Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyun brought Ya Fei to the Body Cultivation Lotus and began preparing a Body Cultivation Pill to transform her foundation. Meanwhile, tensions between Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the True Unity Alliance escalated when the Sage of Danyang summoned the Sage of Evergreen Gate to Danyang Mountain with powerful allies.

• Lin Qingyun explained that the Body Cultivation Lotus could be refined into a ninth-tier pill that granted someone the aptitude to become a Dou Di, and told Ya Fei he would make one for her.
• Lin Qingyun concealed the ancient peak and prepared a medicinal bath, Golden Spirit Saliva, and the ingredients for the Body Cultivation Pill before beginning Ya Fei's treatment.
• Heavenly Serpent Mansion strengthened its ranks with visiting experts while Mulan sought to build its power beyond Lin Qingyun's protection.
• The Sage of Danyang announced that he awaited the Sage of Evergreen Gate at Danyang Mountain, revealing that the neutral Ancient Tomb Faction had joined his side.
• Mulan and Qian Yun sensed the five powerful auras gathered at Danyang Mountain, and Mulan feared the confrontation ahead.

As Danyang Valley challenged the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to a decisive battle, Mulan prepared to seek outside help while Lin Qingyun completed a Body Cultivation Pill. The pill’s refinement summoned unusually powerful Black Demon Lightning as Lin Qingyun remained at Azure Serene Ancient Peak.

• Qian Yun told Mulan that the Sage of Danyang had delivered a challenge letter calling for the True Unity Alliance’s saints to face the Heavenly Serpent Mansion in three days.
• Mulan arranged to invite Princess Cangyun to use Lin’s jade pendant and summon his projection, with Qinglin as a further fallback.
• At Azure Serene Ancient Peak, Lin Qingyun completed the Body Cultivation Pill after the furnace’s fire dragon burst out and expanded to several thousand zhang.
• The pill’s completion summoned Black Demon Lightning stronger than usual, and Lin Qingyun sensed its destructive power while looking toward the person resting in the pool.

Lin Qingyun refined five ninth-grade Body Cultivation Pills after a failed Black Demon Lightning tribulation, then gave one to Ya Fei to help form her Dao body. When Qinglin reported that Danyang Valley had challenged them and gained four Dou Shengs, Lin Qingyun prepared to reveal the Evergreen Gate to the world.

• Lin Qingyun survived the Black Demon Lightning, which failed to summon the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and retrieved five pills from the fire dragon’s remains.
• Lin Qingyun explained that the Body Cultivation Pills could give their users the potential of a Dou Di and distributed four to the women, keeping one for himself.
• Ya Fei swallowed her pill and began transforming as a green lotus formed around her; Lin Qingyun said the process could take half a month to three months.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Qingyun that Danyang Valley had issued a challenge after gaining four Dou Shengs, including one whose strength she could not fathom.
• Lin Qingyun reassured Qinglin, ordered the disciples summoned, and announced that the Evergreen Gate would appear in the world.

Lin Qingyun assembled Evergreen Gate’s disciples and revealed the sect’s hidden strength before announcing that it would emerge into the world. He prepared to take advantage of True Unity Alliance’s impending attack on Heavenly Serpent Mansion to strike across the Northwest Region.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened the Ancient training ground and summoned Evergreen Gate’s disciples, who gathered before Lin Qingyun and the sect’s five powerful experts.
• Lin Qingyun reunited with Lu Mu, Wu Hao, Zi Yi, and Hong Yi, then welcomed the assembled disciples as the true Sect Master of Evergreen Gate.
• Lin Qingyun’s heavenly phenomenon and Spirit Medicine Rain helped hundreds of young disciples break through and strengthened the cultivation of others.
• The gathered disciples thanked Lin Qingyun, and he announced that Evergreen Gate would appear in the world.
• Lin Qingyun explained that True Unity Alliance would soon attack Heavenly Serpent Mansion, creating an opportunity for Evergreen Gate’s five Dou Sheng experts to strike elsewhere.

Heavenly Serpent Mansion faced an invasion led by Sage of Danyang and the Hall of Souls, whose Great Ancestor unleashed a devastating attack. The Great Ancestor found that Lin was absent and began to destroy everyone gathered there.

• Mulan said most disciples had been evacuated, while Murong Yanlan stayed beside her at the battlefield.
• Qian Yun and Sage of Danyang exchanged greetings after his forces emerged through a spatial rift with over a hundred Dou Zun and more than a dozen Half-Saints.
• Sage of Danyang summoned his hidden allies, and a terrifying presence from the Hall of Souls shattered the sky above Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• The Hall Master of Souls appeared and taunted Qian Yun, revealing his hatred of Lin, who had previously injured him and forced him to flee.
• The Hall Master's Great Ancestor sensed that Lin was absent and raised his hand, sending destructive chaotic currents toward everyone as Sage of Danyang declared Qian Yun finished.

