Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Nether Demon Realm, Li Yuan completed a task in Mingyuan Immortal City and obtained the Profound Demon Boundary Stone. He crafted three demonic qi Talismans and advanced the Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Art to Mastery, while preparing for his eventual return to the Lower Realm.

• Li Yuan returned through the deteriorating spatial passage and delivered the Jade Slip to the task commissioner in Mingyuan Immortal City, receiving the Profound Demon Boundary Stone.
• Li Yuan learned from Song He that he could return to the Upper Realm again after descending to the Lower Realm, provided the sect passage remained operational and he paid the required Contribution Points.
• Li Yuan studied and crafted the Soul-Devouring Magic Talisman, Magic Erosion Void Talisman, and Shadow Evasion Talisman, permanently acquiring two White Traits from the latter two.
• Li Yuan’s accumulated demonic qi control reached a breakthrough, advancing the Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Art to Mastery and strengthening his spirit-demon cultivation.

Li Yuan completed permanent transformations from the Monster Spirit Transformation Herb and Demonic Fiend Condensation Core, then began cultivating the Dragon Might Art. He returned from the Upper Realm to the Lower Realm through the Mingyuan Sect passage and noticed the descent had grown more difficult.

• Li Yuan permanently increased his cultivation foundation and bottleneck breakthrough chances by completing the Monster Spirit Transformation Herb's transformation.
• Li Yuan fed more than three hundred magic stones to the Demonic Fiend Condensation Core and permanently increased his demonic spell condensation speed and resistance to demonic qi corrosion.
• Li Yuan learned the beginner stage of the Dragon Might Art, creating a weak suppression field within one zhang.
• Li Yuan arranged with Song He to return to the Lower Realm and departed with four other Golden Core cultivators three days later.
• Li Yuan passed through the descent passage, whose spatial pressure was greater than before, and arrived in the Lower Realm as the other cultivators struggled with the journey.

Li Yuan returned to the Lower Realm, learned that Tianyue Sect had taken control of Yun Province, and resumed cultivating at Wulin Marketplace. His Dragon Transformation Art and Dragon Scale Golden Body Formula reached great completion, and new permanent entries strengthened his defenses.

• Xuanpu and Zhou Heng told Li Yuan that the Yuan Sect Master had sacrificed the sect's disciples to secure passage to the Upper Realm, Fiend Demon Sect had surrendered, and Tianyue Sect had taken over Yun Province.
• Li Yuan returned to Wulin Marketplace, where Ji Wenyuan reported that its merger with Yunyang Marketplace had connected their goods and accounts while leaving their management separate.
• Li Yuan expanded his Bloodline Spirit-Pattern Network, increasing its coverage and improving his cultivation speed in the Lower Realm.
• Li Yuan's Dragon Transformation Art and Dragon Scale Golden Body Formula reached great completion, and he began cultivating the Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art.
• Li Yuan permanently activated Scale Breath Resonance, which increased his physical and scale armor defenses by twenty percent.
• Li Yuan permanently activated Gang-Iron Bodycasting, which increased body-tempering efficiency by fifty percent and made his skin harden when struck.

Li Yuan mastered the Dragon Might Art, stocked up on spirit materials across three marketplaces, and traded Mysterious Nether Sect inheritance information to Zhou Mingyuan for a Mystic-Pattern Spirit Brush. He equipped the brush and returned to cultivating with a substantial increase in spiritual power circulation speed.

• Li Yuan stabilized his Dragon Might Art blood-qi frequency and expanded his suppression field to three zhang, reaching proficiency.
• Li Yuan bought spirit materials in bulk from Wulin, Yunyang, and Baijing Marketplaces to resell in the Upper Realm.
• Zhou Mingyuan met Li Yuan and offered a Mystic-Pattern Spirit Brush in exchange for information about Mysterious Nether Sect Ruins inheritances.
• Li Yuan showed Zhou Mingyuan three inheritance items, and Zhou Mingyuan concluded they offered no insight into Yuanyang Sect's cultivation paths.
• Li Yuan accepted the Mystic-Pattern Spirit Brush and equipped it, gaining the Purple Trait Mystic Talisman Insight and faster spiritual power circulation.
• Li Yuan returned to his residence and cultivated with his multiple traits operating together.

