Chapter Summaries

Chen Daoxuan broke through to the Golden Core stage after years of preparation and overcame the lightning tribulation with ease. He left the chapter newly ascended and reunited with Luo Li and Luo Xiuyuan, while the communication talisman in his Storage Bag rang.

• Chen Daoxuan reached the Bone Crushing and Rebirth Realm and prepared to break through after nurturing Demon Ape Mountain's Spirit Vein to the fourth tier.
• As Chen Daoxuan's breakthrough began, Luo Xiuyuan recognized the Golden Core lightning tribulation and took Luo Li to safety.
• Chen Daoxuan formed a Golden Core and shattered the physical body tribulation before easily enduring the mana and divine soul tribulations.
• Chen Daoxuan killed the Azure Water Ape Tribe Leader from hundreds of li away with his Shadow-Bearing Sword.
• Luo Xiuyuan congratulated Chen Daoxuan and spoke of the Merfolk Tribe's future as a vassal of the Chen Family, just as Chen Daoxuan's communication talisman rang.

Five years after Chen Daoxuan entered seclusion, Guanhai Immortal City had become a vast industrial hub, but a Ji Family elder discovered its mass-produced Magic Artifacts and set out to seize the Chen Family’s secrets. As Ji Xuhui caused trouble in East City District, Chen Daolian sensed the disturbance and prepared to confront him.

• Nie Zhong, now a Foundation Establishment cultivator and workshop director, learned that Situ Jun had married into the Chen Family and gained a chance to work in the secretive Ninth Industrial Zone.
• Ji Yanyuan told Ji Xuhui that the Chen Family had refused to receive them because Chen Daoxuan was in seclusion, then revealed that its factories mass-produced thousands of second-grade Magic Artifacts each day.
• Ji Xuhui grew excited at the scale of the Chen Family’s production and decided to inspect a factory, dismissing concerns about entering without permission.
• Chen Daolian reviewed the Chen Family’s affairs at the City Lord’s Mansion while worrying about its growing stockpile of unsold goods.
• An alarming aura erupted from East City District, and Chen Daolian rose to confront whoever was causing trouble.

Chen Fusheng confronted Ji Xuhui and the Ji Family cultivators at a Chen Family stronghold in Guanhai Immortal City. He summoned the Chen Family Military Department and formed the Myriad Star Sword Formation around Ji Xuhui, who prepared to attack him.

• Chen Fusheng stopped the Ji Family cultivators and warned them not to trespass on Chen Family grounds.
• More than three hundred Chen Family Military Department cultivators arrived, prompting Ji Xuhui to question whether their numbers could overcome the gap between Purple Mansion and Golden Core.
• Chen Fusheng ordered the cultivators to form the Myriad Star Sword Formation around Ji Xuhui.
• Ji Xuhui calmly allowed the formation to take shape and lectured Ji Yanyuan and the others about the futility of formations before absolute strength.
• Ji Xuhui wrapped himself in lightning and drove a fist toward Chen Fusheng.

Chen Daoxuan returned to find the Chen Family Military Department holding off Ji Xuhui with the Myriad Star Sword Formation. After Ji Xuhui threatened to massacre the Chen Family, Chen Daoxuan confronted him, and Ji Xuhui immediately struck at him.

• Ji Xuhui unleashed his Lightning Dao Domain and Blood Drop Realm strength against Chen Fusheng, but the Myriad Star Sword Formation and Chen Fusheng's defenses withstood his attacks.
• Chen Daolian worried that the battle would endanger the Chen Family, then welcomed Chen Daoxuan and Luo Li when they returned using the Michen Banner.
• Chen Daoxuan recognized Ji Xuhui as a dual Golden Core-level cultivator, while Ji Xuhui failed to break through Chen Fusheng's defenses despite attacking with all his strength.
• Ji Xuhui threatened to slaughter the Chen Family, and Ji Yanyuan hurriedly insisted that the threat was Ji Xuhui's alone and did not represent the Ji Family.
• Chen Daoxuan appeared before Ji Xuhui, who struck at him with a lightning-wreathed punch.

After reaching the Law Realm, Chen Daoxuan trapped Ji Xuhui in a Space Prison and used the city’s witnesses and Ji Yanyuan’s testimony to establish that the Ji Family had disclaimed responsibility for Ji Xuhui’s attack. Ji Xuhui failed to escape, and Chen Daoxuan left him trapped in a marble-sized prison.

