Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun seized the Dragon's Grudge and reached the peak of the Domain Realm, then tricked Mi Jing into thinking her poison had killed him so he could break her arm and stop her escape. He pinned her down as she struggled, leaving her ashamed and wondering whether she had lost her chastity.

• Nie Yun identified the liquid in the jade bowl as Dragon's Grudge and absorbed its dense spiritual energy to break through to the peak of the Domain Realm.
• Nie Yun endured an injury while storing the Dragon's Grudge in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, then recovered with his Healer Talent.
• Mi Jing struck Nie Yun with a golden whip and threatened him with Golden Scale Heart-Devouring Flower Powder unless he handed over the treasure.
• Nie Yun secretly shattered Mi Jing's jade bottle and pretended the pollen had poisoned him before breaking her arm and grabbing her.
• Mi Jing activated her Sky Walker Master Talent, but Nie Yun pinned her down as she struggled and she wondered if her chastity had been lost.

Nie Yun subdued Mi Jing after she threatened him and spanked her until she stopped resisting. He brought her into the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, where he immobilized her, but her torn clothes fell away and left her exposed before him.

• Mi Jing threatened Nie Yun and insulted him, so he tore her clothes and warned her to stop.
• When Mi Jing kept yelling, Nie Yun spanked her repeatedly until she burst into tears and then fell silent.
• Nie Yun told Mi Jing he would stop spanking her once they reached his flying spirit weapon, and she agreed.
• Nie Yun brought Mi Jing into the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and used its restrictions to immobilize her.
• Nie Yun released Mi Jing, and her tattered clothes fell away as she stood naked before him.

Nie Yun restrained Mi Jing in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and entered seclusion to undergo his fourth Nirvana. As the Nirvana Art took effect, he became motionless in the fourth hall, awaiting the breakthrough.

• Nie Yun covered Mi Jing with clothes, bound her inside the cave mansion, and left Black Rock to bring her food while he cultivated.
• Mi Jing reflected on Nie Yun’s restraint and regretted that he was her brother’s enemy, thinking they might otherwise have become friends.
• Nie Yun calmed his growing demonic energy and decided to spare Mi Jing until he could experience her special auras and defeat her openly.
• Nie Yun entered the fourth hall and prepared for Nirvana beside Dragon's Grudge and the Drought Demon's demon core.
• Nie Yun activated the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Art and became motionless as his fourth Nirvana began.

After completing two months of Nirvana in seclusion, Nie Yun freed Mi Jing and easily defeated her attacks, revealing a dramatic increase in strength. Their battle destroyed the clothes Mi Jing was wearing, leaving her naked before him.

• Mi Jing angrily demanded that Nie Yun release her while Black Rock brought her food, and Nie Yun returned from seclusion and released the formation restraining her.
• Mi Jing charged Nie Yun with a silver palm strike, but he shattered it with one finger and then caught her golden whip between two fingers.
• Mi Jing attacked with her Heavenly Hand Master talent, and Nie Yun countered with blazing swordsmanship that sent her crashing to the ground.
• After the fight destroyed her oversized clothes, Mi Jing realized she was completely naked in front of Nie Yun.

After completing his fourth Nirvana, Nie Yun discovered that Mi Hua had placed a Soul Imprint inside Nie Tong’s corpse and destroyed it. A sudden change in the carriage revealed a huge corpse and a mysterious sphere, while Nie Tong’s body began to rise with a strange smile.

• Mi Jing noticed that Nie Yun had advanced to the peak early-stage Void Absorption Realm, and he reflected on the immense power gained through his fourth Nirvana.
• Mi Jing explained that Mi Hua’s Soul Imprint inside Nie Tong’s body had let her track Nie Yun, so Nie Yun found and burned the imprint while grieving his failure to detect it.
• The Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and carriage shook as demonic qi fled, revealing a sealed space containing a vast corpse, a floating white sphere, and Asura soldiers held back by the sphere.
• Mi Jing pointed out that Nie Tong’s corpse was floating into the air with an almost imperceptible, bizarre smile.

Nie Yun watched Nie Tong’s corpse awaken and draw power from an ancient giant corpse before a mysterious sphere interrupted the transfer. As Nie Yun prepared to rescue his brother from the ensuing battle, Mi Jing gave him Heavenly Movement Qi and Heavenly Hand Qi, and he unexpectedly wielded the Heavenly Hand Master talent through all ten fingers without backlash.

