Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang cut open the ominous divine stones in Yaochi’s cave, uncovering corpses, immense divine source, and traces of the Underworld. The last stones revealed two living creatures—a red-furred monster and a glowing green cat—whose origins remained unknown.

• Chu Yang recognized a living head as the corpse of a Great Accomplishment God-King refined by a supreme Corpse Dao expert, then took it away to spare Yaochi trouble.
• Chu Yang opened more divine stones and collected ominous relics, including golden fur, a piece of Extreme Dao Immortal Gold, and a Corpse Worm.
• Yun Ning told Chu Yang that Zhang Lin’s three divine stones were elsewhere and had been entrusted to Yaochi for safekeeping or delivery to a Life Forbidden Zone if necessary.
• Chu Yang split open a huge divine stone, revealing abundant divine source and an inert undead corpse that he stored away.
• Chu Yang opened the remaining stones and found more divine source, a red-furred monster, and a strange green-glowing creature that looked like a cat.

Chu Yang brought Bi Zhu, a Yang Corpse and former disciple of Emperor Lord, out of the cave and mastered the Pre-Character Secret during four days of seclusion. He then met Xi Wangmu, who asked when Yaochi should hold the Peach Banquet, and the chapter ended with Chu Yang leaving the decision to Yaochi Holy Land.

• Chu Yang learned that the Green Cat was Bi Zhu, a Yang Corpse whose original vessel had been a Black Jade Catfish refined by Nether Lord.
• Yang Yi remained in the cave to break through to the Saint Realm while Chu Yang brought Bi Zhu and Yun Ning back to Yaochi.
• Chu Yang entered seclusion, mastered the Pre-Character Secret, and sorted the items cut from the Ancient Ore Divine Stones.
• Yun Ning brought Chu Yang to meet Xi Wangmu after Yaochi's invited guests had arrived and were waiting for his public declaration.
• Chu Yang met Xi Wangmu and said Yaochi should decide when to hold the Peach Banquet.

Chu Yang met Yao Xi in a bamboo grove and learned that Hua Yunfei was likely connected to the Ruthless lineage, then gave her two remains to refine. Back at the courtyard, he pressed Bi Zhu about her hidden knowledge, and she began recounting how she met the Undying Heavenly Emperor after escaping the Heavenly Court.

• Jiang Tingting called Queen Mother of the West her Master's Wife, and Queen Mother of the West gave her a protective jade bracelet.
• Chu Yang urged Queen Mother of the West to keep Yaochi Holy Land out of major upheavals, promising to handle its karmic ties with the Immortal Tear Green Gold Tower.
• Yao Xi told Chu Yang that she and Qin Yao had separately targeted Hua Yunfei and the Ji Family Divine Body, and that a man from the Ruthless lineage had pursued her afterward.
• Chu Yang confirmed Hua Yunfei was a pawn of the Ruthless lineage, explained that Qin Yao was not following its path, and warned Yao Xi against targeting the Ji Family Siblings.
• Chu Yang gave Yao Xi the red-haired monster's corpse and another corpse's head, then returned to the courtyard with Jiang Tingting as news of the Peach Banquet spread.
• Chu Yang questioned Bi Zhu about the Mythical Era, and Bi Zhu revealed that she had met the Undying Heavenly Emperor after escaping the Heavenly Court.

Chu Yang offered Bi Zhu a chance to Borrow a Corpse to Return the Soul, and she agreed after learning that Nether Lord’s incarnation had died. He gave her the Ice Palace Master's corpse and made her his Yang Corpse master, then demonstrated his mastery of the Dao of the Void.

