Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun led his group through Red Rock Mountain to a spring that opened into the Asura World, where Huan Yu’s group had gone ahead. He stole a scale bearing the Nine Heavens Meteor Finger from a faceless statue, which awakened and attacked him as he tried to leave.

• Xu Tao told Nie Yun that Daoist Xiaoteng had ordered the group to follow his lead, and Nie Yun decided they should find the Asura Ancient Battlefield before Huan Yu’s group.
• Nie Yun tracked Huan Yu’s group to a ravine and found a spring leading into the Asura World.
• Nie Yun used Soaring Water Qi to protect the group as they descended through the spring and found an entrance beneath an altar.
• Nie Yun spotted a Huazi Divine Beast scale bearing the Nine Heavens Meteor Finger on a stone statue and sent it to his Storage Dantian.
• The faceless statue opened its eyes and fired a scorching attack at Nie Yun, who dodged it.

Nie Yun learned the Golden Flame Finger from the Huazi Divine Beast scale and combined it with the Seven Kill Finger, increasing its power. He joined Xu Xinqian and the others beyond the seal, where they found Huan Yu trying to break through amid Molten Fire Dragons, and the chapter ended with Nie Yun killing Xue Wu and Bi Tao as they tried to stop him.

• A stone statue attacked Nie Yun with the Seven Kill Finger, and he clashed with it before discovering the Golden Flame Finger on the scale.
• Nie Yun mastered the Golden Flame Finger, linked it with the Seven Kill Finger to boost its power, and returned the scale to the statue.
• Nie Yun passed through the seal and found Xu Xinqian and the others facing an enormous lava pool filled with Molten Fire Dragons.
• Xu Tao recognized Huan Yu fighting a Molten Fire Dragon and trying to break through, so Nie Yun urged the group to stop him.
• Four of Huan Yu's companions blocked the group, and Xue Wu and Bi Tao attacked Nie Yun as he tried to reach Huan Yu.
• Nie Yun struck Xue Wu and Bi Tao into the lava, where they burned to ashes.

Nie Yun killed Xue Wu, Bi Tao, and another Fifth Rank Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer before confronting Huan Yu, who used Nie Yun’s attack to break through. Huan Yu’s rising power overwhelmed Nie Yun, leaving him badly injured as the Indestructible Golden Pill in his sea of consciousness began to melt.

• Nie Yun flew into battle and killed one of Huan Yu’s Fifth Rank Silver Pattern Spirit Tamers with Thunderous Kyushu, then sent Xu Tao and the others to hold off the last one.
• Nie Yun attacked Huan Yu with the Big Dipper Sword and commanded the Molten Fire Dragons to strike, but Huan Yu used the assault to break through his bottleneck.
• Nie Yun unleashed the Golden Flame Finger and Seven Kill Finger against Huan Yu, but Huan Yu’s Sharp Gold Master Talent blocked both attacks without injury.
• Huan Yu tore through space with a golden beam and severely injured Nie Yun, whose Indestructible Golden Pill began to melt as he flew backward.

Nie Yun’s Indestructible Golden Pill restored his shattered arm, but his battle with Huan Yu accidentally broke the seal holding a Mysterious Immortal Realm Asura. As the Asura pursued them, Nie Yun sent Xu Xinqian and the others to safety and stayed behind to face it.

• After his arm was shattered, Nie Yun’s Indestructible Golden Pill restored it as an Immortal Body, and he attacked Huan Yu with four sword techniques.
• Huan Yu swallowed Nie Yun’s sword qi in an icy illusion, but Nie Yun saw through it with his Heavenly Ear Talent and broke the illusion.
• Nie Yun and Huan Yu’s clash split the underground seal and released Town Hanging Asura, prompting Huan Yu to flee.
• Town Hanging Asura killed the Fifth Rank Spirit Tamer and chased Nie Yun, who took Xu Xinqian and the others with him.
• After Town Hanging Asura wounded him, Nie Yun’s Indestructible Golden Pill healed him again, and he pushed Xu Xinqian and the others away to escape while he stayed to fight.

