Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun used a staged explosion to draw guards away from a suspected treasure vault in Prince Duobo's estate and identified the more heavily guarded location as the real vault. He teleported there and watched as a Perfected Emperor Realm guard ordered his men to hold their positions.

• Nie Yun met General Zhi Yao, took a map of Prince Duobo's estate, and asked whether its marked treasure vault was genuine.
• Nie Yun went to the marked vault and used a captured expert's forced self-destruction to trigger a massive explosion.
• The explosion killed many guards and sent most of the estate's forces rushing to investigate.
• Nie Yun noticed that guards at one location had not moved and concluded it was the real treasure vault.
• Nie Yun teleported into a rockery near the guards as a Perfected Emperor Realm man ordered them to hold their positions.

Nie Yun sought a way past the Formation guarding a palace in Prince Duobo’s residence and enlisted Wu Xun to draw a guard away. After Wu Xun’s attempt raised suspicions, Nie Yun stole a token from the guard sent to follow him and told Wu Xun to keep the pursuer occupied.

• Nie Yun identified the palace’s disorderly surroundings as a Formation and realized he needed a token to enter unnoticed.
• Nie Yun contacted Wu Xun, who chose to help despite the danger of being exposed by Prince Duobo.
• Wu Xun tried to persuade the Perfected Emperor Realm guard to give him a token, but the guard refused and became suspicious.
• The guard ordered a peak Emperor Realm subordinate to secretly follow Wu Xun.
• Nie Yun used Heaven Stealing Master Talent to steal the follower’s jade token without being detected.
• Nie Yun returned to the artificial mountain and told Wu Xun to lead the follower around the residence and delay him.

Nie Yun infiltrated Prince Duobo’s palace treasury and discovered what he believed was Extreme Arctic Ice sealed in a jade box. Unable to remove the box safely, he stole the entire platform and imprisoned it inside Yan Huang Hall.

• Nie Yun used the token and Storage World spatial power to bypass the palace’s restrictions and teleport into the treasury.
• Nie Yun found a jade box on a raised platform and recognized its overwhelming chill as likely Extreme Arctic Ice.
• Nie Yun decided that Yan Huang Hall could contain the treasure more safely than the Storage World.
• Nie Yun cut through the platform’s base, collected the whole platform, and imprisoned it inside Yan Huang Hall.

Nie Yun discovered a hidden vault beneath Prince Duobo's bedroom and took its precious pills and treasures, including an object he suspected was the Direction Finding Needle. After also securing the Extreme Arctic Ice, he left the secret chamber and Teleported into Prince Duobo's bedroom.

• Nie Yun found concealed restrictions leading to a secret chamber and Teleported inside.
• He recognized the chamber's pills as rare treasures and swept the jade boxes into his Storage World.
• Nie Yun discovered an ancient object marked with characters meaning auspicious and ominous, suspected it was the Direction Finding Needle, and collected it.
• He took the remaining treasures and deduced that the vault connected to Prince Duobo's bedroom.
• Nie Yun Teleported into Prince Duobo's bedroom after obtaining the Extreme Arctic Ice, pills, and suspected Direction Finding Needle.

Nie Yun finished robbing Prince Duobo's residence and caused a devastating explosion before heading to Prince Liu Mu's residence to steal knowledge of the Puppet Dao. Unable to enter past its defenses, he slipped inside by hiding Yan Huang Hall on Huo Yang, who had arrived to request an audience with the prince.

• Nie Yun recovered Wu Xun's talisman token and secretly told him that the task was done.
• Nie Yun returned Elder Hong Yuan and the dead warriors to Prince Duobo's residence, where they exploded and threw the residence into turmoil.
• Nie Yun traveled to Prince Liu Mu's residence, hoping to obtain the Puppet Dao and control his two Sword Attendants.
• Nie Yun studied the residence's defenses but could not find a safe way inside.
• When Huo Yang arrived requesting an audience, Nie Yun disguised Yan Huang Hall as dust and attached it to him.
• Huo Yang passed the residence's security checks and entered the hall where His Highness was waiting.

Nie Yun watched Prince Liu Mu reveal and then conceal power beyond an ordinary peak Emperor Realm cultivator, while Huo Yang reported that Nie Yun was suspected of causing six Perfected Emperor Realm cultivators to self-detonate at Prince Duobo's Residence. Prince Liu Mu concluded that Nie Yun likely had a Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm expert backing him and resolved to hasten his sacrificial refinement before entering the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven.

