Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang investigated Ice God Palace and discovered that its unusual care for ordinary people and Earth-like customs came from the returned Divine Thought of its founding ancestor, the Snow Robe Great Emperor. Ai Qing revealed that the Divine Thought had returned thirty years earlier, passed some memories to a descendant who became the palace’s divine maiden, and then dissipated.

• Chu Yang entered Ice God Palace’s vast domain, observed its protected and harmonious society, and suspected that the palace was hiding secrets.
• Chu Yang questioned local disciples, examined one young cultivator’s memories, and inferred that someone from Ice God Palace had crossed the Ancient Starry Road and introduced Earth-like customs.
• Elder Xu recognized Chu Yang as the Young Emperor and summoned Ai Qing, who welcomed him into the palace.
• Chu Yang confronted Ai Qing about the hidden expert who had crossed the Ancient Starry Road, and Ai Qing confirmed that the founder, the Snow Robe Great Emperor, had once crossed the starry sky.
• Ai Qing explained that the Snow Robe Great Emperor’s Divine Thought returned thirty years earlier, altered a descendant’s fate, passed her memories to the future divine maiden, and then dissipated.

Chu Yang revealed the fate of Snow Robe Great Emperor and gave her Five Fiends inheritance to Li Ling, Ice God Palace’s chosen divine maiden. He also accepted Ice God Palace as an affiliate of Beyond the Heavens and took Li Ling as his second disciple, leaving her with guidance toward further inheritances.

• Ai Qing told Chu Yang that Snow Robe Great Emperor had obtained a fragmentary Ruthless Great Emperor inheritance in the Bronze Immortal Palace and later left to test a path similar to Ruthless’s.
• Chu Yang summoned Ice God Palace’s hidden Saint Lord, who asked him to leave the Five Fiends inheritance for one appointed divine maiden and proposed that Ice God Palace join Beyond the Heavens.
• Chu Yang passed the Five Fiends Scripture to Li Ling and warned her against seeking quick success, explaining that others were also cultivating the method.
• The white-haired Saint Lord agreed that Ice God Palace would follow Beyond the Heavens’ lead, and Li Ling knelt to recognize Chu Yang as her master.
• Chu Yang gave Li Ling Snow Robe Great Emperor’s inheritance, three of the Nine Secrets, and directions for finding people who could teach her more.

Chu Yang uncovered that towers across the Ice God Domain formed a powerful Blessed Land that had been protecting the Ice God Palace from a curse connected to the Underworld. He entered the palace’s forbidden ground with Ai Qing and the white-haired woman to investigate its founder’s legacy, where the woman discovered something shocking in an ancestor’s sealed chamber.

• Chu Yang accepted Li Ling as his disciple and gave her the Pre-Character Secret, while explaining that she would need to prove herself before he fully recognized her.
• After learning that the Ice God Palace’s founder had forbidden relocation and built the domain’s towers, Chu Yang realized the towers formed a Blessed Land and suspected the palace suffered from a curse tied to the Underworld.
• The white-haired woman agreed to take Chu Yang to the ancestors’ forbidden ground, and Ai Qing joined them after returning Li Ling to the palace.
• Chu Yang, Ai Qing, and the white-haired woman traveled through an underground corridor to the chamber where the founder’s Dao Companion had died.
• The white-haired woman opened the sealed Stone Chamber and cried out in horror when she saw the stone platform inside.

Chu Yang discovered the Underworld blood hidden beneath the Ice God Palace’s stone platform and placed his stillborn True Dragon Egg in it before traveling to the Qin Mountains. There, he found the Soldier Secret, comprehended it, perfected the Square Inch Universe, and began secluded cultivation.

• Chu Yang reconstructed the damaged stone carving, cut open the stone platform, and found black blood that he suspected came from an Emperor Heart taken from the Underworld.
• Chu Yang placed his stillborn True Dragon Egg in the black blood and told Ai Qing and the white-haired woman to keep people away from the Stone Chamber.
• Chu Yang left the Ice God Domain and traveled to the Qin Mountains, where he spotted Hua Yunfei and Li Xiaoman at the Qin Sect.
• Chu Yang used Cold Moon to reveal the Soldier Secret’s weapon marks on a stone wall and comprehended the secret in a short time.
• Chu Yang combined the Soldier Secret with the Divine Mechanism Soldier Dao, perfected the Square Inch Universe, and entered secluded cultivation in a cave dwelling.

