Arc 7The Nine Luminaries Ascendant

Yang Huai rose from a Baohua Hall guard to a powerful Earth Immortal, winning the sect competition and taking command of the Heavenly River Navy. After Plain Maiden vanished in the catastrophe that shattered Zhou Mountain, Yang Huai trained the river troops and learned that Yuan Xiuxiu might be the mysterious wife connected to the Spirit Platform Sword Sect.

  • Yang Huai cultivated the Nine Luminaries Star Canon, became an Earthly Fiend Star Lord after protecting Baohua Hall from the Tenth Prince, and later formed a Golden Core and attained an Earth Immortal body.
  • Yang Huai defeated the Eldest Princess in a spar, befriended the Heavenly River Spirit Plain Maiden, and helped her prepare an incarnation that could leave the river.
  • Yang Huai won the sect competition by defeating the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect’s challengers, securing treasures for the Pure Origin Sect and receiving Form-Fixing Immortal Elixirs.
  • Yang Huai gave Plain Maiden a method to travel outside the Heavenly River, but Gonggong shattered Zhou Mountain and Plain Maiden was swept toward the mortal world as the river’s suppressing stele fell.
  • Yang Huai defended Baohua Hall during the upheaval, searched for Plain Maiden without finding her, and accepted the appointment to train the Heavenly River Navy.
  • Yang Huai developed Weak Water talismans and trained the river soldiers, then cultivated to the fifth revolution of his Golden Core over five years.
  • Yang Huai met Fang Ge and learned that the Pure Origin Sect was contending for the Upper Origin Dao Repository, while the Spirit Platform Sword Sect had invited the Nine Heavens Spiritual Maiden, whom Yang Huai suspected was Yuan Xiuxiu.
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Ch. 155Dao Fruit Selection

Yang Huai received the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Six-God Sword Formula and continued cultivating while seeking an alchemist to make pills from his remaining immortal medicine. After a new other self appeared in the Bronze Mirror, he connected to it and found that he was no longer human, wondering if he had become a deity.

  • Yang Huai and two other disciples inherited the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Six-God Sword Formula, and Dao Ningzi warned them not to pass it on without permission.
  • Yang Huai met Gaga at Spirit-Fusion Peak and gave the growing immortal crane a Firecloud Pill.
  • Yang Huai refined his remaining Immortal Gold Pills and calculated that his Firecloud Pills could bring his True Yang pill qi close to completion.
  • Yang Huai asked Daoist Heavenly Crane to refine Inner-Scene Qianyuan Pills using his three remaining Nine-Leaf Wishful Snow Jade Lingzhi leaves, and Daoist Heavenly Crane agreed to charge half the usual fire-consumption costs.
  • Yang Huai returned to the Pure Origin Sect and cultivated the sword formula, the Six Harmonies Escape Art, and the Nine Mysteries of the Heavenly Heart Spirit Altar.
  • A new other self appeared in the Bronze Mirror, and Yang Huai connected to it before realizing he was not human.

Ch. 156Became a Heavenly Deity

Yang Huai, inhabiting the celestial Jia Chen, worked in Baohua Hall and discovered that tending its plants could strengthen his divine power. Though Jia Chen had wished to become a heavenly general, Yang Huai preferred his safer post and planned to keep watching the martial matches.

  • Yang Huai met the Tai Sui Star Lord, who urged him to cultivate and tend the Empress’s plants instead of pursuing battle.
  • Yang Huai watered the flowers at Baohua Hall and absorbed wood-origin essence from weeds to increase his divine power.
  • The Bronze Mirror revealed Jia Chen’s Heart of Utmost Sincerity fate and his progress in the Heavenly Soldier Codex, while the contract reminded Yang Huai of Jia Chen’s wish to become a heavenly general.
  • Yang Huai drank the remaining spirit water, reported his completed duty, and told a fellow daily-duty Tai Sui that he would still visit the martial training grounds.

Ch. 157Self-Condensing the Star Lord Divine Position

Yang Huai visited the Heavenly Palace’s martial training grounds but chose to study the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele instead of competing or tempering his body in the poisonous Heavenly River. After weeks of study, he began shaping a plan to cultivate an Origin Star Lord body using the Nine Luminaries.

