Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian discovered that his name had appeared atop the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, revealing to cultivators that he had survived. As the Purple Sky Sacred Land and the Limitless Sect considered recruiting him, True Person Changfeng agreed to search for him.

• Qin Huaian heard Shopkeeper Chen conclude that his name atop the tower proved he was alive and exceptionally talented.
• Qin Huaian returned to his cave abode instead of going to Immortal Inquiry Plaza, while crowds hurried there to investigate.
• Ouyang Peng questioned True Person Changfeng about finding Qin Huaian, and Changfeng told him to search rather than linger in the City Lord's Manor.
• True Person Daoxuan ordered Changfeng to recruit Qin Huaian into the Purple Sky Sacred Land, explaining that humanity needed to nurture geniuses against the growing threat of a Suanni-blooded great lion.
• Changfeng reluctantly agreed to look for Qin Huaian, though he doubted he could find him after a month had passed.

Qin Huaian refined the Sky Bee Wings and upgraded his cave abode’s defenses with a ninth-tier formation. After changing his appearance and deciding to cultivate in seclusion, he turned and found a smiling young man standing behind him.

• Qin Huaian refined the Golden-Winged Sky Bee King's wing artifact and named it the Sky Bee Wings, which increased his movement speed when paired with the Free and Easy Wanderer.
• Qin Huaian spent a month refining formation flags and advanced to minor accomplishment as a ninth-tier formation master.
• Qin Huaian deployed a ninth-tier formation around his cave abode, making it difficult for even a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator to break in.
• Qin Huaian noted that his name was engraved atop the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and used the Illusory Face Art to change his appearance.
• Qin Huaian decided to cultivate until he reached the complete Mahayana Realm, but froze when he saw a smiling young man standing behind him.

Qin Huaian faced an immensely powerful young immortal who knew about his rapid rise and questioned him about the law he had comprehended in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower. The young man confronted him with evidence that Qin Huaian had comprehended the Law of Yin and Yang, leaving Qin Huaian to answer.

• A young man appeared inside Qin Huaian's ninth-tier defensive formation without being detected, and Qin Huaian realized he was far beyond his power.
• The young man recounted Qin Huaian's rapid cultivation, body cultivation, and formation achievements, then introduced himself as a genius who had become an immortal at 120.
• Qin Huaian flattered the young man and offered to answer anything he asked.
• The young man asked what law Qin Huaian had comprehended in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, which had spread his name across the continent.
• The young man cited the heavenly phenomena and Qin Huaian's victory over a Flying Tiger clan Demon Cultivator as evidence that Qin Huaian had used the Law of Yin and Yang.

Qin Huaian revealed his spatial divine ability to Changfeng, who explained the immortal realms and invited him to join the Purple Sky Sacred Land. Changfeng left the choice to Qin Huaian, who had not yet decided whether to join, return to the Mystic Talisman Immortal Sect, or cultivate freely.

• Qin Huaian demonstrated his spatial divine ability, astonishing Changfeng and proving his talent.
• Changfeng explained that Golden Immortals were called Immortal Kings in the Violet Thorn Domain and described the realms from True Immortal through Golden Immortal.
• Qin Huaian connected Changfeng’s account of the realms to Luo Xi and her plan to hasten the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality secret realm’s collapse.
• Changfeng asked whether Qin Huaian preferred joining a sect or cultivating alone, and Qin Huaian said he would accept reasonable duties from an upright sect.
• Changfeng introduced himself as an elder of the Purple Sky Sacred Land and invited Qin Huaian to join, while supporting whichever path Qin Huaian chose.

Qin Huaian met Changfeng, an Immortal King from the Purple Sky Sacred Land, who tried to recruit him and make him his junior brother by arranging a discipleship with True Person Daoxuan. Daoxuan rejected the idea because Qin Huaian was only at the Mahayana Realm, leaving Changfeng’s plan unresolved.

