Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan returned to the Azurewood Sect, where they revealed they had no way to heal the Dongting Ruins and suspected the Hundred Dragons' Procession was draining the Heavenly Origin Realm's Water Qi. As Lin Feng left to aid the Dafeng Dynasty, the Flameglow Sect fell into a bitter dispute over whether to remain in the Eastern Domain or return to the Central Region.

• Xu Changqing brought Xuan Yan to the Azurewood Sect, where Xuan Yan praised its growth but lamented that the Immortal Sect could no longer support it as before.
• Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan told Mo Qiushui, Li Sancai, and the others that the Dongting Ruins could not be healed and that the Hundred Dragons' Procession might be draining Water Qi.
• Xuan Yan explained that Yue Kunlun had been sent to bring Lin Qi for questioning about the Hundred Dragons' Procession.
• Lin Feng reported unrest and damage to Spirit Veins in the Dafeng Dynasty, and Xu Changqing authorized him to take disciples there and resolve the crisis.
• Elder Zhu and Lin Xiaoyan led opposing factions in the Flameglow Sect, arguing over whether the sect should return to the Central Region or remain in the Eastern Domain.

Xu Changqing and the others questioned Lin Qi about the Hundred Dragons' Procession and traveled into the starry sky to find it. They discovered the vast dragon torrent draining planets of Water Qi as it advanced toward the Heavenly Origin Realm.

• Yue Kunlun brought Lin Qi to Xu Changqing, who asked whether the declining Water Qi meant the Hundred Dragons' Procession was nearing the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Lin Qi confirmed the procession was approaching and agreed to help Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan track it in exchange for his release from imprisonment.
• The group passed Crystal Star, whose people had been enslaved, and Greengrain Star, which had become lifeless after losing its Water Qi.
• Lin Qi used Divine Fish Transformation to track faint traces of Water Qi through the starry sky.
• The group found the Hundred Dragons' Procession: a colossal torrent of dragons draining planets and advancing toward the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Lin Qi, Yue Kunlun, Xu Changqing, and Xuan Yan discovered that the Hundred Dragons' Procession was led by the Lord of the Ruins, a terrifying power who could not be opposed without risking the destruction of the Heavenly Origin Realm. With the procession expected to arrive within ten years, they returned to seek help from the Three-Eyed Clan and Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven.

• Lin Qi feared for the Azure Sea Realm and its people, while Yue Kunlun and Xu Changqing worried that the procession would drain the Heavenly Origin Realm's Water Qi.
• Xu Changqing spotted an imperial carriage at the heart of the torrent, and Xuan Yan identified it as the carriage of the Lord of the Ruins, master of the Ruins Dragon Tomb.
• Xuan Yan explained that the Lord of the Ruins was second only to the Five Emperors and had destroyed entire worlds, making it too dangerous to attack the procession.
• Xuan Yan estimated that the procession would reach the Heavenly Origin Realm within ten years and said they still did not know what had drawn it off course.
• Xuan Yan proposed contacting the Three-Eyed Clan and seeking help from Three-Origin Maitreya Heaven through the Grand Void Rift.
• The four of them flew back toward the Heavenly Origin Realm to seek help.

Xu Changqing worried that the Hundred Dragons' Procession had come for Xu Linglong because of her Mirage Dragon Bloodline, and he considered sending her to the Grand Void Rift for safety. At an alliance meeting, Qingyue Fairy revealed that she planned to absorb Qingyao once she reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Xu Changqing returned to the Azurewood Sect and found Xu Linglong cultivating with Chi Ye, who eagerly tried to reach him.
• Xu Changqing asked Xu Linglong whether she would leave for a place with many cultivation resources, but she insisted on staying with him and her mother.
• Xu Changqing privately decided to test whether sending Xu Linglong to the Grand Void Rift would cause the Hundred Dragons' Procession to change course.
• Zhao Tianxiong and Qingyue Fairy arrived to discuss an alliance against the calamity threatening the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Xu Changqing told Qingyue Fairy that Qingyao had reached the Golden Core Realm, and Qingyue Fairy privately said she would absorb Qingyao after she reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Xuan Yan and the others discussed the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession and investigated the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and the Lifeless Insect Mother, while Xu Changqing decided to send Xu Linglong to Grand Void Rift. Xu Changqing planned to use his Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal rather than rely solely on the Guiding Spirit Light, leaving his daughter's departure and his own journey ahead.