• Bi Zhu explained that Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul required a sufficiently powerful corpse and that the Yang Corpse had to acknowledge a master.
• Chu Yang fished a Dragon Loach from the courtyard stream and gave it to An Miaoyi.
• Chu Yang offered to find Bi Zhu a vessel and help her pursue the Corpse Dao, and Bi Zhu asked whether Nether Lord was still alive.
• Chu Yang said Nether Lord’s incarnation had died, claimed to have been the Desolate Heavenly Emperor in his past life, and showed Bi Zhu the Ice Palace Master's corpse.
• Bi Zhu agreed to Chu Yang’s arrangement, taught him the Yang Corpse Dao Patterns, and completed the master-recognition ritual with him.
• Chu Yang stored the corpse in a bell, placed the shrunken Bi Zhu on his shoulder, and revealed his growing command of the Dao of the Void.

Chu Yang attended Yaochi’s Peach Banquet, where the Green Robe Palace Master asked about an ice palace he had found in the Primordial Ancient Mine and Xi Wangmu realized he had taken her red string while she bathed. The banquet’s attention then turned to the arrival of the Eastern Wilderness Demon Race.

• Chu Yang, An Miaoyi, and Zixia left their courtyard and headed to the Celestial Palace for the Peach Banquet.
• The Green Robe Palace Master asked Chu Yang whether he knew of the Ice God Palace, and he told her he had found an ice palace in the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• Chu Yang entered the Celestial Palace, where the Purple Mansion Saint Lord glared at Zixia and Big Black Dog clashed silently with Bi Zhu over Chu Yang’s new cat companion.
• Xi Wangmu bowed to Chu Yang and introduced two elders from Qishi Mansion, who exchanged cautious pleasantries with him while hoping he would not disrupt their coming contest.
• Xi Wangmu spotted her missing red string on Bi Zhu, and Chu Yang admitted in a private message that he had taken it while passing through the Void near her bath.
• The Eastern Wilderness Demon Race arrived at the Celestial Palace, drawing the guests’ attention to the Yao Clan princess, Chu Yang’s Dao Companion.

At Yaochi’s Peach Banquet, Chu Yang arrived with An Miaoyi and Zixia, drew the attention of the gathered powers, and learned that the Green Robe Palace Master believed the Ice Palace he had found might be connected to her Ice God Palace. Xi Wangmu recognized her missing red string on Bi Zhu and realized Chu Yang had taken it while secretly entering her bathing place, just as the Eastern Wilderness Demon Race arrived.

• Chu Yang, An Miaoyi, and Zixia left their courtyard for the Peach Banquet, where the Green Robe Palace Master stopped them and asked about the Ice Palace he had excavated in the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• Chu Yang entered the Celestial Palace, where the assembled leaders focused on him and the Purple Mansion Saint Lord glared at Zixia for leaving his holy land.
• Xi Wangmu greeted Chu Yang before the gathered guests and introduced two elders from Qishi Mansion, who concealed their reluctance to let him join their future contest.
• Xi Wangmu recognized her missing red string tied to Bi Zhu’s bell, and Chu Yang admitted by voice transmission that he had taken it while testing the Dao of the Void and had accidentally seen her bathing.
• The Eastern Wilderness Demon Race entered the Celestial Palace, including the Yao Clan princess, whom everyone knew possessed an Imperial weapon and was Chu Yang’s Dao Companion.

At the Peach Banquet, Chu Yang publicly announced that he and Yaochi Holy Daughter Yun Ning would become Dao Companions, while Xi Wangmu named him Yaochi’s chief guest elder. The alliance left the assembled factions speculating about Yaochi’s gains, and Xi Wangmu wondered whether Chu Yang would demand more from her.

• Yan Ruyu arrived at the Peach Banquet with Demon Race experts, who stood behind Chu Yang as his guards, and she introduced Yue Ling as the Sword Slave she had brought along.
• Chu Yang considered gathering his allies into a great sect and then redirected the banquet’s attention before Nangong Zheng could turn the discussion toward Ye Fan.
• Chu Yang took Yun Ning’s hand and announced that they were mutually devoted and would become Dao Companions; Xi Wangmu declared him Yaochi’s chief guest elder.
• Tu Fei joked that Chu Yang was gathering the Eastern Wilderness Holy Daughters, while Yan Ruyu and An Miaoyi joined Yun Ning and spoke with her.
• The assembled factions assessed how Yaochi’s alliance with Chu Yang could strengthen it through his ties to the Demon Race, the Jiang Family, Old Madman, and Wei Yi.
• Yaochi’s elders celebrated the alliance’s benefits, but Xi Wangmu worried that Chu Yang might expect further concessions.

