Chapter Summaries

Chen Daoxuan killed Yin Jiu True Person after learning about his damaged Jade Talisman, then received the Cicada Breath Concealment Technique from Ziling. At Twin Saints Peak, he studied the technique and considered how to survive the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s expected hunt by advancing his Laws and their fusion.

• Yin Jiu True Person surrendered his damaged Jade Talisman, which he said had repeatedly warned him of deadly danger, but Chen Daoxuan killed him to avenge the Chen Family elders slain at Zhennan Pass.
• Chen Daoxuan told Ziling he wanted to learn her aura-concealing Secret Art, not use her Nine Yin Profound Yin Physique as a cultivation furnace, and she gave him a Jade Slip containing the technique.
• At Twin Saints Peak the next day, Chen Daoxuan examined Yin Jiu True Person’s Jade Talisman but could not identify its grade or make it react.
• Chen Daoxuan read the Fourth Grade Cicada Breath Concealment Technique and recognized that he needed it while hiding in Xuan Qing Dao Alliance territory.
• Chen Daoxuan concluded that he could strengthen himself fastest by advancing his Water Element Law and improving the fusion of it with his Space Law, though doing so would require more Creation Force and Dao of Formations work.

Chen Daoxuan perfected the Cicada Breath Concealment Technique and set out to plunder valuable Xuan Qing Dao Alliance supply shipments for Creation Force. He ambushed a transport Spirit Boat, destroyed its mid-stage Nascent Soul escort’s body, and blocked the fleeing Nascent Soul’s escape.

• Chen Daoxuan decided to help Hall Master of Zhenhai Hall attack the Qingwei Dao Sect so he could try to save Chen Xianhe and destroy the sect’s Taiyi Divine Water.
• Chen Daoxuan used his Comprehension Stars to cultivate the Cicada Breath Concealment Technique to Perfection and tested it alongside Invisibility Technique.
• Chen Daoxuan studied the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s logistics routes and chose to target shipments carrying resources valuable to Purple Mansion cultivators and above.
• Five days later, Chen Daoxuan concealed himself near a transport route and attacked a Spirit Boat escorted by a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Chen Daoxuan’s fused Space and Water Immortal Sword destroyed the escort’s body, and he blocked the Nascent Soul as it tried to flee.

Chen Daoxuan devastated the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s supply routes, while its leaders struggled to catch him and considered bargaining with the Jiang Family. At the Cloud Country Frontline, True Monarch Linwu praised Chen’s achievements and announced his intention to return to the Qianyuan Sword Sect, as the scale of its rogue cultivator forces became clear.

• Chen Daoxuan killed a Nascent Soul cultivator, destroyed the transport Spirit Boat’s crew, seized its cargo, and escaped.
• Over three months, Chen Daoxuan destroyed thirteen Xuan Qing Dao Alliance transport routes while evading teams sent to capture him.
• The Sect Master of Qingwei Dao Sect scolded Elder He, then offered the Jiang Family the remaining half of a valuable treasure if it attacked the Chen Family.
• Elder Yun reflected that the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s leaders would resist supporting rogue cultivators because it threatened their power and family interests.
• True Monarch Linwu learned that Chen Daoxuan had destroyed another supply route and promised to seek a reward for him, then announced he would return to the Qianyuan Sword Sect after the war.
• The Qianyuan Sword Sect’s wartime strength was revealed to include more than five hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, over three hundred of them former rogue cultivators.

Chen Daoxuan returned to Twin Saints Peak after raiding the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s supply routes and decided to spend nearly all his Creation Force repairing Yin Jiu True Person’s Jade Talisman. The Jade Talisman was fully restored, giving Chen Daoxuan a stronger tool for the planned surprise attack on Qingwei Dao Sect.

• Chen Daoxuan returned to Twin Saints Peak, and Ziling urged him to stop risking himself against the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance, but he refused to back down.
• Chen Daoxuan assessed the resources from thirteen raids and recognized that Yin Jiu True Person’s Jade Talisman had repeatedly warned him of approaching ambushes.
• Chen Daoxuan weighed using his Creation Force to advance the Flying Snow Sword against repairing the Jade Talisman for the planned attack on Qingwei Dao Sect.
• Chen Daoxuan poured 496 drops of Creation Force onto the Jade Talisman, closing its cracks and fully restoring it.

Chen Daoxuan learned that the repaired Heavenly Secrets Talisman foretold great calamity if he attacked the Qingwei Dao Sect, but he resolved to risk it to obtain Taiyi Divine Water for Chen Xianhe. As Chen Xianhe lay near death on Twin Lakes Island, Old Ancestor Jiang appeared and invited him to Extreme Night City to discuss a campaign against the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance.