• Xuan Yan warned that Hundred Dragons' Procession would reach the Heavenly Origin Realm within ten years and that the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and Lifeless Insect Mother were plotting to restore the Profound River.
• Ling Shuang volunteered to investigate the Dragon-Seeking Lineage, Tuoba Ye offered to seek the Lifeless Insect Mother, and Xuan Yan assigned Qingyue Fairy to assess the realm's remaining Water Qi.
• After the others left, Xuan Yan urged Xu Changqing to decide Linglong's fate and explained that Guiding Spirit Light could send her to Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing told Xu Linglong she could go to Grand Void Rift to visit Xu Ping'an, and she eagerly agreed.
• Xu Changqing decided that he trusted his Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal more than the exposed Guiding Spirit Light and planned to consider the route later.

Xu Changqing sent Xu Linglong and Fenglong toward the Grand Void Rift while investigating the Hundred Dragons' Procession and the Lifeless Insect Mother. A year later, a sudden rise in Water Qi led him to learn that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect had moved the mountains suppressing the Yaoguang Sea Region.

• Xu Changqing took Xu Linglong and Fenglong to the three planets holding the Guiding Spirit Light, then sent Chi Ye ahead and used the Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal to send Xu Linglong and Fenglong to the Grand Void Rift.
• After more than half a month, Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that the Hundred Dragons' Procession was still approaching, faster than before, despite Linglong and Fenglong leaving.
• Xu Changqing sent Xu Zixiao to Qiong Valley and confirmed that the Lifeless Insect Mother remained beneath it.
• A year later, Xu Changqing noticed that Water Qi had begun to rise and went to the Star Vault Palace to ask Xuan Yan about it.
• 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 had moved the nine mountains to conceal the Shimmering Jade Grotto and prepare for the Profound River’s release, while planning to confront the Dragon-Seeking Lineage first. As Qiong urged him to leave the Heavenly Origin Realm and Xuan Yan suspected Chao Jin had already fled, Xu Changqing revealed that Ghost Elder had taken a Mysterious Yellow Ancient Coffin from the old Dongting Immortal Sect site.

• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect had moved the nine mountains to hide the Shimmering Jade Grotto and obstruct the Profound River, and that it planned to fight the Dragon-Seeking Lineage.
• Xuan Yan said they would postpone dealing with the Lifeless Insect Mother because the weakened cultivators could not risk fighting both threats at once.
• Qiong told Xu Changqing that the Three-Eyed Clan could restrain the Hundred Dragons' Procession but could not defeat the Lord of the Ruins, and suggested leaving the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Qiong claimed Chao Jin, Zhao Lie, and others had likely left the realm, and Xuan Yan agreed that Chao Jin's absence supported the suspicion.
• Xu Changqing told Xuan Yan that he had witnessed Ghost Elder take a Mysterious Yellow Ancient Coffin from the Earth Vein at the old Dongting Immortal Sect site, possibly linking it to the Dragon-Seeking Lineage and Chao Jin's departure.

Xuan Yan revealed that Ghost Elder had spent two thousand years pursuing the Dragon Pearl sealed beneath the Dongting Immortal Sect, which could let its bearer invoke the Defiled-Earth God. Xu Changqing then visited his family at the Spirit Melody Sect and urged them to leave the endangered Heavenly Origin Realm, but Ruo Qunshuang struggled to abandon the sect she had built.

• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that Ghost Elder had infiltrated the Dongting Immortal Sect to obtain the Dragon Pearl, which was refined from the Defiled-Earth God's eye and could invoke its power.
• Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan considered whether Ghost Elder was connected to the Yellow Springs Alliance and decided to investigate his whereabouts while preparing for the danger.
• Qiong noticed that Xu Changqing and Xuan Yan were concealing information, then departed without pressing them.
• Xu Changqing flew to Clearbrook Valley and found that its spiritual energy, especially its Water Qi, had dwindled dangerously.
• Xu Changqing reunited with Ruo Qunshuang, Xu He, and Xu Sui, then proposed taking them somewhere safe; Ruo Qunshuang hesitated to leave the Spirit Melody Sect she had built.

