Chapter Summaries

Chen Changming returned to the Joyous Union Sect, healed Ying Yuhuan, and told her he had killed Star River and Star Yuan and disbanded the Illusion Star Palace. The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon stirred their desire, and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable angrily confronted them outside the room.

• Chen Changming reassured Gu Huaibei and left for the Joyous Union Sect to treat Ying Yuhuan.
• Golden Flower Sacred Venerable warned Chen Changming not to heal Ying Yuhuan, fearing retaliation from the Illusion Star Palace, but led him to her.
• Chen Changming healed Ying Yuhuan with the Spring Return Immortal Art, restoring her injuries within moments.
• Chen Changming told Ying Yuhuan that he had killed Star River and Star Yuan and disbanded the Illusion Star Palace, then explained that he had advanced in cultivation on the Cultivation Continent.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon provoked Chen Changming and Ying Yuhuan into dual cultivating, and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable pounded on the door, warning him not to harm her still-weak disciple.

Chen Changming took Ying Yuhuan and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable with him toward the Cultivation Continent after revealing that he had killed Illusion Star Palace’s two Palace Masters. He headed for the Backflow Sea, planning to enter the Land of No Delusion with Gu Tianxie and settle old scores while claiming the Great Five Elements Divine Mountain fragments.

• After Ying Yuhuan recovered her cultivation, Chen Changming explained that the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon was using the Yin-Yang Seal to manipulate him, and he vowed to break it.
• Chen Changming stored Ying Yuhuan in the Universe Pagoda and told her he would take her to the Cultivation Continent to become a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Chen Changming persuaded Golden Flower Sacred Venerable to leave the Illusion Star Sea with them by telling her about the Cultivation Continent and its Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• A Joyous Union Sect elder reported that Illusion Star Palace had disbanded and both Palace Masters were dead, and Chen Changming confirmed he had killed them.
• Golden Flower Sacred Venerable relinquished her sect-leader position, and Chen Changming stored her in the Universe Pagoda.
• Chen Changming flew toward the Tracing Star Sea Region, intending to reach the Backflow Sea and enter the Land of No Delusion with Gu Tianxie.

Chen Changming returned to Black Dragon Temple and met Li Xiao, the son of his deceased friend Li Liang. He agreed to protect the temple and captured the Golden Core cultivator and his companions when they arrived to seize it.

• Chen Changming gave Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong the Ice Ancient God corpse, and Gu Tianxie began preparing a formation to reveal the Star Tracing Backflow.
• Chen Changming visited Black Dragon Temple and learned that Li Xiao was Li Liang's son, whose mother had died the previous year.
• Li Xiao asked Chen Changming to protect Black Dragon Temple from men seeking to take its foundation, and Chen Changming agreed to stay for a month.
• Chen Changming refined a magic treasure and waited with Li Xiao for the intruders to arrive.
• When a Golden Core cultivator and three Foundation Establishment cultivators came by Spirit Boat, Chen Changming seized all four with a giant hand of magical power.

Chen Changming returned to the Land of No Delusion with Gu Tianxie and began taking revenge on the Nine Heavens Sword Sect cultivators who had once pursued him. After killing Xu Jianjiu with a single blow, he left Sword Edge Elder and Sword Martial Elder fleeing to seek help from King Green Wood.

• Chen Changming gave Li Xiao a token to control four men, a magical treasure, and Foundation Establishment Pills before leaving the Black Dragon Temple a month later.
• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie activated Star Tracing Backflow and entered the Land of No Delusion, where Gu Linglong identified their arrival point as the Water Kingdom.
• Gu Linglong reunited with Master Lancang at the Water Kingdom's Divine Temple, while Chen Changming told her and Gu Tianxie to let him handle his enemies.
• Chen Changming teleported to the Wood Kingdom and confronted Xu Jianjiu, then crushed him into a blood mist.
• Sword Edge Elder and Sword Martial Elder fled to King Green Wood's palace and begged him to save them.

Chen Changming returned to the Wood Kingdom, killed its leaders, and brought Wood God Gu Xingzhou to Gu Linglong. After Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong revealed their power and executed Gu Xingzhou, they prepared to face the remaining demigods together.

• Green Wood Adept attacked Chen Changming, but Chen killed Sword Edge Elder, Sword Martial, and Green Wood Adept despite the Five Elements Reversal Grand Formation.
• Chen Changming seized Wood God Gu Xingzhou's soul and spared him because of his past help to Gu Linglong, bringing him to the Water Kingdom.
• Gu Xingzhou threatened to collapse the formation, but Gu Tianxie revealed he had altered it and restrained him.
• Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong revealed they had both reached the Tenth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and Gu Tianxie destroyed Gu Xingzhou's soul.
• Gu Tianxie left to modify the formation and open a passage to the outside world, while Gu Linglong suggested gathering the remaining demigods in the Water Kingdom and defeating them at once.

