Key plot points and events

• Liu Yuanchen attends the Azure Bamboo Assembly’s exchange meet in person, introducing himself as a newly advanced Celestial Immortal who has spent years in seclusion. The attendees accept his explanation and relax, believing he is not a powerful local faction leader.
• The exchange begins with routine trades. A young cultivator swaps an Early Earth Immortal Flood Dragon Pearl for an Earthfire Origin Crystal.
• An Earth Witch cultivator offers a bottle of Innate Ren Water, seeking an earth-attribute treasure. Liu Yuanchen recognizes the water and learns it came from a Black Dragon, along with the Dragon Race-made storage bottle.
• The bottle contains one jin and three liang of Ren Water, valued at roughly two thousand Immortal Crystals. Liu Yuanchen wants it to nourish his Myriad-Longevity Flat Peach and Five-Needle Pine.
• He trades a ninth-rank Earth Baleful Pearl for the Ren Water. Though the pearl is worth more in the Vast Sea Realm, the exchange benefits the Earth Witch cultivator greatly because such earth treasures are scarce and valuable to the Witch Race.
• Liu Yuanchen recognizes that trading between the resource-rich Origin Spirit Realm and the Vast Sea Realm could be profitable, though first he must deal with the demon in Xunwind City.
• The next trader presents a peak-ninth-rank Azure Sea Origin Crystal and seeks a wood-element treasure or material.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen carefully manages his reputation, presenting himself as an unaffiliated recluse so others will trade without fear. His calm generosity earns the Earth Witch cultivator’s gratitude.
• He displays strong knowledge of treasures and their uses, but also learns how regional scarcity changes their value. The Earth Baleful Pearl, ordinary by his standards, is exceptionally desirable to the local Witch Race.
• The Earth Witch cultivator eagerly accepts the exchange, offers to add more, then inspects the pearl with evident delight.
• Other attendees discuss the Ren Water’s rarity, origins, and value, revealing the importance of the Dragon Race’s Vast Sea Pot and deep-sea Earth Vein Spirit Eyes.

Significant themes

• Value depends on context: A treasure’s worth shifts according to local scarcity and the needs of different peoples.
• Knowledge and opportunity: Liu Yuanchen’s broader experience lets him recognize both the Ren Water’s cultivation potential and the possibility of inter-realm trade.
• Polite diplomacy: Liu Yuanchen’s measured introduction and gracious exchange help him navigate an unfamiliar community without provoking suspicion.
• Cultivation through resources: Rare materials can strengthen spiritual roots, foundations, and future breakthroughs.

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Summary: Mystic Yellow Ginseng, an Acquired Spirit Root

1. Key Plot Points

• Sea-Heaven Daoist's Lament: He confesses that the Vast Sea Realm's Human Race is the weakest of the three races (Witch, Demon, Human) and worries that if Liu Yuanchen shatters the balance by attacking the Demon Race, humanity will face the Witch Race alone. He blames his own incompetence for humanity's weakness after leading them for hundreds of thousands of years.
• Liu Yuanchen's Revelation: Liu Yuanchen comforts Sea-Heaven Daoist, then reveals how the Origin Spirit Realm's Human Race—originally weaker than the Vast Sea Realm's—managed to subdue both Witch and Demon races.
• Merit and Karmic Force: Liu Yuanchen explains that the Witch Race and ancient races like the Dragon and Phoenix bear racial Karmic Force from their primordial wars, causing their descendants to weaken each generation. Sea-Heaven Daoist confirms this—the Witch Race hasn't produced a Celestial Immortal in 130,000 years.
• The Solution: Liu Yuanchen describes using the Investiture List to enfeoff Demon/Witch experts as gods, granting them Incense Merit to eliminate Karmic Force. He offers to provide subsidiary lists for the Vast Sea Realm. However, Sea-Heaven Daoist notes the Vast Sea Realm's small population limits Incense Merit production.
• Grotto-Heaven Methods: Liu Yuanchen reveals two methods for creating Grotto-Heavens: (1) sponsoring Earth Immortal Path cultivators whose grotto-heavens revert to sponsors upon death, and (2) using Acquired Spirit Treasures to build portable grotto-heavens (the Luochuan Dragon King's method). These allow raising vast mortal populations, solving the Merit shortage.
• Merit Reward: Liu Yuanchen receives a stream of Earthly Dao Merit for transmitting these methods across realms.
• The Trade: Sea-Heaven Daoist offers a Mystic Yellow Ginseng seed (containing twenty strands of fifth-grade Acquired Dao Resonance) in exchange for Five-Needle Pine seeds.
• Mystic Yellow Ginseng's Properties: It refines Earth Turbid Qi into pure Earth-Origin Qi (boosting Earth Immortal cultivation speed), absorbs both Earth Turbid Qi and Heavenly Clear Essence to produce Mystic Yellow Essence, and could greatly expand grotto-heaven space. It produces 36 seeds every 600 years naturally, likely faster in the Dongyang Realm.
• Chapter Ends: Liu Yuanchen recognizes the ginseng's potential for expanding land and living space, noting the Vast Sea Realm's water-primary environment would benefit from additional spiritual energy balancing.

2. Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Demonstrates strategic brilliance by identifying the root problem (racial Karmic Force) and devising systemic solutions (divine enfeoffment, grotto-heaven expansion). Shows appreciation for Sea-Heaven Daoist's achievements rather than dismissing them. Demonstrates foresight by recognizing the Mystic Yellow Ginseng's broader applications for the Dongyang Realm's expansion.
• Sea-Heaven Daoist: Humbles himself before Liu Yuanchen, admitting inadequacy and seeking guidance. Shows genuine concern for his race's survival and openness to learning new methods. His willingness to offer something precious (the Mystic Yellow Ginseng) shows his gratitude and desire for continued cooperation.

3. Significant Themes

• Racial Karmic Force and Decline: Ancient races carry karmic burdens from primordial wars, dooming their descendants to progressive weakening—a systemic explanation for why ancient races inevitably fall.
• Merit as Political Currency: Merit isn't just for cultivation—it's a strategic tool to bind other races to humanity's interests through divine enfeoffment, turning dependency into alliance.
• Innovation Over Inheritance: The chapter emphasizes how new methods (Earth Immortal Path sponsorship, portable grotto-heavens) can solve problems that old institutions cannot, allowing weaker races to outmaneuver stronger ones.
• Population as Foundation: The chapter stresses that mortal population is the true bedrock of racial strength—both for Merit production and future cultivator recruitment.
• Inter-Realm Knowledge Transfer: Transmitting lineage across realms generates Earthly Dao Merit, encouraging cooperation between parallel worlds.

4. Character Interactions

• The entire chapter is an extended dialogue between Liu Yuanchen and Sea-Heaven Daoist, spanning strategy discussion, teaching, and negotiation.
• Sea-Heaven Daoist repeatedly seeks Liu Yuanchen's guidance, treating him as an equal despite Liu Yuanchen's avatar-only presence.
• The relationship is mutually beneficial: Liu Yuanchen provides strategic solutions and methods; Sea-Heaven Daoist offers valuable resources (the Mystic Yellow Ginseng) in exchange.
• The exchange concludes with genuine mutual respect, as Sea-Heaven Daoist insists the ginseng seed is a small price for the guidance he received.

