art, which cultivated the Time Law. He believed its dangerous tribulation would give him a rare chance to explore a projection of the River of Time, since his lifespan could not run out.

• Wei Fan led He Song to the Scripture Pavilion and offered to help him choose among the Nine Yang Sect’s core Mahayana cultivation methods.
• He Song learned about the Tai Xu Gui Cang Art and the Five Prisons World Suppression Scripture, but set them aside because they did not suit him.
• He Song discovered the Fleeting Eternity Art and studied its time-based abilities and its unique tribulation.
• He Song decided to choose the Fleeting Eternity Art because he could safely endure its tribulation and explore the River of Time’s projection.

He Song became determined to obtain the Fleeting Eternity Art after realizing how its time-based benefits could accelerate his cultivation and help him form a true Time Domain. Wei Fan tried to steer him away from the Time Law by giving him records of its drawbacks, but He Song remained intent on pursuing the art.

• He Song considered the Fleeting Eternity Art's benefits, including faster comprehension, time manipulation, a true Domain at Void Refinement, and greater power at higher realms.
• He Song told Wei Fan that the art felt like a destined opportunity and that he would follow his sudden impulse to pursue it.
• Wei Fan reluctantly stopped arguing and promised to send He Song information about the Time Law's benefits and drawbacks.
• He Song and Wei Fan returned to Wei Fan's cave abode, where an arriving cultivator delivered the materials Wei Fan had requested.
• Wei Fan handed He Song a Storage Pouch filled with records of the Time Law's drawbacks, confident they would deter him.

He Song accepted Wei Fan’s free gift of the Fleeting Eternity Art despite its dangers, then devoted himself to comprehending it in the Azure Sky Realm. Several centuries later, he completed his conversion to the method, advanced to Late-Stage Refining Void, and transformed his Time Domain Prototype into a Time Domain whose speed astonished him.

• Wei Fan tried to dissuade He Song from choosing the Fleeting Eternity Art by showing him Jade Slips about the dangers of comprehending the Time Law, but He Song insisted that his intuition told him not to abandon it.
• Wei Fan revealed that he had free quotas for Mahayana-level cultivation methods and gave He Song the Fleeting Eternity Art, while He Song promised to support him if he ever sought the Nine Yang Sect Holy Master position.
• He Song returned most of his consciousness to his true body in the Azure Sky Realm and began seriously comprehending the Fleeting Eternity Art.
• Over several centuries, He Song converted to the Fleeting Eternity Art, advanced from Mid-Stage Void Refinement to Late-Stage Refining Void, and transformed his Time Domain Prototype into a Time Domain.
• He Song sensed his new domain and was shocked by how fast it was.

He Song discovered that his Time Domain could accelerate time tenfold within a thousand meters, so he built a spherical medicinal garden and began studying the Integration Stage section of the Fleeting Eternity Art. Meanwhile, Meng Guan and Wei Fan both broke through to Void Refinement and gave He Song their sect and personal breakthrough resources.

• He Song realized that his Time Domain could reduce a minor breakthrough's cultivation time from two thousand years to two hundred years.
• He Song built a layered spherical medicinal garden within his cave abode so spirit herbs could grow under the domain's tenfold time flow.
• He Song entered seclusion to study the Integration Stage section of the Fleeting Eternity Art and its breakthrough methods.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan both emerged from seclusion as Void Refinement cultivators, and He Song raised his puppet's apparent cultivation to Great Perfection Nascent Soul.
• Meng Guan gave He Song a Storage Pouch containing breakthrough items and cultivation resources, and Wei Fan gave him another pouch filled with treasures and resources.

He Song ordered his puppets to gather treasures and the Profound Heaven Soul Condensing Pill to prepare for his eventual breakthrough into the Integration Stage. When one of his integration limit puppets discovered a Body Integration Cultivator’s cave dwelling, He Song learned that his subordinate needed help breaching it before other cultivators could claim its treasures.

• He Song decided to keep Meng Guan and Wei Fan’s gifted treasures and send their Storage Pouches back to his true body in the Azure Sky Realm.
• He Song assessed his growing puppet forces and ordered them to deliver an integration limit puppet, the Storage Pouches, and breakthrough resources to him.
• He Song directed his puppets to search for the Profound Heaven Soul Condensing Pill and other resources for his future breakthrough.
• He Song mastered the Integrated Body section of the Fleeting Eternity Art and its Void Refinement techniques while preparing for the next stage of cultivation.
• He Song responded when one of his puppets sought help and found it standing near a floating mountain that housed a Body Integration Cultivator’s cave dwelling.
• He Song learned that his puppet had summoned integration limit puppets to seize the cave dwelling but needed his attention to control them in battle.

He Song concealed the Integration-limit strength of his puppet while waiting for his other puppets to arrive, hoping to seize Floating Spirit Peak without alerting stronger cultivators. Meanwhile, Chi Fengzi and the Five Sects negotiated with the visiting Void Refinement cultivators, whose apparent invitation into the peak He Song suspected was a trap.

