Chapter Summaries

After awakening the Time Saint Body and entering the Integration Stage, He Song discovered that his lifespan costs, cultivation speed, and Time Law power had improved dramatically. He acquired life-preserving secret arts and tested Fleeting Eternity Light, learning that it could accelerate a target’s aging enough to kill them in an instant.

• He Song found that his Time Saint Body halved the lifespan cost of using the Time Law, increased his cultivation speed fivefold, and strengthened his Time Domain by fifty percent.
• He Song scattered his left hand into starlight and reassembled it, confirming the body-dispersal technique could let him survive an attack.
• He Song searched the Nine Yang Sect’s Scripture Pavilion and obtained the Thousand Dust Escape Form Art and other life-preserving secret arts.
• He Song tested Fleeting Eternity Light on a spirit fruit, accelerating its decay until it turned to ash.
• He Song realized Fleeting Eternity Light could make a target experience time at up to ten thousand times its normal rate, draining their lifespan rapidly at a cost of one-tenth of their lifespan.

After breaking through to the Integration Stage, He Song tested his new divine ability, then entered seclusion to consolidate and advance his cultivation while refining high-grade Dao Artifacts and studying spells and life-saving techniques. Meanwhile, Yu'er reached the Spirit Transformation Realm through her own pill-making and cultivation, and eagerly began exploring the medicinal gardens He Song entrusted to her.

• He Song calculated that his new divine ability could wear down many cultivators of his realm, but chose not to risk using it against stronger opponents.
• He Song entered seclusion, planning to consolidate his cultivation and continue advancing until he reached the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• During seclusion, He Song refined high-grade Dao Artifacts and studied life-saving secret arts and spells while postponing less urgent cultivation arts.
• Yu'er recalled how He Song's breakthroughs had benefited her and began refining spirit pills to speed up her own cultivation.
• Yu'er raised her cultivation to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and He Song later prepared pills for her and instructed her to study pill refinement.
• After He Song entered seclusion again, Yu'er took charge of the Spirit Peak medicinal gardens and grew excited about researching pill formulas with their herbs.

Yu'er immersed herself in pill research while He Song learned that Yin Souls had appeared across the Azure Sea Realm and that Serene Valley had been ordered to join the fight. He Song sent puppets to investigate and prepare to withdraw from threatened territories, then learned the Yin Souls had appeared far beyond the six Azure Sky Realm sects as well.

• Yu'er realized improved spirit pills could ultimately increase her cultivation speed and devoted herself to studying the Way of Pills.
• A Nine Yang Sect envoy warned Serene Valley that Yin Souls had appeared nearby and demanded that it send an Integration cultivator to help fight them.
• He Song learned of the summons, worried that his sect-establishing puppets could be lost, and ordered them to investigate whether Yin Souls had reached their territories so they could withdraw if necessary.
• He Song sent an Integration Realm Limit Puppet and several Serene Valley disciples to the Nine Yang Sect, while gathering reports from his other puppets there.
• He Song learned that Yin Souls had appeared in the territories of all six Azure Sky Realm holy lands and in distant places beyond them.

He Song prepared his Integration Puppets for the coming battle between the Nine Yang Sect and the Yin Souls, then discovered he could deploy his Time Domain through puppets across realms at the cost of his lifespan. His puppets gathered at the Nine Yang Sect’s mountain gate as the battle approached.

• The Nine Yang Sect gathered its experts and subordinate cultivators to purge the Yin Souls, while He Song wondered what had drawn them to the Azure Sea Realm.
• He Song arranged for his Integration Puppets to fight together, carry life-saving items, and avoid exposing their identities.
• He Song tested deploying his Time Domain through a puppet and found he could create only one domain at a time, with the lifespan cost increasing with distance.
• He Song concluded that his puppets could use his Time Domain in battle and began watching for the coming conflict to learn about Yin Souls.
• The Integration Puppets under He Song’s command met at the Nine Yang Sect’s mountain gate.

He Song gathered cultivators around his five Integration Puppets, but they dispersed after learning that larger groups had to guard larger territories. He then used a well-connected puppet and gifts to persuade Qinglianzi to assign them a smaller, safer region near the Nine Yang Sect, which included Serene Valley.

• He Song welcomed cultivators who gathered around his puppets, forming a large group of Body Integration Cultivators and their juniors.
• An elderly Nine Yang Sect cultivator announced that the gathered cultivators would guard assigned regions against the Yin Souls, with larger groups responsible for larger areas.
• Concerned about the size of their group and territory, the cultivators around He Song's puppets made excuses and left; He Song then had his five puppets separate and regroup elsewhere.
• He Song sent a socially connected Integration Puppet to Qinglianzi with a Storage Pouch and the group's roster, and Qinglianzi agreed to assign them a smaller region near the sect's mountain gate.
• He Song thanked Qinglianzi with another Storage Pouch and left satisfied with the safer assignment, which included Serene Valley.

