Chapter Summaries

Red Cloud met a projection of Azure Parasol Ancestor, who offered a death match as a chance to claim his inheritance or reincarnate in the future. Red Cloud accepted, and their battle began, ending with his War on Paper divine ability taking shape around him.

• Azure Parasol Ancestor revealed that he was a projection sent from the past, limited to Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Azure Parasol Ancestor proposed a death match: Red Cloud could claim his inheritance and projection’s power by killing him, while Azure Parasol Ancestor could use Red Cloud to attempt reincarnation in the future.
• Red Cloud accepted the deal despite having no right to refuse, and Azure Parasol Ancestor launched the first attack with his sword.
• Azure Parasol Ancestor summoned billions of swords, but Red Cloud shattered the formation with his Four Symbols Heaven-Sealing Finger.
• Azure Parasol Ancestor used One Sword Opens Heaven to create a world of swords, and Red Cloud countered with Literary Dao divine ability War on Paper, summoning a city of palaces and divine halls.

Red Cloud fought Azure Parasol Ancestor, using Literary Dao abilities and spiritual treasures against the Sword God’s formidable attacks. The battle escalated when Azure Parasol Ancestor broke through the Water Spirit Pearl’s suppression and unleashed a sword strike that split the Nine Heavens Astral Layer.

• Red Cloud summoned armies with Heaven and Earth Righteous Energy, and Azure Parasol Ancestor shattered his Sword Realm with One Sword Destroys the World.
• Red Cloud froze and shattered Azure Parasol Ancestor’s sword lights with Stroke of Divine Inspiration, but Azure Parasol Ancestor summoned Azure Parasol Palace, a top-grade postnatal spiritual treasure.
• Red Cloud used Heaven and Earth Righteous Energy to raise his cultivation to the Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and teleported Azure Parasol Palace into a mountain range with the Void-Shattering Seal.
• Red Cloud brought out the Water Spirit Pearl to suppress Azure Parasol Ancestor, who countered with Azure Parasol Palace and slashed at Red Cloud with the Azure Parasol Sword.
• Azure Parasol Ancestor broke through the Water Spirit Pearl’s suppression and sent a sword strike through the Nine Heavens Astral Layer, which soon closed again as astral winds carved open the valley.

Red Cloud defeated Azure Parasol Ancestor with his world-forged Pangu Axe and claimed the relics left by the dissipating projection. After restoring the ruined mountain range, he turned to Azure Parasol Ancestor's inheritance.

• Azure Parasol Ancestor attacked with One Sword Opens Heaven, but Red Cloud trapped the sword qi in a world formed by the power of the Four Symbols.
• Red Cloud transformed the trapped sword qi into a Pangu Axe and struck Azure Parasol Ancestor with One Axe Shatters Chaos.
• The Destruction Divine Light swallowed Azure Parasol Ancestor's projection, and Azure Parasol Ancestor acknowledged Red Cloud's victory before dissipating.
• Red Cloud claimed and briefly refined the Azure Parasol Palace and Azure Parasol Sword, but kept Azure Parasol Ancestor's cultivation crystal for future alchemy.
• Red Cloud repaired the devastated mountain range by restoring its earth veins and summoning clouds and rain.
• Red Cloud turned his attention to Azure Parasol Ancestor's inheritance.

Red Cloud uncovered Azure Parasol Ancestor’s inheritance, activated the mountain’s formations, and escaped through a hidden teleportation array. The Immortal Crane destroyed Azure Parasol Mountain after years of assault, only to discover Red Cloud was gone.

• Red Cloud used the crystal to unlock Azure Parasol Ancestor’s inheritance and recorded the Azure Parasol Scripture and twenty-seven manuals.
• Red Cloud learned how to control Azure Parasol Mountain’s formations and found a hidden teleportation formation built for escape.
• Red Cloud activated and linked the mountain’s thirty-six guardian formations to trap the Immortal Crane, then teleported hundreds of millions of miles away.
• Red Cloud used the Earth Escape Technique to flee southeast toward Buzhou Mountain while the Immortal Crane attacked the formations.
• The Immortal Crane’s assault collapsed Azure Parasol Mountain, and he found no trace of Red Cloud despite searching the surrounding area.

Red Cloud fled the Phoenix Clan but was soon tracked down by three powerful Horned Dragons seeking the Parasol Tree. He was forced into battle and struggled against their combined attacks.

• Red Cloud escaped far from the Immortal Crane and decided to hide at Buzhou Mountain, but sensed powerful auras approaching.
• Red Cloud hid underground as three Horned Dragons searched for him, then the leader used a dragon roar to expose his faint trace of magical power.
• Red Cloud emerged and refused to hand over the Parasol Tree, claiming he had already refined it.
• The three Horned Dragons attacked Red Cloud with ice, lightning, and poisonous mist, and he blocked their strikes with the Ice Soul Sword and Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune.
• The leading Horned Dragon transformed into a colossal dragon and tried to devour Red Cloud while the other two continued attacking him.

