Chapter Summaries

Shen Changchuan parted from Shen Tingchu near Qing City after giving him a Beast Taming Secret Technique, then returned to the Dragon Firmament Sect and spent three months studying the insights from his journey. The chapter leaves him deepening his cultivation knowledge with guidance from his sect’s seniors and Roaming Dragon.

• Shen Tingchu explained the advantages of flying Demon Beasts and accepted Shen Changchuan’s Beast Taming Secret Technique as thanks for his help.
• Shen Changchuan and Shen Tingchu said farewell, and Shen Changchuan rode Little Wind toward the Dragon Firmament Sect.
• Shen Changchuan spent three months in the sect studying his insights about Mo Lingfeng’s power and the formation of a Wood Spirit Body.
• Shen Changchuan consulted the Scripture Pavilion, his senior brothers and sisters, and Roaming Dragon to resolve his cultivation questions.
• Shen Changchuan gained a deeper understanding of his Qi Induction Realm cultivation through the sect’s guidance.

After three months of cultivation under senior guidance, Shen Changchuan strengthened his resolve to join the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect. News that he had defeated Mo Lingfeng head-on at Wushan Pass reached the Dragon Firmament Sect, leaving its Outer Sect disciples shaken and silent.

• Shen Changchuan made rapid progress over three months and reaffirmed his plan to enter the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect through its entrance competition in five years.
• News spread to the Dragon Firmament Sect that Shen Changchuan had defeated Mo Lingfeng at Wushan Pass.
• The Dragon Firmament Sect's Outer Sect disciples lost their enthusiasm for training to defeat Shen Changchuan in the competition three years later.
• The disciples recalled Mo Lingfeng's past draw against an Out of Body Realm cultivator and struggled to accept his defeat.
• The Outer Sect disciples fell silent as they could no longer dismiss Shen Changchuan's victory as luck.

After Shen Changchuan defeated Mo Lingfeng, the Dragon Firmament Sect's disciples reacted in different ways, while Shen spent three months strengthening his cultivation and improving his techniques. He then left the sect to carry out a mission.

• The sect's disciples recovered from the shock of Shen Changchuan's victory, with some abandoning the effort to catch up and others training harder to surpass him.
• Shen Changchuan's Three Forest Senluo Sword Array progress reached twenty-eight percent after three months of cultivation and study.
• Shen Changchuan reflected on how his Divine Ability practice and broader cultivation knowledge had strengthened each other.
• With Roaming Dragon's guidance, Shen Changchuan improved his technique for merging divine sense with spiritual power and could use it with Azure Wood Sword Light.
• Shen Changchuan left the Dragon Firmament Sect to carry out a sect mission.

Shen Changchuan took a sect mission to hunt escaped demon beasts and earn contribution points, relying on his strength and Little Wind’s tracking ability. At White Stone Village, he noticed the villagers seemed far stronger than their report suggested and recognized the place as the Mutual Protection Alliance’s base.

• Shen Changchuan chose a high-reward mission to clear out escaped demon beasts and earn enough sect contribution points for several years.
• Shen Changchuan rode Little Wind to White Stone Village to investigate a reported demon beast attack.
• The village chief offered Shen Changchuan a jade slip with information about a Ninth Level Peak Qi Induction demon beast.
• Shen Changchuan noticed that White Stone Village showed little damage and had impressive buildings and cultivators.
• Shen Changchuan realized White Stone Village was likely the base of the Mutual Protection Alliance.

Shen Changchuan investigated the Demon Beast attack on White Stone Village, then tracked down and killed the Ninth Level Peak Iron Tiger Demon. He continued his patrol of the surrounding lands, heading toward the next Demon Beast threat.

• Shen Changchuan dismissed the people of White Stone Village after receiving their intelligence, while privately noticing traces of a possible formation or magical artifact.
• Shen Changchuan followed the fleeing Demon Beast’s trail from the sky with Little Wind and his True Insight Pupil.
• The white-haired elder and a burly man expressed relief that Shen Changchuan had not investigated White Stone Village’s secret.
• Shen Changchuan found the Iron Tiger Demon and dodged its black beam by splitting into three afterimages.
• Shen Changchuan killed the Iron Tiger Demon with a sword strike, collected its head and corpse, and flew toward the next patrol location.

Shen Changchuan reflected on a month spent hunting Demon Beasts, earning enough sect contribution points to cover several years of expenses, and decided to return to the sect. Just as he prepared to leave after killing a Demon Beast near Yellow Stone Village, the village chief ran over to him.

