Chapter Summaries

Roaming Dragon brought Shen Changchuan to the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect and settled him on a secluded floating island while he awaited the Spirit Transformation Pool. After eight days, Shen Changchuan continued preparing for the pool, aware that Roaming Dragon seemed troubled by his standing in the sect.

• Roaming Dragon showed Shen Changchuan the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect and warned him that others might deliberately make things difficult because of his master.
• Roaming Dragon and Shen Changchuan registered him at the sect, then flew to a secluded floating island where Shen stayed alone.
• Shen Changchuan waited for the Spirit Transformation Pool, hoping to advance to the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Roaming Dragon returned twice and told Shen Changchuan when the pool would open, urging him to prepare by regulating his breath and mind.
• Shen Changchuan noticed Roaming Dragon's hidden worry and melancholy but chose not to ask about his master's troubles.

Roaming Dragon and Wu Zhen clashed over their old rivalry and the threat Xiao Chenyang posed to Shen Changchuan, until a senior sect Martial Uncle ordered them to stop. Roaming Dragon left, warning Shen Changchuan that Xiao Chenyang was a dangerous opponent and urging him to use his trump card if needed.

• Wu Zhen arrived with his disciple Xiao Chenyang, and Roaming Dragon traded barbed remarks with him.
• Roaming Dragon and Wu Zhen unleashed their auras against each other, while Shen Changchuan realized Xiao Chenyang had come to target him.
• Wu Zhen was forced back in their clash, and he mocked Roaming Dragon before they nearly escalated to a physical fight.
• A senior sect Martial Uncle silenced their confrontation and ordered them to leave.
• Roaming Dragon warned Shen Changchuan that Xiao Chenyang was stronger than Xiong Kuangdao and told him to use his trump card if necessary.

Shen Changchuan prepared to enter the Spirit Transformation Pool, determined to cultivate quickly for Roaming Dragon’s sake. After Xiao Chenyang threatened to challenge him inside, an onlooker secretly sent word about Shen Changchuan to the Dao Child, and a Mystic Core Realm expert opened a spatial rift to transport the gathered disciples.

• Shen Changchuan heard Roaming Dragon’s concern and resolved to advance his cultivation as quickly as possible.
• Xiao Chenyang confronted Shen Changchuan and threatened to teach him a lesson over an old grievance involving Xiao Chenyang’s junior brother.
• Shen Changchuan accepted Xiao Chenyang’s challenge, and Xiao Chenyang returned to his place to rest.
• An onlooker recognized Shen Changchuan, sent a Message Talisman to alert the Dao Child, and hoped to gain favor.
• A grand voice announced the departure, and a Mystic Core Realm expert tore open a spatial rift in the sky.
• Shen Changchuan and the other Immortal Sect disciples were drawn into the rift and transported away.

Shen Changchuan entered the Spirit Transformation Pool and seized one of its three central cultivation platforms. Xiao Chenyang challenged him for the position and launched an attack, leaving their fight underway.

• True Person Xuan Dan noticed Shen Changchuan's potential but decided not to take him as a disciple.
• Shen Changchuan and the other disciples arrived in the Spirit Transformation Pool, where they found a dry jade pool with platforms of differing sizes.
• Shen Changchuan used his perfected second-tier movement technique to reach one of the three largest platforms before the other disciples.
• Xiao Chenyang confronted Shen Changchuan and demanded that he surrender the platform.
• Shen Changchuan refused, and Xiao Chenyang unleashed his peak eighth-level Out-of-Body Realm aura and struck.

Shen Changchuan and Xiao Chenyang fought fiercely over their positions in the Spirit Transformation Pool, displaying strength that stunned the Immortal Sect disciples watching. Their battle ended with both attacks annihilated, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Xiao Chenyang attacked Shen Changchuan with a blazing punch, but Shen countered with the Green Wood Cloud-Piercing Sword and forced Xiao to stagger back.
• Xiao Chenyang unleashed the Innate Divine Ability Flame Dragon Break, sending a massive fire dragon at Shen Changchuan.
• Shen Changchuan answered with his Innate Divine Ability, Myriad Phenomena Sword, and the sword light collided with Xiao’s fire dragon in a devastating clash.
• The surrounding disciples retreated and raised mana shields as the battle’s energy storm shook the blessed-land secret realm.
• The two eighth-level disciples occupying the other major platforms feared they would lose their positions to whichever fighter prevailed.