After a year in seclusion, Chu Yang reached the Great Perfection of the Four Extremities and traveled through Qin Sect disguised as Tu Fei. He met Gai Jiuyou and fooled Ye Fan into accepting his identity, then offered to share the Soldier Secret.

• Chu Yang emerged from seclusion at the Great Perfection of the Four Extremities, having nearly exhausted his resources without entering the Transformation Dragon Realm.
• Disguised as Tu Fei and accompanied by Nine Spirits, Chu Yang met Gai Jiuyou at the Immortal Transformation Pool and persuaded him to come along.
• At Qin Sect's main peak, Ye Fan encountered Chu Yang and grew suspicious of the unfamiliar Tu Fei.
• Chu Yang and Nine Spirits claimed that a granny had rescued him from divine ice in the far northern snowfields and passed her learning to him before her death.
• Chu Yang identified the granny as the ancient Great Sage from the Yaoguang Ancient Mining Area and said he had come to Qin Sect seeking the Soldier Secret.
• Chu Yang offered to share the Soldier Secret with Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou, while Gai Jiuyou privately wondered what Chu Yang's real purpose was.

Chu Yang used Great Emperor Hengyu’s painting scroll to spread rumors of a Great Emperor’s inheritance in the Qin Mountains, drawing factions toward a trap while Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou comprehended the Soldier Secret. After receiving the Movement Character Secret from Ye Fan, Chu Yang claimed a living Great Emperor might be hidden near the Immortal Transformation Pool, leaving Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou stunned.

• Chu Yang gave Gai Jiuyou the Soldier Secret and told Ye Fan that the weapon carvings would reveal it under the full moon.
• Chu Yang showed Nine Spirits the painting scroll of Great Emperor Hengyu, unleashed its Imperial Might, and ordered word spread that a Great Emperor’s inheritance and an Immortal Trace had appeared in the Qin Mountains.
• Duan De learned that someone had spread the rumors under his name, blamed Ye Fan, and crossed the Void toward the Qin Mountains to expose the scheme or turn it to his advantage.
• Under the full moon, Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou comprehended the Soldier Secret, and Ye Fan passed the Movement Character Secret to Chu Yang.
• Gai Jiuyou recognized Nine Spirits as a special Holy Spirit from Yaochi Holy Land and asked Chu Yang about the Imperial Might he had unleashed.
• Chu Yang claimed the Immortal Transformation Pool might conceal a living Great Emperor, leaving Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou astonished.

Chu Yang led Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou to the Immortal Transformation Pool, concealing his role in bringing the Qin Mountains’ ancient Dragon Lair and other dangers to the surface. After the group reached the Immortal Transformation Pool and Dragon Lair, Ye Fan concluded that the deadly passage between them could not yet be crossed, while Chu Yang prepared to use the arriving cultivators to test its dangers.

• Chu Yang, Ye Fan, Gai Jiuyou, and Nine Spirits headed toward the Immortal Transformation Pool as cultivators from across the regions gathered in the Qin Mountains.
• Ye Fan sensed a disturbance in the Qin Mountains’ Dragon Veins, and Chu Yang claimed that the ancient Dragon Vein lair would reveal itself when the veins moved.
• Immortal Imperial Lords attacked the group at an Ascension Ground, but Chu Yang used Nine Spirits’ blood to drive the Ancient Corpses away.
• Chu Yang claimed that Nine Spirits had a powerful bloodline and said he had previously seen a dragon, a phoenix, and a Qilin that warned him of a slumbering Great Emperor.
• The group found the Immortal Transformation Pool and the Ancient Dragon Lair, and Ye Fan identified the deadly passage between them as a place they could not yet cross.
• Chu Yang planned to use the arriving cultivators as cannon fodder to test the dangers and draw out the Azure Emperor’s lingering killing intent.

