Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man entered the Confucian Realm to seek the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon and prepare to fight the Asura King. They reached Jun City, where humans and Asuras lived peacefully despite the realm's pervasive Asura Killing Qi, and wondered how the inhabitants resisted its effects.

• Xue Jing'er watched Nie Yun leave and wondered whether she could find Soul Stones.
• Nie Yun met Ephemeral Old Man outside the Confucian Realm and confirmed that he had obtained the Seven-Colored Phoenix Plume.
• Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man disguised themselves as a scholar and his teacher, then used Earth Walker Talent to bypass the sealed interrealm passage.
• They saw that Asura Killing Qi had transformed the Confucian Realm's creatures and plants, and found its villages abandoned and ruined.
• Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man reached Jun City, where humans and Asuras coexisted peacefully, and Nie Yun suspected the Asura King's order kept the peace.

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man planned to enter the Heavenly Sovereign Academy by obtaining verified identities and buying lecture slots. Nie Yun produced a huge supply of Perfect-grade Pure Spirit Pills, and Ephemeral Old Man calculated their identities and said someone would arrange their next steps.

• Ephemeral Old Man told Nie Yun that they could enter the Heavenly Sovereign Academy by securing genuine identities and buying lecture slots at an auction house.
• Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man checked into Qing Shan Pavilion, where Ephemeral Old Man paid the servant with Supreme-grade Pure Spirit Pills.
• Ephemeral Old Man asked Nie Yun to provide Pure Spirit Pills for their expenses, and Nie Yun used his Origin Energy Dantian to refine a mountain of Perfect-grade pills.
• Ephemeral Old Man used his Heavenly Secret Master Talent and Bagua compass to calculate suitable identities and said someone would make arrangements for them.

Ephemeral Old Man and Nie Yun posed as survivors of the Liu Family of Qingyue Peak to enlist Qing Shan Pavilion’s help entering Heavenly Sovereign Academy and meeting Sage Qiu. Qing Shan Pavilion’s leaders accepted the possibility of an alliance and called for the two men to meet them.

• Ephemeral Old Man told Yan Liusu that he and Nie Yun were Liu Yi and Liu Xuan, survivors of the Liu Family, and offered ten perfect-grade Pure Spirit Pills for help reaching Sage Qiu.
• After Yan Liusu left, Ephemeral Old Man explained that the Liu Family had been destroyed for opposing Sage Qiu’s submission to the Asura King and that the identity would help them gain Qing Shan Pavilion’s trust.
• Nie Yun realized that Ephemeral Old Man had inferred Qing Shan Pavilion’s discontent from its plaque and had chosen a convincing identity backed by the rare pills.
• Yan Liusu presented the pills to six Qing Shan Pavilion leaders, including Yan Shu, who believed the supposed survivors wanted to confront Sage Qiu and considered using them.
• Yan Shu ordered Yan Liusu to invite Ephemeral Old Man and Nie Yun to meet the leaders.

Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man convinced Qing Shan Pavilion to help them seek a place at the Heavenly Sovereign Academy auction. After they left, Yan Shu’s elders debated whether to betray them, but Yan Liusu argued for cooperation and raised doubts about the Asura’s account of the Liu Family’s destruction.

• Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man met Yan Shu, and the Ephemeral Old Man presented perfect-grade Pure Spirit Pills as proof of their Liu Family identity.
• Yan Shu agreed to help them bid for an Academy place at the Heavenly Sovereign Auction House, and they arranged to attend that night.
• After the two left, Yan Shu asked his elders whether Qing Shan Pavilion should kill them for a reward or cooperate with them for profit.
• Yan Liusu urged the pavilion to build a good relationship with the Liu Family ancestor and presented a report stating that eight Asura Half-step Immortal Lord experts had attacked Qingyue Peak.
• Yan Liusu pointed out the Asura’s superior strength, prompting an elder to realize the report concealed an important implication.

Yan Liusu persuaded Qing Shan Pavilion to avoid attacking Liu Yi and Liu Xuan, then brought them to the Heavenly Sovereign Auction House. There, they learned that the auction would sell a young Chaos Divine Beast Shuhu, whose blood essence they needed for Shakya Buddha Ancestor’s weapon, and decided to win it.

