Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun planned to obtain Di Xuan’s Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine by infiltrating Divine Maiden Peak while making others believe he had gone to the You Mo Realm. He reached Di Xuan’s palace but discovered her treasures were likely in a Storage Ring on her hand, leaving him searching for a way to get close enough to copy the vine.

• Nie Yun decided to steal a look at Di Xuan’s Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine and arranged for his clone to fly toward the You Mo Realm as an alibi.
• Nie Yun sent Nie Tong to guard their room and used the Storage World’s spatial power to reach Divine Maiden Peak.
• Nie Yun Teleported outside Di Xuan’s palace and slipped inside using his fused concealment talents.
• Nie Yun overheard Di Xuan complain that Tantai Lingyue had refused to meet Young Master Xuan Chen, whose alliance would benefit them through the Boundless Sea.
• Nie Yun searched Di Xuan’s hall and realized her treasures were probably in the Storage Ring on her hand, but he still needed to make her remove it.

Nie Yun secretly followed Di Xuan into a hidden chamber, believing it might hold the Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine or other treasures. He found only a fragrant pool, then watched Di Xuan collapse into pain as her clothes tore away, leaving her naked.

• Nie Yun considered ways to inspect Di Xuan's Storage Ring or get her to reveal the Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, but rejected stealing it because it could ruin his plans with Tantai Lingyue.
• After hearing Di Xuan cough and seeing her tremble in pain, Nie Yun followed her through a concealed spatial entrance.
• Nie Yun entered a vast empty chamber and found only a dark, fragrant pool, which he guessed was Di Xuan's private bathing place.
• Di Xuan roared in pain before the pool as her body trembled and her clothes tore away, leaving her naked.

Nie Yun secretly watched Di Xuan transform into a grotesque beast and then return to her beautiful form after bathing in a strange pool. He copied the treasures in her Storage Ring but found no Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, then followed her out and returned to the Eight Directions Inn.

• Nie Yun watched Di Xuan’s body turn black and spiky before she transformed into a hideous, foul-smelling beast and entered the pool.
• Nie Yun used the Storage World to copy the treasures in Di Xuan’s Storage Ring but found no Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine.
• Di Xuan emerged from the pool restored to her beautiful appearance, and Nie Yun collected a drop of the pool water.
• Di Xuan dressed, retrieved her Storage Ring, and left through a light door without noticing Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun followed her through the light door, left the palace, and teleported back to the Eight Directions Inn.

Nie Yun discovered that Young Master Xuan Chen had never gone to the You Mo Realm to search for the Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, and secretly watched him instead. Xuan Chen revealed that he already possessed the vine, leaving Nie Yun stunned by the unexpected turn.

• Nie Yun found no Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine in Di Xuan's Storage Ring and realized he would have to look elsewhere.
• Nie Yun used the Storage World's spatial power to search for Young Master Xuan Chen and discovered he was still hiding in Divine Maiden City.
• Nie Yun secretly watched Xuan Chen for five days as he drank and cultivated instead of heading to the You Mo Realm.
• Mo Xiang visited Xuan Chen and questioned why he was not searching for the Immortal Vine.
• Xuan Chen revealed a jade-green vine and declared that it was the Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, astonishing Mo Xiang and Nie Yun.

Nie Yun replicated the Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine that Young Master Xuan Chen used in the contest, then refined an even more powerful version. The process drained his cultivation from the Peak of Seven States Realm to its early stage, and with one day remaining before the appointment, he left to find a way to recover.

• Nie Yun sensed and replicated the immortal vine in Young Master Xuan Chen's hand, realizing Di Xuan had secretly given it to him.
• Nie Yun produced more than ten thousand copies in the Storage World, far exceeding Young Master Xuan Chen's single section.
• Nie Yun used Artifact Refining methods to create a higher-quality immortal vine that tore open a million-kilometer fissure when he swung it.
• Nie Yun discovered that creating the refined vine had consumed enough energy to drop his cultivation from the Peak of Seven States Realm to its early stage.
• Nie Yun decided that ordinary spiritual-energy absorption would take too long to restore his strength, so he left his room to use another method.

Nie Yun and Nie Tong visited Divine Maiden Peak's Black Market to exchange a vast supply of Top-grade Divine Stones for Low-grade Divine Stones and other spiritual resources. The chief leader agreed to gather enough goods, asking them to wait half a day.

• Nie Yun took Nie Tong to the Black Market beneath an ancient castle and used a Black Talisman Token to request a meeting with its chief leader.
• The chief leader questioned where Nie Yun had obtained the token, but he refused to explain and proposed a major trade.
• Nie Yun revealed hundreds of thousands of Top-grade Divine Stones, shocking the chief leader.
• The chief leader joked about robbing them, and Nie Yun warned that he would wipe out the Black Market if it attacked them.
• The chief leader agreed to gather Low-grade Divine Stones within half a day, and Nie Yun said spirit herbs and spiritually rich treasures could make up any shortage.

