Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei warned Tian Feixue, Lin Haoyu, Shrimp Soldier, and Crab General about surviving without relying blindly on the Backer Sect, then reassured them that they could call for the ancestors when necessary. As they continued toward Everlasting Origin Ancient City, he recounted how Ao Kun, the God Emperor, and other former enemies had joined the sect.

• A hidden Immortal King from the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect targeted Hua Yunfei’s group but withdrew without attacking.
• Hua Yunfei gave Tian Feixue, Lin Haoyu, Shrimp Soldier, and Crab General escape talismans and warned them not to underestimate danger.
• Hua Yunfei told the group to call out “Ancestor” if they could neither flee nor win, explaining that the Backer Sect’s ancestors would help them.
• As the group traveled toward Everlasting Origin Ancient City, Hua Yunfei recounted how Ao Kun, King Yu, the God Emperor, and others had once opposed the Backer Sect before becoming its allies.
• The group reached Everlasting Origin Ancient City, and Tian Feixue and the others praised the ancestors’ strength and vowed to grow stronger.

Hua Yunfei’s group entered Everlasting Origin Ancient City and encountered Nangong Wentian, a powerful but shameless young man who staged an elaborate performance after killing someone. Hua Yunfei befriended Nangong Wentian, while Shi Zhanti tried to recruit him and ended the chapter threatening to beat him up.

• Hua Yunfei paid the entrance fee for his group, and Shi Zhanti complained that the guard had not counted it as a person.
• Hua Yunfei’s group found Nangong Wentian kneeling beside a victim, crying, playing a Suona, and scattering the corpse’s ashes.
• Nangong Wentian asked the onlookers for rewards, and Hua Yunfei gave him one low-grade Spirit Stone.
• Nangong Wentian introduced himself to Hua Yunfei and sensed that Hua Yunfei was dangerously powerful.
• Shi Zhanti offered to make Nangong Wentian its underling, but Nangong Wentian mocked the stone, prompting Shi Zhanti to threaten him.

Hua Yunfei met Nangong Wentian, a fellow practitioner of the Cautious Path, and revealed his Equal Exchange ability after secretly taking Nangong Wentian’s Suona. He agreed to teach the group, and Nangong Wentian led them to a brothel, where Tian Feixue asked whether three minutes would be enough.

• Hua Yunfei stopped Shi Zhanti from attacking Nangong Wentian and said they wanted to visit the Nangong Immortal Clan’s ancestor.
• Hua Yunfei recognized Nangong Wentian as a fellow practitioner of the Cautious Path, and Nangong Wentian joyfully befriended him.
• Hua Yunfei revealed that he had taken Nangong Wentian’s Suona and explained his Equal Exchange ability, which could trade a treasure for one low-grade Spirit Stone.
• Shi Zhanti, Tian Feixue, Lin Haoyu, and the others asked Hua Yunfei to teach them Equal Exchange, and he agreed on the condition that they keep it secret.
• Nangong Wentian led the group to Yihong Drunken Fragrance House, a brothel, and Tian Feixue asked whether three minutes would be enough.

Lin Haoyu killed Song Ma after Song Ma’s group provoked Hua Yunfei’s party, and the onlookers identified Lin Haoyu and his companions. The group learned Equal Exchange from Hua Yunfei and headed for the Nangong Immortal Clan, while the Third Clan Elder learned of Song Ma’s death and vowed to retaliate.

• Lin Haoyu killed Song Ma with a burst of thunder power after Song Ma’s group mocked Nangong Wentian and attacked Hua Yunfei’s party.
• The crowd deduced that the killer was Lin Haoyu and speculated that his companions included Tian Feixue and Thunder Ancestor’s second disciple.
• Lin Haoyu asked Nangong Wentian whether killing Song Ma would bring trouble to the Nangong Immortal Clan, but Nangong Wentian dismissed the concern.
• Hua Yunfei taught the group the secret art Equal Exchange and warned them not to use it beyond their abilities before they set off for the Nangong Immortal Clan.
• The Third Clan Elder learned that Song Ma’s soul lamp had gone out, then grew angrier when his companions identified Lin Haoyu as the likely killer.

