Chapter Summaries

After reading the Book Repository, Nie Yun realized that his Storage World resembled an Emperor Realm domain but could not use Realm Force. He experimented with fusing its spatial power with the Universal Divine Realm’s space and, after seven days of trials, finally broke a Peak King Realm Divine Weapon.

• Nie Yun finished reading every book in the Book Repository and concluded that his Storage World lacked the Realm Force needed to qualify as an Emperor Realm domain.
• Nie Yun wondered whether he could fuse the Storage World’s spatial power with the Universal Divine Realm’s space and destroy it to create an effect in the outside world.
• Nie Yun repeatedly tested the idea on a Peak King Realm Divine Weapon, but his early attempts produced no visible results.
• The gatekeeping disciple saw Nie Yun remain motionless for seven days and blocked the passage, believing that he was cultivating.
• After tens of thousands of trials, Nie Yun fused the two streams of spatial power again and snapped the divine weapon in two.

After mastering a technique that let him create short spatial rifts through the Storage World, Nie Yun left the library and rewarded the disciple who had guarded it. The disciple then invited him to help open a possible Fire God Sect senior’s burial ground, and Nie Yun heard why the group needed a Core Disciple.

• After seven days and nights of experimentation, Nie Yun learned to create spatial rifts at close range, though he knew this did not make him a late Emperor Realm expert.
• Nie Yun left the library after reading nearly all its books and gave the gatekeeping disciple a Storage Ring containing two hundred thousand Fire God Coins.
• The gatekeeping disciple accepted the reward and asked Nie Yun to accompany him and several fellow disciples to a possible burial ground of a Fire God Sect senior.
• The gatekeeping disciple explained that the ruin’s seal required pure Fire God power, which the Outer Disciples lacked, and that they feared a greedy Core Disciple might seize the treasure or kill them.

Nie Yun agreed to consider joining Gu Yang’s expedition to an imperial realm expert’s relic in half a month and went with Bi'er to meet General Zhi Yao in Fire God City. He refused to return to the Pu Tian Dynasty, leaving General Zhi Yao to wait until he chose to come back.

• Nie Yun learned from Gu Yang that an expedition to a sealed relic less than a thousand kilometers away would begin in half a month, and they exchanged communication jade talismans.
• Nie Yun returned to Fairy Biluo’s residence, where Bi'er told him her master had left and General Zhi Yao wanted to see him before returning to the Pu Tian Dynasty.
• Bi'er took Nie Yun to Fire God City on a flying divine beast, and they rode close together during the journey.
• Nie Yun met General Zhi Yao and Fei Tong at the general’s residence and learned that General Zhi Yao planned to return to the Pu Tian Dynasty.
• Nie Yun refused to go with General Zhi Yao, saying he wanted to remain in Fire God City and would return when he wished.

Nie Yun went to the Fire God Auction House after Wei Buxin contacted him about news of Tantai Lingyue, but the guards and Steward Mo turned him away without recognizing him. Wei Buxin rushed outside looking for Nie Yun, leaving Steward Mo and the guards to realize their mistake.

• Nie Yun received a message from Wei Buxin and left Miss Bi'er to go to the Fire God Auction House.
• The guards mocked Nie Yun and refused to let him see Wei Buxin, so he sent Wei Buxin a message with his Communication Jade Token.
• Steward Mo dismissed Nie Yun and threatened to use force if he stayed, prompting Nie Yun to leave.
• Wei Buxin hurried outside asking whether a young man had come looking for him, and Steward Mo and the guards realized they had turned Nie Yun away.

After Wei Buxin learned that Steward Mo had driven Nie Yun away, he punished Mo and the guards before helping Nie Yun pursue news of Tantai Lingyue and the others. A lead pointed to the Red River Domain and its upcoming Sacred Bath Festival, giving Nie Yun a likely chance to find them.

• Wei Buxin discovered that Steward Mo had sent Nie Yun away, then hurried after him and ordered Mo demoted and the guards dismissed.
• Nie Yun entered a sealed room with Wei Buxin and asked whether there was news of the people he was searching for.
• Wei Buxin reported that his men had seen people matching their description heading toward the Red River Domain about a month earlier.
• Wei Buxin told Nie Yun that the Sacred Bath Festival would take place there in a month, and Nie Yun decided the festival could help him find Tantai Lingyue and the others.
• Wei Buxin asked whether Nie Yun wanted to meet several experts who had arrived and might serve as attendants.