Nie Yun exchanged Top-grade Divine Stones for a vast supply of Low-grade Divine Stones and used their spiritual energy to restore his Storage World to the Peak of Seven States Realm. He then analyzed the pool water that had restored Di Xuan’s human form and began considering a medicine that could reveal a transformed divine beast’s true nature.

• Nie Yun paid the Black Market chief for Low-grade Divine Stones and supplies, then instructed her to keep gathering them for future exchanges.
• Nie Yun and Nie Tong Teleported back to the Eight Directions Inn, and Nie Yun entered his Storage World to prepare for the next day.
• Nie Yun used the supplies’ spiritual energy to restore his Storage World to the Peak of Seven States Realm and condensed more than a dozen Mystic Turtle Immortal Vines.
• Nie Yun analyzed a drop of pool water from Di Xuan’s residence and identified its ingredients as medicine that could stabilize a divine beast’s transformed form.
• Nie Yun decided to study a medicine that could reveal a transformed divine beast’s true nature.

Nie Yun returned to Divine Maiden Peak for the second marriage trial, where Young Master Xuan Chen presented a Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine and appeared to win. Nie Yun interrupted the announcement and claimed that he had found one too, leaving the Great Emperors waiting for him to produce it.

• Nie Yun arrived at Divine Maiden Peak and found Xuan Chen and the other marriage candidates gathered for the trial assessment.
• Xuan Chen told Nie Yun he had obtained the Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, but Nie Yun said he had found one as well.
• Xuan Chen, Mo Xiang, Wu Chen, Lou Xu, and the other candidates dismissed Nie Yun's claim as boasting.
• Di Xuan called for the candidates to present their vines, and Xuan Chen offered his to her as a gift.
• The Great Emperors confirmed Xuan Chen's vine was genuine, and Di Xuan began declaring him the winner.
• Nie Yun interrupted Di Xuan and said he had a Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine too, so she asked him to present it.

Nie Yun defeated Young Master Xuan Chen in the immortal vine contest by revealing a vast quantity of Mystic Turtle Immortal Vines. Di Xuan refused to award him the victory unless he produced one of higher quality, and Nie Yun challenged her to keep her word.

• Nie Yun produced a genuine Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, matching the one Young Master Xuan Chen had presented, and Di Xuan initially declared the contest a tie.
• When Nie Yun reminded Di Xuan that the contestant who found more vines would win, he revealed a second one.
• Young Master Xuan Chen claimed he had another vine too, and Di Xuan tried to rule the contest a tie again.
• Nie Yun revealed a huge pile of Mystic Turtle Immortal Vines, leaving Young Master Xuan Chen and the others stunned.
• Di Xuan insisted that quantity did not matter and demanded a higher-quality vine for Nie Yun to win; Nie Yun accused her of changing the rules and challenged her to keep her word.

Nie Yun won the second trial with an exceptionally powerful Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine, and Di Xuan acknowledged his victory in two rounds. But she left the choice of Divine Maiden Peak’s son-in-law open, giving the contestants three days to prepare gifts for Tantai Lingyue.

• When an Emperor rebuked Nie Yun, Nie Yun accused Divine Maiden Peak of favoring Young Master Xuan Chen, prompting the gathered contestants to suspect the trial was rigged.
• Di Xuan denied that the choice had been predetermined and challenged Nie Yun to produce an Immortal Vine of higher quality or accept a tie.
• Nie Yun revealed a jade-green Mystic Turtle Immortal Vine whose presence nearly matched an Emperor-grade Divine Weapon, astonishing the crowd.
• Di Xuan admitted Nie Yun had won the round, and Nie Yun pointed out that he had now won two rounds and asked whether the third was still necessary.
• Di Xuan declared there would be no third round, but announced that all contestants had three days to prepare gifts for Tantai Lingyue, with the best gift deciding Divine Maiden Peak’s son-in-law.

After Nie Yun objected to Di Xuan’s gift contest for Tantai Lingyue, he prepared a gift and developed medicine to counter the pool water. The Divine Pagoda Emperor then arrived with news that Yaoshuang was in trouble, leaving Nie Yun to learn what had happened.

• Di Xuan announced that the suitor whose gift showed the most sincerity would become Divine Maiden Peak’s son-in-law, angering Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun told Nie Tong they would take Tantai Lingyue back in three days if Divine Maiden Peak did not relent, and he chose a gift to prepare.
• Nie Yun spent two days developing a prescription and medicinal solution to counter the pool water.
• Nie Tong told Nie Yun that the Divine Pagoda Emperor had been waiting to see him, and Nie Yun apologized for keeping him waiting.
• The Divine Pagoda Emperor said Emperor Yuan Yang had vanished and revealed that Yaoshuang was in trouble; Yuan Yang had instructed him to seek Nie Yun’s help.

