Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun was trapped in Diyang Auction City by Qiu Lin and Black Fish after discovering Black Fish was an Asura in Disguise. He killed Qiu Zhong and Qiu Chao, stole Black Fish’s Soul Awakening Bell, and began a breakthrough as Black Fish attacked him.

• Black Fish wounded Nie Yun, but Nie Yun escaped underground and discovered that Black Fish was an Asura in Disguise.
• Qiu Lin activated Diyang Auction City's formations, trapping Nie Yun in the courtyard as Black Fish and Qiu Lin surrounded him.
• Nie Yun charged into the courtyard and killed Qiu Zhong with a sword strike through the wall, enraging Qiu Lin.
• Nie Yun killed Qiu Chao and clashed with Qiu Lin, while Black Fish launched a sneak attack at his head.
• Black Fish's punch struck the Soul Awakening Bell that Nie Yun had stolen from his Storage Dantian using the Divine Thief Talent.
• Nie Yun used the Golden Glazed Body to refine the Soul Awakening Bell, merged the Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute into his body, and broke through with the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique.

Nie Yun refined the Soul Awakening Bell and Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute, advancing his body-refining arts to the seventh level and killing Qiu Lin and Black Fish. After returning to Shen Xiong’s courtyard, he entered the Big Dipper Star Palace to refine a trove of medicinal herbs and seek a breakthrough in his immortal power.

• Nie Yun used the Soul Awakening Bell and Heart-Bewitching Demonic Flute to break through to the seventh level of the Vajra Glazed Body and Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique.
• Qiu Lin attacked Nie Yun with Black Fish, but their assaults failed to injure him; Nie Yun crushed Qiu Lin’s Rock Stabilizing Shield and killed him with a finger.
• Black Fish fled, but Nie Yun caught and killed him, revealed his Asura form, and stored his corpse before burning Qiu Lin, Qiu Zhong, and Qiu Chao’s corpses to ashes.
• Nie Yun returned to Shen Xiong’s courtyard and withdrew to cultivate; a messenger reported that Qiu Lin and Qiu Zhong were dead, leaving Shen Xiong, Min Xixi, and Shen Jiarong shocked.
• Inside the Big Dipper Star Palace, Nie Yun examined the treasures he had looted from Qiu Lin, refined the medicinal herbs into a pill, and swallowed it to cultivate toward the Immortal Body Realm.

Nie Yun used the Nine Luo Pill to break through to the Early Immortal Body Realm, forming a Stellar Body and gaining a major increase in strength. After enduring a powerful Heavenly Immortal Tribulation, he told Min Xixi that he could defeat an Early Heavenly Immortal despite not yet reaching that realm.

• Nie Yun swallowed the Nine Luo Pill after his earlier pills failed to advance him beyond the peak Immortal Power Realm.
• The pill helped Nie Yun break through to the Early Immortal Body Realm, increasing his lifespan and Soul Force as he formed a Stellar Body.
• Nie Yun returned to the Spirit Realm, where star power strengthened his body, raised the Mighty Dantian's output to fifty times, and fused three escape-type Dantians.
• A Heavenly Immortal Tribulation gathered over Nie Yun's courtyard, alarming Min Xixi, Shen Xiong, and the others.
• Nie Yun charged into the thunderclouds and endured the lightning for more than half an hour without injury.
• Min Xixi asked whether Nie Yun had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and Nie Yun said he could still kill an Early Heavenly Immortal with a punch.

Nie Yun examined the Stone Tablet Diagram and tried to turn Black Fish's corpse into a puppet, only to encounter the Asura's surviving will inside it. He drove the will away with the Nameless Art, but the corpse's fate remained unresolved.