Red Cloud, overwhelmed by three Horned Dragons, lured them into Tiger Clan territory at Tigerhead Mountain to provoke a clash and escape. The Black Tiger blocked their pursuit and refused to let them enter, leaving Red Cloud's fate unresolved.

• Red Cloud wounded the Horned Dragon controlling poisonous mist, then froze the leading Horned Dragon's tail with Ice Soul Divine Thunder before a lightning strike foiled his attack.
• Red Cloud fled toward Tigerhead Mountain, hoping the Dragon Clan's pursuit would spark a conflict with the Qilin-allied Tiger Clan.
• Red Cloud entered Tigerhead Mountain's outer reaches, drawing the attention of its beast races and the Black Tiger, a Daluo Golden Immortal.
• The leading Horned Dragon asked the Black Tiger to let the three Dragons pursue Red Cloud, claiming he had stolen the Phoenix Clan's Parasol Tree.
• The Black Tiger rejected the request and declared that Red Cloud was under Tiger Clan jurisdiction while he remained in Tigerhead Mountain.

Black Tiger offered Red Cloud a choice between surrendering the Parasol Tree and serving him, but Red Cloud refused both. Black Tiger gave him a chance to leave by surviving three attacks, and Red Cloud faced the third with all his power.

• Black Tiger drove the three Horned Dragons away from Tigerhead Mountain, then confronted Red Cloud over the Parasol Tree.
• Red Cloud refused to surrender the Parasol Tree or remain at Tigerhead Mountain, so Black Tiger challenged him to withstand three moves.
• Red Cloud evaded Black Tiger's first claw strike, which destroyed a mountain peak.
• Red Cloud used the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune to withstand Black Tiger's Dark Nether True Flame.
• Black Tiger summoned a giant black tiger phantom for his third attack, and Red Cloud poured his essence blood into the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune and his remaining magical power into the Ice Soul Sword.

Red Cloud survived Black Tiger’s three attacks and escaped, then spent seven years recovering while the Three Clans hunted him for the Parasol Tree. As he fought his way toward Buzhou Mountain, his cultivation advanced, while the pursuit intensified and worsened the conflict among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Tribes.

• Red Cloud shattered Black Tiger’s third attack but suffered grievous injuries, and Black Tiger let him leave after warning him that the Three Clans would continue pursuing him.
• White Tiger Patriarch revealed that he had spared Red Cloud to leave the Tiger Clan a favor after seeing a mysterious pair of eyes from downstream in the River of Spacetime.
• Red Cloud hid in a secluded valley, healed for seven years, and emerged to find the Three Clans offering rewards for the Parasol Tree and spreading his aura to hunters.
• Red Cloud fled toward Buzhou Mountain, surviving repeated pursuits and killing hundreds of Primordial Unity Golden Immortals as his mana reached Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Perfection.
• Rogue cultivators, Three Clan members, and the western Devil Race fueled the pursuit, causing the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Tribes to clash even before reaching Red Cloud.

Red Cloud entered the Buzhou Wasteland to escape the Three Clans’ pursuers and discovered that his Pangu bloodline protected him from the mountain’s pressure. The three Horned Dragons found him anyway and launched a coordinated attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Red Cloud entered the Buzhou Wasteland, where his Pangu-derived bloodline dispelled Pangu’s pressure.
• Red Cloud avoided Redblood Lizards and other Fierce Beasts, killing some that attacked him but receiving no Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Red Cloud approached a cave in a stone mountain and sensed that the unnaturally quiet area concealed danger.
• Three Horned Dragons appeared and revealed that the Dragon Clan had tracked Red Cloud through the wasteland.
• Red Cloud drew the Ice Soul Sword and fought back as the Horned Dragons attacked with ice breath, lightning, and poison mist.
• Red Cloud blocked the poison mist with the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune, frustrating the Horned Dragon who wielded it.

Red Cloud defeated and killed three Horned Dragons after their combined attack failed, then collected their Dragon Pearls and prepared to flee. The Dragon Clan discovered their deaths, and a Daluo Golden Immortal golden dragon ordered a full pursuit of Red Cloud.