Nie Yun discovered a black shadow damaging Yaoshuang’s soul and traced the likely cause to a Seven-Day Soul-Returning Pill. He sent the Divine Pagoda Emperor to bring in the pill’s refiner, Cloud Lang Medical Immortal.

• The Divine Pagoda Emperor brought Nie Yun and Nie Tong to see Yaoshuang after her soul suddenly weakened.
• Nie Yun used the Divine Farmer Qi-Gazing Method and found a black shadow fused with Yaoshuang’s soul, draining its life force.
• The Divine Pagoda Emperor said Yaoshuang had taken only soul-nourishing medicines and that no one besides him and Emperor Yuan Yang Lord had entered her room.
• Nie Yun reviewed Yaoshuang’s medicines and noticed she had taken the Seven-Day Soul-Returning Pill presented by Prince Duobo.
• Nie Yun suspected the pill had caused Yaoshuang’s condition and asked the Divine Pagoda Emperor to bring its refiner, Cloud Lang Medical Immortal, to him.
• The Divine Pagoda Emperor vanished to capture Cloud Lang Medical Immortal.

Nie Yun drew a heart demon out of Yaoshuang’s soul, but it attacked him and escaped before he could learn its origin. He nourished Yaoshuang’s weakened soul and returned to find Divine Pagoda Emperor and Cloud Lang Medical Immortal waiting.

• Nie Yun told Nie Tong that a heart demon had fused with Yaoshuang’s soul and warned that trying to remove it directly could destroy her soul.
• Nie Yun took Yaoshuang and the altar into his Storage World, then lured the heart demon out with a Heart Demon Cloud and immobilized it.
• Nie Yun recognized a possible connection between the heart demon and the strange black-shadow consciousnesses he had seen in corpses in the Chaos Ocean.
• Nie Yun tried to deduce the heart demon’s origin, but a powerful force struck him and the shadow escaped.
• Nie Yun surrounded Yaoshuang’s weakened soul with soul-nourishing treasures and estimated that she would regain consciousness in about three days.
• Nie Yun returned to find Divine Pagoda Emperor standing nearby with Cloud Lang Medical Immortal.

Nie Yun questioned Divine Pagoda Emperor about who could have planted heart demons in the pill that harmed Yaoshuang. He learned more about Tablet Transformation Elder and Love Obsessed Dao Venerable, but the culprit remained uncertain.

• Divine Pagoda Emperor reported that Cloud Lang Medical Immortal had found the pill’s prescription in an ancient tomb and had seen illusions while refining it.
• Nie Yun reassured Divine Pagoda Emperor that Yaoshuang was receiving treatment in a safe place, then identified three known heart demon experts in the God Realm.
• Nie Yun asked Divine Pagoda Emperor whether anyone besides Tablet Transformation Elder, Love Obsessed Dao Venerable, and Heart Demon Great Emperor could use heart demons, and Divine Pagoda Emperor said there was no one else.
• Divine Pagoda Emperor explained that Tablet Transformation Elder had attacked talented descendants of the Nine Great Powers, was nearly killed by their alliance, and escaped into the You Mo Realm.
• Nie Yun realized Di Xuan might have sent him to the You Mo Realm hoping Tablet Transformation Elder would kill him.
• Divine Pagoda Emperor recounted how Love Obsessed Dao Venerable fell in love with a girl who chose Xuanyuan the Great Emperor, then withdrew from the world after his confession left him devastated.

Nie Yun questioned Divine Pagoda Emperor about the Great Emperors who might have caused Yaoshuang’s heart demon, but found no clear culprit. After returning to Eight Directions Inn, Nie Yun was ambushed by a Great Emperor’s will, which Nie Tong defeated and handed over for Nie Yun to refine.

• Divine Pagoda Emperor told Nie Yun that Di Xuan had been involved with Love Obsessed Dao Venerable and Xuanyuan the Great Emperor, and described Heart Demon Great Emperor’s power and recent seclusion.
• Nie Yun considered whether Tablet Transformation Elder, Love Obsessed Dao Venerable, or Heart Demon Great Emperor could have targeted Yaoshuang, but found no convincing motive.
• Nie Yun asked Divine Pagoda Emperor to search Cloud Lang Medical Immortal’s soul and continue contacting Emperor Yuan Yang and the others, then returned to Eight Directions Inn.
• A Great Emperor’s power restrained Nie Yun as soon as he entered his room, but Nie Tong rushed in and cut through the attack’s restraints.
• Nie Tong struck down the attacker’s phantom will and gave it to Nie Yun, who stored it away to refine.