He Song took up guardianship over a region centered on Serene Valley and organized nearby sects to search for Yin Souls. While patrolling in secret, he found a Spirit Transformation Yin Soul and watched a Serene Valley Nascent Soul cultivator attack it.

• He Song learned that the Nine Yang Sect had assigned him a reduced territory to guard and stationed an Integration Puppet at Serene Valley.
• He Song summoned the leaders of three nearby Body Integration forces, explained the search for Yin Souls, and ordered their sects to investigate and report discoveries.
• After the leaders left, He Song sent Serene Valley disciples to search and began patrolling the region himself.
• He Song found a Spirit Transformation Yin Soul and observed a Serene Valley Nascent Soul cultivator attack it.

He Song discovered that an Integration Stage Yin Soul had appeared in his territory and assembled his Integration Puppets to surround it. He tested his Time Law Domain against the Yin Soul’s black barrier, beginning a contest that could decide the fight.

• He Song watched Serene Valley cultivators call for reinforcements and defeat a Spirit Transformation Yin Soul, then left as Nine Yang Sect’s layered response drew cultivators toward other battles.
• He Song learned that one of his Integration Puppets had found an Integration Stage Yin Soul, transferred his consciousness to the puppet, and summoned reinforcements through a protected teleportation array.
• Several Integration Puppets surrounded the Yin Soul while He Song sealed the area with Integration Grand Arrays so no one else would notice the battle.
• He Song used his Time Law Domain against the black barrier around the Yin Soul, and his domain began eroding it as the Yin Soul expended power to resist.

He Song defeated an Integrated Body Early Stage Yin Soul and questioned it about its race before killing it, then returned to cultivation. After more than two hundred years in seclusion, he broke through to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.

• He Song used his Time Domain and Integration Puppets to trap and weaken the Yin Soul while considering whether it was safe to search its soul.
• He Song asked the Yin Soul why it had come, but it cursed him and threatened that experts of its race would kill him, so he swiftly killed it.
• He Song collected the Yin Soul’s treasures, erased the traces of the battle, and stored its Yin-based items in the puppet after finding little he could use.
• He Song returned to secluded cultivation and focused on deepening his comprehension of the Time Law before pursuing other Law Domains.
• After more than two hundred years, He Song opened his eyes and announced that he had reached the Integrated Body Middle Stage.

After reaching the Integrated Body Middle Stage, He Song prepared to leave the Azure Sky Realm with Yu'er and travel to the Azure Sea Realm, where he could test his strength without drawing attention. He arrived safely in Serene Valley and began testing his Dharma Idol.

• He Song emerged from two hundred years of seclusion after advancing from the great perfection stage of void refinement to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• He Song decided to take Yu'er and his valuables to the Azure Sea Realm, both to test his strength and to avoid risking the Azure Sky Realm's protective formation.
• He Song gathered his possessions and explained to Yu'er that they might not be able to return; Yu'er said her greatest wish was to cultivate alongside him, and he promised it would come true.
• He Song carried Yu'er through the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array to Serene Valley in the Azure Sea Realm.
• He Song settled Yu'er in a prepared cave dwelling, sent his puppets to sell the Yin-contaminated treasures, and entered a forbidden area with several Integration Puppets to test his strength, beginning with his Dharma Idol.

He Song manifested a Dharma Form resembling the River of Time and discovered that it greatly amplified his Time Domain. He tested its time-freezing ability, learned its limits, and left with a powerful new tool best suited to ambushes.

• He Song manifested a river-like Dharma Form linked to the River of Time.
• He Song found a gigantic sundial in the Dharma Form that increased his Time Domain's range and time control tenfold.
• He Song discovered twin hourglasses that granted time acceleration and the ability to freeze time.
• He Song tested Time Freeze on Integration Puppets and learned it covered only a few meters and lasted up to five seconds.
• He Song concluded that Time Freeze worked best for surprise attacks and discovered his Dharma Form's Time Domain slowed enemies by up to one hundred and fifty times while impairing their senses.

He Song tested the power of his newly named Abyssal Time Master Dharma Body and considered how to handle a second Body Integration Yin Soul investigating the area. After the Nine Yang Sect answered his warning by killing the Yin Soul with a single blow, He Song recognized how vast the gap was between Body Integration and Great Ascension.

