Chapter Summaries

Li Chuan, Xu Changqing, Qin Baili, and Xuan Yan traveled to the ruined Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect and uncovered the hidden Dark Nether Peak. They learned that Yin Jiuyou was acting as its Peak Master after Lu Chenyuan’s death.

• Kong Ling carried Li Chuan, Xu Changqing, Qin Baili, and Xuan Yan over the desolate Old Site of the Dongting Immortal Sect, where Xu Changqing said the land would recover enough to grow Spirit Rice in a few decades.
• Xuan Yan used the Netherguiding Talisman to locate Dark Nether Peak, but Qin Baili could not find it with his Divine Sense because Lu Chenyuan had concealed it with a Nine Nether Concealment Formation.
• Xu Changqing summoned the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron and disrupted the formation, revealing the black mountain of Dark Nether Peak.
• Five black-robed cultivators emerged from Dark Nether Peak, and their gaunt leader recognized Xuan Yan as the Dongting Immortal Sect’s Great Elder.
• Xuan Yan asked who was in charge of Dark Nether Peak, and the gaunt cultivator said Yin Jiuyou was acting as Deputy Peak Master after Lu Chenyuan’s death.

Xuan Yan and Xu Changqing visited Dark Nether Peak and offered Yin Jiuyou a chance to join the Azurewood Sect. Xu Changqing crushed Yin Jiuyou’s resistance with the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron, and Dark Nether Peak agreed to submit.

• Xuan Yan led Xu Changqing and the others past Dark Nether Peak’s disciples and into Dark Nether Hall.
• Yin Jiuyou denied that Dark Nether Peak had supported Lu Chenyuan and claimed the peak had once ranked first in the Dongting Immortal Sect.
• Xuan Yan told Yin Jiuyou that joining the Azurewood Sect was Dark Nether Peak’s best choice.
• Yin Jiuyou belittled Azurewood Peak’s standing, and Xu Changqing summoned the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron, destroying Lu Chenyuan’s statue and pinning Yin Jiuyou to the floor.
• Yin Jiuyou surrendered and declared that Dark Nether Peak would submit to the Azurewood Sect and honor Sect Master Xu as supreme.

Xu Changqing brought all seven former Dongting Immortal Peaks under Azurewood Sect’s command and reunited with old acquaintances as the sect grew. Meanwhile, Demon God Kong Fang consolidated control of the Central Region and used human traitors to gather intelligence, leaving the other domains unaware of the traitors’ identities and numbers.

• Blood-Iron, Water Immortal, Redflame, Vajra, and Thick Earth Peaks submitted to Xu Changqing, joining Dark Nether and Azurewood Peaks under his command.
• Xu Changqing reunited with Mo Cha, Chu Qiu, Pei Mo, Su Jinli, and Yu Shi as the expanded sect gathered its disciples and resources.
• Mo Cha agreed to travel concerning the northern alien races after Xu Changqing asked him.
• Kong Fang consolidated the Central Region by sending Demon Kings and Demon Emperors to explore its Secret Realms and claim their resources.
• Kong Fang recruited human traitors who secretly leaked information about human movements and defenses, while human cultivators remained largely ignorant of their identities and numbers.

Kong Fang revealed that he needed Chi Ye to find the Evernight Ruins and advance from Demon God to Primogenitor, then ordered the monsters to search the five regions. Beyond the Heavenly Origin Realm, Qiong confronted Outrealm representatives over the Three-Eyed Clan’s ambitions and invoked the Nine Extremes Heavenly King, prompting them to wonder whether he was nearby.

• Kong Fang explained that the Evernight Ruins could help him become a Primogenitor and that Chi Ye was the only Demon God who had returned from them.
• Kong Fang ordered the monsters to search all five regions for Chi Ye, and they answered with a roar.
• At the edge of the Three Enclosures Star Region, Qiong told the assembled Outrealm figures that the Three-Eyed Clan occupied the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• A representative in black mist accused the Three-Eyed Clan of seeking control of the entire Heavenly Origin Domain.
• Qiong said the visitors should seek the Nine Extremes Heavenly King’s approval before acting, and the metal giant asked whether the king was nearby.

Qiong turned back a group of foreign races seeking entry to the Heavenly Origin Domain, then returned to find the Azurewood Sect fortified with six Immortal Peaks. Xu Changqing revealed that demonic incursions were escalating toward war, and Qiong said the Nine Extremes Heavenly King would soon arrive, but Xu Changqing reacted unexpectedly.