Lin Qingyun defeated Hun Shengtian, a powerful Soul Clan ancestor, and tried to capture him to investigate how the Soul Clan had turned him into a living corpse. Hun Shengtian unleashed the Gate of Silent Death to absorb Lin Qingyun’s attack.

• Lin Qingyun appeared beside Qian Yun, clashed with Hun Shengtian, and severed one of the old man’s arms.
• Lin Qingyun revealed his overwhelming strength, while Hun Shengtian recognized that he could not defeat him in his weakened state.
• Lin Qingyun sealed the surrounding space and said he wanted to study how the Soul Clan had revived Hun Shengtian as a living corpse.
• Hun Shengtian killed a Soul Clan Fighting Saint and used the resulting explosion to try to escape with several others.
• Lin Qingyun intercepted Hun Shengtian, but Hun Shengtian opened a tiny black portal that swallowed the force of their clash, which Lin Qingyun identified as the Gate of Silent Death.

Lin Qingyun resisted Hun Shengtian’s Gate of Silent Death and trapped him and a Soul Clan Fighting Saint in a sealed space. As Lin Qingyun began erasing Hun Shengtian’s control over the gate, Hun Shengtian summoned someone from the Soul Clan, who reached through a tear in the void and asked Lin Qingyun to stop.

• Hun Shengtian enlarged the Gate of Silent Death and blasted Lin Qingyun with its deathly beam, but Lin Qingyun’s immense vitality let him withstand it.
• Lin Qingyun revealed that he knew the gate’s control rested on a soul mark inside a Soul Stone, and Hun Shengtian tried to flee with a pale youth.
• Lin Qingyun sealed Hun Shengtian and the Soul Clan Fighting Saint inside a silver space, where the Fighting Saint self-destructed as Hun Shengtian used him to resist capture.
• Lin Qingyun reversed the destructive storm locally, pulled Hun Shengtian back, and began erasing his soul mark from the Gate of Silent Death.
• Hun Shengtian tore open a passage to a hidden land, and an unseen figure reached through, asking Lin Qingyun to stop.

Lin Qingyun confronted Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame at the Gate of Silent Death, then fought Hun Tiandi while protecting Heavenly Serpent Mansion from the battle’s fallout. Gu Yuan arrived after Hun Tiandi was forced back, and Lin Qingyun challenged him to fight.

• Lin Qingyun recognized Hun Tiandi, exchanged a handshake with him, and sensed his immense strength.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recoiled in fear from Lin Qingyun and fled, but Lin Qingyun called it back and took control of it.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Lin Qingyun, who countered with Nether Abyss Black Hole; Hun Shengtian escaped with the Gate of Silent Death and the pale youth.
• Their clash sent destructive force toward Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and Lin Qingyun used his Soul Power to destroy the descending dark light before it struck Qian Yun and the others.
• Lin Qingyun and Hun Tiandi exchanged another powerful blow, forcing Hun Tiandi to retreat, while Gu Yuan arrived and confronted him.
• Lin Qingyun welcomed Gu Yuan’s arrival and challenged him to fight.

Lin Qingyun subdued Nihility Devouring Flame and fought Hun Tiandi, who escaped after unleashing the Seal of Destruction. After meeting Gu Yuan, Lin Qingyun departed, while an unseen presence ordered its followers to find Zhu Kun.

• Gu Yuan withdrew when Lin Qingyun warned him not to interfere, and Lin Qingyun sent Chaotic Fire to overpower Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Lin Qingyun struck at Hun Tiandi, who opened a fissure and unleashed the Soul Clan army’s Seal of Destruction as a counterattack.
• Lin Qingyun met the attack with the Star River Ancient God Spear’s Overlord’s Arrival, and Hun Tiandi escaped through the fissure amid the ensuing destruction.
• Lin Qingyun emerged unharmed, introduced himself to Gu Yuan as the Sect Master of Evergreen Gate, and named Zhu Kun as the third expert he sought.
• After Lin Qingyun and Gu Yuan departed, an unseen presence ordered thousands of voices to find Zhu Kun.

Heavenly Eagle Sage and Evergreen Gate destroyed Broken Sword Pavilion as part of Lin Qingyun’s campaign to shock the Northwest Region, then headed for Danyang Valley. There, Xiao Yi Xian and Luo Kun faced the valley’s defenders as a large force gathered against them.

