Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun, Tantai Lingyue, and Little Dragon crossed the Three Lives Bridge and encountered the ruined Myriad Heavens Mirror before entering a hall containing the Ascension Platform. Tantai Lingyue explained the Dao Race’s theory of cultivating by elevating yang energy, leaving Nie Yun struck by its insight into the essence of cultivation.

• Nie Yun rejected the Three Lives Bridge’s vision of fate and broke free from its illusion, while Tantai Lingyue and Little Dragon remained immersed in their own experiences.
• Tantai Lingyue and Little Dragon awoke, and she explained how the Three Lives Bridge offered insight into life’s impermanence; Nie Yun urged them not to dwell on its visions.
• The three crossed the bridge and examined the ruined Myriad Heavens Mirror, which could now illuminate only Xu Hua City.
• They entered a vast hall and found the Ascension Platform, which Tantai Lingyue said could elevate yang energy and lead to immortality.
• Tantai Lingyue explained the Dao Race’s cultivation theory, and Nie Yun realized that tempering true qi in Martial Dao might also refine yang energy.

Nie Yun and his companions entered separate paths on the Ascension Platform, where Nie Yun willingly entered an illusion of his past. He watched his birth and childhood unfold differently from his memories and was stunned to find that this version of himself had never cultivated.

• Nie Yun reflected on how cultivation methods and talents might converge into one, but his moment of enlightenment slipped away.
• Little Dragon sensed the Chaos Golden Token within the Ascension Platform, and Tantai Lingyue explained that its four paths led through a hidden space and allowed only one person per direction.
• Nie Yun chose the eastern path, Little Dragon the southern path, and Tantai Lingyue the western path.
• As he climbed through a springlike illusion, Nie Yun entered it willingly and found himself observing his own birth at Nie Mansion in Luoshui City.
• Nie Yun watched his childhood and the events surrounding Nie Xiaotian, Third Uncle, and Nie Tong, then realized the version of himself in the illusion had never cultivated.

Nie Yun overcame an illusion that tested his heart, then passed the Ascension Platform’s final strength trial with Little Dragon and Tantai Lingyue. They entered the ruined Immortal Transformation Gate, where Little Dragon sensed that someone had found the Chaos Golden Token.

• Nie Yun reflected on the ordinary life he had experienced in the illusion and emerged with a clearer, unwavering Dao Heart.
• Nie Yun, Little Dragon, and Tantai Lingyue defeated the puppet guarding the Immortal Transformation Gate and passed its trial.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue entered the gate and found themselves in a storm-ravaged space that Tantai Lingyue believed had been damaged by the Lord of the Dao Realm’s sacrifice.
• Little Dragon sensed the Chaos Golden Token and warned that someone had found it.

Nie Yun, Tantai Lingyue, and Little Dragon found Sage Qiu and three peak Immortal Lord Asuras fighting the sentient Chaos Golden Token, whose power overwhelmed them. After Nie Yun clashed with the token, he refused Sage Qiu’s offer to cooperate, suspecting the Asura King was waiting to claim the prize, and prepared to fight Sage Qiu instead.

• Nie Yun, Tantai Lingyue, and Little Dragon entered the storm barrier and found Sage Qiu and three Asuras battling a powerful golden-robed man.
• Little Dragon revealed that the golden-robed man was the Chaos Golden Token, which had developed intelligence and formidable strength.
• The Chaos Golden Token struck Nie Yun and sent him staggering back, then withdrew to a platform while Sage Qiu’s group surrounded Nie Yun’s party.
• Sage Qiu proposed that they join forces against the Chaos Golden Token, but Nie Yun rejected the offer and demanded that Sage Qiu cripple his cultivation and leave the Dao Realm.
• Tantai Lingyue explained that Nie Yun wanted to avoid helping the Asura King claim the Chaos Golden Token after everyone else had weakened themselves.
• Nie Yun challenged Sage Qiu to fight.

