Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun returned from the Spirit Realm to reunite with his family and companions and announce his wedding to Tantai Lingyue, which he planned to hold in the Spirit Realm. After hearing everyone discuss how the Mortal Realm’s lower spatial pressure might make travel possible, he wondered whether he could store the entire Floating Sky Continent in his Storage Dantian.

• Nie Yun appeared in the Huayun Sect’s hall, reuniting with Nie Xiaotian, his Demon Pets, Luo Qingcheng, Tantai Lingyue, and other companions.
• Nie Yun introduced Tantai Lingyue as his wife, and Luo Qingcheng accepted that she was the woman best suited to him.
• Nie Yun announced that he and Tantai Lingyue would marry in the Spirit Realm and invited his parents and companions to attend.
• When people in the hall asked to travel with him, Nie Yun warned them about the Spirit Realm’s Asura Killing Qi and spatial pressure, and Old Drunkard Xia Xing explained its dangers and Nie Yun’s strength.
• After hearing people discuss the Mortal Realm’s lower spatial pressure, Nie Yun wondered whether he could store the entire Floating Sky Continent in his Storage Dantian.

Nie Yun absorbed the Spatial Cage Zone into his Storage Dantian, advancing it and gaining control over time, then worked with Tantai Lingyue to bring the Floating Sky Continent and Qi Sea Continent into his dantian. With the continents secured, they set off for the Spirit Realm through the Third World.

• Nie Yun took the Spatial Cage Zone into his Storage Dantian, which advanced to its seventh form and let him accelerate time within it to a thousand-to-one ratio.
• Nie Yun showed Tantai Lingyue his Storage Dantian, and she identified its seventh form and agreed to help him move the Floating Sky Continent.
• Tantai Lingyue joined the Floating Sky Continent and the spiritual energy above it into one whole, allowing Nie Yun to collect it in his dantian.
• Nie Yun also stored the Qi Sea Continent in his dantian and flew with Tantai Lingyue toward the Spirit Realm.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue located the Third World, tore open space, and entered it on their way back to the Spirit Realm.

After Nie Yun’s attacks humiliated the Ten Great Families, Tantai Moyun gathered forces from across the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth to launch a campaign against him and Lian Yue Pavilion. The allies assembled, but several made clear they had come for their own reasons and did not promise to help kill Nie Yun.

• Tantai Chuangyu urged Tantai Moyun to exploit Nie Yun’s thefts and killings to draw the Buddhist, Demon, and other realms into a campaign.
• Buddha Ancestor Tuoshan and three other Buddha Ancestors arrived, demanding the return of Buddhist treasures and reporting that Buddha Ancestor Ximi had been killed.
• The heads of Dayi Academy, Damu Academy, and Daquan Academy pledged the Confucian Sect’s support because Nie Yun had killed their disciple and an incarnation.
• Jade Dragon Ancestor and Mozhenzi arrived to retrieve the Seven-Heart Dragon Pearl, but Jade Dragon Ancestor refused to promise help against Nie Yun.
• The Netherworld Phoenix King joined the gathering over Nie Yun’s seizure of Big Dipper Star Palace, while warning that she did not intend to kill him.
• Tantai Moyun announced a joint campaign against Nie Yun and Lian Yue Pavilion, and the nine family ancestors shouted their support.

Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue held their wedding at Lian Yue Pavilion, where Xiao Ran brought gifts and warned that the Ten Great Families planned to surround and kill Nie Yun. That night, Tantai Lingyue voiced fears about leaving him, but Nie Yun reassured her and embraced her.

• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue completed their wedding bows before Nie Xiaotian and Nie Ling, then received congratulations from their guests.
• Xiao Ran arrived with unusual gifts, and Nie Yun discovered one ore that could make the Nameless Art circulate; Xiao Ran offered to take him to find more after the wedding.
• Xiao Ran warned Nie Yun that the Ten Great Families had gathered to discuss surrounding and killing him, then said he would stay with Nie Yun after breaking with his family.
• Nie Yun told Xiao Ran that the Mute Monkeys brewed Monkey Heart Wine at Lian Yue Pavilion, persuading him to remain.
• Tantai Lingyue urged Nie Yun to live on and marry Luo Qingcheng, Yi Qing, and Huo Ying if she died, but Nie Yun insisted nothing would happen to her and kissed her.