• Nie Yun observed Prince Liu Mu draw immense power into his acupoints, then sensed his strength settle back to the peak Emperor Realm level.
• A guard congratulated Prince Liu Mu on reaching perfect fulfillment in the Great Dao of Heavenly Puppet, but Prince Liu Mu said he remained at the peak of the ninth level.
• Prince Liu Mu asked Huo Yang about his assignment, and Huo Yang reported that six Perfected Emperor Realm cultivators had ambushed Nie Yun before their self-detonations caused the explosion at Prince Duobo's Residence.
• Prince Liu Mu considered whether an Emperor Realm expert had helped Nie Yun, then ruled it out because Yunzhou City's Emperor-level experts would have detected such an intruder.
• Prince Liu Mu suspected Nie Yun had recruited a Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm expert and resolved to complete his sacrificial refinement before entering the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven.

Prince Liu Mu ordered Huo Yang to deepen the feud between him and Nie Yun, then secretly prepared an ancient Puppet Dao puppet. Nie Yun watched from the Yan Huang Hall as Liu Mu fed the puppet his golden blood and brought out an ancient treasure to subdue it.

• Prince Liu Mu told Huo Yang to spread the news of Prince Duobo's past attempt to assassinate Nie Yun and make their conflict grow, then went into seclusion.
• Nie Yun, hidden inside the Yan Huang Hall, overheard Liu Mu declare that the throne was his and watched him summon a puppet.
• Liu Mu communicated with the puppet and fed it his golden blood, leading Nie Yun to realize he was nourishing it rather than refining a clone.
• The puppet resisted Liu Mu and unleashed a destructive aura, but a formation above the hall suppressed the spreading cracks.
• Liu Mu enveloped the puppet in light and summoned an ancient object to crush it, which Nie Yun suspected was a treasure from the ancient Puppet Dao.

Nie Yun watched Prince Liu Mu tame a self-aware puppet using the Ancient Puppet Dao and realized the tiny figure above him held the Dao’s mysteries. As Prince Liu Mu began cultivating to refine it further, Nie Yun considered stealing the figure to comprehend the Puppet Dao himself.

• Nie Yun inferred that Prince Liu Mu was feeding and taming the self-aware puppet rather than refining a clone.
• Prince Liu Mu ordered the puppet to kneel, and it obeyed, completing its taming.
• Prince Liu Mu promised the puppet rewards and kept it hidden as one of his trump cards.
• Prince Liu Mu connected with the tiny figure to cultivate the Great Dao of Heavenly Puppet and pursue deeper mastery of the Puppet Dao.
• Nie Yun considered stealing the tiny figure and merging it into his puppet dantian to comprehend the Puppet Dao instantly.

Nie Yun waited for Prince Liu Mu to break through to the Perfected Emperor Realm, then seized the moment of weakness to steal his little puppet and Storage Ring. He escaped toward the hall entrance with both items.

• Nie Yun decided he could not take Prince Liu Mu's puppet by force and waited for a chance to distract him.
• Prince Liu Mu took an Infant Holy Heart Pill to clear his mind and aid his breakthrough.
• Prince Liu Mu broke through to the Perfected Emperor Realm, leaving his strength temporarily depleted.
• Nie Yun leaped out of Yan Huang Hall and grabbed the little puppet and Prince Liu Mu's Storage Ring.
• Nie Yun stored both items in his Storage World and Teleported to the great hall's entrance.

Nie Yun escaped the Liu Mu Prince's Residence with Liu Mu's puppet figurine and Storage Ring after Liu Mu broke through to the Perfected Emperor Realm. He refined the figurine, mastered the complete Puppet Dao, and began testing how its domain could strengthen his combat methods.

• Prince Liu Mu broke through but was too weak to stop Nie Yun from stealing his puppet figurine and Storage Ring and teleporting away.
• Prince Liu Mu recognized Nie Yun as the thief, activated the residence's formations, and vowed to kill him, but Nie Yun had already escaped.
• Nie Yun refined the puppet figurine in his Storage World and gained the complete Puppet Dao, learning that puppet creation demanded great cultivation, heart's blood, soul, and time.
• Nie Yun discovered that his Puppet Domain could turn anything it covered, including rocks and trees, into objects that obeyed his commands.
• Nie Yun summoned several dozen Perfected Emperor Realm longswords into the Puppet Domain and made them move as puppets.

Nie Yun used his newly mastered Puppet Dao to strengthen his Domains and tried to refine the two Sword Attendants, but a bloodline seal left by Great Emperor Lu Xi prevented him from controlling them. He then turned to the treasures stolen from Prince Liu Mu’s Storage Ring.