  • Yang Huai watched heavenly soldiers and divine generals train in the Nine-Heavens Weakwater and recognized the danger their body-tempering methods posed to their future potential.
  • Yang Huai declined Chen Ming’s invitation to compete on the platforms and went to study the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele, intending to strengthen his techniques and develop an Origin-based inheritance.
  • Yang Huai struggled to find useful guidance in the stele’s vast stellar information, then absorbed cosmic starlight through his Stellar Dharma Body.
  • Yang Huai traveled between Baohua Hall and the stele for more than half a month and identified Chen Star, Tai Bai, Ying Huo, Sui Star, and Zhen Star as the Five Elements stars.
  • Yang Huai considered using the sun and moon, together with the Nine-Colored Deer, Jidu, and Luohou, to form the Nine Luminaries and establish an Origin Star Lord divine position.

Ch. 158Innate Origin Star Lord

Yang Huai comprehended the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele and forged the body of an Origin Star Lord, then learned that the Heavenly Court planned to attack the Roushou Tribe. While guarding Baohua Hall and studying the Nine Luminaries Star Canon, he sensed his hidden warning formations detect a disturbance.

  • Yang Huai used the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele to develop the Nine Luminaries Star Canon and, after three months, forged the body of a Star Lord by merging his Origin Dao Fruit with his divine soul.
  • Yang Huai considered how to gain a Star Lord investiture, then returned to his duty guarding Baohua Hall.
  • The Tai Sui Star Lord warned Yang Huai that the Heavenly Court planned to attack the Roushou Tribe for allegedly cursing heavenly officials and cautioned him about stolen flowers and plants.
  • Yang Huai continued guarding Baohua Hall while studying the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele and seeking to advance the Nine Luminaries Star Canon.
  • Yang Huai sensed an unexpected disturbance in the spatial warning formations he had secretly placed within Baohua Hall.

Ch. 159The Young Tenth Prince Golden Crow Gains a Divine Office

Yang Huai fought the young Tenth Prince Golden Crow after catching him stealing rare flowers from Baohua Hall, then stopped short of defeating him when the Heavenly Empress Xihe arrived. Xihe punished her son and rewarded Yang Huai with a promotion and the divine office of Earth Evil Star Lord, leaving him wondering what the position meant.

  • The young Tenth Prince Golden Crow escaped the Hundred-Blossom Garden after triggering its formation, and Yang Huai confronted him over the stolen flowers.
  • Yang Huai fought the prince with his divine radiance, swordsmanship, and escape arts, while the prince attacked with Sun True Fire and feather swords.
  • The prince became enraged and began bombarding Baohua Hall, but Yang Huai evaded him and hesitated to capture a member of the Golden Crow clan.
  • The Heavenly Empress Xihe appeared, stopped her son, and ordered him to reflect in the Solar Palace for a hundred years.
  • Xihe praised Jia Chen for guarding Baohua Hall and promoted him to its commander, granting him the divine office of Earth Evil Star Lord.

Ch. 160Earth Evil Star Lord, Fusing with the Star Seat

Yang Huai refined the Earth Evil Star Lord’s divine seat, gaining powerful stellar authority, and restored the spiritual flowers in the Hundred Flowers Garden with Sunlight Divine Water. Meanwhile, Xihe urged the sulking little Golden Crow to train and watched the Celestial Court’s forces prepare to fight the Roushou Tribe.

  • Tai Sui Star Lord congratulated Yang Huai on becoming an Earthly Fiend Star Lord and said he would introduce him to other Grand Stellar Officials.
  • A divine officer delivered the Earth Evil Star Lord’s divine seat, and Yang Huai refined its origin to claim its authority and greatly strengthen himself.
  • Yang Huai used Sunlight Divine Water to revive the withered flowers in the Hundred Flowers Garden, and a flower spirit thanked him.
  • Xihe told the little Golden Crow to earn back his dignity by defeating Yang Huai himself, then gave him Hundred Flowers Dew for his Twelfth Sister.
  • Xihe watched the Celestial Court’s forces gather above the Roushou Tribe and recognized the Gods of Water and Fire among those resisting the court.

Ch. 161A Golden Elixir Swallowed into the Belly

Yang Huai watched the Heavenly Court and earthly gods avert a war, continued cultivating, and prepared to form his Golden Core. While the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance destroyed the Origin-Returning Sect, Yang Huai successfully survived the Yin Fire Tribulation and became an Earth Immortal.