Chapter Summary: Changes in the Divine Breath Soil

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen learns that the Sea-Heaven Pavilion has cultivated Mystic Yellow Ginseng for over one hundred thousand years. The plant absorbs Earth Vein Baleful Intent and converts it into earth spiritual qi, allowing earth-aspected experts and mountain gods to create soil and stone.
• This process has expanded the landmass of the Vast Sea Realm by tens of thousands of li, gradually balancing its overwhelming water element with earth. The Sea-Heaven Daoist explains that the ginseng seeds came from Qian Origin City in the Heavenly Cloud Realm, originally from the Thick Earth Realm.
• Liu Yuanchen plans to visit the Heavenly Cloud Realm eventually, especially because it now contains resources from both the Heavenly Cloud and Thick Earth Realms. He leaves the Sea-Heaven Pavilion and returns to Xunwind City, where he retrieves Spirit Roots and treasures from his clone.
• Back in the Dongyang Realm, Liu Yuanchen plants the Azure Water Clear-Sound Bamboo in the strengthened Divine Breath Soil. The bamboo grows rapidly, producing new roots and a rhizome while emitting celestial music that refreshes and strengthens his soul.
• He plants a Mystic Yellow Ginseng seed near an Earth Vein Spirit Eye and nourishes it with Innate Ren Water. The seed quickly sprouts, demonstrating the powerful interaction between the Divine Breath Soil, Earth Vein Baleful Intent, and Innate Ren Water.
• Liu Yuanchen also gives Innate Ren Water to the Five-Needle Pine, though its mature state makes the effect difficult to notice. He decides to reserve larger quantities of Innate Ren Water and Three Lights Divine Water for more important uses, particularly the future confrontation with the demon in Xunwind City.
• Over the next ten years, Liu Yuanchen refines the Immortal Golden Nature left by the Heaven Hound Dao Lord, greatly advancing his Celestial Immortal Body. He estimates that he will complete it within another twenty or thirty years and may attempt to break through to the Golden Immortal Realm afterward.
• During the same period, the Azure Water Clear-Sound Bamboo grows from one stalk to four, while the Mystic Yellow Ginseng develops its first whorl of leaves and retains unusually high-grade Dao Resonance.
• The Divine Breath Soil’s restoration also accelerates the growth of the Thousand-Longevity Flat Peach Tree and the Ginseng Fruit Tree. The latter’s forty-eight strands of Acquired Dao Resonance approach the eighth grade, potentially making it unmatched among Acquired Spirit Roots.
• Liu Yuanchen receives a large amount of Heavenly Dao Merit. He realizes it comes from progress in the Witch Race’s construction of the Eighteenfold Hell.
• Hun Yu arrives and explains that, following Liu Yuanchen’s advice, he recruited members of the twelve Witch Race branches to help draft the Hell’s construction plan. After harsh supervision—including beatings when they failed to produce results—the group completed the plan in half a year, and Houtu Ancestor Witch praised Hun Yu.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen continues to demonstrate strategic foresight, recognizing the long-term value of Mystic Yellow Ginseng for expanding land and balancing the Vast Sea Realm’s elemental structure.
• His interest shifts from merely acquiring treasures to understanding how Spirit Roots interact with the evolving Dongyang Realm. He becomes increasingly aware that the realm’s maturation is restoring and strengthening the Divine Breath Soil.
• His cultivation advances substantially through the refinement of the Heaven Hound Dao Lord’s Immortal Golden Nature. He is now approaching completion of his Celestial Immortal Body and the eventual Golden Immortal breakthrough.
• Liu Yuanchen also becomes more cautious and pragmatic. Despite possessing Three Lights Divine Water, he refuses to use it casually because of the danger posed by the demon in Xunwind City.
• The Sea-Heaven Daoist is portrayed as cooperative and farsighted, explaining the Vast Sea Realm’s long-term land-expansion strategy and freely sharing the origins and uses of Mystic Yellow Ginseng.
• Hun Yu proves capable of organizing others despite his rough and violent methods. He follows Liu Yuanchen’s advice, delegates work to members of the Witch Race, and successfully produces a plan acceptable to Houtu Ancestor Witch.
• The various Spirit Roots—especially the Azure Water Clear-Sound Bamboo, Mystic Yellow Ginseng, Thousand-Longevity Flat Peach Tree, and Ginseng Fruit Tree—show significant growth, emphasizing the Dongyang Realm’s increasing vitality.

Significant Themes

• Growth through balance: The Vast Sea Realm’s development depends on balancing its dominant water element with earth, while the Dongyang Realm’s Spirit Roots thrive through the interaction of water, earth, and innate energies.
• The restoration of ancient power: As the Dongyang Realm matures into a true world, its Divine Breath Soil recovers some of the qualities of the legendary Nine-Heavens Breath Soil, greatly enhancing Spirit Root growth.
• Long-term cultivation and investment: Liu Yuanchen repeatedly chooses to nurture resources for future gains rather than consume them immediately, especially with Mystic Yellow Ginseng, Innate Ren Water, and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Cooperation and delegation: The Sea-Heaven Pavilion’s collective cultivation efforts and Hun Yu’s recruitment of Witch Race assistants show that major projects require organized cooperation rather than individual strength alone.
• Preparation for future threats: Liu Yuanchen’s cultivation, resource management, and interest in Spirit Root development are all shaped by the looming danger of the demon in Xunwind City.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen and the Sea-Heaven Daoist discuss Mystic Yellow Ginseng, the expansion of the Vast Sea Realm, and the plant’s origins in the Thick Earth and Heavenly Cloud Realms.
• Liu Yuanchen works directly with his clones, exchanging treasures and responsibilities between the Vast Sea Realm and the Origin Spirit Realm.
• He personally tends to the Spirit Roots in the Dongyang Realm, observing how the Divine Breath Soil and rare waters affect them.
• Liu Yuanchen communicates with Hun Yu regarding the construction of the Eighteenfold Hell. Their exchange is familiar and teasing: Liu Yuanchen mocks Hun Yu’s pettiness, while Hun Yu proudly explains how he coerced Witch Race youths into completing the work.
• Hun Yu’s completed plan earns praise from Houtu Ancestor Witch, confirming that Liu Yuanchen’s guidance has produced meaningful progress for the Witch Race.

Key plot points and events

• Hun Yu tells Liu Yuanchen that Empress Pingxin has approved his plan for organizing Hell and the Netherworld. The Primordial World’s system will largely follow Liu’s design, though incorporating the Blood Sea—and dealing with Ancestor Minghe—will require powerful figures.
• Hun Yu invites Liu to the Origin Spirit Realm’s Nether Capital to inspect the half-built Netherworld administration and advise on constructing Hell. The city’s offices are still empty, and Hell has not yet been started.
• At the Reincarnation Hall, Liu discovers that souls are sent straight into the reincarnation passage. To prevent them from carrying memories into new lives, the Witch Race leaves them in the ghost mist until they lose their minds and become vicious ghosts. Hun Yu admits this practice is worsening the mist and endangering even Witch Race children.
• Liu proposes a gentler system: a memory-erasing medicine, served before reincarnation, and a river and bridge to encourage souls to drink it willingly. The suggestion earns Liu further merit.
• Liu also recommends connecting the scattered Netherworld facilities with a more complete structure: a Ghost Gate Pass, Yellow Springs Road, a central judgment hall and judges, Hell for the wicked, and a city to contain souls who died unjustly. Hun Yu enthusiastically agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen uses his knowledge of underworld legends to identify flaws and offer practical reforms. He is motivated both by compassion for the souls and by the substantial merit his advice brings.
• Hun Yu is blunt and proud of the Witch Race’s arrangements, but readily seeks Liu’s expertise once he sees the potential merit and recognizes the growing danger of ghost mist.
• Their relationship is cooperative: Hun Yu treats Liu as a trusted adviser, while Liu remains skeptical of Witch Race practices but guides him rather than simply condemning them.
• Liu’s reverence for the mysteries of reincarnation gives way to disappointment when he sees how rudimentary the current process is.