• He Song decided to keep his puppet's cultivation hidden and wait for his other puppets before taking Floating Spirit Peak.
• Chi Fengzi proposed rules for the gathering, and several Great Perfection Void Refinement cultivators challenged him before the Five Sects united.
• The Five Sects' eight Void Refinement cultivators formed a stronger bloc than the visiting cultivators, prompting He Song to consider revealing his own Great Perfection cultivation to balance the sides.
• Chi Fengzi invited the visiting cultivators to enter and claim treasures they found, while asking them not to spread news of the peak.
• He Song suspected the Five Sects planned to use the visitors to test the peak's dangers and then seize the treasures by force.

He Song revealed that he was an Integration Realm cultivator after secretly bringing his four Integration Realm Limit Puppets into position and trapping the area with a concealment array. He ordered everyone to leave for the eastern valley and demonstrated the consequences of disobedience by killing a Void Refinement cultivator who tried to contact an expert.

• He Song ignored a Great Perfection Void Refinement cultivator’s proposal to flee and continued pretending to help the Five Sects cultivators attack the Floating Spirit Peak’s formation.
• He Song’s other four Integration Realm Limit Puppets arrived, and they helped him establish an Integration Concealment Array around the area.
• He Song suddenly revealed his Integration Realm aura, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned and sealing them inside the array.
• He Song ordered everyone to take shelter in the eastern valley and warned them not to pry or spread news.
• He Song pointed at a Void Refinement cultivator secretly contacting an expert, turning him into a cloud of blood mist.

He Song killed a Void Refinement cultivator who tried to send a message, then confined the other cultivators in a concealment array. He and five Integration Realm Limit Puppets began severing the formation that connected Floating Spirit Peak to the land below, and He Song activated a Mystic Void Piercing Needle to break it faster.

• He Song used a secret art to destroy a Void Refinement cultivator’s body and essence blood, terrifying the witnesses and the four Great Perfection Void Refinement cultivators.
• He Song led the cultivators to a distant valley and trapped them inside a Void Refining Concealment Array so they would not interfere.
• He Song summoned four concealed Integration Puppets and led all five to attack the formation connecting Floating Spirit Peak to the land beneath it.
• When the formation resisted the puppets’ relentless attacks, He Song retrieved formation-breaking treasures and chose to use the Mystic Void Piercing Needle.
• He Song injected spiritual power into the needle, causing it to shine brightly as it hovered before the damaged formation.

He Song broke the formation protecting the Floating Spirit Peak, secretly transported the peak away, and evaded anyone who might follow him by using Hidden Teleportation Arrays. In a concealed valley, he broke the peak’s defensive formation and began exploring the Integrated Body Realm cave dwelling, discovering a vast chamber of Spirit Stones that had nearly run out.

• He Song used the Mystic Void Piercing Needle to shatter the formation holding back the five puppets, then concealed the Floating Spirit Peak and prepared an ultra-long-distance teleportation array.
• He Song and four Integration Realm Limit Puppets transported the Floating Spirit Peak away while the remaining puppet erased their traces and intimidated the cultivators gathered nearby.
• He Song used successive Hidden Teleportation Arrays to evade pursuit, reunited with the last puppet, and brought the Floating Spirit Peak to a secluded valley.
• He Song broke the peak’s Integration defensive formation, and his four puppets split up to search its cave dwelling for treasures.
• He Song explored the spiritual mountain and found an enormous chamber containing Spirit Stones that had nearly been exhausted.

He Song cautiously explored the spirit peak of a deceased Body Integration Cultivator, where his puppets found many valuable treasures but not yet the owner’s corpse or lifetime collection. Suspecting the peak might contain a possession trap, He Song set up layers of safeguards and waited for a puppet to report back before approaching.

• He Song gathered his puppets’ discoveries, including aged spirit medicines, Spirit Rice, Integration Spirit Pills and Talismans, and high-grade Dao artifacts.
• He Song directed his five Integration Realm Limit Puppets toward the summit, where the cave dwelling’s owner had secluded himself, and worried about possible traps or body-seizing contingencies.
• He Song ordered the area fortified with Integration formations and arranged for evil cultivators from different realms to test whether the dead cultivator could possess someone.
• He Song severed his connection to the five puppets and withdrew his consciousness, while increasing the number of Body Integration Realm Puppets under his command to more than ten.
• After a signal indicated the five puppets had completed their preparations, He Song sent a disconnected Void Refinement Puppet to inspect the site and report back indirectly.
• He Song positioned Integration Puppets to monitor the returning scout, planning either to retrieve the treasures if the site was safe or abandon it if the five puppets had been possessed.

He Song’s puppets safely cleared an Integration cave dwelling, gathered its treasures, and sold off what he could not use to strengthen his forces. With the cross-realm preparations complete, a powerful Integration-limit puppet and a wealth of supplies arrived in the Azure Sky Realm, while a Nascent Soul Puppet carried Azure Sky Realm goods to the Azure Sea Realm.