• Chen Daoxuan discovered the Heavenly Secrets Talisman was part of a seventh grade Magic Artifact and used it to predict the outcome of his planned attack on the Qingwei Dao Sect.
• The Talisman turned blood-red, warning Chen Daoxuan of great calamity, but memories of Chen Xianhe’s sacrifices convinced him to seek Taiyi Divine Water for his uncle.
• Chen Xianhe, frail and near death on Twin Lakes Island, asked Chen Daolian to tell Chen Daoxuan that bringing him to Red Copper Mountain had been the proudest act of his life.
• Old Ancestor Jiang suddenly appeared in the Chen Family courtyard and invited Chen Xianhe to Extreme Night City to discuss a campaign against the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance.

Old Ancestor Jiang seized Chen Xianhe and Luo Li to force the Chen Family into discussions, but Chen Xianhe secured their release by threatening to die rather than be taken. Three months later, Chen Daoxuan learned that Chen Xianhe had been captured and dismissed the report as false, while preparing to leave his hiding place as the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance closed in on him.

• Old Ancestor Jiang restrained the Chen Family members and seized Luo Li, demanding that she accompany Chen Xianhe to Jiye Immortal City.
• Chen Xianhe threatened to die rather than be abducted, and Old Ancestor Jiang relented and released everyone.
• Chen Xianhe and Luo Li left with Old Ancestor Jiang, while Chen Daolian ordered the Chen Family to publicize the invitation and took Luo Li to Zhennan Pass.
• Over three months, Chen Daoxuan carried out seventeen raids, improved Flying Snow Sword and his control of the Starry Sword Dao Chart, and heard the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance claim Chen Xianhe had been captured.
• Chen Daoxuan dismissed the report about Chen Xianhe as false, recognized that the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance was nearing his position, and prepared to leave Twin Saints Peak.

Chen Daoxuan met Qin Zhan in Golden Immortal City to discuss obtaining the Qingwei Dao Sect’s Taiyi Divine Water, but learned that Old Ancestor Jiang had abducted his Thirteenth Uncle. Qin Zhan agreed the Qianyuan Sword Sect would not interfere with Chen Daoxuan’s retaliation against the Jiang Family, and Chen Daoxuan asked to borrow money while they prepared their plan.

• Chen Daoxuan left Ziling at Twin Saints Peak and traveled to Golden Immortal City in Qing Luan Country.
• A Shadow Hall disciple disguised as a wealthy merchant escorted Chen Daoxuan to Qin Zhan, who was waiting at a secluded estate.
• Qin Zhan told Chen Daoxuan that Old Ancestor Jiang had lured his Thirteenth Uncle to Jiye Immortal City and abducted him.
• Chen Daoxuan erupted in fury, and Qin Zhan promised the Qianyuan Sword Sect would not interfere with his actions against the Jiang Family after the current matter ended.
• Chen Daoxuan and Qin Zhan discussed the Taiyi Divine Water and their upcoming plan, then Chen Daoxuan asked Qin Zhan to lend him money.

Chen Daoxuan asked Qin Zhan for Creation Force to advance his strength before the struggle for the Taiyi Divine Water. Qin Zhan lent him all 2,300 drops he had and gave him a Saint Origin Fruit, then promised to guard him while he cultivated in seclusion.

• Chen Daoxuan asked Qin Zhan for all the Creation Force he had, and Qin Zhan lent him 2,300 drops.
• Qin Zhan gave Chen Daoxuan a Saint Origin Fruit that could rapidly raise cultivation below the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qin Zhan explained that Saint Origin Fruits came from Sacred Origin Fruit Trees, which the Taiyin Sect possessed, and that their effects depended on a cultivator's Dao realm.
• Chen Daoxuan accepted the fruit and recognized the value such trees could hold for a faction.
• Qin Zhan told Chen Daoxuan to cultivate in seclusion and said he would stand guard before the coming operation for the Taiyi Divine Water.

Chen Daoxuan entered seclusion in Golden Immortal City to prepare for taking the Taiyi Divine Water, using Green Holy Origin Fruits to raise his cultivation and Creation Force to advance his artifacts and laws. He reached the late Golden Core realm and advanced both his Water Element Law and Flying Snow, then began pouring Creation Force into his Azure Spirit Armor.