Chu Yang reunited with Ye Fan and his companions at the Ascension Ground as powerful factions gathered for the descent of the Immortal Transformation Pool and Ancient Dragon Lair. When Ye Fan led seven others into the Land Where Immortals Cannot Cross, Chu Yang stayed behind with Gai Jiuyou and Nine Spirits, where Wang Teng and Wang Chong arrived and Jiang Tingting set the Black Emperor on Wang Chong.

• Ji Ziyue recognized Ye Fan, who revealed his identity and reunited with the Ji siblings and Pang Bo’s group.
• Liu Kou and Wu Zhongtian told Chu Yang that Wang Chong was pursuing Jiang Tingting and that Wang Teng’s influence was gathering Northern Plains prodigies around him.
• The gathered companions discussed the dangers in the Qin Mountains, and Chu Yang told Gai Jiuyou that he intended to help Nine Spirits defy fate and change her destiny.
• After a month of waiting, Ye Fan led Pang Bo, Wu Zhongtian, Liu Kou, Li Heishui, Jiang Huairen, Ji Haoyue, and Ji Ziyue into the fog-covered Land Where Immortals Cannot Cross, while Chu Yang and Gai Jiuyou stayed behind.
• Wang Teng arrived with Wang Chong as powerful figures from across the regions gathered, and Wang Chong publicly proposed settling his childhood engagement with Jiang Tingting.
• Jiang Tingting ordered the Black Emperor to bite Wang Chong, and the dog drove Wang Teng back before biting and injuring Wang Chong.

Chu Yang seized Wang Teng’s Heavenly Emperor Sword and Golden Ancient Chariot, then reunited with Ye Fan and the others at the Yin-Yang Twin Mountains. Three days later, Wang Teng’s true body arrived to threaten Chu Yang and Jiang Tingting, and the Fighting Saint Ape attacked him as the group waited for the Immortal Transformation Pool and Ancient Dragon Lair to open.

• Wang Teng attacked Yun Ning, but her Ancient Corpse protector repelled him while she led Jiang Tingting and the Black Emperor toward a path of life.
• Chu Yang used the Soldier Secret to take Wang Teng’s Heavenly Emperor Sword and Golden Ancient Chariot, warning him not to pursue before driving into the fog with Gai Jiuyou.
• Chu Yang reached Ye Fan and the others, beat the Black Emperor for failing to recognize him as Tu Fei, and explained that he had robbed Wang Teng’s brothers after they bothered Jiang Tingting.
• The group waited three days while Chu Yang kept the truth about the Yaoguang Holy Lord’s death from being investigated, unwilling to provoke the Ruthless lineage before he was stronger.
• Wang Teng’s true body arrived and threatened Chu Yang while indicating that he wanted Jiang Tingting; the Fighting Saint Ape attacked him, and Chu Yang told Ye Fan there was no need to rush before the nearby sites opened.

Chu Yang and his companions reached the Qin Mountains as the Dragon Vein stirred, forcing Wang Teng's confrontation with the Fighting Saint Ape and Yun Ning to break off. They headed for the Immortal Transformation Pool, where a Nine Heavens Vermilion Jade King suddenly emerged, while the Ancient Dragon Lair drew the older cultivators.

• Chu Yang joked with the Old Blind Man about borrowing the Heaven Swallowing Magic Jar, while the Old Blind Man refused and the Fighting Saint Ape battled Wang Teng.
• Yun Ning joined the Fighting Saint Ape against Wang Teng, but the combatants withdrew when the Dragon Vein began moving and cultivators rushed toward the Dragon Transformation Pool and Ancient Dragon Lair.
• The Fighting Saint Ape and the older cultivators went to the Ancient Dragon Lair for the Human World Immortal Pill and dream-grade Dragon Marrow, while Chu Yang, Ye Fan, and their companions headed for the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• Li Heishui and Liu Kou teased Chu Yang about the Southern Ridge Demoness and Feng Huang supposedly wanting to marry him, and Yun Ning calmly accepted the rumors about his admirers.
• Ye Fan encountered Duan De at the mountaintop, where Duan De angrily cursed him over being looted, before the group reached the Immortal Transformation Pool.
• A Nine Heavens Vermilion Jade King shot out of the pool, startling the experts gathered at its edge.

