Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuan, Su Yan, and Guo Hongtao fled into the spirit mine as Celestial Pivot Industries assassins attacked and suppressed their martial arts with specialized equipment. Cornered in a dead-end tunnel, Jiang Yuan sensed an ancient presence in a fissure and prepared to lure it toward their pursuers.

• Jiang Yuan and Su Yan led Guo Hongtao toward the spirit mine, where Celestial Pivot Industries' assassins arrived and attacked the guards.
• The assassins defeated the mine entrance guards and cast a Meridian-Sealing Light Net over Jiang Yuan and his companions.
• Su Yan recognized the net and pulled Guo Hongtao into the mine, but the assassins followed and used their short staffs to suppress the trio's inner force.
• Jiang Yuan, Su Yan, and Guo Hongtao retreated through the mine's tunnels but were driven into a dead end by the pursuing squad.
• Jiang Yuan sensed a violent, ancient aura coming from a fissure and said they would give the hunters something big to face.

Jiang Yuan led Su Yan and Guo Hongtao through a collapsing mine tunnel, where they discovered a vast Yin-Yang Spirit Crystal ore vein and learned of the Evil Union Lineage’s bargain with Celestial Pivot Industries. After Su Yan cut off Steward He’s connection to the vein and Jiang Yuan wounded her, she escaped, while the system confirmed Jiang Yuan had obtained a high-concentration yin-yang energy core.

• Jiang Yuan attacked the mine wall, then sent Guo Hongtao and Su Yan into a fissure as the Celestial Pivot Squad and Steward He’s disciples fought around him.
• The tunnel collapsed, dropping Jiang Yuan, Su Yan, Guo Hongtao, Steward He, and the others into a cavern filled with Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals.
• Steward He revealed that the Celestial Pivot Army had traded the lives of Harmonious Union Sect disciples for mining rights, then absorbed energy from the ore vein to break through a bottleneck.
• Su Yan severed Steward He’s connection to the vein, allowing Jiang Yuan to break her defenses and strike her; Steward He fled into the crystal pile after warning that Elder Gu and Young Master Chu He would come.
• Guo Hongtao gathered three top-quality Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals, and Jiang Yuan received a system notification that the prerequisite for a high-concentration yin-yang energy core had been met.

Elder Gu trapped Jiang Yuan, Su Yan, and Guo Hongtao in the Harmonious Union Blood-Devouring Formation, but Jiang Yuan’s Thunderfire Broken Sword shattered the formation and wounded her. As the formation collapsed, the Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals split and a terrifying roar came from deep within the vein.

• The cave entrance sealed, and the Blood-Devouring Formation filled the cave with pink mist that overwhelmed Guo Hongtao and affected Su Yan.
• Elder Gu revealed herself and used the formation and her own power to pressure Jiang Yuan, whose golden barrier began to crack.
• Jiang Yuan’s Thunderfire Broken Sword unleashed golden sword qi that evaporated the mist, broke the blood threads, and wounded Elder Gu.
• Su Yan struck the exposed formation core and destroyed the formation while Elder Gu fled using the Blood Escape Technique.
• The energy storm split the Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals, and a terrifying roar sounded from deep within the mineral vein.

After escaping the collapsed mine, Jiang Yuan allied with the Pure Cultivation Academy to destroy the Evil Union Sect’s strongholds and ties to Celestial Pivot Industries. The sect master examined his meridians in a spirit spring, but news that Elder Gu and Steward He had besieged the mountain forced Jiang Yuan and Su Yan toward the confrontation.

• Su Yan led Guo Hongtao and Jiang Yuan through a hidden passage as an unknown beast roared behind them, and Guo Hongtao grabbed three Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals.
• The sect master recognized Jiang Yuan’s ancient martial arts token and offered Academy support for thirty days in exchange for his destroying the Evil Union Sect’s strongholds and severing its ties to Celestial Pivot Industries.
• Jiang Yuan sealed an alliance with the sect master’s azure token using his blood, causing it to shine with spiritual energy.
• The sect master examined Jiang Yuan’s meridians in a forbidden spirit spring and found his body highly compatible with the Pure Cultivation technique.
• Su Yan told the sect master and Jiang Yuan that Elder Gu was challenging the Academy while Steward He and over a hundred evil cultivators surrounded the main peak.
• Elder Gu’s taunts reached the stone chamber, and Su Yan followed Jiang Yuan toward the mountain gate.

Jiang Yuan and Su Yan infiltrated an Evil Union Sect stronghold, freed the captives, and discovered that Chu He was selecting furnace vessels for the Yin-Yang Convergence Pool. They learned that Chu He planned to help the Evil Union Sect annex the Pure Cultivation Academy’s main branch, while a larger transaction continued on the stronghold’s main peak.

• Jiang Yuan distracted a guard while Su Yan entered the cages and began freeing the captives from their Meridian-Locking Rings.
• Su Yan recognized Yue Jian, a missing disciple of the Pure Cultivation Academy, and comforted her before handing her to the rescuers.
• The captives told Jiang Yuan that Chu He had visited the stronghold and chosen people to serve as furnace vessels for a place called a pool.
• Jiang Yuan connected the captives’ account to a secret letter about the Yin-Yang Convergence Pool and its need for a pure Yang catalyst.
• Jiang Yuan knocked over pill bottles, drawing the guards’ attention, and Su Yan pulled him into hiding.
• Su Yan told Jiang Yuan that Chu He had agreed to help the Evil Union Sect annex the Pure Cultivation Academy’s main branch.