Shen Changchuan’s innate divine ability matched Xiao Chenyang’s despite their cultivation gap, and Shen explained that his vast spell-cultivation foundation had strengthened it. As the Spirit Transformation Pool’s opening neared, Xiao Chenyang launched a powerful attack, but Shen crushed it and knocked him to the ground.

• Xiao Chenyang was shocked when his divine ability clashed evenly with Shen Changchuan’s.
• Shen Changchuan attributed his advantage to the experience he had accumulated by mastering nearly two thousand perfected spells.
• A voice announced that the Spirit Transformation Pool would open in fifteen minutes, prompting Xiao Chenyang to hurry to defeat Shen Changchuan and claim the best position.
• Xiao Chenyang unleashed his Nine Suns of the Great Sun technique, sending a massive golden wheel crashing toward Shen Changchuan.
• Shen Changchuan shattered the Great Sun Light Wheel and slammed Xiao Chenyang to the ground with an irresistible force.

Shen Changchuan defeated Xiao Chenyang with spatial power, then entered the Spirit Transformation Pool as it opened. Immersed in its spiritual energy, he broke through the bottleneck at the peak of the seventh level of the Out-of-Body Realm.

• Shen Changchuan struck Xiao Chenyang down with spatial power, leaving him badly injured in a giant palm-shaped crater.
• Xiao Chenyang recognized the attack as the power of space, while the watching Immortal Sect disciples speculated that Shen Changchuan had used a treasure.
• The Spirit Transformation Pool opened, and Xiao Chenyang retreated to a remote spirit platform rather than risk missing his chance to cultivate.
• Shen Changchuan entered deep cultivation in the rising golden spiritual liquid and broke through the peak of the seventh level of the Out-of-Body Realm.

The Dao Child received a request from his followers and ordered them to teach Shen Changchuan a lesson for making him lose face. After they struggled to find someone strong enough, Cen arrived, having reached the ninth level of the Out-of-Body Realm, and volunteered to confront Shen Changchuan.

• While meditating on the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, the Dao Child received a message and replied that Shen Changchuan should be taught a lesson, then told his followers not to disturb him again.
• The Dao Child's followers agreed that Shen Changchuan needed to be punished for defeating Lu Haoxuan and extorting his master.
• The followers worried that Shen Changchuan's strength would require a ninth-level Out-of-Body Realm opponent, but the qualified senior brothers were in seclusion preparing for the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.
• Cen entered the hall with a powerful aura, revealed he had broken through to the ninth level of the Out-of-Body Realm, and volunteered to use Shen Changchuan as a whetstone.

Shen Changchuan broke through to the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm in the Spirit Transformation Pool and resolved to develop a spatial sword spell before the Immortal Sect Grand Competition. As he prepared to use the pool’s comprehension benefits to review his cultivation, Xiao Chenyang unexpectedly broke through despite his serious injuries.

• Shen Changchuan reached the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm and recognized how much the breakthrough had strengthened his magical power, divine sense, and body.
• Shen Changchuan reconsidered Roaming Dragon’s advice to focus on cultivation before learning high-level spells and set his sights on reaching the ninth level.
• Shen Changchuan decided to develop Space Slash and planned to investigate the Elephant Mountain Sect Ruins for a secret realm said to improve comprehension.
• Shen Changchuan sensed the Spirit Transformation Pool improving his comprehension and prepared to review his cultivation.
• Xiao Chenyang broke through inside the Spirit Transformation Pool, surprising Shen Changchuan because Xiao Chenyang had been badly injured.

After reaching the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm, Shen Changchuan realized the Spirit Transformation Pool could heal even devastating injuries. He decided to use its healing power as a safety net while attempting to fuse the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu into his body.

• Shen Changchuan concluded that the Spirit Transformation Pool had healed Xiao Chenyang's shattered dantian and meridians, allowing him to recover and break through.
• Shen Changchuan assessed his own breakthrough and sensed that he could slightly influence spatial power with his divine sense.
• Shen Changchuan recalled that the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu boosted his cultivation but remained an external attachment whose overclocked use caused backlash.
• Shen Changchuan reasoned that fully fusing the Gu with his spine could greatly extend its overclocked use and improve his chances at the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.
• Shen Changchuan decided to attempt the fusion in the Spirit Transformation Pool and began mobilizing the Gu's power as his spine glowed faintly gold.

Shen Changchuan successfully refined and fused the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu into his Spine Dragon in the Spirit Transformation Pool, greatly improving his magical power and cultivation. He confirmed that its overclocked state could briefly raise him to the peak of the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm with little consumption or bodily backlash, leaving him confident about reaching the ninth level before the Immortal Sect Grand Competition in eight years.