Chu Yang seized the Nine Heavens Vermilion Jade King, then killed Ouyang Ye and revealed the Primordial Holy Light Art to drive off the experts who attacked him. As Chu Yang counted the wealth he had taken from Ouyang Ye while traveling around the Immortal Transformation Pool with Ye Fan’s group, a tremendous disturbance erupted from the Ancient Dragon Lair.

• The Nine Heavens Vermilion Jade King flew into Chu Yang’s palm, and the surrounding cultivators abandoned their attempt to seize it.
• A Great Power’s silver primordial spirit emerged from the Immortal Transformation Pool and exploded, prompting the experts to ask Ye Fan for guidance.
• Ouyang Ye stirred the crowd against Chu Yang and Ye Fan, so Chu Yang beheaded him with the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• Experts attacked Chu Yang, but he overwhelmed them with the Primordial Holy Light Art and made the sect leader back down.
• Chu Yang claimed his art came from a granny linked to Tianxuan Holy Land, while privately recalling that he had obtained it from the Yaoguang Holy Son.
• Chu Yang counted Ouyang Ye’s wealth as he traveled around the Immortal Transformation Pool with Ye Fan’s group, when a disturbance erupted from the Ancient Dragon Lair.

The experts at the Immortal Transformation Pool faced the Third Generation Source Heavenly Master and mysterious little beings from the Ancient Dragon Lair, whose vanguard claimed that a Great Emperor slept within. The three factions wielding Emperor Weapons were caught between both threats, while Chu Yang quietly prepared Nine Spirits to seize an opportunity.

• A young cultivator fell into the Immortal Transformation Pool and emerged with the Azure Lotus and Green Bronze Fragment, but Chu Yang let the lotus return to the pool, frustrating Duan De.
• The dragon pearl shattered and revealed the red-haired Third Generation Source Heavenly Master, who slaughtered experts until the Great Xia Imperial Family, Peacock King, Crimson Dragon Daoist, and Old Blind Man brought out three Emperor Weapons to fight him.
• A tiny war chariot emerged from the cave with Saint Spirit manifestations of a True Dragon, True Phoenix, and Qilin, while its haloed vanguard declared that a Great Emperor slept inside.
• Chu Yang told Ye Fan that the Great Emperor claim was probably a bluff, then secretly urged Nine Spirits to seize the opportunity to complete her transformation.
• The red-haired Heavenly Master's divided souls possessed the Source Technique Masters, and the red-haired monster and haloed being attacked together, leaving the Emperor Weapon wielders unsure which threat to face first.

Chu Yang used Jiang Tingting’s hidden safeguard to summon his Dao Palace True Self, which wielded the Divine Mark Purple Gold Sword and helped the Great Xia Imperial Lord fight the red-haired monster. He then revealed that he had accumulated and delayed his Heavenly Tribulations, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned and Big Black Dog and Duan De suspicious of “Tu Fei.”

• Chu Yang called Jiang Tingting to him and triggered the restriction he had placed on her, summoning his Dao Palace True Self.
• The True Self summoned the Divine Mark Purple Gold Sword through the Void and joined the Great Xia Imperial Lord against the red-haired monster.
• Crimson Dragon Daoist and Old Blind Man fought the humanoid being with their Imperial Weapons until Imperial Might from the Ancient Dragon Lair weakened them.
• Chu Yang appeared above the Ancient War Chariot and summoned a Heavenly Tribulation, which the cultivators realized he had delayed and accumulated.
• Big Black Dog and Duan De watched Chu Yang and suspected that “Tu Fei” was not what he seemed.

Chu Yang used his heavenly tribulation to drive the Holy Spirits toward the Immortal Transformation Pool, where the Azure Emperor emerged and destroyed them and the red-haired monsters. The Azure Emperor gave True Self the sealed Immortal Pill as a dowry, then confronted another powerful presence emerging from the Ancient Dragon Lair.

