Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Hall Master killed Qiu Zhenyun in the ascension passage and learned that the Hall’s Artifact Spirit wanted him to refine an Undying Stone Clan member into the Immortal Hall. Meanwhile, the Righteous Path sects moved against the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and the Red Luan Immortal Sect, demanding that Chen Shan be handed over.

• The Immortal Hall Master trapped Qiu Zhenyun, revealed that hall masters were tasked with preventing ascenders from reaching the Spirit Realm, and killed him with a crimson spear.
• Blood-colored tentacles consumed Qiu Zhenyun, and the Immortal Hall Artifact Spirit told the Immortal Hall Master to find a way to refine an Undying Stone Clan member into the Hall.
• The Artifact Spirit promised to follow the Immortal Hall Master to the Spirit Realm after he stepped down and offered a method for his disciple to forge an imitation Immortal Hall.
• The Thunderfire Sect and Enlightenment Dao Sect formed a barrier between the Demon Heaven Clan and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, while Chen Changming told the Glazed Saint Ancestor and Bi Cang to stay out of the conflict.
• He Changkong and the other sect masters accused Chen Shan of being a demonic path spy and demanded that Fan Feichen surrender him.
• Fan Feichen refused, and Su Qingwan declared that the Red Luan Immortal Sect would fight alongside the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect as He Changkong’s forces moved to block them.

Chen Changming intervened as the other sects tried to force Fan Feichen from his position and punish Chen Shan. He killed the dissenting elders and Ye Xuanji, then left He Changkong wounded after smashing his Spirit Treasure.

• Several Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect elders and disciples opposed Fan Feichen and refused to fight for Chen Shan, allowing He Changkong to propose removing Fan Feichen and interrogating him.
• Chen Changming appeared, seized the dissenting Spirit Transformation Realm elders, and killed them when they refused to admit they were spies.
• Chen Changming reassured Fan Feichen, then seized Ye Xuanji and crushed him despite He Changkong's protests.
• He Changkong attacked Chen Changming in rage, but Chen Changming punched away his natal Spirit Treasure, damaged it, and caused He Changkong to spit blood.

Chen Changming overwhelmed the six sect masters’ talisman assault and pursued He Changkong, who tried to escape with a Realm-Breaking Talisman. Chen Changming shattered the talisman’s protective light and killed He Changkong, though the force of his punch left him slightly injured.

• Chen Changming took Ye Xuanji’s Beast Taming Bracelet and gave it to Chen Shan, while He Changkong urged the other sect masters to help kill him.
• The six sect masters attacked Chen Changming with numerous fifth-grade talisman papers, but he destroyed their assault with a punch and sent them fleeing.
• Chen Changming pursued He Changkong and shattered the Demon King protecting him, along with the defenses formed by his Spirit Treasures.
• He Changkong activated a Realm-Breaking Talisman and mocked Chen Changming, but Chen Changming shattered its protective light with a powerful punch and vaporized him.
• The force rebounding from the punch injured Chen Changming slightly, and he swallowed the blood rising in his throat.

Chen Changming killed He Changkong and proved strong enough to face the Immortal Hall Master, then warned the other sects to leave the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect alone. The seven sects apologized to Fan Feichen and offered compensation, ending the conflict for now.

• Chen Changming killed He Changkong with one punch, leaving the other sect masters terrified of his strength.
• The Immortal Hall Master ambushed Chen Changming with a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, but Chen healed his injuries and agreed to fight him elsewhere.
• Chen Changming warned the other sects that he would wipe them out if they continued targeting the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, then vanished.
• Han Daoming and Sima Qingyun accepted that the matter had to end, and the sect masters gathered around Fan Feichen.
• Han Daoming and the other six sect masters apologized to Fan Feichen and offered compensation, and Fan Feichen accepted while urging them to put the greater good first.

Fan Feichen appointed Li Zizai as the new sect master of the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, and Chen Changming became a disciple of three sects. After the other sects departed Flying Immortal Mountain, the Glazed Saint Ancestor stayed behind to attend to unfinished business.