Nie Yun visited the hiring market with Wei Buxin to find a powerful expert he could hire for protection and travel. After learning why cultivators sold their services and seeing the rising costs in the stronger sections, he reached the fifth area, where the most powerful hires waited.

• Nie Yun asked Wei Buxin to take him to the hiring market so he could find a powerful attendant.
• Wei Buxin explained that many cultivators hired themselves out because they had reached cultivation bottlenecks and needed money for resources and their families.
• Wei Buxin used his Emperor Realm aura to clear the crowd, then led Nie Yun through the market's areas of increasingly powerful hires.
• Nie Yun saw that the stronger cultivators were fewer and charged tens of thousands of Fire God Coins per day.
• Wei Buxin brought Nie Yun to the fifth area, where seven or eight powerful hires sat without showing much interest in the newcomers.

Nie Yun and Wei Buxin searched the mercenary market for a bodyguard, but Shu Cheng demanded an exorbitant fee and threatened anyone who might take the job. As Nie Yun prepared to leave without hiring anyone, he noticed a disheveled middle-aged man who had stayed apart from the crowd.

• Wei Buxin revealed his Emperor Realm aura, prompting the mercenaries to compete for the job by demonstrating their abilities.
• Nie Yun and Wei Buxin identified Zhang Yi and Huang Jiao as promising candidates.
• Shu Cheng arrived, and a nearby young man explained that he was a middle Emperor Realm mercenary who bullied the market.
• Shu Cheng demanded two hundred thousand Fire God Coins per day, and Nie Yun refused to hire him.
• Shu Cheng threatened that anyone who accepted Nie Yun's job would never return, so the mercenaries backed away.
• Nie Yun decided to leave and noticed a disheveled middle-aged man leaning silently in a corner.

Nie Yun rejected Shu Cheng’s attempt to force a hiring fee and revealed a devastating use of spatial power when Shu Cheng attacked him. After crippling Shu Cheng, Nie Yun offered two hundred million Fire God Coins to anyone who killed him.

• Nie Yun sensed that the disheveled middle-aged man was difficult to read and chose to hire him instead of Shu Cheng.
• Shu Cheng attacked Nie Yun, while Wei Buxin was delayed by Shu Cheng’s sword light.
• Nie Yun met Shu Cheng’s palm with two fingers and shattered his arm by exploiting spatial power.
• Shu Cheng believed Nie Yun was a Peak Emperor Realm expert, but Nie Yun ignored him and continued toward the disheveled man.
• Nie Yun dropped two hundred million Fire God Coins and offered the money to whoever killed Shu Cheng.

Nie Yun used two hundred million Fire God Coins to turn the crowd against Shu Cheng, then focused on the seemingly indifferent Great Sloppy. He suspected the middle-aged man was a Peak Emperor Realm expert, but Great Sloppy denied it and claimed to be only at the Perfected King Realm.

• The crowd attacked the injured Shu Cheng over the promised Fire God Coins and killed him.
• Wei Buxin realized Nie Yun had concealed his strength and resolved not to make an enemy of him.
• Nie Yun watched Great Sloppy ignore the coins and questioned him about his name and motives.
• A bystander said Great Sloppy had stayed there for over two years, rarely took jobs, and accepted only enough money for basic needs.
• Nie Yun called Great Sloppy a Peak Emperor Realm expert, but Great Sloppy insisted he was at the Perfected King Realm.

Nie Yun exposed Great Sloppy as a victim of the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger by describing its effects and pointing out the snake scales hidden under his grime. Great Sloppy revealed his true appearance and began unleashing a powerful aura.

• Nie Yun explained that the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger weakened its victims, caused nightly transformations, and made snake scales appear at noon.
• Nie Yun challenged Great Sloppy to show his skin and reasoned that his foul odor and filthy clothes concealed the scales.
• The others noticed scales on Great Sloppy’s face and retreated in fear.
• Great Sloppy admitted Nie Yun had seen through his disguise, demanded to know who sent him, and shook off the grime covering his body.
• Great Sloppy revealed his snake-scaled form as his aura surged beyond the Perfected King Realm.

