Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun went to the Ghost Sea City Spirit Tamer Branch to take the Sixth Rank assessment, surprising the staff and applicants with his Fifth Rank badge. He passed the Fusion talent test, but still needed to undergo the Asura Killing Qi assessment before receiving his badge.

• Nie Yun ignored the queue and showed his Fifth Rank badge to the woman in charge, then asked to take the Sixth Rank assessment.
• The woman led Nie Yun to a side room, while the applicants in the hall debated whether he could pass.
• Diao Xuan and six Sixth Rank stewards arrived to assess Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun sent Fusion Qi into the rank-testing jade, which lit up in six colors and qualified him as a Sixth Rank Half-step Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer.
• Diao Xuan told Nie Yun he still had to pass the Asura Killing Qi assessment before receiving his badge.

Nie Yun faced the Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer assessment by entering a sealed space with the Golden Immortal Realm Asura Ye Wu. He passed by resisting its killing intent and reaching the fifty-meter mark, but Ye Wu erupted in anger as Nie Yun tried to leave.

• Diao Xuan and the elders warned Nie Yun that the assessment required him to approach a living Golden Immortal Realm Asura, but Nie Yun insisted on attempting it.
• Diao Xuan teleported Nie Yun into the assessment space, where Nie Yun saw Ye Wu Asura restrained by chains and formations.
• Nie Yun entered the ring and used Fusion Qi to resist Ye Wu Asura's killing intent as he advanced.
• Ye Wu Asura attacked Nie Yun with Sky Covering Sun Blocking, but Nie Yun broke through the soul-force attack and struck back with Fusion Qi.
• Nie Yun split Ye Wu Asura's suppressed fist attack and reached the fifty-meter mark, prompting Diao Xuan to declare that he had passed.
• As Nie Yun hurried to leave, Ye Wu Asura roared and shook the Spirit Tamer Tower, sending its chains flying upward.

Nie Yun passed the Spirit Tamer Tower’s examination and received a badge as a half-step gold-pattern Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer. He and Daoist Xiaoteng joined Lord Zhi Liu’s party for the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins and arrived at a manor to meet Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Dugu Xiao.

• Diao Xuan and six other experts suppressed the rampaging Ye Wu Asura, allowing Nie Yun to escape and complete his examination.
• Diao Xuan gave Nie Yun his rank badge, and Daoist Xiaoteng said he wanted to visit the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins to seek a Star Core.
• Lord Zhi Liu invited Nie Yun and Daoist Xiaoteng to join his team, which included the renowned geniuses Dugu Xiao and Xuanyuan Chaos Star.
• Zhi Liu publicly declared Nie Yun a newly advanced half-step gold-pattern Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer, silencing the onlookers who had gathered to watch him.
• Zhi Liu led Nie Yun and Daoist Xiaoteng to an elegant manor, where Xuanyuan Chaos Star confronted them and asked who they were.

Nie Yun faced a strength test from Xuanyuan Chaos Star before the group set out for the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins. He survived two powerful attacks and proved strong enough to join them, though the confrontation left Xuanyuan Chaos Star displeased.

• Song Yu questioned whether Nie Yun’s Luo Immortal Realm cultivation made him too weak to accompany the group to the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins.
• Dugu Xiao arrived, and Xuanyuan Chaos Star proposed testing Nie Yun with a punch, threatening to kill him if he failed.
• Nie Yun swallowed Xuanyuan Chaos Star’s first attack with his Taotie technique.
• Xuanyuan Chaos Star unleashed the Son of Heaven’s Dragon Visage, and Nie Yun countered with a golden dragon by borrowing Little Dragon’s power.
• Nie Yun staggered from the clash but recovered from his injuries with his Immortal Body.
• Dugu Xiao stopped Xuanyuan Chaos Star from attacking again and declared that Nie Yun could join the group.

Nie Yun traveled with Dugu Xiao and the others toward the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins while learning about the Ten Great Families, the ancient war, and the Dragon Race. When Zhi Liu named the Azure Dragon Clan as the strongest branch, Little Dragon’s consciousness erupted violently inside the Big Dipper Star Palace.

