Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing nourished the Blood Gourd with the Savage Bull Monsters’ remains, raising it to magical-artifact quality, then returned to Azurewood Sect. There, Xuan Yan and Qiong learned that Xu Changqing had undergone Tribulation Transcendence and marveled at how quickly he had risen from an ordinary person to a Spirit Transformation Venerable.

• Xu Changqing absorbed the Savage Bull Monsters’ flesh, blood, essence, and souls into the Blood Gourd, advancing it to a magical artifact with the new Blood Mist Corrosion effect.
• After his Rolling Earth Dragons finished slaughtering the Savage Bull Monsters, Xu Changqing sent them away and used the Blood Gourd to destroy several groups of Lesser Demons on his way to the Eastern Domain.
• Xu Changqing observed that the Eastern Domain’s spiritual qi was recovering after the Defiled-Earth God’s root power had been absorbed, then returned to Azurewood Sect.
• Mo Qiushui told Xu Changqing that Xuan Yan and Qiong were waiting for him in the Sect Master’s main hall.
• Xuan Yan and Qiong asked who had undergone Tribulation Transcendence outside the Heavenly Origin Realm, and Xu Changqing confirmed it had been him.
• Xuan Yan and Qiong reacted with shock at Xu Changqing’s Tribulation Transcendence and his rise from an ordinary person to a Spirit Transformation Venerable in about two hundred years.

Xu Changqing returned to Azurewood Sect, where Xuan Yan and Qiong urged him to become Dongting Immortal Sect’s sect master and help unite the Eastern Domain against mounting threats. After postponing his answer, he examined the power of his transformed Earth Spirit Root and began refining the Mysterious Yellow Mother Ore into his half-finished cauldron.

• Xuan Yan and Qiong offered to jointly recommend Xu Changqing as the next sect master of Dongting Immortal Sect, but he asked for time to consider it.
• After Xu Changqing left, Xuan Yan and Qiong discussed the foreign races, the Hundred Dragons' Procession, and a cultivator who had been pulled away and remained missing.
• Xu Changqing sensed that the source power of the Defiled-Earth God and the Defiled-Earth Dragon Pearl had made his Earth Spirit Root surpass his other roots.
• Xu Changqing drew on his Earth Spirit Root, transforming the Grade-Three Spirit Soil around his residence into Grade-Four Five-Colored Soil and manifesting powerful earth-element effects.
• Xu Changqing took out the Mysterious Yellow Mother Ore and his half-finished Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron, then began refining the ore into it.

Xu Changqing completed the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron by fusing Mysterious Yellow Mother Ore, his earth qi insights, and Defiled-Earth Source Force into it. He discovered the cauldron’s powerful abilities, including a resurrection effect, and claimed it as his own.

• Xu Changqing awakened the essence in the Mysterious Yellow Mother Ore and merged it into the cauldron.
• He imprinted his Earth Law insights onto the cauldron and fused a portion of the Defiled-Earth God's Source Force into it.
• The cauldron transformed into a completed Pseudo-Immortal Artifact, and Xu Changqing sensed its control over the earth element within his residence.
• Xu Changqing examined the cauldron's effects, including its ability to restore him from fatal damage and prevent his death from age or grievous injury.
• Xu Changqing stroked the cauldron and declared himself its master.

Xu Changqing told Huohuo that her parents had died and the Flameglow Sect had fallen apart, then called the Azurewood Sect’s leaders together to address the spreading demon calamity. He charged the sect with protecting the Eastern Domain and ordered an investigation into the other regions and two powerful Immortal Sects.