  • Yang Huai witnessed the Heavenly Emperor and Eastern Sovereign Taiyi settle the escalating conflict with the Roushou Tribe after ancient gods mediated.
  • Yang Huai advanced his sword techniques and decided his cultivation was ready for Golden Core formation.
  • Daoist Zhoutian led the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance in attacking and destroying the Origin-Returning Sect, leaving the Candle Mountain Spirit Platform Sword Sect as the Azure Heaven Orthodox Path's sole core sect.
  • Yang Huai passed the Yin Fire Tribulation, formed a Golden Core, and attained the body of an Earth Immortal.

Ch. 162Demon Gods, Heavenly Gods

Yang Huai refined his Earthly Immortal body, collected a share of Inner-Scene Qianyuan Pills, and continued cultivating while reconsidering the importance of Dao Heart growth. In the Heavenly Court, a clash between a demon god and a Star Lord exposed tensions between gods and demon gods, and the chapter ended with a little loli arriving at Baohua Hall to cause trouble for Yang Huai.

  • Yang Huai refined the yin fire from his body and prepared to refine the Heavenly Capital Immortal Flame after cultivating an Earthly Immortal body.
  • Daoist Heavenly Crane gave Yang Huai half of the twenty-four flawless Inner-Scene Qianyuan Pills, and Yang Huai left swordsmanship insights for the disciples at Nine-Dragon Abbey.
  • Yang Huai took a pill and reflected that improving his Dao Heart and Dao Fruit insights might let him surpass the usual path to Celestial Immortality once his dharmic power caught up.
  • Yang Huai watched Dark Earth and the Fire Manor Star Lord fight in the Heavenly Court, and Bifang bound them and took them away for punishment.
  • The Grand Year Gods complained about the growing influence of demon gods, while Yang Huai stayed out of the dispute.
  • A little loli arrived at Baohua Hall and named Yang Huai as the person she wanted to trouble.

Ch. 163Recognition

Yang Huai faced the eldest princess of the Celestial Court, who accused him of deceiving the sovereign over the Golden Crow prince and challenged him to withstand three strikes. He survived her Lunar Bright-Moon Spear and earned her promise that her brothers would stop troubling him, though she still planned to visit him for friendly sparring.

  • Yang Huai deflected the eldest princess’s accusation by praising the Heavenly Empress and showing her the plants damaged by the Tenth Prince’s solar fire.
  • The eldest princess challenged Yang Huai to receive three strikes from her at the Star River Arena, promising that she and her ten brothers would leave him alone if he succeeded.
  • Yang Huai used swordsmanship and spatial authority to evade and counter the princess’s first two attacks, while her spear’s Lunar chill froze the surrounding stars and damaged his sword.
  • Yang Huai redirected the princess’s final attack with the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Six-God Sword Formula and the power of the Nine Luminaries, then escaped with only lingering frost injuries.
  • The eldest princess accepted her defeat, promised not to trouble Yang Huai again, and said she would return to spar and make friends; her Lunar power had already shattered his sword.

Ch. 164You Came Too Late; I Had Already Become Immortal

Yang Huai studied an ancient Dao stele and devised a path to advance his cultivation, while the destruction of the Origin-Returning Sect reshaped the Pure Origin Sect’s prospects. When Winged Tiger offered him access to a primordial ruin restricted to cultivators below Golden Core, Yang Huai revealed that he had already cultivated an immortal body.

  • Tai Sui Star Lord recognized the ambition behind Jia Chen’s nine-colored starlight and believed the Eldest Princess’s approval would help him advance.
  • Yang Huai received Three Luminaries Divine Water from Tai Sui Star Lord, healed his injuries, and realized that demon gods were spreading demonic power through the stars with the Heavenly Emperor’s permission.
  • Yang Huai meditated for more than half a month on the Ancient Great Dao Stele by the Heavenly River and planned to advance his Origin Dao Fruit through the Nine Luminaries Canon and his own perfected sword formula.
  • Yang Huai learned that the Origin-Returning Sect had been destroyed and that its young disciples and resources were being distributed among the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance, including the Pure Origin Sect.
  • Winged Tiger summoned Yang Huai and offered him a chance to enter a primordial ruin containing treasures, but Yang Huai said he had already cultivated an immortal body, leaving Winged Tiger stunned.