During their wedding night, Tantai Lingyue broke through to the Immortal Lord Realm, while Nie Yun gained new insight and left to seek ore that could help advance his dantians. He and Xiao Ran reached a sealed underground spring, where Nie Yun found something unexpected.

• As the elders of Huayun Sect celebrated at Lian Yue Pavilion, a heavenly phenomenon appeared over Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue's bridal chamber.
• Tantai Lingyue broke through to the Immortal Lord Realm, and Nie Yun gained insight that brought him closer to his own breakthrough.
• After they woke, Nie Yun explained that Tantai Lingyue's change from the emotionless Heavenly Dao to love had helped her break through, then asked her to guard Lian Yue Pavilion.
• Nie Yun left with Xiao Ran to find special ore that could help him advance his dantians and grow stronger to save his younger brother.
• Nie Yun and Xiao Ran reached the mountain containing the underground cold spring, and Nie Yun removed his seal before reacting with shock to what he saw.

Nie Yun entered the Ice-Cold Vortex beneath the Snow Thunder Pool and discovered a hidden world filled with Cold Crystal Stones whose extreme chill could freeze his sword qi and dantian. As he tried to assimilate the cold with his Ice Master Talent, the talent advanced.

• Nie Yun entered the Snow Thunder Pool, found that the seal over the expanding Ice-Cold Vortex was cracking, and decided to investigate its depths.
• Nie Yun prepared with the Big Dipper Sword, dragon scales, and Phoenix Wings, then fought through the vortex and entered a hidden world of icy currents and Cold Crystal Stones.
• Nie Yun realized the stones held black ores rich in special auras, but his sword qi froze before reaching one of them.
• Nie Yun tried to use Heaven Stealing Master Talent to take a stone, but the cold froze his Heaven Stealing Dantian.
• Nie Yun withdrew his Blazing Fire after it clashed painfully with the cold, then used Ice Master Talent to assimilate it, advancing the talent.

Nie Yun fused ten talents to surpass the Ninth-grade Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer level and refined the Tower Master Seal, but he could not remove the ores in the Cold Pond. After sealing the Snow Thunder Pool temporarily and leaving with Xiao Ran, he sensed a violent disturbance coming from Lian Yue Pavilion.

• Nie Yun advanced his Ice Master Talent, expelled the cold qi, and fused Heaven Stealing, Ice, and Heavenly Eye with his other talents.
• Nie Yun refined the Tower Master Seal and learned that it was a Creation Immortal Artifact forged by the Big Dipper Star Lord.
• Nie Yun tried to take the Cold Pond ores but failed, then left the hidden space and returned to the Snow Thunder Pool.
• Nie Yun used the Tower Master Seal and Big Dipper Sword to establish a Netherworld Eight Trigrams Formation that would hold back the cold qi for about two months.
• Nie Yun and Xiao Ran left Nine Yang Mountain, but a violent current from Lian Yue Pavilion made the ground tremble.

Nie Yun arrived at Lian Yue Pavilion and fought off the forces demanding Tantai Lingyue and the Great Ming Heart Calming Pearl. He turned the combined attacks of eleven Immortal Lords against Tantai Moyun, leaving him gravely injured and in Nie Yun’s grasp.

• Tantai Moyun demanded that Tantai Lingyue return to the Tantai Family and threatened to destroy Lian Yue Pavilion, but she refused and declared that none of the gathered experts could defeat her.
• Buddha Ancestor Tuoshan demanded the Great Ming Heart Calming Pearl, but Tantai Lingyue refused to return the treasure her husband had given her.
• Nie Yun arrived and struck Buddha Ancestor Tuoshan back, then faced Tantai Moyun and the gathered Immortal Lord experts.
• Tantai Moyun, Buddha Ancestor Tuoshan, and nine other family ancestors attacked Nie Yun together, but he used the Tower Master Seal to redirect their combined force at Tantai Moyun.
• The combined attack shattered Tantai Moyun’s defense and badly injured him, and Nie Yun seized him by the throat.