• Chen Daoxuan revealed that his Space Sword Intent had advanced to Space Law and imprisoned Ji Xuhui in a Space Prison.
• Chen Daoxuan made Ji Yanyuan confirm that Ji Xuhui’s actions were his own responsibility and had nothing to do with the Ji Family.
• Ji Xuhui used life-risking Secret Arts to resist the shrinking prison, hoping to outlast Chen Daoxuan’s Magical Power.
• Chen Daoxuan maintained the Space Prison without increasing his Magical Power output, and Ji Xuhui exhausted himself trying to break free.
• Chen Daoxuan compressed the Space Prison to the size of a glass marble, leaving Ji Xuhui trapped inside.

Chen Furong and the other Chen Family cultivators secretly traveled to Yuan Chen Immortal City to open a new market for the Seventh Industrial Zone’s surplus goods, despite Chen Daolian’s orders. Their attempt to meet True Person Juque stalled when he left to accompany True Monarch Yuan Chen and a guest from Cangzhou, so Chen Furong pursued him.

• A Seventh Industrial Zone director sent Chen Furong and other Chen Family cultivators to seek cooperation in Yuan Chen Immortal City, defying orders against making such arrangements without authorization.
• The chapter explained that the Chen Family’s industrial output had overwhelmed Cangzhou’s market, while Chen Daoxuan had planned to expand trade only after reaching the Golden Core stage.
• Chen Furong presented a calling card and a Storage Bag to a golden-robed Purple Mansion cultivator, who led the group into the city to request an audience with True Person Juque.
• True Person Juque left his Spirit Mansion after saying that True Monarch Yuan Chen had summoned him to accompany an honored guest from Cangzhou, and the golden-robed cultivator went with him.
• Chen Furong saw Juque and the woman flying away, then raised his Escape Light and chased after them with his companions.

Chen Furong and the Chen Family cultivators pursued True Person Juque to Yuan Chen Immortal City, where news of Chen Daoxuan’s Golden Core breakthrough and victory over Blood Butcher True Person had stirred the city. True Monarch Yuan Chen personally welcomed Chen Daoxuan, while Chen Furong flew over to protect the Chen Family’s planned cooperation.

• True Monarch Yuan Chen arrived in Yuan Chen Immortal City in his Purple Yu Chariot, drawn by the Five-Colored Demonic Phoenix, prompting cultivators to wonder which guest he was welcoming.
• Fairy Luo told the rogue cultivators that Chen Daoxuan had recently advanced to Golden Core and suppressed Blood Butcher True Person, and that True Monarch Yuan Chen predicted he could become a top-tier Nascent Soul True Monarch.
• The cultivators discussed True Monarch Linwu’s importance to the Myriad Star Sea and the danger posed by the ongoing war with Cloud Country.
• Chen Furong saw True Person Juque respectfully greeting True Monarch Yuan Chen’s carriage and decided to approach alone to safeguard the Chen Family’s costly cooperation.
• A disciple stopped Chen Furong as he approached, but True Monarch Yuan Chen ordered the disciple to ask what he wanted.

Chen Furong’s arrival exposed corruption in Yuan Chen Immortal City, prompting True Monarch Yuan Chen to punish the offender as he learned the Chen Family had risen to prominence. The chapter ended with the Ink Dragon arriving and True Monarch Yuan Chen recognizing the Chen Family as the Overlord of Cangzhou.

• Chen Furong told a Purple Mansion cultivator that True Person Juque’s subordinate had taken a bribe and refused to do her job.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen revealed himself and questioned True Person Juque about Chen Furong’s accusation.
• True Person Juque killed the golden-robed female cultivator who had accepted the bribe, and True Monarch Yuan Chen warned him not to repeat the offense.
• Chen Furong recognized the Chen Family’s Ink Dragon as it approached Yuan Chen Immortal City.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen watched the Ink Dragon arrive and remarked that the Chen Family had become the Overlord of Cangzhou.

Chen Daoxuan arrived at Yuan Chen Immortal City, where True Monarch Yuan Chen welcomed him as an equal and revealed his history with the Jiang Family. After Chen Daoxuan refused to ransom the already-dead Ji Xuhui, he proposed a trade partnership with Yuan Chen Immortal City, surprising True Monarch Yuan Chen with the scale of the Chen Family’s planned supply.