Significant themes

• Compassion versus expedience: The Witch Race’s crude method solves memory retention by inflicting suffering, while Liu advocates a more humane alternative.
• Order and responsibility: A functioning afterlife requires more than buildings; it needs judgment, differentiated treatment of souls, and safeguards against injustice.
• Merit and moral purpose: Liu’s reforms bring heavenly merit, but their value also lies in reducing harm and stabilizing the Netherworld.
• Consequences of neglect: Mishandling souls creates vicious ghosts and increasing ghost mist, threatening the very people who rely on the Netherworld.

Chapter Summary: Seven-Treasure Gourd Transforms into a Spirit Root

Key Plot Points

1. Netherworld Discussion: Liu Yuanchen discusses soul collection with Hun Yu. He criticizes the Witch Race's slow method of having souls walk millions of li, and proposes two solutions: having space-Dao experts like the Dijiang lineage gather souls directly, or establishing Incense-Offering-Passage-like teleportation routes in the Netherworld.
2. Phoenix Race Rejection: Liu returns to the Yang Realm and refuses to meet the Phoenix Race's Grand Elder. He resolves to use the Phoenix Race as a negative example, letting the Witch Race pressure them, while planning to use the other surrendered races to check the Witch Race in the future.
3. Ancestral Vein Decision: Liu decides to delay fully restoring the Origin Spirit Realm's Ancestral Vein until the Human Race cultivates more Peak Earth Immortals, to avoid strengthening other races while humans are weak.
4. Spirit Gourd's Tribulation: At age 630, Liu witnesses Spirit Gourd Daoist (Late Origin Immortal) undergo tribulation to transform from an ordinary spirit plant into a true Acquired Spirit Root. Liu shrinks the tribulation clouds, halving their power.
5. Transformation Success: Spirit Gourd survives the 36 golden lightning bolts, gaining nine strands of Acquired Dao Resonance (yin, yang, five elements, devouring, nurturing) at first-grade level, becoming invincible within the Origin Immortal Realm.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Demonstrates sophisticated political strategy—using the Witch Race against the Phoenix Race while planning countermeasures against the Witch Race. Shows calculated patience in managing the Origin Spirit Realm's power balance.
• Spirit Gourd Daoist: Achieves a major breakthrough, becoming a genuine Acquired Spirit Root—the first among Liu's Wood Spirits, despite having the weakest original foundation. His success validates the Spirit-Root Transformation Secret Art.
• Hun Yu: Shows humility and willingness to learn, bowing to request Liu's guidance on Netherworld management.

Significant Themes

• Strategic Power Balance: Using faction rivalries to maintain control (Witch Race vs. Phoenix Race, surrendered races vs. Witch Race).
• Institutional Design: Improving Netherworld infrastructure (soul collection logistics) as a template for the future Primordial World.
• Cultivation Path Choice: The contrast between the Qi Refinement Path (faster but limited potential) and the Earth Immortal Path (slower but capable of eventually elevating one's true body to Innate Spirit Root status).

Character Interactions

• Liu & Hun Yu: Diplomatic cooperation; Liu offers advice on soul collection, Hun Yu expresses admiration and seeks guidance.
• Liu & Phoenix Grand Elder: Off-screen rejection; demonstrates Liu's hardened stance toward the Phoenix Race.
• Liu & Spirit Gourd: Master-disciple relationship; Liu weakens the tribulation and later explains Spirit Gourd's two potential cultivation paths, letting him choose.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter explores the lore of Innate Spirit Roots transforming into spirits, citing Saint Zhunti (Bodhi Tree) and others as precedents, with such beings noted for extraordinary potential.
• Spirit Gourd Daoist, having become a spirit root, decides to follow the Earth Immortal Path. Liu Yuanchen guarantees his safety during the Ascension Tribulation through his authority over the Dongyang Realm. Spirit Gourd Daoist departs to establish his Grotto-Heaven in the south of the Dongyang Realm, on the Ancestral Earth Vein.
• Ten years pass (Liu Yuanchen is now 640 years old). His Celestial Immortal Body is nearly perfected—only his feet still contain Earth Turbid Qi—bringing him close to the Celestial Immortal Peak.
• Half of Heaven Hound Marshal's Immortal Golden Nature has been consumed. The Purple-Gold Grapes (two clusters, over fifty grapes) are still immature; Liu Yuanchen considers the Heavenly Cloud Realm as a fallback resource.
• Feng Yu, the Phoenix Race's Celestial Immortal ancestor, arrives with the Dragon, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger Celestial Immortals to formally surrender the Phoenix Race, offering the Divine Pearl of Lihuo (Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure) as tribute.
• Liu Yuanchen accepts the surrender, appoints Feng Yu as South Sea Emperor Lord (with authority to enfeoff deities), while the Southern Region remains under Human Race governance.
• His avatar has already notified Witch Race's Hun Yu to cease attacks. The Azurefire Parasol Tree stays on Azurefire Island under Phoenix Race protection, with 30% of its resources going to the Phoenix Race and 70% to Asking Dao Mountain; Human Race cultivators may cultivate beneath it unrestricted.

2. Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Approaches Celestial Immortal Peak; demonstrates political maturity—he accepts the Phoenix Race's surrender pragmatically rather than prolonging grudges, balancing mercy with strategic advantage. He gives clear, fair terms that preserve his authority.
• Spirit Gourd Daoist: Embarks on the Earth Immortal Path, recognizing it as the optimal path for spirit roots; his potential is now boundless.
• Feng Yu / Phoenix Race: Humbled after decades of being used as a "whetstone" by the Witch Race; submits fully to preserve their lineage.

3. Significant Themes

• The Earth Immortal Path's affinity with plant/wood spirits: Spirit roots possess a natural advantages; the path offers limitless theoretical growth as their worlds expand.
• Pride before the fall: The Phoenix Race's arrogance and refusal to submit earlier brought them to near-extinction; only abject surrender saved them.
• Diplomacy and calculated magnanimity: Liu Yuanchen forgives past offenses to secure long-term strategic balance against the Witch Race, demonstrating that mercy can serve realpolitik.
• The sanctity of Innate Spirit Roots: Their placement is considered heavenly ordained; transplanting them risks Heavenly Tribulation.

4. Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen & Spirit Gourd Daoist: Master-disciple dynamic; Liu guides him toward the Earth Immortal Path, provides safety guarantees, and warns him to keep distance from the future Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Liu Yuanchen & the Four Celestial Immortals: Formal diplomatic exchange; Feng Yu kneels and offers a treasure, while Xuan Yu, Bai Geng, and Ao Ming personally vouch for the Phoenix Race's future loyalty.
• Liu Yuanchen & Feng Yu: Conditional acceptance—surrender is accepted, territory and authority are granted, but ultimate control over the Southern Region and resource distribution remains with the Human Race.