• Xu Changqing revealed to Huohuo that her parents had died in the Flameglow Sect’s internal strife and that the sect had collapsed; Yu Caiqing helped calm her.
• Xu Changqing welcomed Huohuo as family in the Azurewood Sect, while Yu Caiqing told him she had reached the Inferior Nascent Soul realm.
• Xu Changqing promised to help Yu Caiqing with whatever resources she needed, and she left to accompany Huohuo.
• Xu Changqing summoned the Azurewood Sect’s administrators and warned that the demon calamity and the Lifeless Insect Mother threatened the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Mo Qiushui, Lin Feng, Han Su, and Wang Han pledged support and reported on their preparations and the secular world’s cooperation.
• Xu Changqing ordered his people to investigate conditions in the Southern, Western, and Northern Domains and determine the positions of the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect.

Xu Changqing strengthened his cultivation and united the Eastern Domain’s factions to clear out demons and Evil Cultivators. With the region’s internal threats nearly eliminated, he prepared to confront the Lifeless Insect Mother.

• Xu Changqing accepted the Zhang Family and Rong Family into the Azurewood Sect on the condition that they obey its rules.
• Xu Changqing mastered and raised the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body and Profound Yellow Great Hand Seal to max level.
• Factions from across the Eastern Domain gathered at the Azurewood Sect and agreed to follow Xu Changqing’s lead against the region’s threats.
• Xu Changqing led the allied cultivators in a month-long campaign that nearly eradicated the Eastern Domain’s demons and Evil Cultivators.
• Xu Changqing announced that the factions’ next target was the Lifeless Insect Mother.

Xu Changqing persuaded the Eastern Domain cultivators to attack Lifeless Insect Mother before she finished refining the Profound River Water. When the sect masters of the two Immortal Sects were reported to be returning, Xu Changqing remained confident that no one in the Heavenly Origin Realm could rival him.

• Xu Changqing warned that Lifeless Insect Mother could be hiding in the Luo River or the Nine Yaoguang Domains and would become unstoppable if she refined all the Profound River Water.
• Xu Changqing convinced the hesitant cultivators that delay would endanger the entire Heavenly Origin Realm and that joining the fight could secure them future territory and resources.
• The cultivators agreed to follow Xu Changqing, who sent one group to search the Luo River and led the rest toward the Nine Yaoguang Domains.
• Half a day later, Qingyao reported that Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan, the sect masters of the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect and Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect, would soon return to the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• The cultivators worried that the returning sect masters would take control of the campaign, but Xu Changqing privately concluded that his power made him without an opponent in the realm.

Xu Changqing led the group to the former Nine Yaoguang Domains to find the Lifeless Insect Mother, where Long Xiyao helped guide them toward the Shimmering Jade Grotto. They were attacked by controlled water demons and sea monsters, and Xu Changqing discovered a parasite that confirmed the Lifeless Insect Mother was nearby.

• Xu Changqing explained that the Lifeless Insect Mother could only refine the Profound River Water at the Luo River or the Shimmering Jade Grotto, then led the group toward the Yaoguang Sea Region.
• The group found that the nine mountains had been removed by the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect, leaving the former Nine Yaoguang Domains as open sea.
• Xu Changqing contacted the Long Clan, and Long Xiyao agreed to guide the group toward the Shimmering Jade Grotto.
• As the group approached the waters Long Xiyao indicated, water demons and sea monsters attacked them in a frenzied, seemingly controlled state.
• Xu Changqing suppressed the creatures with the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron and extracted a parasite from a giant shark, confirming the Lifeless Insect Mother was in the waters.

Xu Changqing led the experts through the sea to Shimmering Jade Grotto, where they fought their way through swarms of demonic insects and the Lifeless Insect Mother's followers. The group reached the grotto's core and found the Lifeless Insect Mother immersed in a curtain of Profound River Water.

• Long Xiyao recognized the parasite controlling the sea monsters, and Xu Changqing said they had reached the vicinity of Shimmering Jade Grotto and would soon face the Lifeless Insect Mother.
• Xu Changqing found the grotto's entrance and used the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron to force the seawater aside, allowing the group to descend through a passage while the cauldron destroyed attacking monsters.
• Xu Changqing and the others entered Shimmering Jade Grotto and discovered that its former Thunder Domain had vanished, replaced by swarms of demonic insects and the Lifeless Insect Mother's followers.
• Xu Changqing, Long Xiyao, Qingyao, and the other experts attacked together and wiped out the demonic insects and Insect Cultivators throughout the grotto.
• Xu Changqing led the group into the core region, where they saw the Lifeless Insect Mother immersed in a churning curtain of Profound River Water.

