Chapter Summaries

Huan Yinzi recognized the void as a Cloud Tower Tree and, while investigating it, sensed Lu Suhua’s breakthrough beneath the earth. His connection to her drew her attention as Black Robe appeared, leaving Yu Ci hidden underground while Lu Suhua rose toward the surface.

• Huan Yinzi arrived with Mister He, identified the void as a Cloud Tower Tree, and encouraged the cultivators to value it.
• Huan Yinzi approached the rosy clouds and sensed Lu Suhua comprehending the great perfection realm of a Longevity True Man beneath the earth.
• Mister He’s cough disrupted Huan Yinzi’s focus, allowing Lu Suhua to notice their connection and place him under overwhelming pressure.
• Huan Yinzi greeted Lu Suhua rather than attack, while Mister He realized the danger of confronting her.
• Black Robe appeared and fled after warning Lu Suhua, and Huan Yinzi announced that she had come up.
• Yu Ci remained concealed underground as Lu Suhua’s radiance passed overhead.

Yu Ci used Rakshasa Illusory Power to provoke a clash between Lu Suhua and Huan Yinzi, hoping to gain an opening, but Lu Suhua remained in control. As their confrontation tore Chengqitian apart, Yu Ci watched and silently counted the time.

• Yu Ci sensed Lu Suhua watching the backlash across the Azure Sky Domain and realized he had to act before she reached Chengqitian.
• Mister He and Huan Yinzi mistook Yu Ci's illusion for a chance to retreat, while the other cultivators were deceived into thinking they were charging toward Lu Suhua.
• Huan Yinzi attacked Lu Suhua with the Eight Sufferings Adhering Dust Method, but the Sun Concealing Ring exposed his attack and the Jing Tian Sword Rainbow collided with the ring.
• A magical treasure refining twin wheels erupted from the rosy mist, disrupting the auras and forcing Huan Yinzi to hesitate as cultivators rushed into the mist.
• Huan Yinzi followed a hoarse screech with his consciousness toward the altar and Cloud Tower Tree, then realized too late that his aura had connected with Lu Suhua's again.
• Yu Ci watched Chengqitian crack further apart and calculated the time after his illusion failed to lure Lu Suhua into his plan.

Yu Ci used the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal to plunge the cultivators around Chengqitian into chaos, then connected their greed through the Heavenly Demon Hall and formed a Death Demon. He placed it between Lu Suhua and Huan Yinzi, causing their clash to injure dozens of Void Stepping cultivators.

• A cultivator announced the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal, drawing the surrounding cultivators into the rosy mist as they rushed to seize the treasure.
• Yu Ci connected with Equality Heaven and used the Immeasurable Void Divine Ability to ensnare most of the Void Stepping cultivators in their greed.
• Yu Ci used Bao Yun and the Heavenly Demon Hall to channel the cultivators' Six Desires Turbid Stream, then formed a Death Demon from his Innate Vital Energy.
• Yu Ci inserted the Death Demon between Lu Suhua and Huan Yinzi as they battled, and their collision sent a True Person-level impact through the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Dozens of Void Stepping cultivators groaned or spat blood, unaware of what had struck them.

Yu Ci struggled to protect himself and Chengqitian as Lu Suhua’s attacks broke through his defenses. The Heavenly Demon Hall fell, but Yu Ci’s Death Demon Divine Ability fully manifested, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yu Ci used the Heavenly Demon Hall’s shifting voids to absorb much of Lu Suhua’s first attack and redirect its force.
• Lu Suhua struck the Heavenly Demon Hall, and Bao Yun used the Marrow Burning Curse to strengthen the cultivators resisting her.
• Old Daoist Xusheng fused with the half-completed Yang God beneath the Dharma altar while Tie Lan protected him, and Yu Ci concealed his escape with talismans and Rakshasa Illusory Power.
• Lu Suhua’s next attacks shattered the Heavenly Demon Hall and destroyed the demon seeds in the cultivators’ brain palaces.
• Yu Ci’s Death Demon Divine Ability took form across Chengqitian as a gray-misted realm of death, manifesting as an enormous serpent-and-tortoise Dharma image.