Li Yuan finished purchasing supplies across the Lower Realm’s sea region and traded Dragon Clan cultivation methods for a Flood Dragon Heart Condensation Pearl. With his Portable Small Realm filled and his preparations complete, he returned to Wulin Marketplace and resumed cultivating.

• Li Yuan permanently transformed the Lu Family mine tunnel’s two Array Eyes, checked the array, and left for the eastern sea region.
• Li Yuan bought marine spiritual materials across the islands and told Yaochan Palace’s short, fat man about demon beasts in the Azure Profound Realm; he agreed to ask about trading for their method of early human transformation and intelligence.
• Li Yuan offered the Flood Dragon Clan copies of the Dragon Might Art and Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art in exchange for access to its Treasury.
• Li Yuan traded the two cultivation methods for a Flood Dragon Heart Condensation Pearl, which could strengthen Dragon Clan techniques after he cultivated the Soul-Condensing Art to Proficient.
• Li Yuan completed his sea-region purchases, returned to his residence at Wulin Marketplace with his supplies stockpiled, and began circulating the Nascent Infant Origin Return Method.

Li Yuan became an official Attendant of the Tianyue Sect, obtained a Fourth-Order Qi-Absorbing Spirit-Gathering Array schematic, and traveled to the Upper Realm to build the array and strengthen his cultivation. After advancing the Thunder-Splitting Art and making Thunderclap Precision permanent, he set out for Tianheng Domain to investigate a Small Realm on the verge of collapse.

• Xuanpu offered Li Yuan official Attendant status, and Li Yuan accepted, gaining a new Token and access to more contribution exchanges.
• Li Yuan exchanged contributions for the Fourth-Order Qi-Absorbing Spirit-Gathering Array schematic and found that its six core materials were only available in the Upper Realm.
• Li Yuan traveled through the Ascension Passage to the Upper Realm, gathered the materials, and installed the external array at his residence in Mingyuan Immortal City.
• Li Yuan equipped the array's Spirit-Essence Condensation Crystal to gain the Spirit Array Origin Return Affix, then built a matching Fourth-Order array inside his body and cultivated for several days.
• Li Yuan advanced the Thunder-Splitting Art to Minor Accomplishment, making Thunderclap Precision permanent and improving his thunder spells' accuracy and burst power.
• Li Yuan took the Collapsed Realm Pass and flew toward Tianheng Domain.

Li Yuan reached the Heavenly Balance Sect outpost in Tianheng Domain and waited to enter a dangerous small realm. While cultivating there, he advanced the Dragon Might Art to mastery and the Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art to proficiency as the cultivators prepared to depart.

• Li Yuan crossed Tianheng Domain, set two spatial markers, and entered the Heavenly Balance Sect outpost after presenting his pass.
• A nearby Golden Core cultivator warned Li Yuan that the pass would only teleport its holder out just before the small realm collapsed, leaving other dangers unprotected.
• Li Yuan cultivated amid Tianheng Domain’s spatial fluctuations and advanced the Dragon Might Art to mastery, stabilizing its suppression field at a range of one hundred and fifty feet.
• Li Yuan refined his blood energy with the Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art until the technique reached proficiency and began circulating semi-automatically.
• The waiting cultivators organized their supplies and Dharma Artifacts as the time to enter the small realm drew near.

Li Yuan entered the collapsing Small Realm, collected spatial materials, and analyzed a remnant array. He achieved Fourth-Order Array Dao Mastery and continued deeper into the realm.

• Li Yuan entered the Small Realm and used Void Domain Profound Mastery to navigate its fractured spatial terrain.
• Li Yuan gathered Void Nether Crystals, Space-Splitting Stones, and Void Spirit Herbs from a floating rock fragment.
• Li Yuan found a Fourth-Order Void Nether Crystal with a spatial spell affix and stored it to cultivate in the chaotic environment.
• Li Yuan used the Illuminating Array Disk to resonate with a remnant array and analyze its spiraling design.
• Li Yuan reached Fourth-Order Array Dao Mastery, then put away the disk and headed deeper into the Small Realm.