• Fan Feichen proposed Li Zizai as the new sect master of the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, and the sect masters unanimously supported him.
• Li Zizai accepted the appointment and promised Su Qingwan he would visit her often.
• Fan Feichen allowed Chen Changming to retain his ties to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, and Su Qingwan secured his status as a disciple of the Red Luan Immortal Sect as well.
• Li Zizai led the Beast Taming Immortal Sect elders back to Azure Cloud Province, while Su Qingwan and the other sect masters departed Flying Immortal Mountain.
• Fan Feichen thanked Demon Spirit for the aid of the senior Body Cultivator, then led the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect away.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor told Demon Spirit to return with the Demon Heaven Clan while she stayed behind to handle something.

Chen Changming called a truce with the Immortal Hall Master after fighting him to a draw, then reunited with Bi Cang and the Glazed Saint Ancestor. With the route to the Spirit Realm sealed and the Ghostface Butterfly having shed fourteen wings, Bi Cang urged Chen Changming to learn talisman crafting and refine supreme-grade Realm-Breaking Talismans himself.

• The Glazed Saint Ancestor and Bi Cang discussed the sealed spatial node to the Spirit Realm and the need for Realm-Breaking Talismans, while Bi Cang rejected traveling through the Demon Realm.
• Chen Changming and the Immortal Hall Master fought to a draw, then agreed to a truce.
• Chen Changming told the Immortal Hall Master he had no interest in interfering with the righteous and demonic sects, then departed.
• The Immortal Hall Master considered recruiting Chen Changming but decided against it before entering the Immortal Hall and vanishing.
• Chen Changming reunited with Bi Cang and the Glazed Saint Ancestor, and reported that his battle with the Immortal Hall Master had ended in a draw.
• Chen Changming revealed that the Ghostface Butterfly had shed twelve wings, bringing his total to fourteen, and Bi Cang urged him to refine supreme-grade Realm-Breaking Talismans himself.

Chen Changming returned to the Ice God Secret Realm to cultivate before handling Ye Xuanji’s Beast Taming Bracelet. He released and healed three Demon Kings, contracted the White Tiger, and decided to free the Demon Kings on Wuyuan Island.

• Chen Changming returned to the Cold Ice Grand Formation to cultivate toward the fifth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, planning to learn talisman crafting afterward.
• After a month, Chen Changming left the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s returning main force and removed Ye Xuanji’s spiritual imprint from the Beast Taming Bracelet.
• Chen Changming released the four injured Demon Kings, healed three of them, and let them leave.
• Chen Changming demonstrated that his Golden Heaven Lock could bind the White Tiger, which then willingly cooperated with the contract.
• Chen Changming healed the White Tiger, refined the Beast Taming Bracelet, and drew it inside.
• Chen Changming decided to restore the freedom of the Demon Kings on Wuyuan Island.

Chen Changming freed the seven Demon Kings from their contracts and escorted them back to Wuyuan Island before returning to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect to cultivate. His avatar reached the fourth layer of Spirit Transformation while his true body broke through to the fifth, and he then arrived at Thousand Talisman Pavilion to seek Master Shang.

• Chen Changming dissolved his contracts with the seven Demon Kings, healed them after the backlash, and escorted them to Wuyuan Island; the Heavenly Fox King chose to follow him.
• Chen Changming returned to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and cultivated the enhanced Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art, breaking through to the third layer of Spirit Transformation four years later.
• Nine years later, Chen Changming's avatar reached the fourth layer, while his true body broke through to the fifth layer inside the Ice God Secret Realm.
• Chen Changming left the secret realm after leaving a letter for Gu Huaibei and traveled to Yin-Yang Province to seek Master Shang at Thousand Talisman Pavilion.
• Chen Changming presented Bi Cang's Great Black Heaven token and called for Master Shang at the pavilion atop Thousand Cloud Peak.

Chen Changming sought Master Shang’s instruction in talisman crafting and persuaded him to become his master by promising to defeat Lin Jiuyang. After a day of lessons, Chen Changming began his training, leaving Shang Guangming curious about his talent.