Ch. 165Successful Comprehension

Yang Huai revealed that he had already cultivated an Earth Immortal body, while learning more about Yuan Xiuxiu’s past and her ties to the Azure Heaven Orthodox Path. As he continued studying the ancient stele in the Heavenly River, he awakened its mysteries and sensed a strange voice within the Nine Heavens Weak Water.

  • Winged Tiger told Yang Huai that Yuan Xiuxiu had obtained the Nine-Leaf Nine-Branch Wish-Fulfilling Snow Spirit Ganoderma from the Dachang ancestral lands and had been injured, and warned him not to challenge the Dao Lord Emperor.
  • Yang Huai learned that Yuan Xiuxiu had deep ties to the Azure Heaven Orthodox Path, agreed to wait until he was stronger before meeting her, and asked Winged Tiger to bring him future opportunities for Earth Immortals.
  • Winged Tiger reported that the Origin-Returning Sect had been nearly destroyed and that Yang Huai had refused to help open a ruin because he had already cultivated an Earth Immortal body; Yuan Xiuxiu was pleased and ordered the ruin’s treasures kept from him.
  • Yang Huai comprehended part of the ancient stele’s power, forming the Lunar Star and Solar Star in his sea of consciousness and changing his five elemental stars.
  • The Nine Heavens Weak Water suddenly churned, and Yang Huai sensed a gentle voice that seemed to come from within it.

Ch. 166Sea-Calming

Yang Huai studied the ancient stele in the Heavenly River, received a powerful sword from the Eldest Princess, and developed a Sea-Calming Divine Ability. As he left, he encountered a grieving woman whose presence stirred the river before she vanished.

  • The Eldest Princess tried to strike the ancient stele, but Yang Huai persuaded her to study it and she gave him a rust-covered sword.
  • Yang Huai cooked a hotpot beside the Heavenly River, and the Eldest Princess delighted in the unfamiliar meal.
  • Yang Huai continued comprehending the stele and advanced his Nine Luminaries Star Canon, nearing completion of its sixth level.
  • Yang Huai used the stele’s insights into space, yin-yang, and the five elements to create the Sea-Calming Divine Ability.
  • Yang Huai saw a grieving woman by the river and tried to leave, but a swelling torrent stopped him before the river receded and the woman disappeared.

Ch. 167The Heavenly River Spirit's Favor

Yang Huai befriended the Heavenly River Spirit, named her Plain Maiden, and received Weak Water Radiance that let him safely enter the Heavenly River and recover star cores. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Empress Xihe discussed their plans for the gods and Chang Xi, and Di Jun prepared to have the Golden Crow princes claim authority over time.

  • Yang Huai taught the little loli how to make hotpot and gave her the prepared meal to take home.
  • Yang Huai named the Heavenly River Spirit Plain Maiden, and she rewarded him with Weak Water Radiance before returning to the Heavenly River.
  • Yang Huai refined the Weak Water Radiance, entered the poisonous river unharmed, and recovered several star cores.
  • At the Solar Palace, the little loli and the Golden Crow princes ate hotpot while a prince complained about the vegetables.
  • Empress Xihe told Di Jun she would handle driving a wedge between the gods of the earth, and Di Jun worried about finding Chang Xi after her reincarnation.
  • Di Jun planned for the ten Golden Crow princes to take turns presiding over the heavenly seasons and claim a share of temporal authority.

Ch. 168Ten Solar Gods

Yang Huai broke through to the sixth level of the Nine Luminaries Star Canon, mastered the Earth Evil Sword, and sparred with the Lunar princess. The appearance of ten suns revealed that her ten elder brothers had become Solar Gods and were about to oversee the Solar Star.

  • Yang Huai reached the sixth level of the Nine Luminaries Star Canon, dispersed the heavenly lightning, and absorbed it into the Earth Evil Sword.
  • Yang Huai planned to integrate the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Six-God Sword Formula with his cultivation before returning to safeguard his true body's breakthrough.
  • The Lunar princess challenged Jia Chen to a spar, but Yang Huai matched her techniques and used his Sea-Calming divine ability to knock her back.
  • The Lunar princess admitted defeat, and Yang Huai reassured her that she could overcome her close-combat weakness with more experience.
  • Ten suns appeared above the Heavenly Realm, and the Lunar princess said her ten elder brothers had been invested as Solar Gods by Father God.