Nie Yun fought the Mysterious Immortal Realm Asura Town Hanging Asura, using his Origin Energy Master Talent to absorb and redirect the Asura’s attacks while searching for a way to survive. He forced the hidden Huan Yu to reveal himself, and a sinister sword strike suddenly appeared aimed at Town Hanging Asura.

• Nie Yun’s finger techniques failed to harm Town Hanging Asura, who recognized that Nie Yun was an Origin Energy Master and became eager to devour him.
• Nie Yun spotted Huan Yu hiding nearby and realized he was waiting to ambush the Asura or profit from the fight.
• Nie Yun baited Town Hanging Asura with a claim that he would unleash his strongest martial technique, then countered the Asura’s attack with power stored in his Origin Energy Dantian.
• Nie Yun fled toward Huan Yu and redirected Town Hanging Asura’s pursuing attack at the mound where Huan Yu was concealed.
• A sinister sword radiance burst from the hidden spot and stabbed toward Town Hanging Asura.

Nie Yun and Huan Yu wounded Town Hanging Asura with a coordinated attack, then joined forces to escape underground. They discovered the damaged Spirit Tamer Grand Array had sealed an Ancient Battlefield that connected the Spirit Realm and the Dao Realm, while Town Hanging Asura pursued them.

• Huan Yu ambushed Town Hanging Asura, and Nie Yun followed with Molten Fire Dragons and a Lightning Stone, letting Huan Yu pierce the Asura's hand.
• Town Hanging Asura unleashed his fury and struck Huan Yu, leaving him gravely injured as Nie Yun fled.
• Nie Yun healed Huan Yu with Wood Life Qi, and the two agreed to cooperate and burrow underground with Earth Walking Qi.
• Town Hanging Asura chased them into a lava-filled underground world, where they found the damaged Spirit Tamer Grand Array that had sealed him.
• Huan Yu explained that the array guarded an Ancient Battlefield connecting the Spirit Realm and the Dao Realm, and the pair reached the battlefield.

Nie Yun followed a map of the Ancient Battlefield to a hidden chamber and claimed a powerful spearhead. He left the weapon refined and under his control, while Huan Yu and Town Hanging Asura remained elsewhere in the battlefield.

• Huan Yu ended his cooperation with Nie Yun and hurried into the ancient city, while Nie Yun followed him and Town Hanging Asura pursued them.
• Nie Yun recognized the Stone Tablet Diagram as a map of the Ancient Battlefield and used Tracking Qi to follow Huan Yu toward a marked location.
• Nie Yun found a red-marked palace, used Divine Thief Heavenly Eye Talent to discover a concealed hollow pillar, and passed through seven seals into an underground chamber.
• Nie Yun found a pitch-black spearhead that he judged to be part of a Peerless Immortal Artifact and persuaded its spirit to accept him.
• Nie Yun refined the spearhead and gained control of it.

Nie Yun used the Peerless Immortal Artifact spearhead to strengthen himself, then used his Heavenly Eye to expose Huan Yu and force him into negotiating. Huan Yu agreed to offer other talent qi after Town Hanging Asura was defeated, but Nie Yun disrupted his concealment again before their plan could begin.

• Nie Yun refined the Peerless Immortal Artifact spearhead and concealed it as his trump card.
• Nie Yun saw that Huan Yu had injured Town Hanging Asura, then located Huan Yu hiding among the ruins.
• Nie Yun sent sword qi at Huan Yu, exposing him to Town Hanging Asura and forcing him to flee with an illusion attack.
• Nie Yun tracked Huan Yu to a building and discovered that the figure outside was an illusion while Huan Yu hid beneath it.
• Nie Yun offered to cooperate in exchange for Huan Yu's talent qi, and Huan Yu agreed to provide other talents after they defeated Town Hanging Asura.
• Huan Yu proposed that Nie Yun draw Town Hanging Asura's attention while he launched a sneak attack, but Nie Yun exposed Huan Yu again.

Nie Yun followed Huan Yu to a sealed chamber after Huan Yu fled Town Hanging Asura, hoping to discover the treasure marked on the Stone Tablet Diagram. Huan Yu opened the hidden vault and began collecting its immortal stones, unaware that Nie Yun had entered behind him.