After mastering Fourth-Order Array Dao, Li Yuan permanentized two Array Dao affixes, then devoured a collapsing Small Realm Core and cultivated amid spatial chaos to permanentize Void Nether Void-Containment. He escaped the Small Realm’s final collapse and arrived in the Tianheng Domain, where he decided to explore nearby.

• Li Yuan mastered Fourth-Order Array Dao, permanentizing Array Core Cultivation and Array-Origin Conduit.
• Li Yuan reached the Small Realm’s core as three Nascent Soul Cultivators tried to pry it open, then devoured the forming Realm Core and gained its strengthening effects.
• Li Yuan stayed in the collapsing Small Realm to cultivate, while spatial rifts destroyed floating land and killed a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator.
• After thirty days in the spatial chaos, Li Yuan permanentized Void Nether Void-Containment.
• Li Yuan used Airspace Anchor to escape to the Tianheng Domain, then headed deeper into the domain to explore.

Li Yuan traveled through the Tianheng Domain, traded Space-Splitting Stones for a route map, and reached Shattered Star Valley. After discovering an abandoned spatial cultivator’s chamber and copying its map, he entered the valley to train his Spatial Investigation Technique.

• Li Yuan met a Heavenly Balance Sect collection team, learned about Shattered Star Valley, and traded five Third-Order Space-Splitting Stones for a route map.
• Li Yuan followed the map for two days and reached the entrance to Shattered Star Valley, where he sensed an artificial spatial crack in a nearby peak.
• Li Yuan opened the hidden chamber and copied its carved map, which marked the Time Rift Platform, Star-Dust Shoal, and dangerous routes through the valley.
• Li Yuan entered Shattered Star Valley and trained his Spatial Investigation Technique near the entrance for half a day.
• Li Yuan flew deeper into Shattered Star Valley to continue training.

Li Yuan crossed Shattered Star Valley, learned about the Time Rift Platform and the valley’s origin from Liu Qingyang, then reached the platform and began cultivating there. While his cultivation continued under its triple time flow, Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art reached Proficient and permanently transformed the Flood Dragon Meridian Essence Condensation effect.

• Li Yuan destroyed a spatial storm and rescued Liu Qingyang, a Heavenly Balance Sect Inner Disciple, from an expanding rift.
• Liu Qingyang warned Li Yuan not to stay too long on the Time Rift Platform, recommended Star-Dust Shoal, and explained that Shattered Star Valley resulted from an ancient failed attempt to merge a Lower Realm with the Upper Realm.
• Li Yuan traveled through the Deep Layer and reached the Time Rift Platform, where three Spatial Spirit Veins converged beneath a triple time flow.
• Li Yuan established a defensive restriction and Airspace Anchor, equipped the Flood Dragon Heart Condensation Pearl, and began cultivating his arts on the platform.
• Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art reached Proficient, triggering the Flood Dragon Heart Condensation Pearl’s permanent transformation and increasing his Dragon Clan training efficiency and spiritual power purity.

Li Yuan permanently activated two traits and advanced both Fourth-Order cultivation arts to Minor Accomplishment before divine-soul erosion forced him to leave the Time Rift Platform. He searched the Star-Dust Shoal, found a blue-grade spatial spirit material, improved his Spatial Investigation Technique, and returned to Mingyuan Domain.

• The Spirit Vein Convergence Crystal permanently activated Spirit Ore Essence Gathering as Li Yuan cultivated at the convergence of three Spatial Spirit Veins.
• Li Yuan advanced the Nascent Infant Origin Return Method and Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Art to Minor Accomplishment, permanently activating Spirit Marrow Condenses the Nascent Infant and strengthening his Nascent Infant.
• Li Yuan sensed faint erosion against his divine soul, recalled Liu Qingyang's warning, and left the Time Rift Platform for the Star-Dust Shoal.
• Li Yuan searched the Star-Dust Shoal and found an intact Star-Dust Spirit Wall with the blue trait Shattered Star Condensed Light.
• The Spatial Investigation Technique reached Minor Accomplishment as Li Yuan searched the shoal, then he used the Airspace Anchor and returned to the ravine's Independent Space in Mingyuan Domain.