Nie Yun attacked the Immortal Lords who had forced Tantai Lingyue to become the Heavenly Dao, while Tantai Lingyue revealed that she had reached the Immortal Lord realm. The battle escalated as Nie Yun injured the nine family patriarchs but was wounded by the Buddhist and Confucian experts, whom Tantai Lingyue drew toward herself.

• Nie Yun seized Tantai Moyun and crushed his neck after condemning the Tantai Family for forcing Tantai Lingyue to become the Heavenly Dao, but Tantai Moyun used his Immortal Body to escape and recover.
• An ancestor of the Huangfu Family urged the Immortal Lords to attack Nie Yun, and Nie Yun moved to kill him before the Netherworld Phoenix King intervened.
• Tantai Lingyue froze the Netherworld Phoenix King's attack and revealed that she had reached the Immortal Lord realm, then faced the Netherworld Phoenix King in battle.
• Nie Yun broke the nine patriarchs' Heavenly Jade Dragon Formation with one sword strike and attacked the Huangfu Family's ancestor with the Tower Pillar Seal.
• The Buddhist and Confucian experts injured Nie Yun with a combined attack, but Tantai Lingyue shifted their position and brought them before her.

Tantai Lingyue fought the Netherworld Phoenix King while Nie Yun comprehended and unleashed the third form of Moonlit Swordplay, One Sword Executes Heaven. Nie Yun killed four Immortal Lord experts in quick succession, and the surviving attackers fled.

• Tantai Lingyue shifted the Buddhist and Confucian experts away as she battled the Netherworld Phoenix King, then invoked the Heavenly Dao.
• Nie Yun comprehended One Sword Executes Heaven and struck at the gathered experts, badly wounding the Huangfu Patriarch and shattering his Spirit-Stabilizing Pearl.
• Nie Yun killed the Huangfu Patriarch and another Ten Great Families ancestor with a sword strike.
• Nie Yun killed the head of Daquan Academy and a Buddhist Sect expert as the remaining attackers fled.

Nie Yun drove off the Netherworld Phoenix King and the other Immortal Lords, then warned Tantai Lingyue that the Asura King Nie Tong posed a greater danger than their internal conflicts. He planned to visit the Spirit Tamer Tower to strengthen Lian Yue Pavilion and protect it from future threats.

• Nie Yun told the Netherworld Phoenix King that Little Dragon was reborn, had lost his memories, and remained in seclusion, then returned to Lian Yue Pavilion with Tantai Lingyue.
• The Netherworld Phoenix King left, while Jade Dragon Ancestor and Mozhenzi dug a cave nearby and decided to wait for the Five-Clawed Dragon Emperor to emerge.
• Nie Yun admitted to Tantai Lingyue that his battle against the Immortal Lords had exhausted him, though Wood Life Qi helped him recover.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue worried that the Asura King Nie Tong could manipulate rival factions and strike while they fought among themselves.
• Nie Yun said he would visit the Spirit Tamer Tower and try to take control of it using the Tower Master Seal.

Nie Tong confronted the experts who had fled Lian Yue Pavilion and killed them to devour their power. After wiping them out, he turned toward Lian Yue Pavilion, resolved to face his brother Nie Yun.

• The surviving attackers discussed summoning powerful ancestors and reporting the defeat to their leaders, while Buddha Ancestor Tuoshan sought to distance the Buddhist Realm from the conflict.
• Nie Tong appeared holding the Azure Dragon Emperor and announced that he intended to kill the experts and devour their bodies and souls to advance his cultivation.
• Ancestor Dugu attacked Nie Tong and was instantly destroyed and devoured; Nie Tong then killed a fleeing elder and an ancestor who begged to become his subordinate.
• Buddha Ancestor Tuoshan asked to leave, but Nie Tong said the Buddhist Realm would eventually fight him and killed Tuoshan and four other Buddha Ancestors.
• The remaining experts fled, but Nie Tong swallowed them with a massive black hole, leaving none of the attackers alive.
• Nie Tong looked toward Lian Yue Pavilion and declared that Nie Yun was his brother.