Xu Changqing and his companions confronted the Lifeless Insect Mother as it refined the Profound River Water, and a battle of Water and Earth Laws devastated the Shimmering Jade Grotto. The chapter ended with Xu Changqing’s Profound Yellow Great Hand Seal and the Lifeless Insect Mother’s black blade colliding in a Law Storm.

• The Lifeless Insect Mother attacked Xu Changqing and the others with black water arrows and Blackwater Dark Serpents, killing three Nascent Soul Cultivators and corroding the survivors.
• Xu Changqing told Qingyao to protect Xiyao, then used the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron to shield the group and counter the Primordial Heavy Water.
• Xu Changqing unleashed Earth Qi and Defiled-Earth power against the Lifeless Insect Mother, while the Shimmering Jade Grotto shook and split apart.
• Xu Changqing struck with the Profound Yellow Great Hand Seal, and the Lifeless Insect Mother formed a giant black blade to meet it.
• Xu Changqing’s hand seal and the Lifeless Insect Mother’s blade collided, unleashing a Law Storm that razed the grotto’s core region.

Xu Changqing fought the Lifeless Insect Mother in the Shimmering Jade Grotto, revealing his control of the Defiled-Earth God's source power and Earth Law. He unleashed Primordial Yellow Collapse, trapping her in a gravitational vortex that began tearing her monstrous body apart.

• Xu Changqing's Primordial Yellow Force interrupted the Lifeless Insect Mother's attempt to refine the Profound River Water, and he revealed that he had fused with the Defiled-Earth God's source power.
• The Lifeless Insect Mother formed a black water dragon from Primordial Heavy Water, but Xu Changqing's Profound Yellow Great Hand Seal shattered it.
• Xu Changqing activated the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron and combined the Defiled-Earth God's source power with the Earth Law as the Lifeless Insect Mother merged with the Origin of Water.
• The Lifeless Insect Mother transformed into a half-insect, half-serpent monster and coiled around Xu Changqing and the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron.
• Xu Changqing concentrated the cauldron's power into Primordial Yellow Collapse, creating a vortex that dragged the Lifeless Insect Mother inward and began disintegrating her body.

Xu Changqing defeated the Lifeless Insect Mother, but her death freed the ancient Shed-Shell Immortal she had been suppressing. The Red Wedding Dress began awakening and expanding into a cocoon, its pressure crushing the cultivators around it.

• Long Xiyao and the others watched Xu Changqing battle the Lifeless Insect Mother and marveled that he could match a peak Heavenly Origin Realm expert.
• The Lifeless Insect Mother warned Xu Changqing that killing her would unleash the shell she had occupied, then her lower body and will were destroyed by his gravity vortex.
• Xu Changqing attacked the Red Wedding Dress, but it swallowed his strikes without damage, revealing that the shell was no ordinary body.
• The Red Wedding Dress expanded, unfurled golden patterns and countless threads, and released a life-hierarchy pressure that forced the weaker cultivators to the ground.
• Xu Changqing realized the Lifeless Insect Mother had suppressed the Shed-Shell Immortal with her parasitic will, while the shell now formed a vast scarlet cocoon that pulsed like a heartbeat.

Xu Changqing sent Qingyao, Long Xiyao, and the other cultivators out of Shimmering Jade Grotto while he remained to face the out-of-control Red Wedding Dress. As Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan arrived and discovered the danger, Xu Changqing refined the Profound River Water and prepared to withstand the cocoon’s growing power.