• Qin Huaian asked Changfeng what duties he would have if he joined the Purple Sky Sacred Land, and Changfeng assumed he had already agreed to join.
• Changfeng considered making Qin Huaian True Person Daoxuan’s disciple, then decided to accept him as his own junior brother on his master’s behalf.
• Changfeng used a formation plate to contact Daoxuan through his disciple Xiao Ming, who interrupted Daoxuan’s seclusion.
• Changfeng told Daoxuan he had found Qin Huaian and proposed making him their junior brother.
• Daoxuan refused, arguing that a Mahayana Realm cultivator could not properly be treated as an equal by the Sacred Land’s immortals and Golden Immortals.

Changfeng persuaded True Person Daoxuan to accept Qin Huaian as a junior brother under True Person Canghan by revealing Qin Huaian’s extraordinary cultivation, array mastery, and comprehension of the Law of Space. Qin Huaian joined the Purple Sky Sacred Land’s core, and Changfeng began to explain how he had found him.

• Changfeng told True Person Daoxuan about Qin Huaian’s rapid cultivation, fourth-level Tyrant Body Realm, ninth-rank array mastery, and young age.
• Changfeng revealed that Qin Huaian had comprehended the Law of Space, convincing True Person Daoxuan to invite him to join True Person Canghan’s lineage.
• Qin Huaian agreed to become True Person Daoxuan’s junior brother, and Daoxuan told Mingze to keep the Law of Space secret.
• Changfeng ended the communication and welcomed Qin Huaian as a fellow member of the Purple Sky Sacred Land’s core.
• Qin Huaian asked Changfeng how he had found him after he left the Ninth-Tier Immortal Inquiry Tower, and Changfeng said it had been easy for him.

Changfeng explained that he had located Qin Huaian through the Karmic Law by tracing Xu Yunpeng’s soul connection to him. He gave Qin Huaian a better soul-restriction technique and prepared to take him to the Purple Sky Sacred Land encampment, where Xu Yunpeng was staying.

• Qin Huaian asked how Changfeng had found him, and Changfeng said he had used the Karmic Law to trace Xu Yunpeng’s connection to him.
• Changfeng explained that Qin Huaian’s crude soul restriction on Xu Yunpeng had created the karmic link, and he gave Qin Huaian a jade slip containing a superior technique.
• Changfeng told Qin Huaian that Xu Yunpeng was at the Purple Sky Sacred Land encampment, and Qin Huaian asked to visit him.
• Changfeng urged Qin Huaian to leave his poorly protected cave dwelling and move to the encampment, then criticized his fake face.
• Qin Huaian changed back to his original appearance before leaving with Changfeng.

Qin Huaian declined Ouyang Peng’s invitation to join the Limitless Sect and followed Changfeng to the Purple Sky Sacred Land’s residence, where he reunited with Xu Yunpeng. After hearing how Xu Yunpeng survived the upheavals following the realms’ merger, Qin Huaian offered to remove his soul restriction and asked what he planned to do next.

• Changfeng took Qin Huaian through Immortal Inquiry City, where Ouyang Peng invited Qin to join the Limitless Sect, but Qin reaffirmed his place in the Purple Sky Sacred Land.
• Changfeng revealed that Qin was his junior brother and led him to the Purple Sky Sacred Land’s residence, leaving Ouyang Peng disappointed.
• Qin encountered Xu Yunpeng in the manor’s grand hall and asked how he had reached the central region of the Violet Thorn Continent.
• Xu Yunpeng recounted joining a sect in the Southern Region, escaping the Demon Race with Kuang Bingyang’s help, and being brought to the manor after Yang Hu and Chu Xi were sent away.
• Qin told Xu Yunpeng that he had joined the Purple Sky Sacred Land, offered to remove his soul restriction, and asked about his plans.

Qin Huaian freed Xu Yunpeng from his soul restriction, but Xu Yunpeng chose to remain by his side and joined the Purple Sky Sacred Land. Qin Huaian then tasked him with spreading the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture in Immortal Inquiry City, while Changfeng’s reaction deepened the mystery surrounding the Supreme Purity Sect.