• Nie Yun learned that Old Drunkard had reached the Immortal Power Realm and told him to remain in the Big Dipper Star Palace until his cultivation stabilized.
• Nie Yun studied the Stone Tablet Diagram but could not determine what its markings meant.
• Nie Yun examined Black Fish's corpse and tried to refine it into a puppet, then sent his soul inside when ordinary refinement failed.
• Black Fish's surviving will trapped Nie Yun's soul in Asura Killing Qi and tried to seize it.
• Nie Yun circulated the Nameless Art through his soul, whose golden light melted Black Fish's remaining will.

Nie Yun discovered that the Nameless Art let him absorb Asura Killing Qi, raising his cultivation to the late Immortal Body Realm and his soul to fifteen thousand gradients. After Old Drunkard passed his tribulation, Nie Yun and his companions set out for Nine Yang Mountain, where a mournful ape's cry drew Nie Yun away from the group.

• Nie Yun absorbed Black Fish's Asura Killing Qi, broke through two cultivation levels, and strengthened his soul.
• Old Drunkard stabilized his cultivation, passed his Lightning Tribulation, and joined Nie Yun's group as they left Nine Yang City for Nine Yang Mountain.
• Nie Yun rejected Shen Xiong and Shen Jiarong's offer to accompany him, then led the group into the mountains after nightfall.
• Nie Yun carved a cave into a cliff, sealed its entrance with a boulder, and went hunting with Min Yan.
• After killing a wild deer and sending Min Yan back with it, Nie Yun heard a mournful ape's cry and rushed toward its source.

Nie Yun killed a peak True Immortal tiger that was attacking an ape troop, then healed the ape king and its followers and followed them toward their cave. Before they could enter, a powerful expert streaked through the sky toward them, leaving Nie Yun wary that the Phoenix King had found him.

• Nie Yun watched a brindled tiger defeat the ape troop and badly injure its king, then stepped in to save the ape king.
• Nie Yun caught the tiger's paw, knocked out its teeth with a punch, and beat it to death before storing its body for Little Dragon.
• The ape king offered to repay Nie Yun, who healed it and the injured apes with Wood Life Qi.
• The grateful apes bowed to Nie Yun and led him through their fruit-filled valley to a torchlit cave.
• A fast-moving expert flew toward the cave, and Nie Yun wondered if the Phoenix King had come to seize the Big Dipper Star Palace.

Nie Yun met Xiao Ran, a powerful Life Sword expert who visited the True Cultivation Monkey King for Monkey Heart Wine. The Monkey King gave Nie Yun ten gourds as repayment, and Xiao Ran invited him to share a drink before suddenly enveloping him in a powerful force.

• A young man in white arrived at the Monkey King's cave, and Nie Yun recognized his sword qi as belonging to a Life Sword expert.
• Xiao Ran explained that he regularly visited the Monkey King for Monkey Heart Wine and negotiated to receive one gourd.
• The Monkey King gave Nie Yun ten gourds of Monkey Heart Wine to repay him for saving its life.
• Nie Yun and Xiao Ran introduced themselves and agreed to drink together.
• Xiao Ran reached out and trapped Nie Yun in a powerful force as they prepared to leave the Monkey King's territory.

Nie Yun drank Monkey Heart Wine and ate Xichan Jade Clam with Xiao Ran, reaching the pinnacle of the Immortal Body Realm before suppressing his cultivation. After learning about the Mute Monkeys and Xiao Ran’s protective seal, Nie Yun suddenly asked whether Xiao Ran had heard of the Tantai Family.

• Xiao Ran flew Nie Yun to his residence and invited him to drink.
• Nie Yun drank Monkey Heart Wine without being affected by its Asura Killing Qi, surprising Xiao Ran.
• Nie Yun ate Xichan Jade Clam and broke through to the pinnacle of the Immortal Body Realm, then suppressed his cultivation to avoid beginning his sixth nirvana prematurely.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Mute Monkeys brewed Monkey Heart Wine and that he had found and protected them after searching for 13,784 years.
• Nie Yun told Xiao Ran he had saved the Monkey King from a tiger, and Xiao Ran questioned how the tiger had crossed his seal.
• Nie Yun suddenly asked Xiao Ran whether he had heard of the Tantai Family.