Jiang Yuan and Su Yan defeated the formation guarding the stronghold and freed its captives, who revealed that Chu He was heading to the Yin-Yang Convergence Pool before dawn. Jiang Yuan set off for the pool with Su Yan and a group of rescued cultivators, following the sword’s pull toward the northeast.

• Four female cultivators used a dual cultivation array to attack Jiang Yuan, but he endured their assault and severed the array’s qi connection with the Thunderfire Broken Sword.
• Su Yan sealed off the fleeing evil cultivators, and she and Jiang Yuan stormed the prison and freed more than thirty captives.
• A rescued young man gave Jiang Yuan half a Transit Order and reported that Chu He planned to inspect a new batch of furnaces at the Yin-Yang Convergence Pool before dawn.
• The Thunderfire Broken Sword pointed toward the pool, and Jiang Yuan decided to go there immediately rather than wait for reinforcements.
• Su Yan and more than a dozen battle-ready captives joined Jiang Yuan as they headed toward the northeast mountains.

Jiang Yuan and his companions were ambushed by Chu He and the Evil Union Sect, but a betrayal that disrupted Jiang Yuan’s inner force triggered the hidden Yin-Yang Cycle Chapter of his Nine Yang Divine Skill. After reaching the Qi Condensation Realm, Jiang Yuan defeated Chu He and Elder Gu and began his reckoning with the remaining enemies.

• Chu He cornered Jiang Yuan’s group with Celestial Pivot Industries soldiers and Evil Union Sect disciples, then absorbed Elder Gu’s power to reach the Early Qi Condensation Stage.
• Jiang Yuan fought Chu He and Elder Gu, noticed a weakness in their linked power, and ordered Su Yan and Guo Hongtao to lead the rescued captives away.
• A seemingly rescued young man attacked Jiang Yuan from behind, revealing that he and the other captives were Evil Union Sect plants who disrupted Jiang Yuan’s inner force.
• Jiang Yuan guided the attackers’ yin energy into his dantian, activated the Yin-Yang Cycle Chapter, and broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm.
• Jiang Yuan used his sword to sever Chu He and Elder Gu’s energy link, sending them flying and leaving them severely wounded.
• Jiang Yuan killed the young traitor and faced the remaining enemies as they retreated in fear.

Jiang Yuan used his newly awakened yin-yang power to defeat Chu He's forces and help Su Yan and Guo Hongtao escape. At West Ridge Estate, Su Yan taught him the Purifying Heart Formula, stabilizing his Qi Condensation Realm cultivation and revealing the power of his palm technique.

• Jiang Yuan broke the Meridian-Sealing Short Staffs with a sword strike and held off Chu He's pursuers while Su Yan led Guo Hongtao and the survivors through the western forest path.
• Jiang Yuan escaped after taunting Chu He, leaving him furious and unable to pursue the group.
• At West Ridge Estate, Jiang Yuan collapsed from the strain of fusing yin and yang qi, and Su Yan taught him the Pure Cultivation Academy's Purifying Heart Formula.
• Jiang Yuan used the formula and two Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals to calm his qi, recover from his injuries, and stabilize his Qi Condensation Realm cultivation.
• Jiang Yuan tested his palm technique on a decorative rock, and Su Yan and Guo Hongtao saw that its force had silently split a pear tree behind it.

Jiang Yuan’s Thunderfire Broken Sword awakened and tore through Celestial Pivot Industries’ Meridian-Sealing Light Net just as Chu He threatened to sacrifice seventeen Pure Cultivation Academy disciples unless Jiang Yuan came to the Yin-Yang Convergence Pool. Jiang Yuan organized a three-pronged assault on the Evil Union Sect and set out with Guo Hongtao to infiltrate its main peak as bait.

• The Thunderfire Broken Sword shed its rust, awakened, and tore apart the Meridian-Sealing Light Net, forming a deep connection with Jiang Yuan.
• A Pure Cultivation Academy disciple reported that Chu He had captured seventeen sisters and threatened to sacrifice them at the Yin-Yang Convergence Pool unless Jiang Yuan arrived within half an hour.
• Jiang Yuan told Su Yan to gather the fighters and proposed a three-front attack: a southern feint, a mission to destroy the mountain formation’s energy nodes, and an eastern-gate infiltration with Guo Hongtao.
• The sect master gave Jiang Yuan a Yin-Yang Heartguard Pill that could protect him from Chu He’s joint cultivation technique for half an hour, and the system updated Jiang Yuan’s quest to eradicate the Evil Union Sect and Celestial Pivot Industries’ forces.
• Jiang Yuan and Guo Hongtao headed for the eastern stone gate disguised as members of Chu He’s transport team while Su Yan and the other groups prepared to move.

Jiang Yuan entered Bliss Hall to face Chu He and Elder Gu as battles erupted across the secret realm. Su Yan and Guo Hongtao helped turn the fighting in favor of the Pure Cultivation Academy, while Chu He activated a formation against Jiang Yuan.

• Su Yan led the Pure Cultivation Academy disciples against the Evil Union Sect and showed them how to break the enemy’s dual-cultivation links.
• The rescued interstellar students encountered Celestial Pivot Industries assassins in the mine tunnels, and Guo Hongtao arrived to help them fight back.
• Guo Hongtao used spirit crystals and pills to disrupt the assassins and led the students in defeating them.
• Jiang Yuan entered Bliss Hall and confronted Chu He and the recovered Elder Gu.
• Chu He called on Elder Gu, who struck his back and activated the Bliss Soul-Devouring Formation.