• Dugu Xiao led the group out of Ghost Sea City toward the ruins, and the others recognized Nie Yun as one of their own after seeing him fly at their speed.
• Zhi Liu told Nie Yun and Daoist Xiaoteng about Dugu Xiao, Xuanyuan Chaos Star, Song Yu, and Mei Xin’er, then named five of the Ten Great Families.
• Nie Yun suspected that Xiao Ran belonged to the Xiao Clan and wondered whether the Five-Clawed Dragon Emperor had been Little Dragon.
• Zhi Liu explained that the Black Dragon Saint Venerable’s ruins held the Black Dragon Token, a half-Creation Immortal Artifact, and described the Dragon Race’s branches and the Azure Dragon Clan’s current dominance.
• After Zhi Liu mentioned the Azure Dragon Clan, Little Dragon’s consciousness surged violently inside the Big Dipper Star Palace.

Nie Yun and his companions reached the barrier between the Spirit Realm and Demon Realm and descended into its dangerous passage. They encountered a horde of demon beasts as they traveled into the darkness.

• Little Dragon erupted in anger, then told Nie Yun he hoped to handle the matter himself and would ask for help if necessary.
• Xuanyuan Chaos Star dismissed Nie Yun as a threat and discussed teaming up with Song Yu against Dugu Xiao over the treasure.
• Mei Xin'er proposed an alliance to Dugu Xiao, but he refused and insisted he relied only on his own strength.
• After seven days of flight, the group reached the valley marking the World Point between the Demon Realm and Spirit Realm.
• Dugu Xiao led the group down the Barrier Passage, where Zhi Liu warned them about its dark inhabitants.
• Countless black demon beasts flew toward the descending group with a terrifying roar.

Nie Yun and the others fought through the Barrier Black Tide and reached the Barrier Passage’s center, where they encountered a Half-step Golden Immortal Ni Xu Sun Beast. After the group split up to search for opportunities, Nie Yun set off alone to explore the darkness with his Heavenly Eye Talent.

• Dugu Xiao, Nie Yun, Xuanyuan Chaos Star, Song Yu, and Mei Xin'er fought through a vast swarm of demonic beasts and Demon People in the Barrier Passage.
• Dugu Xiao warned the group that the passage’s center held powerful creatures, while Zhi Liu and Daoist Xiaoteng explained that Asura Killing Qi had seeped into the connected passages from outside the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth.
• Dugu Xiao struck a Half-step Golden Immortal Ni Xu Sun Beast, but Xuanyuan Chaos Star injured it while trying to claim its Virtual Great Dao, and the beast fled into the darkness.
• Xuanyuan Chaos Star searched unsuccessfully for the Ni Xu Sun Beast, then proposed that the group split up and search the passage for treasures.
• Nie Yun declined Zhi Liu’s offer to stay together and went off alone, using his Heavenly Eye Talent to explore the dark passage.

Nie Yun secretly followed Xuanyuan Chaos Star, Song Yu, and Dugu Xiao to the Ni Xu Sun Beasts’ hidden nest, where he discovered Golden Immortal Realm beasts and a hoard of treasures. As Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu attacked one beast, Nie Yun slipped into the nest unnoticed.

• Nie Yun ambushed demonic beasts for their cores, then spotted Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu tracking a Ni Xu Sun Beast to its nest.
• Dugu Xiao followed the pair in secret, while Nie Yun concealed himself and followed them as well.
• Nie Yun used his Heavenly Eye to find three Ni Xu Sun Beasts in the nest, including two at the Golden Immortal Realm, along with Sun Crystals and other treasures.
• Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu lured one Golden Immortal Realm Sun Beast out with a captured demonic beast and launched a surprise attack.
• The injured Sun Beast fled toward its nest, and Nie Yun used the ensuing chaos to cling to it and enter the nest unnoticed.