• The three Horned Dragons unleashed Three Dragons Lock Heaven, but Red Cloud survived with the Azure Parasol Palace after his Heavenly Flowers Cascading barrier shattered.
• Red Cloud seized the lightning-controlling Horned Dragon and smashed it into the ground, then killed the poisonous Horned Dragon with Bing Fire Power from the Parasol Tree.
• Red Cloud countered the remaining two Horned Dragons with the Ice Soul Sword and True Solar Fire, killing the lightning-controlling dragon and badly burning the leader.
• Red Cloud killed the leading Horned Dragon with his sword, collected all three Dragon Pearls, and decided to leave before stronger pursuers arrived.
• The Dragon Clan discovered the three Horned Dragons' deaths, and a Daluo Golden Immortal golden dragon arrived at the Buzhou Wasteland and ordered a full pursuit of Red Cloud.

After the Dragon Clan tracked Red Cloud to his refuge near Buzhou Mountain, he fled into a mysterious fog and encountered a strange stone pillar. The parasol tree saved him from the pillar’s draining force, but its power and purpose remained unknown.

• Red Cloud settled in a hidden valley near Buzhou Mountain and began cultivating to prepare for the Three Clans’ approaching decisive battle.
• Ancestral Dragon ordered Golden Dragon and the Scaled Clan to capture Red Cloud and seize the parasol tree, so they continued searching for him.
• When Red Cloud sensed danger, he fled toward Buzhou Mountain, but Golden Dragon tracked him and chased him to a dense fog.
• Red Cloud plunged into the fog to escape Golden Dragon and eventually encountered what appeared to be an ordinary stone pillar.
• The pillar trapped Red Cloud’s hand and began eroding his mana, but golden flames from the parasol tree surged into the pillar and blasted him free.

Red Cloud broke an ancient resurrection array in Buzhou Mountain and obtained a mysterious Black Pearl, which the Parasol Tree began refining. With the Golden Dragon and the Scaled Clan pursuing him, Red Cloud fled deeper into the mountain using power he had absorbed from the array.

• Red Cloud used the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune to identify the stone pillars as an ancient array and locate its core.
• Red Cloud found a flaw in the core's runes and destroyed the pillar, collapsing the array and clearing the fog.
• A Black Pearl emerged from the ruins, and Red Cloud took it after the Golden Crow urged him to; the Parasol Tree then wrapped it in flames inside the Hundred Herbs Diagram.
• Red Cloud decided to evade the Golden Dragon by flying deeper into Buzhou Mountain.
• The Golden Dragon led the Scaled Clan pursuers after Red Cloud, who escaped faster after absorbing a trace of the pillars' ancient power.

Red Cloud escaped Golden Dragon’s pursuit by entering a canyon deep in Buzhou Mountain, where he hid and cultivated until his Primordial Spirit reached Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Perfection. He then considered how Blood Cloud could establish a Dao Foundation and become an independent being capable of pursuing a breakthrough to Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Golden Dragon and the Scaled Clan failed to catch Red Cloud as he fled toward a canyon where Pangu’s pressure was far stronger.
• Golden Dragon decided his group could not enter the canyon safely, so they waited at its edge for Red Cloud to emerge.
• Red Cloud hid in a deep pit within the canyon, restored his mana, and cultivated his Primordial Spirit to Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Perfection.
• Red Cloud realized that Blood Cloud would need to become an independent person rather than remain a tool if he was to establish a Dao Foundation and reach Daluo Golden Immortal.

Red Cloud planned Blood Cloud’s Confucian Dao as a branch of the Literary Dao while refining a mysterious Black Pearl into the Devouring Origin Orb. The orb revealed fragments of an ancient Imperial Dynasty Calamity and left Red Cloud questioning how many times the Chaos Demon Gods had reincarnated.

• Red Cloud decided Blood Cloud would cultivate the Confucian Dao, which he intended to establish as the Literary Dao’s first branch.
• Red Cloud examined the Black Pearl as its ancient power weakened under the Parasol Tree’s purification and transformed it into the Devouring Origin Orb.
• Red Cloud learned that the orb had belonged to the Devouring Ancestor, a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal who had been killed by rival powers.
• Red Cloud refined twenty-four restrictions and glimpsed the Imperial Dynasty Calamity, finding traces of Chaos Demon Gods among its dynasty founders.
• Red Cloud wondered whether Luohou, Hong Jun, and others were on their second lives or had reincarnated many times before attaining the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Red Cloud cultivated the Devouring Origin Orb’s Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth ability and began refining pills as the Three Clans’ conflict erupted. Luohou’s deception drove the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Tribes into war, and Red Cloud sent three thousand incarnations to plunder their fallen clansmen and allied races.

• Red Cloud studied Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth, tested its ability to devour energy and matter, and decided to refine Great Sun Divine Pills for physical cultivation.
• Ancestral Dragon ordered the Dragon Clan to prepare for war and planned to march in a hundred years, while Luohou ordered Evil Demon to set his provocations in motion.
• Luohou’s spies killed members of the Three Clans and planted evidence implicating their rivals, inflaming the clans until they went to war within a year.
• Hong Jun recognized Luohou’s hand in the conflict, while Red Cloud welcomed the war but waited before targeting the Three Clans’ main treasuries.
• Red Cloud refined three thousand Golden Immortal incarnations and sent them to plunder the treasuries of fallen clansmen and affiliated races.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches were born in Pangu Hall and chose to keep cultivating through the great tribulation. As the Three Clans prepared for their decisive battle, Ancestral Dragon led the Dragon Clan’s true dragons out to attack the Phoenix and Qilin Clans.