• Shen Changchuan recovered from the painful refinement as the Spirit Transformation Pool healed his body.
• Shen Changchuan found that the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu had fused with his Spine Dragon, opening the Heaven and Earth Bridges and improving his magical power and cultivation speed.
• Shen Changchuan activated the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu's overclocked state and rapidly reached the peak of the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Shen Changchuan confirmed the overclocked state caused little magical power consumption or bodily damage, then released it and healed completely in the Spirit Transformation Pool.
• Shen Changchuan reflected on how he had carefully experimented with the fusion rather than replacing his Spine Dragon with a Gu insect.

Shen Changchuan confirmed that refining the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu into his spine had strengthened his aptitude and established a new method of fusing Gu with the body. He decided against refining the Void-Escaping Gu, and considered improving his physique so he could better withstand the Gu’s overclocked state.

• Shen Changchuan inspected his body and confirmed that the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu had caused no harm and had improved his mana circulation and aptitude.
• Shen Changchuan considered fusing the Void-Escaping Gu into his hand, but rejected the idea because the risks to his future cultivation outweighed the benefits.
• Shen Changchuan noted that the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu’s overclocked state still strained his body and concluded that he needed to strengthen his physique.
• Shen Changchuan considered making progress with the Golden Body Tyrant Art and wondered whether he could find more body-refining methods in the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect’s Scripture Pavilion.

The Spirit Transformation Pool session ended, and Shen Changchuan left with his cultivation at the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm and his Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu’s overclocking problem resolved. Instead of returning to the plaza, he met a mysterious Immortal Sect senior who gave him the Eternal Wood Scripture to strengthen his body for a future breakthrough.

• The disciples were pulled from the Spirit Transformation Pool when its time limit expired, and Shen Changchuan reflected on his gains and his plans to study Space Slash.
• Shen Changchuan emerged in a chaotic void rather than the plaza and greeted a snow-white-haired senior seated there.
• The senior praised Shen Changchuan’s comprehension and aptitude, and urged him not to disappoint his master, the First Ancestor, and the others.
• The senior sent Shen Changchuan the Eternal Wood Scripture, a body-tempering method intended to help him prepare for a future breakthrough to the Mystic Core Realm.

Shen Changchuan received the Eternal Wood Scripture from a mysterious old man, who sent him back from the Spirit Transformation Pool. After Xiao Chenyang left rather than challenge him, Shen Changchuan departed with confidence that their gap would only widen.

• The old man gave Shen Changchuan the Eternal Wood Scripture and sent him out of the void.
• Shen Changchuan reappeared at the plaza, where he noticed Xiao Chenyang glaring at him with hatred.
• Shen Changchuan challenged Xiao Chenyang to spar, but Xiao Chenyang turned and flew away without a word.
• Shen Changchuan judged Xiao Chenyang to be prudent but expected him to return if he grew strong enough.
• Shen Changchuan reflected on how he had surpassed former opponents and flew away from the plaza.

Shen Changchuan consolidated his breakthrough to the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm, learned that a Mystic Core Realm senior had taken an interest in him, and obtained permission to study body-tempering methods in the Scripture Pavilion. As he headed there, he heard that Yu Changge had challenged the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect’s Dao Child, who was in seclusion.

• Roaming Dragon praised Shen Changchuan’s breakthrough and urged him to cultivate the Eternal Wood Scripture given to him by a Mystic Core Realm senior.
• Roaming Dragon told Shen Changchuan he would be away for a month or two and gave him a jade token granting access to the Scripture Pavilion’s first- and second-tier areas.
• Shen Changchuan spent five days on the Floating Island consolidating his eighth-level Out-of-Body Realm cultivation.
• Shen Changchuan set off for the Scripture Pavilion to find body-tempering methods for reference while learning the Eternal Wood Scripture.
• Shen Changchuan overheard that Yu Changge had come from the Eastern Pole Saint Sect to challenge the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect’s Dao Child, whose followers were mobilizing while the Dao Child remained in seclusion.

Shen Changchuan learned that Yu Changge, a reserve Saint Son from the Donghuang Region, had challenged the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect's Dao Child, but chose to focus on his own cultivation instead of watching. After spending more than half a month in the Scripture Pavilion, he emerged having memorized one hundred body-refining methods.