Nie Yun battled Sage Qiu, forcing him to burn his blood essence to escape a devastating attack. Sage Qiu then began using the Blood Sacrifice Method, and Nie Yun feared he was risking his life.

• Sage Qiu revealed his hidden ruler, Warning, and Nie Yun charged him while Little Dragon and Tantai Lingyue fought the three remaining Heaven Asuras.
• Nie Yun used his Ice Master Talent to freeze Sage Qiu’s arm, then countered his attacks with flexible techniques and absorbed power through his Origin Energy Master Talent.
• Sage Qiu unleashed a powerful red-light attack, but Nie Yun shattered it with a Formation of compressed sword qi that nearly trapped him.
• Sage Qiu used the Blood Escape Technique to flee the explosion and praised Nie Yun for forcing him to use it in fewer than ten exchanges.
• Sage Qiu raised his aura with layers of blood light and began the Blood Sacrifice Method, alarming Nie Yun.

Nie Yun was overwhelmed after Sage Qiu used the Blood Sacrifice Method, and the Chaos Golden Token attacked both of them to seize the advantage. The Asura King appeared as the Chaos Golden Token moved to finish off Sage Qiu, while Nie Yun lay near death.

• Sage Qiu used the Blood Sacrifice Method and overpowered Nie Yun, shattering his arms and forcing him against the membrane wall.
• The Chaos Golden Token stabbed Nie Yun through the membrane, then joined Sage Qiu in trapping him between them.
• Nie Yun entered the Big Dipper Star Palace to evade Sage Qiu's ruler, but the strike destroyed most of the palace.
• The Chaos Golden Token betrayed Sage Qiu with a sneak attack, then punched Nie Yun into a near-death state.
• Little Dragon and Tantai Lingyue rushed toward Nie Yun as the Chaos Golden Token attacked Sage Qiu, and the Asura King appeared.

Nie Yun revealed that he had faked his injuries to lure out the Asura King, who explained that he had seized the Chaos Golden Tokens in past Era Realms to prevent anyone from challenging him. Nie Yun stopped the Asura King from refining Chaos Golden Token and proposed that they join forces to defeat him.

• The Asura King rescued Sage Qiu from Chaos Golden Token and revealed that Nie Yun had only pretended to be seriously injured.
• Nie Yun admitted he had faked his injuries to draw out the Asura King, and the Asura King said he was Nie Yun's brother.
• The Asura King revealed that he had obtained the Chaos Golden Tokens from previous Era Realms, then trapped Chaos Golden Token and tried to refine him.
• Nie Yun used One Sword Destruction to sever the Asura King's hand and free Chaos Golden Token.
• Nie Yun helped Chaos Golden Token withstand another attack from the Asura King and urged him to join forces to execute their enemy.

Nie Yun battled the Asura King while Chaos Golden Token hesitated over whether to help, and the Asura King’s superior cultivation and weapon threatened to overwhelm him. After Nie Yun wounded him with fused Fusion Qi, Chaos Golden Token agreed to join forces, leaving them poised to face the Asura King together.

• The Asura King exploited Chaos Golden Token’s doubts and attacked Nie Yun while Sage Qiu and the others kept Tantai Lingyue and Little Dragon from reaching him.
• Nie Yun’s fused One Sword Destruction and subsequent attacks failed to overcome the Asura King, who had consolidated his early Heaven-Repelling Realm cultivation.
• The Asura King realized Nie Yun had concealed his fused talents, and Nie Yun revealed that more than a dozen of his dantians had merged.
• Nie Yun pierced the Asura King’s shoulder with a sword formed from Fusion Qi, prompting the Asura King to draw the powerful Asura Bone Sword.
• Chaos Golden Token explained the sword’s danger and agreed with Nie Yun to join forces against the Asura King.

Nie Yun and the Chaos Golden Token joined forces against the Asura King, but the king overwhelmed them and captured the token. As he began to reach for it, Nie Yun’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones secret art finally stirred.

