Chapter Summaries

After buying spiritual tea at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Shen Changchuan asked its attendant Zhou Cuirong about treasures that could improve comprehension of True Intent. Zhou Cuirong confirmed the pavilion stocked several such items, leaving their prices and Shen Changchuan’s next move unstated.

• Shen Changchuan postponed recording second-tier spells and headed to visit Senior Brother Hou Ping.
• Shen Changchuan stopped at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and bought spiritual tea as a gift.
• Zhou Cuirong reminded herself to keep working at the pavilion so she could pursue cultivation rather than return home to an arranged marriage.
• Shen Changchuan asked Zhou Cuirong whether the pavilion sold items that could help him comprehend True Intent.
• Zhou Cuirong said the pavilion had Spirit-Awakening Incense, Aperture-Opening Gu, and Green Origin Spirit-Cleansing Pill.

Shen Changchuan learned that the Myriad Treasures Pavilion could obtain a pill that helped spirit wandering realm cultivators comprehend true intent. He bought the pavilion’s lone Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill and left, determined to use it despite its steep cost.

• Zhou Cuirong explained that the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill from Medicine King Valley could sharpen a cultivator’s perception and accelerate comprehension of true intent.
• Shen Changchuan decided the pill suited his needs better than other, lower-grade treasures and asked how to buy it.
• Zhou Cuirong said each pill cost five thousand Superior Spirit Stones and normally took half a year to arrive from the Central Province.
• When Shen Changchuan hesitated over the price and delay, Zhou Cuirong offered the pavilion’s display pill as part of an order for more than three pills.
• Shen Changchuan bought the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill and left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion alone.

Shen Changchuan reflected on the enormous cost of the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pills he had purchased, then visited Hou Ping and shared his expensive spiritual tea. The tea strengthened Shen Changchuan’s soul slightly, leaving him more hopeful that the pills would also be effective.

• Shen Changchuan justified spending fifteen thousand superior spirit stones on pills by reminding himself that wealth without strength could become someone else’s spoils.
• Shen Changchuan arrived at Hou Ping’s cave abode, where Hou Ping welcomed him and led him inside.
• Shen Changchuan offered Hou Ping purple spirit nourishing tea, which Hou Ping recognized as precious but accepted after Shen Changchuan insisted.
• Shen Changchuan drank the tea and sensed that it had slightly strengthened his soul, increasing his confidence in the pills he had bought.

Shen Changchuan and Hou Ping shared spiritual tea and discussed cultivation before Shen Changchuan explained that he had abandoned his search for third-tier spells and Heterodox Methods. Hou Ping then revealed that the Eternal Wood Scripture might have a complementary Heterodox Method that could help Shen Changchuan understand true intent.

• Hou Ping praised the spiritual tea's effects but judged it too expensive to use regularly, and Shen Changchuan agreed while noting its benefits for the mind.
• After sharing tea and conversation, Hou Ping asked Shen Changchuan whether he needed help with anything.
• Shen Changchuan said he no longer needed to ask about Heterodox Methods because he planned to focus on mastering second-tier spells related to the true intent of time.
• Hou Ping explained that the Eternal Wood Scripture came from the destroyed Elephant Mountain Sect and included the Eternal Wood Extinction Divine Light, which consumed the user's vitality to strip an enemy's lifespan.
• Hou Ping suggested that mastering the Eternal Wood Extinction Divine Light could help Shen Changchuan comprehend true intent.

Zhao Huaizhen and the other Dao Seeking Society members returned to headquarters after Shen Changchuan humiliated them, hoping Xuan Tianxing would retaliate. Xuan Tianxing listened to their account after revealing the overwhelming aura of his newly comprehended True Intent, while the group urged him to punish Shen Changchuan.

• Zhao Huaizhen and the others arrived at the Dao Seeking Society headquarters, angry about their defeat and humiliation before the Scripture Pavilion.
• The members entered the great hall and found Xuan Tianxing standing before a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram, surrounded by a starry darkness that made them fear him.
• Zhao Huaizhen congratulated Xuan Tianxing on cultivating True Intent, and Xuan Tianxing asked how their mission had gone.
• Zhao Huaizhen recounted their failed attempt to deliver Shen Changchuan's challenge letter, embellishing the story to portray Shen as arrogant, while the others backed him up.
• Xuan Tianxing listened calmly, and Zhao Huaizhen and the others urged him to expose and punish Shen Changchuan for avoiding the fight and harming the Dao Seeking Society's interests.