• He Song named his Dharma Body the Abyssal Time Master Dharma Body and used it to overwhelm the Integration Puppets, while reflecting on how Fleeting Eternity Light let him attack distant enemies.
• A puppet reported that another Body Integration Yin Soul had appeared at the place where He Song had killed one before, searching for clues.
• He Song weighed the danger of killing the investigators or ignoring them, then ordered a puppet to notify the Nine Yang Sect and monitor the Yin Soul.
• A giant palm appeared above the Yin Soul and killed it in one strike.
• He Song examined the palm's lingering Law fluctuations and binding force, concluding that even a newly advanced Great Ascension cultivator could overwhelm a Body Integration cultivator.

He Song examined the great ascension cultivator’s handprint, then returned from the dangerous Azure Sea Realm to the Azure Sky Realm with Yu'er. After teaching Yu'er about respecting others’ property, he entered seclusion while Yu'er began cultivating, and he sent his consciousness back to the Azure Sea Realm.

• He Song found no trace of the Yin Soul or other treasures beneath the enormous handprint, set up an array there, and left an Integration Puppet to study its dense law aura.
• He Song took Yu'er from Serene Valley through the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array, and Yu'er asked when they could return to study more pill-making classics.
• He Song warned Yu'er not to freely read other sects’ classics, and she apologized for her conduct at Serene Valley.
• He Song returned with Yu'er to his cave abode in the Azure Sky Realm and taught her what she could and could not do before entering seclusion.
• He Song let Yu'er cultivate on her own rather than expose his Time Domain, and he sent his consciousness back into the Azure Sea Realm.

He Song studied the Space Law left in a Great Ascension cultivator’s palm print, prioritizing it over the earth-element law and using his Time Domain to accelerate his comprehension. Meanwhile, Yin Souls began returning to the Azure Sea Realm, growing stronger until those appearing near the palm print had reached the Void Refinement Realm.

• He Song joined the cultivators comprehending the laws in the giant palm print and sensed its metal, earth, and space laws.
• He Song chose to focus on the Space Law first, planning to study the earth-element law afterward and continue prioritizing the Time Law.
• He Song used his Time Domain to accelerate his comprehension of the residual Space Law.
• He Song sensed that a puppet under his command had encountered an important event and sent his consciousness to inspect it.
• Yin Souls gradually returned to the palm print site, and their numbers and cultivation rose until they reached the Void Refinement Realm.

As Integration Stage Yin Souls appeared in his guarded territory, He Song reported the growing threat and suggested an exotic treasure might be involved. The Nine Yang Sect removed his guardian puppet from its post and sent elders to handle the Yin Soul, while He Song secretly returned with a concealed puppet to observe them.

• An Integration Stage Yin Soul appeared and killed several Void Refinement cultivators, prompting He Song to investigate the abnormal increase in Yin Souls.
• He Song summoned nearby puppets and Body Integration cultivators for protection, then reported the threat and possible exotic treasure to the Nine Yang Sect.
• Nine Yang Sect elders arrived and dismissed He Song's guardian puppet from its post, promising it regular Contribution Points and ordering it to return to Serene Valley.
• He Song transferred his consciousness to another puppet remaining nearby and watched the elders leave to deal with the Yin Soul.
• Suspecting the leader might be an elite elder, He Song took a concealed puppet back toward the Yin Soul's location to observe the Nine Yang Sect elders.

After the Nine Yang Sect elders failed to appear and eliminate the Integration-level yin soul, He Song suspected a more urgent matter was keeping them away and evacuated Serene Valley’s hidden puppets, resources, and sensitive items. His investigation of the Green Mountain Sect found two unfamiliar Integration Cultivators inside, leaving their identities and the elders’ whereabouts uncertain as he withdrew his puppet from the area.

• He Song waited by the Integration-level yin soul but saw no Nine Yang Sect elders arrive, leading him to suspect they were occupied with something more important.
• He Song ordered Serene Valley’s concealed Integration Puppets, resources, Cross-Realm Teleportation Array, and other sensitive items moved beyond the six holy lands’ sphere of influence.
• He Song found that Serene Valley’s scouts had not seen the missing Nine Yang Sect elders, then cautiously approached the Green Mountain Sect to check whether they were there.
• He Song sensed three Integration Cultivators inside the Green Mountain Sect, including its known Sect Master, but could not identify the other two or determine whether they were Nine Yang Sect elders.
• He Song left the matter unresolved, withdrew his investigating puppet from the Nine Yang Sect’s sphere of influence, and returned his awareness to Serene Valley’s Valley Master puppet.

