Chapter Summaries

Huayun Sect elders discussed a newly admitted Beast Tamer and the ancestor’s aging, increasingly violent mount, while Nie Yun struggled to break through and learned his Fengyun Alliance had rapidly grown. As the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial began, Nie Yun arrived at Lingxiao Peak’s square and recognized an approaching figure that stirred his excitement.

• An elder told Wu Xun that a newly admitted disciple was a Beast Tamer, and they discussed whether he could approach the ancestor’s violent mount before the upcoming competition.
• Veteran disciples joined the Fengyun Alliance after Nie Yun humiliated Ge Huan and Xiao Ling, while Nie Yun spent two days unsuccessfully trying to reach the middle stage of the Void Absorption Realm.
• Ouyang Shixiong informed Nie Yun that the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial had begun and that ninety-two Core Disciples had joined the Fengyun Alliance.
• Nie Yun led the alliance members to Lingxiao Peak’s square, where more than three thousand disciples had gathered for the trial.
• Nie Yun heard disciples praise him and saw a figure flying toward the square, causing him to tighten his fists with excitement.

Nie Yun entered the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial, where he would have ten days to earn enough merit points under strict rules against killing and rank-based plundering. On the island staging ground, he came face-to-face with Tantai Lingyue again, overwhelmed by memories of their past while she mistook his reaction for lechery.

• Tantai Lingyue's arrival captivated the plaza, and Nie Yun resolved to make her his in this life.
• Yuan Jin distributed identity tokens and explained the trial's merit requirements, ten-day limit, rules, and risks.
• Yuan Jin sent the disciples through a gateway, warning Ge Huan and Xiao Ling to obey the no-killing rule as they glared at Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun entered the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea with Zhu Yin and learned that the nearby island was the only land amid its dangerous ocean.
• Xiao Ling and the other Core Disciples arrived with Tantai Lingyue, and Nie Yun met her gaze, recalling their past before she frowned at him.

Nie Yun persuaded Tantai Lingyue to let him travel with her through the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea, while Xiao Ling and Ge Huan pursued them with hostile intentions. They encountered a half-step Void Breaking Realm Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard, and Nie Yun suggested sneaking around it rather than fighting.

• Tantai Lingyue refused Xiao Ling’s offer to travel together, but agreed to let Nie Yun follow if he could keep up.
• Nie Yun slipped free of Xiao Ling and Ge Huan’s attempt to surround him, then warned them against provoking him and invited Tantai Lingyue to travel with him.
• Tantai Lingyue flew ahead, and Nie Yun released Little Tiger and Xiao Feng to protect Zhu Yin, Ouyang Shixiong, and the others before following her.
• Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, and two other Core Disciples pursued Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue across the vast island.
• Tantai Lingyue stopped after sensing a demon beast, and Nie Yun identified it as a half-step Void Breaking Realm Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard.
• Nie Yun proposed quietly going around the fast and dangerous leopard, and Tantai Lingyue asked whether he had a way to do so.

Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue disguised themselves as demonic beasts to cross the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard’s territory, but their journey grew tense when Nie Yun revealed private knowledge about her past-life affliction. He split off to lure the pursuing Xiao Ling and his companions into danger, then discovered a Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit in the leopard’s cave.

• Nie Yun used Disguise Qi to mask himself and Tantai Lingyue as demonic beasts, and they entered the forest together.
• Nie Yun asked Tantai Lingyue about her soul’s hidden affliction and described intimate details from what he called a previous life, causing her to reject his claims and continue ahead alone.
• Xiao Ling and Ge Huan gave their group Breath Concealment Pills, allowing them to enter the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard’s territory without being noticed.
• Nie Yun saw the pursuers approaching, transformed into Xiao Ling’s appearance, and burrowed away to provoke the leopard and frame them.
• Nie Yun reached the leopard’s lair and spotted a Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit inside the cave.

Nie Yun stole the ripe Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit from the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard and escaped, leading the enraged beast to Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, and their companions. Xiao Ling used a Dragon Blood Talisman to help kill the leopard, but its corpse vanished before he could claim it.

• Nie Yun sneaked beneath the fruit tree, stole the ripe Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit, and escaped into the cave wall after the leopard wounded him.
• The Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard tracked Nie Yun to Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, and their companions, then attacked them.
• Xiao Ling and Ge Huan fought the leopard alongside two other Core Disciples, but the group was soon injured and pushed onto the defensive.
• Xiao Ling used the Dragon Blood Talisman to suppress the leopard, allowing the four Core Disciples to kill it.
• Xiao Ling prepared to claim the leopard's corpse, but it vanished before he could store it.