Xuan Tianxing resolved to challenge Shen Changchuan despite suspecting hidden forces were using him, while Shen Changchuan learned about a higher form of the Eternal Wood Scripture. The chapter left Hou Ping hinting that Shen Changchuan might still be able to obtain the advanced inheritance.

• Zhao Huaizhen urged Xuan Tianxing to avenge the Dao Seeking Society’s losses and humiliation caused by Shen Changchuan.
• Xuan Tianxing said he would not reconcile with Shen Changchuan unless Shen Changchuan apologized, and declared that his Starry Sky True Intent gave him confidence to defeat him.
• Xuan Tianxing revealed that he hesitated because hidden figures were pushing him to act as their pawn, but decided to challenge Shen Changchuan and later seek repayment from them.
• Shen Changchuan learned from Hou Ping that the Eternal Wood Scripture had a matching Heterodox Method called the Eternal Wood Extinction Divine Light.
• Shen Changchuan said he had little chance of obtaining the advanced Eternal Wood Scripture as an outsider, but Hou Ping suggested that might not be true.

On his way home, Shen Changchuan considered whether to seek the Eternal Wood Extinction Divine Light, an inheritance that True Person Elder Mu had personally given him. He decided to try to obtain it before choosing whether to cultivate it, but returned to find a cluster of messages waiting at his cave abode and reacted coldly to one of them.

• Shen Changchuan recalled Hou Ping's explanation that Azure Wood Peak might let him access the Eternal Wood Extinction Divine Light because True Person Elder Mu had personally given him the Eternal Wood Scripture.
• Shen Changchuan weighed the inheritance against his plan to focus on second-rank spells and build his True Intent, then decided to try to obtain it before making a choice.
• Shen Changchuan hurried back to his cave abode, eager to refine the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill in his Storage Bracelet.
• Shen Changchuan found golden Message Talismans waiting outside his cave abode, read one, and his expression turned cold.

Shen Changchuan discovered that someone was secretly fueling a wave of hostility against him, but he chose to stay silent and focus on cultivation. After taking a Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill, he combined several aids to deepen his comprehension of the True Intent of Time.

• Shen Changchuan read abusive Message Talismans, destroyed them, and pretended to be furious after sensing a hidden observer nearby.
• Shen Changchuan suspected someone was orchestrating the hostility against him but could not determine their motive, so he decided to wait for them to reveal themselves.
• Shen Changchuan ignored the growing criticism for several days and continued staying inside his cave abode.
• Shen Changchuan took the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill, opened the Ten Thousand Paths Map, and activated his Enlightenment Stone Fragment necklace.
• Shen Changchuan watched the progress of the True Intent of Time rise rapidly on his panel.

After more than half a month of secluded cultivation, Shen Changchuan raised his True Intent of Time to 3.2% and tested its increased power. He recognized that reaching ten percent would require more than the resources he had left, and began considering his next steps.

• Shen Changchuan emerged from secluded cultivation and saw that his True Intent of Time progress had risen to 3.2%.
• Shen Changchuan reflected that pill resistance and the depleted Enlightenment Stone Fragment and Ten Thousand Paths Map would make further progress harder.
• Shen Changchuan used a wave of his hand to unleash the True Intent of Time, rapidly decaying a stone table into sand.
• Shen Changchuan practiced for half an hour, damaging his cave residence while growing more proficient with his new power.
• Shen Changchuan concluded that his remaining resources would likely not carry his comprehension to ten percent and began considering other options.

Shen Changchuan planned how to improve his True Intent of Time quickly enough to reach Spirit Wandering Realm before the coming war, while still aiming for Heaven Path Foundation Establishment. After leaving seclusion, he found hundreds of hostile Message Talismans and learned from Hou Ping that the inner sect’s attacks against him seemed suspicious.

• Shen Changchuan concluded that he needed more Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pills and rare treasures, and that he should save the Enlightenment Stone Fragment and Ten Thousand Paths Map for breakthroughs.
• He planned to buy three more pills, study time-related spells in the Scripture Pavilion while waiting for them, and use his Progress Bar Panel to build spell-trait experience.
• Shen Changchuan cleaned his damaged cave residence, ended his seclusion, and prepared to visit the Scripture Pavilion.
• He found hundreds of Message Talismans gathered outside his cave and grew angry after reading several hostile messages.
• Shen Changchuan read Hou Ping’s messages of concern and learned that the wave of inner-sect attacks against him seemed unnatural.