• Nie Tong’s corpse broke free of Nie Yun’s seals and appeared beside the gigantic corpse, both wearing the same uncanny smile.
• The gigantic corpse sent a stream of light into Nie Tong, but the floating sphere struck the giant and severed their energy transfer.
• Nie Tong’s body transformed and grew stronger while the sphere and gigantic corpse resumed fighting, threatening to drag his body into a spatial rift.
• Nie Yun resolved to retrieve Nie Tong’s corpse, but Mi Jing stopped him and gave him Heavenly Movement Qi and Heavenly Hand Qi.
• Nie Yun absorbed the special qi and activated the Heavenly Hand Master talent through all ten fingers without suffering backlash, astonishing Mi Jing.

Nie Yun entered the gravity-heavy space to rescue Nie Tong, whose body was surrounded by a powerful, sleep-inducing aura. As Nie Yun neared the ten-meter range needed to retrieve him, a devastating spatial rift shot toward him from the enormous corpse.

• Nie Yun activated Mi Jing’s Heavenly Hand Master and Sky Walker Master talents without suffering backlash, then rushed into the space where Nie Tong and the enormous corpse were located.
• Nie Yun fought against the space’s immense gravity and stability as he approached Nie Tong, whose aura repelled him and made him increasingly drowsy.
• A spatial rift swept toward Nie Yun, but his Wave-Chasing Shield blocked it before shattering, and he used Lingxi Spring Water to stay alert as he pressed on.
• Just as Nie Yun was about to reach Nie Tong, the enormous corpse fired a pitch-black spatial rift at him that was at least ten times stronger than the previous one.

Nie Yun and Mi Jing tried to escape the collapsing space after the sphere and the enormous corpse battled, with the only route back to the Floating Sky Continent running through a deadly rift. As a black hole closed in, they rushed toward the rift together, protected by one of Mi Jing’s Peerless Spirit Weapons.

• Nie Yun stored Nie Tong’s corpse in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, but the sphere rescued him from the enormous corpse’s rift attack.
• The sphere and the enormous corpse clashed, destroying the surrounding space and opening a rift that revealed the Floating Sky Continent.
• Mi Jing warned Nie Yun that a spreading black hole was approaching, and he pulled her aside and stored an object that shot toward them.
• Nie Yun and Mi Jing chose to attempt the rift, and Mi Jing said her three Peerless Spirit Weapons might protect them.
• Mi Jing pulled Nie Yun close and wrapped them both in a turtle-shell-shaped defensive spirit weapon as they rushed toward the rift.

Nie Yun escaped the spatial rift after Mi Jing used a Sky Shifting Talisman to send him away, and he feared that she had died saving him. His delayed tribulation then began, manifesting as the Void Breaking Tribulation, which Nie Yun met by tearing the clouds apart with Heavenly Hand Qi.

• Mi Jing used her last Peerless Spirit Weapon to shield herself and Nie Yun from the spatial rift, then sent him away with a Sky Shifting Talisman.
• Nie Yun arrived alone in a distant mountain range and could find no trace of Mi Jing, so he feared she had died.
• Nie Yun vowed to visit the Mishin Sect to search for Mi Jing, repay her if she lived, or mourn her if she had died.
• The delayed Lightning Tribulation gathered over Nie Yun, and he recognized that it had become the Void Breaking Tribulation despite his being only in the Void Absorption Realm.
• Nie Yun used Heavenly Hand Qi to tear the tribulation clouds in half.

Nie Yun survived the nine-layer Void Breaking Tribulation, only to face a Nine Revolving Lightning Soldier far beyond his strength. As he fled and wondered how he could survive, an egg in his Purple Splendor Cave Mansion hatched, revealing a figure that left him stunned.

• Nie Yun destroyed all nine layers of the Void Breaking Tribulation with his talents and sword arts, but the thunderclouds gathered again instead of dispersing.
• A Nine Revolving Lightning Soldier emerged, overwhelmed Nie Yun's attacks, and wounded both his body and soul as it advanced to its third revolution.
• Nie Yun healed himself, activated his Sky Walker Master talent, and fled while searching for a way to survive the Lightning Soldier Tribulation.
• Nie Yun noticed a watermelon-sized egg spinning in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and remembered storing it after it shot from a black hole.
• The egg cracked open, and a thin, weak figure emerged, leaving Nie Yun shocked.

Nie Yun survived the lightning tribulation with help from a newly hatched Five-Clawed Golden Dragon that called him Daddy, but the dragon consumed the rewards and most of his treasures. After disguising itself as a Golden Armored Dragon, it traveled with Nie Yun toward a city where they could use a Teleportation Array.

• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon hatched from the egg in Nie Yun's Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, healed him, swallowed the Nine Revolving Lightning Soldier, and called him Daddy.
• Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds appeared after Nie Yun's tribulation, but the dragon swallowed them before Nie Yun could absorb their energy.
• The dragon devoured all the Creation Spirit Liquid in the cave mansion and nearly all of Nie Yun's accumulated treasures, then complained that it was still hungry.
• Nie Yun told the dragon to conceal its identity and not attack without his permission, and it transformed into a juvenile Golden Armored Dragon.
• Nie Yun and the disguised dragon flew through Huayun Sect territory for seven or eight days and reached a huge city to seek a Teleportation Array.