• Red Cloud’s clones raided the homes of the Myriad Races, taking valuables and some of their members.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches emerged from their blood cocoons in Pangu Hall, and Di Jiang told them to remain hidden and cultivate until the tribulation passed.
• Yinglong reported that the Dragon Clan army was assembled, and Ancestral Dragon declared that the Dragon Clan would rule the Primordial World.
• The leaders of the Qilin and Phoenix Clans prepared for the decisive battle as tribulation aura and killing intent spread across the Primordial World.
• Red Cloud watched the Three Clans through a light screen and saw Ancestral Dragon lead the true dragons toward the Phoenix and Qilin Clans.

As the Three Clans Decisive Battle erupted, Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Qilin, and Primordial Phoenix fought amid a calamity-fueled slaughter that spread across the Primordial World. Meanwhile, Blood Cloud completed his Confucian Dao Foundation and broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Primordial Qilin and Primordial Phoenix led their clans against Ancestral Dragon, while Luohou welcomed the outbreak of the great battle and Patriarch Hong Jun set out to seek allies.
• The Three Clans clashed across the Primordial World, and the tribulation's Killing Intent drove cultivators to attack friend and foe alike.
• The growing bloodshed fed the Blood Sea, delighting Minghe as its origin and fortune increased.
• On Buzhou Mountain, Blood Cloud used Eighth-Turn Great Sun Divine Pills to temper his body until it reached Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Perfection.
• Blood Cloud condensed a seven-colored Confucian Dao Foundation, reached Innate Imperishable Spiritual Light, and broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal.

After breaking through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, Blood Cloud confronted Golden Dragon to avenge his past humiliation. Blood Cloud suppressed Golden Dragon’s Dragon Pearl in the Four Symbols Formation, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Blood Cloud broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and set out to settle his score with Golden Dragon.
• Blood Cloud arrived as Golden Dragon and the Scaled Clan members were preparing to leave, then killed the dozen or so Scaled Clan members in a sudden attack.
• Golden Dragon attacked Blood Cloud with dragon breath and fire, but Blood Cloud blocked the attacks with heavenly flowers and emerged unharmed.
• Blood Cloud struck Golden Dragon with the Heavenly Astral Demon-Subduing Hand, but Golden Dragon escaped and transformed into human form.
• Golden Dragon summoned and threw his Dragon Pearl, shattering Blood Cloud’s righteous-energy strike.
• Blood Cloud deployed the Four Symbols Formation, which suppressed the Dragon Pearl and left Golden Dragon shocked and furious.

Blood Cloud fought Golden Dragon, who had been driven mad by tribulation aura, and used Azure Parasol Palace and a Buzhou Mountain-inspired divine power to suppress him. Golden Dragon escaped by sacrificing a future self, leaving Blood Cloud to consider how he could make the dragon’s death inevitable.

• Golden Dragon revealed his true form and attacked Blood Cloud with his scales and Golden Dragon Dominates the World.
• Blood Cloud used Azure Parasol Palace to suppress Golden Dragon, who unleashed Divine Dragon Annihilates the World and blasted Blood Cloud into a spatial black hole.
• Golden Dragon believed he had killed Blood Cloud, but Blood Cloud reappeared and struck him with Whip Mountains and Move Rocks before suppressing him again.
• Golden Dragon escaped the suppression by substituting a future self, leaving only dragon skin behind.
• Blood Cloud analyzed the traces of time-space, fate, karma, and reincarnation and realized he might be able to fix Golden Dragon’s future as one in which he died.

Blood Cloud pursued Golden Dragon and fought him with Azure Parasol Palace before trapping him in the Four Symbols Formation. Golden Dragon realized the formation could kill a Daluo Golden Immortal, but death descended as he tried to escape.

• Blood Cloud caught up with Golden Dragon, who tried to negotiate before deciding to fight.
• Golden Dragon attacked with Divine Dragon Tail Sweep, but Azure Parasol Palace blocked the strike.
• Blood Cloud counterattacked with Azure Parasol Palace, sending Golden Dragon and his Silver Ring Saber flying.
• Golden Dragon charged at Blood Cloud, apparently intending to self-destruct, but Blood Cloud activated the Four Symbols Formation.
• Golden Dragon saw his dead future selves approaching, tried to tear open the formation, and was struck by death.