At Yaochi, Chu Yang and Ye Fan made the gathered powers believe Ye Fan would reveal the True Dragon Immortal Medicine, drawing them toward a dangerous site while Chu Yang took Jiang Tingting and Yao Xi to the Myriad Dragon Nest. They entered an ancient chamber beneath the former Underworld God Palace, where Chu Yang opened a stone gate and unleashed a vicious aura.

• Nangong Zheng questioned Ye Fan about his Origin Root of All Things, and Xiang Yifei, Dao Yi Holy Child, and others used Ye Fan's connection to the Ruthless Great Emperor to stir suspicion against him.
• Chu Yang urged Ye Fan to disclose the True Dragon Immortal Medicine's location, and Ye Fan reluctantly led an array master and a group of experts through the Void.
• Chu Yang left Yaochi with Jiang Tingting and secretly met Yao Xi, then brought them to the Myriad Dragon Nest beneath the former Underworld God Palace.
• Chu Yang, Jiang Tingting, and Yao Xi descended into an abyss and entered one of nine ancient caves, reaching a stone gate beside the place where the True Dragon Immortal Medicine had once grown.
• Chu Yang opened the stone gate, and a terrifying vicious aura rushed out.

Chu Yang entered the Myriad Dragon Nest, took the True Dragon Immortal Medicine and divine source, and learned from Ruthless Great Emperor’s will where Dongfang Taiyi was hidden. He freed the ancient Human Demon from his divine source prison, leaving Dongfang Taiyi awakening in a sea of chaos beneath a sun.

• Chu Yang entered the chamber beyond the stone gate with Yao Xi and Jiang Tingting, where he found Primordial Beings sealed in divine source, the True Dragon Immortal Medicine, and a vermilion coffin believed to contain Ruthless Great Emperor.
• Chu Yang extracted thirty-six drops of essence blood from the True Dragon Immortal Medicine and gave them to Jiang Tingting, then plundered the divine source while Yao Xi inspected the coffin.
• Chu Yang led Yao Xi and Jiang Tingting deeper into the nest, where Yao Xi examined three more coffins and learned Ruthless Great Emperor had lived four lives but had not ended there.
• Chu Yang spoke to the fourth coffin, which trembled, and received a trace of Ruthless Great Emperor’s will pointing him toward Dongfang Taiyi.
• Chu Yang broke open a wall of divine source and revealed Dongfang Taiyi, a chained member of the Primordial Human Race, sealed within it.
• Chu Yang reached into the divine source with his Soul Will, and Dongfang Taiyi opened his eyes in a chaotic world beneath a golden sun.

Chu Yang obtained the complete Taiyin Scripture and Sun Scripture from Dongfang Taiyi, then used them to advance his understanding of the Great Dao. He met Heavenly Emperor Ye and the Desolate Heavenly Emperor across time to discuss preparations against the Weird Plateau, then returned to the Celestial Palace and summoned Yue Ling.

• Chu Yang awakened part of Dongfang Taiyi’s consciousness in a spiritual world, received the Taiyin Scripture and Sun Scripture, and promised to preserve them for future inheritors.
• Chu Yang left Dongfang Taiyi sealed in the Myriad Dragon Nest, gave the Taiyin Scripture to Jiang Tingting, and helped her rebuild her cultivation technique before studying both scriptures in seclusion.
• Heavenly Emperor Ye and the Desolate Heavenly Emperor contacted Chu Yang across time, explained that he was absent from their future because he stood outside its timeline, and joined him in planning against the Weird Plateau.
• Chu Yang learned that people deeply connected to him could not be revived through Ye Fan’s future plan, then returned to the Celestial Palace after leaving five Ancient Corpses to guard Jiang Tingting.
• Chu Yang noticed Yue Ling among the people waiting for news from the Myriad Dragon Nest and asked her to come inside with him.

