Vol. 13Beyond the Six Paths

Nie Yun pursued the Asura King across the realms, gained the power and allies needed to defeat him, and watched Tantai Lingyue become the Heavenly Dao to preserve what remained. Nie Yun and Nie Tong then left the Six Paths to seek answers in the wider Chaos World and reached Holy Sage Youlian’s palace.

  • Nie Yun swallowed the Heart of the Dark Demon, gained the Chaos Sacred Body, and drove the Asura King across realms until his borrowed strength ran out.
  • Nie Yun returned that borrowed power and collapsed from exhaustion.
  • Nie Yun pursued the Chaos Golden Token into the Dao Realm and overcame its trials before confronting the Asura King.
  • The Dao Realm granted Nie Yun the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones inheritance, and his three bodies freed the token before fusing together.
  • Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man entered the Confucian Realm and stole the Heavenly Lord’s Sacred Canon and Shuhu.
  • The Asura King regained control of the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao after Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue fought him.
  • Nie Yun completed his ninth Nirvana and defeated the Asura King, but Tantai Lingyue merged with heaven and earth to preserve the remaining realms.
  • Nie Yun and Nie Tong left the Six Paths, learned the Asura King might be Ashoka King, and reached Youlian Palace.
Chapters 1232–1346 Read from ch. 1232

Arc 49The Heart of the Dark Demon

Nie Yun learned that his First Talent and Endless Dantian made him central to stopping the Asura King, then followed Tantai Xuyu and his allies into Huntian World to contest the Heart of the Dark Demon. After Nie Yun swallowed the Heart and gained the Chaos Sacred Body, he drove the Asura King across realms before his borrowed strength ran out.

  • Nie Yun reunited Xia Yao with the flood dragon and Xia Xing, then learned that the Asura King sought a Heart of the Six Paths in Huntian World.
  • Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue traveled to the Zhou Tian Realm, where Shakya Buddha Ancestor and Yan Zhi tested them before Tantai Xuyu revealed himself as Lingyue’s grandfather.
  • Tantai Xuyu explained Nie Yun’s First Talent, Endless Dantian, and role in the coming calamity, while revealing the histories of the Asura King and the ancient races.
  • Nie Yun joined Tantai Xuyu, Yan Zhi, and Tantai Lingyue on the way to Huntian World, contracted the Four Great Fiendish Beasts, and found a passage through the Black Wind Vortex.
  • Nie Yun defeated Venerable Ke Sheng and stole the Spring Autumn Sacred Canon, which Tantai Lingyue refined before the group continued toward the Heart of the Dark Demon.
  • Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue found the Asura King, revealed as Nie Tong, refining the Heart, but he reached the Sky-Repelling Mirror Realm as their allies infused Nie Yun with their power.
  • Nie Yun attained the Chaos Sacred Body, swallowed the Heart of the Dark Demon, and forced the Asura King to flee through the Black Wind Vortex and into the Spirit Realm.
  • Nie Yun pursued the Asura King across realms and kept him on the defensive, but let him escape when his borrowed power neared its limit, then returned that power and collapsed from exhaustion.
Chapters 1232–1262 Summaries Read

Arc 50The Dao Realm Inheritance

Nie Yun pursued the Chaos Golden Token into the Dao Realm, where he overcame its trials and confronted the Asura King. The Dao Realm’s inheritance gave him two additional bodies, and he fused them back together as the battle for the token continued.

  • Nie Yun refined the Heart of the Dark Demon, broke through to the Immortal Lord realm, and gained a Heaven-Repelling Realm physical body.
  • Little Dragon learned that the Chaos Golden Token had helped him reach the Heaven-Repelling Realm, and Nie Yun set out with Tantai Lingyue to find it in the Dao Realm.
  • Nie Yun’s group uncovered Sage Qiu’s plot at the Protector Immortal Sect, rescued Hu Zhen, and entered the Dao Realm through a hidden passage.
  • Nie Yun, Tantai Lingyue, and Little Dragon crossed the Dao Realm’s shifting spaces and dangerous trials before reaching the Ascension Platform and the Immortal Transformation Gate.
  • Nie Yun’s party found Sage Qiu fighting the intelligent Chaos Golden Token, but Sage Qiu and the Asuras turned against them, and the Asura King arrived.
  • Nie Yun revealed that he had faked his injuries to draw out the Asura King, then severed the king’s hand and joined forces with the Chaos Golden Token.
  • The Asura King trapped the Chaos Golden Token and suppressed Nie Yun, but the Dao Realm granted Nie Yun the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones inheritance, creating two additional bodies.
  • The three Nie Yuns freed the Chaos Golden Token and destroyed the summoned Asuras, then fused into one as the Chaos Golden Token faced the Asura King’s attempt to refine it.
Chapters 1264–1292 Summaries Read