• Shen Changchuan overheard sect disciples discussing Yu Changge's challenge to the Immortal Sect's Dao Child and learned that the news had stirred the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect.
• Shen Changchuan recalled his grudge with the Dao Child over Lu Haoxuan and judged that the challenge would distract the Dao Child's followers from troubling him for now.
• Shen Changchuan considered watching the battle to assess potential rivals but decided to cultivate and seek recordings and information instead.
• Shen Changchuan presented his master's token and entered the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect's Scripture Pavilion.
• After more than half a month, Shen Changchuan left the pavilion exhausted but excited after memorizing one hundred body-refining methods.

Shen Changchuan selected more than a hundred compatible body-tempering methods and discovered an old jade slip containing insights into the Power of Space. On his way back, he learned that Yu Changge had defeated the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect disciples who answered his challenge to the Dao Child, then returned to the Tiannan Region with Roaming Dragon.

• Shen Changchuan reflected that cultivating his selected body-tempering methods might help him begin the Eternal Wood Scripture, but would not let him rapidly master it.
• Shen Changchuan found an old jade slip in the Scripture Pavilion that recorded a Mystic Core Realm elder’s insights into the Power of Space, which could help guide his future comprehension of Space Slash.
• Shen Changchuan overheard disciples say that Yu Changge had soundly defeated the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect challengers, including Senior Brother Lin, after challenging the Dao Child.
• Shen Changchuan realized that powerful figures like Yu Changge and the Dao Child were far beyond his current strength.
• Roaming Dragon arrived, and Shen Changchuan returned to the Tiannan Region with him.

Jade Clarity Immortal Sect’s followers planned how to answer Yu Changge’s challenge and turned their attention toward punishing Shen Changchuan. Elsewhere, a black-dressed Saintess suspected Yu Changge was pursuing the same opportunity as her and ordered her people to hasten their plans, even if that meant killing the Zhou Clan and framing two Shen juniors.

• The Jade Clarity Immortal Sect followers decided to approach two former Dao Child candidates for help against Yu Changge before informing the Dao Child.
• Cen Yuantong volunteered to punish Shen Changchuan for injuring Lu Haoxuan and retrieve something the Dao Child had requested.
• The black-dressed Saintess learned that Yu Changge had entered the Southern Great Region and ordered his travel route sent to her.
• The Saintess concluded Yu Changge was likely seeking the same opportunity as her and urged her people to move faster.
• The Saintess ordered the Zhou Clan members killed if they refused to submit and proposed framing two Shen juniors for the killings.

After returning to Dawan Village, Shen Changchuan found his family safe and decided to cultivate before seeking the Elephant Mountain Sect Ruins, wary of attracting watchers. A month later, he had digested his Spirit Transformation Pool gains and tested the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu, learning how its overclocked state boosted his strength and what risks it carried.

• Shen Changchuan returned to Dawan Village with Roaming Dragon’s Flying Boat and confirmed that his family and the village had remained safe.
• Shen Changchuan considered why his enemies had fallen silent, then set aside his worries and focused on improving his strength.
• Shen Changchuan decided not to head for the Elephant Mountain Sect Ruins while watchers might be tracking him, and entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Over the next month, Shen Changchuan absorbed the insights he had gained in the Spirit Transformation Pool and slightly improved his cultivation.
• Shen Changchuan tested the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu and learned that its overclocked state raised him to the peak of the eighth level for up to about two hours, while reducing his control and risking bodily harm.
• Shen Changchuan found that, after refining and fusing the Gu, he could instantly cast perfected second-tier spells while overclocked.

Shen Changchuan assessed his improved strength and felt he could contend with powerful ninth-layer Out-of-Body Realm cultivators, while reminding himself that the wider Cultivation World still held much stronger figures. With the foreign-region prodigies mysteriously gone and Tiannan Region unusually quiet, he chose to focus on cultivation and postpone investigating the Elephant Mountain Sect Ruins.

• Shen Changchuan assessed his spells and concluded that his normal strength could defeat an ordinary early ninth-layer Out-of-Body Realm cultivator, while his overclocked state could withstand an ordinary late ninth-layer cultivator.
• Shen Changchuan tempered his confidence by recalling how Yu Changge had easily crushed a peak ninth-layer cultivator and recognizing that far stronger people existed beyond Tiannan Region.
• Shen Changchuan learned that the foreign-region prodigies had vanished from Dawan Village and that Tiannan Region had grown unusually quiet, though Han Qinhu's investigations found no trace of them.
• Shen Changchuan told Han Qinhu to keep watching for information and secretly sent Nangong Cheng a Message Talisman to ask about the situation.
• Shen Changchuan decided to postpone visiting the Elephant Mountain Sect Ruins and focus on the Eternal Wood Scripture and body-tempering methods.