Ch. 169Spiritual Desire

Yang Huai continued honing his Nine Stars Return to Origin sword arts and studying the Milky River stele, while helping Plain Maiden seek control over her overflowing spirituality. He asked her to imagine how she might survive if the Milky River fell into the mortal world, then returned to Spirit-Fusion Peak, where his six divine beasts fused into the Nine-Light Star Wheel.

  • Yang Huai defeated a Heavenly God celestial general and then a Heavenly God demon god in the Heavenly River Arena, drawing the admiration of the watching Tai Sui Grand Dukes.
  • Yang Huai used nine Heavenly Heart Golden Lotuses to refine his Killing Intent as he continued comprehending the ancient stele’s Divine Ability of Calming the Seas.
  • Plain Maiden confessed that her overflowing spirituality was difficult to control, so Yang Huai gave her ancient scriptures and explained their Daoist teachings.
  • Yang Huai asked Plain Maiden what she would do if the Milky River fell into the mortal world; she said its spirit would vanish and promised to think of a way to escape that fate.
  • At Spirit-Fusion Peak, Yang Huai watched the six divine beasts in his sea of consciousness merge into the Nine-Light Star Wheel as nine stars shone overhead.

Ch. 170Finale

Yang Huai learned that his attainment had reached Earth Immortality and joined the Pure Origin Sect’s contest for the Origin-Returning Sect’s three immortal treasures. After the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect’s sword immortal defeated the Pure Origin Sect’s first three fighters, Yang Huai prepared to take the field.

  • The nine-star manifestation over Spirit-Fusion Peak led the Daoists to recognize Yang Huai’s Earth Immortal attainment and add him to the competition lineup.
  • Daoist Guangrong told Yang Huai that victory could earn the Pure Origin Sect’s disciples Fire-Cloud Golden Elixirs and its greatest contributor a Form-Fixing Immortal Elixir, and Yang Huai agreed to compete.
  • At All-Spirits Mountain, Zhao Zhenwu assigned Yan Muhua, Leng Rubing, Yue Hanxian, Yang Huai, Li Yingmei, and Feng Yuhe their order for the matches.
  • Yan Muhua and Leng Rubing defeated the council of elders’ six disciples, while the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect overwhelmed the Golden Gate Sect, setting up a contest between the two sects.
  • A single Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect sword immortal defeated Yan Muhua, Leng Rubing, and Yue Hanxian, leaving Yang Huai next to fight.

Ch. 171Star Lord

Yang Huai defeated Jinglinzi and Yu Liang in succession during the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance’s matches, then faced Zhou Shuer of the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect. Zhou Shuer unleashed her stellar arts and treasure, but a vast star vortex formed around Yang Huai, leaving the clash unresolved.

  • Yang Huai arrived as Jinglinzi opened their match with the Great Five-Elements Life-Extinction Divine Thunder.
  • Yang Huai used the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Six-God Sword Formula to break through Jinglinzi’s attack and knock him from the platform, winning the match.
  • Yang Huai defeated Yu Liang’s talisman attack, but Yu Liang escaped with a void talisman and trapped Yang Huai in a Primordial Taiji Yin-Yang Formation.
  • Yang Huai shattered the formation and struck Yu Liang down, prompting Zhou Shuer to challenge him.
  • Zhou Shuer attacked Yang Huai with Heavenly Cycle Extinction Starlight and Magnetic Stellar Divine Light, but a vast star vortex appeared within the stellar cloud around him.

Ch. 172Humanity's Great Treasure

Yang Huai defeated Zhou Shuer and Jun Yue with his powerful nine-star Dharma Body and sword, then faced Cheng Jingyun and her renowned treasures. His concealed strike badly shook the Heavenly Capital Golden Cauldron, leaving Cheng Jingyun astonished and the duel unresolved.

  • Yang Huai suppressed Zhou Shuer with his nine-star Dharma Body and blasted her off the platform.
  • Yang Huai defeated Jun Yue, suppressed the Twelve Primordial Star Beads, and returned the treasure to him.
  • Cheng Jingyun entered the arena with the Heavenly Capital Golden Cauldron and Heavenly Cycle Star Radiance Treasure Zither.
  • Cheng Jingyun attacked Yang Huai with Lunar Divine Radiance, but he evaded it and pierced her cauldron’s protection with his sword intent.
  • Yang Huai struck the Heavenly Capital Golden Cauldron with a concealed treasure, nearly shattering its Golden Dragon phantom and shocking Cheng Jingyun.