• Xu Changqing used the Five-Colored Banners to protect Qingyao, Long Xiyao, and the other cultivators as he ordered them to leave Shimmering Jade Grotto without him.
• After the group departed, Xu Changqing sat beneath the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron and refined the Profound River Water by resonating with it through his Water Spirit Root and Nine Transformations of the Wandering Dragon.
• Xu Changqing strengthened his Water Spirit Root and balanced the Primordial Heavy Water with his Earth and Wood origins as the Red Wedding Dress continued expanding and releasing chaotic power.
• Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan arrived above the ruined grotto, confirmed that the Lifeless Insect Mother was dead, and sensed that the uncontrolled force below was more dangerous.
• Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan sensed Xu Changqing in the core region and decided to report the suspected True Immortal’s shed shell to the Nine Extremes Heavenly King or the Great Dao Venerable.

Xu Changqing discovered ancient writing on the Red Wedding Dress shell that the system identified as the Grand Void Formula, a set of coordinates pointing toward the Primordial Star Core. After he emerged from Shimmering Jade Grotto, Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan questioned him about the dead Lifeless Insect Mother and announced plans to seal the dangerous shell.

• Xu Changqing detected Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan outside Shimmering Jade Grotto and abandoned his plan to take the Red Wedding Dress shell into his Portable Space.
• Xu Changqing found pale-gold ancient writing on the shell's veil, copied it with his Divine Sense, and used the system to identify it as the Grand Void Formula, which revealed the Primordial Star Core's location once cultivated to the third level.
• Xu Changqing left the ruins and met Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan above the sea.
• Xu Changqing told Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan that the Lifeless Insect Mother was dead and its shell had lost its suppression and was expanding without consciousness.
• Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan decided to seal the sea region and warned Xu Changqing that the matter was beyond what a Spirit Transformation cultivator could handle.

Xu Changqing learned that the Heavenly Origin Realm was one of the Four Mortal Domains, then tested his new Primordial Heavy Water powers before returning to the Azurewood Sect. There, Rakshasa told him he had captured everyone from the Dragon-Seeking Lineage, and Xu Changqing warmly thanked him.

• Mu Yunyi and Long Yuan explained the Four Mortal Domains, their overseers, and how the Heavenly Origin Realm’s experts were concentrated in the Grand Void Rift.
• Xu Changqing left the Yaoguang Sea Region and practiced transforming into different dragon forms while mastering Primordial Heavy Water.
• The local sea demons offered Xu Changqing treasures and resources to appease him, and he accepted them before summoning Kong Ling to return home.
• As Kong Ling carried him over the Eastern Domain, Xu Changqing saw that the land was recovering after the Lifeless Insect Mother’s death.
• Rakshasa welcomed Xu Changqing back to the Azurewood Sect and said he had captured everyone from the Dragon-Seeking Lineage; Xu Changqing thanked his Senior Brother Qin.

Xu Changqing revealed that he had recognized Rakshasa as Qin Baili, his long-lost senior brother from Dongting Immortal Sect. Qin Baili agreed to help Xu Changqing face the coming Demon Realm invasion, but chose to leave his old identity buried and appear as Elder Qin of the Azurewood Sect.

• Xu Changqing told Qin Baili he had recognized him from their first meeting and confirmed his identity after meeting Lu Chenyuan.
• Qin Baili removed his mask and reflected on how Xu Changqing had remembered and recognized him after more than a century.
• Xu Changqing explained that the Central Region would soon face a Demon Realm invasion and asked Qin Baili to join his few capable allies.
• Qin Baili agreed to help on the condition that he would not return publicly as Qin Baili.
• Qin Baili said Rakshasa of the Nine Nether Sect could disappear while Elder Qin of the Azurewood Sect appeared.

The Eastern Domain stabilized and grew as refugees poured in, but Xu Changqing crushed those who challenged the Azurewood Sect and the Dafeng Dynasty. Later, he reunited with old companions in the Spirit Fields, where their memories of the Dongting Immortal Sect and Hu Bugui left them quietly reflecting on the past.