• Shen Changchuan spent a month ranging across the region and killed numerous Demon Beasts, earning more than two thousand sect contribution points.
• With Demon Beasts becoming harder to find, Shen Changchuan decided to stop hunting and return to the sect.
• Shen Changchuan considered the practical experience he had gained using perfected spells but chose to focus on reaching the Out of Body Realm instead.
• After Shen Changchuan killed a Demon Beast that had threatened Yellow Stone Village, the village chief ran over and called to him.
• Shen Changchuan asked the village chief whether there was a problem.

Shen Changchuan left Yellow Stone Village after defeating a beast and received a plea for help from Shen Shiying. He reached Shen Shiying’s group just as a Yak Demon was about to break their formation and killed it with one sword strike.

• A village leader invited Shen Changchuan to celebrate his rescue, but Shen Changchuan declined and flew away on Little Wind.
• After Shen Changchuan left, the tall, thin man activated a Message Talisman and reflected on his life in the Tiannan Shen Clan and Shen Chong’s three-year oath.
• Shen Changchuan received a message asking for help and recognized the sender as Shen Shiying, a former Dawan Village garrison officer.
• Shen Changchuan and Little Wind flew to a valley, where they found Shen Shiying and others sheltering inside a failing formation as a Yak Demon attacked.
• Shen Changchuan struck the Yak Demon with a sword shadow, cutting it in two and carving a deep mark into the ground.

Shen Changchuan realized Shen Shiying’s distress call was a trap and attacked him, but an Out-of-Body-level sword and surrounding formations cut off his escape. The chapter ended with Shen Changchuan trapped as his enemies praised his quick reaction.

• Little Wind brought Shen Changchuan to Shen Shiying and the others, who claimed a Yak Demon had attacked them and thanked him for rescuing them.
• Shen Changchuan noticed Shen Shiying’s explanation about the distress talisman did not add up and struck at him with Azure Wood Sword Light.
• The formation barrier blocked the attack briefly, allowing Shen Shiying and the others to dodge as Shen Changchuan tried to flee with Little Wind.
• An Out-of-Body-level magical sword attacked Shen Changchuan, but he used a Bronze Bell to repel it at the cost of being driven back to the ground.
• Formations rose around Shen Changchuan and sealed off his escape routes, leaving him trapped as his enemies acknowledged his quick reaction.

Shen Changchuan was trapped by a Shen Clan elder working for the First Madam, who revealed that the clan had recalled the clan head’s illegitimate children after Shen Changchuan’s rise. The elder attacked with a powerful second-tier spell, and Shen Changchuan met it with three Azure Wood Sword Lights.

• A veiled Black-Clad Man appeared and retrieved his flying sword after Shen Changchuan had knocked it away.
• Shen Changchuan realized the man had likely lured him into a formation with help from Shen Shiying and Yellow Stone Village, and identified him as one of the First Madam’s people.
• The Black-Clad Man revealed that Shen Changchuan’s success had led the clan to summon the clan head’s illegitimate children back to Tiannan City, but Shen Changchuan denied responsibility for their troubles.
• Shen Changchuan tried to persuade the Black-Clad Man to spare him by citing his value to the Shen Clan and the Old Ancestor’s favor, but the man refused.
• The Black-Clad Man attacked with a Wind and Cloud Giant Hand and spiritual sense that Shen Changchuan recognized as belonging to a second-layer Out-of-Body Realm cultivator.
• Shen Changchuan cast three Azure Wood Sword Lights and formed a Small Three Talents Formation to meet the attack.

Shen Changchuan matched the black-clad figure’s powerful attack, but the Out of Body Realm opponent then exploited his weaker reserves by unleashing a relentless barrage of spells. Trapped against the valley’s array barrier, Shen Changchuan summoned his Bronze Bell to withstand the assault.

• Shen Changchuan’s three Azure Wood Sword Lights broke through the black-clad figure’s Wind and Cloud Giant Hand, and their attacks collided in a draw.
• The black-clad figure acknowledged Shen Changchuan’s strength but decided to exhaust his spiritual power with repeated first-tier spells.
• Shen Changchuan dodged the spell barrage with his perfected movement spell as the attacks tore through the valley.
• The array barrier blocked Shen Changchuan’s retreat, so he summoned the Bronze Bell to protect himself.
• The spells battered the Bronze Bell and shook Shen Changchuan, leaving him numb beneath the continuing assault.