• Wu Qiong challenged Shang Guangming’s leadership of Thousand Talisman Pavilion and mocked his hopes of turning the situation around.
• Chen Changming presented Bi Cang’s token and asked Shang Guangming to teach him talisman crafting, but Shang Guangming initially offered only a registered discipleship after he mastered third-rank top-grade talisman paper.
• Chen Changming promised to defeat Lin Jiuyang, and Shang Guangming agreed to take him as a disciple and led him to the Inheritance Hall.
• Chen Changming completed the apprenticeship ceremony, received talisman-making materials and Shang Guangming’s codex, and listened to a day of instruction.
• Shang Guangming told Chen Changming that refining first-rank high-grade talisman paper would show strong talent, and Chen Changming asked what it would mean if he refined first-rank top-grade paper.

Chen Changming rapidly improved his talisman-making by repeatedly refining first-tier Flame Talismans, reaching supreme grade in just over ten days. After seeing Chen Changming demonstrate his skill, Shang Guangming believed he could help win the third contest against Wu Qiong’s side.

• Shang Guangming told Chen Changming that defeating Lin Jiuyang could protect his position as Pavilion Master and explained his past dispute and wager with Wu Qiong.
• Chen Changming studied the Talisman-Making Codex and began refining first-tier Flame Talismans, using his alchemy expertise to learn quickly.
• After refining Flame Talismans a hundred times, Chen Changming gained the ability to make mid-grade ones, then advanced to upper-grade and supreme-grade through further practice.
• Chen Changming brought a supreme-grade first-tier Flame Talisman to Shang Guangming and made another one before him.
• Shang Guangming praised Chen Changming as a talisman-making genius and asked whether studying alchemy and talisman crafting would interfere with his cultivation, but Chen Changming dismissed the concern.

Chen Changming’s talent in talisman-making alarmed Zhou Xiao, who secretly informed Wu Qiong that Chen could threaten his bid to become Thousand Talisman Pavilion’s master. As Wu Qiong began preparing a special talisman against Chen, Chen advanced to crafting second-rank Flame Talismans.

• Zhou Xiao accused Chen Changming of passing off a finished Flame Talisman, then apologized after Shang Guangming confirmed Chen had made it himself.
• Shang Guangming reprimanded Zhou Xiao for undermining his fellow disciple, and Zhou Xiao left while resenting Chen Changming.
• Zhou Xiao traveled to Clear Stream Mountain and told Wu Qiong that Chen Changming’s talisman-making talent rivaled Lin Jiuyang’s.
• Wu Qiong praised Zhou Xiao and began drawing a complex talisman with precious materials, deciding he would need special methods to kill Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming studied the second-rank Flame Talisman and successfully crafted one on his first attempt.

Chen Changming advanced his talisman-making skills until he could refine third-tier talismans, but Zhou Xiao then lured him into a deadly formation on Wu Qiong’s orders. Chen Changming shattered the formation, leaving Zhou Xiao exposed as Wu Qiong fled.

• Chen Changming enhanced his second-tier Flame Talismans three times and became capable of refining third-tier mid-grade talismans.
• Zhou Xiao used a Summoning Talisman to transport Chen Changming from his cave abode to a formation on Heavenly Net Mountain.
• Wu Qiong watched the trap through an Ancient Mirror and revealed that he planned to dispose of Zhou Xiao after Zhou Xiao killed Chen Changming.
• Zhou Xiao activated the Nine Heavens Cold Light Array, but Chen Changming crushed its cold attacks with his bare hand.
• Chen Changming shattered the formation with a punch, while Wu Qiong and Lin Jiuyang fled and Zhou Xiao remained alone with the command token.

Chen Changming learned that Wu Qiong had arranged the ambush at Heavenly Net Mountain, but Wu Qiong escaped before he could be found. Shang Guangming killed Zhou Xiao, and Chen Changming discovered Wu Qiong possessed at least three Realm-Breaking Talismans, leaving him eager to face the next attack.