Nie Yun stole the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard’s corpse and learned that Xiao Ling’s group had used a Dragon Blood Talisman, then continued with Tantai Lingyue’s trial. Xiao Ling and Ge Huan caught up and accused Nie Yun of colluding with demonic beasts, revealing that their witnesses were Law Enforcement Hall disciples.

• Ge Huan blamed Yun Feng for the missing leopard corpse, and Xiao Ling’s group pursued Tantai Lingyue’s route.
• Nie Yun wondered whether Huayun Sect’s Dragon Blood Talisman came from the patriarch’s flood dragon mount, which might still be alive.
• Nie Yun found Tantai Lingyue resting on a mountain, stayed nearby, and discovered his Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit was worth 50,000 merit points.
• Xiao Ling and Ge Huan arrived and accused Nie Yun of plotting with the leopard against fellow disciples.
• Xiao Ling revealed that the two disciples backing their accusation belonged to the Law Enforcement Hall.

Nie Yun fought back when Xiao Ling and two Law Enforcement Hall disciples falsely accused him of colluding with a demon beast. Tantai Lingyue halted the conflict and left with Nie Yun, while Ge Huan revealed he had recorded Nie Yun’s attack and proposed using the footage against him.

• Du Jun and another Law Enforcement Hall disciple accused Nie Yun of colluding with the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Leopard and threatened to arrest him without presenting proof.
• Du Jun attacked Nie Yun, who countered with the Maha Divine Palm before Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, and the two Enforcement Disciples joined forces to stop him.
• Tantai Lingyue intervened, told everyone to settle the dispute after the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial, and left with Nie Yun.
• After Tantai Lingyue and Nie Yun departed, Ge Huan told Xiao Ling he had recorded Nie Yun attacking an Enforcement Disciple and suggested sending the footage to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Xiao Ling welcomed Ge Huan’s plan, believing the Law Enforcement Hall might order Nie Yun’s execution.

Nie Yun stole Ge Huan’s recording and reached the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea with Tantai Lingyue. While resting in his Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, he used the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit to break through to the late Void Absorption Realm, then noticed something unusual about his Origin Energy Dantian.

• Ge Huan discovered that the jade token recording Nie Yun’s attack was missing, while Nie Yun revealed that he had stolen it.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue flew to the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea, where Tantai Lingyue warned him about its dangers and urged him not to fight Xiao Ling and the others there.
• Nie Yun entered the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion to recover and swallowed the Spiritual Crimson Stripe Fruit despite Little Dragon’s interest in eating it.
• The fruit’s spiritual energy overwhelmed Nie Yun’s meridians and sea of qi, so he used his Origin Energy Talent to draw away the excess and circulate the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Art.
• Nie Yun broke through from the early to the late Void Absorption Realm, and his sea of qi expanded before he noticed something unusual about his Origin Energy Dantian.

Nie Yun discovered that his Origin Energy Dantian might be advancing and concealed his newly reached late-stage Void Absorption Realm strength. As Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue entered the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea, Xiao Ling’s group received an order to kill him and pursued them.

• Nie Yun connected the Origin Energy Dantian’s change to his expanding energy sea and suspected the Outer Heaven Treasure could help advance it.
• Nie Yun suppressed his aura, left the cave with Little Dragon disguised as a Golden Armored Dragon, and joined Tantai Lingyue on the way into the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea.
• Xiao Ling and his companions caught up, and Du Jun identified Little Dragon as matching a report about the deaths of Zang Hongyi and Hu Kui.
• Du Jun sent a report to Elder Lu Xiao and received the order “Kill!”, giving Xiao Ling’s group permission to attack Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun followed Tantai Lingyue into the misty sea, intending to use its depths to confront Xiao Ling and the others.

Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue ventured deeper into the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea, facing deadly yin-energy attacks and increasingly powerful demon beasts. When a Deep Sea Ghost Head Beast ambushed them, Nie Yun killed it with one sword strike, leaving Tantai Lingyue stunned.

• Nie Yun's rapid slaughter of demon beasts spread through the sea, and he reached ten thousand merit points after half a day of travel.
• As the water turned pitch-black, Tantai Lingyue warned Nie Yun that the real dangers lay ahead, but he insisted on staying by her side.
• Nie Yun used Defense Master Talent to shield them from Nether God's Arrows and gave Tantai Lingyue Defense Qi for protection.
• A peak Void Absorption Realm Deep Sea Ghost Head Beast appeared, and Tantai Lingyue prepared to draw its attention while Nie Yun escaped.
• Nie Yun charged the beast and killed it with a single strike of the Profound Jade Sword, stunning Tantai Lingyue.

Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue reached the Outer Heaven Treasure, an ancient palace beneath the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea, and she revealed she knew how to refine it. Before she could begin, Xiao Ling and three companions appeared and threatened Nie Yun.