Nie Yun secretly entered the Ni Xu Sun Beasts’ nest and stole its treasures, Sun Crystals, and a Virtual Great Dao while Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu fought the beasts. Dugu Xiao and Mei Xin'er arrived, and as they prepared to question the surviving beasts, Mei Xin'er sensed someone hiding beneath the ground.

• Nie Yun hid inside the nest as Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu attacked the Ni Xu Sun Beasts.
• While the beasts were distracted, Nie Yun took the treasures and Sun Crystals, using his Blazing Fire Talent to withstand their heat.
• Dugu Xiao arrived, and he and Xuanyuan Chaos Star accused each other of taking the missing treasures and Virtual Great Dao.
• Mei Xin'er suggested searching the surviving beasts’ souls to resolve the dispute, prompting Nie Yun to try to escape underground.
• Mei Xin'er sensed Nie Yun’s presence and turned toward his hiding place.

Nie Yun used the Sun Crystals to advance his Blazing Fire Master Talent to its fourth form and gained the ability to wield Creation Fire, though his cultivation limited its use. After Little Dragon swallowed the stolen crystal cores, Nie Yun left the Star Palace and rejoined the others at the Demon Realm passage, where Mei Xin'er hinted that she knew he had been hiding.

• Nie Yun escaped the Ni Xu Sun Beast nest while Mei Xin'er secretly noticed his departure.
• Nie Yun used the Sun Crystals to advance his Blazing Fire Master Talent to the fourth form and awakened black Creation Fire.
• Nie Yun searched the stolen treasures but found no pills or items that could greatly improve his cultivation, so he kept the Virtual Great Dao for later.
• Little Dragon swallowed the crystal cores and went to sleep, signaling that it was about to advance again.
• Nie Yun flew through the Barrier Passage and met Daoist Xiaoteng, Dugu Xiao, Xuanyuan Chaos Star, and the others outside.
• Mei Xin'er questioned Nie Yun's claim that he had gotten lost, suggesting she suspected he had been hiding.

Nie Yun’s group traveled through the Demon Realm toward the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins beneath the Crimson Demon Sea. After Mei Xin’er accused Nie Yun of stealing Sun Crystals and the Virtual Great Dao and failed to extort him, the group reached a black storm near the Black Abyss Realm.

• Dugu Xiao warned the group that the Black Abyss Realm belonged to the Golden Body Demon Race, whose body-refining experts were exceptionally powerful.
• Mei Xin’er privately accused Nie Yun of stealing Sun Crystals and the Virtual Great Dao from the Sun Beasts, claiming she recognized his scent.
• Nie Yun denied the accusation and refused Mei Xin’er’s demand for a Sun Crystal, so she flew on without exposing him to the others.
• After the group crossed the Crimson Demon Sea for several days, Dugu Xiao identified a black storm ahead as the approach to the Black Abyss Realm and suggested traveling through the water to avoid a fight.

Nie Yun and his companions entered the Black Abyss Realm, where tenfold gravity forced them to travel without using immortal power. After Nie Yun demonstrated his overwhelming physical strength and shared a demonic beast’s beneficial blood, Xuanyuan Chaos Star attacked him for refusing to hand over the remaining blood.

• Nie Yun and his companions crossed the crimson sea and reached the mountain range leading into Golden Body Demon territory, where tenfold gravity forced most of them to collapse.
• Dugu Xiao and Xuanyuan Chaos Star explained that the group had to withdraw their protective shields and cross on foot without using immortal power to avoid attracting the Golden Body Demon Race.
• A demonic beast ambushed the group, and Dugu Xiao struggled against it before Nie Yun killed it with one punch using only physical strength.
• Nie Yun shared the beast’s essence blood with Dugu Xiao, Xiao Teng, and Zhi Liu, and they found that it helped them adapt to the heavy gravity.
• Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu demanded Nie Yun’s remaining blood after initially refusing it, so Nie Yun swallowed it himself, prompting Xuanyuan Chaos Star to attack him with a giant palm.