• Xu Yunpeng told Qin Huaian he wanted to follow him even after being freed, and Qin Huaian offered to help him join the Purple Sky Sacred Land.
• Changfeng sent word that Xu Yunpeng could enter as an ordinary inner sect disciple, and Qin Huaian asked him to spread the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture while staying safe.
• Xu Yunpeng agreed and left the Purple Sky Sacred Land’s residence to spread the cultivation technique in Immortal Inquiry City.
• Changfeng read the technique and marveled at its value, while Qin Huaian explained that he had been asked to spread it.
• Changfeng said he had never heard of the Supreme Purity Sect or a domain linking 108 cultivation worlds, leaving Qin Huaian wondering what kind of sect it was.

Changfeng explained to Qin Huaian that immortals faced recurring tribulations and could not truly live forever, while Golden Immortals still risked death from the tribulations of Heaven and Earth. He also described the Human Race’s uneasy balance with the Demon Race and the coming possibility of a decisive war, then prepared to tell Daoxuan about the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture.

• Changfeng explained the lifespans and recurring tribulations of the True Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heaven Immortal, and Golden Immortal realms, correcting Qin Huaian’s belief that immortals lived forever.
• Changfeng said their master had left after enduring two Golden Immortal tribulations to seek another path, and that Daoxuan and a Demon Race lion had since broken through beyond the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Changfeng explained that the lion had awakened the divine beast Suanni bloodline, weakened Daoxuan in battle, and helped the Demon Race seize the Southern and Western Regions.
• Changfeng told Qin Huaian that the Human Race and Demon Race were building strength for a future racial war, with the Human Race relying on its numbers, resources, and the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• Qin Huaian confirmed that he would spread the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture, and Changfeng took out his communication array disk to contact Daoxuan and the others.

Changfeng told True Person Daoxuan that Qin Huaian planned to spread the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture, whose portrait could help cultivators comprehend it. Daoxuan agreed to investigate the method and said the Sacred Land could promote it if it proved safe.

• Changfeng informed True Person Daoxuan that Qin Huaian intended to spread the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture and explained its benefits to human cultivators.
• True Person Daoxuan revealed that a Purple Sky Sacred Land disciple also possessed the scripture but had never encountered its portrait or advanced far in cultivating it.
• Qin Huaian explained that only the top hundred cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm Inheritance Space trial had seen the portrait, and that he had ranked first and promised to spread the method.
• True Person Daoxuan noted the scripture and its reproducible portrait had unusual qualities, then asked Changfeng to send him a copy for examination.
• Changfeng agreed to send the scripture and joked that Qin Huaian deserved hundreds of thousands of Immortal Crystals for his contribution.

Qin Huaian gave the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture to the Purple Sky Sacred Land, which agreed to promote it and grant him generous resources; Changfeng also gave him Canghan’s array inheritance. The scripture spread among cultivators, and a Horizon Temple monk emerged from seclusion after reaching the Body Integration Realm with it.

• True Person Daoxuan offered Qin Huaian five times the annual cultivation resources of a core disciple and planned to study and promote the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture.
• Changfeng gave Qin Huaian an array jade slip left by Canghan and led him to a cultivation room, where Qin Huaian set up arrays and began cultivating with his Mirror Bodies.
• Half a year later, the Purple Sky Sacred Land began promoting the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture, and cultivators switched to it after seeing its effects and learning it could reach the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• A year later, Xu Yunpeng secretly distributed the scripture to lower- and mid-level cultivators in Immortal Inquiry City.
• A Horizon Temple monk emerged from death seclusion after advancing from Foundation Establishment to the Body Integration Realm in a hundred years, and decided he could now share the scripture freely.