• Nie Yun used Hidden Strength to kill a Deep Sea Ghost Head Beast, then guided Tantai Lingyue through dangerous teleporting undercurrents.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue reached the palace at the sea’s end, which Tantai Lingyue identified as the Outer Heaven Treasure.
• Tantai Lingyue explained that Huayun Sect’s eight Supreme Elders had failed to enter the palace, but she had found a way to refine it.
• Nie Yun encouraged Tantai Lingyue to refine the treasure and offered to guard her rather than claim it himself.
• Xiao Ling and three others emerged from the seabed, and Xiao Ling insulted Tantai Lingyue and threatened to make her watch Nie Yun die.

Nie Yun fought Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, Du Jun, and another Enforcement Disciple while Tantai Lingyue went to find the Outer Heaven Treasure’s control core. After learning the four had used a teleportation array and planned to ambush him, Nie Yun turned their attack against them and struck at their weakest member.

• Nie Yun shattered Xiao Ling’s thumb with a single punch and sent Tantai Lingyue to refine the palace while he held off the four disciples.
• Ge Huan and Du Jun tried to stop Tantai Lingyue, but Nie Yun sealed the surrounding water and forced the four to face him.
• Xiao Ling revealed that the sect’s elders had set up a teleportation array and seal around the treasure, and that the four had obtained tokens to reach it first.
• Xiao Ling attacked with Mother-Child Bone-Piercing Nails while Ge Huan blocked Nie Yun’s retreat with a magical palm print.
• Nie Yun used his Soaring Water Master Talent to redirect the nails toward Ge Huan, then struck the weakest Enforcement Disciple with Immortal Sound and Star Immeasurable.

Nie Yun fought Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, Du Jun, and their companions in the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea, using his talents and sword arts to break their trap and kill two of them. The surviving enemies activated a formation that formed a huge black vortex beneath him.

• Nie Yun killed one Enforcement Disciple, but Xiao Ling trapped him inside a mana sphere reinforced by Formation Flags to suppress his Soaring Water Master ability.
• Nie Yun ignited the mana with his Blazing Fire Master talent, forcing Xiao Ling to withdraw the Formation Flags and let the seawater rush back in.
• Xiao Ling escaped Nie Yun's Dust Breaking Absolute Kill Sword Art with a short-range teleport, and Nie Yun killed Du Jun with the Supreme Great Sword Art.
• Ge Huan and Xiao Ling attacked Nie Yun with the Huayun Sect's Vajra Wave Fist, while Nie Yun countered with the Sun Moon Immeasurable stance of the Magic Core Divine Palm.
• The explosions activated a formation beneath Nie Yun, creating a vast black vortex that began to swallow him.

Nie Yun was trapped in Xiao Ling and Ge Huan’s undercurrent-powered formation, which swallowed attacks and threatened to consume him. Tantai Lingyue refined the palace and intervened, killing Ge Huan with a single palm strike while Nie Yun remained caught in the array.

• Xiao Ling and Ge Huan revealed that their formation had been triggered by Nie Yun’s power and intensified it to pull him back whenever he tried to escape.
• Nie Yun’s Supreme Great Sword Art and attempt to control the seawater were swallowed by the formation, which absorbed attacks and threatened to consume his soul.
• As Nie Yun prepared to summon Little Dragon, the palace shook, revealing that Tantai Lingyue had broken its seal and refined it in moments.
• Tantai Lingyue emerged from the shrinking palace and struck Ge Huan as he met her with a powerful finger attack.
• Tantai Lingyue’s palm landed on Ge Huan’s chest and killed him.

Tantai Lingyue killed Ge Huan and captured Xiao Ling, but Xiao Ling sacrificed himself to unleash the Myriad Laws Devouring Heaven Array. Nie Yun rescued Tantai Lingyue before they were swallowed, then fainted as his conflicting cultivation arts overwhelmed him, while she wondered whether they had shared a past life.

• Tantai Lingyue killed Ge Huan with one move, then pursued Xiao Ling and trapped him with spatial shackles.
• Tantai Lingyue told Xiao Ling she would hand him over to Nie Yun, so Xiao Ling sacrificed himself and drove the Myriad Laws Devouring Heaven Array into a violent eruption.
• Nie Yun released Little Dragon and caught Tantai Lingyue as the array's suction pulled them toward the undercurrent, but Little Dragon accidentally collided with them.
• Nie Yun refused to let go of Tantai Lingyue and kept using his Wind Thunder Demonic Wings until his conflicting cultivation arts made him faint.
• Tantai Lingyue held Nie Yun safely above the undercurrent, wept, and wondered whether they had shared a bond in a past life.

The Ghost Mist Underworld Sea trial results were verified, and Nie Yun’s Fengyun Alliance impressed the crowd with exceptionally high scores. Nie Yun’s 120,000 merit points stunned the sect elders and left them anticipating upheaval at the Huayun Sect.