• The humanoid Holy Spirit fled Chu Yang’s heavenly tribulation, and Gai Jiuyou recognized it and its companions as Heaven and Earth Holy Spirits.
• Sect masters attacked the fleeing Holy Spirits, but they repelled the attackers and reached the edge of the Immortal Transformation Pool as Chu Yang stopped pursuing them.
• The Immortal Transformation Pool opened, and the Azure Emperor emerged; he erased the humanoid Holy Spirit and its companions, then destroyed the red-haired monsters, including the Third Generation Source Heavenly Master.
• True Self asked the Azure Emperor to give him the Immortal Pill as a dowry, and the Azure Emperor sealed the pill as an ordinary stone and handed it to him.
• Chu Yang asked the Azure Emperor to spare the Holy Spirit inside the Ancient Dragon Lair, and the Azure Emperor sent his Imperial Might toward it, drawing out an ancient dragon chariot and its indistinct occupant.

The Azure Emperor’s lingering killing intent defeated a Holy Spirit and let Chu Yang use his heavenly tribulation to cleanse a Nine-Orifice Stone Heart for Nine Spirits. After the Azure Emperor dispersed, Ye Fan and Duan De moved to seize the Green Bronze Fragment as a new figure descended.

• The Holy Spirit seized the Tai Huang Sword and attacked the Azure Emperor, who stopped its strikes and revealed that it was not a true Great Emperor.
• The Azure Emperor offered the Holy Spirit a chance to reform, but it refused, so he destroyed it and handed its Nine-Orifice Stone Heart to Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang used his still-active heavenly tribulation to purge the Holy Spirit’s will from the stone, then the Azure Emperor helped Nine Spirits fuse with it.
• The Azure Emperor dispersed after speaking with Chu Yang, leaving the Green Bronze Fragment behind.
• A golden figure descended, and Ye Fan attacked it as Duan De and the Old Blind Man assembled the Heaven Swallowing Magic Jar.

The cultivators fought over Dream-level Divine Marrow, the Green Bronze Fragment, and treasures from the Immortal Transformation Pool while Chu Yang protected Jiang Tingting and helped her claim a Saint Weapon bronze mirror. As Chu Yang’s allies withdrew with their gains, Ye Fan remained locked in battle with Wang Teng and Li Heishui’s group stayed to help him.

• Dream-level Divine Marrow creatures emerged from the Ancient Dragon Lair, and the factions began fighting over them as Duan De and Old Blind Man sought the Green Bronze Fragment.
• True Self picked up and tossed away the Green Bronze Fragment, then returned to Jiang Tingting’s brow as the Divine Mark Purple Gold Sword vanished.
• Ye Fan fought Wang Teng over the Green Bronze Fragment while Chu Yang collected several Divine Marrow creatures and went to Jiang Tingting.
• The Black Emperor urged Jiang Tingting to ask Chu Yang for an ancient bronze mirror, and Chu Yang took the Saint Weapon from its competitors and gave it to her.
• Jiang Tingting joined Yun Ning’s group on the Big Black Dog, and Yun Ning, the Ji Family Siblings, Old Blind Man, and the Great Demon Clan Expert withdrew from the battlefield.
• Li Heishui and the other little bandits refused Old Blind Man’s offer to leave because Ye Fan was still fighting Wang Teng.

Chu Yang and Gai Jiuyou discovered that Ye Fan faced a coordinated ambush over the Green Bronze Fragment, and the Old Blind Man returned to help him escape. As the attackers pursued Ye Fan, an unknown Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon appeared against the Old Blind Man.

