Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian reached the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s branch in the Violet Thorn Mountains after most of its disciples had fled. Zhao Hong rallied the 223 Immortal Venerables to activate the mountain-guarding array, leaving them prepared to fight Qin Huaian or escape if it failed.

• Qin Huaian flew toward the Violet Thorn Mountains and learned from Liu Qing that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had evacuated many disciples and gathered Golden Immortals near Teleportation Arrays elsewhere.
• Qin Huaian entered the Monitoring Array’s range and headed for the Central Hall, where the remaining cultivators sensed his approach.
• Zhao Hong argued that the mountain-guarding array could combine the power of more than two hundred Immortal Venerables and withstand Qin Huaian.
• A cultivator proposed keeping the Central Hall’s Teleportation Array ready, and Zhao Hong confirmed that it could provide an escape route if the defense failed.
• After the mountain-guarding array became fully active, Zhao Hong ordered the Immortal Venerables to take their assigned array nodes.

Qin Huaian tested the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s sect-protecting formation and discovered that its two hundred Immortal Venerables could continually reinforce its weaknesses. He considered using overwhelming force to break it, then took out the array flags for the Li Fire Four Symbols Grand Array.

• Qin Huaian attacked the formation and began probing the mountain for weaknesses.
• Zhao Hong ordered the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s cultivators to reinforce a weak point Qin Huaian had struck.
• Qin Huaian found that the formation’s flaws were being patched by the cultivators within it.
• Qin Huaian realized that using Grand Void Birth and Extinction to break the formation could leave him exposed to the surviving cultivators.
• Qin Huaian took out the array flags for the Li Fire Four Symbols Grand Array.

Qin Huaian set up the Li Fire Four Symbols Array outside Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's mountain-protecting grand array to wear down its defenses. The array repelled the sect's first attack, revealing its sixth-grade power and shocking the cultivators inside.

• Qin Huaian placed array flags around Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, intending to exhaust the cultivators reinforcing its mountain-protecting grand array.
• Zhao Hong warned that Qin Huaian's formation could not be underestimated, while Junior Brother Liu doubted he could establish a Sixth-Order Immortal Array.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect, Water Rhyme Sect, and Blood Moon Cult watched the battle from afar, waiting to see whether Qin Huaian could defeat Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• Qin Huaian activated the Li Fire Four Symbols Array around the Central Hall and the mountain-protecting grand array.
• Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land attacked the new formation, but Qin Huaian's Vermilion Bird divine beast overwhelmed the strike and stunned the cultivators inside.

Qin Huaian used a Sixth-Order Immortal Array to attack the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's mountain-protecting array, alarming its defenders. Zhao Hong rallied them to hold out until their Sacred Lord arrived, but Qin Huaian's next strike made the array shake violently, and a white beam suddenly shot out from within it.

• Qin Huaian's fiery array blocked the Sacred Land's attack and counterstruck, convincing Zhao Hong that Qin Huaian had set up a Sixth-Order Immortal Array.
• Zhao Hong saw fear among the Sacred Land's cultivators and urged them to trust their mountain-protecting array and hold out for a month until the Sacred Lord arrived.
• Qin Huaian sent a fire dragon at the mountain-protecting array, and Zhao Hong directed the defenders to reinforce it.
• The fire dragon's impact shook the array and injured several nearby disciples, while Qin Huaian judged that continued attacks would soon break through.
• A white beam shot out from within the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's mountain-protecting array.

Qin Huaian relentlessly attacked Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s mountain-protecting grand formation with his Sixth-Order Immortal Array until the defenders began to weaken. As the formation finally cracked, Wu Binglan confirmed that the Heavenly Dao Sect would withdraw from the Violet Thorn Mountains regardless of the battle’s outcome.

• Qin Huaian and Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s formation exchanged powerful attacks, and Qin Huaian continued his barrage as the defenders spent their Immortal Essence Power.
• A Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivator warned Zhao Hong that their people were exhausted and disciples had died, while Qin Huaian sensed the formation’s attacks weakening.
• Fairy Qiyu predicted Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land might lose, but Wu Binglan said its many Immortal Venerables could still match an ordinary Sixth-Order Immortal Array.
• Wu Binglan told Fairy Qiyu that the Heavenly Dao Sect would withdraw from the Violet Thorn Mountains on the Sect Master’s orders, regardless of Qin Huaian’s victory or defeat.
• A crack echoed across millions of li, and the observers realized Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s mountain-protecting grand formation had shattered while Qin Huaian’s array remained intact.

Qin Huaian forced the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land to abandon its mountain-protecting grand array and flee the Violet Thorn Mountains. After destroying the array, he found the Central Hall empty, burned it down, and began replenishing his Immortal Essence Power.