• Chen Daoxuan arrived at Yuan Chen Immortal City and exchanged fellow Daoist greetings with True Monarch Yuan Chen, who praised his advancement into the Law Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan ordered Chen Furong and the Chen Family cultivators who had defied clan orders to return to the Ink Dragon and kneel.
• At a banquet, True Monarch Yuan Chen revealed that he was a fifth-tier mid-grade Artifact Forger and explained why he refused to reconcile with the Jiang Family.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen offered to mediate with Ji Changsheng for Ji Xuhui’s release in exchange for thirty billion Spirit Stones, but Chen Daoxuan said he had already killed Ji Xuhui.
• Chen Daoxuan proposed that the Chen Family sell Magic Artifacts and medicinal pills to Yuan Chen Immortal City, and True Monarch Yuan Chen was dumbfounded by the promised quantities.

Chen Daoxuan punished Chen Furong for secretly violating clan orders and reassured Chen Daolian of his support as acting Clan Leader. On the journey back to Twin Lakes Island, he examined the new Sea Dividing Chapter that appeared after his breakthrough to the Golden Core stage.

• Chen Daoxuan questioned Chen Furong about secretly seeking cooperation with Yuan Chen Immortal City, then suppressed him and sentenced the other Fu generation cultivators to ten years in the Thunder Prison.
• Chen Daoxuan recognized Chen Daolian's struggles managing the clan and told her she could act boldly with his backing.
• Chen Daolian said Guanhai Immortal City could meet the terms of its cooperation with Yuan Chen Immortal City and supply both markets through its nine industrial zones.
• As the Ink Dragon traveled back toward Twin Lakes Island, Chen Daoxuan examined the Sea Dividing Chapter, a new cultivation technique that followed the Sea of Consciousness Chapter.

Chen Daoxuan comprehended the Sea Dividing Chapter, which let cultivators separate their thoughts to use different laws, before learning that the Qianyuan Sword Sect was preparing to retake Zhennan Pass. Cangzhou’s cultivators gathered to join the campaign, and spirit boats began flying toward the sect.

• Chen Daoxuan comprehended the Sea Dividing Chapter and realized it could divide his consciousness so separate thoughts could control different Great Dao laws.
• Chen Daoxuan heard nine urgent bell tolls, saw how Twin Lakes Island and the Chen family had grown, and flew to the council hall.
• Chen Daoxuan reunited with Zhang Yu, who confirmed that the Qianyuan Sword Sect planned to retake Zhennan Pass.
• Chen Daoxuan learned that Fairy Chi Yao’s breakthrough had set the campaign in motion and looked forward to exploring Xianyun Continent.
• Cangzhou’s cultivators received word of the campaign, and three days later spirit boats carrying elite cultivators flew toward the Qianyuan Sword Sect.

Chen Daoxuan arrived at the Qianyuan Sword Sect with the Cangzhou forces and secured Zhou Mubai’s promise that the Zhou Family would follow the Chen Family’s lead if it survived the coming conflict with the Ji Family. As the cultivators began reorganizing for the campaign to reclaim Zhennan Pass, Chen Daoxuan headed to meet Hall Master Qin and recognized Tianxu Peak as Hall Master Huyan’s Dao Arena.

• Chen Daoxuan teleported into Zhou Mubai’s cabin, and Zhou Mubai agreed that the Zhou Family would follow the Chen Family if it withstood the Ji Family after the battle.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to the Ink Dragon and discussed Luo Li’s Water Element Sword Intent progress before they arrived at the Qianyuan Sword Sect.
• Fairy Chi Yao addressed the arriving Cangzhou cultivators and took charge of reorganizing the combined army of about one and a half million cultivators.
• Fairy Chi Yao assigned Chen Daoxuan command of 300,000 Chen Family and vassal-family cultivators, and he entrusted their reorganization to Chen Fusheng.
• Chen Daoxuan flew toward Hall Master Qin’s Dao Arena and asked whether Tianxu Peak belonged to Hall Master Huyan.

Chen Daoxuan visited Hu Yan Chi at Tianxu Mountain, where he watched the Artifact Forging Hall Master complete a powerful Small Tower and was rebuked for neglecting artifact refining. The chapter also showed the tensions and checks on power within Qianyuan Sword Sect, while Fei Chenxue and Qin Zhan discussed the Taiyi Divine Water from Qingwei Dao Sect.