• Yuan Jin used the Record Stone to verify trial results, and Nangong Jun passed the Core Disciple assessment with 15,467 merit points.
• Zhu Yin scored 21,480 merit points, while members of the Fengyun Alliance also posted high results, prompting others to seek membership.
• Nangong Jun mocked Nie Yun, but Nie Yun ignored him and stepped up for verification.
• The Record Stone announced that Yun Feng had earned 120,000 merit points, leaving the square speechless.
• The Inner Court Elders saw Nie Yun’s result and realized the Huayun Sect would not remain peaceful.

After earning 120,000 merit points, Nie Yun drew the attention of the Law Enforcement Hall, which accused him of killing Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, Du Jun, and Zhang Jiao. He went to the Law Enforcement Palace despite his allies’ warnings, where Xiao Ling and Ge Huan’s masters demanded that he kneel and confess, and a Law Enforcement disciple attacked him.

• Nie Yun’s 120,000 merit points stunned the crowd, and Zhu Yin mocked Nangong Jun until he fled in disgrace.
• Yuan Jin began leading the newly promoted Core Disciples to choose mountain peaks, but Law Enforcement Hall disciples arrived to investigate the deaths of Xiao Ling, Ge Huan, Du Jun, and Zhang Jiao.
• The Law Enforcement Hall accused Nie Yun of the killings, and he struck a disciple who threatened him before agreeing to go with them.
• Zhu Yin and Ouyang Shixiong warned Nie Yun against entering the Law Enforcement Palace, but he went, arguing that refusing would give the sect grounds to target him.
• At the Law Enforcement Palace, Ling Yi and Liao Liang demanded that Nie Yun kneel and confess, and the previously struck disciple attacked him.

Nie Yun was accused of killing Xiao Ling and Ge Huan and was trapped by Ling Yi and Liao Liang in the Law Enforcement Hall. After breaking free of their ambush, he seized Ling Yi by the neck and left the confrontation unresolved.

• Ling Yi accused Nie Yun of killing Xiao Ling and Ge Huan, but Nie Yun challenged the evidence and pointed to demonic beasts in the Ghost Mist Underworld Sea.
• Liao Liang attacked Nie Yun, who shattered his move with a punch and sent him flying into the wall with his bones broken.
• Ling Yi ordered a dozen Enforcement Disciples to bind Nie Yun with Law Enforcement Locks, using the chains’ clanging to disrupt his Immortal Sound Master Talent.
• Nie Yun used his Blood Pupil Master Talent to make Lei Xiao slap himself, and Ling Yi accused him of having ties to the demonfolk before attacking.
• Nie Yun shattered the Law Enforcement Locks and seized Ling Yi by the neck, stopping his attack.

Nie Yun crippled Ling Yi and left the Law Enforcement Hall, while Huayun Sect’s Grand Elders learned that someone had refined the mysterious Outer Heaven Treasure. The elders worried about the sect’s weakened defenses but decided to proceed with the Void Breaking Potential Ranking contest; Lu Xiao then sensed something and left to investigate.

• Nie Yun used his strength to imprison Ling Yi, shattered Ling Yi’s meridians and sea of qi, and left the Law Enforcement Hall alive.
• Wu Xun told the seven other Grand Elders that someone had refined and taken the Outer Heaven Treasure without their detecting when it happened.
• The Grand Elders discussed the possibility that a powerful ancient expert had taken the treasure and worried about Huayun Sect’s missing leaders and aging flood dragon mount.
• Wu Xun urged the elders not to panic, and they agreed to continue the Void Breaking Potential Ranking contest with greater rewards.
• As the elders left Lingxiao Peak, Lu Xiao sensed something, said he had to handle it, and vanished.

Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue traveled to Nine Bends Mountain to seek the Buddhist Sect Secret Treasury, while Nie Yun asked her to help revive his younger brother Nie Tong. Tantai Lingyue’s attempt failed, but the pair reached the perilous mountain range with Nie Tong’s fate still unresolved.

• Tantai Lingyue met Nie Yun at his mountain and urged him to leave for the Buddhist Sect Secret Treasury before the Void Breaking Potential Ranking.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue traveled toward Nine Bends Mountain in his flying spirit weapon, spending seven days discussing cultivation and growing closer.
• Nie Yun told Tantai Lingyue about Nie Tong’s death and his hope of summoning his soul, and she offered to try a method to revive him.
• Tantai Lingyue examined Nie Tong’s body in the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion and used a secret technique, but Nie Tong did not awaken and she became severely weakened.
• After Tantai Lingyue recovered, she and Nie Yun arrived at Nine Bends Mountain and descended toward its vast mountain ranges.