• The Chaos Golden Token transformed into its true form and blocked the Asura Bone Saber while Nie Yun attacked the Asura King from behind.
• An Asura sacrificed itself to shield the king from Nie Yun’s punch, allowing the Asura King to strike Nie Yun and unleash a refining aura that weakened the Chaos Golden Token.
• The Chaos Golden Token offered its power to Nie Yun, but the Asura King cut off its path and trapped it inside an isolated space.
• The Asura King suppressed Nie Yun with a mass of pure Asura Killing Qi, then turned to refine the captured Chaos Golden Token.
• As Nie Yun watched the Asura King reach for the token, his One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones secret art trembled faintly.

Nie Yun gained the Dao Realm Lord’s recognition and mastered One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, turning the battle against the Asura King in his favor. After the Chaos Golden Token warned him to reunite his bodies, Nie Yun fused them and was flooded with a tremendous surge of energy.

• The Dao Realm’s will recognized Nie Yun, and he gained the inheritance of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, creating two identical bodies.
• The three Nie Yuns shattered the Asura Killing Qi and freed the Chaos Golden Token, while Tantai Lingyue, Little Dragon, Sage Qiu, and the others withdrew.
• The Asura King summoned hundreds of Immortal Lord Asuras, but the three Nie Yuns destroyed them, absorbing their power and advancing Nie Yun to the peak of the middle stage of Immortal Lord.
• The Asura King began erasing the Chaos Golden Token’s intelligence as he tried to refine it, prompting the three Nie Yuns to attack.
• The Chaos Golden Token urged Nie Yun to end One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and he fused his three bodies into one before a vast surge of energy flooded into him.

Nie Yun survived the Chaos Golden Token’s destruction, gained half its power, and watched the Asura King escape. He and Tantai Lingyue then reached the Immortal City, where the Lord of the Dao Realm’s recorded voice began explaining the ancient calamity.

• The Chaos Golden Token self-destructed, sending its core into Nie Yun while the Asura King swallowed the remaining energy and fled after warning Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun refined the power within him and reached the half-step Heaven-Repelling Realm, while Little Dragon and Tantai Lingyue guarded him.
• Tantai Lingyue asked to visit the Immortal City, and Nie Yun agreed to accompany her there.
• The three explored the empty Immortal City and found the meditation cushion where the Lord of the Dao Realm had once expounded the Dao.
• Tantai Lingyue paid respects to her ancestor, awakening the Lord of the Dao Realm’s recorded voice, which began recounting his desperate decision during the ancient Asura calamity.

Tantai Lingyue gained insight into the Heavenly Dao Master Talent and advanced to the half-step Heaven-Repelling Realm before returning with Nie Yun and Little Dragon to Lian Yue Pavilion. Nie Yun learned that the major powers had submitted or aligned themselves with the Asura King, then asked Ephemeral Old Man how he could break through to the Heaven-Repelling Realm.

• The Lord of the Dao Realm’s memories showed how he sacrificed himself to mend the heavens and later sacrificed the Dao Realm to save its elites from the Asura King.
• Tantai Lingyue entered enlightenment, and Nie Yun and Little Dragon poured their power into her as she advanced to the half-step Heaven-Repelling Realm.
• Tantai Lingyue restored the power Nie Yun and Little Dragon had spent, then returned with them to Lian Yue Pavilion to enter seclusion.
• Xiao Ran told Nie Yun that the Spirit Tamer Tower and Ten Great Families had submitted to Lian Yue Pavilion, while the Confucian Realm had joined the Asura King and the Buddhist Realm had cut off contact.
• Nie Yun asked Ephemeral Old Man for a way to reach the Heaven-Repelling Realm, but Ephemeral Old Man admitted he did not know how to cross that final step.
• Ephemeral Old Man asked whether Nie Yun had begun the ninth nirvana, and Nie Yun said he had completed eight but had sensed no sign of the ninth.

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man discovered that the Hellfrost Crystals in the Snow Thunder Pool might help Nie Yun open a dantian, but their extreme cold made them impossible to handle. Shakya Buddha Ancestor agreed to try forging Nie Yun a Hellfrost Crystal Sword that could split into three parts.