Shen Changchuan learned from Hou Ping that several factions were stirring up the inner sect’s storm of public opinion, then went to the Scripture Pavilion to continue preparing for his future cultivation. When disciples mocked him for refusing Xuan Tianxing’s challenge, Shen Changchuan invited them to attack and severely wounded the first person who tried.

• Hou Ping told Shen Changchuan that several factions were involved in the storm and advised him to stay silent while he investigated further.
• Shen Changchuan destroyed the hostile Message Talismans, accepted Hou Ping’s concern, and decided to continue his plans despite the rumors.
• Shen Changchuan went to the Immortal Sect's Scripture Pavilion, where disciples mocked him for avoiding Xuan Tianxing’s challenge.
• Shen Changchuan confronted the crowd and challenged anyone with objections to face him openly.
• An Eighth Level of Out-of-Body Realm youth attacked Shen Changchuan, who pierced through the man’s magical power and wounded him severely.

Shen Changchuan faced the Immortal Sect disciples who had joined the slander against him and challenged them to attack. When they unleashed a barrage of spells, he caught and shattered their attacks with a single palm, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Shen Changchuan challenged the assembled disciples to attack him and declared that stepping back would count as his loss.
• Several enraged disciples leaped forward, while others secretly added their spells to a combined attack.
• The disciples’ resentment toward Shen Changchuan stemmed from their belief that outsiders like him were beneath the Immortal Sect’s privileged inner disciples.
• Shen Changchuan swept his palm across the sky, seized the spell barrage in a vast translucent hand, and shattered the attacks along with the surrounding space.

Shen Changchuan crushed the attacks of the inner disciples who confronted him, then dispelled his spatial palm before it could kill them. His display of strength silenced the campaign against him, while Situ Yuan concluded that his junior brother could not be allowed to live much longer.

• Shen Changchuan used a giant hand wielding the Power of Space to shatter the disciples’ combined attacks, then dispersed it without striking the crowd.
• The disciples and onlookers were left shaken and fearful as Shen Changchuan entered the Immortal Sect’s Scripture Pavilion.
• News spread through the inner sect, and the growing campaign to expose and expel Shen Changchuan largely subsided after his strength became undeniable.
• At a garden pavilion, Nangong teased Situ Yuan for his failed scheme to undermine Shen Changchuan.
• Situ Yuan said the attempt had still confirmed that his junior brother could not be allowed to remain for long, prompting the others to ask why.

Situ Yuan praised Shen Changchuan’s temperament and comprehension while discussing how to handle their stalled plans, as Shen Changchuan spent seven days learning 15,000 second-rank spells at the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect’s Scripture Pavilion. Shen Changchuan returned to his cave dwelling and found the rumors and harassment had stopped, leaving him to consider pursuing a third-rank Heterodox Method paired with the Eternal Wood Scripture.

• Situ Yuan argued that Shen Changchuan’s composure and comprehension gave him strong prospects of reaching the Mystic Core Realm, though Nangong questioned his assessment.
• Situ Yuan told the others to leave the matter to him after they discussed Xuan Tianxing’s reluctance to challenge Shen Changchuan and the risk of waiting.
• Shen Changchuan spent seven days recording 15,000 second-rank spells related to the True Intent of Time on his Progress Bar Panel.
• Shen Changchuan considered whether he could use his accumulated experience to learn third-rank spells and began planning for a Heterodox Method paired with the Eternal Wood Scripture.
• Shen Changchuan left the Scripture Pavilion and returned to his cave dwelling, where he found no new Message Talismans and noticed that the inner sect’s attitude toward him had changed.

After defeating those who questioned him, Shen Changchuan realized the inner sect’s hostility had largely faded, but he still planned to leave once he settled several outstanding matters. He reviewed his plans for the remaining half-year and began cultivating spells.

• Shen Changchuan concluded that a small group had fueled the criticism against him and that his display of power had silenced them.
• Shen Changchuan decided he would leave the Immortal Sect after handling his remaining business, since he felt more at home in the wider world and in Dawan Village.
• Shen Changchuan identified three matters to resolve: collecting the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill, seeking the Eternal Wood Extinction Divine Light from Azure Wood Peak, and preparing against a possible ambush by Situ Yuan.
• Shen Changchuan considered asking Senior Brother Hou Ping to introduce him to Azure Wood Peak and planned to conceal his tracks when he eventually departed.
• Shen Changchuan set aside his planning and began cultivating spells recorded on the Progress Bar Panel.