Song Quan stopped the Third Clan Elder from seeking direct revenge for Song Ma and planned to have Lorne challenge Lin Haoyu instead. After returning to the Nangong Immortal Clan, Lin Haoyu accepted Lorne’s life-and-death challenge with confidence.

• Song Quan calmed the Third Clan Elder and warned that attacking Lin Haoyu would risk provoking Thunder Ancestor.
• Song Quan proposed that Lorne, Crimson Firmament Immortal King’s inheritor, challenge Lin Haoyu publicly, and the Third Clan Elder agreed to help arrange it.
• Nangong Wentian took Hua Yunfei and the others around Nangong Holy City, where he formed a funeral squad with them.
• Hua Yunfei and the others returned to the Nangong Immortal Clan and learned that Lorne had issued Lin Haoyu a life-and-death challenge.
• Lin Haoyu accepted the challenge, confident that his recent cultivation had greatly increased his strength.

Hua Yunfei visited the Nangong Immortal Clan and discovered that its Old Ancestor, Nangong Xiangtian, was the old acquaintance he had met in the lower realm. Nangong Xiangtian revealed that his former self was a mortal-world incarnation and welcomed Hua Yunfei’s connection to him.

• Hua Yunfei proposed using the Red Cloud Sect against the Song Celestial Clan, then went with Nangong Wentian and the others to meet the Old Ancestor Nangong.
• The Sixth Elder welcomed Hua Yunfei’s group and let Nangong Wentian lead them to the Old Ancestor after learning Hua Yunfei had recognized the Old Ancestor’s deception.
• Nangong Xiangtian summoned the group into a chaotic small world, where Hua Yunfei recognized that the Old Ancestor was a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Nangong Xiangtian reminded Hua Yunfei of their encounter in the lower realm and gave him the wine gourd that confirmed his identity.
• Nangong Xiangtian explained that his lower-realm self had been a mortal-world incarnation, and Nangong Wentian was surprised to learn of their connection.

Nangong Xiangtian received Hua Yunfei’s Magic Cube Crystal and was shocked by its contents, then sent Hua Yunfei and the others to the Red Cloud Sect. After realizing what the crystal had revealed, he summoned Thunder Ancestor and Azure Cloud Old Ancestor and used his new power to humiliate them.

• Nangong Xiangtian revealed that Hua Yunfei’s ancestor had beaten his mortal-world incarnation repeatedly, while Hua Yunfei regretted not knowing his true strength earlier.
• Hua Yunfei gave Nangong Xiangtian the Magic Cube Crystal, which shattered into light and fused with his body and divine soul, leaving him stunned.
• Nangong Xiangtian opened a passage to the Red Cloud Sect for Hua Yunfei and the others, and Hua Yunfei, Nangong Wentian, Tian Feixue, Lin Haoyu, and their companions departed.
• Nangong Xiangtian realized that Thunder Ancestor and Azure Cloud Old Ancestor also knew what the crystal contained, so he summoned their divine soul perceptions.
• Nangong Xiangtian declared that the two Immortal Kings had offended an Emperor, then grabbed and kneaded their butts with enormous hands.

Hua Yunfei and his companions arrived at the Red Cloud Sect to meet the Crimson Firmament Immortal King, where Song Fei insulted them and Hua Yunfei struck her before the King summoned them. After their audience, the Crimson Firmament Immortal King resolved to destroy the Song Celestial Clan, while Chi Hong explained that he had only kept Song Fei close because he coveted her body.