• Huan Yu used a Peerless Immortal Artifact chessboard and a self-destructive jade token to hold off Town Hanging Asura, then tried to lure Nie Yun out with a false offer of cooperation.
• Nie Yun saw through Huan Yu’s deception and followed his true route to a hidden hall marked at the center of the Stone Tablet Diagram.
• Huan Yu used the Luo Star Chessboard to open a sealed stone door and entered a chamber filled with immortal stones.
• Nie Yun secretly followed Huan Yu inside and recognized the chessboard as a map of the chamber’s location.
• Huan Yu failed to detect Nie Yun, stored the immortal stones in his Storage Dantian, and approached another small black door.

Nie Yun and Huan Yu discovered Dugu Wudi’s message and the treasures he left behind, including five Nine Heavens Meteor Finger scales and Huazi Divine Beast essence blood. Town Hanging Asura appeared and attacked Huan Yu, but Nie Yun rescued him and secured four strands of Special Talent qi as the price for helping him fight.

• Huan Yu used the Seven Kill Finger to open the black stone door, and Nie Yun followed him inside.
• Nie Yun read Dugu Wudi’s account of creating the Nine Heavens Meteor Finger and leaving five scales and Huazi Divine Beast essence blood for someone fated to find them.
• Huan Yu reached for the jade bottle and scales, but Town Hanging Asura seized them and struck him with overwhelming force.
• Huan Yu unleashed Supreme Elegy against Town Hanging Asura, who shattered the attack and blasted him through the palace.
• Nie Yun pulled Huan Yu underground to save him and demanded strands of his Special Talent qi in exchange for cooperation.
• Huan Yu gave Nie Yun one strand each of Ice Master, Assassin Master, Mighty Master, and Defense Master talent qi, and Nie Yun formed Ice Talent.

Nie Yun secretly manipulated Huan Yu into leading him to a place that could help Huan Yu advance, while learning about the Invincible Family and the ancient battlefield. Huan Yu opened the entrance to the Earth Vein Cold Spring and jumped inside, with Nie Yun following.

• Nie Yun concealed his newly gained Ice Master talent, healed Huan Yu with Wood Life Qi, and agreed to help him kill Town Hanging Asura in exchange for Sharp Gold Qi and Illusion Qi.
• Nie Yun revealed to himself that he had disguised himself as Town Hanging Asura, stolen the treasures, and used an Origin Energy Bullet to defeat Huan Yu before staging his rescue.
• Huan Yu led Nie Yun underground through the ancient battlefield and explained the Invincible Family, its Invincible Dantian, and the history of the battlefield.
• After traveling for nearly a day, Huan Yu used his chessboard immortal artifact to open a hidden cavern entrance and identified it as the Earth Vein Cold Spring.
• Huan Yu leapt into the Earth Vein Cold Spring, the place he believed could help him advance to Mysterious Immortal.

Nie Yun survived Huan Yu’s attempt to sacrifice him and revealed that Huan Yu’s attacks had completed the forging of his Immortal Body. He struck back with the Sharp Gold Master Talent and began breaking through his body-refining technique.

• Nie Yun and Huan Yu fled down the cavern as Town Hanging Asura pursued them, and Nie Yun carried Huan Yu toward a glowing altar.
• Huan Yu betrayed Nie Yun, shattered his body and sea of qi, and placed him on the altar as a sacrifice to Soul Master Yan Zhi.
• Nie Yun rose again with an Immortal Body, explaining that Huan Yu’s blows had refined the Indestructible Golden Pill.
• Huan Yu attacked Nie Yun, but Nie Yun revealed his Sharp Gold Master Talent and shattered Huan Yu’s arm with a punch.
• Nie Yun activated the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique and Vajra Glazed Body, reaching the threshold of a breakthrough.

Nie Yun refined the Huazi Divine Beast blood under Huan Yu and Town Hanging Asura’s attacks, breaking through to Initial Peak Luo Immortal Realm and turning the fight around. As he tried to bewitch Huan Yu into becoming his servant, Huan Yu summoned the Great Yan Zhi Mentor, whose enormous face appeared through a vortex.