Nie Yun learned that Tantai Lingyue was a Heavenly Dao Guardian from the mighty Tantai Family, burdened with saving the Spirit Realm, and silently vowed to protect her. After waking from a three-day drinking binge, he hurried to find his worried companions, but Xiao Ran offered to temper his Phoenix Wings so he could fly.

• Xiao Ran told Nie Yun that the Tantai Family was one of the Spirit Realm’s Ten Great Families and that Tantai Lingyue was a Heavenly Dao Guardian with the task of mending the Heavenly Dao.
• Nie Yun concealed his connection to Tantai Lingyue, learned about the Six Paths, Nine Heavens, and Ten Lands, and vowed to shoulder her burden one day.
• Nie Yun and Xiao Ran drank Monkey Heart Wine until they passed out for three days and three nights.
• After waking, Nie Yun worried that Old Drunkard and the others would be searching for him, gave Xiao Ran three gourds of wine, and prepared to leave.
• Xiao Ran offered to temper Nie Yun’s Phoenix Wings so he could fly, then poured his power into the wings as Nie Yun spread them.

Nie Yun returned to the valley after tempering his Phoenix Wings and discovered that Old Drunkard and the others were missing. Tracking them to a gorge in the Land of Asura, he found them captive beside the Mute Monkey King and prepared to intervene as a Phoenix-eyed Youth tortured a monkey.

• Xiao Ran concealed the color of Nie Yun’s Phoenix Wings, then explained to his maid that he wanted to befriend Nie Yun for his sword mastery, talents, and love of wine.
• Nie Yun flew back toward the valley, thinking of Tantai Lingyue, and found the cave where Old Drunkard and the others had stayed in disarray.
• Nie Yun followed Tracking Qi to a devastated area where Heavenly Immortal experts had fought and several Mute Monkeys had been killed.
• Nie Yun traced Old Drunkard and the others into a gorge filled with Asura Killing Qi and discovered a garden containing thousands of Silver Candle Fruits.
• Nie Yun saw the Mute Monkey King bound and Old Drunkard, Min Xixi, and the others held captive by a Phoenix-eyed Youth, a white-clad young man, Ye Qin, and Wang Zhong.
• The Phoenix-eyed Youth injured a monkey to force the Mute Monkey King to obey, and Nie Yun grew furious as he watched from concealment.

Nie Yun disguised himself as the Monkey King to rescue the monkeys and Old Drunkard from Han Zhu and his companions, then killed Han Zhu and fought off Duan Xiao with an Origin Energy Bullet. The blast exposed a Spatial Ruin, and Nie Yun followed Duan Xiao, Ye Qin, and Wang Zhong inside.

• Nie Yun realized Han Zhu and the others were forcing the monkeys to retrieve Silver Candle Fruit and disguised himself as a second Monkey King to approach them.
• Nie Yun offered to fetch the fruit in exchange for the monkeys’ release, then attacked Han Zhu at close range and killed him with Thunderous Kyushu.
• Nie Yun placed Old Drunkard and the Monkey King in his Storage Dantian as Duan Xiao attacked, then fired an Origin Energy Bullet and escaped into the Big Dipper Star Palace.
• The Origin Energy Bullet injured Duan Xiao and triggered a landslide that revealed the entrance to a Spatial Ruin, which Duan Xiao, Ye Qin, and Wang Zhong entered.
• After recovering inside the Big Dipper Star Palace, Nie Yun emerged and followed the three into the Spatial Ruin.

Nie Yun entered the Asura Ruins with Min Xixi and the others, then climbed alone toward a palace where he found Ye Qin and Wang Zhong transformed into powerful Asuras. The chapter ended with Wang Zhong breaking Nie Yun’s sword and sending him crashing into a pillar.