Nie Yun arrived at the Spirit Tamer Tower Headquarters hoping to take control of the organization, only to learn that its elders were selecting a new Tower Master. Elder Qiongya and Elder Duanjin feared the leading candidate, Fei Yu, and considered helping Nie Yun qualify to challenge him.

• The Asura King agreed with the other soul sharing his body not to harm Nie Yun, but planned to kill Spirit Tamer Tower members to restore his strength.
• Nie Yun left Tantai Lingyue at Lian Yue Pavilion and flew to the Spirit Tamer Tower Headquarters, intending to use Big Dipper Star Lord's inheritance to become Tower Master.
• Spirit Tamer Tower guards recognized Nie Yun's Seventh Rank Spirit Tamer badge and escorted him to Elder Qiongya.
• Qiongya and Elder Duanjin discussed empowering Nie Yun so he could fuse another talent and qualify to compete for Tower Master.
• Duanjin explained that the eight Grand Elders had decided to select a Tower Master, and that Fei Yu was the leading candidate despite his ambitious nature.

Nie Yun sought to qualify for the Spirit Tamer Tower Master election and revealed that he had already become an Eighth-grade Spirit Tamer. During the Grand Elders’ assessment, his Fusion Qi made the Nine-Colored Stone shine white and then shatter, leaving the elders stunned.

• Elder Qiongya and Elder Duanjin told Nie Yun that Half-step Immortal Lord Fei Yu was their chief rival for Tower Master because his pro-war plans threatened the Spirit Tamer Tower and the Spirit Realm.
• Nie Yun agreed to compete for Tower Master and said he had already broken through to Eighth-grade Spirit Tamer, declining the elders’ offer to empower him.
• Elder Qiongya brought Nie Yun to meet four Grand Elders, and Elder An Qing offered the Nine-Colored Stone to test his talent fusion.
• Nie Yun sent Fusion Qi into the stone, which first showed no colors or backlash and baffled the elders.
• Elder An Qing recalled that the stone could resonate with Ninth-grade Gold Pattern talent fusion, then it blazed with white light and shattered.

Nie Yun revealed that he was a Ninth-grade Half-step Heavenly Pattern Spirit Tamer, astonishing the four Grand Elders. They tested his combat strength ahead of the Tower Master competition, and the chapter ended as Xu Yang challenged him after Nie Yun defeated Qiongya with one punch.

• Nie Yun explained that he had fused ten Special Talents, including nine ranked among the top thirty, making him a Ninth-grade Half-step Heavenly Pattern Spirit Tamer.
• The Grand Elders worried that Nie Yun's youth and limited cultivation time would leave him at a disadvantage against Fei Yu in the Tower Master competition.
• At An Qing's suggestion, Qiongya sparred with Nie Yun to reveal his weaknesses and help prepare him for the competition.
• Qiongya unleashed Myriad Tides Returning to the Sea, but Nie Yun shattered it with one punch and sent her flying.
• Xu Yang became eager to test Nie Yun and challenged him after suppressing his cultivation to the Half-step Immortal Lord realm.

Nie Yun proved his strength by knocking Elder Xuyang back with one punch, convincing the Spirit Tamer Tower elders that he could surpass Fei Yu. With three days left before the Tower Lord competition, he obtained nine Talent Qis and the elders offered him powerful aids, but he asked instead to borrow a suitable longsword.

• Nie Yun and Elder Xuyang exchanged punches, and Nie Yun combined his talents to send the elder crashing into a table.
• Elder Xuyang acknowledged Nie Yun's Heavenly Hand, Sharp Gold, and Mighty talents, while Elder An Qing warned that Fei Yu could still have dangerous treasures and techniques.
• Nie Yun asked for nine top-ranked Talent Qis, and Elder An Qing returned with nine Crystal Balls containing them.
• The Grand Elders offered Nie Yun techniques, a defensive treasure, and a pill to prepare him for the competition.
• Nie Yun declined the gifts and asked the elders to lend him a suitable longsword.