• Chu Yang invited Gai Jiuyou to join Beyond the Heavens, but Gai Jiuyou declined and spoke of his disciple Xia Jiuyou and his resolve to quell future calamities.
• Chu Yang revealed that powerful factions had laid a killing trap for Ye Fan, and Gai Jiuyou sensed the scale of the forces involved.
• Li Xiaoman ambushed Ye Fan with the Flying Immortal Art, then Wang Teng and other experts attacked him while Pang Bo, the bandits, and the Ji Family Siblings fought back.
• The Old Blind Man returned with the Heaven Swallowing Magic Jar, drove off the attackers, and forcibly sent Ye Fan and the others away through the Void.
• The factions pursued Ye Fan toward the outer Qin Mountains, while an unfamiliar Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon appeared and confronted the Old Blind Man.

Chu Yang intervened in the encirclement of Ye Fan and used the Soldier Secret to trigger the Nine Li Diagram's unexpected revival. After the Emperor Weapon killed its wielder and fell dormant, the gathered factions rushed to seize it, but it escaped into the Void.

• Chu Yang learned that Divine Might Hall had brought the Divine Firmament Spear and decided to stop watching from the sidelines, asking Gai Jiuyou to help him seize an Emperor Weapon if the chance arose.
• Chu Yang arrived at the Qin Mountains and saw Ye Fan surrounded by experts, including Li Xiaoman, Wang Teng, and Xiao Grand Tutor, while a fragment of Ruthless's formation prevented Ye Fan from drawing upon the Dragon Vein.
• When Wang Yangzhan threatened Ye Fan, Chu Yang appeared, insulted Xiao Grand Tutor, and attacked him with Wang Teng's Heavenly Emperor Sword, nearly cutting him in half.
• As the Nine Li Dynasty ancestor used the Nine Li Diagram against Chu Yang, the Emperor Weapon broke free and revived, vaporizing two experts and killing the ancestor.
• The Nine Li Imperial Lord declared that a Saint must have interfered with the Nine Li Diagram, and the gathered factions stopped fighting and rushed to claim it when its divine might receded.
• The Nine Li Diagram awakened again and fled into the Void before anyone could reach it, leaving the Nine Li Imperial Lord nearly spitting blood.

Chu Yang, disguised as Tu Fei, used the Nine Li Diagram to turn the siege outside the Qin Mountains into a rout, killing Xiao Grand Tutor and driving off the attackers. Days later, he publicly declared that he would keep the Emperor Weapon unless the Nine Li Dynasty paid with a complete ancient scripture.

• The Nine Li Diagram fell into Chu Yang’s hands, and the Nine Li Imperial Lord failed to persuade him to return it.
• Chu Yang wielded the Diagram against the attackers, killing Xiao Grand Tutor while the Nine Li Imperial Lord and other powerful figures fled.
• Ye Fan and the others realized that the Sick Old Man had helped turn the battle, and Ji Haoyue arrived too late to find the siege already over.
• Chu Yang hinted that Ji Ziyue had been another hidden safeguard, then joked with his friends as the Ji Family took the siblings away.
• Several days later, Chu Yang declared that he did not belong to Beyond the Heavens and would return the Nine Li Diagram only for a complete ancient scripture.

Chu Yang openly entered Southern Ancient City to trade the Nine Li Diagram for the Nine Li Ancient Scripture, while Li Lei tested whether he had come without his mysterious Saint ally. New intelligence about Chu Yang arriving with the Tai Huang Sword made Li Lei reconsider the danger of confronting him.

• The Nine Li Dynasty Grand Enshrined Official publicly prepared the ancient scripture and challenged Chu Yang to keep their appointment in Southern Ancient City, and Chu Yang replied that they should wait for him.
• Chu Yang’s True Self visited Great Xia Dynasty and secured the Tai Huang Sword after offering to arrange Xia Yilin’s entry into Mount Sumeru and inviting Brother Xia to join Beyond the Heavens.
• Chu Yang entered Southern Ancient City openly, booked a tavern, and waited there until Li Lei arrived to demand the Nine Li Diagram.
• Chu Yang asked Li Lei where the ancient scripture was instead of returning the emperor weapon, while Li Lei suppressed his killing intent and searched for the absent mysterious Saint.
• A Nine Li Dynasty cultivator reported that Chu Yang had entered the southern Central Plains with the Tai Huang Sword and slain a mighty cultivator, making Li Lei’s expression change.