• Ephemeral Old Man explained that Nie Yun's mutated Nine Revolutions Nirvana Art could no longer be triggered to undergo its ninth nirvana, then suggested opening a new dantian to aid his breakthrough.
• Nie Yun took Ephemeral Old Man to the Snow Thunder Pool and showed him the inaccessible crystals; Ephemeral Old Man identified them as legendary Hellfrost Crystals.
• Ephemeral Old Man summoned Shakya Buddha Ancestor, who confirmed he could refine the crystals into an offensive weapon, though the process would be costly.
• Ephemeral Old Man proposed that Shakya Buddha Ancestor forge Nie Yun a sword, and Nie Yun asked for one that could split into three parts.
• Shakya Buddha Ancestor said he would try to make the three-part sword.

Shakya Buddha Ancestor told Nie Yun that forging a weapon beyond a Creation Immortal Artifact required three rare Chaos materials, including the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon. Nie Yun set out for Demon Emperor City to seek the Netherworld Phoenix King and discovered that Xue Jing'er was dueling over an image crystal of his battle with the Asura King.

• Shakya Buddha Ancestor named the Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume, the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon, and Shuhu's blood essence as the materials needed to forge Nie Yun's sword.
• Ephemeral Old Man explained the dangers of obtaining each item and offered to accompany Nie Yun to the Confucian Realm, which had submitted to the Asura King.
• Nie Yun agreed to gather the materials because Shakya Buddha Ancestor could also extract the special aura from impurity ores, potentially helping Nie Yun reach the Heaven-Repelling Realm.
• Nie Yun traveled to Demon Emperor City in less than half a day and entered the Spirit Tamer Tower branch to find Zhu Xiu.
• Nie Yun overheard that Xue Jing'er and Xun Chao were dueling over an image crystal recording Nie Yun's fight with the Asura King, then asked a middle-aged man where to find them.
• Yao Dari offered to guide Nie Yun to the duel and introduced himself as Demon Emperor City's know-it-all.

Nie Yun, disguised as an ordinary Vajra Demon Person, went to watch Xue Jing'er fight Young Master Xun Chao over an Image Crystal bearing his likeness. Elder Qiongya recognized him on the crowded arena and bowed to him as Tower Master, leaving his disguise exposed.

• Nie Yun paid Yao Dari fifty mid-grade immortal stones to lead him to Xue Jing'er's match at the Spirit Tamer Tower.
• Nie Yun learned that the crowd had gathered partly because of his reputation and watched Xue Jing'er face Young Master Xun Chao over the Image Crystal.
• Xue Jing'er and Young Master Xun Chao prepared to fight, both revealing King Immortal Realm cultivation.
• Elder Qiongya encouraged the match as a way to publicize Nie Yun's name, while warning Zhu Xiu to prevent the fight from becoming serious.
• Zhu Xiu recognized Nie Yun's disguise in the crowd, and Elder Qiongya flew onto the platform and bowed to him as Tower Master.

Nie Yun revealed himself at the Spirit Tamer Tower and left with Xue Jing'er to visit the Netherworld Phoenix King. He sought an audience to ask her for a favor, but her guards said she was seeing no one, so Nie Yun called out to her from outside the palace.

• Nie Yun revealed his identity at the martial arena, moved the people onstage into a room, and accepted Young Master Xun Chao's greeting.
• Nie Yun asked about the Netherworld Phoenix King, then departed with Xue Jing'er for Phoenix Plume Palace.
• Elder Qiongya gave Young Master Xun Chao the image crystal Nie Yun had promised him.
• Xue Jing'er told Nie Yun that the Netherworld Phoenix King had returned to Demon Emperor City in a bad mood.
• The guards refused to announce Nie Yun because the Netherworld Phoenix King had ordered that she would see no one.
• Nie Yun called out that he was requesting an audience with the Netherworld Phoenix King.