Summary: "Chaos Bell Appears"

Key Plot Points & Events

• The Phoenix Race formally surrenders: they retain 30% of Innate Primordial Qi and future parasol seeds, while 70% goes to Asking Dao Mountain. Feng Yu offers over a dozen Azurefire Parasol Seeds as tribute.
• Liu Yuanchen asks the four Celestial Immortal leaders about the route back to the Primordial World. They explain the eight cities and their tokens—four held by the four races, four by the Witch Race—which must all be activated simultaneously to open the passage.
• The four races each hand over their tokens. In exchange, Liu Yuanchen promises to shelter their direct lineages in his Dongyang Realm's Grotto-Heavens if the Devil Race ever overruns the Origin Spirit Realm.
• The four Celestial Immortals accompany Liu Yuanchen to Asking Dao Mountain for the investiture of the South Sea Emperor.
• Ten years pass. Liu Yuanchen completes his Celestial Immortal Body, reaching the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Realm at age 650. His remaining Immortal Golden Nature (from the Heaven Hound Marshal) is likely insufficient for a Golden Immortal breakthrough.
• Liu Yuanchen repeatedly activates the Mystic Yellow Bell in Chaos to collect refined energies. Over a month, he tracks the echo of a distant bell.
• The Chaos Bell finally appears: a battered mystic-yellow great bell covered in cracks, including a one-inch-wide crack infused with the Witch Race's Nine Heaven-Cleaving Forms energy. Its ringing transforms all surrounding Chaos Qi into earth/fire/wind/water energies and vast quantities of Innate Primordial Qi, momentarily freezing Liu Yuanchen completely.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Reaches Pinnacle Celestial Immortal, now turning his attention to the Golden Immortal breakthrough. Shows strategic generosity by securing the four races' tokens while granting them survival assurances. Resourceful in locating the Chaos Bell by intermittent bell-striking in Chaos.
• Feng Yu / Phoenix Race: Accepts subordination pragmatically; finds reassurance that the Phoenix Race's foundation (Azurefire Parasol Tree) still surpasses the other three races.
• The Four Celestial Immortals (Xuan Yu, Ao Ming, et al.): Reluctant but realistic; they prioritize their races' survival and future security over pride.

Significant Themes

• Power and negotiation: Liu Yuanchen leverages his strength and backing (Grand Immortal Zhenyuan) to extract resources and tokens while granting enough concessions to keep the four races cooperative.
• Preparedness / insurance: The four races secure a retreat route; Liu Yuanchen prepares his route back to the Primordial World.
• Cultivation progression and resource scarcity: Even at the pinnacle, Liu Yuanchen lacks sufficient Immortal Golden Nature for the next breakthrough—wealth of realm vs. scarcity of high-grade materials.
• The Chaos Bell as a pivotal artifact: Damaged by the Witch Race, yet still capable of freezing a Celestial Immortal and generating Innate Primordial Qi on a massive scale—its true power is staggering.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Feng Yu: Exchange of the Phoenix Race's surrender, seeds, and future resource division—businesslike yet cordial.
• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Xuan Yu & the four Celestial Immortals: The token handover and mutual agreement on protecting the four races' lineages. The four show deference and relief, while Liu Yuanchen demonstrates magnanimity.
• Liu Yuanchen with the Chaos Bell: The bell's resonance freezes him entirely, highlighting the vast gap between his current strength and the bell's true power.

Plot points and events

• The damaged Chaos Bell appears before Liu Yuanchen. Its surviving Pangu power prevents it from healing, while the bell absorbs energy from the Mystic Yellow Bell and partially repairs one crack.
• The Mystic Yellow Bell loses most of its stored energy, but its treasure restrictions and core material remain intact; Liu Yuanchen expects to restore it through several years of nurturing.
• Liu Yuanchen tries to attract the Chaos Bell with the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner, which carries traces of its former master Donghuang Taiyi’s power. The bell investigates but rejects the flames.
• Knowing the bell might mistake his Pangu-like Dao Embryo for a threat, Liu Yuanchen uses a clone to approach it while protecting his main body with the Earth Book.
• He manifests the Pangu Dao Embryo and successfully draws a small amount of Pangu power from the bell’s cracks. The Chaos Bell responds approvingly, then urges him to continue.
• Liu Yuanchen proposes staying together and removing the crack-energy gradually. The bell agrees, and he brings it to the Wasteland Secret Realm, where it can roam without endangering valuable Spirit Roots.
• While his clone keeps the bell company, Liu Yuanchen refines the extracted energy. Since his cultivation is already at the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Realm, he decides to use the resulting energy to nourish promising Acquired Spirit Roots, beginning with the Five-Needle Pine.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen shifts from fear and caution to ambition and careful negotiation. He recognizes the risks of seeking the Chaos Bell but uses a clone and protective measures rather than acting recklessly.
• The Chaos Bell displays strong but limited spirituality: it can understand Divine Sense, respond to Pangu power, show pleasure, impatience, and agreement, and explore its new surroundings. Its motives appear tied to healing and acquiring compatible energy.
• Liu Yuanchen and the Chaos Bell establish a tentative arrangement: he will help remove the power suppressing its wounds, and it will remain with him. The bell’s consent offers Liu Yuanchen a possible path toward winning its recognition, though it has not yet accepted him as master.
• The Mystic Yellow Bell is weakened but not ruined, and remains recoverable.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even a supreme treasure can be injured or constrained, while Liu Yuanchen is dangerously outmatched by it.
• Caution amid ambition: The promise of a world-changing treasure tempts Liu Yuanchen, but his use of a clone, protection, and negotiation shows calculated risk-taking.
• Communication and trust: The Chaos Bell’s reactions suggest that understanding its nature—and respecting its needs—may matter more than force.
• Stewardship and resourcefulness: Liu Yuanchen finds a use for the energy he cannot personally exploit, redirecting it toward the growth of Spirit Roots.

Key plot points and events

• Over ten years, Liu Yuanchen repeatedly draws the lingering power of Great God Pangu from cracks in the Chaos Bell. His Pangu Dao Embryo gradually becomes better at refining it, converting the power into Astral Force, True Essence, and Soul Origin.
• Once the bell’s remaining purple-gray energy is gone, the Chaos Bell begins healing itself by absorbing Chaos energy. Liu Yuanchen’s cultivation rises only slightly, but his body and Dao Embryo become much stronger.
• The excess True Essence greatly nourishes the Spirit Roots and Wood Spirits of the Dongyang Realm. The Five-Needle Pine makes the most dramatic gains: its Dao Resonance reaches the fourth grade, and its fifteen strands make it a Mid-Grade Acquired Spirit Root. Other plants also grow or improve, while the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s fruits enlarge.
• With Pangu’s power no longer restraining the bell, Liu Yuanchen asks whether it will accept him. The Chaos Bell agrees, allowing him to establish a Master-Recognition Restriction across its forty-nine innate restrictions.
• The bond lets him communicate with the bell and activate a small portion of its power, though fully refining it will take thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of years.
• Liu Yuanchen discovers that the bell contains a vast inner world. An unseen force blocks his attempt to explore it, suggesting someone may have placed a hidden arrangement there.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen grows more confident in his physical strength and Dao Embryo, believing he could defeat a Celestial Immortal Peak opponent with his bare hands and a Golden Immortal with the Dao Embryo.
• He is delighted by the benefits his efforts bring to the realm’s Spirit Roots, but becomes intensely nervous while waiting for the Chaos Bell’s answer.
• The Chaos Bell shifts from healing itself to showing apparent affection toward Liu Yuanchen’s clone, then accepts his offer to become its master. The bond is cooperative, though it does not yet grant him full control.
• Liu Yan nears advancement into a Spirit Root and enters seclusion. Spirit Gourd Daoist progresses after becoming an Acquired Spirit Root, though his Dao Resonance improves only modestly.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through gradual refinement: Liu Yuanchen’s ability to absorb powerful energy improves over time, while mastery of the Chaos Bell will require patience and sustained effort.
• Mutual benefit and stewardship: Liu Yuanchen’s pursuit of power also strengthens the plants and beings under his care.
• Power versus control: Owning the Chaos Bell is only the beginning; Liu Yuanchen’s present cultivation limits how much of its power he can use.
• Opportunity and danger: The bell’s inner world may hold valuable treasures, but its hidden defenses make exploration risky.