Huiyuan successfully passed his tribulation and learned that the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture had been made public across the Violet Thorn Continent. As Master Yuanzhi told him how Qin Huaian had become the true top-ranked cultivator, Huiyuan was stunned to hear that Qin had reached the late Mahayana Realm.

• Huiyuan passed his tribulation, changed into a cassock, and reunited with his master, Master Yuanzhi.
• Master Yuanzhi showed Huiyuan the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture and explained that it had spread widely across the Violet Thorn Continent.
• Huiyuan accepted that he no longer needed to offer the scripture to Horizon Temple and decided to focus on cultivating.
• Huiyuan asked whether Li Yang still ranked first, and Master Yuanzhi explained that Qin Huaian had surpassed him and topped the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• Master Yuanzhi told Huiyuan that Qin Huaian cultivated the same scripture and had reached the late Mahayana Realm after leaving the tower, leaving Huiyuan astonished.

Huiyuan decided to enter the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower to seek an opportunity after learning Qin Huaian had reached the Mahayana Realm. Changfeng brought Qin Huaian back to Purple Sky Sacred Land, where Qin Huaian arrived in Purple Sky City and saw the distant peaks of the sect.

• Yuanzhi showed Huiyuan Qin Huaian's portrait, and Huiyuan recounted how he had met him.
• Huiyuan asked to challenge the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, and Yuanzhi agreed to send him there.
• Changfeng called Qin Huaian out of seclusion and said Senior Brother Daoxuan had summoned them back to Purple Sky Sacred Land.
• Qin Huaian invited Xu Yunpeng to come with them, but Xu Yunpeng chose to remain in Immortal Inquiry City after meeting a woman.
• Changfeng explained that the continent's vast distances required several teleportations as he and Qin Huaian traveled toward Purple Sky Sacred Land.
• Changfeng brought Qin Huaian to Purple Sky City and pointed out the sect's peaks in the distance.

Changfeng brought Qin Huaian into the Purple Sky Sacred Land and introduced him to True Person Daoxuan and the other senior brothers. Several elders objected to Qin Huaian becoming True Person Canghan’s disciple, leaving Changfeng to defend his worth.

• Changfeng explained that the Purple Sky Sacred Land’s formation could withstand the combined Golden Immortals of the Violet Thorn Domain, then led Qin Huaian back to the sect.
• Changfeng and Qin Huaian entered the mountain range after Changfeng revealed its hidden scenery to the two Mahayana cultivators on gate duty.
• Qin Huaian asked about the sect’s supposed dragon carriage, and Changfeng explained that dragons and phoenixes appeared only in ancient records and might belong to other worlds.
• Changfeng brought Qin Huaian before True Person Daoxuan and introduced him to the assembled senior brothers.
• Several elders questioned whether Qin Huaian had enough potential to become True Person Canghan’s disciple, but Changfeng defended him and praised his talent.

Qin Huaian formally became True Person Canghan’s core disciple and settled into a cave abode on the main peak of the Purple Sky Sacred Land. After using half of his allotted immortal crystals to advance his Mahayana cultivation, he was summoned to the main hall, where True Person Daoxuan offered to teach him while their master was away.

• True Person Daoxuan settled the dispute over Qin Huaian’s standing, and Qin Huaian completed the apprenticeship rites before True Person Canghan’s portrait.
• Changfeng took Qin Huaian to choose a cave abode and later had Yuan Rui deliver his identity jade token and allotted resources.
• Qin Huaian began cultivating with immortal crystals and raised his Mahayana cultivation to Late Stage 17/100 after using one crystal.
• After half a month and five immortal crystals, Qin Huaian’s cultivation reached Mahayana Late Stage 33/100.
• Changfeng summoned Qin Huaian to the main hall, where True Person Daoxuan said he would explain cultivation matters in their master’s absence.

Qin Huaian learned from True Person Daoxuan and Changfeng how comprehension of laws and rare epiphanies could accelerate cultivation. When Qin Huaian revealed that his mysterious state of comprehension had lasted over five years, both men were shocked, leaving him questioning whether it had truly been an epiphany.