Nie Yun borrowed Elder Qiongya’s Cold Light Sword and learned that its Mother Sword lay in the Chaos Ice Pool, so he set out with Qiongya and Elder Xuyang to seek it. Meanwhile, Elder An Qing’s group discovered that Nie Yun was the Big Dipper Star Lord’s chosen Tower Master candidate and reconsidered whether they could oppose him.

• Nie Yun refined Elder Qiongya’s Cold Light Sword immediately, and she told him that its Mother Sword was hidden in the Chaos Ice Pool.
• Elder An Qing allowed Nie Yun and Elder Qiongya to go to the Chaos Ice Pool, with Elder Xuyang accompanying them and a three-day deadline to return.
• After the three departed, Elder An Qing and the other elders discussed their suspicions about Nie Yun and sent out a request to investigate his background.
• An elder learned that Nie Yun led Lian Yue Pavilion, was Tantai Lingyue’s husband, and had killed four Immortal Lords after destroying the Nine Heavens Palace and Heavenly Dao Mountain.
• Elder An Qing decided Nie Yun must not become Tower Master, but an elder revealed that Nie Yun was the Big Dipper Star Lord’s successor and possessed the Big Dipper Sword, Big Dipper Star Mansion, and Tower Master Seal.

Nie Yun and Elders Qiongya and Xuyang entered an icy world in Chaos to find the Cold Light Mother Sword, following the refined Cold Light Sword’s guidance. After his companions could no longer endure the cold, Nie Yun continued alone and found a sword hilt hovering above a frigid pool.

• Elder An Qing and the others decided to conceal Nie Yun’s inheritance from the Big Dipper Star Lord and help him become Tower Master.
• Elder Qiongya brought Nie Yun and Elder Xuyang through a Teleportation Array into an icy world deep within Chaos, where Nie Yun summoned the Cold Light Sword and gave them Blazing Fire Qi.
• Elder Xuyang warned Nie Yun that Immortal Lord-level Chaos divine beasts might guard the world, and the group discovered signs that a powerful person had recently passed through.
• Nie Yun followed the Cold Light Sword deeper into the freezing world, then told Elder Qiongya and Elder Xuyang to wait behind when they could go no farther.
• Nie Yun continued alone and spotted a long sword, with only its hilt exposed, floating above a frigid pool.

Nie Yun seized the Ice Sword but was confronted by an Immortal Lord-level great snake guarding it. Unable to overcome the creature, he was on the verge of being struck down when a voice in his heart offered to handle it.

• Nie Yun used Heaven Stealing Master Talent to take the Ice Sword, then dodged the great snake's attack.
• The great snake demanded the sword, and Nie Yun fought back with the Tower Master Seal and Big Dipper Sword before fleeing.
• The snake froze Nie Yun in place and struck him in the chest, but his Immortal Body restored him.
• Nie Yun combined One Sword Executes Heaven with the Tower Master Seal and knocked the snake back, but failed to kill it.
• The enraged snake pursued Nie Yun, shattered the Cold Light Sword, and prepared to strike him again.
• A voice in Nie Yun's heart told him to leave the great snake to it.

Little Dragon returned to his full strength and helped Nie Yun kill the great snake, whose gallbladder Nie Yun used to refine his body into a Creation Immortal Artifact. Nie Yun hurried back with Elder Qiongya and Elder Xuyang, while an arriving elder discovered that the Ice Sword was gone.

• Little Dragon appeared and killed the great snake that had attacked Nie Yun.
• Little Dragon gave the snake gallbladder to Nie Yun, who absorbed its power and used his Treasure Refiner Talent to refine his body into a Creation Immortal Artifact.
• Nie Yun tested his new body against the Big Dipper Sword and found that the strike could not pierce his chest.
• Nie Yun learned that almost two days had passed, sent Little Dragon into the Big Dipper Star Palace, and raced back to Elder Qiongya and Elder Xuyang.
• An old man arrived at the pool, found the Ice Sword missing, and vowed revenge on whoever had taken it.