Summary: Chapter - Innate Primordial Qi Freedom

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Liu Yuanchen has acquired the Chaos Bell, an Innate Supreme Treasure, but can only control it superficially; he needs to refine all 49 Innate Treasure Restrictions to gain full control.
• He communicates with the Spirit of the Chaos Bell, which displays child-like intelligence (comparable to a 3-4 year old). The spirit reveals:
  • The inner world contains ordinary plants, birds, and beasts (no powerful cultivators remain)
  • Innate Spirit Treasures buried in soil, surrounded by flags and stone pillars (a grand formation)
  • A large treasure vault house with many materials piled inside, but few spirit treasures
• Liu Yuanchen deduces Donghuang Taiyi is truly dead, ruling out the possibility of him returning.
• He tests the Chaos Bell in Chaos: one ring converts all Chaos qi within a 1,000-li radius into earth, fire, wind, water, and over 10,000 strands of Innate Primordial Qi.
• He uses the bell to absorb energy and repair its cracks; three activations repair three small cracks. The repair speed is astonishing.
• He collects Chaos qi and returns to Dongyang Realm, feeding it to the Purple-Gold Grape Vine to accelerate Immortal Golden Nature production.
• After one year of refining, he has only completed 1% of the first Innate Treasure Restriction (estimated 100 years per restriction, 4,900 years total). He resolves to break through to Golden Immortal Realm to speed this up.

2. Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen demonstrates strategic patience: prioritizing Chaos Bell repair over immediate harvest of resources ("sharpening the knife doesn't delay chopping firewood").
• He shows confidence about future cultivation, no longer worrying about Innate Primordial Qi scarcity.
• He exhibits long-term thinking regarding the Devil Race threat, viewing the Chaos Bell (attack, defense, time-space control, world-nurturing) as superior to the God-Slaying Spear's singular slaughter function.
• His cultivation is at Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Realm, age 661.

3. Significant Themes

• Power vs. Control: Obtaining a supreme treasure means nothing without the cultivation and refinement to wield it fully.
• Resource Abundance: The shift from scarcity (pinching and scraping) to abundance (casually generating 10,000+ strands of Innate Primordial Qi per ring).
• Preparation for Threats: Repairing and mastering the Chaos Bell as insurance against the Devil Race invasion.
• Cultivation Bottlenecks: The urgency to break through to Golden Immortal Realm to accelerate treasure refinement speed.

4. Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Spirit of the Chaos Bell: Thought-based communication; the spirit answers simple questions directly ("Forgot," "Can't remember," "Because I sensed power from the same source") but lacks complex comprehension. It confirms the treasure vault and inner world contents.
• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Devil Race (off-screen): Foreshadowed conflict; he believes the Chaos Bell gives him self-preservation means even against the God-Slaying Spear.

Plot and key events

• Liu Yuanchen reaches the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Realm and completes his Celestial Immortal Body. Using the Chaos Bell’s abundant Innate Primordial Qi, he rapidly strengthens himself and anticipates that the Dongyang Realm’s growth will eventually let him become a Primordial God-Demon.
• His fourth Divine Ability Clone has been cultivating on Azure Bamboo Island, helping his original body consolidate its cultivation by absorbing the island’s potent spiritual energy.
• Human and Witch leaders Xuan Ze and Sea-Heaven Daoist ask Liu Yuanchen to help them seize a Sea-Calming Pearl from the Demon Race. Their campaign has drawn out the Dragon Race elder who wields it.
• Liu Yuanchen travels to the Vast Sea Realm in disguise, leaving the Flat Peach Grotto-Heaven behind to avoid provoking the Origin Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Dao. He keeps the Chaos Bell and Pangu Dao Embryo secret from the Demon Race, wary of their powerful treasures.
• At the strategically valuable Jade Crystal Sea, the Human and Witch forces launch an offensive and capture several islands. They then surround Jade Dragon Island, drawing out the defending dragons and Black Tortoises.
• When Ao Yuan appears with the Sea-Calming Pearl, Liu Yuanchen steps forward and tells his allies to withdraw. He offers Ao Yuan a chance to surrender the pearl and the Vast Sea Bottle, then catches the pearl’s attack in the Pangu Dao Embryo’s bare hand.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen’s confidence and power have grown substantially. He now believes he can handle the Demon Race alone, though he remains cautious about revealing his strongest assets.
• Xuan Ze and Sea-Heaven Daoist cooperate with Liu Yuanchen to lure out the Demon Race’s treasure-bearers. They initially worry about his safety, then are astonished when he effortlessly stops Ao Yuan’s attack.
• Ao Yuan begins the confrontation with contempt, confident that the Human and Witch leaders are weakened after assaulting the island. Liu Yuanchen’s intervention immediately overturns that assumption.
• Sea-Heaven is speechless at Liu Yuanchen’s feat; Xuan Ze recognizes it as strength comparable to that of the great Witches.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Liu Yuanchen possesses formidable hidden treasures but conceals them because revealing them could invite dangerous enemies.
• Preparation and strategic cooperation: The allied races use a broad campaign to lure out the Demon Race’s powerful defenders before targeting the Sea-Calming Pearl.
• Ambition and changing stakes: Liu Yuanchen’s original pursuit of treasures is now complicated by his access to the Chaos Bell, while the battle also concerns control of the Jade Crystal Sea and the balance of power in the realm.
• Escalating strength: Liu Yuanchen’s barehanded interception signals a dramatic shift in the confrontation—and in how his allies perceive him.

Summary: "A Single Battle Pacifies the Vast Sea"

Key Plot Points and Events

1. Liu Yuanchen seizes the Sea-Calming Pearl: Using his Pangu Dao Embryo (strengthened by absorbed Pangu energy from the Chaos Bell) and a trace of the Chaos Bell's power, Liu Yuanchen barehandedly captures the Dragon Race's Sea-Calming Pearl, stunning both allies and enemies. He stores it in the Dongyang Realm under the Chaos Bell's suppression.
2. Intimidation of the Dragon and Black Tortoise Races: Liu Yuanchen reveals his Pangu Dharma Body (several thousand zhang tall), terrifying the demon forces. The Black Tortoise Race begins retreating; the Dragon Race is paralyzed with fear.
3. Ao Yuan attempts to rally allies: The Dragon leader tries to discredit Liu Yuanchen by questioning his identity, claiming only the Twelve Ancestor Witches and Pangu's Three Pure Ones can condense the Pangu Dharma Body. He argues Liu Yuanchen is using tricks and that his strength is divided while suppressing the Sea-Calming Pearl.
4. Universe in the Sleeve display: Liu Yuanchen demonstrates his ties to Grand Immortal Zhenyuan by using the Universe in the Sleeve divine ability, enhanced by the Chaos Bell's spatial power. It proves devastating—he captures Ao Yuan and several Dragon Celestial Immortals instantly. He notes his spatial path comprehension is still insufficient to fully unleash this technique.
5. He intercepts the retreating Black Tortoise Race: Liu Yuanchen blocks their escape and confronts Xuan Zhao.
6. Black Tortoise Race surrenders: Xuan Zhao offers the Sea-Suppressing Pagoda to Liu Yuanchen, asking only for the race's survival. Liu Yuanchen accepts and explains his divine-position conferment system, linking it to King Dong's Investiture List legacy, and grants Xuan Zhao a subsidiary list with authority to confer divine beings up to Principal First Rank.
7. Ao Yuan is given an ultimatum: Liu Yuanchen releases Ao Yuan and the captured Dragon Celestial Immortals, demanding the Dragon Race surrender within half a year and hand over the Vast Sea Pot—or face total extermination.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Demonstrates strategic brilliance at intimidation and shows pragmatic dual nature—offering generous terms (Emperor positions, divine conferment authority) while threatening genocidal consequences. Reflects on his own limits regarding the spatial path.
• Ao Yuan: Falls from confident overlord-in-waiting to confused, powerless captive. His attempt to rally troops fails catastrophically, and he is left internally wrestling with humiliation and the future of his clan.
• Xuan Zhao: Shows the Black Tortoise Race's signature pragmatism—reading the situation, recognizing Liu Yuanchen's Merit Golden Lotus, and surrendering decisively. His knowledge of King Dong and the Investiture List demonstrates his wisdom.

