Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing spoke with Patriarch Qiong about Xu Ping'an and Li's relationship and worried over the Heavenly Origin Realm's dwindling Water Qi. At the Flood Dragon River Secret Realm, the Flood Dragon's Water Run began, and the assembled factions rushed in to seize its treasures.

• Xu Changqing told Qiong that Xu Ping'an and Li had fallen in love, and Qiong set aside his resistance and considered the benefits of a future alliance with Xu Changqing.
• Qiong left the Azurewood Sect after discussing the Three-Eyed Spirit Marrow with Xu Changqing.
• Xu Changqing worried that the loss of Water Qi would harm cultivators and endanger his Dao companion, Ruo Qunshuang.
• At the Flood Dragon River Secret Realm, Mo Qiushui met with representatives of the Cloudglow Sect, the Ling Family, and Azurewater Pavilion as the entrance began to open.
• The Flood Dragon appeared and unleashed waves of Water Qi, rare spiritual plants, and treasures, prompting the assembled factions to charge into the Secret Realm.

Xuan Chen released Black Soil tainted by the Defiled-Earth God into the Jiao River, contaminating the Secret Realm’s treasures and transforming the Flood Dragon into a frenzied monster. Mo Qiushui rallied the factions to fight it, and the chapter ended as Xu Zixiao restrained the beast while Mo Qiushui attacked its contaminated horn.

• Mo Qiushui told the Azurewood Sect disciples to search for the Mystic Iron Token and the Defiled-Earth God while avoiding unnecessary risks.
• Xuan Chen shattered an earthen jar beneath the river, releasing tainted Black Soil into the water.
• The spreading contamination blackened the river, ruined the treasures, and transformed the Flood Dragon into a violent monster.
• After the Flood Dragon killed several Cloudglow Sect disciples, Mo Qiushui urged the factions to unite against it, and the Ling Family and Azurewater Pavilion agreed.
• Xu Zixiao bound the Flood Dragon with vines while Mo Qiushui launched Evil-Breaking Talismans at its contaminated horn.

Mo Qiushui led Azurewood Sect and the other cultivators in killing the rampaging flood dragon, then refused Xuan Chen’s demand to surrender their contaminated treasures. Back at Azurewood Sect, Xu Changqing confirmed his suspicions about the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and said an acquaintance could cleanse the treasures.

• Mo Qiushui, the Ling Family patriarch, and the Cloudglow Sect organized the cultivators’ defense and drove the enraged flood dragon into the Jiao River.
• Mo Qiushui and the other cultivators killed the flood dragon, whose corpse produced a tiny spirit-seed flood dragon that the gathered powers conceded to Azurewood Sect.
• Xuan Chen demanded that the cultivators hand over treasures tainted by the Defiled-Earth God's aura, but Mo Qiushui refused to decide without consulting her Sect Master and led Azurewood Sect out with the little flood dragon.
• The Cloudglow Sect and Ling Family handed their treasures to Xuan Chen, who took them away.
• Mo Qiushui reported the suspicious events to Xu Changqing, who revealed he had witnessed the expedition through Shared Vision with Xu Zixiao.
• Xu Changqing told Mo Qiushui that an acquaintance could cleanse the contaminated treasures, so they did not need to surrender them to the Dragon-Seeking Lineage.

As water qi vanished across the Heavenly Origin Realm, Xu Changqing welcomed Xuan Yan back and learned that the Grand Elder had found no cure for the Dongting Immortal Sect’s plight. Xuan Yan revealed that restoring the Profound River would destroy the realm, and traced the crisis to an ancient conflict with the Profound River Spirit Clan.

• Water qi dwindled, forcing Water Spirit Root cultivators to fight over rivers, lakes, and Secret Realms while the Azurewood Sect protected Fengrao Commandery and the Spirit Melody Sect declined.
• Xuan Yan returned to Star Vault Palace across a Seven-Colored Rainbow Bridge, and Xu Changqing went to meet him.
• Xuan Yan said he had found no way to save the Dongting Immortal Sect, then asked Xu Changqing why the Heavenly Origin Realm's spiritual qi was in disorder.
• Xu Changqing explained the water qi crisis and repeated the claim that undoing the Nether River's shackles would restore the Profound River and suppress the Defiled-Earth God.
• Xuan Yan rejected that claim, warned that restoring the Profound River would destroy the Heavenly Origin Realm, and said the Lifeless Insect Mother and Lu Chenyuan had no good intentions.
• Xuan Yan recounted how the Mysterious Yellow Spirit Sect raised the Defiled-Earth God against the Profound River Spirit Clan, and how the realm's major forces later sealed the Profound River, leaving the clan to become the Luohe Bei Clan.