• Sharp Gold Qi helped Nie Yun’s body reach the major completion stage of the seventh level, but Huan Yu’s strongest sword attack could not injure him and shattered his weapon.
• Town Hanging Asura attacked, and Nie Yun swallowed the Huazi Divine Beast blood to break through to Half-step Luo Immortal Realm and withstand its strike.
• Huan Yu and Town Hanging Asura joined forces, and their combined attack burst Nie Yun’s body apart, but he reformed after refining the essence blood and advanced to Initial Peak Luo Immortal Realm.
• Nie Yun tore apart both enemies’ attacks and seized Huan Yu with an invisible force, then tried to bewitch him into becoming a loyal servant.
• Huan Yu resisted by invoking the Soul Masters and summoning the Great Yan Zhi Mentor, whose face emerged from a vortex in the underground cave.

Nie Yun survived Yan Zhi’s overwhelming soul attack, refused to yield when she demanded he give up Tantai Lingyue, and killed Huan Yu before Yan Zhi disappeared with Mi Hua. After recovering in the Big Dipper Star Palace, he discovered his dantian could resist soul attacks and noticed Huan Yu’s corpse might hold treasures and contribution points.

• Yan Zhi appeared, killed Town Hanging Asura with a snort, and nearly destroyed Nie Yun with her soul pressure.
• Nie Yun’s dantian absorbed some of the pressure and gained a degree of resistance to soul attacks, while Yan Zhi recognized him and told him he was unworthy of Tantai Lingyue.
• Yan Zhi took Mi Hua, but Nie Yun killed Huan Yu before she could take him away.
• Nie Yun defied Yan Zhi, who vanished along with the black hole, then recovered in the Big Dipper Star Palace.
• Nie Yun returned to the altar, realized he had gained no contribution points from Town Hanging Asura’s death, and spotted Huan Yu’s corpse as a possible source of rewards and treasures.

Nie Yun looted Huan Yu’s corpse, then followed the tracking Qi to find Xu Xinqian and the others under attack by a mid-stage Luo Immortal Realm Shura. He killed the Shura with one punch, leaving the group stunned by his strength.

• Nie Yun used Divine Thief Talent to take Huan Yu’s belongings and found only a little over three hundred contribution points on his plaque.
• Nie Yun noticed Su Yang’s plaque held an extra 0.2 contribution points, inferred that Xu Xinqian and the others were alive, and flew toward them.
• Xu Xinqian and her group were badly wounded after killing Mo Quan’s Shura, then faced another Shura who arrived seeking revenge.
• Xu Xinqian’s attack failed against the mid-stage Luo Immortal Realm Shura, and Xu Tao and the others were injured while trying to defend themselves.
• Xu Xinqian’s contribution plaque showed 0.2 points shared among five people, confirming Nie Yun was alive, just as he appeared before them.
• Nie Yun crushed the attacking Shura with one punch, astonishing Xu Tao and the others.

Nie Yun and his companions returned from Red Rock Mountain, where he had killed a powerful Asura, and Su Yang accused him of murdering Huan Yu, Xue Wu, and the other dead disciples. As Su Yang and Xue Xiao moved against Nie Yun, Daoist Xiaoteng revealed power that made them suspect he was a Golden Immortal.

• Nie Yun told Xu Xinqian and the others that he had reached the Luo Immortal Realm after killing the Black Shadow Asura.
• Su Yang found that the jade tokens of his disciples, including Huan Yu, had shattered, and Xue Xiao arrived demanding to know how his son Xue Wu died.
• Su Yang accused Daoist Xiaoteng of using schemes to kill the disciples, while Daoist Xiaoteng argued that deaths in the Asura contest were part of its risks.
• When Nie Yun and his companions returned, Su Yang attacked them and accused Nie Yun of killing Huan Yu, Xue Wu, and the others.
• Daoist Xiaoteng intervened, but Xue Xiao blocked him as Su Yang renewed his attack on Nie Yun.
• Daoist Xiaoteng unleashed his aura, shattered Su Yang's attack, and prompted Su Yang and Xue Xiao to recognize the power of Golden Immortal laws.