Ch. 173Great Sun True Lord

Yang Huai defeated Cheng Jingyun and then overcame Scarlet True Son in the Nine Heavens Orthodox Alliance contest. He left the arena victorious, winning renown for the Pure Origin Sect as Dao Ningzi’s rivals acknowledged the sect’s success.

  • Yang Huai pierced Cheng Jingyun’s defenses with mind-image sword qi and Heavenly Capital Immortal Flame, forcing her to concede and surrender the match.
  • Yang Huai withdrew the immortal flame, and Cheng Jingyun descended to plead forgiveness from Daoist Zhoutian.
  • Scarlet True Son challenged Yang Huai and attacked with solar fire, treasure mirrors, the Solar Divine Mirror, and the Blazing Yang Banner.
  • Yang Huai evaded Scarlet True Son’s Solar Origin Magnetic Divine Thunder, absorbed his solar radiance, and struck him twice with the Sea-Calming Pearl.
  • Yang Huai exhausted Scarlet True Son’s defenses, forced the Solar Divine Mirror from his body, and defeated him with sword strikes.
  • Daoist Zhoutian acknowledged Pure Origin Sect’s victory, while Golden Butterfly Fairy congratulated Dao Ningzi on securing both immortal treasures.

Ch. 174Three Treasures

Yang Huai defeated the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect’s team, explained how he created his Nine-God Sword Formula, and received treasures and pills from the Pure Origin Sect. After advancing his Golden Elixir, he met Plain Maiden in the Heavenly Realm, where she said she may have found an answer.

  • Yang Huai told Daoist Guangrong that he had created the Nine-God Sword Formula from the Six-God Sword Formula and had also developed an unfinished divine ability.
  • Daoist Guangrong confirmed that the Pure Origin Sect had obtained the Qianyuan Immortal Embryo, the Sacred Heart Spirit Stone, and the Six Harmonies Void-Translocation Immortal Token.
  • Li Yingmei delivered Yang Huai two gourds of pills and warned him not to leave the mountain for ten years because a strange calamity would befall him.
  • Yang Huai swallowed two Form-Fixing Immortal Elixirs, causing his Golden Elixir to complete its first turn and deepen his affinity with the authority of origin.
  • Daoist Zhoutian reassured the defeated Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect disciples and said their loss might benefit them, while hinting that the Pure Origin Sect’s victory might not last.
  • Plain Maiden greeted Yang Huai by the Heavenly River and told him she might have found the answer.

Ch. 175The Dao Path

Yang Huai left the Heavenly River to study the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele and develop divine origins for the nine stars, while Plain Maiden used his secret art to create an incarnation and follow him. As Yang Huai formed Solar and Lunar true spirits, Plain Maiden sensed that disaster was approaching and feared the Heavenly River might fall into the mortal world.

  • Yang Huai told Plain Maiden he would leave the Heavenly River and gave her the Profound Embryo Spirit-Transformation Method, explaining how a Soul-Hosting Stone could help her travel outside.
  • Plain Maiden used a primordial treasure pearl containing a water-spirit immortal embryo to create an incarnation and followed Yang Huai to the Nine-Heavens Stellar Divine Stele.
  • Yang Huai comprehended the Solar Star's mysteries and condensed a Solar true spirit, drawing the attention and envy of the watching heavenly soldiers and generals.
  • Yang Huai formed a Lunar true spirit, strengthening his Origin Dao Fruit, then planned to study the Tai Sui Star next.
  • Plain Maiden told Yang Huai that her growing unease made her fear the Heavenly River might fall into the mortal world, and Yang Huai reminded her that she had already prepared for that possibility.

Ch. 176Farewell in the Mortal World

Plain Maiden prepared to leave the heavenly realm after sensing disaster, while Zhurong and Gonggong’s battle culminated in Gonggong smashing the Zhou Mountain heavenly pillar. As heaven and earth began to collapse together, Plain Maiden was pulled toward the mortal world, leaving Baohua Hall behind.