Significant Themes

• Power and submission: The chapter centers on how overwhelming power—combined with credible mercy and threats—can force submission without prolonged warfare.
• Merit and the divine path: The Merit Golden Lotus (Twelfth-Grade) is emphasized as evidence of Liu Yuanchen's legitimacy and moral authority, tying to the broader divine-position system and Investiture List mythology.
• Karmic force vs. Merit: Liu Yuanchen notes the Dragon Race's heavy Karmic Force burden means killing them would earn him Merit, reinforcing the moral calculus of his threats.
• Pragmatic survival: The Black Tortoise Race's philosophy of "seeking fortune and avoiding calamity" is presented as effective adaptation rather than cowardice.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen vs. Ao Yuan: From initial confrontation, to capture, to the final ultimatum—Liu intimidates, exposes Ao Yuan's weakness, and ultimately grants him a choice.
• Liu Yuanchen vs. Xuan Zhao: A surprisingly respectful exchange. Xuan Zhao's knowledge of the Investiture List and Merit earns him favorable treatment. His self-extraction of the Master-Recognition Restriction demonstrates genuine surrender.
• Xuan Ze: The Witch Race elder watches in amazement at Liu Yuanchen's Merit, given the Witch Race's heavy Karmic Force.
• Ao Yuan vs. Xuan Zhao: Their verbal clash reveals historical parallels—both races submitted to the Demon Heavenly Court in the past, undermining Ao Yuan's pride. Xuan Zhao's jab, "If you had not hidden your head in your shell, would the Dragon Race have submitted to the Demon Heavenly Court back then?" proves rhetorically decisive.
• Liu Yuanchen's broader positioning: He reveals his Origin Spirit Realm background and mentions Ao Ming (who received the same Emperor treatment there), signaling that his governance model is established and expandable.

Chapter Summary: "Resource-Type Innate Spirit Treasure"

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen defeats the Vast Sea Realm's Demon Race with ease after acquiring the Chaos Bell, seizing the Sea-Calming Pearl and Sea-Suppressing Pagoda
• The Demon Race loses both offensive and defensive Innate Spirit Treasures, making them vulnerable to the Human and Witch races of the Vast Sea Realm
• Liu Yuanchen recognizes the passage at Kanwater City is dangerous due to Kunpeng's territory (Northern Sea), deciding to seek alternative routes back to the Primordial World
• Xuan Ze (Witch Race leader) reveals the Vast Sea Realm's weak Netherworld and Reincarnation system due to insufficient Earth Turbid Qi; the Witch Race suffers from heavy Karmic Force after the Witch-Demon Tribulation
• Liu Yuanchen proposes implementing the Origin Spirit Realm's Divine Path-Reincarnation cooperative model in the Vast Sea Realm
• The Dragon Race (via Ao Yuan) formally submits, offering the Vast Sea Pot (an Innate Spirit Treasure that produces Innate Ren Water) and the Profound Water Fire Jujube spirit root
• Liu Yuanchen allows the Dragon Race to keep the Profound Water Fire Jujube but requires half its fruits be set aside for trade
• Ao Yuan is granted the position of Emperor and submits his true spirit for investiture

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Demonstrates strategic foresight, refusing to let the Witch Race's experts become gods in the Netherworld system to prevent future Heavenly Court domination; shows political acumen in balancing races and preserving the Dragon Race's foundation
• Ao Yuan: Quickly submits to Liu Yuanchen, offering generous tribute; demonstrates pragmatism and diplomatic skill by preserving his race's spirit root
• Xuan Ze: Expresses desolation at the Witch Race's decline but becomes hopeful after Liu Yuanchen's Reincarnation proposal; vows loyalty in exchange for aid in earning Merit
• Sea-Heaven Daoist: Experiences satisfaction that the Demon Race's dominance has finally been broken

Significant Themes

• Balance of Power: Liu Yuanchen deliberately maintains racial equilibrium by strengthening the Dragon Race against the Witch Race
• Karmic Consequence: The Witch Race's past sins (destroying Mount Buzhou) continue to haunt them; Merit acquisition through Reincarnation service offers redemption
• Long-term Planning: Liu Yuanchen's concern about the genuine Investiture List's future use and avoiding precedent for external control over the Netherworld
• Resource Politics: Spirit treasures and spirit roots as diplomatic currency and strategic assets; the Vast Sea Pot's value as a Chaos-connecting resource treasure

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen & Xuan Ze: Discusses the Witch Race's Karmic Force problem, proposes the Netherworld expansion and Reincarnation reform, promises trade between realms
• Liu Yuanchen & Ao Yuan: Receives the Dragon Race's surrender and tribute; demonstrates generosity by allowing them to keep the Profound Water Fire Jujube while still granting the Emperor position
• Sea-Heaven Daoist & Xuan Ze: Exchange sighs about their races' histories versus the rising Human Race
• Ao Yuan with other race leaders: Brings the three other demon race leaders with him to submit to Liu Yuanchen

Key plot points and events

• The Dragon Race offers Profound Water Fire Jujube fruits to secure its standing with Liu Yuanchen. The envious Phoenix and White Tiger leaders also seek his favor, despite lacking comparable treasures.
• Liu Yuanchen grants both weaker races Divine King positions, making them allies of the Human Race and giving them protection from stronger powers.
• The White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Dragon, and Phoenix Races each surrender a token to the route back to the Primordial World. The Witch Race provides its four tokens as well, completing the set of eight. Xuan Ze warns that the long-unused passage may be damaged and advises bringing formation experts when it is opened.
• After the other races leave, the Sea-Heaven Daoist and Xuan Ze hand Liu Yuanchen their Sea-Calming Pearls. Xuan Ze also gives him the Witch Race’s Earthfire Banner; Liu Yuanchen reciprocates with two Peaches of Immortality. He appoints Witch Race experts as gods, while cautioning them not to interfere directly in Reincarnation.
• Liu Yuanchen returns to his realm and spends over thirty years refining three newly acquired Sea-Calming Pearls and stabilizing his cultivation. He also repairs the Chaos Bell, substantially healing its largest crack.
• Hoping to confront the fiend in Xunwind City safely, Liu Yuanchen chooses to reach the Golden Immortal Realm first. He consumes a bunch of Purple-Gold Grapes, using their Immortal Golden Nature to begin tempering his body.
• After twenty years, his marrow and blood have begun to turn golden. He explains that this is only the start: the Golden Immortal Body grows alongside the invisible Immortal Dao Foundation, which underlies later cultivation and eventual attainment of the Dao.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen strengthens his political position through careful diplomacy, rewarding weaker allies while securing valuable tokens and treasures. He remains cautious about the Primordial World passage and the fiend, and turns from consolidating power toward a major cultivation breakthrough.
• The White Tiger and Phoenix leaders choose allegiance over risking subordination to the Dragon Race. Their new Divine King positions give them security and authority, and bind their interests to Liu Yuanchen and the Human Race.
• Ao Yuan and Xuan Ze help explain the passage’s risks and requirements. Xuan Ze also demonstrates the Witch Race’s willingness to cooperate by surrendering its tokens and Earthfire Banner.
• The Sea-Heaven Daoist and Xuan Ze honor their prior arrangement by transferring their Sea-Calming Pearls. Liu Yuanchen accepts the gifts but maintains a reciprocal relationship by giving Xuan Ze the peaches.