Nie Yun confronted the scruffy middle-aged man, whose hidden Peak Emperor Realm strength had been revealed after years of enduring abuse. After the man attacked, Nie Yun recognized that he lacked real killing intent and offered to help resolve his suffering, leaving him stunned.

• Wei Buxin rushed to Nie Yun, while the scruffy middle-aged man revealed his terrifying strength and threatened to perish with everyone.
• The scruffy middle-aged man mistook Nie Yun for an enemy and demanded that his hidden allies appear.
• The scruffy middle-aged man thrust his spear at Nie Yun, but an unseen force redirected the attack into a wall.
• Nie Yun explained that he had not dodged because the man had no intention of killing anyone.
• Nie Yun said he was passing through and could help resolve the scruffy middle-aged man's suffering, prompting the man to ask what he had said.

Nie Yun offered to take in a scruffy middle-aged man and promised he could resolve the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger tormenting him. He left the decision to the man, who finally chased after him to seize the chance.

• Nie Yun explained that the Fire God Sect's supremely yang Fire God Great Dao could counter the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger and revealed that he wanted the man as an attendant.
• The scruffy middle-aged man refused to submit through force or wealth and doubted Nie Yun could cure him without damaging his own cultivation.
• Nie Yun said he could resolve the poison, then turned and left with Wei Buxin rather than pressuring the man to agree.
• Wei Buxin followed Nie Yun and mistook his departure for a tactic to negotiate for greater profit.
• The scruffy middle-aged man weighed his choices, then hurried after Nie Yun and Wei Buxin.

After revealing his strength, Nie Yun returned to the auction house and negotiated with the sloppy middle-aged man, Yuan Jiu, who sought a cure for the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger. Yuan Jiu swore to serve Nie Yun for three years, and Nie Yun prepared to take him somewhere to begin the treatment.

• The mercenaries divided the scattered Fire God Coins equally and later left Fire God City to live as wealthy men.
• Nie Yun asked Wei Buxin to arrange a secluded room at the auction house, where he met privately with the sloppy middle-aged man.
• The middle-aged man knelt and begged Nie Yun to cure the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger.
• Nie Yun offered to cure him in exchange for three years as an attendant, obedience, protection, and secrecy.
• The man, identified as Yuan Jiu, swore upon his Natal Primordial Spirit to serve Nie Yun, and Nie Yun told him not to resist as he took him somewhere.

Nie Yun brought Yuan Jiu into the Storage World and began treating the Yin Cold Qi left by the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger. Yuan Jiu was shocked by Nie Yun’s command of Fire God Flame and the Pu Tian Dynasty’s Devouring Power, then endured the agonizing clash within his acupoints.

• Yuan Jiu agreed to let Nie Yun treat him despite the risks.
• Nie Yun brought Yuan Jiu into the Storage World and examined his condition.
• Nie Yun split Fire God Flame into thousands of dragons, astonishing Yuan Jiu with his control.
• Nie Yun combined the flames with the Pu Tian Dynasty’s Devouring Power and sent them into Yuan Jiu’s acupoints to seal the Yin Cold Qi.
• Yuan Jiu writhed in pain as the flames clashed with the Yin Cold Qi, and Nie Yun ordered him to endure without moving.

Nie Yun absorbed the poison he had removed from Yuan Jiu and used the resulting power to reach the Peak King Realm. Yuan Jiu swore loyalty to Nie Yun but withheld the identity of his enemy, and Nie Yun gave him Fire God Coins to help him recover.

• Nie Yun used the Fire God Power and Devouring Power to burn away Yuan Jiu’s poison, then transferred the remaining poisonous qi out of the Storage World.
• Nie Yun’s Extreme Poison Dantian absorbed and refined the poison, filling his sea of qi with power and helping him break through to the Peak King Realm.
• Nie Yun summoned Yuan Jiu after the Nine Severed Profound Yin Finger poison had been neutralized, and Yuan Jiu knelt in gratitude.
• Nie Yun asked who had poisoned Yuan Jiu, but Yuan Jiu said he would avenge the grievance himself and asked Nie Yun not to inquire further.
• Nie Yun gave Yuan Jiu five hundred million Fire God Coins to buy supplies and recover before serving him.

After learning of a crisis in Hong Yan Valley, Nie Yun hurried there with Wei Buxin. General Zhi Yao and his camp were being falsely accused of killing the Enforcement Team, and the chapter left them forced to kneel before a powerful young man.