• As casualties mounted under Qin Huaian's attacks, the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators urged Zhao Hong to order a retreat.
• Zhao Hong agreed to withdraw and organized the cultivators into two groups to leave through the Central Hall's teleportation array.
• Qin Huaian sensed the defenders had withdrawn from the mountain-protecting grand array and struck its weak point with the Cangwu Sword and Li Fire Four Symbols Array.
• Qin Huaian shattered the mountain-protecting grand array, then found that the escaped cultivators had destroyed the teleportation formation and left the Central Hall empty.
• Qin Huaian burned down the Central Hall with the Li Fire Four Symbols Array and sat in the air to replenish his Immortal Essence Power.

Qin Huaian destroyed the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s stronghold in the Violet Thorn Mountains and forced nearly two hundred Immortal Venerables to flee, earning renown across the Violet Thorn Great World. Elsewhere, He Zhiping emerged from the Eternal Night Divine Hall after five hundred years, having reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and set out to learn about the Immortal Realm and rebuild his sect.

• Qin Huaian stayed inside the Li Fire Four Symbols Array to recover while Liu Qing and other onlookers discussed the destruction of the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s Central Hall.
• Liu Qing learned that nearly two hundred Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators had escaped through teleportation arrays and scattered across the Violet Thorn Continent.
• News of Qin Huaian’s victory spread throughout the Violet Thorn Great World, and cultivators began regarding him as a peer of Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Duan Linchuan traveled toward the Violet Thorn Domain as people anticipated a confrontation with Qin Huaian.
• He Zhiping emerged from the Eternal Night Divine Hall after five hundred years, having reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm by fusing with the origin of the Eternal Night Annihilation Dao.
• He Zhiping decided to find a human immortal city, learn about the Immortal Realm, and rebuild the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.

He Zhiping escaped the Black Sand Domain after inheriting the Eternal Night Annihilation Dao, while the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s destruction left Qin Huaian hovering over the ashes of its Central Hall. He Zhiping did not know he was no longer on the Primordial Ancient Continent, and the story left Qin Huaian’s group facing another ruined stronghold.

• He Zhiping spent three years lost in the Black Sand Domain before finding the Eternal Night Divine Hall and passing its trials.
• He Zhiping inherited Ye Yan’s Eternal Night Annihilation Dao and the Eternal Night Heavenly Concealment Sacred Canon and Oblivion Heart Sutra.
• He Zhiping fused with the source law over five hundred years and broke through to the early Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
• He Zhiping flew out through the desert, thinking of finding the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples and wondering how Han Yunting was doing.
• Qin Huaian’s sixth-grade immortal formation dissipated half a day after the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s people fled, revealing the ashes where its Central Hall had stood.

Qin Huaian destroyed Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s Central Hall with his Sixth-Order Immortal Array and warned the gathered factions that he would retaliate if the sect harmed his disciples. He left for the heart of the Violet Thorn Mountains after offering a truce if Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land surrendered Zhao Gang, while Liu Qing cautioned that Duan Linchuan would arrive in about a month.

• Liu Qing praised Qin Huaian for driving nearly two hundred Immortal Venerable experts of Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land from the battle and told him his victory had spread throughout the Violet Thorn Great World.
• Qin Huaian told Liu Qing and the other factions that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had forced him to retaliate, and Chi Meng, Wu Binglan, and other experts came forward to greet him.
• The allies of Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land departed Violet Thorn Sacred Land, while Qin Huaian asked the remaining factions to relay his warning and offer of a truce if Zhao Gang were handed over.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect, Water Rhyme Sect, and Blood Moon Cult said they would withdraw from the Violet Thorn Mountains, and Liu Qing warned Qin Huaian that Duan Linchuan would arrive in about a month.
• Qin Huaian thanked Liu Qing and flew toward the heart of the Violet Thorn Mountains.

Qin Huaian reached the Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s mountain-guarding formation and waited outside while the sect’s leaders discussed the formation’s dangers and Martial Uncle Changfeng’s long absence. The chapter ended when a disciple reported that Qin Huaian was outside.

• Qin Huaian examined the supreme sixth-rank formation surrounding Violet Thorn Peak and realized he could not break it or send a message inside.
• True Person Daoxuan told Mingze that the sacred land’s resources might last only two thousand years and that he planned to focus on teaching the disciples.
• Mu Zilin and Lingyue asked to leave the formation, but True Person Daoxuan refused because opening a gap could let Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land attack.
• True Person Daoxuan reassured Lingyue that Changfeng was powerful and might reach the Daluo Golden Immortal realm before the sacred land ran out of resources.
• Mingze noted that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had skipped its usual inspection, and a disciple reported that Qin Huaian was waiting outside the formation.

Qin Huaian arrived at the Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s array, but True Person Daoxuan mistook him for an impostor because of his extraordinary cultivation. Qin Huaian tried to prove his identity with a jade slip as Daoxuan watched from within the array.