Significant themes

• Alliance through mutual benefit: Liu Yuanchen builds loyalty by offering protection and rank while securing resources and cooperation.
• Caution and preparation: The passage to the Primordial World may attract attention or fail due to damage, and Liu Yuanchen delays confronting the fiend until he is stronger.
• Cultivation as gradual foundation-building: Reaching the Golden Immortal Realm requires more than a breakthrough; it depends on slowly transforming the body and developing the Immortal Dao Foundation.
• Power through cooperation and resources: Treasures such as the Sea-Calming Pearls, Purple-Gold Grapes, and formation tokens shape both political influence and personal advancement.

Summary

Key Plot Points / Events

• Liu Yuanchen completes his breakthrough to the Golden Immortal Realm.
• He had already tempered his Golden Immortal Body using twenty-seven Purple-Gold Grapes, far more than normal, giving him an exceptionally solid foundation.
• During cultivation, his Immortal Dao Foundation begins to take shape but initially lacks enough Immortal Golden Nature; he supplements it with the refined Golden Nature left by the Heaven Hound Marshal.
• The Dao Foundation sprouts like a Ginseng Fruit Tree sapling, surrounded by phantom images of the Dongyang Realm.
• Heavenly auspicious clouds appear, and laws of heaven descend as flower petals, merging into and strengthening the Dao Foundation.
• The Divine Spring and Immortal Seed both collapse and merge into the Dao Foundation, further transforming it.
• The Dao Foundation unexpectedly becomes tangible and visible—a feat normally only seen at the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Fifty years pass during the condensation itself; Liu Yuanchen is now 761 years old. His avatar maintained order outside, and the outside world stayed peaceful.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen officially breaks through to Golden Immortal.
• He realizes he may be the first cultivator to reach Golden Immortal through the Earth Immortal Path, so he must explore his future path on his own.
• His Golden Immortal Body and Immortal Dao Foundation are both unusually solid and high-potential due to his many advantages.
• His Dao Foundation integrates multiple elements: the Ginseng Fruit Tree form, Dongyang Realm phantom, Pangu Dao Embryo, Divine Spring, and Immortal Seed—reflecting his unique cultivation system.

Significant Themes

• Breakthrough and foundation-building: the importance of preparation, ample resources, and firm roots for future cultivation.
• Uniqueness of the Earth Immortal Path: Liu Yuanchen walks an uncharted road, with no established seniors to guide him.
• Integration of multiple inheritances: his Dao Foundation absorbs and merges diverse powers, symbolizing unity of his many methods.
• Reward for patience and preparation: his surplus of Immortal Golden Nature and forethought allow a stable breakthrough.

Character Interactions

• Minimal direct dialogue/interaction; focus is internal cultivation.
• His avatar briefly attended the Azure Bamboo Assembly to maintain peace among races (Human, Witch, Dragon, Phoenix, etc.).
• No major confrontations occur; the chapter is centered on solitary cultivation and breakthrough.

Key plot points and events

• After a long period of seclusion, Liu Yuanchen returns to the Vast Sea Realm as a Golden Immortal. He prepares to confront the demon in Xunwind City, strengthening his Golden Immortal Body with the last of his Immortal Golden Nature and bringing healing supplies from the Vast Sea Pot, including Three Lights Divine Water.
• Disguised as the Luochuan Dragon King, he storms the city lord’s estate. The demon traps him in the Heavenly Demon Grand Formation and sends thirty-six Celestial Immortal puppets against him.
• Liu Yuanchen counters the formation with the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner, whose phoenixes burn the puppets to ash. He then uses his four Sea-Calming Pearls to break the formation and his Spatial Domain and Lihuo to destroy the released Heavenly Demons.
• The demon launches a surprise spear attack. Liu Yuanchen’s Earth Book, Pangu Dao Embryo, Chaos Bell, and Sea-Calming Pearls combine to stop it, though the pearls are badly damaged. The weapon proves to be an acquired treasure built on the God-Slaying Spear’s power—not the original spear—and it shatters.
• The demon’s remaining black energy forms the wounded figure of Mo Luo, who claims the encounter as a defeat but threatens to return with an army. Liu Yuanchen captures the energy and searches the city, concluding that Mo Luo was only a clone and that his true body remains at large.

Character developments

• Liu Yuanchen displays greater confidence and strength after reaching the Golden Immortal Realm, but remains cautious, preparing multiple layers of defense and healing. He wins the confrontation yet recognizes that Mo Luo’s true power may far exceed the clone’s.
• Mo Luo is revealed as a formidable, strategic adversary with access to the power of the God-Slaying Spear. His retreat exposes both his vulnerability in this encounter and the larger threat posed by his true self.

Character interactions

• Liu Yuanchen repeatedly taunts the demon, challenging it to use the God-Slaying Spear’s power rather than relying on formations and puppets.
• The demon tries to identify Liu Yuanchen through his disguises and the treasures he wields, then threatens him and the Origin Spirit Realm before withdrawing.
• Their exchange ends not in reconciliation but in a warning: Liu Yuanchen has stopped the clone, while Mo Luo vows future retaliation.

Significant themes

• Preparation and resilience: Liu Yuanchen’s layered defenses and healing resources let him survive a surprise attack.
• Power and limits: His new strength secures victory over a clone, but the encounter emphasizes the gap between local triumph and the danger of a greater enemy.
• Escalating conflict: Mo Luo’s threat of invasion turns a personal confrontation into a potential war for the Origin Spirit Realm.

Summary of Chapter

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen reflects on his recent victory over Mo Luo, relieved he hadn't used the Chaos Bell or Pangu Dao Embryo, which would have drawn the Devil Race's attention.
• He inspects the four Sea-Calming Pearls: they've lost 20% of their origin but are undamaged and recoverable with nurturing.
• Examines the shattered black spear (Mo Luo's weapon) – an acquired spirit treasure with 49 restrictions but third-grade laws; now completely destroyed and not worth repairing, though fragments retain residual God-Slaying Spear energy.
• Checks the eight teleportation arrays; the passage to the Primordial World is intact, but he captures two Earth Immortal puppets (Dragon and Phoenix guards) who had been controlled by the Devil Race. He refines them in the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp to extract secrets.
• Decides to have Origin Spirit Realm experts garrison Xunwind City and reopen trade routes, with the Witch and Demon races handling inter-world communications.
• Plans his future: cannot travel to the Primordial World while Dongyang Realm is still only a Middle Thousandfold World; instead focuses on cultivating, refining the Chaos Bell, and gathering the twelve Sea-Calming Pearls lost across the eight worlds.
• Reconsiders the legend of the Chaos Pearl – if the thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls are fragments, collecting all could allow one to attain sainthood through personal strength, bypassing Hongjun's control.
• From the puppets' memories, he learns the Devil Race's internal structure: three Devil Kings (Jidu, Poxun, Rakshasa), with Mo Luo as a devil general under Poxun. Poxun holds the Twelve-Petaled World-Ending Black Lotus and is currently attacking Heavenly Cloud Realm. Mo Luo has secretly disobeyed Poxun for over a thousand years and appears linked to Jidu.
• Concludes the Devil Race is too divided to launch a large-scale invasion of Origin Spirit Realm; only Mo Luo himself might act, but he alone is not a major threat.
• Notices a mystery: if Jidu possesses the God-Slaying Spear, what keeps Rakshasa equal to the other two kings?

2. Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen shows increasing pragmatism and long-term strategic thinking: he prioritizes intelligence gathering, avoids unnecessary risk, and calculates the cost-benefit of saving puppets versus the weak state of the Human Race (deciding not to bother).
• He grows more ambitious – now envisioning the possibility of gathering all thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls to achieve sainthood through the Chaos Pearl, aligning with his ultimate goal.
• He displays patience: content to cultivate and refine the Chaos Bell within Origin Spirit Realm rather than prematurely venturing into the Primordial World.
• Mo Luo (off-screen) is further characterized as a disobedient subordinate with divided loyalties, making him less fearsome than his boasts suggest.