• Nie Yun transformed Perfected Emperor Realm longswords into puppet-like copies of himself and assessed how the Puppet Domain had increased his strength.
• Nie Yun judged that he still could not defeat Prince Duobo, but believed fusing another Great Dao would let him crush him.
• Nie Yun examined the two Sword Attendants with the Puppet Dao and discovered their cores were protected by Great Emperor Lu Xi’s Bloodline Power Seal.
• Nie Yun accepted that he could not refine the Sword Attendants without Lu Xi’s bloodline and considered reforging them once he grew stronger.
• Nie Yun opened Prince Liu Mu’s Storage Ring and found a mountain-like pile of treasures.

Nie Yun purified his body and soul with Mortal World Heart Dew, then accompanied Prince Ru Xia to the Myriad Realms Feather Robe Contest. They arrived at the forest venue and met Ye Tao and Yun Rou, where Nie Yun’s growing reputation drew attention.

• Nie Yun used the Mortal World Heart Dew to cleanse his body and soul, preparing for future breakthroughs.
• After three days, Prince Ru Xia visited Nie Yun and said he had advanced to the perfected Emperor Realm.
• Nie Yun asked where the Myriad Realms Feather Robe Contest would be held, and Prince Ru Xia said it was in the mountain forest outside the city.
• Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia traveled to the contest venue, where their arrival together surprised the assembled participants.
• Ye Tao explained that Yun Rou had secured him a place in the contest, and Yun Rou arrived and said she would stay by his side.

Nie Yun faced Prince Duobo and Prince Liu Mu, provoking Liu Mu over the stolen treasures while the princes threatened him ahead of the Myriad Realms Feather Robe competition. He left the confrontation smiling, with Liu Mu unable to expose the theft without damaging his reputation.

• Yun Rou asked Nie Yun for a pill that would keep her young, and he promised to save her a Youthful Appearance Pill if he could eventually refine one.
• Prince Duobo and Prince Liu Mu arrived together, prompting onlookers to speculate that they had joined forces against Prince Ru Xia and Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun sarcastically thanked Prince Duobo for taking him in, then congratulated Prince Liu Mu on his increased cultivation and made Liu Mu suspect he had stolen from his residence.
• Nie Yun taunted Liu Mu about losing something and suggested an Infant Holy Heart Pill, making Liu Mu certain that Nie Yun was the thief.
• Prince Liu Mu threatened Nie Yun over the upcoming Myriad Realms Feather Robe competition, and Nie Yun replied that he would not hold back if they met.

Nie Yun and the other contenders entered the contest for the Myriad Realms Feather Robe, where they had one day to retrieve a Fire Dragon Heart from the Fire Dragon Abyss. The emperor’s rules barred pets and killing, and Nie Yun entered with Prince Ru Xia while concealing his identity and Devouring Power.

• Prince Liu Mu and Nie Yun exchanged hostile words before the Puntian Great Emperor arrived, and the assembled crowd knelt before him.
• The chief eunuch announced rules for the contest, including a ban on pets and killing, and revealed that the task was to retrieve a Fire Dragon Heart from the Fire Dragon Abyss within one day.
• Prince Ru Xia and Nie Yun discussed the need to keep the Myriad Realms Feather Robe from Prince Duobo and Prince Liu Mu, while Ru Xia vowed to surpass them.
• Prince Ru Xia and Nie Yun entered the gateway to the contest world after many other contenders had already gone ahead.

Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia ventured into the Fire Dragon Abyss, learning that it was the corpse of an Ancient Fire Dragon Beast and pressing onward through increasingly intense flames. They reached a sea of fire near the abyss’s deepest part, where Prince Ru Xia believed the Fire Dragon Heart was close.

• Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia entered the Fire Dragon Abyss, with Nie Yun enduring the heat and Prince Ru Xia shielding himself with a Spirit Qi Mystic Robe.
• Prince Ru Xia explained that the abyss formed inside an Ancient Fire Dragon Beast’s corpse and described the ancient Emperor Beasts that could reach the Emperor Realm.
• Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia hurried onward, wary that Prince Duobo might reach the Fire Dragon Heart first despite losing his Extreme Arctic Ice.
• The flames intensified over hours of travel, and many competitors turned back while Nie Yun concealed his Fire God Talent behind a protective-looking membrane.
• Prince Ru Xia’s Spirit Qi Mystic Robe failed, so he relied on a defensive magic treasure as they approached a blazing sea of fire.
• Prince Ru Xia said the Fire Dragon Heart was likely not far ahead.

Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia surveyed the powerful competitors enduring the scorching trial, and Ru Xia identified several dangerous figures vying for the Myriad Realms Feather Robe. The chapter ended with Nie Yun asking about the final person, whom everyone seemed to avoid.