• Heavenly Eagle Sage’s forces split Broken Sword Mountain Range and attacked Broken Sword Pavilion, while its First Elder escaped before Heavenly Eagle Sage killed him from afar.
• Heavenly Eagle Sage destroyed the mountain range and recalled his past conflict with Danyang Valley before leading his forces onward.
• Luo Kun killed four Danyang Valley figures who challenged the arriving army, and Xiao Yi Xian told him his attack was too bloody.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched as a vast group of Danyang Valley defenders flew up, including four powerful experts who threatened the newcomers.

Xiao Yi Xian and Evergreen Gate’s experts attacked Danyang Valley, where Xiao Yi Xian revealed her strength as a Three-star Dou Sheng. The chapter ended with Sage of Danyang warning his Half-Saint followers not to approach her.

• Xiao Yi Xian trapped four Danyang Valley experts in purple smoke, and a heavy-sword wielder killed them as Evergreen Gate’s group emerged.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed that Danyang Valley had raised a protective barrier, and Luo Kun led three Fighting Saints to attack it.
• Sage of Danyang arrived with a sea of flames and destroyed a sword beam before confronting Heavenly Eagle Sage.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared behind Sage of Danyang and pierced his chest, revealing that she was a Three-star Dou Sheng.
• Sage of Danyang’s Half-Saint followers approached, but he warned them to stay back.

Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian led the Evergreen Gate’s assault on Danyang Valley, killing Sage of Danyang and the remaining Half-Saints. After the battle, they reunited and left to stroll around the Northwest Region.

• Heavenly Eagle Sage stopped twenty Half-Saints from approaching while Xiao Yi Xian confronted Sage of Danyang and refused his offer to end the attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed a middle-aged woman after Sage of Danyang dodged her strike, then sensed Lin Qingyun approaching.
• Sage of Danyang fled through a space channel, but Lin Qingyun returned with his lifeless body and offered the three remaining Half-Saints a place in the Evergreen Gate.
• Lin Qingyun killed the three Half-Saints when they hesitated before accepting, ending Danyang Valley as Xiao Yi Xian and the onlookers watched.
• Lin Qingyun embraced Xiao Yi Xian, then told Heavenly Eagle Sage to intimidate the survivors pursuing the Evergreen Gate rather than kill them.
• Lin Qingyun and Xiao Yi Xian left to tour the Northwest Region, and he withdrew his decision to halve Heavenly Eagle Sage’s salary after Xiao Yi Xian defended him.

Evergreen Gate and Heavenly Serpent Mansion devastated rival forces before Evergreen Gate revealed itself and opened trials to recruit talented cultivators. As applicants began entering the trials, Lin Qingyun watched the Gate’s middle ranks being replenished, then vanished when a young figure emerged.

• Evergreen Gate destroyed twenty forces, then Heavenly Serpent Mansion launched a ten-day revenge campaign that wiped out at least fifty more and established its dominance in the Northwest Region.
• Heavenly Serpent Mansion dissolved its alliance and withdrew, leaving disputed territories and newly rising powers behind.
• Five days later, Evergreen Gate appeared above the Northwest Region, then descended into an ancient mountain range and drew countless hopeful cultivators.
• Evergreen Gate opened its training ground and announced three trials, while Gu Chen stepped forward as the first applicant for the gate reserved for those below Dou Zong.
• Lin Qingyun, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun discussed Evergreen Gate’s new recruits, and Lin Qingyun vanished when a young figure walked out from the gate.

Lin Qingyun visited the Heavenly Eagle Sage, whose wife was close to awakening, and showed him an ancient spiritual artifact. After learning that an old acquaintance might be an artifact refiner, Lin Qingyun set out with the Heavenly Eagle Sage to find him near the Wild North Region.

• Lin Qingyun sensed Xi Yue watching him, but she vanished before he could speak to her.
• Lin Qingyun visited the Heavenly Eagle Sage and learned that his wife was showing signs of awakening after the Golden Soul Infant Fruit restored her Soul Origin.
• Lin Qingyun showed the Heavenly Eagle Sage three fragments that fused into a bell with a powerful soul-pulling effect.
• The Heavenly Eagle Sage explained that an old acquaintance had recognized the bell as a spiritual artifact, and Lin Qingyun asked to meet him.
• After visiting his wife, the Heavenly Eagle Sage opened a Space Channel and led Lin Qingyun toward the artifact refiner's secluded home near the Wild North Region.

Lin Qingyun and Heavenly Eagle Sage crossed the Hundred Thousand Mountains and reached Nangong the Madman’s secluded home in the Wild Northern Region. Lin Qingyun invited the powerful Dwarven artifact refiner to join Evergreen Gate, and Nangong trembled at the force of Lin Qingyun’s aura.