He Song emerged from more than three centuries of seclusion having reached the Integrated Body Late Stage and greatly advanced his Time Law, but he still lacked a pill to protect him during a future Mahayana breakthrough. As he assigned his puppets to search for suitable pills, he reviewed events outside and found that the Integration-stage yin soul near Serene Valley had vanished.

• He Song withdrew his consciousness from a puppet stationed at the Nine Yang Sect and left the sect's unexplained developments under watch.
• After more than three hundred years in seclusion, He Song broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage, and his Time Domain's flow increased from fifteenfold to thirtyfold.
• He Song realized he still needed a Mahayana breakthrough pill, or at least one that could keep him alive after a failed attempt, and ordered his puppets to search for one.
• He Song reviewed the outside world's events and learned that the Integration-stage yin soul near Serene Valley had disappeared without anyone noticing.

He Song sent an Integration Puppet to join a mandatory Nine Yang Sect mission guarding a city in a newly discovered secret realm, equipping it with extensive life-saving treasures. At the gathering on the Nine Yang Sect's Main Peak, he saw more than a dozen Body Integration elders assembled and realized the secret realm's dangers and scale might be extraordinary.

• He Song learned that a Nine Yang Sect puppet had been assigned to guard a city in a resource-rich secret realm with powerful threats.
• He Song prepared the Integration Puppet with numerous life-saving treasures and sent a portion of his consciousness to accompany it.
• He Song considered whether Meng Guan and Wei Fan might be drawn into the mission, then decided to deal with that possibility later.
• He Song arrived at the Nine Yang Sect's Main Peak and observed more than a dozen Body Integration elders gathering for the mission.
• He Song inferred from the number of elders assembled that the secret realm was vast or contained exceptionally dangerous threats.

He Song and more than thirty Nine Yang Sect Body Integration Cultivators followed a Mahayana Cultivator through a cross-realm teleportation array to the Yin Soul Realm. After learning that the realm was being occupied and developed by factions from the Azure Sea Realm, He Song realized the Nine Yang Sect might be preparing for a major Yin Soul counterattack.

• More than thirty Body Integration Cultivators gathered as a Mahayana Cultivator arrived, assigned them posts, and led them through a teleportation array.
• He Song and the group emerged in a fortified city in a gray world, where they saw many powerful cultivators and learned from their Jade Slips that they were in the Yin Soul Realm.
• He Song discovered that factions from the Azure Sea Realm had secretly exploited the Yin Soul Realm, but its existence had spread and multiple factions were now establishing cities there.
• He Song learned that the Nine Yang Sect had sent this second group to join its first batch of cultivators and build a major city in the realm.
• He Song concluded that the Azure Sea Realm had invaded the Yin Soul Realm first and suspected that the Nine Yang Sect was preparing for a large Yin Soul counterattack.

He Song took over the Nine Yang Sect’s Thousand Mountain City in the Yin Soul Realm, where he found its defenses and commercial connections promised safety and substantial resources. Daoist Master Chihong handed him a detailed record of the city before leaving, and He Song began his new post as its guardian.

• He Song reasoned that the Nine Yang Sect’s forces and the Yin Soul Realm’s other powerful factions made his mission less dangerous than he had feared.
• The leading Body Integration Cultivator explained that the newcomers would guard established cities and could request reinforcements through their Jade Slips.
• He Song arrived at a mountain city, then followed his Jade Slip to Thousand Mountain City, where Daoist Master Chihong came out to meet him.
• Daoist Master Chihong gave He Song a Jade Slip detailing Thousand Mountain City’s construction, defenses, residents, and other arrangements.
• He Song learned that Thousand Mountain City had powerful formations and influential family branches that could increase his income and help summon reinforcements.

He Song took control of Thousand Mountain City, arranged for a substitute puppet to guard it, and set out to search the Yin Soul Realm for treasures. After finding a rich vein of Yin-energy spirit ore, he uncovered a hidden anomaly whose source resisted his attack.

• He Song traded Daoist Master Chihong a Jade Slip about the Yin Soul Realm, and Chihong left after reading it.
• He Song took over the City Lord's Manor, delegated routine affairs, and left a Spirit Transformation puppet to serve as his substitute.
• He Song placed Nascent Soul Puppets around the city and departed to search the Yin Soul Realm for resources.
• After finding little near Thousand Mountain City, He Song realized Daoist Master Chihong might have already searched the region and redirected his exploration farther away.
• He Song used his Space and Time Laws to travel quickly, discovered and excavated a rich vein of Yin-energy spirit ore, then detected a hidden underground anomaly.
• He Song struck the anomalous area with a gigantic palm, revealing a radiance that resisted the attack.