Chapter Summaries

After an Autumn Cicada assassin attacked Qin Huaian, Commander Wang offered him shelter in Meteorfall Tower while the Star Pavilion searched for the attacker. Qin Huaian entered the tower’s vast inner world, where he would stay for the next few days.

• Commander Wang explained that Golden Immortals on the Golden Autumn List were rarely assassinated and said Qin Huaian was likely to make the list.
• Qin Huaian asked whether the injured assassin could escape, and Commander Wang said finding him would be difficult and the city could only be sealed for two or three days.
• Commander Wang warned Qin Huaian that his cave abode was unsafe and invited him to shelter in Meteorfall Tower under the Pavilion Master's orders.
• Qin Huaian followed Commander Wang above Meteorfall City as cultivators covertly investigated the damaged cave abode after they left.
• Commander Wang led Qin Huaian through Meteorfall Tower's formation barriers into its expansive inner world and gave him a communication talisman.

After surviving an assassination attempt, Qin Huaian learned that the assassin had escaped and decided to leave Meteorfall City to seek experience and overcome a cultivation bottleneck. Elder Jiang, furious over the failed assassination, became even more determined to kill Qin Huaian.

• The Autumn Cicada Assassin recovered in a talisman master's body and evaded the Star God Pavilion's search of Meteorfall City.
• Meteorfall City reopened after three days, while news of the attack spread beyond the Chaotic Sea Region.
• Elder Jiang raged over the assassin's failure and suspected Qin Huaian might have killed Jiang Xunche.
• Commander Wang warned Qin Huaian that the assassin had escaped and relayed Pavilion Master Su's offer to let him keep cultivating in Meteorfall Tower.
• Qin Huaian thanked Commander Wang but said he planned to leave Meteorfall City to temper himself, surprising him by mentioning a cultivation bottleneck.

Qin Huaian decided to leave Meteorfall City despite Commander Wang's warning that his fame made travel dangerous. After learning about artifacts that could disguise his appearance, he asked Commander Wang where he could buy one.

• Commander Wang warned Qin Huaian that enemies might recognize and target him, but Qin Huaian said he had decided to leave Meteorfall City.
• Qin Huaian asked Commander Wang about the disguise used by the Autumn Cicada assassin and whether similar techniques or artifacts existed.
• Commander Wang explained that appearance-changing artifacts were common, though they could not conceal a person's aura from powerful cultivators.
• Commander Wang suggested that such an artifact could help Qin Huaian avoid recognition, and Qin Huaian asked where he could buy one.

Commander Wang gave Qin Huaian a mask that could disguise his appearance from even a mid-stage Immortal Venerable, then offered to guide him to a teleportation array. Qin Huaian chose to travel to West Sea City without revealing his true destination, and Commander Wang brought him to Meteorfall Tower’s private array.

• Commander Wang explained the mask’s limits and gave it to Qin Huaian as a parting gift.
• Commander Wang offered to take Qin Huaian to a teleportation array, impressed by Qin Huaian’s strength against an Immortal Venerable at Great Perfection.
• Commander Wang described the route from West Sea City through White Water Island and East Cove Island to the Celestial Origin Continent.
• Qin Huaian asked to be teleported to West Sea City while concealing his plans to continue onward.
• Commander Wang brought Qin Huaian to the teleportation array inside Meteorfall Tower, saying it would keep his whereabouts secret.

Qin Huaian refined a disguise artifact and received a golden teleportation token from Commander Wang, allowing him to leave Meteorfall City through Star Pavilion’s teleportation network. After Qin Huaian departed in disguise, Commander Wang reported his departure to Su Yu and asked how the Pavilion Master had known he would leave.

• Qin Huaian refined the disguise artifact outside the Teleportation Hall and learned it could change his appearance, height, build, and weight.
• Commander Wang gave Qin Huaian a golden teleportation token that granted access to Star Pavilion’s internal teleportation arrays.
• Qin Huaian examined the token’s map, chose a route toward West Sea City, and followed Deacon Liu to the teleportation platform.
• Deacon Liu activated the array without waiting for other travelers, and Qin Huaian teleported away while changing his face into that of a bearded young man.
• Commander Wang contacted Su Yu, who remarked that Qin Huaian had stayed in Meteorfall City for twenty years before finally leaving.
• Commander Wang asked Su Yu how he had known Qin Huaian would leave Meteorfall City.