• Hua Yunfei and his companions reached the Red Cloud Sect and told Elder Wu that the Crimson Firmament Immortal King had summoned them.
• Song Fei arrived, mocked the visitors, and ordered them to leave, so Hua Yunfei slapped her.
• The Crimson Firmament Immortal King summoned the visitors and ordered Song Fei to escort them to his Cave Abode.
• After Hua Yunfei and the others left, the Crimson Firmament Immortal King complained that Nangong Xiangtian had beaten him and said he wanted to destroy the Song Celestial Clan.
• Chi Hong told his father that Song Fei was merely his concubine and that he had kept her close because he coveted her body.

The Crimson Firmament Immortal King set out to punish the Song Celestial Clan, while Chi Hong ended his relationship with Song Fei. Song Fei tried to kill Hua Yunfei but was ambushed and killed, and the Song Celestial Clan discovered her death as its leaders prepared a divination.

• The Crimson Firmament Immortal King decided to vent his anger on the Song Celestial Clan, and Chi Hong broke ties with Song Fei and warned her not to return home.
• Song Fei left the Red Cloud Sect plotting revenge against the Crimson Firmament Immortal King, Chi Hong, and the others.
• Song Fei attacked Hua Yunfei, but a silver-yellow stone pierced her head and killed her.
• At the Song Celestial Clan, Song Quan and the Third Clan Elder discussed their plan to have Lorne challenge Lin Haoyu and then target the Nangong Immortal Clan.
• The Third Clan Elder discovered Song Fei's soul lamp had gone out, and Song Quan began a divination with him to find out what had happened.

Song Quan and the Third Clan Elder deduced that the Song Celestial Clan faced destruction, then watched the Crimson Firmament Immortal King annihilate the clan. As the Immortal King prepared to leave, a figure appeared beside him and touched his buttocks.

• Song Quan and the Third Clan Elder suffered backlash while deducing that the Song Celestial Clan's fate had run out.
• The Song Celestial Clan came under Immortal King pressure, and Song Quan activated its protective formation as the elders learned Song Fei was dead.
• The Song Clan Ancestor emerged and claimed friendship with the Crimson Firmament Immortal King, only for the attacker to reveal himself as that very Immortal King.
• The Crimson Firmament Immortal King crushed the Song Clan Ancestor and destroyed the Song Celestial Clan with a single palm.
• A figure appeared beside the Crimson Firmament Immortal King, touched his buttocks, and asked whether he was moved.

Hua Yunfei and his companions looted the destroyed Song Celestial Clan, leaving funeral paper and one low-grade Spirit Stone in each treasure vault. When other cultivators arrived and found the clan picked clean, they blamed the Black Hand Organization.

• Nangong Xiangtian chased and groped Crimson Firmament Immortal King while the Immortal King tried to flee.
• Hua Yunfei, Nangong Wentian, Tian Feixue, and the others entered the ruined Song Celestial Clan to collect its treasures and remains.
• Nangong Wentian and his companions played funeral music as Tian Feixue scattered paper money, while Hua Yunfei and his group gathered and cremated the bodies.
• The group searched the ruins and treasure vaults, took the valuables, left one low-grade Spirit Stone in each vault, and departed.
• Cultivators arrived after hearing the Song Celestial Clan had been destroyed, found no treasures, and recognized the low-grade Spirit Stones as the Black Hand Organization's calling card.

The disguised Hua Yunfei watched the Song Celestial Clan’s ruins while Song Chen returned and swore to avenge his clan. Nangong Wentian’s group trapped Song Chen, and Nangong killed him instantly before coughing up blood from the effort.

• Onlookers speculated that a returning Song Celestial Clan member had cremated the dead and taken the remaining treasures after the Black Hand Organization looted the treasury.
• The disguised Hua Yunfei vanished, and Song Chen arrived at the ruins, vowed to restore his clan, and set out to find its killer.
• Song Chen walked into an array and found Nangong Wentian, Tian Feixue, Lin Haoyu, and others waiting for him.
• Nangong Wentian told Song Chen that Song Fei was dead and that Crimson Firmament Immortal King had destroyed the Song Celestial Clan, and Song Chen believed him.
• Song Chen challenged Nangong Wentian, but Nangong ignored his attack, blasted apart half his body, and crushed his soul.
• Tian Feixue and Lin Haoyu were surprised by Nangong Wentian’s strength, and he coughed blood after killing Song Chen.