After Nie Yun refined an unknown Great Emperor’s ambush and advanced to the Eight Provinces Realm, he and Nie Tong suspected Xuanyuan the Great Emperor was behind it. As the brothers discussed the dangers of opposing Great Emperors, an enigmatic visitor arrived who seemed at least as powerful as Nie Tong.

• Nie Yun refined the attacking will, advanced to the Eight Provinces Realm, and realized the ambush might be connected to Yaoshuang’s heart demon.
• Nie Tong suggested Xuanyuan the Great Emperor as the likely attacker, and Nie Yun considered how Xuanyuan might benefit from his death.
• Nie Yun warned Nie Tong to be cautious, while Nie Tong said Xuanyuan would not easily be able to kill him.
• Nie Tong offered to kill Great Emperors for Nie Yun to devour, but Nie Yun refused, saying it could create a heart demon.
• A middle-aged man entered the inn to visit Nie Yun, and Nie Tong judged that the visitor was probably no weaker than himself.

Xuanyuan the Great Emperor visited Nie Yun and Nie Tong, explained that he had come to honor his debt to Great Emperor Shennong, and gave Nie Yun a Divine Snail Bodhi Seed. Before leaving, he asked Nie Yun to share any news of Puntian Great Emperor, leaving Nie Yun troubled by the disappearance of two peak Great Emperors.

• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor revealed that he knew Nie Tong was a Sword Dao Great Emperor and said Great Emperor Shennong had once helped him.
• Nie Yun recognized Xuanyuan the Great Emperor, and Xuanyuan assured the brothers he would not interfere in Nie Yun's contest with Xuan Chen.
• Xuanyuan gave Nie Yun a Divine Snail Bodhi Seed and said Tantai Lingyue had received the other one.
• Xuanyuan asked Nie Yun to tell him if he heard news of Puntian Great Emperor, then departed.
• Nie Yun wondered why Puntian Great Emperor and Emperor Yuan Yang had both become unreachable, while Nie Tong questioned Xuanyuan's visit and gift.

Nie Yun realized Xuanyuan the Great Emperor had warned him that Divine Maiden Peak would be dangerous, then prepared to deliver his gifts and marry Tantai Lingyue. He arrived at Divine Maiden Peak as the other powers gathered, leaving the gift competition and confrontation with Young Master Xuan Chen about to begin.

• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor gave Nie Yun a Divine Snail Bodhi Seed, and Nie Yun concluded the gift also warned him to be cautious at Divine Maiden Peak.
• Nie Yun told Nie Tong to sneak into the back mountain and bring Tantai Lingyue out if the gathering turned hostile.
• Nie Yun and Nie Tong left the Eight Directions Inn by separate routes for Divine Maiden Peak.
• Nie Yun handed his gift list to a maidservant and entered the hall, where nine empty thrones stood.
• Young Master Xuan Chen questioned Nie Yun's gift, and Nie Yun said he would make him despair again.

Di Xuan gathered the rulers of the Nine Great Powers to begin the final selection of a husband for Tantai Lingyue. She explained that the choice depended on suitability and sincerity rather than strength, and revealed that the first two rounds had already given her a candidate in mind.

• Di Xuan appeared on the throne, followed by the rulers of the other great powers, while Pu Tian Ridge's seat remained empty because Puntian Great Emperor was unreachable.
• Nie Yun recognized Xuanyuan the Great Emperor and Ouyang Mo Tian among the assembled rulers, and Ouyang Mo Tian glared at him with hostility.
• Di Xuan began the final selection and explained that she sought a husband who met both her and Tantai Lingyue's requirements, not necessarily the strongest candidate.
• Di Xuan said she already had a suitable candidate in mind after the first two tests and that the final gift would reveal the contestants' sincerity.

Di Xuan revealed the gift lists submitted for Tantai Lingyue, and Young Master Xuan Chen’s promise to help her reach the Emperor Realm within a hundred years stunned the hall. Nie Yun remained confident that the contest was not yet decided.

• Di Xuan revealed Young Master Gai Yun’s gift list, which included twenty Heavenly Dao Divine Weapons and impressed the crowd.
• Di Xuan opened Young Master Lou Xu’s list, and his hundred thousand Top-grade Divine Stones established Haotian Tower’s immense wealth.
• Di Xuan revealed the other young masters’ gifts, with Young Master Liu Chan’s ten Heavenly Dao Golden Pills standing out among them.
• Di Xuan opened Young Master Xuan Chen’s list, which promised to help Tantai Lingyue reach the Emperor Realm within a hundred years.
• Young Master Xuan Chen taunted Nie Yun, but Nie Yun replied that the final winner had not yet been decided.