Chapter Summaries

Qin Huaian learned from the New Artifact Spirit that the Violet Thorn Great World had risen in level, making its laws clearer and cultivation faster. He decided to seize the temporary opportunity and cultivate, while the artifact spirit left his questions about world levels unanswered.

• Qin Huaian tried to draw out the New Artifact Spirit by questioning whether it had strengthened the laws and Dao resonances in the Law Space.
• The New Artifact Spirit explained that it had only been checking on Qin Huaian and had not caused the change.
• The New Artifact Spirit revealed that the Violet Thorn Great World had risen in level, dispersing world origin power and bringing cultivators closer to the laws of heaven and earth.
• Qin Huaian connected the world's rise in level to the Earth Ancestral Dragon Vein's merger with the Violet Thorn Great World.
• The New Artifact Spirit could not explain the world's levels or how long the benefits would last, and urged Qin Huaian to cultivate before other candidates surpassed him.
• Qin Huaian thanked the New Artifact Spirit and prepared to enter seclusion to cultivate.

After the Violet Thorn Great World’s surge in cultivation momentum ended, Qin Huaian continued cultivating while Wu Binglan prepared to undergo her Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Tribulation. Far away, two Sishui Alliance cultivators discovered a weakening sealing array and decided to report its powerful array treasure to their alliance.

• Qin Huaian advanced his Yin-Yang Laws to the Seventh Stage of Dao Fusion, then continued cultivating after the world’s momentum faded.
• Wu Binglan told Lingxiao Ke she would attempt her tribulation, and Lingxiao Ke agreed to guard her preparations.
• Many Immortal Venerable Great Perfection cultivators across the Violet Thorn Great World began summoning their Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Tribulations.
• A Rou and the cultivator surnamed Lu found a faintly glowing sealing array near a spatial passage sealed by the Ancient Violet Thorn Sacred Land.
• Lu determined that the nearly seventh-order array was loosening and contained a treasure that might rival a top-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure, but he could not break it.
• Lu told A Rou they needed to report the array to the Sishui Alliance.

Lu and A Rou discovered a sealing array in the void, but a group of devil cultivators from the Origin-Erosion Palace arrived and claimed the site. Lu escaped with A Rou after Wu Xun attacked them, intending to report the secret realm to the Sishui Alliance.

• Lu agreed to conceal the sealing array, but A Rou spotted several devil cultivators approaching.
• Wu Xun claimed the array belonged to the Origin-Erosion Palace and ordered Lu and A Rou to leave.
• Lu said he had informed the Sishui Alliance, but Wu Xun mocked his claim and let the two humans depart.
• As Lu and A Rou turned to leave, Wu Xun attacked them and the other devils moved to surround them.
• Lu used an array disc to trap the devils behind a barrier and fled with A Rou.
• Lu decided he would tell the Sishui Alliance about the array so its experts could challenge the Origin-Erosion Palace.

Wu Xun ordered the Origin-Erosion Palace to report the Sealing Formation and the fleeing Sishui Alliance cultivators, while Lu and A Rou chose a cautious route back to Xuanhuang Starland. In the Violet Thorn Great World, Duan Linchuan learned that a spatial passage had appeared near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land and hurried to see it.

• Wu Xun told a subordinate to report the Sealing Formation's change and the two Sishui Alliance cultivators to the Devil Master.
• Lu told A Rou they would avoid the nearest spatial passage in case the Devil Race had set an ambush, and they agreed to return by a safer route after a few years.
• Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators told Duan Linchuan that a spatial passage had appeared fifty thousand li northwest of their sect grounds.
• Duan Linchuan teleported out of his residence and flew toward the newly appeared passage as the other cultivators followed.

Duan Linchuan determined that a newly appeared spatial passage near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land was likely the ancient route beyond the Violet Thorn Great World, where powerful Devil Race cultivators might still wait. He ordered the major powers to be informed and began preparations to evacuate the sect’s disciples from the Parasol Tree Domain.

• Duan Linchuan inspected the gray spatial passage and recognized that its dangerous spatial forces matched Daoist Cloudwatcher’s account of the passage beyond the Violet Thorn Great World.
• Duan Linchuan told the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land elders that the passage had likely reappeared because the ancient Sealing Formation weakened amid the world’s recent transformation.
• Duan Linchuan ordered the major sects to be notified and proposed sending someone through the passage to investigate where it led.
• Duan Linchuan ordered Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land disciples in the Parasol Tree Domain to prepare for an orderly evacuation.
• Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators relayed news of the passage’s appearance to the major powers.

As Wu Binglan underwent her tribulation, Lingxiao Ke learned that a spatial passage had appeared near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's base and might lead beyond the Violet Thorn Great World to the Devil Race. He ordered the Heavenly Dao Sect to prepare its core disciples to evacuate and spread the news so other experts could investigate the passage.