Li Yuan sold spatial materials, crafted Spatial Stabilization Talismans, and used one to reinforce the passage to the Azure Profound Realm. After completing proxy-purchasing trades there, he settled into a temporary residence to cultivate.

• Li Yuan sold spatial materials in Mingyuan Immortal City and Profound Sun City, then absorbed High-Grade Spirit Stones to boost his cultivation.
• Li Yuan studied a Spatial Stabilization Talisman, crafted one with a Blue trait, and made several more for future use.
• After Fang Zhi arranged the third Azure Profound Realm transport mission, Li Yuan bought the requested materials and prepared goods from the Lower Realm to sell.
• Li Yuan activated a Spatial Stabilization Talisman in the passage, confirmed it reinforced the walls, and advanced its permanent transformation condition to 1/10.
• Li Yuan delivered supplies to the Spirit Abyss Commerce Guild and completed proxy-purchasing exchanges with Zhou Yuanlang and five other clients, receiving payment and new lists.
• Li Yuan took a temporary residence in Mystic Stone Market and cultivated using the Nascent Infant Origin Return Method and the Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Art.

Li Yuan acquired the Enlightenment Transformation Art, had Liu Yuan inspect his Dragon Blood Soul-Condensing Art, and stocked up on spirit materials in the Azure Profound Realm. He then advanced the Blazing Sun Bright Fire Art to major accomplishment and gained a permanent boost to fire-spell condensation and cross-attribute fusion.

• Li Yuan bought the Enlightenment Transformation Art and its auxiliary guidance materials at Mystic Stone Market.
• Li Yuan visited Liu Yuan at Azure Abyss Lake, where Liu Yuan confirmed that the bloodline self-purification cycle was stable and Li Yuan's flood dragon bloodline concentration was nearing thirty-five percent.
• Li Yuan purchased large quantities of spirit herbs, ores, and demonic beast materials from Cuiwei Market and Mystic Stone Market.
• Li Yuan advanced the Blazing Sun Bright Fire Art to major accomplishment during cultivation.
• The fire art spirit essence transformation permanently increased Li Yuan's fire-spell condensation efficiency by fifty percent and fire-attribute fusion efficiency by thirty percent.

After returning from the Azure Profound Realm, Li Yuan improved his alchemy and reached the Mastery Stage in fourth-order alchemy art before traveling back to the Lower Realm. He returned to the thriving Wulin Marketplace, acquired two white-grade traits, and resumed cultivation.

• Li Yuan sold spirit materials from the Azure Profound Realm in Mingyuan Immortal City and used the improved fire art spirit essence to refine higher-quality pills.
• After several days of continuous alchemy, Li Yuan reached the Mastery Stage in fourth-order alchemy art and began refining the Infant-Nurturing Origin-Condensing Pill.
• Li Yuan discovered that the pill had a blue-grade affix, stored one pill, and consumed the other to aid his cultivation.
• Song He approved Li Yuan's request to return to the Lower Realm, and Li Yuan traveled through the Ascension Passage to the Tianyue Sect.
• Li Yuan returned to Wulin Marketplace, learned from Ji Wenyuan that its quarterly spirit stone dividends had nearly doubled, and acquired the Dust-Repelling Jade Ring and Spiritglow Lamp traits.
• Li Yuan returned to his residence and resumed cultivating with the Nascent Infant Origin Return Method.

Li Yuan investigated an abandoned spirit mine in Ling Province, cleared its demonic path seals, and uncovered supplies and a Dharma Artifact left by the Yuan Sect. He completed the mission, received Contribution Points, and returned to his residence to continue cultivating.

• Li Yuan accepted a mission to investigate the abandoned spirit mine and flew to Ling Province.
• Li Yuan followed traces of demonic qi to the first seal, broke it, and found a skeleton and a spatial ring in the hidden chamber.
• Li Yuan opened a second seal and collected the Yuan Sect's stored demonic path materials.
• Li Yuan discovered a sealed storage space on the fifth level and completed the Netherworld Remnant Seal's integration, gaining Nether Realm Knowledge.
• Li Yuan opened the storage space, found a dark-purple blade fragment and more materials, then confirmed the mine was clear.
• Li Yuan reported his findings to the Tianyue Sect outpost, received Contribution Points, and returned to Wulin Marketplace to cultivate.