Nie Yun asked the Netherworld Phoenix King to lend him a Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume, but she agreed only if the Five-Clawed Dragon Emperor spent a day with her. Nie Yun accepted and left with Xue Jing'er to find Little Dragon, hoping she could help persuade him.

• The guards recognized Nie Yun and let him enter the Netherworld Phoenix King's palace while Xue Jing'er waited outside.
• The Netherworld Phoenix King refused to lend Nie Yun her Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume and threatened to destroy it if he tried to take it by force.
• After Nie Yun promised to fulfill any condition, the Netherworld Phoenix King asked him to bring the Five-Clawed Dragon Emperor to stay with her for one day in exchange for the plume.
• Nie Yun agreed, then left the palace troubled because he knew Little Dragon would resist seeing her.
• Nie Yun asked Xue Jing'er to help persuade Little Dragon, and they traveled to Lian Yue Pavilion in the Spirit Realm.

Nie Yun learned the tragic history between the Netherworld Phoenix King and the Five-Clawed Dragon Emperor, then realized the Phoenix King might know a way to separate Nie Tong’s soul symbiosis. He and Xue Jing'er arrived at Lian Yue Pavilion, intending to ask Little Dragon to meet the Phoenix King.

• Xue Jing'er recounted how the Phoenix King betrayed the Dragon Emperor’s sect, how he spared her after their battle, and how he later died fighting the Asura King.
• Nie Yun compared the Phoenix King to Yun Xuan and told Xue Jing'er about Yun Xuan and Thousand Illusions.
• Xue Jing'er guessed that the Phoenix King had used a secret art to separate her bad nature from her good self, and Nie Yun realized the method might save Nie Tong.
• Nie Yun decided he would try to persuade Little Dragon to meet the Phoenix King but would not force him if he refused.
• Nie Yun and Xue Jing'er arrived at Lian Yue Pavilion.

Nie Yun and Xue Jing'er tried to persuade Little Dragon to meet the Netherworld Phoenix King, whose remorse and suffering had lasted hundreds of millions of years. After learning more about her pain and hearing Chen Wenxu and Xie Zhanghuizi's story, Little Dragon agreed to go see her.

• Nie Yun and Xue Jing'er found Little Dragon drunk at home, but he refused to go anywhere if it meant meeting the Netherworld Phoenix King.
• Nie Yun told Little Dragon that his recovered memories had not healed his old wounds and showed him the Phoenix King's plea to see him.
• Nie Yun warned that the Asura King threatened their lives and urged Little Dragon not to leave the Phoenix King burdened with regret.
• Little Dragon blamed himself for the deaths of his brothers, elders, and teachers, while Xue Jing'er explained the Phoenix King's long suffering and sacrifice.
• Chen Wenxu and Xie Zhanghuizi shared their story, and Xue Jing'er spoke of love and missed chances.
• Little Dragon decided to go with Nie Yun to see the Netherworld Phoenix King.

Little Dragon reconciled with the Netherworld Phoenix King, who gave Nie Yun the Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume and explained how she had used a Soul Stone to separate her former soul. After learning that Little Dragon’s master and fellow disciples had been revived, Nie Yun left to seek the Heavenly Lord’s Sacred Canon, while Xue Jing’er learned he hoped to save his younger brother from the Asura King.

• Little Dragon decided to forgive the Netherworld Phoenix King, and Nie Yun brought him to meet her in Demon Emperor City.
• The Netherworld Phoenix King gave Nie Yun the Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume and said she had used the Soul Stone created when Yan Zhi established the Soul Realm to split her soul.
• The Netherworld Phoenix King told Nie Yun that Soul Stones might exist in the Chaos World, then revealed that she had restored Little Dragon’s master and fellow disciples with new bodies.
• Nie Yun left Little Dragon and the Netherworld Phoenix King to reunite with the revived disciples and departed to search the Confucian Realm for the Heavenly Lord’s Sacred Canon.
• Nie Yun told Xue Jing’er that he needed a Soul Stone to separate the Asura King from his younger brother, then vanished before she could respond.