Chen Changming and Gu Linglong defeated the gods ruling the kingdoms and prepared to lead the people out of the Land of No Delusion. Chen Changming reunited with Xiao Chunzi and offered to take him to the Cultivation Continent, then Kun Yue appeared with an offer to serve.

• Chen Changming and Gu Linglong captured Golden Spirit and the three demigods, and Gu Linglong killed the Fire, Metal, and Earth Gods while Red Flame and Kun Yue surrendered.
• Chen Changming forced Golden Spirit to dissolve his contract with the old Nine-Headed Snake, then sent them both into the Universe Pagoda.
• Gu Tianxie said he would finish building the passage in about ten days, and Gu Linglong ordered Red Flame and Kun Yue to prepare the four nations to leave the Land of No Delusion.
• Chen Changming found Xiao Chunzi in the Earth Kingdom, gave him candied hawthorns, and invited him to leave for the Cultivation Continent and resume cultivating.
• Chen Changming picked up Xiao Chunzi and started to take him to buy food, when Kun Yue appeared and asked what Chen Changming needed.

Chen Changming helped evacuate the Five Direction Kingdoms from the Land of No Delusion before seizing all five Great Five Elements Divine Mountain fragments as the Five Elements Reversal Grand Formation collapsed. He escaped the destruction and reunited safely with Gu Linglong and Gu Tianxie on White Cloud Island.

• Chen Changming stored supplies in the Universe Pagoda, sent Xiao Chunzi inside, and prepared to leave the Land of No Delusion.
• Gu Tianxie opened a passage, and Gu Linglong led the citizens and cultivators of the Five Direction Kingdoms out to White Cloud Island.
• After the kingdoms had evacuated, Gu Tianxie adjusted the formation while Chen Changming prepared to collect its five core fragments.
• Chen Changming stored Gu Tianxie in the Universe Pagoda, seized all five Great Five Elements Divine Mountain fragments, and survived the formation’s collapse.
• Chen Changming emerged from the destruction and summoned Gu Tianxie beside the relieved Gu Linglong on White Cloud Island.

Chen Changming brought the old Nine-Headed Snake back to Myriad Demon Island and reunited him with Ninth Young Master. He also handed Golden Spirit over to Ninth Young Master under a Heavenly Dao Oath and revealed that he had reached the second layer of Spirit Transformation.

• Chen Changming flew to Myriad Demon Island with the Thunder-Glitter Spirit Falcon and met Ji Hong, who escorted him to Myriad Demon Hall.
• Chen Changming reunited with Ninth Young Master and summoned the old Nine-Headed Snake, explaining that he had rescued him from the Land of No Delusion.
• Ninth Young Master became emotional at seeing his father, while Chen Changming explained that he had sealed the old Nine-Headed Snake's cultivation because his mind was unclear.
• Chen Changming presented Golden Spirit to Ninth Young Master and suggested that he swear a Heavenly Dao Oath to serve him.
• Chen Changming caught two loopholes in Golden Spirit's first oath and made him swear again, then told Ninth Young Master that he was at the second layer of Spirit Transformation.

Chen Changming revisited the Illusion Star Sea, then returned to the Ten Thousand Demons Tomb after reaching the second layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. He claimed he could defeat the eight Demon Gods and entered the Spirit Ape Tomb to face the Sea-Calming Spirit Ape.

• Chen Changming told Ninth Young Master that he had killed the two palace masters of Illusion Star Palace, then drank with him for three days before leaving Myriad Demon Island.
• Chen Changming remembered the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain fragment and began cultivating the Blood Treasury Clone Art while traveling toward Nine Nether Hell.
• Chen Changming left the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm at the Nether Bone River and flew through the Blood Resentment Mountain Range, the Rotting Corpse Flower Sea, and the Blood Sea Marsh.
• Chen Changming dropped the North Pole Origin-Connecting Mountain fragment into the blood lake, prompting the ancient demon beast to bring him into the Ten Thousand Demons Tomb.
• Chen Changming assured the ancient demon beast that he could slay the eight Demon Gods, then entered the Spirit Ape Tomb to challenge the Sea-Calming Spirit Ape.

Chen Changming defeated the corpse-infested demon gods with ease as the Ancient Demon Beast helped him unseal their tombs. After learning that he would need a spatial node to bring the Ancient Demon Beast to the Spirit Realm, Chen Changming reached the Dragon Tomb, where the golden giant dragon challenged his strength.