Chu Yang made Yue Ling the bearer of the Divine Mark Purple Gold Sword, destroying her old cultivation foundation so she could nurture it into an immortal sword. After the disastrous expedition to Myriad Dragon Nest, the surviving factions blamed Ye Fan for their losses and threatened Little Nannan to force him to appear.

• Chu Yang returned to the Celestial Palace and told An Miaoyi that Jiang Tingting was in seclusion after gaining something on their trip.
• Chu Yang made Yue Ling his Sword Slave, fused the Divine Mark Purple Gold Sword with her, and used Dao Patterns and White Rat's essence blood to help nurture the sword.
• The Old Cult Master of Yin Yang Sect entered with Little Nannan captured, while Chu Yang chose not to intervene yet.
• News arrived that Myriad Beginning Holy Lord, Yin Yang Sect's Vice Cult Master, a Southern Ridge demon daoist, and eight other leaders had died in Myriad Dragon Nest, while the Purple Mansion Saint Lord was gravely crippled.
• The factions learned that they had found no True Dragon Immortal Medicine and blamed Ye Fan for their losses.
• The factions threatened to sacrifice Little Nannan unless Ye Fan came forward.

At Yaochi’s Celestial Palace, Chu Yang backed Ye Fan and extorted compensation from the factions that had pressured him into revealing Myriad Dragon Nest. After the dispute ended with the factions paying up, the Yaochi Grand Assembly resumed with the Stone Appreciation Convention.

• Ye Fan arrived at the Celestial Palace with Big Black Dog and the Descendants of the Great Bandit to demand Little Nannan’s release, while Tu Fei was missing.
• The Old Cult Master of Yin Yang Sect released Little Nannan, and she warned the faction leaders that Mad Uncle would punish anyone who harmed Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan argued that the factions had forced him to reveal Myriad Dragon Nest and had ignored his warnings, leaving his accusers without a convincing reply.
• Chu Yang declared that Ye Fan was his sworn brother, dismissed the accusations against him, and demanded ten million jin of source or treasures from each faction as compensation.
• The Great Xia Dynasty’s old Imperial Lord agreed to pay first, and the other factions followed, ending the dispute and securing Chu Yang several hundred million jin of source.
• The Yaochi Grand Assembly continued, and the Stone Appreciation Convention began.

Chu Yang and Ye Fan dominated the Stone Appreciation Convention, uncovering rare treasures and distributing many of them to their companions. Chu Yang then used the gathering to send a message to the Primordial Beings about the Undying Phoenix Bird egg hidden in one of Yaochi’s Stone Kings, intending to let them raise it for him.

• Chu Yang and Ye Fan raced through the factions’ stone forests, cutting open Source Stones and giving treasures that could extend lifespans to their allies.
• Chu Yang uncovered twin immortal blossoms and gave one each to Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Holy Daughter, while An Miaoyi appeared content without one.
• Chu Yang opened seven more strange stones and distributed their treasures among An Miaoyi, Yun Ning, Jiang Huairen, Liu Kou, Li Heishui, Xi Wangmu, and Zixia.
• Xi Wangmu brought out Yaochi’s Stone Kings, and Chu Yang told her that leaving some of them alone was safer than sealing them again.
• Chu Yang noticed disguised Primordial Beings leaving and revealed that he meant for them to learn about the Undying Phoenix Bird egg, so they would hatch and raise the Heavenly Emperor’s Son for him.

Chu Yang drew the Primordial Beings to Yaochi by revealing that the Stone King contained the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s descendant, then demanded the Emperor’s True Blood in exchange. He left the Primordial visitors cowed after a single palm strike and challenged the Undying Heavenly Empress to come meet him.