• A disciple reported that someone resembling Ancestor Qin Huaian was outside the array, and Mu Zilin led the others to investigate.
• Qin Huaian greeted True Person Daoxuan, Mingze, and Mu Zilin, but Daoxuan doubted he was Qin Huaian because he could not see through his cultivation.
• True Person Daoxuan restored the array’s mist to conceal the opening while continuing to watch Qin Huaian.
• Qin Huaian claimed he had destroyed the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s outpost and reached Immortal Venerable Great Perfection, but Daoxuan dismissed his words as implausible.
• Qin Huaian showed Daoxuan the jade slip of Master Canghan’s array insights and wrote a passage from its opening in midair.

Qin Huaian tried to convince Violet Thorn Sacred Land that he was himself and that Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s stronghold had been destroyed. After True Person Daoxuan consulted Shen Canglan, Qin Huaian reunited with him and brought out the rescued Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples.

• True Person Daoxuan recognized the formation inheritance Qin Huaian displayed but worried it could be a deception, so he sent Mingze to fetch Shen Canglan.
• Qin Huaian showed Mu Zilin the Thousand Illusions Mask she had given him, convincing her that he was her Little Martial Uncle.
• True Person Daoxuan opened another window in the mountain-protecting grand formation without lowering it.
• Mingze brought Shen Canglan to the formation, and Qin Huaian happily reunited with his former sect master.
• Qin Huaian summoned several dozen Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples from his Small World beside him.

Qin Huaian reunited Shen Canglan with more than thirty Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples and assured the Violet Thorn Sacred Land that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s base had been destroyed. True Person Daoxuan opened a breach in the mountain-protecting grand formation so they could enter.

• Qin Huaian showed the rescued Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples that Shen Canglan was inside the formation, and they joyfully reunited with their sect master.
• Han Yunting and Shen Canglan told Qin Huaian that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s attack was not his fault and praised him for rescuing their fellow disciples.
• True Person Daoxuan prepared to open the formation, but Yun Yin and Wu Chen arrived and warned that doing so might expose the sacred land to an attack.
• Qin Huaian told Yun Yin that he had destroyed the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s base, though nearly two hundred Immortal Venerables had escaped, and predicted that the other forces would soon leave the Violet Thorn Mountains.
• True Person Daoxuan dismissed Yun Yin’s doubts and opened a breach in the formation for the first time in nearly a hundred years.

Qin Huaian returned to Violet Thorn Sacred Land with dozens of Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples after escaping Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, and True Person Daoxuan hurriedly sealed the mountain-protecting formation behind them. Shen Canglan reunited with Qin Huaian and led the disciples to their quarters, while Qin Huaian promised him more good news.

• A gap opened in Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s mountain-protecting formation, and True Person Daoxuan called Qin Huaian and the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples inside.
• Qin Huaian reassured True Person Daoxuan that no one would dare approach while no Daluo Golden Immortal came, then pointed out distant Immortal Venerable Great Perfection cultivators watching them.
• True Person Daoxuan closed the formation, and Qin Huaian noted that it would take nearly half an hour for its defenses to recover fully.
• True Person Daoxuan praised Qin Huaian for escaping Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land and damaging its forces, then invited him to discuss matters in the main hall.
• Qin Huaian greeted Shen Canglan, who was moved by his return and the reunion with dozens of Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples.
• Shen Canglan led the disciples to his cultivation residence after Qin Huaian promised to visit later with more good news.

Qin Huaian reunited with the elders and disciples of Violet Thorn Sacred Land after destroying Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s base. He learned that Changfeng had left to search for him in the Chaotic Sea Region and was still missing.

• Qin Huaian entered Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s deliberation hall with True Person Daoxuan and met Wu Chen, Yun Yin, and Lingyue.
• Lingyue thanked Qin Huaian for saving them with Nirvana Spirit Liquid and offered to help him, while Mingze and Mu Zilin greeted him as their Little Martial Uncle.
• Qin Huaian asked where Changfeng was, and Lingyue said Changfeng had left to search for him after hearing he was trapped in the Chaotic Sea Region.
• Qin Huaian said he had not encountered Changfeng and suggested Changfeng might have been unable to return because of Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• True Person Daoxuan reassured Lingyue that Changfeng was strong enough to handle ordinary Immortal Venerable Great Perfection cultivators.

Qin Huaian told Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s elders how he had destroyed Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s base using his Sixth-Order Immortal Array Master skills. With Duan Linchuan, a newly ascended Daluo Golden Immortal, due to arrive within a month, Qin Huaian insisted he would leave the protection of the mountain array to continue cultivating outside.