Xu Changqing arranged for Ruo Qunshuang, their children, and willing Spirit Melody Sect members to leave the Heavenly Origin Realm for the Grand Void Rift. After they departed, he discovered the realm sealed by dense Earth Qi as the Defiled-Earth God emerged in the Eastern Domain.

• Xu Changqing told Ruo Qunshuang that he planned to take her, their children, and willing core members to the Grand Void Rift, where An'an and Linglong had already gone.
• The Spirit Melody Sect members chose whether to stay or leave, and Xu Changqing declared that those remaining would receive Azurewood Sect benefits.
• Xu Changqing sent Xu Jiuyou and the departing members through the Guiding Spirit Light, then used the Dragon Abyss Water-Spirit Seal to send Ruo Qunshuang, Xu He, and Xu Sui away.
• As Xu Changqing returned, dense Earth Qi surrounded the Heavenly Origin Realm and blocked his approach.
• The Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect collapsed, and a colossal creature made of foul mud rose from it.
• Grand Elder Xuanyan identified the creature as the Defiled-Earth God.

Ghost Elder revealed himself as Lu Chenyuan, the Dragon-Seeking Grandmaster, and announced his plan to use the Heavenly Origin Realm and the Defiled-Earth God to reach the Body Integration Realm. Facing threats from Lu Chenyuan and the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession, Xu Changqing gathered his spiritual-root avatars to prepare for a breakthrough.

• Lu Chenyuan admitted that he had summoned the Defiled-Earth God and combined its eye with a Dragon Vein to create a powerful Dragon Pearl.
• Lu Chenyuan revealed his identity as Ghost Elder and declared that he would drain the Heavenly Origin Realm to advance to the Body Integration Realm.
• Xu Changqing sensed that the Dragon Pearl was drawing the Hundred Dragons' Procession closer and realized he was trapped between it and Lu Chenyuan.
• Xu Changqing entered his Portable Space and summoned his fire, earth, and metal spiritual-root avatars.
• Tai Bai told Xu Changqing that he had refined many supreme-grade magical treasures and that they could enter the Spirit Transformation Realm immediately.

The cultivators of the Eastern Domain united to attack the Defiled-Earth God and Lu Chenyuan, but their assault failed to harm the giant. Lu Chenyuan used the Dragon Pearl to drain their power and advance toward the Body Integration Realm, leaving the defenders helpless.

• Xuan Yan rallied the Eastern Domain’s cultivators, and leaders including Qingyue Fairy and Zhao Tianxiong summoned their deities and treasures for a united assault.
• The Azurewood Sect, Pill Cauldron Sect, Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and hidden lineages unleashed their powers and manifestations against the Defiled-Earth God.
• The Defiled-Earth God absorbed the Earth Vein’s power and withstood the combined attacks without sustaining a wound.
• Lu Chenyuan used the Dragon Pearl to draw the cultivators’ spiritual power, laws, and Dao Resonance toward himself.
• Xuan Yan and Qingyue Fairy realized Lu Chenyuan was using the stolen power to break through, as cultivators died or lost their cultivation and the Dragon Pearl’s suction intensified.

As the Hundred Dragons’ Procession worsened the Water Qi crisis and threatened the cultivators, Zhao Ziyue broke the final Nether River shackle and restored the Profound River. The Lifeless Insect Mother appeared with Bei Qingtang’s corpse to confront Lu Chenyuan, leaving the desperate cultivators with a faint hope.

• The Hundred Dragons’ Procession drained Water Qi from the Heavenly Origin Realm, causing Water Spirit Root cultivators to weaken or die.
• Zhao Ziyue emerged after breaking the ninth Nether River shackle, and Profound Water surged from Nether River entrances throughout the realm.
• The restored Profound River clashed with the Defiled Earth power, reviving Water Spirit Root cultivators and striking Lu Chenyuan’s Defiled-Earth God as Zhao Ziyue was drawn toward the Outrealm.
• The Lifeless Insect Mother appeared holding Bei Qingtang’s corpse and accused Lu Chenyuan of nearly drying up the Profound River.
• Lu Chenyuan admitted that his plans had been ruined, while the watching cultivators began to see a sliver of hope.