• He Song’s five Integration Puppets tested the spirit peak with captured evil cultivators, then entered its main hall, destroyed tampered treasures, and collected the remaining loot.
• He Song verified that the five puppets were not controlled by anyone else, gathered the treasures, and sent teams to sell the surplus and transport the spirit peak to Serene Valley.
• He Song’s puppets sold the cave dwelling’s surplus treasures, acquired three Profound Heaven Soul Condensing Pills, and completed the preparations for cross-realm teleportation.
• He Song activated both Cross-Realm Teleportation Arrays, sending an Integration-limit puppet with treasures to the Azure Sky Realm and a Nascent Soul Puppet carrying Azure Sky Realm goods to the Azure Sea Realm.
• He Song received the powerful bodyguard, the Floating Spirit Peak, and treasures for his cultivation, while his Azure Sea Realm puppets sold the incoming goods for resources.

He Song restored the Floating Spirit Peak as his new cave abode, studied the former owner’s treasures and Law insights, and cultivated there for over two hundred years until he reached Void Refinement Great Perfection. After deciding to prepare carefully before attempting the Integration Stage, he emerged from seclusion and encountered a white-jade-like figure.

• He Song studied the formation record and the former owner’s collection, including valuable Law insights, spells, secret arts, and crafting knowledge.
• He Song had the Integration Puppet restore the Floating Spirit Peak, filled it with Spirit Stones, laid down formations, and moved his belongings there.
• He Song cultivated on the Floating Spirit Peak for more than two hundred years and reached Void Refinement Great Perfection.
• He Song chose to stabilize his condition and state of mind before attempting to break through to the Integration Stage.
• He Song left his quiet chamber and saw an enormous white-jade mountain peak shatter into starlight, revealing a white-jade-like figure.

He Song reunited with Yu'er, who had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm while living in his cave abode, and offered to grant her a wish. Yu'er asked for cultivation pills, but He Song also assigned her to study pill refinement and care for the spirit peak’s gardens, leaving her to begin a new routine under his instructions.

• He Song found that Yu'er had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm and asked what she wished for.
• Yu'er explained that she wanted spirit pills supplied to her so she could cultivate without having to refine them herself.
• He Song promised to have puppets provide Yu'er with pills, then asked her to demonstrate her pill-refining skills.
• Yu'er used her beast fire and a spirit beast pill-refining method to refine a batch of pills for He Song.
• He Song praised Yu'er's talent and instructed her to study pill refinement, care for the spirit peak's herb gardens and Spirit Fields, and stay away from the spherical quiet chamber without permission.
• He Song summoned a Peak Void Refinement puppet to make and deliver pills for Yu'er, then sat atop the spirit peak drinking tea.

He Song decided to turn his growing numbers of Integration Puppets into sect founders, believing that sects would earn far more resources than puppets working in secret. He dispatched them across the Azure Sea Realm, where they would establish forces and intelligence networks within Grand Ascension Holy Lands.

• Yu'er was shocked when He Song assigned her the spirit peak's medicinal gardens and promised to inspect her Way of Pills progress, but she obeyed and began working.
• He Song considered Yu'er's cultivation and decided to seek more effective spirit pills for her during his next cross-realm teleportation.
• He Song reflected on Serene Valley's expansion under the Nine Yang Sect and realized that his Integration Puppets could establish sects to multiply his resources.
• He Song ordered his Body Integration Realm Puppets to gather at Serene Valley and assigned them resources for founding sects throughout the Azure Sea Realm.
• The Integration Puppets departed through Serene Valley's teleportation array to infiltrate Grand Ascension Holy Lands and build sects and intelligence networks loyal to He Song.

He Song prepared to break through to the Integration Stage, hoping to fuse the Time Law into his body and awaken the Time Saint Body. He began the painful breakthrough process, with the outcome still unknown.

• He Song helped his Integration Puppets establish sects and then recovered in the Azure Sky Realm.
• He Song told Yu'er to continue cultivating and studying the Way of Pills before he entered seclusion.
• He Song reviewed his breakthrough preparations, including the Fleeting Eternity Art, the Profound Heaven Soul Condensing Pill, and his grasp of the Time Law Domain.
• He Song began breaking through by circulating the Fleeting Eternity Art and endured his body and Primordial Spirit being torn apart as he tried to fuse the Time Law into himself.

He Song fused the Time Law into his body and Primordial Spirit, then broke through to the Integration Stage. Afterward, he examined his transformed body and its greatly enhanced ability to survive damage.

• He Song used the Fleeting Eternity Art and a Profound Heaven Soul Condensing Pill to merge the Time Law with his body and Primordial Spirit.
• He Song reclaimed the consciousness controlling his puppets and refined his essence, qi, spirit, body, Primordial Spirit, and laws into one whole.
• He Song waited for spiritual energy to gather, then used a secret technique as his body repeatedly collapsed and reformed.
• He Song achieved the Integration Stage and found his body had become crystalline, energy-like, and capable of reconstructing itself after severe damage.
• He Song recognized that his Dharma Form could protect him and let him cultivate a new body if his physical body were destroyed.