Xuan Yan linked the dwindling Water Qi to the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession and summoned the seven Immortal Peaks to discuss protecting the Heavenly Origin Realm. Half a month later, only Ling Shuang, Tuoba Ye, and Yue Kunlun had arrived at the Star Vault Palace, leaving Xuan Yan to face the sect's fractured state.

• Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan realized the Hundred Dragons' Procession might be approaching the Heavenly Origin Realm and drawing away its Water Qi.
• Xu Changqing suspected the procession had come because of Xu Linglong's Mirage Dragon Bloodline or Fenglong's half-grown lightning dragon.
• Xuan Yan sent communication jade talismans to summon the peak masters to the Star Vault Palace, while Ling Shuang, Tuoba Ye, and Yue Kunlun overcame objections and agreed to go.
• Water Immortal Peak, Redflame Peak, and Dark Nether Peak did not respond, and no peak master from those peaks appeared.
• Half a month later, Ling Shuang, Tuoba Ye, and Yue Kunlun arrived, and Xuan Yan lamented that so few members of the Dongting Immortal Sect had gathered.

Xu Changqing proposed seeking help from Zhao Lie and the other disciples in the Cloudglory Realm, but Xuan Yan could not reach the Sect Master or open the realm. With the Sect Master refusing to respond, Xuan Yan resolved to rally allies against the threats facing the Heavenly Origin Realm.

• Xu Changqing urged Xuan Yan to summon Zhao Lie and the other true disciples from the Cloudglory Realm for reinforcements.
• Xuan Yan's communication jade talisman and repeated attempts to open the Cloudglory Realm received no response, leading the group to suspect the Sect Master wanted no part in the crisis.
• Xuan Yan explained that the Defiled-Earth God was eroding the Earth Veins, the Dragon-Seeking Lineage sought to break the Nether River Shackles, and the Lifeless Insect Mother could exploit the chaos.
• Xu Changqing proposed an alliance with the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect, and Xuan Yan agreed.
• Xuan Yan sent Ling Shuang to the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect, Tuoba Ye to the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect, and Yue Kunlun to Thick Earth Peak to bring Lin Qi back.

Xuan Yan and Xu Changqing returned to the Azurewood Sect, where they revealed that the Dongting Ruins could not be saved and suspected the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession was siphoning the Heavenly Origin Realm's Water Qi. As Lin Feng departed to quell unrest in the Dafeng Dynasty, the Flameglow Sect split over whether to remain in the Eastern Domain or return to the Central Region.

• Xu Changqing brought Xuan Yan to the Azurewood Sect, where Mo Qiushui, Li Sancai, and the others welcomed them.
• Xuan Yan and Xu Changqing said they had found no way to save the Dongting Ruins and suspected the Hundred Dragons' Procession was draining the Heavenly Origin Realm's Water Qi.
• Xuan Yan explained that Yue Kunlun had gone to bring Lin Qi, whose knowledge of the Hundred Dragons' Procession might reveal how to respond.
• Lin Feng reported that unknown cultivators were disrupting the Dafeng Dynasty and damaging its Spirit Veins, and Xu Changqing sent him to resolve the trouble.
• Elder Zhu urged the Flameglow Sect to return to the Central Region, while Lin Xiaoyan argued that it should remain in the Eastern Domain, deepening the sect's division.

Xu Changqing and his companions joined Lin Qi to investigate the Hundred Dragons' Procession and discovered the immense dragon-filled flood draining planets of Water Qi. They faced the threat in the depths of space as it moved toward the Heavenly Origin Realm.

• Yue Kunlun brought Lin Qi to Xu Changqing, who asked whether the thinning Water Qi signaled the Hundred Dragons' Procession's approach.
• Lin Qi confirmed the procession was near and agreed to help Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan trace it through space.
• The group passed Crystal Star, whose people had been enslaved, and Greengrain Star, which had become a wasteland after losing its Water Qi.
• Lin Qi used Divine Fish Transformation to follow traces of Water Qi deeper into the starry sky.
• The group found a vast cosmic flood filled with dragons that drained the planets in its path, and realized the Heavenly Origin Realm faced dire danger.