3. Significant Themes

• Division as weakness: The Devil Race's internal feuds among three kings and Mo Luo's defiance make them incapable of coordinated aggression, contrasting with Liu Yuanchen's careful planning.
• Intelligence and preparation: Liu Yuanchen uses captured enemies and memory extraction to map the political landscape, emphasizing knowledge as a key advantage.
• Ambition vs. caution: His desire for ultimate power (sainthood via the Chaos Pearl) is tempered by practical steps – preserving resources, securing retreat routes, and avoiding premature exposure.
• Resource scarcity: The Human Race's weakness forces ruthless decisions (discarding potentially saveable puppets) for the greater good.
• Mythological intrigue: The Sea-Calming Pearls are tied to a legendary Chaos Supreme Treasure, and Hongjun's suspected scheming adds a layer of cosmic conspiracy.

4. Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen interacts indirectly with the captured puppets by refining them and absorbing their memories.
• He coordinates (via clones) with the Witch and Demon races to handle Xunwind City's aftermath, trusting them with external communications while the Human Race focuses on defense.
• No direct dialogues occur; all character dynamics are presented through Liu Yuanchen's observations and internal reasoning, particularly regarding Mo Luo's ambiguous relationship with Devil King Jidu.
  This chapter is largely introspective, setting up future arcs: securing Origin Spirit Realm, hunting for Sea-Calming Pearls, and preparing for the eventual move to the Primordial World.

Key plot points and events

• By examining the memories of two demonized Earth Immortals, Liu Yuanchen learns why Mo Luo turned against Demon King Poxun: Poxun was grooming a replacement for him as First Demon General. Demon King Jidu exploited the feud and secretly allied with Mo Luo.
• Poxun’s recent defeat in the Heavenly Cloud Realm suggests that he—and the God-Slaying Spear and Twelve-Petaled World-Ending Black Lotus—are far weaker than Liu Yuanchen had assumed, likely still damaged from the ancient Dao-Demon War. Liu Yuanchen concludes the three Demon Kings are probably no stronger than Taiyi Golden Immortals.
• Encouraged but cautious, Liu Yuanchen makes refining the Chaos Bell and advancing his cultivation his priorities. He expects to reach Golden Immortal Peak within a few hundred years, but believes reaching the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm will likely require sending a clone to the Primordial World for Innate Five-Element Essence.
• His clone meets representatives of the Witch, Human, and Dragon Races in the Vast Sea Realm. He reports that he has subdued the demon in Xunwind City and opened trade between the two worlds.
• The visitors share what they know of the Heavenly Cloud Realm: the Dragon Race originally sent ten Taiyi Golden Immortals and a High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, while the Witch Race sent twelve Taiyi Golden Immortals capable of forming the Twelve-Celestial Capital Gods and Fiends Formation. Most of those original experts have since been lost, though the Witch and Demon Races remain roughly equal in strength.
• Liu Yuanchen asks how to reach the Heavenly Cloud Realm. Xuan Ze explains that smuggling in a magical treasure is possible but risky due to stricter inspections. The lawful alternative is to seek permission from the Witch and Demon leaders there; Liu’s status as Grand Immortal Zhenyuan’s successor may help.

Character developments

• Liu Yuanchen revises his view of the demons, recognizing their weapons and leaders may be badly weakened. Still, he does not rush into conflict: he commits to strengthening himself and gathering reliable intelligence.
• Mo Luo emerges as an ambitious general who allied with Jidu to protect his position and now feels able to defy Poxun after the latter’s losses.
• Xuan Ze, Sea-Heaven Daoist, and Ao Yuan act as cooperative contacts, sharing intelligence and helping Liu Yuanchen consider ways into the Heavenly Cloud Realm.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: Legendary weapons and ancient Demon Kings may be far weaker after catastrophic past battles.
• Preparation over overconfidence: Liu Yuanchen’s optimism is balanced by his recognition that he is not yet ready to face a Demon King.
• Alliance and information: Trade, political standing, and cooperation between realms may be as important as personal strength.
• Long-term cultivation: Liu Yuanchen weighs different routes to advancement and chooses the practical path, despite its risks and delays.

Character interactions

• Liu Yuanchen questions the Phoenix Race Earth Immortal’s memories to understand demon politics and strength.
• At Jade Dragon Island, he informs Xuan Ze, Sea-Heaven Daoist, and Ao Yuan about Xunwind City and asks them about the Heavenly Cloud Realm.
• The three provide complementary accounts of their races’ past commitments and the realm’s current military balance.
• Xuan Ze outlines both illegal and legitimate entry routes, leaving Liu Yuanchen to consider whether to seek formal permission.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Yuanchen decides to approach the Heavenly Cloud Realm through official channels and seek an alliance against the demon invasion. He offers the Earth Immortal Lineage’s ability to repair damaged earth and spirit veins, while privately acknowledging that promises to help the realm advance are uncertain.
• Xuan Ze and Ao Yuan agree to persuade their people to receive Liu Yuanchen, citing their trust in Grand Immortal Zhenyuan.
• Liu Yuanchen learns about Demon Ancestor Luohu’s followers and treasures. The three current demon kings—Jidu, Rakshasa, and Poxun—may be remnants of Luohu’s original four. Although Jidu possesses the God-Slaying Spear and Poxun the World-Ending Black Lotus, the demons’ internal rivalries and weakened treasures may leave room for a united defense.
• Ao Yuan reveals the obscure Myriad-Demon Tower, Luohu’s Dao-proving treasure and the source of the Three Thousand Demon Lands. Liu Yuanchen suspects Rakshasa may possess it, which would explain his ability to rival Jidu and Poxun—and could give him the greatest potential among the three.
• Three years later, Liu Yuanchen finishes repairing the Chaos Bell. He then uses its power to upgrade the Mystic Yellow Bell, turning it into a much stronger acquired supreme treasure with forty-nine restrictions.
• Concerned that the upgraded bell’s resemblance to the Chaos Bell would draw suspicion, Liu Yuanchen reshapes it into an axe with the aid of his Pangu Dao Embryo. After two years of refinement, the Mystic Yellow Bell becomes the Mystic Yellow Axe, a replica treasure whose form echoes the primordial Heaven-Opening Axe.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Yuanchen shows strategic restraint: he prefers diplomacy with the Heavenly Cloud Realm, gathers intelligence before acting, and looks for ways to conceal the nature of his powerful treasures. His restored Chaos Bell also opens a path to speed the growth of the Dongyang Realm.
• Xuan Ze and Ao Yuan become intermediaries for the proposed alliance. Ao Yuan’s knowledge of ancient dragon records gives Liu Yuanchen crucial insight into Luohu’s history and Rakshasa’s possible inheritance.
• Their discussion shifts from fear of the demons’ superior weapons to cautious hope: the demon kings’ conflicts and damaged power may make resistance possible if the separated worlds cooperate.

Significant themes

• Cooperation against a common threat: Liu Yuanchen argues that divided worlds must unite to face the demons.
• Knowledge as strategic power: Ancient records and careful inference reveal possible weaknesses and rivalries within the enemy camp.
• Growth through restoration and cultivation: Repairing the Chaos Bell, strengthening the Mystic Yellow Bell, and developing the Dongyang Realm reflect Liu Yuanchen’s long-term efforts to build power.
• Identity and concealment: The Mystic Yellow Axe preserves the replica’s strength while disguising its resemblance to the Chaos Bell.
• Legacy and potential: The Myriad-Demon Tower links Rakshasa to Luohu’s original path, suggesting that inherited treasures can shape a demon king’s future.