Chapter Summaries

Leng Xuanye reached the Great Perfection of the Immortal Venerable Realm, and Zhao Gang urged him to pursue Dao Fusion, explaining how it worked and praising his potential. Leng Xuanye then attacked the palace complex’s protective formation with his Yin-Yang Laws, hoping his breakthrough would let him enter.

• Zhao Gang explained Dao Fusion and warned Leng Xuanye that reaching the Great Perfection of the Immortal Venerable Realm was not the pinnacle.
• Zhao Gang compared Leng Xuanye’s prospects with Su Yu’s rapid rise and admitted that Su Yu’s strength rivaled Duan Linchuan’s.
• Elder Wu and others congratulated Leng Xuanye on his breakthrough, while Leng Xuanye believed few in the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land could defeat him.
• Zhao Gang urged Leng Xuanye to try the palace complex’s protective formation again, and Leng Xuanye agreed.
• Leng Xuanye flew to the formation and thrust his spear, sending black-and-white Yin-Yang qi toward it.

Zhao Gang told Leng Xuanye that they had narrowed their search for Qin Huaian’s Yin-Yang sword technique to his former fellow disciples in the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect. He planned to use them as hostages to force Qin Huaian to appear, while Leng Xuanye’s attacks still failed to open the palace formation.

• Leng Xuanye struck the palace’s protective formation with Yin-Yang Law attacks, provoking a stronger reaction than before but failing to gain entry.
• Nearby cultivators discussed the formation, the treasures rumored to lie within the palace, and how cultivating Yin-Yang Laws near it was several times faster.
• Zhao Gang activated a soundproofing array and told Leng Xuanye and Elder Wu that their search for Qin Huaian’s technique had made progress.
• Zhao Gang explained that a cultivator named Gongsun Yanbo had provided information about the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect’s leaders, including Lin Tianyu and Min Yingzhu, who might have received the technique.
• Zhao Gang proposed finding Qin Huaian’s former fellow disciples and taking them hostage to force Qin Huaian to come to their rescue.

After reaching the peak of the fourth realm in the Yin-Yang Laws and great perfection of the Golden Immortal Realm, Qin Huaian realized the Luo River World's Laws were incomplete and could not be advanced further. As he weighed how to use his remaining time in the Limitless Secret Realm, the golden scroll began displaying new scripture.

• Qin Huaian advanced his Yin-Yang Laws to the peak of the fourth realm and his cultivation to great perfection of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Qin Huaian sensed that the Luo River World's incomplete Laws prevented him from improving his Yin-Yang comprehension further.
• Qin Huaian waited for the golden scroll to reveal the next passage of the Yin-Yang Limitless Creation Scripture, but it remained blank.
• Qin Huaian considered cultivating other Laws, undergoing tribulation to enter the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm, or refining the restrictions in the Golden Roc Wings.
• As Qin Huaian prepared to refine the Golden Roc Wings, the golden scroll began revealing rows of scripture.

Qin Huaian learned from the golden scroll that he could begin merging with the Dao before fully comprehending a law and resumed cultivating the laws of yin and yang. Meanwhile, Zhao Gang’s plan began as Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples were sent into the secret realm to pressure Qin Huaian if he tried to flee.

• Qin Huaian studied the golden scroll for three days and learned that merging a law into his Primordial Spirit, body, and Immortal Essence Power was the next stage after comprehending the Dao.
• Qin Huaian decided to begin merging with the Dao despite the Luo River World's incomplete laws and resumed cultivating the laws of yin and yang.
• After ten years, a Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land Golden Immortal brought Mu Qinghan, Han Yunting, and other low-level cultivators into the secret realm under orders from above.
• The Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land used tracking marks to arrange for disciples at its outposts to locate the newcomers and bring them to the Central Fire Sea base.
• Elder Wu ordered the outposts to find the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples quickly, as Zhao Gang intended to use them to keep Qin Huaian from escaping.

Nangong Liuying concluded that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was using Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples to threaten Qin Huaian and ordered the Joyous Union Sect to spread the news. Li Li was summoned to meet her, while a year later Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable sought a quota to enter the secret realm.

• Nangong Liuying reasoned that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had sent Yellow Mountain Sword Sect cultivators into the secret realm to threaten Qin Huaian and ordered the information spread among the major sects.
• A Joyous Union Sect subordinate told Nangong Liuying that they had found Li Li, the master of the Cultivation World's Joyous Union Sect, and Nangong Liuying ordered him to bring her in.
• Li Li wondered whether the famous Qin Huaian was the cultivator she knew and hoped finding him might lead her to Brother Yu.
• A year later, Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable asked Commander Wang for an audience with Pavilion Master Su.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable asked to borrow a Chaotic Sea Region quota to enter the secret realm world.