The Lifeless Insect Mother and Lu Chenyuan fought as the approaching Hundred Dragons' Procession threatened the Heavenly Origin Realm. Lu Chenyuan began the Three Origins Tribulation, and the chapter ended with the Defiled-Earth God draining the realm’s Earth Veins to expand a Calamity Abyss Mire across the Eastern Domain.

• The Lifeless Insect Mother and Lu Chenyuan clashed with Primordial Heavy Water and Defiled Earth, devastating the realm and killing or weakening many cultivators.
• As the Hundred Dragons' Procession drew near, Lu Chenyuan declared that everyone would undergo tribulation with him and forcefully began the Three Origins Tribulation.
• Xuan Yan, Zhao Tianxiong, Qingyue Fairy, and experts from many factions deployed ultimate weapons and joined the Lifeless Insect Mother's assault on Lu Chenyuan.
• The Defiled-Earth God blocked most of the attacks and began absorbing the Earth Veins of the Eastern Domain and the other four domains.
• The Earth Vein power intensified the purgatory flames and spread a Calamity Abyss Mire across the Eastern Domain, trapping its cultivators.

Xu Changqing emerged with his four avatars and began his Spirit Transformation breakthrough amid the Heavenly Origin Realm’s gathering calamities. His tribulation overwhelmed the sky and intensified Lu Chenyuan’s own ordeal.

• Lu Chenyuan used the Purgatory Flame to temper his body and attack the first stage of the Three Origins Tribulation.
• Fenglong joined Xu Changqing and his other avatars in the Portable Space, completing the gathering of all six Spiritual Roots.
• Xu Changqing saw Zhao Ziyue being pulled into the Hundred Dragons’ Procession but could not save him.
• Xu Changqing merged with his four avatars and broke through the shackles of Spirit Transformation, unleashing a powerful Chaos Dharma Aspect.
• Xu Changqing’s Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation formed and began its Law Nullification stage, which he resisted with his Dharma Aspect, treasures, pills, and talismans.
• Lu Chenyuan realized that Xu Changqing’s tribulation had doubled the difficulty of his own Heavenly Tribulation.

Xu Changqing and Lu Chenyuan endured the first two stages of their simultaneous tribulations, with Lu Chenyuan forced to shoulder much of Xu Changqing’s heavenly tribulation. As Xu Changqing stabilized his soul, both entered the third stage.

• Lu Chenyuan survived the intensified Flesh Tribulation while Xu Changqing passed the first stage of his Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation.
• Xuan Yan, Qingyue Fairy, Zhao Tianxiong, and the other cultivators feared that Lu Chenyuan would destroy the Heavenly Origin Realm if he completed his tribulation.
• Xu Changqing faced Law Assimilation, while Lu Chenyuan’s Soul Tribulation resonated with it and made him shoulder more than half its pressure.
• Lu Chenyuan’s negative-emotion visions afflicted the Defiled-Earth God and the cultivators below, while Lu Chenyuan used Defiled Earth to tear through the visions at the cost of his origin.
• Xu Changqing resisted the remaining law flood and strengthened his soul, and he and Lu Chenyuan entered the third stage together.

Lu Chenyuan and the Defiled-Earth God were overwhelmed by the Law Tribulation, while Xu Changqing successfully passed his Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation. The Lifeless Insect Mother seized Lu Chenyuan’s Dragon Pearl, and a powerful force suddenly moved Xu Changqing away.

• The Law Tribulation drained Lu Chenyuan, the Defiled-Earth God, the cultivators, and the Earth Veins across the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Lu Chenyuan burned his power and divine soul in a final attempt to resist, but the law chains tore his soul apart and killed him.
• The uncontrolled Defiled-Earth God burrowed underground, and the surviving cultivators rushed to claim the Defiled-Earth Dragon Pearl.
• The Lifeless Insect Mother used Primordial Heavy Water to kill the competing cultivators, seized the Dragon Pearl, and took Lu Chenyuan’s shell.
• Xu Changqing passed his Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation and reached Third-Level Spirit Transformation Early Stage.
• A mighty force descended and moved Xu Changqing away.