• Yuan Jiu accepted Nie Yun's kindness and vowed to obey him, while Nie Yun left after treating him for five days and nights.
• Nie Yun received a troubling message, asked Wei Buxin for a flying divine beast, and set off for Hong Yan Valley.
• General Zhi Yao and his soldiers were blocked in Hong Yan Valley and accused of destroying the Enforcement Team.
• The young man leading the iron-armored warriors rejected Zhi Yao's denial, slapped him, and killed a soldier who charged forward.
• The young man overpowered Zhi Yao and used his middle Emperor Realm pressure to force the entire Zhi Yao Camp to kneel.

Qun Liao forced General Zhi Yao and his soldiers to kneel, intending to frame the Pu Tian Dynasty for the Enforcement Team’s deaths and shield the Fire God Sect from blame. After the iron-armored warrior killed one of Zhi Yao’s men to force a confession, Zhi Yao agreed to take responsibility to protect his soldiers.

• Qun Liao ordered the iron-armored warrior to make the Pu Tian Dynasty soldiers confess to wiping out the Enforcement Team, though he knew they were innocent.
• Qun Liao explained that framing the soldiers would redirect the eight great powers’ anger away from the Fire God Sect.
• The iron-armored warrior demanded that General Zhi Yao confess and killed one of his soldiers as a threat.
• General Zhi Yao struggled between protecting his men and avoiding trouble for the Pu Tian Dynasty, then agreed to confess.
• Zhi Yao’s soldiers cried out and begged him not to admit to the crime.

General Zhi Yao confessed to protect his soldiers and agreed to the Soul Locking Sin Book after Qun Liao released them. As Zhi Yao began opening his soul to the artifact, an unknown figure arrived and condemned the Fire God Sect’s coercion.

• General Zhi Yao ordered his soldiers not to speak of the incident or seek revenge, and they swore life-bound oaths.
• Zhi Yao threatened to collapse his domain and control his own death unless Qun Liao spared the soldiers.
• Qun Liao ordered his armored warriors to release the soldiers, who scattered after bidding farewell to their general.
• Zhi Yao agreed to confess and began extending his soul toward the Soul Locking Sin Book.
• A figure riding a flying divine beast appeared and condemned the Fire God Sect for extracting a confession through torture.

Zhi Yao Camp’s soldiers decided to return and save General Zhi Yao, and Fei Tong said Lord Nie Yun could help him. The soldiers distrusted Nie Yun and demanded to know who he really was, so Fei Tong began to reveal what he knew.

• Yang Shuo urged Zhi Yao Camp’s soldiers to rescue General Zhi Yao rather than abandon him, and the others agreed they would rather die beside him.
• Fei Tong said he had contacted someone who could save General Zhi Yao, and he clarified that he meant Lord Nie Yun, not Miss Bi'er.
• The soldiers blamed Nie Yun for the crisis involving his younger brother and argued that he might be a Fire God Sect spy or an ascender.
• Fei Tong defended Nie Yun by reminding the soldiers that General Zhi Yao trusted him, and Yang Shuo and Fan Zhong pressed Fei Tong to explain who Nie Yun was.
• Fei Tong agreed to tell them, asking that the secret remain only among those present.

Fei Tong revealed that Nie Yun was the missing prince, and Nie Yun arrived at Hong Yan Valley to confront the Fire God Sect over its torture of the general. Qun Liao tried to attack him, but Wei Buxin intervened; Qun Liao insisted that the Punishment Hall had authority to act on Fire God Sect territory.

• Fei Tong made the others swear secrecy, then told them that Nie Yun was the prince the dynasty had been searching for.
• Fei Tong said he had sent word to Nie Yun and believed the prince would rescue the general.
• Nie Yun arrived at Hong Yan Valley on a flying divine beast, and Fei Tong and the others hurried back toward the valley.
• Nie Yun condemned the Fire God Sect's use of torture, and Qun Liao rushed at him with a sword-finger strike.
• Wei Buxin blocked Qun Liao and warned him that Nie Yun was his distinguished guest.
• Qun Liao rejected Wei Buxin's warning, insisting that outsiders had no right to interfere with the Punishment Hall's enforcement on Fire God Sect territory.