  • Yang Huai sensed two immense water and fire divine powers clashing, while the Celestial Court ordered the gods to stay at their posts and activated the Grand Array of the Circumstellar Stars.
  • Plain Maiden entered her hidden space, stripped the origin from her divine womb, and formed her accompanying treasure into a divine seal so she could survive being cast into the mortal world.
  • Eastern Sovereign Taiyi stopped Fuxi Clan from leaving Wanqu City, while Heavenly Emperor Di Jun watched as Zhurong gained the upper hand against Gonggong.
  • Gonggong, enraged by his defeat and humiliation, crashed into Zhou Mountain and shattered the heavenly pillar.
  • Plain Maiden sensed the pillar’s collapse, bade farewell to Baohua Hall, and was swept toward the mortal world along with her hidden space as the thirty-six treasure pearls sped away.

Ch. 177Failure?

Yang Huai guarded Baohua Hall as the Celestial Court descended into chaos, then searched the changed Milky River for Plain Maiden after order was restored. He was rewarded for his service, and Tai Sui Star Lord arrived with news that the Heavenly Empress planned to promote him and put him in charge of training the Milky River water troops.

  • Yang Huai drove off demon gods and other intruders who tried to enter Baohua Hall during the Celestial Court's upheaval.
  • The Celestial Court recovered as Wa Sovereign repaired heaven and earth, while the stone stele that had suppressed the Milky River fell into the mortal realm and Plain Maiden's fate remained unknown.
  • Yang Huai searched the Milky River and Baohua Hall for Plain Maiden but found no trace of her.
  • The Heavenly Empress praised Yang Huai for defending Baohua Hall and rewarded him with jade nectar and three Lunar Osmanthus Seeds.
  • Tai Sui Star Lord told Yang Huai that the Heavenly Empress intended to promote him and appoint him to train the Milky River water troops.

Ch. 178Heavenly River Commander, Heavenly River Secret Manual

Yang Huai accepted command of the Heavenly River Navy and began developing a way for its soldiers to survive in the Milky River Weak Water. After creating the Heavenly River Secret Manual, he considered whether he could claim part of the river’s authority now that Plain Maiden was gone.

  • Yang Huai accepted the Celestial Court’s orders to train an elite Heavenly River force, and Tai Sui Star Lord told him the flood’s destruction had led to Gonggong’s return to the origin of heaven and earth and the Fire God’s suppression beneath Zhou Mountain.
  • Tai Sui Star Lord explained the roles of the Human Emperor and Earth Emperor and arranged for Yang Huai to train at the Heavenly Marshal Camp.
  • Yang Huai left Baohua Hall and took command of the Heavenly River Navy, where Hundred Birds Star Lord Tian Xin and Tian You welcomed him and continued their usual training.
  • Yang Huai studied the Milky River Weak Water Radiance and created talisman seeds that could let soldiers move through the river for up to twelve shichen.
  • Yang Huai taught Tian Xin and Tian You the visualization method for his Heavenly River Secret Manual, then considered taking control of part of the Milky River Weak Water’s authority.

Ch. 179Spiritual Maiden

Yang Huai cultivated Heavenly River Weak Water authority and advanced his golden core to five revolutions before catching up on changes within the Pure Origin Sect. He learned that the sect was competing with the Spirit Platform Sword Sect for the Upper Origin Dao Repository, and wondered whether the mysterious Nine Heavens Spiritual Maiden was his wife, Yuan Xiuxiu.

  • Yang Huai secretly gathered Heavenly River Weak Water origin while training the water soldiers, and Hundred Birds Star Lord Tianxing and Heavenly General Tian You tested their Weak Water Talismans by entering the river safely.
  • Yang Huai ordered the soldiers to cultivate the Heavenly River Secret Manual and wondered what had allowed Plain Maiden to form within the mixed Weak Water origin.
  • Yang Huai used his Form-Stabilizing Immortal Pills to reach the fifth revolution of his golden core, then emerged from five years of cultivation and visited fellow disciples.
  • Yang Huai met Fang Ge at White Cloud Mountain and learned that the Pure Origin Sect sought to contend for the Upper Origin Dao Repository while deterring the Spirit Platform Sword Sect.
  • Fang Ge said the Spirit Platform Sword Sect had invited the Nine Heavens Spiritual Maiden, and Yang Huai suspected she might be his mysterious wife, Yuan Xiuxiu.
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