Yu Ci used the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect to hold the cultivators’ attention while Lu Suhua arrived and his Yang God returned to his body. As Yu Ci discovered that the Soul Resonance Jade carried imprints from Lu Suhua, Huan Yinzi tried to escape the increasingly dangerous domain and became the Black Tortoise’s target.

• Yu Ci used the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect to kill a Demonic Sect cultivator, strengthening the death demon and frightening the surrounding Void Stepping cultivators.
• Lu Suhua entered Chengqitian, and Huan Yinzi raised his Eight Sufferings Adhering Dust Method to contest her and Yu Ci’s domains.
• Yu Ci’s Yang God accelerated toward his body, reunited with it, and returned its Primordial Yang Qi and accumulated information to him.
• Yu Ci’s Analysis Divine Ability revealed that the Soul Resonance Jade contained imprints from Lu Suhua.
• Huan Yinzi recognized that the domain was controlled by a hidden figure, decided to flee, and saw the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect fix its gaze on him.

Yu Ci used the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect to disrupt Lu Suhua and Huan Yinzi, then stabilized his collapsing mental state through the return of his Yang God and entered a profound state of insight. As the Feather Transformation True Intent countdown reached its final ten breaths, Yu Ci's darkness spread toward both True Person cultivators.

• Huan Yinzi realized the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect had trapped him in the tangled spiritual qi and abandoned the idea of asking Lu Suhua to join forces against it.
• Yu Ci recognized that he had disrupted True Person cultivators through his own understanding rather than Rakshasa Illusory Power, but his effort left his mind close to collapse.
• Yu Ci's returned Yang God steadied his foundation and allowed him to enter a clear, fluid spiritual state despite the Feather Transformation True Intent's countdown.
• Lu Suhua used her Definite Origin Fist Intent to suppress the surrounding qi, but the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect killed a trapped cultivator and strengthened its death qi.
• Yu Ci drew inspiration from marks associated with Lu Suhua on the Soul Resonance Jade and spread the Black Tortoise's darkness toward both Lu Suhua and Huan Yinzi as the final ten-breath deadline arrived.

Yu Ci used simulated divine abilities to fight Lu Suhua amid the collapsing battlefield, while the Feather Transformation True Intent’s deadline faded from his concern. He turned the fight by invoking an equalizing Buddhist power that stripped Lu Suhua of her natal magic treasure, the Sun Concealing Ring, and sent it to Huan Yinzi.

• Yu Ci recognized that the Wumeng Cicada Molt had preserved the imprints of his simulated feather transformation for future use.
• Yu Ci used divine abilities derived from ancient memories to disrupt Lu Suhua and Huan Yinzi, then struck Lu Suhua with the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect and Twelve Jade Towers Heavenly Sound.
• Lu Suhua answered with the Sun Concealing Ring’s golden light and joined her Fist Intent with the Rainbow Shadow Sword to overwhelm Yu Ci’s freezing attack.
• A gigantic eye opened in the dark vortex, and a Buddhist chant caused the Sun Concealing Ring to break free from Lu Suhua and fly to Huan Yinzi.

Yu Ci and Lu Suhua fought while Huan Yinzi struggled against a heart demon after gaining possession of the Sun Concealing Ring. Bao Yun drove Huan Yinzi away, and Yu Ci summoned the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal to merge the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect with the stars and turn Lu Suhua’s attack against the power of Heaven and Earth.

• Huan Yinzi considered using the Sun Concealing Ring to attack Lu Suhua but realized that heart demons were clouding his thoughts.
• The Sun Concealing Ring’s golden light exposed Huan Yinzi’s heart demon, and Bao Yun mocked and distracted him as the ring fought his grip.
• Huan Yinzi collided with Lu Suhua’s aura, recognized Bao Yun’s deception, and fled after throwing away the Sun Concealing Ring.
• Yu Ci had Bao Yun pursue the ring and turned back to face Lu Suhua’s overwhelming Fist Intent.
• Yu Ci invoked the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal, which transformed the sky into a star-filled Black Tortoise domain and greatly empowered his defenses.
• Lu Suhua’s fist struck against the combined power of the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect and Heaven and Earth.