• Nie Yun identified the hidden entrance as the Asura Ruins, gave Min Xixi and the others pills and protective qi, and learned how they had been captured.
• Nie Yun left the group behind when the stairs’ soul-rending wails incapacitated them and continued alone toward a palace.
• Nie Yun burned a flock of Asura Black Flames and entered the ruined hall, where he sensed demonic qi.
• Ye Qin and Wang Zhong emerged as Asuras and attacked Nie Yun with strength that appeared to reach the early Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Nie Yun’s sword strike failed to pierce Wang Zhong’s neck, and Wang Zhong snapped the Spirit Soothing Sword before punching Nie Yun into a pillar.

Nie Yun defeated Wang Zhong and Ye Qin by burning their reassembled bodies to ash, then refined Asura Qi shadows that greatly strengthened his soul. Deeper in the hall, he discovered two ancient corpses and was ambushed by Duan Xiao, whose attack drove him upward, where Nie Yun recognized the source of the dense spiritual energy as a Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus.

• Nie Yun found that Fusion Qi could injure Wang Zhong, but the transformed men regenerated until he burned both to ash with Blazing Fire.
• Nie Yun descended into the hall, where he refined black Soul Bodies with the Nameless Art and increased his soul from fifteen thousand to thirty thousand gradients.
• Nie Yun found a demon expert and an Asura dead together in a lower hall, then tracked dense spiritual energy farther inside.
• Duan Xiao ambushed Nie Yun, and their sword clash sent Nie Yun crashing to the ground while damaging Duan Xiao's blade.
• Nie Yun escaped Duan Xiao's grasp by flying upward and saw a Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus.

Nie Yun fought Duan Xiao for the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus, adapting to Duan Xiao’s Corrosion Master talent and breaking his Cloud Rain Great Secret Sect technique. Duan Xiao’s sword strike left Nie Yun badly wounded, but the lotus matured before he could attack again.

• Nie Yun discovered the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus and resolved to keep it from Duan Xiao.
• Duan Xiao attacked Nie Yun in the air, and Nie Yun gained the Corrosion Master talent to counter his corrosive power.
• Nie Yun struck at Duan Xiao with the Big Dipper Sword, but Duan Xiao trapped him with Cloud Rain Great Secret Sect.
• Nie Yun broke the illusion with Vajra Heaven Breaking, but Duan Xiao’s sword shattered his defenses and wounded him.
• The Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus matured, drawing Nie Yun and Duan Xiao’s attention away from their fight.

Nie Yun broke free from Duan Xiao’s ice talisman with Little Dragon’s help and killed Duan Xiao with the newly unsealed third move of the Seven Star Sword. After healing Little Dragon and looting Duan Xiao’s possessions, Nie Yun found a watermelon-sized ore that made the Nameless Art tremble.

• Duan Xiao used his Thousand Miles of Ice talisman to freeze Nie Yun, then attacked him with his sword.
• Little Dragon appeared, struck Duan Xiao, and bit off both of his legs while enduring repeated blows.
• Nie Yun’s immortal-grade soul advanced to the middle stage, melting the ice and unsealing Distant Soar, which he used to kill Duan Xiao.
• Nie Yun healed Little Dragon with Wood Life Qi and returned him to the Big Dipper Star Palace to rest before a possible breakthrough.
• Nie Yun searched Duan Xiao’s Storage Dantian, recovered eight gourds of Monkey Heart Wine and other treasures, and discovered an ore that made the Nameless Art tremble.

Nie Yun absorbed special aura from a stone, expanding his sea of qi, then gained the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus’s complete acknowledgment after its consciousness encountered the Nameless Art. After learning the lotus could create an Outer Body Incarnation or possibly make his true body immortal, he chose the riskier second option.

• Nie Yun absorbed the special aura in the ore and doubled the size of his sea of qi, though he did not form a new dantian.
• Nie Yun asked the Spirit of the Star Palace how to collect the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus and offered it a drop of blood.
• The lotus’s consciousness encountered the Nameless Art and submitted, allowing Nie Yun to summon the lotus into his hand with complete acknowledgment.
• The Spirit of the Star Palace explained that the lotus could become an Outer Body Incarnation or grant Nie Yun’s true body a thirty percent chance of gaining an Immortal Body.
• Nie Yun rejected the safer Outer Body Incarnation and chose to refine the lotus into his true body.