• Fei Chenxue told Qin Zhan that Hall Master Sun had come to discuss the Taiyi Divine Water of Qingwei Dao Sect.
• Chen Daoxuan reached Tianxu Mountain and entered its Sixth Grade defensive Formation after Hall Master Huyan sent Xian Zhu to invite him in.
• Xian Zhu guided Chen Daoxuan through Tianxu Mountain, while the narration explained how Qianyuan Sword Sect's Sect Leader, Elder Council, and Hall Masters balanced power.
• Chen Daoxuan watched Hu Yan Chi refine a Small Tower whose Spiritual Aura strained his Space Barrier before Hu Yan Chi put it away.
• Hu Yan Chi told Chen Daoxuan that he had grown lax in artifact refining, and Chen Daoxuan admitted he had stopped practicing because he no longer lacked resources.

Fei Chenxue sent Qin Zhan to destroy Qingwei Dao Sect’s Taiyi Immortal Pond before the Taiyi Divine Water could shift the balance of power, giving him the Yu Huang Bell after he revealed he had reached the World Realm. At Tianxu Peak, Hu Yan Chi discussed the purpose of Artifact Refining with Chen Daoxuan and Xian Zhu.

• Fei Chenxue told Qin Zhan that Qingwei Dao Sect’s Taiyi Divine Water could help a top-tier Nascent Soul True Lord break through and threaten Qianyuan Sword Sect.
• Qin Zhan agreed to risk his life on a raid, and Fei Chenxue entrusted him with the Yu Huang Bell’s single powerful strike to destroy the Taiyi Immortal Pond.
• Fei Chenxue planned to draw the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s attention elsewhere but limited Qin Zhan’s support to three Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Qin Zhan revealed his World Realm and insisted on going alone, and Fei Chenxue accepted his plan.
• At Tianxu Peak, Hu Yan Chi asked Chen Daoxuan and Xian Zhu what Artifact Refining was for and explained that artifact forging and formation mastery both relied on comprehending formations.

Chen Daoxuan learned from Hu Yan Chi how the Dao of Formations could strengthen a cultivator, then asked him whether Chen Xianhe could still achieve Foundation Establishment. Hu Yan Chi had no solution, so Chen Daoxuan left Tianxu Mountain and met Qin Zhan, who recognized that he had passed the Myriad Star Sea Inheritance Trial.

• Hu Yan Chi demonstrated complex formations and explained how formations applied to artifact forging and combat, prompting Chen Daoxuan to connect them with the Starry Sword Dao Chart's Sea Dividing Chapter.
• Chen Daoxuan told Hu Yan Chi that he sought Qin Zhan's help finding a way for Chen Xianhe, an elderly Qi Refining cultivator, to establish his Foundation; Hu Yan Chi said the Divine Soul transformation required was difficult and advised him to ask Qin Zhan.
• Hu Yan Chi sent Zhou Xian Zhu to escort Chen Daoxuan out of Tianxu Mountain, and Chen Daoxuan recognized Zhou Xian Zhu as the top-ranked Heavenly Punisher True Person.
• Chen Daoxuan flew to Qin Zhan's open Dao Arena and met him on a mountaintop, where Qin Zhan noticed his changed aura and asked whether he had passed the Myriad Star Sea Inheritance Trial.
• Chen Daoxuan admitted that he had reached the Sky-Reaching Pagoda First Layer, and Qin Zhan said he had reached only the second level before wondering whether they might become fellow disciples if they both cleared the pagoda.

Chen Daoxuan asked Qin Zhan for help finding a way to refine an old Qi Refining cultivator’s Divine Soul and secure Foundation Establishment. Qin Zhan sent him to the Qingwei Dao Sect with one year to save his Thirteenth Uncle, while Chen later discussed the campaign against Zhennan Pass and the Myriad Star Sea Inheritance with Fairy Chi Yao.

• Chen Daoxuan asked Qin Zhan for a treasure that could refine a Divine Soul, and Qin Zhan said he would repay his debt by giving Chen one year to reach the Qingwei Dao Sect and save his Thirteenth Uncle.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to the military camp and met Fairy Chi Yao, who was reorganizing the army for the planned retaking of Zhennan Pass.
• Fairy Chi Yao and Chen Daoxuan discussed the campaign and the strength that had made him a top-tier Golden Core True Person.
• After the other generals left, Fairy Chi Yao asked Chen Daoxuan about his rapid progress and the Myriad Star Sea Inheritance.
• Chen Daoxuan learned that Qin Zhan had only passed the first floor of the inheritance trial after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

Chen Daoxuan declined Chi Yao’s attempt to recruit the Chen Family into the Qianyuan Sword Sect’s internal factions, choosing instead to focus on recovering Zhennan Pass. As a reorganized Cangzhou army set out for war, Chen Xianhe learned of the expedition and resolved to live until Chen Daoxuan returned with the enemy commander’s head.