• Heavenly Eagle Sage and Lin Qingyun forced their way through the Hundred Thousand Mountains, where a terrifying aura and sword strike subdued the Magical Beasts in their path.
• Heavenly Eagle Sage brought Lin Qingyun to Nangong the Madman’s hidden home and persuaded the hostile recluse to let them enter.
• Lin Qingyun sensed the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and clashed soul power with Nangong, discovering that Nangong possessed a powerful soul and was a Dwarf.
• Nangong struck Heavenly Eagle Sage for breaking his promise, then refused Lin Qingyun’s presumed request to forge a spiritual weapon.
• Lin Qingyun revealed that he had come to recruit Nangong into Evergreen Gate, and Nangong began trembling under Lin Qingyun’s aura.

Lin Qingyun defeated Nangong the Madman and recruited him by agreeing to help him reclaim his master's inheritance from the Dwarves. They traveled to the North Region and reached the Spirit Tool Hall, where the chapter left them facing the ancient stronghold.

• Lin Qingyun subdued Nangong the Madman in a fight, cracking his iron fist and forcing him to surrender.
• Lin Qingyun offered Nangong the Madman a powerful position in Evergreen Gate in exchange for refining Spirit Tools and teaching the craft.
• Nangong the Madman explained that his master had sealed his hands and that he wanted help defeating the enemies who kept him from claiming the inheritance.
• Lin Qingyun agreed to help Nangong the Madman confront the Dwarves in the North Region, and they crossed the Heavenly Dipper Storm and its ancient wilderness.
• Nangong the Madman led Lin Qingyun to the Dwarves' mountain stronghold, where Lin Qingyun saw the ancient stele marked Spirit Tool Hall.

Nangong the Madman entered the space inside the stone tablet while Lin Qingyun held off the clan guarding it and continued cultivating. Later, Lin Qingyun sensed something at Jia Nan Academy as Su Qian and the elders opened the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Nangong the Madman approached the stone tablet, and its runes formed a vortex that let him enter its inner space.
• A giant with a black hammer attacked, but Lin Qingyun froze the surrounding figures and blocked the clan's attacks with a spatial rift.
• Lin Qingyun sealed off the area around the stone tablet and cultivated there while Heavenly Eagle Sage also resumed cultivating.
• After an unknown stretch of time, Lin Qingyun sensed Jia Nan Academy and said the time was right.
• Su Qian recalled the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower's recent disturbances and led the academy elders to open it.

Xiao Yan emerged from the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower after subduing the Fallen Heart Flame, while Lin Qingyun watched from afar. At the stone stele, Nangong the Madman completed his inheritance and left with Lin Qingyun and Heavenly Eagle Sage as the Dwarves closed in.

• Su Qian sensed danger in the tower and ordered the elders to evacuate everyone and seal it as cracks spread across the structure.
• The tower ruptured, releasing a pillar of magma, but Xiao Yan stopped the falling fire and announced that he had finally escaped.
• Lin Qingyun sensed Xiao Yan's strength had reached One-Star Dou Emperor and considered how to train his disciples.
• Nangong the Madman emerged from the stone stele after receiving its inheritance, and Lin Qingyun welcomed him back.
• Nangong the Madman shrank the stone stele and revealed that it contained his master's collection, then left with Lin Qingyun and Heavenly Eagle Sage as thousands of Dwarves arrived.

Lin Qingyun and Medusa Queen visited the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Embryo before setting out for the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan arrived to reunite with his second brother and the Xiao Sect forces.

• Lin Qingyun entered the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Embryo’s soul and found that it did not reject him, then discussed their unborn child, Xiao Qi, with Medusa Queen.
• Lin Qingyun and Medusa Queen left the desert for the Jia Ma Empire, and he took her hand as they walked together.
• A silver-robed chief prepared nearly a hundred Xiao Sect fighters, including seven Dou Wang experts, and told them they were waiting for his younger brother.
• Xiao Yan arrived with a powerful aura, and he and his second brother embraced.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li, accepted leadership of the Xiao Sect, and set out with its forces for the besieged Jia Ma Empire. Elsewhere, Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue watched the battle and detected the Hall of Souls’ involvement.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li, who revealed that he had gathered nine Dou Wangs and a force of Dou Spirit experts while surviving in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Li named Xiao Yan leader of the Xiao Sect, and Xiao Yan agreed to lead its first battle against the forces besieging the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Li summoned ten Level 4 Tiger Eagle Beasts, and Xiao Yan ordered the Xiao Sect to set out.
• Lin Qingyun and Xi Yue observed three empires besieging the Jia Ma Empire and sensed the Hall of Souls’ aura around the battlefield.
• Xi Yue tried to rush toward the Snake-People Race figures on the battlefield, but Lin Qingyun stopped her.