• Chen Changming forced Zhou Xiao to reveal that Wu Qiong had arranged the Nine Heavens Cold Light Array and led him to Clear Stream Mountain.
• Chen Changming found Wu Qiong and Lin Jiuyang gone, then took Zhou Xiao back to the Thousand Talisman Pavilion.
• Shang Guangming rejected Zhou Xiao's pleas and killed him for betraying Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming told Shang Guangming that his body-refining cultivation had reached the eighth level of Spirit Transformation, easing the awkwardness between them.
• Shang Guangming warned Chen Changming that Wu Qiong possessed at least three Realm-Breaking Talismans and was difficult to kill.

Chen Changming’s talisman-making skill advanced rapidly, and he began strengthening fourth-rank Flame Talismans after reaching fourth-rank mastery. Meanwhile, Wu Qiong fled to Rooster Crow Mountain and planned to confront Shang Guangming in the third match, while Chen Changming considered merging with his distant clone to overcome his cultivation limit.

• Shang Guangming learned that Chen Changming could refine third-rank mid-grade Flame Talismans and gave him materials and advice.
• Chen Changming calculated that strengthening third-rank talismans could raise him to fourth-rank mastery, but he would need to merge with his clone to pursue fifth-rank talisman-making.
• Wu Qiong and Lin Jiuyang reached Rooster Crow Mountain, where Wu Qiong resolved to settle scores with Shang Guangming in the third match and Lin Jiuyang vowed to defeat Chen Changming.
• After more than two hundred days of work, Chen Changming completed his third strengthening of a third-rank Flame Talisman and refined a fourth-rank low-grade Flame Talisman.
• Chen Changming estimated that advancing through three strengthenings at fourth rank would take about three years and committed to continuing if he still could not refine fifth-rank talismans.

After merging with his clone, Chen Changming reached the fourth level of Spirit Transformation and discovered that a mysterious substance greatly accelerated his body refinement while suppressing the Yin-Yang Seal. He reunited with Ying Yuhuan and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable, then began considering where the two women could cultivate in Eastern Jin.

• Chen Changming traveled to Northern Yuan Province and merged with his clone, raising his cultivation to the fourth level of Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming found that the mysterious substance dramatically increased his cultivation speed and caused the Yin-Yang Seal to shrink and retreat.
• Chen Changming summoned Ying Yuhuan and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable from the Universe Pagoda and learned that Ying Yuhuan's Yin-Yang Seal had also shrunk.
• Chen Changming and Ying Yuhuan confirmed that the desire previously affecting him was gone, and he explained that the mysterious substance suppressed the seal.
• Chen Changming offered the women a choice of Eastern Jin's righteous sects, excluding the Red Luan Immortal Sect, and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable asked for one that did not cultivate the sword path.
• Chen Changming considered their options and settled on the Thunderfire Sect as the remaining candidate in the Eastern Arrival Divine Province.

Chen Changming revealed his true identity and confidence to Golden Flower Sacred Venerable and Ying Yuhuan, then brought them to the Thunderfire Sect in the Eastern Arrival Divine Province. There, the sect’s elders recognized his black-robed disguise and escorted him to meet their sect master.

• Chen Changming recommended that Golden Flower Sacred Venerable and Ying Yuhuan join the Thunderfire Sect and assured them that no one in Eastern Jin could harm them.
• Chen Changming revealed that his real name was Chen Changming, changed into his black-robed appearance, and set off with the two women on the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow.
• Wu Qiong resisted the Heart Demon planted by the Old Devil and used a Buddha Light Demon-Suppressing Talisman to suppress it.
• More than ten days later, Chen Changming arrived above the Thunderfire Sect, where its Spirit Transformation Realm elders recognized him as the black-robed expert who had fought the Immortal Hall Master.
• A Thunderfire Sect elder opened the sect-protecting formation and led Chen Changming, Golden Flower Sacred Venerable, and Ying Yuhuan to the Sect Master Hall.
• The elder called for the sect master to welcome Chen Changming, but the sect master replied impatiently from inside.