• Chu Yang left seclusion after three days of refining tens of millions of jin of source and went to Yaochi with Yan Ruyu and An Miaoyi.
• Primordial Beings arrived at Yaochi, including a woman sealed inside divine source whom Chu Yang identified as a Primordial King.
• Chu Yang revealed that the Stone King held the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s descendant and said he had expected the Undying Heavenly Empress or one of her divine generals to appear.
• Chu Yang demanded the Heavenly Emperor’s True Blood in exchange for the egg and told the visitors to carry a message to the Undying Heavenly Empress.
• When a Primordial Being threatened him, Chu Yang struck with one palm, killing him and breaking the Primordial visitors’ cloud cover and the woman’s divine-source seal.
• Chu Yang challenged the Undying Heavenly Empress to come to Yaochi, while the Primordial Beings fell silent and dared not oppose him.

After the Yaochi Grand Assembly, Chu Yang remained at Yaochi Holy Land while the Primordial Royal Clans considered his demand for the True Blood of the Heavenly Emperor. He investigated the Innate Dao Embryo, then taught Yue Ling the path of the Soldier Dao and welcomed Jiang Tingting back from seclusion.

• The Primordial Beings left after asking Chu Yang for time to decide whether to trade the True Blood of the Heavenly Emperor for the Heavenly Emperor's Son, and the Yaochi Grand Assembly ended without the Immortal Egg Strange stone being unsealed.
• Jiang Tingting and Yue Ling emerged from seclusion during the following ten days, with Jiang Tingting having reached great completion of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Chu Yang and Yun Ning entered the Immortal Tear Green Gold Tower for three days, and Chu Yang uncovered traces related to the Innate Dao Embryo.
• Chu Yang taught Zixia about the origins needed to create an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, then explained the Soldier Dao to Yue Ling and warned her to nurture the Divine Mark Purple Gold Sword.
• Chu Yang called Jiang Tingting to him, and she praised the cultivation method he had given her as perfectly suited to her Taiyin Body.

Chu Yang sent Jiang Tingting away with a layered inheritance and prepared his companions for the coming chaos before withdrawing from public life. Yao Xi followed a mysterious summons toward Ruthless’s legacy, while the Primordial King’s arrival drew the attention of the waiting leaders.

• Chu Yang gave Jiang Tingting the Nine Secrets, other inheritances, and a Nameless Great Dao Rune, then sent her to find Jiang Yun and walk her path independently.
• Chu Yang warned Yan Ruyu, Yun Ning, and An Miaoyi that the Forbidden Zone Supremes were nearing the end of their patience, and gave each woman treasures and the Movement Character Secret before they departed.
• Yao Xi told Chu Yang that she felt an uncanny guidance after leaving Myriad Dragon Nest, and he identified it as the Ruthless Great Emperor’s karma and urged her to follow it.
• Chu Yang realized Ruthless intended to recognize Yao Xi as her first true successor, and Yao Xi left Yaochi to follow the summons south.
• The Primordial King returned to Yaochi unsealed, and the waiting great leaders turned their attention toward Chu Yang’s courtyard.

After the rumors surrounding Chu Yang spread across the Big Dipper Star Region, he secretly prepared to use the True Dragon Immortal Medicine and the Nine Aperture Stone Man to advance his plans. The Nine Aperture Stone Man agreed to follow him into the world within his body, while Chu Yang refined the medicine’s essence and made a breakthrough.