• Chen Daoxuan began his seclusion under Qin Zhan’s protection and swallowed a Green Holy Origin Fruit, whose surging spiritual energy threatened his frail body.
• Chen Daoxuan used Space Law to contain the spiritual energy and Water Element Law to guide it, raising his cultivation from the first layer to the eighth layer of Golden Core over three months.
• Chen Daoxuan reached Golden Core Great Accomplishment’s late stage and assessed his greatly increased Magical Power.
• Chen Daoxuan poured Creation Force onto Flying Snow until it advanced from mid-grade fifth rank to high-grade fifth rank, raising his Water Element Law to high-stage Law Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan took out his Azure Spirit Armor and began pouring Creation Force into it.

Chen Daoxuan upgraded his Azure Spirit Armor and filled its fifth-grade White Lotus of Creation with Magical Power, then used the comprehension Star to break through to Sixth-Grade Lower Formation Master. Meanwhile, Yi Tianqi revealed Taiyi Divine Water to the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance leaders as their chance to defeat the Qianyuan Sword Sect.

• Chen Daoxuan upgraded his Lifebound Spirit Armor to Fifth-Grade Upper and spent five days filling its White Lotus of Creation with Magical Power.
• Chen Daoxuan tested the fusion of his Space and Water laws, found its rate had fallen to thirty percent, and decided to improve his Formation realm instead of learning a third Sword Intent.
• Chen Daoxuan used the comprehension Star to master the formations in the Chen Family's collection and advanced to Sixth-Grade Lower Formation Master.
• Yi Tianqi assembled the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance's Nascent Soul True Lords while Wu Sheng questioned why they had been summoned away from the Cloud Country Frontline.
• Yi Tianqi declared that the alliance had a better chance of victory than the Qianyuan Sword Sect and named Taiyi Divine Water, shocking the gathered leaders.

Zhao Cheng received an invitation from Qingwei Dao Sect on behalf of Qianyuan Sword Sect, and Qin Zhan decided to attend without requesting reinforcements. Meanwhile, Chen Daoxuan advanced his Tiangang Sword Formation and considered comprehending a third Law.

• Zhao Cheng met Youyue Palace disciples, who revealed they knew he was a Shadow Hall agent and delivered Yi Tianqi’s invitation to Qianyuan Sword Sect and the Three Sects.
• Zhao Cheng brought the invitation to Qin Zhan, who agreed that Qianyuan Sword Sect had to attend and ordered Zhao Cheng to return to the sect with the news.
• Qin Zhan chose not to call for reinforcements, intending to appear restrained before the Three Sects while showing enough strength alongside Chen Daoxuan.
• Chen Daoxuan fused the Flying Snow and Shadowcatcher swords, raised his Space and Water Laws to ten-tenths through the Tiangang Sword Formation, and considered comprehending a third Law.

Chen Daoxuan comprehended Fire Element Sword Intent, fused it with his other laws to test the Tiangang Sword Formation, and strengthened his spirit armor and reserves. After two months of preparation, he left seclusion and set out for the Qingwei Dao Sect.

• Chen Daoxuan chose to comprehend Fire Element Sword Intent and mastered 872 first-grade fire-attributed Sword Arts before raising his comprehension to two hundredfold and succeeding.
• Chen Daoxuan exhausted his accumulated Comprehension Stars, fused Fire Element Sword Intent with the azure Immortal Sword, and advanced it to the high-stage Law Realm, naming the sword Azure Flame.
• Chen Daoxuan merged a thought into Azure Flame and used the Tiangang Sword Formation to fuse his space, water, and fire laws to seventy percent, but the technique rapidly drained his Magical Power.
• Chen Daoxuan poured nineteen bottles of Creation Force into his Azure Spirit Armor, raising it to Sixth-Grade Upper rank, then spent two months filling the White Lotus of Creation with Magical Power.
• Chen Daoxuan ran out of ten-thousand-year Stone Lacteal, recited the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture, and left seclusion for the Qingwei Dao Sect.

Chen Daoxuan emerged from seclusion after using the Saint Origin Fruit to reach Golden Core Layer Eight, then joined Qin Zhan on the journey to Qingwei Dao Sect. At the sect’s welcoming banquet, Yi Tianqi revealed Qin Zhan’s extraordinary cultivation and turned his attention to Chen Daoxuan, calling his talent frightening.