• Qin Huaian thanked True Person Daoxuan for offering to guide him in cultivation.
• True Person Daoxuan explained that Changfeng reached the True Immortal Realm quickly through exceptional comprehension of laws rather than Immortal Crystals or extraordinary spirit root aptitude.
• True Person Daoxuan said Changfeng's epiphanies had helped him advance, and Changfeng recalled attaining one while comprehending the Karmic Law.
• Qin Huaian remembered comprehending the space law in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and said the mysterious state had lasted a little over five years.
• True Person Daoxuan and Changfeng said an epiphany normally lasted no more than a few months, leaving Qin Huaian unsure whether his experience counted as one.

True Person Daoxuan explained Law comprehension and the requirements for transcending the tribulation and becoming immortal. Qin Huaian learned that his Spatial Law would make his future lightning tribulation exceptionally dangerous, while Changfeng had overcome his own tribulation after advancing his Karmic Law.

• True Person Daoxuan praised Qin Huaian's unusual comprehension and explained that Law perception mattered more than spiritual roots at higher cultivation levels.
• True Person Daoxuan described the entry and minor accomplishment realms of Law comprehension and their roles in reaching the Body Integration Realm and becoming immortal.
• Qin Huaian learned that powerful Laws increased both a cultivator's strength and the danger of the immortal ascension lightning tribulation.
• True Person Daoxuan warned that Qin Huaian's Spatial Law was among the supreme Laws and advised him to prepare carefully for his future tribulation.
• True Person Daoxuan explained that Changfeng had advanced his Karmic Law during enlightenment before his tribulation, allowing him to transcend it safely.

Qin Huaian asked Changfeng and True Person Daoxuan about cultivating laws and learned how the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower aided comprehension. He left with advice to strengthen several laws before facing heavenly tribulation and asked about other places rich in law power.

• Changfeng and True Person Daoxuan advised Qin Huaian that cultivating multiple laws could slow his progress but strengthen his combat ability, and urged him to prepare thoroughly before heavenly tribulation.
• Changfeng explained that cultivators could comprehend laws in places where their power was dense or through life-and-death battles, and that the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower’s trials helped with comprehension.
• True Person Daoxuan said the tower’s origin was unknown, and it might be a naturally formed treasure or something created by an unimaginably powerful cultivator.
• Qin Huaian recalled Luo Xi’s claim that the Nine Tribulations Path to Immortality had been deliberately created and wondered about the Heavenly Gate Palace and the powers beyond the Violet Thorn Continent.
• Qin Huaian resolved to improve his law comprehension and asked whether other places rich in law power existed.

Qin Huaian learned about ways to comprehend laws and heard that True Person Daoxuan and Changfeng were leaving to investigate an ancient immortal estate. After receiving an immortal armor and guidance about restoring his broken sword, he went to the Artifact Refining Peak.

• True Person Daoxuan explained that rare law-rich places, special medicines, life-or-death battles, and travel could help cultivators comprehend laws, and advised Qin Huaian to explore if secluded cultivation stalled.
• Daoxuan said he planned to investigate an ancient immortal estate near the Violet Thorn Sea after several Purple Sky Sacred Land immortals, including Golden Immortals, disappeared inside; Changfeng warned Qin Huaian to beware the dangers of newly emerged ruins and secret realms.
• Daoxuan gave Qin Huaian an immortal artifact armor as a meeting gift.
• Qin Huaian showed Daoxuan the broken Flowing Cloud Sword, and Daoxuan said the Artifact Refining Hall could repair it if Qin Huaian supplied the materials and paid the fee.
• Qin Huaian asked about Immortal King Falling Dust and recounted the events in Sword Mark Canyon, but Daoxuan and Changfeng could not identify the Immortal King.
• Qin Huaian left the great hall and headed to the Artifact Refining Peak to seek help with his sword.