After three months of seclusion, Shen Changchuan perfected fifteen hundred spells and improved his comprehension of the True Intent of Time and his control of the Power of Space. He ended his training after Myriad Treasures Pavilion informed him that his Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill had arrived.

• Shen Changchuan perfected the Forest Wood Life-Extinguishing Sword and used the Power of Space to swallow its sword light before it struck his cave abode’s formation.
• Shen Changchuan saw that he had perfected fifteen hundred spells in three months and hoped to perfect the more than ten thousand spells remaining on his panel.
• Shen Changchuan found that his comprehension of the True Intent of Time had risen from 3.2% to 3.4%.
• Shen Changchuan recognized that practicing with the Power of Space had strengthened his perception and control of it.
• Shen Changchuan decided to end his seclusion temporarily after receiving word from Myriad Treasures Pavilion that his Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pill had arrived.

Shen Changchuan visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion after his Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pills arrived ahead of schedule. The branch pavilion master summoned him to meet, and she welcomed him with Purple Spirit Dao-Nourishing Tea, leaving her purpose unexplained.

• Zhou Cuirong greeted Shen Changchuan and explained that the branch pavilion master had arranged for his pills to arrive early and wished to meet him.
• Shen Changchuan followed Zhou Cuirong through the pavilion and passed the restriction guarding the stairs to the third floor.
• The branch pavilion master welcomed Shen Changchuan, praised him as the foremost talent of the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, and invited him to sit.
• The branch pavilion master poured Shen Changchuan Purple Spirit Dao-Nourishing Tea, while he wondered why she had summoned him.

Ziyan met Shen Changchuan and explained that his rise from a remote backwater and his ability to spend thirty thousand Superior Spirit Stones had made her curious. She revealed that she had helped him obtain the Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pills early as an investment in goodwill, believing him to be a child of destiny.

• Ziyan asked Shen Changchuan to call her Sister Ziyan, but he remained wary of her.
• Ziyan said she had investigated Shen Changchuan after learning he had spent thirty thousand Superior Spirit Stones at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Ziyan recounted Shen Changchuan's rise from Dawan Village and his victory in the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect Grand Competition.
• Shen Changchuan objected to Ziyan investigating him and asked her to speak plainly.
• Ziyan explained that the Central Province called people like Shen Changchuan children of destiny and said she had arranged for him to obtain the pills early as a goodwill investment.

Shen Changchuan reflected on his meeting with Branch Master Ziyan, deciding that her offer of friendship came with no real investment and that he would not sign a hundred-year contract for passage to the Central Province. After spending his Spirit Stones on six Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pills, he resolved that his urgent lack of money gave him another reason to go to Southern Yue.

• Shen Changchuan concluded that Branch Master Ziyan had wanted to make an early acquaintance, not invest heavily in him.
• He considered maintaining ties with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to seek other treasures that could help him cultivate true intent.
• Shen Changchuan rejected the implied offer of investment and passage to the Central Province because it required a contract of at least a hundred years.
• He realized the six Pure Origin Clarity-Seeking Pills had exhausted his thirty thousand Superior Spirit Stones and that his other income could not replace them.
• Shen Changchuan decided his shortage of Spirit Stones was another reason to head to Southern Yue.

Shen Changchuan decided to travel to Southern Yue to plunder resources from demonic cultivators, then faced Xuan Tianxing, who demanded a rematch. Shen Changchuan agreed to fight for a five-thousand-Superior-Spirit-Stone appearance fee, but only if Xuan Tianxing paid it upon losing.

• Shen Changchuan concluded that he needed to plunder Southern Yue's demonic cultivators to afford resources for cultivating his comprehension of true intent.
• Shen Changchuan returned to Ten Thousand Blade Peak and found Xuan Tianxing waiting outside his cave abode.
• Xuan Tianxing challenged Shen Changchuan to a rematch to erase the humiliation of his tournament defeat.
• Shen Changchuan refused at first, arguing that a fight would cost him time and cultivation without offering any benefit.
• Shen Changchuan demanded five thousand Superior Spirit Stones, and Xuan Tianxing countered that he would pay only if he lost.
• Shen Changchuan immediately accepted Xuan Tianxing's terms.