Daoist Xiaoteng revealed that he had become a Virtual Golden Immortal and advanced to the Golden Immortal Realm after Nie Yun’s artistic conception helped complete his breakthrough. He killed Su Yang and Xue Xiao, then explained the dangers of a Virtual Great Dao and confirmed that Nie Yun had won the competition.

• Su Yang and Xue Xiao attacked Daoist Xiaoteng, hoping to seize his Virtual Great Dao.
• Daoist Xiaoteng summoned a star, turned his Virtual Great Dao into Golden Immortal laws, and killed Su Yang and Xue Xiao.
• Daoist Xiaoteng praised Nie Yun for standing firm and said he would face no trouble for killing Huan Yu.
• Daoist Xiaoteng explained that a Virtual Golden Immortal had simulated a star chart whose Virtual Great Dao could be stolen, and said Nie Yun’s artistic conception had accelerated his own breakthrough.
• Daoist Xiaoteng confirmed that Nie Yun had won and that the promised rewards still stood.

Nie Yun and the other competitors entered the Lesser Sacred Domain as their reward, where he studied the stars’ talent patterns and fused Assassin Master Talent into his existing talents. Before their time ran out, he discovered that several of his powerful talents had already fused and were nearing further fusion.

• Daoist Xiaoteng awarded the group three days in the Lesser Sacred Domain and gave Nie Yun a Half-step Mysterious Immortal Pill for his efforts.
• Daoist Xiaoteng transported Nie Yun, Xu Xinqian, Xu Tao, and the others into the Lesser Sacred Domain, where Xu Xinqian explained how its stars revealed fused talents.
• Nie Yun studied the stars and fused Assassin Master Talent with Wind Movement, Concealment, Disguise, Heavenly Movement, Earthwalking, and Water Soaring, reaching Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer and Half-step Golden Pattern level.
• After more than two days, Nie Yun stopped trying to fuse another talent and continued studying the stars’ patterns.
• Nie Yun realized Blazing Fire, lightning, Sharp Gold, and Wood Life had already fused and were close to joining Martial Dao, Sword Dao, and Heavenly Eye.

Nie Yun fused seven top-ranked talents and advanced to the Late Luo Immortal Realm, then learned from Daoist Xiaoteng that a Star Core was needed to complete the Golden Immortal breakthrough. Daoist Xiaoteng invited him to search for one in the Demon Realm, and Little Dragon urged him to accept.

• Nie Yun fused seven talents ranked within the top thirty, broke through to the Late Luo Immortal Realm, and stunned Xu Tao, Xu Xinqian, and the others.
• After the three days in the Lesser Sacred Domain ended, Daoist Xiaoteng summoned Nie Yun and confirmed that he was a Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer.
• Daoist Xiaoteng explained that a cultivator needed to refine and fuse a Star Core to become a true Golden Immortal.
• Daoist Xiaoteng invited Nie Yun to search for a Star Core in the Chaotic Star Domain of the Demon Realm.
• Little Dragon urged Nie Yun to go, saying the journey could bring opportunities for both of them to become Golden Immortals.

Nie Yun and Daoist Xiaoteng traveled to Ghost Sea City to enter the Demon Realm and explore a treasure left by the Black Dragon Saint Venerable. After reaching the Spirit Tamer Tower, Nie Yun went to register for a Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer assessment.

• Little Dragon urged Nie Yun to go to the Demon Realm, and Daoist Xiaoteng explained that the Black Dragon Saint Venerable’s treasure contained Star Cores and weapons.
• Nie Yun agreed to travel with Daoist Xiaoteng, and they journeyed to Ghost Sea City, a required transit station for entering the Demon Realm.
• Daoist Xiaoteng warned Nie Yun that they would need to form a party with others, then led him to the local Spirit Tamer Tower for protection and support.
• The tower guards admitted Daoist Xiaoteng and Nie Yun after inspecting their rank badges, while the guards wondered why Xiaoteng treated his Fifth Rank companion with such respect.
• Daoist Xiaoteng told Nie Yun that he could take a Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer assessment at any time, and Nie Yun headed to the assessment hall to register.