Yu Ci and Lu Suhua clashed with their deepest powers as Yu Ci entered the Black Tortoise Star Aspect’s true intent and learned to command countless transformations with an unchanging will. Just as their battle intensified, Karmic Fire spread from Lu Suhua’s discarded Sun Concealing Ring and began igniting the evil karma she had accumulated across her lives.

• Lu Suhua resisted the Black Tortoise Star Aspect’s suppression with the Primal Thunder Hammer, tearing open the void and dissolving its freezing force with Primal Chaos power.
• Yu Ci stopped pursuing endless talismanic transformations, concentrated his thoughts, and entered the Black Tortoise Star Aspect’s true intent.
• Yu Ci and Lu Suhua’s competing true intents collided, sending darkness, lightning, and surging vital energy across a vast area.
• True Man Guangwei watched the battle and recognized that Yu Ci was approaching a path of commanding infinity with the finite.
• A scarlet flame enveloped the Sun Concealing Ring Huan Yinzi had discarded, then connected to Lu Suhua’s life-bound magic treasure and burned onto her body as Karmic Fire.
• The Karmic Fire began triggering the evil karma Lu Suhua had accumulated throughout her past, present, and future lives.

Bao Yun entered Lu Suhua’s Sea of Consciousness through the karmic fire and attacked her Dao foundation with Hun Liao’s help. Lu Suhua countered by declaring she would bear all causes and effects herself, then summoned the Tortoise-Snake Dharma Image to steady her Sea of Consciousness.

• Bao Yun used the Heart Refining Dharma Fire to release the karmic fire and enter Lu Suhua’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Bao Yun transformed into an inner demon and raced toward the center of Lu Suhua’s Sea of Consciousness to strike her Dao foundation.
• Bao Yun hesitated over the three figures formed by Lu Suhua’s divided soul, allowing Lu Suhua’s mind intent to manifest.
• Bao Yun sent Hun Liao to attack Lu Suhua while her demonic intent spread through the karmic fire and Lu Suhua’s memories.
• Lu Suhua shattered Hun Liao’s manifestation, then invoked the Tortoise-Snake Dharma Image after vowing to bear all causes and effects herself.

Lu Suhua’s Sea of Consciousness was overwhelmed by Yu Ci’s Black Tortoise true intent, Karmic Fire, and Bao Yun’s attack, but her buried Fist Intent erupted and forced Yu Ci and Bao Yun out. Yu Ci linked the Hell Path Fragment to the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion, where Lu Chen’s Fist Intent and the Karmic Fire drew in the Great Brahma Demon King and the Boundless Void Divine Lord, leaving the Hell Beings and the Ten Directions Great Venerable kneeling.

• Lu Suhua accepted all the evil karma’s consequences, causing the Karmic Fire to intensify as Yu Ci’s Black Tortoise true intent invaded her Sea of Consciousness.
• Bao Yun abandoned the Channelling Yin Demon form and attacked Lu Suhua with Five Aggregates Demonic Consciousness, worsening the damage to her foundation.
• Lu Suhua’s buried Fist Intent erupted, overwhelming Yu Ci and forcing him and Bao Yun out of her Sea of Consciousness.
• Yu Ci released the Hell Path Fragment and cast it beyond the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect’s range, reconnecting it with the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and greatly amplifying the Karmic Fire.
• Lu Chen’s Fist Intent reached the Karmic Fire as the Great Brahma Demon King and the Boundless Void Divine Lord crossed into the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion.
• The Hell Beings and Zhao Ziyue knelt before the forces in the Karmic Fire, and the Ten Directions Great Venerable soon fell to his knees as well.

Yu Ci and Bao Yun were overwhelmed by the fist intent erupting from Lu Suhua, while Yu Ci’s countdown neared its end and the Xuanwu True Intent forced him toward hibernation. At the same time, Xin Yi sensed the Boundless Void Divine Lord borrowing power from the Great Brahma Demon King and detected a disturbance near Guangwei before a mysterious voice called Yu Ci to return.