Hua Yunfei and his allies ambushed Song Celestial Clan survivors while waiting for Wuya’s challenge, and Nangong Xiangtian joined them before they headed to Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain. Elsewhere, Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor and the Profound Underworld Empress confronted Qiankun Daoist over their missing treasures, and he denied taking them with unusual force.

• Nangong Wentian played a Dirge of the Yellow Springs for Song Chen as the group looted his remains, cremated him, and scattered his ashes.
• Hua Yunfei and his allies ambushed two Song Celestial Clan members who returned to retrieve hidden treasures, then looted and cremated them.
• Nangong Xiangtian arrived, teased the Crimson Firmament Immortal King, and grabbed his buttocks while the others reacted with unease.
• Wuya challenged Hua Yunfei to meet him at Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain and threatened to propose to Tian Feixue if Hua Yunfei failed to appear.
• Hua Yunfei agreed to go to the mountain with Nangong Xiangtian and the Crimson Firmament Immortal King.
• Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor and the Profound Underworld Empress confronted Qiankun Daoist about their missing Qiankun Flute and Profound Underworld Seal, and Qiankun Daoist denied taking them.

Qiankun Daoist, Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor, and Profound Underworld Empress discovered that their treasures and Natal Mystic Tools had been stolen, while Hua Yunfei used sign-in rewards to obtain the Profound Underworld Cauldron and Nine Abyss Yellow Springs Pagoda. The three Quasi-Immortal Emperors realized they could not assemble even one complete Quasi-Immortal Emperor Weapon and set out to search for the thief.

• Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor confronted Qiankun Daoist over the missing Qiankun Flute and his other stolen treasures, while Qiankun Daoist denied taking them.
• Profound Underworld Empress discovered that the Profound Underworld Cauldron had vanished, convincing Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor that Qiankun Daoist was not responsible.
• Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor, Qiankun Daoist, and Profound Underworld Empress agreed to visit potential suspects one by one to find the thief.
• Hua Yunfei received the Profound Underworld Cauldron through sign-in and stored it in his Hongmeng God Realm, then obtained the Nine Abyss Yellow Springs Pagoda in a monthly sign-in.
• Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor discovered that his Nine Abyss Yellow Springs Pagoda had been stolen despite his precautions, and Qiankun Daoist revealed that his Cosmos Ruler had also been stolen earlier.
• The three realized that their stolen treasures left them unable to assemble a complete Quasi-Immortal Emperor Weapon.

Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor, Profound Underworld Empress, and Qiankun Daoist suspected the mysterious thief might come from a place beyond the All Heavens Realm and headed to the Hell Realm to investigate. At Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain, the All Heavens Realm’s young geniuses gathered for the end of the three-month deadline, awaiting Tian Feixue’s cultivation partner and Wuya, while Jun Tian arrived.

• Qiankun Daoist suggested the thief might come from beyond the All Heavens Realm, but Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor and Profound Underworld Empress refused to confirm anything.
• Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor proposed visiting the Hell Realm because the Jail Master had grown close to the God Emperor, and the three set off together.
• A crowd of young geniuses gathered at Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain on the deadline’s final day and speculated about whether Tian Feixue’s cultivation partner would appear to face Wuya.
• Jian Xiaoyao arrived and took his place near the front, followed by Yu Ling’er and other young supreme beings.
• Xie Wu Wang claimed a place ahead of Jian Xiaoyao and Yu Ling’er, while Jian Xiaoyao said Xie Wu Wang was strong enough to stand there.
• Tian Yi arrived and stood level with Jian Xiaoyao, then Jun Tian appeared and drew the crowd’s attention.

Jun Tian and a mysterious woman in azure arrived at Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain, where she boldly stood beside him and defied Xie Wu Wang. Wuya announced a Dao Discussion Tea Gathering and challenged Jun Tian to a battle to determine the strongest of their generation, and Jun Tian accepted.