• Naya delivered the True Blood of the Heavenly Emperor to Chu Yang and invited him to Ancient Emperor Mountain on behalf of the Empress.
• Rumors about Chu Yang’s Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, True Dragon Immortal Medicine, True Blood of the Heavenly Emperor, and Ruthless Inheritance spread across the Big Dipper Star Region.
• After a month at Yaochi, Chu Yang secretly met Xi Wangmu, then stayed in the Northern Region with the True Dragon Immortal Medicine and the Nine Aperture Stone Man.
• The True Dragon Immortal Medicine agreed to give Chu Yang most of its essence, and the Nine Aperture Stone Man chose to seek the Great Dao within the world in Chu Yang’s body.
• Chu Yang joined the True Dragon Immortal Medicine to the Nine Aperture Stone Man and refined the medicine’s nine golden leaves into a Great Dao Rune.
• Chu Yang fused the True Dragon Rune into a star and broke through the second major barrier of his fourth secret realm, opening his left arm and advancing the secret realm in his left leg.

Chu Yang arrived at Yun Yue Mountain Range and gathered Lu Ling, Golden Peng, the Old Peng King, and other powerful cultivators to establish a new sect. He named the sect Beyond the Heavens, with the stronghold serving as its first base.

• Chu Yang fused the Nine Aperture Stone Man into a star within his body, named the new Saint Spirit Nine Spirits, and acknowledged her debt to Yaochi.
• Chu Yang traveled to Yun Yue Prefecture, where Lu Ling and the Fourteenth Great Bandit had driven out bandits who preyed on the poor.
• Chu Yang visited Lu Ling at her stronghold, teased her, and learned that Golden Peng, Hou Yong, and the Old Peng King had helped gather its forces.
• Chu Yang assembled the stronghold’s core cultivators and announced that they would form the foundation of his new force in Yun Yue Mountain Range.
• Chu Yang named the new sect Beyond the Heavens.

Chu Yang founded Beyond the Heavens, entrusted Lu Ling with its affairs, and left the new faction an emperor weapon and nine powerful inheritances before entering seclusion. News of its astonishing foundation spread across the Eastern Wilderness and drew congratulations, gifts, and recruits.

• Old Peng King and the others pledged to join Beyond the Heavens after Chu Yang announced its name.
• Chu Yang appointed Lu Ling the faction’s first Divine General, assigned Yue Ling and Zixia to maintain ties with Yaochi and the Demon Race, and entrusted the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to Old Peng King.
• Chu Yang carved nine inheritances into stone steles, including the Dao Scripture, the Taiyin and Sun Scriptures, the Heaven Stealing Scripture, and Soldier Person, then left the faction to enter seclusion.
• Lu Ling accepted her responsibility and resolved to become Beyond the Heavens’ strongest Divine General.
• News of Beyond the Heavens’ emperor weapon and nine suspected Emperor-level inheritances spread, bringing visitors and gifts from across the Eastern Wilderness.
• Twelve of the Thirteen Great Bandits of the Northern Region announced that they were joining Beyond the Heavens, which then attracted visits from major factions across the other four regions.

As Qishi Mansion opened, Beyond the Heavens’ young members and other Eastern Wilderness prodigies drew attention through their strength, while Jiang Tingting entered with a recruitment quota and stunned the gathering. Meanwhile, Chu Yang traveled to the Northern Plains to visit the Extreme North Ice God Palace and investigate its connection to the Ruthless Great Emperor.

• Qishi Mansion opened, and prodigies from across the Five Great Regions gathered to compete, with Eastern Wilderness figures becoming prominent targets for challenges.
• Beyond the Heavens’ members, including Lu Ling, Yue Ling, Zixia, Hou Yong, and Golden Peng, impressed the crowd, while Qin Yao, An Miaoyi, and other Eastern Wilderness figures also displayed their strength.
• Jiang Tingting arrived at Qishi Mansion riding the Big Black Dog and used one of Beyond the Heavens’ recruitment quotas to enter.
• A Northern Plains Holy Child provoked Jiang Tingting, and she crushed him with her divine sense, leaving his divine soul irreversibly damaged.
• Lu Ling gave Beyond the Heavens’ remaining quotas to the Green-robed Young Flood Dragon King and the Black Emperor.
• Chu Yang traveled to the Northern Plains to settle a karmic tie with the Green Robe Palace Master and investigate the Extreme North Ice God Palace.