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable met Su Yu to ask for entry into the secret realm and search for Qin Huaian. Su Yu revealed that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had sent Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples into the realm to threaten Qin Huaian, leaving Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable enraged and determined to rescue them.

• Commander Wang brought Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable to meet Su Yu, who agreed to discuss his wish to enter the secret realm.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable explained that he wanted to search for his junior brother Qin Huaian, but Su Yu said Qin had vanished without a trace and was likely beyond Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's reach.
• Su Yu revealed that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had been searching for people transported from the Cultivation World to Luo River World and had sent low-ranking Yellow Mountain Sword Sect cultivators into the secret realm to pressure Qin Huaian.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable grew furious that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was using his sect's disciples as hostages and wanted to enter the secret realm to rescue them.
• Su Yu concluded that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land must covet something Qin Huaian possessed, prompting major sects to send more people into the secret realm.

Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable accepted Su Yu’s advice to break through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm before entering the secret realm. Meanwhile, Zhao Gang learned that other sects were watching the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s encampments and ordered his forces to keep monitoring the palace complex and Qin Huaian.

• Su Yu advised Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable to prepare for a breakthrough before entering the secret realm, and Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable asked to borrow a sect quota after his tribulation.
• Elder Wu reported that other major sects had stationed people near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s encampments, suspecting it knew a secret.
• Zhao Gang explained his failed attempts to capture Qin Huaian, obtain his sword technique, and break the Spatial Grand Formation of the Emerald Bamboo Domain.
• Elder Wu reported that the Fire Origin’s aura had appeared twice, but the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land still could not locate its source.
• Zhao Gang ordered his people to watch the palace complex above the Central Fire Sea and station guards outside the secret realm to stop Qin Huaian from teleporting out.

After learning that Qin Huaian was being hunted by the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, Lin Tianyu finally transcended his tribulation and became a True Immortal. He left the East Radiance Sect to travel toward his disciple, determined to help even if the journey cost him his life.

• News spread through the Luo River World that Qin Huaian had shared the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture, earning cultivators’ admiration and gratitude.
• Lin Tianyu passed his ascension tribulation and became the East Radiance Sect’s only True Immortal.
• Senior Brother Bai encouraged Lin Tianyu to seek a place in the Jade Splendor Sect, but Lin Tianyu said he wanted to travel.
• Lin Tianyu recalled how he had reached the Three Harmony Domain, joined the East Radiance Sect, and advanced by cultivating the Supreme Purity Ascension Scripture.
• After learning that Qin Huaian was his disciple and that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was threatening the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect, Lin Tianyu resolved to go help him.
• Lin Tianyu left the East Radiance Sect without saying goodbye, leaving Senior Brother Bai a note.

Qin Huaian discovered that his cultivation was too low to merge the Yin-Yang Laws into his Immortal Essence Power, so he chose to undergo a heavenly tribulation in the Grand Void Palace's tribulation space. After preparing defensive arrays, he drew tribulation clouds above himself.

• After fifty years of studying the scriptures, Qin Huaian failed to merge the Yin-Yang Laws into his Immortal Essence Power and suspected that he needed to advance his cultivation first.
• The Limitless Secret Realm's artificial intelligence offered to transfer Qin Huaian to the Grand Void Palace's tribulation space, where he could undergo a tribulation and return to cultivating if he survived.
• Qin Huaian transferred to the isolated tribulation space and decided to craft defensive arrays before summoning the lightning.
• Qin Huaian spent a month making three fifth-order immortal-grade Defensive Arrays, using nearly all his fifth-order materials.
• Qin Huaian planted the Formation Flags, steadied himself for three days, and raised his aura until tribulation clouds gathered overhead.

Qin Huaian endured the first wave of lightning tribulation in the palace complex, using its power to temper his body. Outside, cultivators recognized the heavenly might as an Immortal Venerable tribulation and began to suspect Qin Huaian was inside.

• Qin Huaian weakened the first bolt with Yin-Yang Rotation and let the remaining lightning strike his body, healing with the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body.
• Qin Huaian endured all nine bolts of the first wave without activating his defensive formation, gradually improving his physical body.
• Cultivators gathered near the palace complex and sensed the heavenly might of an Immortal Venerable lightning tribulation.
• An Immortal Venerable expert of the Blazing Sun Sect ordered Junior Brother Chen to report that someone inside the palace complex was undergoing tribulation.
• Elder Wu and two Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land experts watched the palace as one of them wondered if Qin Huaian was undergoing tribulation.
• A Blood Moon Cult powerhouse greeted Elder Wu and guessed that Qin Huaian was the one inside undergoing tribulation.