• Chen Daoxuan thanked Qin Zhan for the Creation Force and Saint Origin Fruit, and Qin Zhan explained that the major sects had been invited to Qingwei Dao Sect.
• Chen Daoxuan and Qin Zhan arrived at Qingwei Dao Sect, where the Saintess of Spirit Insect Valley, the Hall Master of Thousand Mechanisms Hall, and the Sect Master of Tian Yan Sect had also arrived.
• Qin Zhan recognized Divine Fire True Monarch Wu Sheng beside Yi Tianqi and suspected that Qingwei Dao Sect intended to abandon the Cloud Country Frontline to protect the Taiyi Divine Water.
• Yi Tianqi revealed that Qin Zhan had reached the Sixth Layer World Realm before the age of five hundred, shocking the cultivators from the gathered sects.
• Yi Tianqi turned to Chen Daoxuan, said his talent frightened him, and asked whether he was right.

Yi Tianqi exposed Chen Daoxuan’s age to make the assembled sects fear the Qianyuan Sword Sect, but Qin Zhan argued that Yi Tianqi’s imminent access to Taiyi Divine Water posed the greater danger. The dispute turned into a confrontation, and Qin Zhan instantly killed Elder He with the Six Paths Reincarnation Banner, leaving the Qingwei Dao Sect’s cultivators scrambling to protect themselves.

• Yi Tianqi revealed that Chen Daoxuan was only sixty-seven years old, startling the leaders of the Three Great Sects.
• Qin Zhan urged the assembled sects to focus on Yi Tianqi’s threat if the Qingwei Dao Sect obtained Taiyi Divine Water.
• Yi Tianqi and Qin Zhan argued over the invasion of Cloud Country, then agreed to fight.
• Qin Zhan summoned the Six Paths Reincarnation Banner, and Yi Tianqi recognized its faint Pure Yang aura.
• At Yi Tianqi’s order, Elder He attacked Qin Zhan, who killed him instantly with a single strike of the banner.
• Yi Tianqi called for the Qingwei Dao Sect’s cultivators with weak divine souls to retreat behind him.

After Qin Zhan killed the Palace Mistress of Shadowless Palace with the Six Paths Reincarnation Banner, he drew Yi Tianqi into a battle inside their worlds, leaving Chen Daoxuan alone against the gathered sects. Chen Daoxuan fled into the Taiyi Immortal Pond, where its mist weakened Divine Sense and offered no easy escape, and he realized he needed a World Projection to find his way through it.

• Qin Zhan privately told Chen Daoxuan that the Six Paths Reincarnation Banner had consumed too much of his Divine Soul to use again soon.
• Qin Zhan urged the Three Great Sects to destroy the Taiyi Immortal Pond, and Yi Tianqi pulled him into a battle within their worlds.
• Facing the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance and uncertain support from the Three Great Sects, Chen Daoxuan teleported into the depths of Qingwei Dao Sect and entered the Taiyi Immortal Pond.
• Elder Yun led the pursuing True Monarchs into the pond, while the mist sharply reduced their Divine Sense and sight.
• Chen Daoxuan discovered that the mist could strengthen and assimilate Divine Sense, withdrew his own, and found that his Dao Domain could not sense living beings there.
• Chen Daoxuan concluded that only a World Realm cultivator’s World Projection could reveal what lay within the Taiyi Immortal Pond, but Qin Zhan and Yi Tianqi were occupied fighting.

Chen Daoxuan used the Starry Sword Dao Chart to observe the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance’s search teams in the Taiyi Immortal Pond, then concealed himself and prepared a sneak attack. He killed Elder Zheng with a fused sword strike, exposing himself to Palace Mistress Youyue and her companion.

• Chen Daoxuan discovered that nearly a hundred Nascent Soul True Lords were searching the Taiyi Immortal Pond and watched Yun Kun divide them into teams.
• Chen Daoxuan contracted the Starry Sword Dao Chart’s range, concealed his aura, and chose Palace Mistress Youyue’s team as his first target.
• Chen Daoxuan fused Shadow-Bearing and Flying Snow into a stable dark-blue Immortal Sword without the Tiangang Sword Formation’s aid.
• Chen Daoxuan struck Elder Zheng through his Fifth Grade Top-quality Spirit Armor, destroying his body and Nascent Soul.
• Palace Mistress Youyue recognized Chen Daoxuan as he emerged from the mist and shouted his name.

Chen Daoxuan lured Palace Mistress Youyue away, killed another Qingwei Dao Sect True Lord, and triggered a vast spatial void that drew both factions to the Taiyi Immortal Pond. As the gathered cultivators argued over the destruction of the Taiyi Divine Water, an immense surge of spiritual energy announced its emergence.