Lin Qi, Yue Kunlun, Xu Changqing, and Xuan Yan discovered that the Hundred Dragons' Procession was led by the Lord of the Ruins, a powerhouse they could not safely oppose. With the Heavenly Origin Realm facing the loss of all its Water Qi within ten years, Xuan Yan sent them back to seek help from the Three-Eyed Clan and Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven.

• Lin Qi, Yue Kunlun, and Xu Changqing saw an imperial carriage at the center of the Hundred-Dragon Torrent, and Xuan Yan identified its occupant as the Lord of the Ruins.
• Xuan Yan explained that the Lord of the Ruins commanded the Ruins Dragon Tomb, was second only to the Five Emperors, and had destroyed entire worlds.
• Xuan Yan estimated that the Hundred Dragons' Procession would reach the Heavenly Origin Realm within ten years and drain its Water Qi, though the reason it had changed course remained unknown.
• Xuan Yan proposed contacting the Three-Eyed Clan and seeking instructions from Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven through the Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing, Yue Kunlun, Lin Qi, and Xuan Yan flew back toward the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Xu Changqing feared that Hundred Dragons' Procession was approaching the Heavenly Origin Realm for Xu Linglong, and he resolved to test his suspicion by sending her to the Grand Void Rift. At an alliance meeting, Qingyue Fairy revealed that she intended to absorb Qingyao once she reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Xu Changqing returned to the Azurewood Sect and found Xu Linglong cultivating beside the overweight Chi Ye, whom she called Little Black.
• Suspecting that Hundred Dragons' Procession had come for Xu Linglong's Mirage Dragon Bloodline, Xu Changqing asked her to leave for a resource-rich place, but she refused to leave her parents.
• Xu Changqing embraced Xu Linglong and promised she could stay, while privately deciding to send her to the Grand Void Rift to test whether the dragons' course would change.
• The Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect joined an alliance meeting at the Azurewood Sect, where Qingyue Fairy asked Xu Changqing about Qingyao.
• Qingyue Fairy told Xu Changqing that she would absorb Qingyao after her breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm to gather power for her attempt to reach the Void Refinement Realm.

Xuan Yan assigned the sect leaders to investigate the Hundred Dragons' Procession and the forces seeking to restore the Profound River. Xu Changqing decided to send Xu Linglong to the Grand Void Rift to reunite with Xu Ping'an, while considering a safer way to get her there.

• Xuan Yan explained that the Hundred Dragons' Procession would reach the Heavenly Origin Realm within ten years and that restoring the Profound River could speed its arrival.
• Zhao Tianxiong urged an attack on the Dragon-Seeking Lineage, but Qingyue Fairy and Ling Shuang cautioned against confronting it directly.
• Xuan Yan ordered Ling Shuang and Tuoba Ye to investigate the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and the Lifeless Insect Mother, while Qingyue Fairy assessed the realm's remaining Water Qi.
• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing to decide what to do about Linglong and offered a route to the Grand Void Rift using hidden Guiding Spirit Light.
• Xu Changqing told Xu Linglong he would send her to visit Xu Ping'an, and he considered using the Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal instead of relying on the visible Guiding Spirit Light.

Xu Changqing sent Xu Linglong and Fenglong through the starry sky toward the Grand Void Rift, then returned to investigate the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession and the Lifeless Insect Mother. A year later, Water Qi unexpectedly rose, and Qiong showed him an image of the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect moving the nine mountains that had suppressed the Yaoguang Sea Region.

• Xu Changqing took Xu Linglong and Fenglong to the three planets that housed the Guiding Spirit Light, sent Chi Ye through its formation, then teleported Xu Linglong and Fenglong toward the Grand Void Rift with the Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal.
• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that the Hundred Dragons' Procession kept approaching despite Linglong and Fenglong's departure, leading Xu Changqing to suspect another hidden attraction in the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Xu Changqing sent Xu Zixiao to Qiong Valley and used Shared Vision to confirm that the Lifeless Insect Mother remained beneath it.
• A year later, Xu Changqing noticed that Water Qi had begun to rise and went to Star Vault Palace to ask Xuan Yan and Qiong what had happened.
• Qiong showed Xu Changqing an image of the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect using the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot to move the nine mountains that had suppressed the Yaoguang Sea Region.