• Jun Tian appeared and took the foremost position, while the gathered prodigies praised his strength.
• A veiled woman in azure joined Jun Tian, exchanged familiar words with him, and dismissed Xie Wu Wang's demand that she move.
• Wuya emerged from Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain and invited the guests to a Dao Discussion Tea Gathering since Tian Feixue's cultivation partner had not appeared.
• Wuya declared that he would challenge Jun Tian after the gathering and asked whether Jun Tian dared to fight.
• Jun Tian calmly accepted Wuya's challenge, thrilling the gathered prodigies.

Wuya challenged Jun Tian to settle their rivalry after the Dao Discussion Tea Gathering and claimed Tian Feixue would become his partner. Hua Yunfei arrived with Tian Feixue, revealed himself as Zi Feiyun, successor of the God Emperor Dojo, and prepared to face Wuya.

• Wuya said he would defeat Jun Tian after the Dao Discussion Tea Gathering and asserted that he would marry Tian Feixue.
• Jun Tian answered that Wuya first had to defeat Tian Feixue's partner, and the crowd watched for the partner's arrival.
• Hua Yunfei arrived holding Tian Feixue's hand, prompting Wuya to challenge him and the crowd to wonder whether the unfamiliar young man could match him.
• Hua Yunfei mocked Wuya's confidence and said defeating him would not be difficult.
• Hua Yunfei introduced himself as Zi Feiyun, successor of the God Emperor Dojo, shocking the crowd and confirming he was a worthy opponent for Wuya.

Hua Yunfei challenged Wuya to a fight to the death and revealed strength that surpassed Wuya’s. As Wuya fled from Hua Yunfei’s lethal arrow, he turned to counterattack and raised a defense.

• Hua Yunfei and Wuya agreed to fight to the death before the assembled witnesses.
• Wuya summoned divine lightning as a Child of Heavenly Dao, but Hua Yunfei dispelled it with a gesture and called Wuya too weak.
• Hua Yunfei drew a golden bow and said Wuya would win if he survived one arrow, then raised his aura to the Quasi-Immortal King level.
• Wuya fled toward Vast Righteous Immortal Mountain, but Hua Yunfei released the arrow after him.
• Wuya turned back, fired an arrow from his White Jade Longbow, and summoned three white jade stones to defend himself.

Hua Yunfei killed Wuya with a concealed golden sword feather despite Immortal King Susheng’s attempt to intervene, then challenged Susheng over the rules of their life-or-death duel. As the Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor used his power to restore Wuya, another arrow struck.

• Hua Yunfei’s hidden golden sword feather killed Wuya after Immortal King Susheng shattered the visible attack.
• Hua Yunfei dismissed Susheng and said only the Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor could stop him.
• Susheng tried to gather Wuya’s soul but failed, and Hua Yunfei argued that Wuya’s surrender did not end their duel without his agreement.
• The Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor used Emperor’s Might to restore Wuya as a faint soul phantom.
• An arrow cried out and struck just as Wuya was being restored.

Hua Yunfei shattered Wuya’s restored divine soul, then his Zi Feiyun incarnation was destroyed by the Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor. Tian Feixue cursed the Emperor and suffered karma, while Jun Tian revealed that Zi Feiyun had only been an incarnation of Hua Yunfei.

• Hua Yunfei attacked again and shattered Wuya’s divine soul, claiming he was only finishing their life-and-death duel.
• The Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor restored Wuya’s soul, then crushed Hua Yunfei’s Zi Feiyun incarnation with his killing intent.
• Tian Feixue cursed the Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor over Hua Yunfei’s death and suffered severe karmic backlash.
• Hua Yunfei secretly transferred some of Tian Feixue’s karma to the Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor, and Lin Haoyu pulled her back.
• Jun Tian revealed that Zi Feiyun had been Hua Yunfei’s incarnation, leaving the crowd and Immortal King Susheng shocked.