Leng Xuanye drove the other sects away from the palace complex and ordered the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land to summon reinforcements after they concluded Qin Huaian was undergoing tribulation inside. Unaware of the commotion outside, Qin Huaian faced the first bolt of his seventh tribulation wave.

• Xue Zhen accused Elder Wu of hiding Qin Huaian’s presence in the palace, and Leng Xuanye struck Xue Zhen with a spear when he spoke disrespectfully of Zhao Gang.
• Leng Xuanye told the gathered sects that they could discover who was inside by breaking the protective formation, then led the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land back to its encampment.
• The other sects left, convinced Qin Huaian was inside the palace, while Leng Xuanye ordered Elder Wu to report the matter and bring more experts to guard it.
• Qin Huaian, unaware of the gathering outside, endured the first lightning bolt of his seventh tribulation wave without using his prepared defensive formation.

Qin Huaian endured the seventh wave of tribulation lightning while pseudo-Mysterious Yellow qi transformed his body. He reached the seventh level, Mysterious Yellow Immortality, and faced the gathering eighth wave with renewed confidence.

• Qin Huaian used Yin-Yang Rotation to withstand the first lightning bolt and absorbed its vitality to strengthen and heal his body.
• Qin Huaian deployed three defensive immortal formations as the remaining bolts of the seventh wave shattered the first two and damaged the third.
• The pseudo-Mysterious Yellow qi circulated through Qin Huaian’s body during the half-day pause between tribulation waves.
• Qin Huaian’s body transformed as the final wisp of pseudo-Mysterious Yellow qi merged with his flesh, advancing him to the seventh level, Mysterious Yellow Immortality.
• Qin Huaian sensed that his physical strength could rival an ordinary Golden Immortal at great perfection, while the eighth wave of lightning gathered above him.

Qin Huaian survived the ordinary lightning waves of his Immortal Venerable tribulation and began facing the Purple Sky Divine Lightning. Outside the palace complex, the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land prepared to kill him, while Leng Xuanye vowed to target his allies as well.

• Qin Huaian endured the first nine waves of tribulation lightning, strengthening his body and Immortal Essence Power without facing a heart demon tribulation.
• Qin Huaian recognized the contracting tribulation clouds as a Purple Sky Divine Lightning Tribulation and blocked its first bolt with his Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor.
• Cultivators gathered outside the palace complex discussed Qin Huaian's extraordinary talent and predicted that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land would fear his future strength.
• Elder Wu told Leng Xuanye that the Sacred Lord had sent Elder Qiu Yi, a fifth-stage Dao Fusion cultivator, to wait for Qin Huaian at the secret realm entrance.
• Leng Xuanye declared that he would defeat Qin Huaian and ordered Elder Wu to find and kill those close to him, hoping to avenge Zhao Pengcheng.

Leng Xuanye learned that Qin Huaian’s master, Lin Tianyu, had left a small sect in the Three Harmony Domain and ordered his people to watch the routes into the Chaotic Sea Region. Meanwhile, Qin Huaian faced the ninth and final Purple Sky Divine Lightning as cultivators outside the palace complex watched in alarm.

• Elder Wu told Leng Xuanye that a disciple had recognized Lin Tianyu, who had lived under the name Lin Yu before leaving his sect after passing an ascension tribulation twenty years earlier.
• Leng Xuanye reasoned that Lin Tianyu might head to the Chaotic Sea Region and ordered agents to guard its void passages so they could capture him.
• Qin Huaian endured the eighth Purple Sky Divine Lightning with three Yin-Yang Rotations and the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor, suffering severe wounds that began to heal.
• The ninth Purple Sky Divine Lightning formed before Qin Huaian had recovered, and he readied Cangwu Sword as the final bolt descended.
• Cultivators outside the palace complex felt the immense pressure and questioned whether a Golden Immortal could withstand the lightning and pass the tribulation.

True Person Daoxuan and Changfeng discussed the weakening void-passage seals and the powerful cultivators expected to enter the Violet Thorn Domain, leaving the Purple Sky Sacred Land facing an imminent threat. Changfeng offered a way to protect the Violet Thorn Mountains, but had not yet revealed it.

• Changfeng warned True Person Daoxuan that one void-passage seal might fail within three years and the others within thirty years.
• True Person Daoxuan assessed their limited strength and said cultivators from nearby major domains could arrive in just over three years.
• Changfeng explained that the Purple Light and Purple Cloud Sacred Lands were unlikely to reunite fully with the Purple Sky Sacred Land despite agreeing to restore the Violet Thorn Sacred Land.
• True Person Daoxuan insisted they must preserve their ancestral land, while Changfeng and Mu Zilin argued they could retreat and reclaim it later.
• Changfeng told True Person Daoxuan that he had a method to keep the Violet Thorn Mountains.