Shen Changchuan survived the Black-Clad Man’s spell barrage and counterattacked with Blood Fiend Qi, the exploding Soul-Absorbing Bell, and his Divine Ability, the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array. He recovered some spiritual power with mid-grade Spirit Stones but kept watching the smoke for the Black-Clad Man.

• The Black-Clad Man exhausted himself with a prolonged spell barrage and descended, believing Shen Changchuan was dead.
• Shen Changchuan unleashed Blood Fiend Qi from the dust, trapping and suppressing the Black-Clad Man.
• Shen Changchuan detonated the Soul-Absorbing Bell, stunning the Black-Clad Man with its final strike.
• Shen Changchuan cast the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array, blasting apart the formation barrier and ravaging the valley.
• Shen Changchuan emerged from the smoke, replenished his spiritual power with two mid-grade Spirit Stones, and watched the obscured battlefield warily.

Shen Changchuan defeated the Black-Clad Man by enduring his spell barrage and striking back with the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array. After learning that Shen Changchuan had mastered a Divine Ability, the Black-Clad Man died when Shen Changchuan beheaded him.

• The Black-Clad Man targeted Shen Changchuan's weakness with a barrage of first-tier spells, but Shen Changchuan endured behind the Bronze Bell and replenished his magic power with middle-grade Spirit Stones.
• Shen Changchuan concealed his aura amid the spell-driven smoke and used the Soul-Absorbing Bell and Blood Baleful Gourd to restrain the Black-Clad Man before striking with the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array.
• The smoke cleared to reveal the Black-Clad Man gravely wounded in a crater, and Shen Changchuan confirmed that he had won.
• The Black-Clad Man questioned how Shen Changchuan had survived and mastered a Divine Ability, and Shen Changchuan beheaded him.

Shen Changchuan killed the Black-Clad Man, learned that his current strength could handle a first-level Out-of-Body Realm cultivator but not a stronger one, and decided to return to the sect to cultivate. After capturing Shen Shiying and his companions, he uncovered the First Madam’s role in the ambush and killed them all.

• Shen Changchuan killed the Black-Clad Man with a sudden sword strike and reflected on the limits of his strength.
• Shen Changchuan decided to return to the sect and cultivate until he broke through to the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Shen Changchuan searched Shen Zhengming’s corpse, took his Storage Bag, and stored the body as evidence against the First Madam.
• Shen Changchuan pursued Shen Shiying and his companions, subdued them, and learned that the First Madam had ordered the ambush through Shen Zhengming.
• Shen Shiying begged Shen Changchuan to spare him, but Shen Changchuan cut down the entire group.

Shen Changchuan killed Shen Shiying and the others, then returned to the Dragon Firmament Sect. On the way, he noticed new settlements spreading through the Border Wilderness Forest, but focused on understanding what he had gained from his battle with Shen Zhengming.

• Shen Changchuan decided he had no reason to spare Shen Shiying, who had willingly joined the ambush out of jealousy and resentment.
• Shen Changchuan took the dead men’s Storage Bags, mounted Little Wind, and headed for the Dragon Firmament Sect.
• Shen Changchuan saw new settlements and Spirit Fields appearing in the Border Wilderness Forest as cultivators moved into the region.
• Shen Changchuan judged that the region’s development would take a long time and returned his attention to his gains from fighting Shen Zhengming.
• Shen Changchuan passed through the sect’s gates a few days later.

Shen Changchuan turned in his Demon Beast extermination mission, visited Dawan Village to check on his relatives and sell the beasts, then secretly contacted the Shen Family Ancestor about Shen Zhengming’s death. The chapter ended as his message and images vanished into the void.

• Shen Changchuan turned in the Demon Beast corpses at the External Affairs Hall and received over three thousand sect contribution points.
• Hong Yang tried to persuade Shen Changchuan to take over as head of the External Affairs Hall, but Shen Changchuan refused and left.
• Hong Yang and Wu Tianhao discussed Shen Changchuan’s talent and the strength of his Divine Ability.
• Shen Changchuan went to Dawan Village, confirmed his relatives were safe under the protection of his name, and prepared to sell the Demon Beast corpses for Spirit Stones.
• Shen Changchuan secured the Half-Mountain Courtyard and sent the Shen Family Ancestor a message detailing Shen Zhengming’s death, along with images of the corpses.