Xu Changqing learned that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect was flooding the Shimmering Jade Grotto to conceal the Source of the Profound River and planned to confront the Dragon-Seeking Lineage. As the Hundred Dragons' Procession approached, Qiong urged him to leave the Heavenly Origin Realm, and Xu Changqing revealed a clue that might connect Ghost Elder, the Dragon-Seeking Lineage, and Chao Jin's possible departure.

• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect had moved the nine mountains to flood the Shimmering Jade Grotto, conceal the Source of the Profound River, and prepare to fight the Dragon-Seeking Lineage.
• Xuan Yan said they would postpone dealing with the Lifeless Insect Mother, while Xu Changqing suspected she remained beneath Qiong Valley near the Mayfly Heavenly Fire.
• Qiong said the Three-Eyed Clan could restrain the Hundred Dragons' Procession but could not defeat the Lord of the Ruins, and advised Xu Changqing to leave the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Qiong and Xuan Yan suggested that Chao Jin and Zhao Lie might have already fled, leaving the Dongting Immortal Sect's remaining forces behind.
• Xu Changqing told Xuan Yan that he had seen Ghost Elder excavate the Dongting Immortal Sect's old site and take a Mysterious Yellow Ancient Coffin, which might be linked to the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and Chao Jin's departure.

Xuan Yan and Xu Changqing uncovered Ghost Elder’s likely plan to obtain the Dragon Pearl and invoke the Defiled-Earth God. Xu Changqing visited his family at Clearbrook Valley and urged them to leave the endangered Heavenly Origin Realm, but Ruo Qunshuang struggled to abandon the Spirit Melody Sect.

• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that Ghost Elder had likely infiltrated the Dongting Immortal Sect two thousand years earlier to seize the Mysterious Yellow Ancient Coffin and its Dragon Pearl.
• Xuan Yan explained that the Dragon Pearl came from the Defiled-Earth God’s eye and could attract the Hundred Dragons’ Procession and let its owner invoke the god’s power.
• Xu Changqing asked whether the secretive Yellow Springs Alliance was connected to Ghost Elder, but Xuan Yan said they needed more evidence and should focus on finding Ghost Elder.
• Qiong left after noticing Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan were discussing a secret, and the two cultivators then went their separate ways.
• Xu Changqing arrived at Clearbrook Valley, where Ruo Qunshuang, Xu He, and Xu Sui faced dangerously depleted spiritual energy.
• Xu Changqing urged his family to leave Clearbrook Valley and possibly the Heavenly Origin Realm, but Ruo Qunshuang hesitated to abandon the Spirit Melody Sect she had built.

Xu Changqing sent Ruo Qunshuang, Xu He, Xu Sui, and the Spirit Melody Sect members willing to leave to the Grand Void Rift while he returned to the Heavenly Origin Realm. He found the realm sealed in dense Earth Qi just as the Defiled-Earth God emerged from the Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect.

• Xu Changqing told Ruo Qunshuang he planned to move their family and willing core members to the Grand Void Rift, where An'an and Linglong were waiting.
• Xu Changqing and the Spirit Melody Sect divided those who would leave from those who would remain, and he promised the sect members Azurewood Sect benefits.
• Xu Changqing activated the guiding formations and sent Xu Jiuyou and the departing members toward the Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing used the Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal to send Ruo Qunshuang, Xu He, and Xu Sui away before returning to the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Xu Changqing discovered dense Earth Qi surrounding the realm and saw a colossal defiled being emerge from the Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Grand Elder Xuanyan identified the being as the Defiled-Earth God.

Ghost Elder revealed himself as Lu Chenyuan, the Dragon-Seeking Grandmaster, and began using the Defiled-Earth God and a Dragon Pearl to pursue Tribulation Transcendence. With the Hundred Dragons' Procession closing in, Xu Changqing gathered his three spiritual-root avatars to prepare for a breakthrough.

• Ghost Elder revealed that he had summoned the Defiled-Earth God and held a Dragon Pearl forged from a Dragon Vein and the god’s eye.
• Ghost Elder identified himself as Lu Chenyuan, the Dragon-Seeking Grandmaster, and declared that he would use the Heavenly Origin Realm as nourishment to reach the Body Integration Realm.
• Xu Changqing sensed that the Dragon Pearl was drawing the Hundred Dragons' Procession closer and realized he was trapped between Lu Chenyuan and the approaching procession.
• Xu Changqing entered his Portable Space and ordered Xu Zixiao to summon Zhurong, Nü Tu, and Tai Bai.
• The three avatars arrived, and Tai Bai said they could enter the Spirit Transformation Realm immediately if Xu Changqing chose to do so.