• Qin Huaian recounted how he had weakened Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land for decades and used arrays to destroy its base, though nearly two hundred Immortal Venerate cultivators escaped.
• Lingyue asked whether Qin Huaian had reached Daluo Golden Immortal, and he clarified that his breakthrough was in array mastery, reaching the Sixth-Order Immortal Array Master level.
• Mu Zilin asked whether the mountain-protecting grand array could be opened, and Qin Huaian warned that Duan Linchuan would arrive within a month and might rally Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s survivors.
• Qin Huaian reassured the group that the array could withstand Duan Linchuan and argued that his presence outside would deter attacks on Violet Thorn Sacred Land.
• True Person Daoxuan and Lingyue urged Qin Huaian to stay and cultivate within the array, but he maintained that he needed to venture out to improve.
• Mu Zilin agreed with Qin Huaian and asked her master for permission to leave and temper herself as well.

True Person Daoxuan welcomed Qin Huaian back to Violet Thorn Peak and gave him the Two Principles Concentric Fruit, which Changfeng had saved for him. Qin Huaian accepted it and asked about the ancient immortal estate where Changfeng had found it.

• True Person Daoxuan brought Qin Huaian to his old cave residence and set a soundproofing restriction.
• True Person Daoxuan showed Qin Huaian the Two Principles Concentric Fruit, a rare Dao Fruit containing yin-yang resonance.
• True Person Daoxuan explained that Changfeng had saved the fruit for Qin Huaian because Qin Huaian had greater potential in Yin-Yang Laws.
• True Person Daoxuan revealed that Changfeng had obtained seven Dao Fruits in an ancient immortal estate and distributed several to their fellow disciples.
• Qin Huaian accepted the Two Principles Concentric Fruit and asked True Person Daoxuan about the ancient immortal estate.

Qin Huaian learned more about Mo Hen’s Ink Trace Immortal Mansion and explained the legacy of Daoist Cloudwatcher to True Person Daoxuan. Daoxuan began reading the legacy’s account of the Violet Thorn Great World and discovered its connection to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and a passage to the Devil Race.

• True Person Daoxuan told Qin Huaian that Mo Hen had been a perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal, known in his era as an Immortal Emperor, and that Mo Hen’s mansion had supplied the Violet Thorn Sacred Land’s mountain-protecting array.
• Qin Huaian reassured True Person Daoxuan that the Sixth-Order Immortal Array could defend the Sacred Land even if Daoxuan could not draw out its full power.
• True Person Daoxuan explained that he had refused to open the array when Su Yu and Lingxiao Ke came offering parts of Daoist Cloudwatcher’s legacy, because he feared an attack from the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land and distrusted the visitors.
• Qin Huaian gave True Person Daoxuan three jade slips containing Daoist Cloudwatcher’s teachings on arrays and artifact refining, along with an account of the Violet Thorn Great World.
• True Person Daoxuan read that the world’s incomplete laws were connected to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and that a passage in the Parasol Tree Domain led to powerful forces of the Devil Race.

Qin Huaian explained to True Person Daoxuan how the Secret Realm World and the restored Parasol Tree Continent were changing the Violet Thorn Great World, then shared the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body cultivation art with him. He planned to leave for the Parasol Tree Domain soon to look for Changfeng and deter Duan Linchuan from attacking Violet Thorn Sacred Land.

• Qin Huaian told True Person Daoxuan that two jade slips containing array and artifact-refining insights could help Violet Thorn Sacred Land nurture talented disciples.
• Qin Huaian linked the Secret Realm World, which he said came from the Primordial Ancient Continent, to the Violet Thorn Great World's increasingly stable space and the Parasol Tree Continent's growing importance.
• Qin Huaian described the Parasol Tree Continent's powerful Earth Vein Power and explained that the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body could lead to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Huaian gave True Person Daoxuan a copy of the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body, but Daoxuan could not retain Earth Vein Power without first condensing pseudo-mysterious yellow qi at the Kun Yuan Dao Repository Stele.
• Qin Huaian told True Person Daoxuan he would leave for the Parasol Tree Domain to seek Changfeng and keep Duan Linchuan from attacking Violet Thorn Sacred Land.

Qin Huaian told the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples they could join the Violet Thorn Sacred Land or rebuild their sect under its protection. When Shen Canglan suggested Qin Huaian lead the rebuilding, Qin Huaian revealed that the Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable was in the Violet Thorn Great World and had become an Immortal Venerable.

• Qin Huaian told the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples they could join the Violet Thorn Sacred Land or later rebuild their sect under its protection.
• Shen Canglan said rebuilding the sect would be difficult because its cultivation legacy only reached the stage of ascending to immortality after tribulation.
• Shen Canglan suggested Qin Huaian lead the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect's revival, and the disciples looked to Qin Huaian for an answer.
• Qin Huaian said he was unsuited to leading the sect and named the Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable as the ideal leader.
• Qin Huaian revealed that he had met the Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable, who had reached the Immortal Venerable realm, astonishing Shen Canglan.