After Xuanyuan Chaos Star exposed the group in the Black Abyss Realm, Nie Yun and the others fled from the Golden Body Demon Race. Nie Yun escaped underground, but emerged near a vast gorge where he spotted Mei Xin'er among a crowd of Golden Body Demon experts.

• Xuanyuan Chaos Star used his power and exposed the group, so Dugu Xiao struck him and the Golden Body Demon Race began pursuing them.
• Dugu Xiao wounded a Golden Body Demon expert while Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu abandoned the group and fled.
• Dugu Xiao told everyone to split up and left; Mei Xin'er offered to help Nie Yun in exchange for the Sun Crystal, but he refused.
• Nie Yun brought Zhi Liu and Xiao Teng into the Big Dipper Star Palace, then escaped through the mountain using his Concealment Master talent.
• After fleeing underground for more than half a day, Nie Yun surfaced by a gorge crowded with Golden Body Demon experts and spotted Mei Xin'er.

Nie Yun infiltrated the Golden Body Demon Race’s ceremony and discovered that Mei Xin'er was being prepared to consume the Golden Body Spirit Liquid. When Prince Jin Ya summoned the Azure Dragon Emperor, Little Dragon recognized him and reacted with fury, and the Emperor turned its gaze toward Nie Yun.

• Nie Yun disguised himself as a Golden Body Demon and learned that Prince Jin Ya planned to use the Golden Body Spirit Liquid to transform Mei Xin'er into one of his race.
• Prince Jin Ya took Mei Xin'er to the palace, where she sat restrained as he began a sacrifice to heaven.
• Nie Yun secretly entered the palace and heard Prince Jin Ya pray to the Azure Dragon Emperor for strength.
• The Azure Dragon Emperor appeared as a colossal azure dragon, and Little Dragon awakened and identified him.
• Little Dragon confirmed the Azure Dragon Emperor was the Demon Realm’s strongest expert, then fell silent as Nie Yun suspected they had a past conflict.
• The Azure Dragon Emperor turned its gaze toward Nie Yun’s hiding place.

Nie Yun followed Prince Jin Ya and Mei Xin'er to the Golden Body Demon Race's spirit spring, then overheard Jin Ya question Mei Xin'er about the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins. The chapter ended with Mei Xin'er secretly purifying the Golden Body Spirit Liquid and vowing to kill the person who had repeatedly foiled her plans.

• Little Dragon shielded Nie Yun from the Azure Dragon Emperor's scrutiny as the Emperor restored the spirit spring's ability to produce spirit liquid.
• Prince Jin Ya led Mei Xin'er and the elders into a strange star-filled space, collected a drop of Golden Body Spirit Liquid, and sealed the entrance again.
• Prince Jin Ya questioned Mei Xin'er and learned that the Di Family had found a key to the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins, which Dugu Xiao held; he also warned that Xuanyuan Chaos Star was hiding his true strength.
• Mei Xin'er gave Prince Jin Ya an outer-region map of the ruins, and he handed her the spirit liquid and ordered her to consume it before they went there together the next day.
• After Prince Jin Ya left, Mei Xin'er used the Ni Xu Sun Beast Golden Immortal law to purify the spirit liquid and swore to kill the person who had thwarted her before.

Nie Yun stole Mei Xin'er's Golden Body Spirit Liquid and used Creation Fire to burn away Prince Jin Ya's hidden soul before consuming it. His Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique advanced to the eighth level, giving his physical body Golden Immortal Realm strength, and he left to meet Dugu Xiao and the others.

• Mei Xin'er was ambushed by Nie Yun's Creation Fire, and he stole the Golden Body Spirit Liquid from her.
• Nie Yun burned Prince Jin Ya's hidden essence-blood soul out of the spirit liquid, then consumed it after checking it for hidden threats.
• The spirit liquid transformed Nie Yun's body, advancing the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique and raising his physical strength to Golden Immortal Realm level.
• Nie Yun emerged from the Star Palace, discovered he could fly without Phoenix Wings, and headed toward the agreed meeting place.
• Nie Yun brought Zhi Liu and Xiao Teng out of the Star Palace and asked them to keep its existence secret; both swore Heavenly Dao Oaths.