Su Yu told Commander Wang that Qin Huaian might be a figure destined to rise amid an approaching calamity, as anomalies and powerful new geniuses spread across the Luo River World. Star Pavilion planned to disperse its core disciples and preserve its strength, while Qin Huaian reached West Sea City after a month of teleportation.

• Su Yu explained that Qin Huaian's rapid cultivation came from repeatedly gaining rewards during major events, not talent alone.
• Su Yu speculated that Qin Huaian and other newly emerged geniuses might be rising in response to a calamity.
• Su Yu told Commander Wang not to follow Qin Huaian and said Star Pavilion would continue dispersing its strength as outer-region sects infiltrated the Chaotic Sea Region.
• Qin Huaian completed a month of travel through six large-scale teleportation arrays and arrived in West Sea City after changing his appearance three times.

Qin Huaian traveled from West Sea City across the sea to East Cove Island, avoiding Star Pavilion’s teleportation arrays and using his Golden Roc Wings to speed up the crossing. In East Cove City, he heard that many cultivators from other domains had recently arrived in the Chaotic Sea Region and prepared to continue across Celestial Origin Continent.

• Qin Huaian left West Sea City using public teleportation arrays and reached White Water City after more than two months of travel.
• Qin Huaian flew from White Water Island across the Boundless Sea, alternating between his Mid-Grade Dao Artifact Flying Boat and his Golden Roc Wings.
• After a year and a half, Qin Huaian arrived at East Cove Island and headed toward East Cove City’s teleportation plaza.
• Two early-stage Golden Immortal cultivators told each other that more powerful cultivators from other domains had appeared across the region since Golden Glow Island and the Void Hall opened.
• Qin Huaian wondered whether the Limitless Sect had loosened restrictions on a void passage, then decided to focus on crossing Celestial Origin Continent.

Qin Huaian traveled across Celestial Origin Continent while his Seed Space upgraded and his thirteen Mirror Bodies resumed cultivating. In Antler City, an Immortal Venerable surnamed Wu tried to seize him as he boarded a teleportation array, but Qin Huaian vanished before Wu’s attack landed.

• Qin Huaian discovered that his Seed Space had upgraded, expanding its continent and increasing the number of Mirror Bodies to thirteen.
• Qin Huaian had all thirteen Mirror Bodies absorb Seven-colored Mystic Heaven Jade Dew as he continued traveling toward the northwest.
• After spending nearly two hundred million Immortal Crystals crossing Celestial Origin Continent, Qin Huaian reached Antler City and prepared to teleport to Twin Valley Island.
• Immortal Venerable Great Perfection expert Wu spotted Qin Huaian and reached for his teleportation platform, but Qin Huaian disappeared before the attack could connect.
• Wu ordered the Limitless Sect guards to activate the teleportation array to Twin Valley Island immediately, threatening them when they said it needed time to recharge.

After discovering Qin Huaian’s identity, five Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land Immortal Venerables pursued him from Twin Ravines City. Qin Huaian recognized one of them and fled with his Golden Roc Wings, but Senior Brother Wu raced ahead to kill him.

• Senior Brother Wu identified Qin Huaian as the disguised cultivator who had teleported away and discussed his high ranking on the Golden Autumn List.
• Senior Brother Wu ordered a message sent to the Grand Elder through a nearby Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land outpost.
• Qin Huaian reached Twin Valley Island and flew west from Twin Ravines City toward Elder Mingde’s marked location.
• Five Immortal Venerables spotted Qin Huaian, including a Great Perfection cultivator he had seen with Zhao Gang’s group.
• Qin Huaian put away his flying boat and fled with his Golden Roc Wings as Senior Brother Wu sped ahead after him.

Qin Huaian used his Golden Roc Wings, Free and Easy Wanderer, and powerful recovery to evade a Perfect-stage Immortal Venerable from the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land for seventeen days. He headed for the secret realm in Elder Mingde’s memories to escape his pursuer, but found no spatial rift at the location.

• Qin Huaian accelerated with his Golden Roc Wings and improved Free and Easy Wanderer, matching the speed of the Perfect-stage Immortal Venerable surnamed Wu.
• Qin Huaian sustained his flight with help from thirteen Mirror Bodies and Seven-colored Mystic Heaven Jade Dew while Wu pursued him for seven days.
• Wu continued chasing Qin Huaian for another ten days, using a pill to restore Immortal Essence Power as the pursuit made him increasingly anxious.
• Qin Huaian decided to seek the secret realm discovered by Elder Mingde, hoping its restrictions and formations would help him escape the pursuers.
• Qin Huaian led Wu in circles near the secret realm’s location and reached it two days later, but found no spatial rift.