Nie Yun entered Xuanjin City and learned about its once-in-a-century Treasure Appraisal Convention, hoping its treasures might help awaken his Nameless Art and unlock more Dantians. At the City Lord’s Mansion, he recognized Huayun Sect Core Disciples Hu Kui and Zang Hongyi as the companions who had betrayed and killed him in his previous life, and resolved to prevent Huayun Sect’s future ruin.

• Nie Yun changed his appearance, entered Xuanjin City with Little Dragon, and heard that Sword God Sect had a new, still-unnamed Sect Master.
• Nie Yun learned that the city’s Treasure Appraisal Convention was approaching and decided to take the appraisal test in hopes of finding something to help his Nameless Art circulate.
• Nie Yun followed other prospective attendees to the City Lord’s Mansion, where a large crowd had gathered for the test.
• Hu Kui and Zang Hongyi arrived and announced themselves as Huayun Sect Core Disciples, drawing excited attention from the crowd.
• Nie Yun remembered that Hu Kui and Zang Hongyi had betrayed him in his previous life and vowed to stop the catastrophe that would devastate Huayun Sect.

Nie Yun waited for Huayun Sect’s arrival in Xuanjin City, then took the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to a restaurant, where the dragon got drunk. Meanwhile, Hu Kui and Zang Hongyi sought a Buddhist prayer bead and Earth Vein Crystal Stones from City Lord Bao Tong, then headed to One Drunk Tower, where their arrival interrupted Nie Yun’s meal.

• Bao Tong welcomed Hu Kui, Zang Hongyi, and the Huayun Sect disciples, postponed the day’s assessments, and gave gifts to the waiting crowd.
• Nie Yun went to One Drunk Tower with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, which drank half a jar of wine and passed out.
• Hu Kui asked Bao Tong about a Buddhist prayer bead offered for auction and said he would bid for it fairly.
• Zang Hongyi bought five hundred Earth Vein Crystal Stones from Bao Tong and learned an Earth Vein Crystal Marrow would be auctioned.
• Bao Tong led Hu Kui, Zang Hongyi, and their fellow disciples toward One Drunk Tower, whose staff asked Nie Yun and the other diners to leave.

Nie Yun confronted City Lord Bao Tong and the Huayun Sect disciples who had taken over a tavern, defeating several attackers before leaving. Zang Hongyi revealed he had marked Nie Yun’s soul, but the mark was erased, leaving him shocked.

• Nie Yun refused to leave the tavern and used his cultivation aura to make the owner serve him Snow Fruit Wine.
• Bao Tong demanded that Nie Yun leave and called him a Demon Race spy, so Nie Yun struck him into a pillar.
• Zang Hongyi invited Nie Yun to drink, but Nie Yun rejected him and forced Du Jiang to kneel with spiritual energy.
• A second Huayun Sect Core Disciple attacked Nie Yun, who knocked out his teeth with a wine cup, and Zang Hongyi stopped the others from rushing in.
• Nie Yun used the Swift Wind Profound Heaven Steps to vanish from the tavern.
• Zang Hongyi told Hu Kui he had placed a soul mark on Nie Yun, then spat blood when he discovered Nie Yun had erased it.

Nie Yun opened the fifth and sixth halls of the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, finding the fifth empty and the sixth filled with over a million Peerless Spirit Stones. That night, he infiltrated the City Lord’s Mansion to search for Earth Vein Crystal Stones, but sensed a Buddhist treasure and discovered Hu Kui cultivating with a Buddha Bone Sarira.

• Nie Yun recalled his past betrayal by Hu Kui and Zang Hongyi, decided not to challenge them yet, and used a stolen token to avoid the Treasure Appraisal Convention assessment.
• Nie Yun learned that Earth Vein Crystal Stones were kept in the City Lord’s Mansion and planned to steal some that night.
• Nie Yun opened the fifth cave mansion hall with the Heaven-Shattering Immortal Fist but found it empty, then opened the sixth with the Heaven-Shattering Immortal Foot and discovered over a million Peerless Spirit Stones.
• After nightfall, Nie Yun traveled underground into the City Lord’s Mansion to search for the Earth Vein Crystal Stones.
• Nie Yun sensed Buddhist energy, followed it to a courtyard, and saw Hu Kui cultivating before a glowing Buddha Bone Sarira.