• As newcomers flooded the Eastern Domain, rogue cultivators and would-be dynasty founders began gathering followers and challenging the established order.
• Xu Changqing ordered the challengers killed, and the Nine Nether Sect and Li Chuan eliminated the rival factions before they could gain power.
• Zhang Su and Rong Yan arrived, presented gifts to Xu Changqing, and joined him in visiting the Azurewood Sect's expanded Spirit Fields.
• Han Su and Li Sancai joined the group, and they reminisced about tending fields together at the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Xu Changqing recalled Hu Bugui's death, and the group continued walking along the field ridges beneath the sunlight.

Xu Changqing trained Lin Feng and Qingyao while Fengrao Commandery prospered, and Li Lingbi visited Azurewood Sect to warn that the Demon Race would threaten the Eastern Domain after the Central Region fell. Their discussion was interrupted when Kong Ling suddenly shone with an unfamiliar five-colored light.

• Xu Changqing devoted himself to training Lin Feng and Qingyao as Fengrao Commandery grew into a bustling, well-guarded city.
• Li Lingbi arrived at Azurewood Sect with gifts for Xu Changqing, Li Yueyao, and Xu Mu, then reunited with his family.
• Li Lingbi warned Xu Changqing that the Central Region had fallen and the Demon Race would attack the Eastern Domain next.
• Kong Ling cried out and spread her wings, glowing with brilliant pillars of five-colored light.

Kong Ling sensed Demon God Kong Fang entering the Central Region, and Xu Changqing and Li Lingbi recognized the danger posed by the weakened Immortal Sects. Refugees soon reported that Kong Fang had appeared over Cangwu City and effortlessly destroyed its defenses.

• Kong Ling grew excited at Kong Fang’s arrival until Xu Changqing questioned it and learned the Demon God had crossed into the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Xu Changqing and Li Lingbi assessed how the Immortal Sects had weakened since their previous battle with Kong Fang.
• Wounded cultivators fled the Central Region and reported that Kong Fang had appeared above Cangwu City.
• Kong Fang’s aura overwhelmed the city’s defenders, killing or incapacitating some of them.
• Cangwu City’s reinforced protective formation vanished completely beneath Kong Fang’s pressure.

After Demon God Kong Fang seized the Central Region, Xu Changqing and the Eastern Domain prepared for a looming war while the Heavenly Origin Realm deteriorated. Xu Changqing learned there was no word from Chao Jin and shifted his concern to the other six Immortal Peaks.

• Kong Fang claimed the Central Region and demanded that its people surrender or die.
• Xu Changqing showed Li Lingbi his balanced Primordial Heavy Water and Earth Qi and said he would announce when he could no longer hold out.
• Demons expanded their activity toward the Eastern Domain as worsening crises drove cultivators across the region to focus on survival and cultivation.
• Xuan Yan told Xu Changqing that the Azurewood Sect had received no news from Chao Jin in the Cloudglory Realm.
• Xu Changqing said Chao Jin's return mattered less now and that he was more concerned about the other six Immortal Peaks.

Xu Changqing decided to bring Dark Nether Peak into the Azurewood Sect and sent Xuan Yan to locate its hidden refuge. After finding it in the Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect, Xu Changqing set out with Qin Baili and Li Chuan on Kong Ling.

• Xu Changqing told Xuan Yan that the Azurewood Sect needed to gather the six remaining Immortal Peaks, and that unwilling peaks would become opponents.
• Xu Changqing explained that Dark Nether Peak’s expertise in baleful yin arts, poison, and the Netherworld Realm could strengthen the Azurewood Sect, and recalled Mo Cha’s potential and ties to other races.
• Xuan Yan used Dark Nether Peak’s Netherguiding Talisman and found its location in the Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Xuan Yan said the talisman could locate Dark Nether Peak but could not open its gate, and Xu Changqing decided to go there without notifying its people.
• Xu Changqing summoned Qin Baili and Li Chuan, then departed with them on Kong Ling toward Dark Nether Peak.