Qin Huaian reached the spatial rift leading to the secret realm and entered it while the Wu-surnamed expert hesitated outside. The rift vanished before the pursuer could decide whether to follow, leaving Qin Huaian’s fate unknown.

• Qin Huaian waited near the rift’s location, relying on Elder Mingde’s discovery that it appeared every three days for about fifteen minutes.
• The next day, the World Tree rippled as Qin Huaian approached, and he spotted the faint rift above the Boundless Sea.
• Qin Huaian flew into the rift before the Wu-surnamed expert could catch him.
• The Wu-surnamed expert found the rift but hesitated to enter, then sent messages to summon his companions while recovering his Immortal Essence Power.
• The rift vanished as the Wu-surnamed expert waited, and he searched the surrounding sea while wondering whether Qin Huaian had survived.

Qin Huaian entered a desolate secret realm and followed the World Tree’s guidance toward the Fire Origin, but its aura vanished before he could reach it. He continued onward and found a vast ruined palace protected by an array he could not break, leaving him to seek another way forward.

• Qin Huaian entered the barren realm and flew in the direction of the Fire Origin, guided by the World Tree.
• After more than half a day, the Fire Origin aura disappeared, and the World Tree lost its guidance.
• Qin Huaian continued toward the last indicated destination at a slower pace aboard his Flying Boat.
• Qin Huaian found a sprawling ruined palace complex and learned from Elder Mingde's memories that such palaces held resources and might offer a way out of the realm.
• Qin Huaian tested the palace array with the Cangwu Sword, but the barrier barely flickered and remained intact.

Qin Huaian continued searching for the Fire Origin Pearl while Elder Wu’s group investigated the recurring spatial rift he had entered. After learning Qin Huaian had escaped, Zhao Gang ordered Huang Yunting to examine the rift in the Chaotic Sea Region.

• Qin Huaian learned that teleportation arrays in the palaces could lead out of the world, then continued his search for the Fire Origin Pearl while a mirror image deduced an immortal array.
• Elder Wu and his companions waited above the Boundless Sea, watched the spatial rift appear and vanish, and sent a report to the Sacred Land.
• The group observed that the rift returned for fifteen minutes every three days and suspected a secret lay beyond it.
• Leng Xuanye told Zhao Gang that Qin Huaian had entered the rift while escaping pursuit in the Chaotic Sea Region.
• Zhao Gang ordered Huang Yunting to investigate the rift, though Leng Xuanye noted that Huang Yunting was overseeing construction of a long-distance teleportation array.

Zhao Gang prepared to enter the Chaotic Sea Region with Leng Xuanye while Qin Huaian continued searching for the Fire Origin and broke into a small palace. Near the spatial rift, Zhao Gang learned that none of the cultivators sent inside had returned, just as someone appeared nearby.

• Zhao Gang told Leng Xuanye to prepare to accompany him to the Chaotic Sea Region in seven days and vowed to capture Qin Huaian.
• Three years later, Qin Huaian sensed the Fire Origin again, adjusted his course, and continued flying toward it.
• Qin Huaian found a small palace and shattered its protective grand formation with a second sword strike before entering.
• Elder Wu reported to Zhao Gang that over a hundred cultivators, including late-stage Immortal Venerables, had entered the spatial rift and none had returned.
• A cultivator suddenly appeared a thousand li from the spatial rift, and Zhao Gang and Elder Wu rushed to him.

Zhou Xin returned from the world beyond the spatial rift with rare immortal spirit herbs and reported that its ruined palace complexes contained valuable resources. He had escaped using a teleportation platform, leaving Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land eager to investigate the realm further.

• Zhao Gang and Elder Wu questioned Zhou Xin after he emerged from the spatial rift.
• Zhou Xin described a vast, barren world with spiritual energy similar to the Treasure Splendor Domain.
• Zhou Xin presented rare fifth-tier and sixth-tier immortal spirit herbs he had found in a ruined palace complex.
• Zhou Xin explained that the herbs came from a spirit field in the Profound Sun Sect ruins, which were protected by powerful formations.
• Zhou Xin said he had left the world using a teleportation platform inside the ruins.