• Xin Yi sensed the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s power reach through the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and found that the two devil masters had stopped fighting.
• Xin Yi discovered that the Boundless was borrowing power from the Great Brahma and sent a report, but a void blockade prevented the talisman token from escaping.
• Xin Yi sensed a distant disturbance in the direction of Guangwei, as if something were crashing toward it.
• Yu Ci and Bao Yun were blasted out of their seas of consciousness by the fist intent erupting from Lu Suhua.
• The fist intent suppressed the karmic fire and starry sky dharma-images, while the Xuanwu True Intent pushed Yu Ci toward sleep as his countdown passed eighty percent.
• A mysterious voice called, “Forked roads of the void, where is the homeward path? Return, oh return...”

Yu Ci discovered that Qu Wujie had arranged for the Cloud Tower Tree to use the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s power to connect with the Land of Eternal Damnation. The plan activated far earlier than expected, and the colliding voids destroyed Chengqitian as Yu Ci’s consciousness sank toward darkness.

• Yu Ci recognized a void message from the Cloud Tower Tree as Qu Wujie's contingency and sensed the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s power arriving through it.
• Yu Ci realized the Boundless Void divine ability was drawing the barrier around the Land of Eternal Damnation toward his void.
• Qu Wujie's message revealed that he had planned to use the Cloud Tower Tree and Yu Ci’s inner void to connect the Land of Eternal Damnation and aid the seventeen trapped sword immortals.
• Yu Ci understood that his rapid cultivation and the Cloud Tower Tree’s premature maturity had triggered Qu Wujie's plan centuries ahead of schedule.
• The Land of Eternal Damnation collided with Yu Ci’s void, collapsing Chengqitian and destroying most of the Cloud Tower Tree’s life force.
• The basalt true intent froze the collapsing voids in place, while the impact further drove Yu Ci’s mind and soul into darkness.

Yu Ci lost consciousness as Boundless and Lu Chen’s powers collided, shaking the barrier between Chengqitian and the Land of Eternal Damnation. In the aftermath, the Northern Wilderness’s ancient black storm stopped, while the remote battle’s devastation left a vast region lifeless.

• Lu Suhua fled Yu Ci’s domain, but a void rift and Karmic Fire intercepted her as Boundless and Lu Chen’s powers collided.
• Yu Ci realized the clash was destabilizing the barrier between Chengqitian and the Land of Eternal Damnation before his consciousness faded.
• Xin Yi told Guangwei that the Northern Wilderness faced disaster, and he praised Lu Chen and Donghua True Lord for forcing Boundless to act.
• Black Robe pursued Lu Suhua through the earth, but when he found her, his Molten Core Prison Technique had lost its power and the black storm fell still.
• The remote battle between the Boundless Void Divine Lord, the Great Brahma Demon King, and Donghua True Lord briefly shattered the barrier, and dead qi left the Northern Wilderness barren and lifeless.

Shen Wan and Shen Liang traveled south aboard the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat as the Suixin Pavilion’s internal conflicts and the southern turmoil came into focus. Their journey ended with Jie Girl recognizing Li Shan, a Northern Wilderness merchant Shen Wan remembered.

• Shen Liang told Shen Wan that Fenying True Man had died outside Daoming Sea, bringing the death toll among Longevity True Mans to twelve in fourteen years.
• Shen Wan considered how the Suixin Pavilion’s southern branch had moved the Suixin Dharma Assembly away from the prosperous Northern Wilderness and wondered what its rivals would do next.
• Shen Wan and Shen Liang watched Jie Girl draw attention as she walked backward while chatting with a young man.
• Jie Girl bumped into a man, then recognized him as Li Shan, whom Shen Wan remembered as a merchant with rare trading channels.

Sun Jie reunited with Li Shan aboard the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat, but Fu Liang’s jealous interference drove Li Shan away and angered her. A veiled woman then attacked Fu Liang and seized Sun Jie, demanding to know where the Jade Cicada was.