Changfeng proposed a strategic retreat to protect the Violet Thorn Sacred Land, while Qin Huaian overcame the final bolt of Purple Sky Divine Lightning and advanced to the early Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. After his Seed Space began upgrading, the Yin-Yang Laws finally started merging with his Immortal Essence Power.

• Changfeng joked that Mingze or Mu Zilin could take over as Sacred Lord, then said they should retreat if defending the Violet Thorn Sacred Land proved impossible and left the hall.
• True Person Daoxuan worried that cultivators from the outer regions would threaten the Violet Thorn Continent before its cultivators had time to grow stronger.
• Qin Huaian used Grand Void Birth and Extinction to annihilate the final bolt of Purple Sky Divine Lightning and passed his tribulation.
• Qin Huaian completed the heart demon tribulation and absorbed the heavens and earth's seven-colored glow, stabilizing his breakthrough and advancing within the early Primordial Unity Golden Immortal stage.
• Qin Huaian learned that his Seed Space would take 48 years to upgrade, returned to the Limitless Secret Realm, and found the Yin-Yang Laws merging with his Immortal Essence Power.

Qin Huaian advanced to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm and began cultivating as onlookers debated whether he had survived his tribulation. Meanwhile, Leng Xuanye stayed near the palace complex, and Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable overcame his Inner Demon Tribulation.

• Qin Huaian felt the Yin-Yang Laws merging into his Immortal Essence Power and began cultivating after his breakthrough.
• Cultivators outside the palace complex speculated about whether Qin Huaian had survived the final tribulation lightning and whether he could eventually reach the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Leng Xuanye dismissed Qin Huaian’s chances of challenging him, ordered Elder Wu to report to his Master, and activated the Ice Formation near the palace complex.
• Three days later, Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable faced visions of his sect’s destruction and his hatred of Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land during his Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable’s steadfast Dao heart dispelled the illusions, and a seven-colored ray of light entered his body.

After advancing to the Immortal Venerable realm, Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable learned that Qin Huaian might be trapped in a secret realm and chose to return to the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss to grow stronger before helping him. Meanwhile, Lin Tianyu neared the Rainbowfall Domain on his journey toward the Celestial Origin Continent.

• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable stabilized his cultivation, advanced to the Immortal Venerable realm, and thanked Commander Wang for guarding him.
• Commander Wang told Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable that someone in the secret realm had undergone an Immortal Venerable tribulation, likely Qin Huaian, and that the palace formation concealed whether he survived.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable learned that Qin Huaian had summoned the Purple Sky Divine Lightning and was likely still inside the palace to avoid an ambush by the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• Commander Wang warned Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable that Leng Xuanye was guarding the palace area and advised him to strengthen himself before entering the secret realm.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable decided to enter the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss again, while Lin Tianyu continued toward the Rainbowfall Domain, still about a year away.

Lin Tianyu arrived in Rainbowfall Domain and headed toward the void passage to the Chaotic Sea Region, having no Immortal Crystals for a transmission array. Near Dragon Pond City, two cultivators suspected he belonged to the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect and followed him, while Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable intervened and secretly warned him to fly east.

• Lin Tianyu chose to bypass Heaven Scar Sword Abyss and fly toward the void passage to the Chaotic Sea Region because he had run out of Immortal Crystals.
• Lin Tianyu reached Dragon Pond City after seven days and flew past it toward the nearby void passage.
• Junior Brother Sun recognized Lin Tianyu as resembling someone in a portrait of a Yellow Mountain Sword Sect cultivator, and Senior Brother Zhang decided they should follow him.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable overheard the pair and suspected the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was hunting Lin Tianyu.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable sent Lin Tianyu a divine sense warning to act naturally and fly toward the eastern mountain range.
• Lin Tianyu changed course toward the east, and the two cultivators followed him.

Lin Tianyu was pursued by two Golden Immortal cultivators who sought disciples of the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect, including him. As one attacked, Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable appeared and killed him with a single sword strike, leaving Lin Tianyu stunned.

• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable secretly followed Lin Tianyu and warned him that two Golden Immortal cultivators were tracking him.
• The two pursuers caught up with Lin Tianyu in a mountain range and identified him as a Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciple.
• The short cultivator claimed Qin Huaian and other sect disciples were already captured, then demanded that Lin Tianyu come with them.
• Lin Tianyu fled to buy time, but the short cultivator sent a giant hand of Immortal Essence Power after him.
• Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable appeared and destroyed the short cultivator with a sword strike, astonishing Lin Tianyu.