Xu Changqing was taken to the Void Realm, where a mysterious man explained that the expanding Void would eventually devour all things and that the Azure Emperor’s inheritance might qualify Xu to resist it. Back at the Flameglow Sect, Zhu Hong’s faction attacked Lin Xiaoyan, and Hu Bugui joined her defense as they were overwhelmed.

• A mysterious man brought Xu Changqing to the Void Realm and revealed that the Void was expanding toward the destruction of All Heavens and Myriad Realms.
• The man said the Azure Emperor’s inheritance gave Xu Changqing the potential to resist the Void and promised they would meet again once Xu had mastered it.
• Zhu Hong confronted Lin Xiaoyan over the Flameglow Sect’s crisis and ordered his faction to attack her when she refused to abandon the Eastern Domain.
• Hu Bugui arrived to protect Lin Xiaoyan, and the two fought Zhu Hong’s stronger forces together.
• Zhu Hong’s faction overwhelmed Hu Bugui and Lin Xiaoyan, and the chapter ended with a notice stating that Hu Bugui died at Xu Changqing’s hands.

Yu Caiqing escorted Huohuo to the Azurewood Sect, where Xu Changqing returned to find the Heavenly Origin Realm devastated by the Hundred Dragons' Procession. After discussing how the sect would survive the age of declining Dharma, Xu Changqing learned Huohuo had urgently come to see him and asked Li Sancai to bring her and Yu Caiqing to him.

• Yu Caiqing rescued Huohuo from Zhu Hong's disciples and escorted her to the Azurewood Sect, stopping when she learned Xu Changqing was its sect master.
• Xu Changqing returned to the Heavenly Origin Realm and saw that the Hundred Dragons' Procession had drained most of its Water Qi, making cultivation difficult for many Spiritual Roots.
• Xu Changqing reunited with the Azurewood Sect's elders and disciples, then explained the realm's decline and called for a discussion on protecting the sect and Fengrao Commandery.
• Mo Qiushui, Li Sancai, Han Su, and the others discussed ways to strengthen the Azurewood Sect and defend it against threats.
• Li Sancai told Xu Changqing that Huohuo had arrived with Yu Caiqing and was urgently asking to see him, so Xu Changqing sent him to bring them to the hall.

After Huohuo told Xu Changqing that Zhu Hong had attacked Flameglow Sect, Xu Changqing rushed there and found Hu Bugui and Lin Xiaoyan dead. He vowed to pursue Zhu Hong, sought help through a bounty, and continued across the devastated Eastern Domain.

• Huohuo arrived at Azurewood Sect and begged Xu Changqing to save her parents from Zhu Hong and his followers.
• Xu Changqing comforted Huohuo, thanked Yu Caiqing for bringing her, and flew with Li Sancai to Flameglow Sect.
• Xu Changqing found Hu Bugui and Lin Xiaoyan dead in the discussion hall, and his fury reduced the sect's buildings to powder.
• Xu Changqing protected the couple's bodies, ordered Li Sancai to offer a bounty for Zhu Hong and his associates, and set out to follow their auras.
• Xu Changqing traveled through the Eastern Domain and saw its ruined landscape, displaced refugees, and suffering cultivators.

Xu Changqing tracked Zhu Hong to the Central Region after learning that he had killed Elder Lin and fled there, only to find the region overrun by demons. Meanwhile, Xuan Yan and Qiong arrived at Azurewood Peak to seek Xu Changqing’s help, but learned he was away.

• Xu Changqing found injured Flameglow Sect disciples, forced them to reveal that Zhu Hong had killed Elder Lin and escaped to the Central Region with his confidants and the sect’s treasures, then killed them.
• Xu Changqing crossed into the Hands-Off Region and saw that the Central Region was devastated by demons, including several powerful Demon Emperor-level beings.
• Xuan Yan and Qiong arrived at Azurewood Peak to discuss how to stabilize the Eastern Domain with Xu Changqing.
• Mo Qiushui told them that Xu Changqing had left with Elder Li after learning about the Flameglow Sect’s troubles.
• Xuan Yan and Qiong agreed to wait for Xu Changqing, recognizing that the Eastern Domain depended on him and the Azurewood Sect.