• Qiong invoked the Nine Extremes Heavenly King to make the foreign races withdraw, though they warned that their resentment over Hundred Dragons' Procession remained.
• Qiong returned to the Heavenly Origin Realm and discovered six powerful Immortal Peaks surrounding the Azurewood Sect's azurewood tree.
• Xu Changqing gave Qiong the matured Three-Eyed Spirit Marrow and said future batches would yield at least twice as much.
• Qiong told Xu Changqing that foreign races beyond the realm had confronted him and might return to challenge the Heavenly Origin Domain.
• Xu Changqing showed Qiong reports of worsening demonic raids, destroyed outposts, and Demon Kings building nests along the Eastern Domain border.
• Qiong said the Nine Extremes Heavenly King would soon arrive, but Xu Changqing reacted in a way Qiong had not expected.

Xu Changqing secured Qiong and the Three-Eyed Clan’s support for the coming battle against Demon God Kong Fang, then sealed himself in the hall to cultivate. He revealed the balance of his foundational powers and laws before manifesting Fenglong, the Universalizing Deity, and half a Thunder Dragon.

• Xu Changqing persuaded Qiong to commit the Three-Eyed Clan’s elites to the battle against Kong Fang, promising double the spiritual plants after the battle if he survived.
• Qiong praised the unity of the Azurewood Sect and left the sect.
• Xu Changqing sealed the sect master’s grand hall and cultivated with the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron.
• Xu Changqing circulated Primordial Yellow Force and Primordial Heavy Water through his meridians while the Five-Colored Lotus and Daoheart Lotus Embryo appeared.
• Xu Changqing observed the Wood, Earth, and Water laws supporting his cultivation foundation, then manifested Fenglong, the Universalizing Deity, and half a Thunder Dragon.

Xu Changqing sent Fenglong back to the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and prepared to reunite with his family after stabilizing the Eastern Domain. When Mo Cha reported that the Northern Domain tribes had rejected cooperation and demanded tribute, Xu Changqing ordered Qin Baili and Li Chuan to lead an ultimatum to the tribes.

• Xu Changqing explained that Fenglong would be better nurtured by Long Yuan, and Fenglong left for the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect.
• Xu Changqing adjusted his cultivation after Fenglong's departure and planned to visit his family in the Grand Void Rift and seek the Primordial Star Core.
• A month later, Mo Cha reported that Northern Domain tribal leaders had demanded open borders, annual supplies, and noninterference in their affairs.
• Mo Cha asked to negotiate with oppressed border tribes, but Xu Changqing rejected the proposal and decided to use force.
• Xu Changqing ordered Qin Baili and Li Chuan to take elites to the Northern Domain and demand the tribes submit to the Azurewood Sect or die.

Qin Baili, Li Chuan, and Mo Cha traveled to the Northern Domain to seek cooperation with its tribes, but found little support and faced an attack from a coalition of tribes. Qin Baili and Li Chuan fought back as the camp was surrounded.

• Three black-mist Evil Cultivators ambushed the flying ship, but Qin Baili and Li Chuan killed all three while Mo Cha noticed their aura seemed familiar.
• Mo Cha approached major and small tribes in the Northern Domain, but only four small tribes agreed to cooperate after three days of negotiations.
• Qin Baili and Li Chuan sensed thousands of people approaching the temporary camp at night.
• Major, medium, and small tribes surrounded the camp and attacked, and Qin Baili unleashed a sweeping barrage of sword light.
• Li Chuan drew the Corpse King Sword and sent out dark-red tendrils that drained the life force of the attackers they caught.

After a night raid by the Northern Domain tribes led to a massacre, the Night-Cry Totem activated and opened a vortex to the Night-Cry Secret Realm. Xu Changqing arrived after finding records about the realm and began explaining its strange properties, ending just as he introduced a third point.

• Mo Cha watched as warriors from major tribes attacked the camp, and Qin Baili and Li Chuan helped slaughter more than ten thousand attackers.
• Blood from the battlefield sank underground, awakening the totem pillars and forming a dark crimson vortex in the sky.
• Mo Cha learned from the smaller tribes’ elders that the ancient Night-Cry Totem opened a passage after absorbing enough blood and life, and Qin Baili sent Xu Changqing a report.
• Xu Changqing found records about the Night-Cry Totem in the Azurewood Sect’s Scripture Repository and decided to travel to the Northern Domain himself.
• Xu Changqing arrived the next day and explained that the Night-Cry Secret Realm had a will that examined entrants and an unpredictable, isolated flow of time.
• Xu Changqing began introducing a third property of the Night-Cry Secret Realm.

Xu Changqing and the others entered the Night-Cry Secret Realm after its entrance formed, each carrying a powerful defensive talisman. Xu Changqing landed alone on a vast gray plain, separated from Qin Baili, Mo Cha, and the three hundred disciples.