Nie Yun chose to strengthen his true body rather than create an Outer Body Incarnation, and learned that Chaos Spirit Liquid could improve his chances of refining the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus into an Immortal Body. After settling the Mute Monkeys and returning to Nine Yang City, he spent seven days recovering and entered the Big Dipper Star Palace, ready to refine the Asura corpse.

• Nie Yun rejected an Outer Body Incarnation and decided to seek Chaos Spirit Liquid before refining the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus.
• Nie Yun stored the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus and the Asura corpses in the Star Palace, then escaped the collapsing Asura Ruins with Old Drunkard, Min Xixi, and the others.
• Nie Yun urged the Mute Monkeys to remain by the protected Silver Candle Fruit garden, promised to find them a better home, and built a Teleportation Array for them.
• Nie Yun searched for three days for the ore Min Xixi had found but found none, then led the group back to Nine Yang City.
• Nie Yun learned that Shen Xiong had regained his strength and authority, stayed at the City Lord's Mansion, and spent seven days restoring his condition.
• Nie Yun entered the Big Dipper Star Palace to refine the Asura corpse.

Nie Yun absorbed the special aura in an ore, doubling his sea of qi, then gained complete recognition from the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus. After learning the lotus could create an immortal Outer Body Incarnation or give his true body a chance to become immortal, he chose the riskier second option.

• Nie Yun used the ore to circulate the Famous Dharma Art and doubled the size of his sea of qi before the ore crumbled.
• Nie Yun summoned the Spirit of the Star Palace, who explained that he had to earn the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus’s recognition before taking it.
• Nie Yun offered the lotus a drop of blood, and its consciousness submitted to the Famous Dharma Art.
• Nie Yun beckoned, and the lotus flew into his palm, leading the Spirit of the Star Palace to conclude that it had fully recognized him.
• The Spirit of the Star Palace described refining the lotus into an immortal Outer Body Incarnation or merging it with his true body for a thirty percent chance of gaining an Immortal Body.
• Nie Yun rejected the Outer Body Incarnation and chose to merge the lotus into his true body.

Nie Yun broke free from Duan Xiao’s ice talisman with Little Dragon’s help and killed him with the third form of the Seven Star Sword. After healing Little Dragon and searching Duan Xiao’s belongings, Nie Yun found an ore that made the Famous Dharma Art tremble.

• Duan Xiao froze Nie Yun with Thousand Miles of Ice and tried to stab him while he was helpless.
• Little Dragon appeared, wounded Duan Xiao, and held him back despite being repeatedly struck.
• Nie Yun broke through to a middle immortal-grade soul, melted the ice, and killed Duan Xiao with Distant Soar.
• Nie Yun healed Little Dragon, who returned to the Big Dipper Star Palace to rest as he approached a breakthrough.
• Nie Yun searched Duan Xiao’s belongings, found eight gourds of Monkey Heart Wine, and discovered a watermelon-sized ore that made the Famous Dharma Art tremble.

Nie Yun fought Duan Xiao over the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus, revealing his ability to fly and gaining the Corrosion Master talent during their battle. After Duan Xiao wounded him with a sword strike, the lotus matured, interrupting their fight and drawing both their attention.

• Nie Yun spotted the nearly mature Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus and resolved to keep it from Duan Xiao.
• Duan Xiao attacked Nie Yun in the air, and Nie Yun gained the Corrosion Master talent by sensing Duan Xiao's special aura.
• Nie Yun countered Duan Xiao's Cloud Rain Great Secret Sect with Vajra Heaven Breaking.
• Duan Xiao broke through Nie Yun's defenses and wounded him with a sword strike.
• The Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus matured, sending a surge of spiritual energy and fragrance through the hall.