Arc 51The Confucian Realm Showdown

Nie Yun gathered the materials for Shakya Buddha Ancestor’s three-part sword, infiltrated the Confucian Realm, and stole the Heavenly Lord’s Sacred Canon and Shuhu. The Asura King confronted him and Tantai Lingyue, then regained control of the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao after Nie Yun’s attack helped him refine it.

  • The Lord of the Dao Realm’s recorded memories revealed his sacrifices during the ancient Asura calamity, and Tantai Lingyue advanced to the half-step Heaven-Repelling Realm before returning with Nie Yun to Lian Yue Pavilion.
  • Ephemeral Old Man suggested forging Nie Yun a sword from Hellfrost Crystals and named the Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume, the Heavenly Lord’s Sacred Canon, and Shuhu’s blood essence as the needed materials.
  • Nie Yun persuaded Little Dragon to meet the Netherworld Phoenix King, who gave Nie Yun her Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume and revealed she had restored Little Dragon’s master and fellow disciples with new bodies.
  • Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man entered the Confucian Realm in disguise, gained Yan Liusu and Qing Shan Pavilion’s support, and won the damaged Dragon Boat Ancient Ship and Shuhu at auction.
  • Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man entered the Heavenly Sovereign Academy, where Ephemeral Old Man confronted Sage Qiu and Smoke Fang Asura took the Heavenly Lord’s Sacred Canon.
  • As the Asura King appeared, Nie Yun stole the Sacred Canon and Shuhu, sent Ephemeral Old Man away, and killed Smoke Fang Asura before being left to face the king.
  • The Asura King gravely wounded Nie Yun, but Tantai Lingyue arrived and fought beside him before the Asura King attacked the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao and wounded them both.
  • Tantai Lingyue wrested control of the Heavenly Dao as Nie Yun’s Origin Energy Bullet tore open a black hole, but the Asura King emerged and seized the Heavenly Dao again.
Chapters 1293–1318 Summaries Read

Arc 52Beyond the Six Paths

Nie Yun and his allies fought the Asura King through the destruction of the Six Paths, ending with Tantai Lingyue becoming the Heavenly Dao. Nie Yun and Nie Tong then entered the wider Chaos World to seek answers and reached Holy Sage Youlian’s palace.

  • Sage Qiu sacrificed the Confucian Realm’s people and himself to reclaim its Heavenly Dao, but the Asura King survived and advanced as Tantai Lingyue and Nie Yun fought him.
  • Nie Yun forged the Dawn Sword, broke through to the Heaven-Repelling Realm, and pursued the Asura King through the ruined Dao Realm and Buddhist Realm as both realms fell to Chaos.
  • Ephemeral Old Man sacrificed himself, and Nie Yun lured the Asura King into the Third World, where Xue Jing’er used her Soul Stone to awaken Nie Tong’s soul inside him.
  • Nie Tong seized control of his body, but the Asura King used the Soul Stone to reach the Heaven-Slaying Realm, forcing Nie Yun to begin his ninth Nirvana as allies sacrificed themselves to aid him.
  • Nie Yun completed his Nirvana and defeated the Asura King, but the king’s final attack destroyed the Heavenly Dao of the remaining realms, and Tantai Lingyue merged with heaven and earth to preserve them.
  • Nie Yun and Nie Tong left the Six Paths aboard the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship and entered a vast world beyond the Chaos Storm, where they encountered Qing Yu and Nian Hua.
  • Nie Yun and Nie Tong reached the Red Lotus Sect, subdued its elders, and learned the Asura King might be Ashoka King before the middle-aged woman led them to Youlian Palace.
Chapters 1319–1346 Summaries Read
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