Shen Changchuan cultivated while awaiting the Old Ancestor’s response about Shen Zhengming’s ambush. The Old Ancestor punished Shen Zhengming and his associates, but Shen Changchuan noticed the First Madam was not mentioned.

• Shen Changchuan worried about his mother’s safety and hoped Shen Chong would deal with the First Madam.
• Shen Changchuan searched Shen Zhengming’s Storage Bags but found only a few thousand Spirit Stones and little else.
• Shen Changchuan cultivated for several days, refined his gains from the battle, and practiced the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array.
• After ten days, Shen Changchuan received a Message Talisman from the Old Ancestor, who said Shen Zhengming had been expelled and his branch sentenced to twenty years of hard labor.
• Shen Changchuan read that some seized goods would compensate him, then noticed the message said nothing about the First Madam.

Shen Changchuan returned to the Dragon Firmament Sect and entered seclusion to perfect the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array and reach the Out of Body Realm. Ten months later, while Shen Chong’s confrontation with the Tiannan Shen Clan made him famous across the region, Shen Changchuan brought his sword-array cultivation to the brink of perfection.

• Shen Changchuan left the village after receiving the Old Ancestor’s response, worried about Shen Chong’s coming three-year pact with the First Madam.
• Shen Changchuan decided to focus on cultivation and began his final seclusion at the Dragon Firmament Sect.
• Shen Chong returned to challenge the First Madam, killed her Out of Body Realm subordinate, and escaped after confronting the Shen Family Ancestor and other clan experts.
• Cultivators across the Tiannan Region celebrated Shen Chong’s rise, while the Tiannan Shen Clan faced ridicule for driving him and Shen Changchuan away.
• Shen Changchuan practiced the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array and supporting techniques for ten months, bringing the divine ability to the brink of perfection.

Shen Changchuan perfected the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array after ten months of cultivation and decided to prepare for a breakthrough to the Out of Body Realm. His master Roaming Dragon mistakenly believed the Divine Ability training had failed, until Shen Changchuan corrected him.

• Shen Changchuan perfected the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array and sensed that he could control Wood-element spiritual power and the plants around him.
• Shen Changchuan noticed the Perfection Traits included a trace of the Trace of Wood-Element Senluo Myriad Manifestations, which he thought might resemble sword intent or Mo Lingfeng's use of will.
• Shen Changchuan decided to prepare for a breakthrough to the Out of Body Realm and went to find Roaming Dragon.
• Roaming Dragon assumed Shen Changchuan had failed to cultivate the Divine Ability and comforted him, believing the setback would temper his resolve.
• Shen Changchuan told Roaming Dragon that he had already cultivated the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array to perfection, leaving his master astonished.

Shen Changchuan revealed to Roaming Dragon that he had perfected a Divine Ability in less than three years, stunning his master. After Roaming Dragon taught him the steps for advancing to the Out of Body Realm, Shen Changchuan felt ready to begin his breakthrough.

• Shen Changchuan told Roaming Dragon he had perfected a Divine Ability, and Roaming Dragon asked him to demonstrate it.
• Shen Changchuan summoned the Three Forest Senluo Sword Array, proving he had perfected the Divine Ability and could form a Divine Ability Seed upon advancing.
• Roaming Dragon praised Shen Changchuan and agreed to explain the process of advancing to the Out of Body Realm.
• Roaming Dragon spent seven days teaching Shen Changchuan about condensing a Spirit Body and a Divine Ability Seed and describing the transformations during advancement.
• Shen Changchuan absorbed Roaming Dragon's guidance and decided it was time to advance.

Shen Changchuan entered seclusion with a precious tree heart gifted by Roaming Dragon to help him condense a Spirit Body or Divine Ability Seed. Two months later, the Three-Year Grand Competition was announced, and Li Qing declared his intent to settle his grudge with Shen Changchuan.

• Roaming Dragon gave Shen Changchuan a second-tier spirit tree heart and urged him to try to condense a Divine Ability Seed.
• Shen Changchuan entered one of the sect's second-tier caves and began closed-door cultivation.
• Two months later, Hong Yang lectured the disciples and announced that the Three-Year Grand Competition would begin in ten days.
• The disciples discussed the competition, its rewards, and the chance to be personally accepted by a sect elder.
• Li Qing publicly vowed to reclaim what he had lost from Shen Changchuan after training hard for three years.