• Elder Lü received news that a dangerous spatial passage had appeared near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's base and might be the passage Daoist Cloudwatcher had described.
• Elder Lü told Lingxiao Ke that the passage's spatial forces could threaten Immortal Venerables and that Duan Linchuan believed only Great Luo Golden Immortals could survive inside.
• Lingxiao Ke ordered the Heavenly Dao Sect to prepare its most promising core disciples in the Parasol Tree Domain for evacuation while he considered why no Devil Race cultivators had emerged.
• Lingxiao Ke instructed Elder Lü to spread the news throughout the Violet Thorn Great World and draw secluded experts into investigating the passage.
• Lingxiao Ke returned his attention to Wu Binglan's tribulation, while experts from across the Violet Thorn Great World began heading to the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's base.

Duan Linchuan gathered several Great Luo Golden Immortals to discuss a newly appeared spatial passage that might lead beyond the Violet Thorn Great World and toward the Devil Race. Su Yu urged them to publicize the passage and claimed it could offer a path beyond Great Luo Golden Immortal, leaving them to seek help from other powerful cultivators.

• Duan Linchuan summoned Su Yu, Xue Changge, and Sikong Lie to examine the spatial passage near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• Duan Linchuan and Su Yu warned that the passage might lead to Devil Race experts, and the group agreed they needed to investigate it.
• Xue Changge said only a Great Luo Golden Immortal could withstand the passage’s spatial turbulence, but no one volunteered to enter first.
• Su Yu urged Duan Linchuan to announce the passage throughout the Violet Thorn Great World and claimed Senior Cloudwatcher had mentioned a chance to surpass Great Luo Golden Immortal beyond it.
• Duan Linchuan ordered a disciple to spread the news, unaware that Lingxiao Ke had already done so.

After more than eight years in seclusion, He Zhiping returned to Immortal Inquiry City and heard that a spatial passage had reappeared on the Parasol Tree Continent. The rumors said it might lead beyond the Violet Thorn Great World, where cultivators could reach realms above Great Luo Golden Immortal.

• He Zhiping returned to Immortal Inquiry City after reaching the mid-stage Immortal Venerable realm and waited for Han Yunting to emerge from the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• He Zhiping overheard two cultivators discussing a newly appeared spatial passage on the Parasol Tree Continent that might only admit Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Nearby cultivators connected the passage to the one sealed by Daoist Cloudwatcher and feared that Devil Race experts could invade the Violet Thorn Great World.
• A cultivator confirmed that several major sects had announced the passage's appearance near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's base.
• The cultivator said no Devil Race cultivators had emerged and reported rumors that the passage led to a world where cultivation could surpass Great Luo Golden Immortal.

He Zhiping realized the reappeared passage in the Parasol Tree Domain could let powerful Devil Race cultivators invade the Violet Thorn Great World, putting his master and the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect at risk. As news spread, Dugu Wentian set out for the passage while sending Ye Hao to the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss.

• He Zhiping learned that the passage in the Parasol Tree Domain might be the ancient route sealed by Daoist Cloudwatcher to keep the Devil Race out of the Violet Thorn Great World.
• He Zhiping worried that the failing seal could lead to an invasion and thought about the danger to his master and the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.
• News of the passage spread across the Violet Thorn Great World, and major sects began evacuating disciples from the Parasol Tree Domain.
• Dugu Wentian traveled with Ye Hao toward the Void Passage Plaza and said he intended to explore beyond the Violet Thorn Great World.
• Dugu Wentian told Ye Hao to go alone to the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss, then prepared to leave through the passage to the Rainbowfall Domain.

Lingxiao Ke and Wu Binglan returned to the Parasol Tree Domain as cultivators fled through the passage to the Violet Thorn Domain, amid fears that devil race forces might lie beyond it. After Nangong Liuying arrived, the major powers scheduled a gathering beneath the passage to decide how to respond, leaving the Violet Thorn Great World waiting for the meeting’s outcome.

• Lingxiao Ke and Wu Binglan returned to the Parasol Tree Domain and saw cultivators scrambling to leave through the Void Passage Plaza.
• Lingxiao Ke told Wu Binglan that the major sects were evacuating their core disciples and feared powerful devil race cultivators might guard the other side of the spatial passage.
• Elder Chen reported that nearly all the major powers’ Great Luo Golden Immortals had arrived, while no rogue Great Luo Golden Immortals had confirmed their attendance.
• Lingxiao Ke and Wu Binglan discussed how rogue cultivators might risk entering the passage to escape an invasion and seek higher realms beyond it.
• After Nangong Liuying arrived, the major powers scheduled a meeting beneath the spatial passage three days later and announced it throughout the Violet Thorn Great World.

Thirteen Great Luo Golden Immortals gathered beneath a spatial passage near the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land to discuss the Violet Thorn Great World's fate. Duan Linchuan explained that they suspected the passage had reappeared after the celestial phenomena disrupted an ancient seal.

• More than a hundred thousand cultivators assembled, and thirteen Great Luo Golden Immortals took their seats on the platform.
• Cultivators below the platform discussed Wu Binglan's recent breakthrough and the opportunities and dangers of advancing to Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• At noon, Duan Linchuan opened the gathering and said those present cared about the Violet Thorn Great World's people and future.
• Lingxiao Ke asked Duan Linchuan to explain how the spatial passage had appeared.
• Duan Linchuan recounted their discovery of Daoist Cloudwatcher's cave abode and said the passage might be the one once found in the Parasol Tree Domain, exposed when the celestial phenomena disrupted its ancient seal.