Zhou Xin returned from the spatial rift with a way to enter and leave, then revealed that he had sensed the Fire Origin there. Zhao Gang ordered the discovery kept secret, secured the area, and put the planned attack on the Dragon Creek Continent on hold.

• Zhou Xin explained to Zhao Gang and Elder Wu why he had risked activating the teleportation platform and reported that he had found a way to enter and leave the Secret Realm.
• Zhou Xin privately told Zhao Gang and Elder Wu that he had sensed an ancient Fire Origin aura filling the world inside the spatial rift.
• Zhao Gang ordered Zhou Xin's report kept secret, directed his people to control Twin Valley Island and seal off the spatial rift, and had Elder Wu take Zhou Xin to rest.
• Zhao Gang gave Leng Xuanye an encoded report for the Holy Lord and ordered him to suspend the operation against the Dragon Creek Continent.
• Zhao Gang told Leng Xuanye to return after handling the orders and said he should enter the spatial rift himself.

Qin Huaian explored a ruined palace complex called Vine Palace, harvested Purple Jade Marrow, and continued searching for the Fire Origin. Years later, he found an intact statue of the Earth Emperor in another palace complex and noticed it was connected to an Immortal Spirit Herb.

• Qin Huaian entered Vine Palace and found a patch of Purple Jade Immortal Vines.
• Qin Huaian collected Purple Jade Marrow from the vines and transplanted more than half of them into the Seed Space.
• Qin Huaian searched Vine Palace, found no other valuable items or teleportation platform, and continued toward the Fire Origin.
• Over the next five years, Qin Huaian followed the World Tree's guidance, explored two more palace complexes, and obtained Immortal Spirit Herbs and access to teleportation platforms.
• Qin Huaian discovered an intact statue of the Earth Emperor in another palace complex and found that the Luo River World also had a certain Immortal Spirit Herb.

Qin Huaian realized the ruined palaces might contain powerful cultivation inheritances and headed toward the Fire Origin. Su Yu and Zhao Gang separately investigated Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s moves and the spatial rift, while a mysterious figure later infiltrated the sea region.

• Qin Huaian inferred that the palace complexes could hold powerful cultivation techniques and flew toward the Fire Origin’s location.
• Commander Wang reported that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had taken control of Celestial Origin Continent and was withdrawing from its preparations against Dragon Creek Continent.
• Su Yu decided to investigate a remote island in Celestial Origin Continent and ordered Commander Wang to preserve Star Pavilion’s strength.
• Zhao Gang explained that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land would investigate the Fire Origin and breach larger palaces, while keeping its plans hidden from other powers.
• Two days later, Zhao Gang entered the spatial rift with over a dozen experts.
• Half a year later, a figure used a spatial divine ability to infiltrate the sea region.

After discovering that Fire Origin was rumored to lie within a secret realm guarded by Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, Su Yu publicized the secret to draw powerful factions to the region. Yuwen Chonglou ordered his forces to delay their rivals and seize as many of the realm’s resources as possible before they arrived.

• Su Yu learned that the secret realm held ancient inheritances and was suspected to contain Fire Origin, then left the region to spread the news.
• News of the secret realm and Fire Origin spread across the Chaotic Sea Region and the Luo River World, prompting sects and rogue cultivators to head there.
• Scouts from other powers confirmed that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was heavily guarding the sea region, while more outsiders converged on it.
• Yuwen Chonglou raged that the secret had leaked and ordered his elders to stop intruders until he arrived.
• Yuwen Chonglou ordered teleportation formations destroyed and sent Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators into the secret realm to claim its resources first.

Qin Huaian encountered a Late Golden Immortal cultivator who claimed to belong to Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land and learned that many sects knew about the Secret Realm World. After agreeing to team up, Qin Huaian noticed the man’s hidden hostility as he approached with a flying boat.

• Qin Huaian spotted a Late Golden Immortal cultivator appear in the distance and suspected he had entered the Secret Realm World with a group.
• Qin Huaian approached the newcomer while pretending not to recognize him, and the cultivator asked which sect Qin Huaian belonged to.
• Qin Huaian claimed to be from the Water Rhyme Sect, and the cultivator said he was from Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land and proposed they search palace ruins together.
• Qin Huaian agreed to team up but noticed a chill in the cultivator’s eyes and tension in his clenched right hand.
• The Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivator tossed out a flying boat as he neared Qin Huaian.