• Chi Yao asked Chen Daoxuan to join the Sect Master’s faction, but he said the Chen Family would submit to the Qianyuan Sword Sect’s rule without taking part in its factional struggles.
• Chen Daoxuan judged that the Chen Family’s priority was to recover Zhennan Pass and protect its standing in Cangzhou.
• Two months later, Fairy Chi Yao rallied the reorganized army of one and a half million cultivators, including Chen Daoxuan, by recalling the losses at Zhennan Pass.
• Chen Daolian told Chen Xianhe that Chen Daoxuan had set out with the clansmen, and Chen Xianhe vowed to hold on until he saw the vengeance repaid.
• At the Qianyuan Sword Sect, Chen Daoxuan saw the enormous Spatial Teleportation Array as the army prepared to depart.

Chen Daoxuan and the Zhennan Army arrived at Linwu Immortal City and set out immediately to retake Zhennan Pass. As they advanced, True Monarch Linwu learned that Qianyuan Sword Sect planned a full-scale assault on the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance over the Taiyi Divine Water and suspected the Zhennan campaign would serve as a smokescreen.

• Chen Daoxuan arrived in Linwu Immortal City with the Zhennan Army, briefly clashed with a Golden Core True Person over his Divine Sense, and ordered Chen Fusheng to watch the soldiers.
• Fairy Chi Yao ordered the Zhennan Army to advance directly toward Zhennan Pass, and Chen Daoxuan reassured her that he was committed to retaking it.
• The Zhennan Army departed Linwu Immortal City, while Zhou Mubai told Chen Daoxuan about Xianyun Continent's vast resources and powerful cultivation sects.
• The Shadow Hall Master delivered the Sect Leader's decree to True Monarch Linwu to launch a full-scale assault on the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance for its Taiyi Divine Water.
• True Monarch Linwu agreed to mobilize his army and suspected the Zhennan Army's attack on Zhennan Pass would distract the enemy from an elite force targeting Qingwei Dao Sect.

As the Zhennan Army’s spirit boats traveled toward Zhennan Pass, Chen Daoxuan weighed how to grow stronger before he had to meet Qin Zhan at Qingwei Dao Sect in ten months. He chose to cultivate the Sea Dividing Chapter, but his first attempt to split his Sea of Divine Light into ten parts failed, leaving him to try again more cautiously.

• Chen Daoxuan reflected on how the Starry Sword Dao Chart could help him cultivate additional Great Dao laws and considered whether higher Dao realms required mastery of multiple laws.
• Chen Daoxuan assessed his trump cards and concluded that neither Three Heads Six Arms nor the Sea of Consciousness Chapter could strengthen him enough in the time available.
• Chen Daoxuan decided to cultivate the Sea Dividing Chapter so he could improve before going to Qingwei Dao Sect to meet Qin Zhan in ten months.
• Chen Daoxuan divided his Sea of Divine Light into ten portions, but the portions fused back together whenever he tried to condense them into mind thoughts.
• Chen Daoxuan calmed himself and began dividing the Sea of Divine Light again, determined to proceed more gradually.

Chen Daoxuan formed mind intent and fused it with the Flying Snow Sword, discovering that he could control it beyond his Divine Sense range. At Zhennan Pass, True Monarch Minghuang learned that Cangzhou cultivators from the Myriad Star Sea were advancing and ordered a Golden Core True Person to repel them.

• Chen Daoxuan condensed a portion of his Sea of Divine Light into diamond-like mind intent.
• Chen Daoxuan fused the mind intent into the Flying Snow Sword and found he could divide his consciousness between himself and the sword, potentially controlling it beyond his Divine Sense range.
• Chen Daoxuan resolved to fuse mind intent separately with the Silk Rain Sword Intent and Space Law so he could wield the Two Forms Sword Formation.
• True Monarch Minghuang lamented that he could not compete for Taiyi Divine Water, which could help someone break through to become a Primordial Spirit Dao Lord.
• A Golden Core True Person reported that Cangzhou cultivators from the Myriad Star Sea were marching toward Zhennan Pass.
• True Monarch Minghuang ordered the Golden Core True Person to repel the Cangzhou cultivators and promised to petition the sect for his merit.