Nie Yun watched Hu Kui try and fail to refine a Buddha Bone Sarira, then stole it when Hu Kui left to meet Zang Hongyi. He learned Fairy Tantai would join the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial and decided to enter Huayun Sect through its upcoming recruitment, leaving him determined to protect her.

• Nie Yun learned Hu Kui possessed a Buddha Bone Sarira and decided to wait for a chance to steal it rather than confront him.
• Hu Kui failed to refine the sarira and put it away after realizing he needed Buddhist Prayer Beads to complete the process.
• Nie Yun controlled a City Lord's Mansion soldier, disguised himself as the man, and used the ruse to steal Hu Kui's sarira when Hu Kui went to meet Zang Hongyi.
• Nie Yun overheard Zang Hongyi say Fairy Tantai had volunteered for the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial, where Xiao Ling, another pursuer, would also be present.
• Nie Yun realized Huayun Sect's recruitment was a month away and planned to join so he could attend the trial and protect Fairy Tantai.

Nie Yun overheard Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui plot to steal a spirit stone mine and frame him, then followed them to the mine and secretly took the stones. The chapter ends with Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui hearing Nie Yun’s voice from inside the wall as they realize the spirit stones are gone.

• Nie Yun learned that Zang Hongyi planned to steal the City Lord of Xuanjin’s spirit stones and blame the theft on him.
• Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui traveled to the hidden mine, while Nie Yun followed them underground.
• Nie Yun saw that City Lord Bao Tong was at the mine and killed a soldier, leaving evidence that made Bao Tong suspect a Huayun Sect technique.
• Bao Tong ordered the soldiers to keep quiet and entered the cave through a secret passage.
• Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui found more than a hundred thousand Peerless Spirit Stones, but Nie Yun’s hand emerged from the ground and took them all.
• Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui heard Nie Yun’s voice from within the wall, and Zang Hongyi felt a chill run down his spine.

Nie Yun’s scheme made Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui look like they had stolen Bao Tong’s Spirit Stones, while Bao Tong secretly recorded evidence and planned to report them. After the men returned to their courtyard, they discovered their own treasures had vanished and suspected the Divine Thief, Thousand Illusions.

• Zang Hongyi realized the voice in the cave had been a trap and fled with Hu Kui, while Bao Tong emerged and accused them of stealing his Spirit Stones.
• Bao Tong decided not to confront the men and planned to report them to the Huayun Sect using the recording crystal stone.
• Nie Yun returned to the City Lord’s Mansion disguised as a guard and watched Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui establish an alibi.
• Bao Tong visited Zang Hongyi and sold him about a hundred Earth Vein Crystal Stones, concealing his suspicions before leaving.
• Zang Hongyi discovered that his five hundred Earth Vein Crystal Stones had disappeared, and Hu Kui found that his Buddha Bone Sarira was gone too.
• Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui concluded that Thousand Illusions the Divine Thief had stolen their treasures.

Nie Yun tried to refine the Buddha Bone Sarira but could not merge it with his body, so he decided to seek Buddhist prayer beads at the Treasure Appraisal Convention. While browsing the crowded event with the gluttonous Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, he sensed the Soul Character in his Storage Dantian pulsing near a stall.

• Nie Yun used his Immortal Sound Master Talent to weaken the Buddha Bone Sarira's will, but his demonic body control prevented the sarira from fusing with him.
• Nie Yun recalled that Hu Kui planned to use Buddhist prayer beads as a medium and decided to seek them and Earth Vein Crystal Marrow at the convention's auction.
• After two days of cultivation, Nie Yun took the awakened Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to the Treasure Appraisal Convention, where it devoured a basket of medicinal ingredients and he paid for the loss.
• Nie Yun searched the convention for a treasure that would make the Nameless Art circulate but found nothing.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon led Nie Yun to a stall, where the Soul Character in his Storage Dantian began releasing a dizzying fluctuation, making him suspect a link to the Soul Summoner.

Nie Yun acquired an ancient cage that stirred the Soul Character, then clashed with two members of Jingtian Sect who tried to seize it. He left the Treasure Appraisal Convention after revealing his strength, while the Jingtian Sect elder’s arm was shown to have been grievously damaged in their exchange.

• Nie Yun sensed the Soul Character react to an ancient, rusted cage and bought it from its unaware owner for one Mid-grade Spirit Stone.
• A Jingtian Sect elder and his disciple tried to take the cage, but Nie Yun stored it away and refused their demand for compensation.
• When the disciple attacked, Nie Yun severed his arm with a shoulder strike, prompting the elder to attack him.
• Nie Yun met the elder’s late-stage Void Absorption Realm attack with a punch, then the elder abruptly left with his disciple.
• The disciple asked why they had retreated, and the elder revealed that his arm had turned iron-blue before it exploded into powder.