Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er discovered that the golden baleful source could not be safely removed until the formation beneath the Immortal Pillar was restored. He found a fragmentary diagram and uncovered the Gray-Robed Elder's hidden tampering with an Array Stone, leaving him ready to continue repairing the formation.

• The Golden Baleful Patriarch tried to extract the golden baleful source, but the four baleful forces surged against him and injured him.
• Su Shi'er explained that the source anchored the four forces and concluded that the formation beneath the Immortal Pillar had to be restored first.
• Su Shi'er searched the Gray-Robed Elder's Storage Ring and found a fragmentary diagram of the Nine-Pole Transcendent Immortal Formation, along with Array Stones and other materials.
• Su Shi'er activated the Array Hub Token to reveal the damaged formation patterns around the Immortal Pillar and suspected the Gray-Robed Elder had altered them.
• An Array Stone redirected formation light toward the golden baleful source, so Su Shi'er investigated it and discovered a concealed blood-red marking.
• Su Shi'er spent several hours deciphering and removing the marking, which vanished as foul-smelling blood mist.

Su Shi'er stabilized the Immortal Pillar by restoring part of its formation and separating the four baleful intents. The Golden Baleful Patriarch began refining the Golden Baleful Source and gave Su Shi'er Taibai Geng Metal, while Su Shi'er returned to reinforce the formation sealing the dark-gold divine rune.

• Su Shi'er used prepared formation stones and the Array Hub Token to restore part of the formation beneath the Immortal Pillar, stopping its cracks from spreading.
• The Golden Baleful Patriarch carefully drew strands of the Golden Baleful Source into himself and promised to guard the pillar while refining it and repairing the Immortal Ruins formation.
• The Golden Baleful Patriarch gave Su Shi'er a piece of Taibai Geng Metal formed alongside the Golden Baleful Source, and Su Shi'er accepted it.
• Su Shi'er returned to the fissure and added formation stones to reinforce the formation sealing the dark-gold divine rune.

Su Shi'er stabilized the Ancient Battlefield Immortal Pillar and recovered before considering the Divine Realm’s interference and Fan Tianshu’s possible hidden alliances. He set out to find Cen Yuting, while the Golden Baleful Patriarch suspected Su Shi'er might be Hou Sihai.

• Su Shi'er finished repairing the Immortal Pillar’s formation and gave the Golden Baleful Patriarch an Array Flag to control it while refining the golden baleful source.
• Su Shi'er concealed himself near the Ancient Battlefield and spent a day recovering from his injuries and depleted true essence with the Three-Source Immortal-Nourishing Pill.
• Su Shi'er inspected the nine Immortal Pillars and wondered whether Wujie or someone else had influenced the dark-gold divine rune, then considered Fan Tianshu’s complicated relationship with the Divine Realm.
• Su Shi'er decided to find Cen Yuting and help restore his cultivation so they could address another unguarded Immortal Pillar.
• The Golden Baleful Patriarch watched Su Shi'er leave and wondered if he was Hou Sihai.