• Qin Baili reported that the vortex would take three days to become an entrance, and it formed as a clear portal to a twilight world.
• Xu Changqing ordered Li Chuan to guard the entrance with half the group and chose Qin Baili and Mo Cha to accompany him inside.
• Xu Changqing distributed Profound Origin Golden Light Talismans to everyone entering the realm as protection against fatal attacks.
• Xu Changqing, Qin Baili, Mo Cha, and three hundred disciples entered the vortex, and Xu Changqing felt an unseen gaze inspect him as he crossed.
• Xu Changqing landed alone on a barren gray plain and discovered that Qin Baili, Mo Cha, and the disciples were nowhere nearby.

Xu Changqing encountered a mirror image that reflected the ordinary life he might have lived without his blessings and forced him to confront his regrets. After the image questioned him about Senior Brother Zhu, Hu Bugui, and Bei Qingtang, Xu Changqing’s cultivation fell from Third-Level Spirit Transformation to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Xu Changqing discovered that the Night-Cry Secret Realm had separated the entrants and suppressed his Divine Sense as he crossed a silent gray plain.
• Xu Changqing approached a floating silver mirror, which produced a weaker version of himself with ordinary talents and no special blessings.
• The mirror image asked Xu Changqing why he had not helped Senior Brother Zhu transcend his tribulation, reminding him of Zhu’s death and his lingering regret.
• The mirror image questioned Xu Changqing about not leaving Hu Bugui a protective talisman, then about not helping Bei Qingtang.
• Xu Changqing’s Dao Heart faltered under the three accusations, and his cultivation collapsed to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Xu Changqing fought a stronger mirror image that tormented him with the people he had failed to save, but he accepted his limits and reaffirmed his resolve. His Dao Heart healed from within as he stepped forward, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Xu Changqing's First Layer of Spirit Transformation mirror image overwhelmed him with Wood-Element Law, despite Xu's own strength and combat experience.
• The mirror image accused Xu of failing to help Senior Brother Zhu, prevent Hu Bugui's death, and save Bei Qingtang, then asked which version of him was real without the system.
• Xu admitted his failures and said he could not save everyone or prevent every disaster, but could act to the best of his ability without shame.
• Xu's Daoheart Lotus Embryo responded as his Dao Heart healed, and he stepped forward with renewed resolve.

Xu Changqing overcame the Night-Cry Secret Realm’s trial and gained the Nirvana Heartfire, while Qin Baili and Mo Cha faced separate trials elsewhere. Xu headed toward a golden guide, Qin confronted his mirror image in a sword graveyard, and Mo discovered that an ancient barbarian incantation affected a strange stone wall.

• Xu Changqing awakened the Nirvana Heartfire, which cleansed his body and restored his cultivation to Third-Level Spirit Transformation Mid Stage.
• Xu used the heartfire to destroy his mirror image’s Wood-Element Law spear, causing the mirror image to collapse into Void.
• Xu recognized the heartfire as his reward for passing the Night-Cry Secret Realm’s trial and walked toward a distant golden halo.
• Qin Baili entered a sword graveyard, met a mirror image holding a flawless longsword, and summoned his sunflower to face it.
• Mo Cha chanted an ancient barbarian verse before a dark-red stone wall, slowing its vortex eye and making the surrounding dark-green mist retreat.

Xu Changqing reached a floating stone platform and was offered one of three karmic items after passing the Causality Trial. He chose the Azure Emperor's Legacy Decree, gaining a route to the Azure Emperor's inheritance and a steady boost to his Wood-Element Law comprehension.

• Xu Changqing followed the golden halo across the faded plain and arrived at a stone platform floating in the void.
• The ancient book recognized Xu Changqing's Third-Level Spirit Transformation cultivation and his success in the Causality Trial, then offered him three karmic items.
• Xu Changqing considered the Earth Vein Heart Lamp and Karma Shard Mirror but judged that neither suited his immediate needs.
• Xu Changqing chose the Azure Emperor's Legacy Decree, which could guide him to the Azure Emperor's inheritance and serve as a one-time defensive trump card.
• The decree resonated with Xu Changqing's Wood Spirit Root and began steadily deepening his comprehension of the Wood-Element Law.

Xu Changqing and the Azurewood Sect members waited as people returned from the Night-Cry Secret Realm with various gains, while Mo Cha remained inside. As the vortex neared closing, a battered figure finally stumbled out.

• Xu Changqing emerged from the Night-Cry Secret Realm and learned that less than an hour had passed outside.
• Over the next several hours, members and disciples returned with treasures and new abilities, while some never emerged; Xu Changqing sent Li Chuan and the remaining three hundred inside.
• Qin Baili returned with his sword intent more restrained and said he had gained a little.
• Mo Cha still had not emerged as the vortex shrank, and Qin Baili worried about losing him and his role in the Northern Domain.
• At dusk, a battered figure stumbled out of the nearly closed vortex.