• Palace Mistress Youyue chased Chen Daoxuan into the mist, but he escaped after drawing her far from the others and letting the pond’s suppressive force slow her down.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to kill the isolated Qingwei Dao Sect True Lord with his Golden Giant Sword, leaving a black hole that expanded into a thousand-li mist vortex.
• Palace Mistress Youyue told Yun Kun and the arriving Xuan Qing Dao Alliance cultivators that Chen Daoxuan had killed their companions, while the other factions gathered around the vortex.
• The Three Great Sects’ leaders suspected the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance had caused the spatial damage, but Palace Mistress Youyue identified Chen Daoxuan as its source.
• The Sect Master of Thousand Mechanisms Hall insisted that the Taiyi Divine Water had to be destroyed, and then a tremendous spiritual energy surge announced that it had emerged.

Chen Daoxuan seized the Taiyi Divine Water and fought his way out of the Qingwei Dao Sect’s formations while nearly a hundred True Lords pursued him. After Qin Zhan arrived, Yi Tianqi trapped Chen Daoxuan with World Projection, and Qin Zhan prepared to strike the sect with the Yu Huang Bell.

• As the mist gathered into the Taiyi Divine Water, Chen Daoxuan reached the pond’s depths first and stored the treasure in his Storage Ring.
• Chen Daoxuan used the Starry Sword Dao Chart to slow his pursuers, then fused Shadowcatcher, Flying Snow, and Azure Flame to break through the Sixth-Grade Formation while Yun Kun struck him from behind.
• Chen Daoxuan escaped the Qingwei Dao Sect’s Mountain Protection Formation, where Qin Zhan and Yi Tianqi had just emerged from their battle.
• After Yun Kun revealed that Chen Daoxuan carried the Taiyi Divine Water, Qin Zhan tried to teleport away with him, but Yi Tianqi restrained them with World Projection.
• Qin Zhan asked Chen Daoxuan to hold off their pursuers, then brought out the Yu Huang Bell, prompting Yi Tianqi to order the True Lords to stop him.

Chen Daoxuan stalled Yi Tianqi and the Xuan Qing Dao Alliance while Qin Zhan activated the Qianyuan Sword Sect’s Pure Yang Immortal Artifact, the Yu Huang Bell. The bell destroyed the Qingwei Dao Sect and killed seventeen Nascent Soul True Lords before Chen Daoxuan took the exhausted Qin Zhan and escaped.

• Chen Daoxuan used the Starry Sword Dao Chart to resist Yi Tianqi’s World Projection and repeatedly teleported while Qin Zhan prepared the Yu Huang Bell inside the Small Tower.
• Yi Tianqi tried to bargain with Chen Daoxuan and sow distrust between him and the Qianyuan Sword Sect, but Qin Zhan reassured Chen Daoxuan of the sect’s intentions.
• As the Small Tower cracked, Chen Daoxuan released Qin Zhan and the Yu Huang Bell, then fought Yi Tianqi and Yun Kun to buy Qin Zhan time to activate it.
• Qin Zhan unleashed the Yu Huang Bell, which killed Yun Kun and sixteen other Xuan Qing Dao Alliance Nascent Soul True Lords, while Yi Tianqi escaped through a Space Rift.
• The Yu Huang Bell shattered the Qingwei Dao Sect’s Mountain Protection Formation and destroyed its main Spirit Vein, Spirit Mountain, and disciples.
• Chen Daoxuan grabbed the pale Qin Zhan and teleported away as the Three Great Sects watched without stopping them.

Chen Daoxuan returned to Twin Saints Peak, entrusted Ziling to Qin Zhan, and learned that Chen Xianhe was gravely ill in the Jiang Family’s custody. He then reached Zhennan Immortal City, reunited with Luo Li and Chen Daolian, and prepared to use its Spatial Teleportation Array.

• Chen Daoxuan returned to Twin Saints Peak with Qin Zhan, reassured Ziling that he would protect her, and left her in Qin Zhan’s care while he pursued his urgent business.
• Qin Zhan warned Chen Daoxuan that the Jiang Family dispute could destabilize the Myriad Star Sea, but Chen Daoxuan said his response depended on how the Jiang Family treated Chen Xianhe.
• Jiang Taiyuan learned that the Qianyuan Sword Sect had seized the Taiyi Divine Water and that Chen Xianhe was near death, then rushed to inspect him with Jiang Chenye.
• At Zhennan Immortal City, Chen Daoxuan reunited with Luo Li and Chen Daolian, who had been waiting there for him.
• Chen Daoxuan asked Chi Yao to let him use the city's Spatial Teleportation Array, and she agreed.