Li Yuan traded the Enlightenment Transformation Art for sea-beast materials and learned of a dangerous sea-eye labyrinth. He found and devoured its Realm Core, bringing his Red Entry’s progress toward its permanent condition to two of three before returning to Wulin Marketplace.

• Li Yuan gave the short, stout man the Enlightenment Transformation Art and received sea-beast materials in return.
• The short, stout man told Li Yuan about a sea eye southeast of Yaochan Palace, where an ancient seal and chaotic spatial currents lay.
• Li Yuan crossed the deep-sea whirlpools, entered the sealed broken space, and collected the water-element monster-beast skeletons inside.
• Li Yuan dismantled the Fourth-Order Ancient Demon Water-Element Slaughter Array and devoured the Realm Core, strengthening his body, divine soul, and spatial resistance.
• The Realm Core’s origin energy fused with the energy from the previous core, advancing the Red Entry’s progress to two of three as the broken space collapsed.
• Li Yuan returned to his residence in Wulin Marketplace and settled down with one Realm Core still needed.

After assimilating the Sea-Eye Labyrinth’s realm core, Li Yuan reviewed his gains and cultivation plans, checked the marketplace accounts, and bought water-type materials from several islands. He returned to his residence to cultivate, with his origin energy continuing to nourish his nascent infant and meridians.

• Li Yuan sorted the materials from the Sea-Eye Labyrinth, reviewed his permanentization goals, and absorbed high-grade spirit stones until his cultivation-speed bonus reached about ninety percent.
• Ji Wenyuan presented the quarterly accounts for Wulin and Yunyang Marketplaces, and Li Yuan approved hiring outside alchemists as long as their elixirs met a strict quality standard.
• Li Yuan visited five islands in the eastern sea area and bought large quantities of water-type spirit materials to transport to the upper realm.
• At a remote island stall, Li Yuan bought a sea stone with a white trait that slightly improved underwater spiritual power circulation stability, then permanentized its effect.
• Li Yuan returned to Wulin Marketplace and resumed cultivating with his Nascent Infant Origin Return Method as the realm core continued releasing origin energy.

Li Yuan completed a Tianyue Sect retainer mission by establishing three spatial monitoring points and reporting a suspected Spatial Rift cluster. After discovering and erasing an unfamiliar tracking mark, he returned to his residence and resumed cultivation.

• Li Yuan received Mingyuan Sect’s mission to stabilize three vulnerable spatial areas in Jing Province, Ling Province, and Yun Province.
• Li Yuan set up the first monitoring point in Jing Province, suppressing the spatial fluctuations and advancing his Talisman Domain Spatial Stabilization Affix progress.
• Li Yuan established the Ling Province monitoring point, found and recorded a cluster of Spatial Rifts, then erased an unfamiliar tracking mark near an abandoned Mine Tunnel.
• Li Yuan completed the third monitoring point in Yun Province, bringing his spatial stabilization progress to four locations.
• Li Yuan reported the completed mission and Ling Province rift cluster to the Tianyue Sect outpost, collected Contribution Points, and returned home to cultivate.

Li Yuan traced the tracking mark’s demonic qi to a Yuan Sect secret passage between Jing Province and Ling Province, cleared its seals, and claimed its stored resources and a spell Jade Slip. Back in Wulin Marketplace, he quickly cultivated the Demonic Fiend Entanglement Art to Mastery.

• Li Yuan accepted Tianyue Sect’s assignment to investigate Yuan Sect’s remaining strongholds and secret passages, then followed the tracking mark’s spiritual power frequency into Jing Province.
• Li Yuan found a hidden passage at the Jing Province–Ling Province border and broke three Third-Order demonic seals and one dangerous Fourth-Order seal.
• Li Yuan searched the secret chamber, collected Magic Stones and materials, and found the Demonic Fiend Entanglement Art Jade Slip among Yuan Sect’s records.
• Li Yuan reported the cleared passage to Tianyue Sect, received Contribution Points, and kept the permitted Magic Stones and spell Jade Slip.
• Li Yuan cultivated the Demonic Fiend Entanglement Art from Entry Level to Mastery, forming a tightening net of twelve binding cords.