After Mo Cha escaped the Night-Cry Secret Realm with a tablet revealing it was a prison, he helped consolidate the Northern Domain while Xu Changqing organized the Azurewood Sect and its allies for a growing conflict. The chapter ended with the Demon Race escalating its border attacks and building nests there.

• Mo Cha emerged badly wounded with an ancient tablet, then told Xu Changqing and Qin Baili that the Night-Cry Totem had sealed a prison rather than summoned a blessed realm.
• Mo Cha recovered and forced the Northern Domain’s remaining tribes to submit or face death, settling cooperative tribes near the Eastern Domain border under Azurewood Sect supervision.
• Xu Changqing assigned the seven Immortal Peaks distinct duties, and Thick Earth Peak improved the Eastern Domain’s spirit-field yields.
• Fenglong, Mu Qingshuang, and two Three-Eyed Clan elders arrived to cooperate with the Azurewood Sect.
• Demon Race attacks on the border grew more frequent and larger, with Demon Kings leading forces that began building nests.

Xu Changqing led Azurewood Sect forces to the border, where a Demon Tide led by a Demon Emperor arrived. He ordered the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot and Froststream Boat deployed as the defenders prepared for battle.

• Xu Changqing handed Azurewood Sect's affairs to Mo Qiushui and Xuan Yan, then took half the peak masters and other fighters to the border.
• Xu Changqing encountered Rogue Cultivators, Evil Cultivators, Marauding Cultivators, and the displaced Wan Family gathered at a border market, and refused their tribute.
• A Demon Tide of tens of thousands advanced under a Demon Emperor, sending the border forces into combat readiness.
• Xu Changqing ordered the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot and Froststream Boat deployed, insisting the Eastern Domain had to fight and promising to reimburse the resources they consumed.
• Fenglong took control of the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot as Mu Qingshuang headed for the Froststream Boat, and the chariot's twelve Mountain-Suppressing Pillars activated.

Fenglong and Mu Qingshuang unleashed the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot and Froststream Boat against the Demon Tide, devastating its ranks and forcing Demon Emperor Bixin to evade. The tide lost its momentum as the cultivators watched the two mighty weapons turn the battle in their favor.

• Fenglong drove the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot toward the Demon Tide while Mu Qingshuang activated the Froststream Boat and spread its freezing mist across the battlefield.
• Fenglong summoned a golden dragon phantom from the chariot’s pillars, vaporizing the demons at the front and breaking their charge.
• Mu Qingshuang unleashed the Froststream Boat’s freezing air across the tide’s left flank, trapping and killing demons and forcing Demon Emperor Bixin to dodge.
• Fenglong summoned a White Tiger phantom that tore through the Demon Tide, exposing the Demon Kings hidden among its ranks.
• Fenglong combined the golden dragon and White Tiger in a third assault as Mu Qingshuang expanded the freezing air, crushing and freezing the remaining demons.
• The cultivators cheered as the two mighty weapons wiped out the Demon Tide’s momentum without requiring them to advance.

Xu Changqing defeated Demon Emperor Bixin and questioned her after Kong Ling revealed her clan’s history and her connection to Jade Eye. Bixin tried to enchant Xu Changqing, but he remained unmoved.

• Xu Changqing rode Kong Ling to confront the wounded Bixin, who recognized Kong Ling and demanded to know what happened to her younger brother, Jade Eye.
• Kong Ling mocked Bixin and revealed that it had swallowed Jade Eye, then explained that the two were cousins from the declining Jade Serpent Clan.
• Kong Ling described how the clan sought gifted human partners to strengthen its bloodline, while Bixin grew increasingly angry at the revelations.
• Bixin used Serpent-Eye Enchantment to seduce Xu Changqing, but her power failed to affect him.
• Xu Changqing yawned and told Bixin that her appearance held no appeal for him.

Xu Changqing arranged for Kong Ling to defeat Bixin and let her escape, secretly planting Creation Force in her wound. Bixin fled toward the Central Region using Blood-Burning Escape, and Xu Changqing stopped Fenglong and Mu Qingshuang from pursuing her.

• Xu Changqing planted a trace of Creation Force in Bixin's wound and told Kong Ling to let her escape when the chance came.
• Kong Ling provoked Bixin, then fought her and steadily gained the advantage.
• At Xu Changqing's reminder, Kong Ling feigned an opening and let Bixin break free, sending her beyond the human cultivators' defensive range.
• Bixin used Blood-Burning Escape to flee toward the Central Region at double speed.
• Fenglong and Mu Qingshuang prepared to pursue Bixin, but Xu Changqing stopped them and warned them not to pursue a cornered foe.