Nie Yun and his companions reached the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins, where Dugu Xiao warned that the ruins would open within a month and trigger a bloody contest. After a local alliance tried to drive them away, Dugu Xiao killed its attacker and challenged anyone else to oppose them.

• Nie Yun reunited with Dugu Xiao, Xuanyuan Chaos Star, and Song Yu after leaving the Black Abyss Realm, while Xuanyuan Chaos Star and Song Yu mocked him.
• Mei Xin'er arrived with Ya Feng, whom Nie Yun recognized as Prince Jin Ya in disguise, and defended her right to travel with him when Xuanyuan Chaos Star objected.
• Mei Xin'er and Xuanyuan Chaos Star prepared to fight, but Dugu Xiao stopped them and led the group onward.
• After five days of flight, Dugu Xiao brought everyone to the mountains where the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins would appear, and explained that they would open within a month.
• Members of the Seven Souls Alliance tried to drive Dugu Xiao's group from the territory, and Dugu Xiao killed one attacker before daring the others to step forward.

As experts gathered outside the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins, Poison Head Ghost Shi Zhongxuan and Wuchang Ghost Yue Xin Wuchang plotted to prey on them inside. Meanwhile, a mysterious youth appeared in the Ghost Sea City Spirit Tamer Tower, confronted its leaders over Ye Wu Asura’s imprisonment, and began overpowering them.

• Dugu Xiao killed a troublemaker, and Mei Xin'er explained the feared Four Demon Ghosts and warned that Shi Zhongxuan was dangerous.
• Shi Zhongxuan and Yue Xin Wuchang planned to wait until the ruins cut off outside divine senses, then kill the treasure-seeking experts.
• Rival groups gathered peacefully near the ruins, holding back their feuds until the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins opened.
• A mysterious youth appeared beside the imprisoned Ye Wu Asura, and Diao Xuan led the Ghost Sea City branch’s experts to confront him.
• The youth said the Spirit Tamer Tower had to answer for binding his clansman, then dissolved the combined attack of Diao Xuan and five elders with a single palm, killing one elder.

The Asura King returned, killed Diao Xuan, freed Ye Wu Asura, and sent him on a mission before heading to the Buddhist Realm. Meanwhile, the Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins opened, and Nie Yun entered with the others, growing stronger by devouring Asuras as they fought through the passage.

• The youth revealed himself as the Asura King, killed Diao Xuan before he could send a warning, and freed Ye Wu Asura.
• The Asura King raised Ye Wu Asura to the Saint Immortal Realm, gave him a mission, and said he would travel to the Buddhist Realm.
• The Black Dragon Saint Venerable Ruins appeared after nearly half a month, revealing countless Asuras sealed inside and a passage into the tomb.
• Dugu Xiao led Nie Yun and the others into the passage, where Nie Yun killed and devoured Asuras until he reached the Peak Luo Immortal Realm.
• Dugu Xiao sensed something valuable ahead and led the group deeper into the ruins.

Nie Yun secretly passed through a sealed stone gate and seized the Star Core and other treasures before Dugu Xiao and Xuanyuan Chaos Star entered. He continued through the dangerous passageways in search of more prizes and discovered an ore that made the Nameless Art circulate.

• Dugu Xiao failed to break the sealed stone gate, so Nie Yun sent Little Dragon to disguise himself while he slipped through the wall.
• Nie Yun found a room full of treasures, took the Star Core and other valuable items, and hid underground as the gate burst open.
• Xuanyuan Chaos Star demanded that he and Dugu Xiao divide most of the remaining treasures, and the others submitted to their threat.
• Nie Yun had Little Dragon maintain his disguise and moved ahead underground while factions fought over treasures throughout the passageways.
• Nie Yun spotted an enormous ore in a hall that made the Nameless Art circulate.