• Sun Jie recognized Li Shan, but Fu Liang tried to assert himself as her companion, prompting Li Shan to leave rather than risk a feud.
• Sun Jie rebuked Fu Liang and walked away, though he later flattered her until she seemed to forgive him.
• Fu Liang followed Sun Jie into a secluded garden on the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat and entertained predatory thoughts about her.
• A veiled woman approached Sun Jie and invited her to talk, ignoring Fu Liang.
• The veiled woman rendered Fu Liang powerless, seized Sun Jie by the neck, and demanded to know where the Jade Cicada was.

The Flower Demon tortured Sun Jie and took the Dao Intent Jade Cicada, but Ghost Aversion intervened and drove her off before revealing he had deceived her with an empty shell. Sun Jie lay dying after Ghost Aversion killed Li Shan, while a mysterious starlight entered her brow.

• The Flower Demon restrained Sun Jie, tortured her with the Hundred Flower Brand, and extracted the Dao Intent Jade Cicada.
• Fu Liang recognized the Flower Demon and begged for his life, but she killed him.
• Ghost Aversion attacked the Flower Demon with gloomy green fire, forcing her to release Sun Jie and flee as he pursued her.
• Li Shan found the dying Sun Jie, but Ghost Aversion killed him and revealed that the jade cicada he had taken was an empty shell.
• As Sun Jie lost consciousness, Li Shan's corpse melted into clear water and a stream of starlight entered her brow.

Gui Yan carried the Dao Intent Jade Cicada south after successfully shifting blame for it onto the Flower Demon, intending to sell it for treasures he needed. He boarded a wealthy ship and began attacking its passengers to vent his anger.

• Gui Yan recalled how the Dao Intent Jade Cicada had been discovered, transformed into jade, and become the subject of a deadly struggle before it came into his possession.
• Gui Yan used Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell to make the Flower Demon appear to have seized the cicada, then planned to sell the real treasure through his own channels.
• Gui Yan descended beside a large lake and landed openly on a lavish ship, where a Spirit Communion cultivator respectfully asked what he wanted.
• Gui Yan declared that he would vent his anger on the women aboard and swept green light through the ship, setting people ablaze as he laughed and entered the cabins.

Gui Yan concealed his role in the massacre aboard the lake ship, then hid to cultivate before joining the Suixin Dharma Assembly. He began a cautious exchange for an auction treasure and met a poised woman who challenged his interest in the wooden puppets around her.

• Gui Yan killed everyone aboard the lake ship, spared a few fleeing captives to spread rumors, and escaped across the water.
• He found a Six-Nine Yin Fire Cave and spent a month cultivating while waiting for the Suixin Dharma Assembly.
• Gui Yan disguised himself and mingled among the assembly’s cultivators, then sent a coded signal to arrange a trade for a treasure slated for auction.
• A water snake led Gui Yan through an underwater channel to a drifting boat, where he entered a bamboo cabin and met a beautiful woman.
• The woman smiled and asked Gui Yan whether mere lifeless wooden puppets were truly worthy of his discerning eye.

Ghost Aversion traded the Dao Intent Jade Cicada for the Delusion Breaking Pill Essence, but a sudden Cracked Mountain Dragon Seal attack destroyed the cabin-boat and puppet. As he fled underwater, the jade cicada fell into the river within his reach.

• Ghost Aversion examined the puppet and accepted that it had exposed his identity, then took the Delusion Breaking Pill Essence it offered.
• Ghost Aversion exchanged the Dao Intent Jade Cicada for the pill essence while the puppet inspected the cicada.
• The Dao Intent Jade Cicada began shedding its shell, prompting Ghost Aversion to worry that his past scheme might be uncovered.
• A gigantic Cracked Mountain Dragon Seal struck the cabin-boat, and Ghost Aversion recognized that its wielder was nearly a True Person.
• Ghost Aversion fled underwater as the cabin-boat and puppet crumbled, and the Dao Intent Jade Cicada fell into the river within his reach.