• The Ancient Demon Beast unsealed the Spirit Ape Tomb, and Chen Changming killed the Sea-Calming Spirit Ape with a single palm.
• Chen Changming told the Ancient Demon Beast that he had obtained the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art and offered to take him to the Spirit Realm.
• The Ancient Demon Beast explained that Chen Changming would need to find a spatial node to bring anyone to the Spirit Realm, and Chen Changming promised to help him ascend soon.
• The Ancient Demon Beast led Chen Changming through the Nether Serpent Tomb and five other demon tombs, where Chen Changming killed the demon gods and broadened his horizons.
• At the Dragon Tomb, the golden giant dragon mocked the Ancient Demon Beast for claiming Chen Changming could defeat it.

Chen Changming killed the Golden Giant Dragon, refined the eight demon gods’ blood essence, and broke through to the third layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. He left the Ten Thousand Demons Tomb with the Ancient Demon Beast, who sealed the Yellow Springs Eye behind them.

• Chen Changming effortlessly subdued and killed the Golden Giant Dragon after the Ancient Demon Beast released him from the formation.
• The Ancient Demon Beast spent seven days purifying the eight demon gods’ blood essence while Chen Changming cultivated the Blood Treasury Clone Art.
• Chen Changming refined the Sea-Calming Divine Ape’s blood essence and then consumed the remaining masses one by one.
• After refining part of the final mass, Chen Changming broke through to the third layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, then refined the rest to strengthen his cultivation further.
• Chen Changming and the Ancient Demon Beast emerged from the Yellow Springs Eye, and the Ancient Demon Beast sealed it beneath the blood lake.

Chen Changming returned from the Illusion Star Sea after strengthening his cultivation and gathering bone powder, then reunited with Gu Huaibei at the Ice and Snow Palace. After learning that few disciples had returned, he and Gu Huaibei decided to move the sect to the Cultivation Continent and rebuild it there.

• Chen Changming sent the Ancient Demon Beast into the Universe Pagoda and left the blood lake, satisfied with the gains from his trip.
• At the Nether Bone River, Chen Changming agreed to take the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm along, crushed Bone Spirits into powder, and stored it in the Beast Taming Bracelet.
• Chen Changming returned to the Ice and Snow Palace and told Gu Huaibei that he had broken through and could kill cultivators at the tenth level of Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming revealed his real name to Gu Huaibei, and they spent three days dual cultivating under the influence of their Yin-Yang Seals.
• Gu Huaibei told Chen Changming that only a little over two thousand disciples had returned, and she agreed to move the Ice and Snow Palace to the Cultivation Continent.

Chen Changming learned that the Sky-Touching Palace would appear in three months and planned to enter it with an avatar, while Gu Huaibei stayed behind to lead the Ice and Snow Palace. Ning Bingyue returned injured, learned of Chen Changming’s plans to rebuild the sect in Eastern Jin, and led him to investigate a Vermilion Bird.

• Chen Changming sensed the Sky-Touching Palace’s aura and discovered his fragment pointed to the Falling Star Sea Region; he planned to cultivate an avatar to enter the palace.
• Gu Huaibei declined to join Chen Changming in the Sky-Touching Palace, choosing to remain at the Ice and Snow Palace, and said the palace would open in three months.
• Ning Bingyue arrived injured, and Chen Changming treated her with the Spring Return Immortal Art.
• Ning Bingyue explained that an eleventh-level Demon King resembling a Vermilion Bird had injured her group in a secret realm, and Gu Huaibei told her about Chen Changming’s return and plans to rebuild the sect in Eastern Jin.
• Chen Changming asked Ning Bingyue to take him to the secret realm, and they departed on the Thunder-Glitter Spirit Falcon to investigate the Vermilion Bird.

Chen Changming entered a secret realm on Southern Bright Island and found the Vermilion Bird who had given him the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art centuries earlier. After she attacked him and revealed that her memories were damaged, he realized she might have erased the memory of giving him the key herself.

• Ning Bingyue brought Chen Changming to the secret realm entrance on Southern Bright Island, and he entered alone.
• Chen Changming found the Red Great Bird and recognized her as the Vermilion Bird who had given him the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art in Miasma Valley.
• The Vermilion Bird recognized the aura of the key but could not remember giving it to Chen Changming.
• The Vermilion Bird suddenly attacked Chen Changming, who evaded her and then suppressed her.
• Chen Changming suspected someone had violently searched the Vermilion Bird's soul, then realized she might have erased her own memory of giving him the key.

Chen Changming contracted Vermilion Bird and learned that its memories of the Spirit Realm had been erased, leaving no clues about the person who searched its soul. After returning to Mystic Ice Island, he cultivated a powerful body-refining clone and prepared to compete for the fragment of Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain.