Xuan Yan, Qingyue Fairy, Zhao Tianxiong, and the other cultivators joined forces to attack the Defiled-Earth God and Lu Chenyuan, but their attacks could not injure the god. Lu Chenyuan used the Dragon Pearl to drain their mana, laws, and Dao Resonance to advance toward the Body Integration Realm.

• Xuan Yan urged the cultivation forces to unite against Lu Chenyuan and the Defiled-Earth God, and the leaders of the major sects summoned their deities and treasures.
• The Azurewood Sect, Pill Cauldron Sect, Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and reclusive lineages brought forth their powers and joined the assault.
• The cultivators unleashed a vast barrage of spells and divine abilities, but their attacks left no mark on the Defiled-Earth God.
• Lu Chenyuan activated the Dragon Pearl, causing the cultivators’ mana, power of laws, and Dao Resonance to flow toward him.
• Xuan Yan warned that Lu Chenyuan was using the stolen power to break into the Body Integration Realm, while cultivators were drained, weakened, and killed.

As Lu Chenyuan’s attack and the Hundred Dragons’ Procession pushed the Heavenly Origin Realm toward ruin, Zhao Ziyue broke the Nether River’s final shackle and restored the Profound River. The Lifeless Insect Mother then appeared with Bei Qingtang’s corpse to confront Lu Chenyuan, leaving the cultivators with a faint hope of survival.

• The Hundred Dragons’ Procession intensified the loss of water qi, causing water spirit root cultivators to weaken and some to die as Lu Chenyuan absorbed their power.
• Zhao Ziyue emerged with the Mirage Dragon Dragon Pearl, shattered the ninth Nether River shackle, and unleashed the Profound River throughout the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• The Profound River’s water qi revived water spirit root cultivators and surged against the Defiled Earth barrier, while Zhao Ziyue was drawn toward the Outrealm by the dragons.
• Lu Chenyuan attacked Zhao Ziyue, but waves filled with Blackwater Dark Serpents corroded the Defiled-Earth God’s palm.
• The Lifeless Insect Mother appeared holding Bei Qingtang’s corpse and accused Lu Chenyuan of nearly drying up the Profound River; the cultivators saw a glimmer of hope.

Xuan Yan linked the worsening loss of Water Qi to the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession and summoned the Seven Great Immortal Peaks to plan a response. Half a month later, only Ling Shuang, Tuoba Ye, and Yue Kunlun had arrived at Star Vault Palace.

• Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan recalled the Hundred Dragons' Procession and suspected it was nearing the Heavenly Origin Realm because of dragons hidden there or drawn by an aura.
• Xuan Yan sent communication jade talismans to summon the peak masters to Star Vault Palace.
• Ling Shuang, Tuoba Ye, and Yue Kunlun decided to attend despite their disciples' warnings about leaving their territories exposed.
• Xuan Yan and Xu Changqing noted that Water Immortal Peak and Dark Nether Peak had not responded, and suspected Li Wudao was at the Grand Void Rift and Ghost Elder would ignore the summons.
• Half a month later, Ling Shuang, Tuoba Ye, and Yue Kunlun arrived, while Redflame Peak, Water Immortal Peak, and Dark Nether Peak sent no one.

With the Sect Master refusing to respond, Xuan Yan and the others faced the Heavenly Origin Realm’s threats without the help of the Cloudglory Realm’s disciples. Xuan Yan decided to seek allies from the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect, while assigning his companions to gather support.

• Xu Changqing suggested asking the Sect Master to open the Cloudglory Realm and summon Zhao Lie and the other true disciples, but Xuan Yan’s communication jade talisman received no response.
• Xuan Yan and the others went to the Cloudglory Realm, where the barrier also failed to respond to his calls.
• Xuan Yan explained the threats posed by the Defiled-Earth God, the Dragon-Seeking Lineage, the Hundred Dragons' Procession, and the Lifeless Insect Mother, and said the group needed new allies.
• Xu Changqing proposed forming an alliance with the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect, and Xuan Yan agreed.
• Xuan Yan sent Ling Shuang to the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect, Tuoba Ye to the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect, and Yue Kunlun to bring Lin Qi from Thick Earth Peak.