Chen Changming placed Ying Yuhuan and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable in the Thunderfire Sect, then returned to the Thousand Talisman Pavilion and successfully made a low-grade fifth-rank Flame Talisman. He planned to enhance it three times so he could win his upcoming match against Lin Jiuyang.

• Zhu Chuyuan recognized Chen Changming and hurriedly welcomed him into the Thunderfire Sect’s main hall.
• Chen Changming asked Zhu Chuyuan to take in Ying Yuhuan and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable, identifying Ying Yuhuan as his Dao companion and Golden Flower Sacred Venerable as her master.
• Chen Changming said goodbye to the two women and left for Yin-Yang Province.
• Back at the Thousand Talisman Pavilion, Chen Changming studied the fifth-rank Flame Talisman runes and successfully refined a low-grade fifth-rank Flame Talisman.
• Chen Changming calculated that three enhancements would take about 1,887 days and resolved to prepare for his match against Lin Jiuyang.

Chen Changming advanced his talisman-making skill while preparing to leave and return to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect. After he departed, Shang Guangming revealed that Chen Changming’s future talismans could help suppress a demon sealed in the Thousand Buddha Hall, whose voice then spoke through Shang Guangming’s sea of consciousness.

• Chen Changming realized that enhancing fifth-tier Flame Talismans alone would take too long, so he planned to improve his skill by enhancing fourth-tier Flame Talismans instead.
• After years of training, Chen Changming enhanced a fourth-tier Flame Talisman for the fifth time and successfully crafted a fifth-rank high-grade Flame Talisman.
• Chen Changming told Shang Guangming about his achievement and asked to leave for two years; Shang Guangming gave him a Storage Ring filled with life-saving talismans.
• After Chen Changming left, Shang Guangming entered the Thousand Buddha Hall and said that Chen Changming could eventually craft talismans to suppress the demon sealed there.
• An aged, sinister voice laughed in Shang Guangming’s sea of consciousness and said that the Heart Demon it had planted in him had not been planted in vain.

Chen Changming joined Fan Feichen and over a hundred Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect cultivators on an expedition to Six Gods Province, where the Yin Corpse Sect had overwhelmed many sects. The chapter ended with Chen Changming using the Spring Return Immortal Art on a Yin Corpse, revealing to the gathered elders that he could cure corpse poison.

• In the Thousand Buddha Hall, the suppressed statue planned to use the upcoming third match between Wu Qiong's and Shang Guangming's disciples to escape and recover its strength.
• Fan Feichen told Chen Changming that the Yin Corpse Sect had resurged in Six Gods Province and recruited him to join the sect's relief force.
• Fan Feichen gathered over a hundred Spirit Transformation cultivators, and they flew toward Six Gods Province with Chen Changming.
• After reaching the province, the cultivators saw devastated sects guarded by green-haired Yin Corpses, and Fan Feichen captured a third-layer Nascent Soul Realm Yin Corpse for Chen Changming to examine.
• Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art on the Yin Corpse, which stopped struggling and showed signs of comfort, shocking the surrounding elders.

Fan Feichen brought Chen Changming to Eight Wonders Sect, where Chen Changming revealed that his Spring Return Immortal Art could cure corpse poison. The Sweet Dew Sect elders confronted him for treating the afflicted disciples, but his swift healing stunned them.

• Chen Changming cured a young man of Yin Corpse poison, and Fan Feichen led the group onward to Eight Wonders Sect.
• Dugu Qiujian told Fan Feichen that the Eight Wonders Sect had suffered heavy losses and that Sweet Dew Sect elders were slowly treating the poisoned.
• Fan Feichen revealed that Chen Changming could cure corpse poison and asked him to treat the afflicted disciples.
• Chen Changming began healing the disciples, prompting a Sweet Dew Sect elder to accuse him of making trouble and others to complain that he was stealing their business.
• The Sweet Dew Sect elders realized that Chen Changming had already removed the corpse poison from a disciple.