• Nie Yun recognized Prince Duobo and Prince Liu Mu among the few competitors who remained in the scorching area.
• Prince Ru Xia identified Mo Yan, whose Heart Demon Talent and black aura let him repel the flames, and warned Nie Yun about his ability to trigger inner demons.
• Prince Ru Xia explained that Chi Yao, a bald descendant of Great Emperor Beixuan, had once trapped a Perfected Emperor Realm expert for three days and nights with his formations.
• Prince Ru Xia described Wu Chan, a guest disciple with a Fusion Domain who had slain a powerful ferocious beast and was a leading candidate for the Myriad Realms Feather Robe.
• Nie Yun asked Prince Ru Xia about the last figure, whom the others seemed to keep their distance from.

Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia assessed the powerful young talents competing for the Fire Dragon Heart, and Nie Yun recognized that Mo Yan had tried to undermine Prince Ru Xia’s confidence. The group reached the Sea of Fire Dragons, the final obstacle between them and the Fire Dragon Heart, and stopped to consider how to cross it.

• Prince Ru Xia introduced One-Horn as a formidable Chaos Vault Beast descendant and renowned battle maniac.
• Nie Yun encouraged Prince Ru Xia not to lose heart, and Prince Ru Xia regained his confidence.
• Nie Yun warned Prince Ru Xia that Mo Yan had likely used his inner-demon abilities to magnify his doubts.
• Prince Ru Xia prepared to confront Mo Yan, but Nie Yun stopped him and pointed out the path ahead.
• Nie Yun, Prince Ru Xia, Wu Chan, Chi Yao, and the others reached the vast, scorching Sea of Fire Dragons and realized they had to cross it to reach the Fire Dragon Heart.

The group discovered that the Sea of Fire Dragons swallowed anything that tried to cross it, and Wu Chan urged them to pool their resources. Prince Duobo revealed an ancient ship made from Ice Soul Cold Crystal that could sail safely across the sea, then invited others aboard as the princes’ rivalry continued.

• Wu Chan explained that the Sea of Fire Dragons’ Devouring Power prevented flight, and his thrown divine weapon was consumed by the flames.
• Wu Chan proposed that the young geniuses join forces to cross the sea, but no one wanted to reveal their hidden trump cards.
• Prince Duobo brought out an ancient ship made from Ice Soul Cold Crystal and sailed it onto the Sea of Fire Dragons without harm.
• Prince Liu Mu followed Prince Duobo aboard, and Mo Yan accepted Duobo’s invitation to ride with them while stating he would still compete for the Fire Dragon Heart.
• Prince Ru Xia grew displeased, recognizing that Duobo’s generosity could win support in the future struggle for the throne.

Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia boarded Prince Duobo's Ice Soul Cold Crystal ship despite his attempt to exclude them, then provoked him until he swallowed his anger and sailed them through the Sea of Fire Dragons. The chapter ended with Nie Yun lamenting that the priceless ship was too large to fit in a secret chamber, renewing Prince Duobo's frustration.

• Prince Duobo invited Wu Chan, Chi Yao, and One-Horn aboard while pointedly excluding Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia, but Nie Yun grabbed Prince Ru Xia and boarded anyway.
• Nie Yun pretended Prince Duobo had earnestly invited them, and One-Horn joined them while praising Nie Yun, intensifying Prince Duobo's anger.
• Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia discussed testing the ship's strength, making Prince Duobo fear they would destroy it if he tried to throw them off.
• Prince Duobo restrained himself, welcomed everyone aboard, and sailed the group through the Sea of Fire Dragons as Nie Yun taunted him.
• Nie Yun praised the ship's strength, then lamented that it was too large to fit in a secret chamber, nearly making Prince Duobo faint.

Nie Yun and the others encountered a mysterious, ice-like mountain in the Sea of Fire Dragons and learned it was Fire Dragon Stone, the ultimate form of flame. As they considered its danger, Nie Yun wondered whether all Daos could ultimately fuse into a single Dao.

• Prince Duobo grew furious when Nie Yun and Prince Ru Xia mocked him over the ancient ship and his treasure.
• The group spotted a translucent, iceberg-like mountain that radiated a deadly sense of danger.
• Wu Chan threw a Perfected Emperor Realm divine weapon toward the mountain, and its white mist reduced the weapon to ash.
• Wu Chan identified the mountain as Fire Dragon Stone, and One-Horn recalled hearing of it from his clan ancestor.
• Wu Chan explained that Fire Dragon Stone was flame condensed to its ultimate form and could burn a Perfected Emperor Realm expert to ashes.
• Nie Yun connected the idea of things converging at their limits to his dantians and wondered whether fusing all Daos into one would bring a qualitative leap.