• Chen Changming used Little Wolf to intimidate Vermilion Bird into cooperating with the Spirit-Locking Pact, then successfully contracted it.
• Chen Changming searched Vermilion Bird's fragmented memories but found no information about the Spirit Realm or the person who had searched its soul, so he hid Vermilion Bird inside his Beast Taming Bracelet.
• Little Wolf told Chen Changming that the Vermilion Bird Clan was stronger than the eight great Demon Kings combined, and Chen Changming warned Ning Bingyue to keep his contract with Vermilion Bird secret.
• Chen Changming and Ning Bingyue returned to the Ice and Snow Palace, where Chen Changming greeted Gu Huaibei before entering seclusion.
• One month later, Chen Changming completed a body-refining clone at the peak of the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm and resolved to claim the fragment of Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain.

Chen Changming reached the Sky-Touching Palace and encountered the newly formed Myriad Star Sect, whose members tried to seize his fragment. After Chen Changming refused to yield and challenged them, they surrounded him with a battle formation, and a terrifying force erupted from its center.

• Chen Changming followed the Sky-Touching Palace Fragment to the Sky-Touching Palace and settled among the cultivators gathered below it.
• Two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators questioned Chen Changming and tried to befriend him, but he refused them.
• Zhou Xiong and more than thirty cultivators from the Myriad Star Sect arrived and demanded that others surrender their Sky-Touching Palace Fragments.
• Zhou Xiong demanded Chen Changming's fragment, but Chen Changming mocked the Myriad Star Sect and told them to take it.
• Zhou Xiong sent more than a dozen elders to surround Chen Changming and attack him with a starlight battle formation.
• A tremendous force burst from the center of the formation and swept toward the Myriad Star Sect elders.

Chen Changming defeated and killed more than thirty members of the Myriad Star Sect, then waited as cultivators gathered for the Sky-Touching Palace to open. Two days later, the palace appeared in full, and a cultivator entered first.

• Chen Changming killed the Myriad Star Sect elders who attacked him and challenged Zhou Xiong to seek revenge.
• Zhou Xiong ordered more than twenty elders to form the Ten Thousand Stars Battle Formation, but Chen Changming shattered it and killed them.
• Chen Changming collected the sect members’ Storage Rings and rested while the surrounding cultivators reacted with fear and the Myriad Star Sect’s standing collapsed.
• A mysterious young man in white arrived at the gathering, and Chen Changming noted his peak tenth-layer Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.
• Two days later, the Sky-Touching Palace fully appeared, and an old cultivator flew inside first.

Chen Changming entered the Sky-Touching Palace to retrieve the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment, but the palace shook and opened into the Starstone Grotto-Heaven. As Star-Pattern Stone Ants gathered in its passages, Chen Changming found a possible treasure vault.

• Chen Changming waited outside the Sky-Touching Palace for the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment to emerge, then entered when it did not.
• The palace suppressed Chen Changming and the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to the first level, while the Bronze Giant Gate remained closed.
• The Sky-Touching Palace shook violently, then the Bronze Giant Gate opened to reveal a maze of passages.
• The young man in white entered a passage and encountered a swarm of Star-Pattern Stone Ants, which he passed without fighting.
• Chen Changming found a fragment imprint on a passage wall and placed a Sky-Touching Palace Fragment against it.

Chen Changming entered the Sky-Touching Palace’s treasure vault, where mysterious star-patterned black ants appeared and attacked him. As he fought through the swarm and searched for the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment, the Fragment grew uneasy about a white-robed young man who had entered the Starstone Grotto-Heaven.

• A group of cultivators waited outside Chen Changming’s treasure vault, but fled when a swarm of powerful black ants charged through the passage.
• The black ants broke into Chen Changming’s vault; he killed most of them after claiming a high-grade Spirit Treasure, and the survivors fled.
• Chen Changming suspected the ant swarm was a trial set by the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment and began slaughtering the ants as he advanced.
• Chen Changming found another treasure pavilion, used a Fragment to enter, and obtained a low-grade Spirit Treasure before continuing his search.
• The Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment wondered how a white-robed young man had reached the Starstone Grotto-Heaven and hesitated to investigate him.

Chen Changming learned that the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment had brought the Sky-Touching Palace into the Starstone Grotto-Heaven, once the Ancient Immortals’ lair, and had used the ant tide to test him and clear the way. The fragment sent him into the grotto-heaven to intercept a suspicious white-robed young man and investigate the Ancient Immortals’ legacy.

• The Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment recognized Chen Changming, acknowledged him as its future master, and explained that it had collided with the Starstone Grotto-Heaven.
• The fragment revealed that it had lured the Star-Pattern Stone Ants into the Sky-Touching Palace so cultivators would kill them and it could test Chen Changming’s strength.
• The fragment told Chen Changming that the Starstone Grotto-Heaven had once been the Ancient Immortals’ lair and showed him a white-robed young man who had entered it ahead of him.
• Chen Changming agreed to pursue the white-robed young man, and the fragment teleported him into the Starstone Grotto-Heaven.
• Chen Changming found that his cultivation had recovered to the peak of the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm and teleported toward the grotto-heaven’s depths.