• Yan Liusu warned Qing Shan Pavilion’s elders that attacking Liu Yi and Liu Xuan could get them wiped out, and argued that Liu Yi might have reached the Immortal Lord Realm.
• Yan Shu gave Yan Liusu sole authority over Qing Shan Pavilion’s affairs, and she soon secured Supreme Cards for Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man.
• Yan Liusu escorted Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man to the Heavenly Sovereign Auction House and explained that major figures, including Venerable Xun Sheng and Venerable Xi Sheng, might attend.
• Yan Liusu revealed that the auction would sell a young Chaos Divine Beast, Shuhu, and explained its value as a potential Immortal Lord-level demon pet.
• Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man recognized Shuhu as one of the three treasures needed for Shakya Buddha Ancestor’s weapon and resolved to win it.

Nie Yun heard Zi Gong’s scheme to frame him over the Shuhu divine beast but ignored it while the auction continued. When he spotted the damaged Dragon Boat Ancient Ship, he recognized its potential and made a startling bid, leaving the auction hall stunned.

• Venerable Xun Sheng declared that he would spend up to thirty million Supreme Pure Spirit Pills to obtain the Shuhu for his academy.
• Zi Gong told his fellow disciples that Sage Qiu had been injured by Nie Yun and planned to seize the Shuhu after its sale while framing Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun overheard Zi Gong’s scheme through his Heavenly Ear Master Talent but dismissed it as unimportant.
• Nie Yun grew bored with the auction’s early offerings, which held little value for him or the Ephemeral Old Man.
• The auctioneer presented the damaged Dragon Boat Ancient Ship, and Nie Yun recognized that fusing it with the Big Dipper Star Lord’s treasure might restore it for travel through the Chaos Ocean.
• After bidding reached three million Supreme Pure Spirit Pills, Nie Yun offered fifty thousand Perfect Pure Spirit Pills, silencing the mocking crowd.

Nie Yun used fifty thousand Perfect Pure Spirit Pills to buy the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship, then changed his plan to approach Sage Qiu by offering to heal his injuries and gain access to the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon. Zi Gong mistook Nie Yun for Liu Yi and ordered the Shuhu divine beast brought out early to force the wealthy guests to spend more.

• Ephemeral Old Man displayed fifty thousand Perfect Pure Spirit Pills, and the auction house awarded the Dragon Boat Ancient Ship to Nie Yun's group.
• Zi Yuan delivered the ship to the private room, but Nie Yun effortlessly sent him out and revealed strength Zi Yuan took to be at the Immortal Lord level.
• Nie Yun told Ephemeral Old Man that Sage Qiu's unhealed injuries made their original plan to enter the academy unlikely to work, so he intended to seek an opportunity to treat Sage Qiu.
• Zi Yuan reported Nie Yun's strength to Zi Gong, who suspected he was Liu Yi concealing his power.
• Zi Gong ordered Zi Yuan to bring out the Shuhu divine beast early, intending to make the guests pay for Sage Qiu's treatment.

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man used a massive bid for the divine beast Shuhu to draw Zi Gong into arranging a meeting with Sage Qiu. Zi Gong believed them to be Liu Yi’s party and agreed to discuss how they could help Sage Qiu leave seclusion.

• Zi Gong offered the young divine beast Shuhu at auction, and the bidding rose toward twenty million Supreme Pure Spirit Pills.
• A guest in Earth-tier private room Number Nine bid one million Perfect Pure Spirit Pills, prompting Venerable Xi Sheng and Venerable Xun Sheng to demand an inspection.
• Nie Yun’s party sent the genuine pills to the stage, and Zi Gong recognized Ephemeral Old Man as Ancestor Liu Yi in disguise.
• Ephemeral Old Man said he wanted to ask Sage Qiu whether he would intervene against the Asura’s extermination of the Liu Family.
• Zi Gong said Sage Qiu was in seclusion and suggested that enough Perfect Pure Spirit Pills might help him leave early; Ephemeral Old Man agreed and gave Yan Liusu pills for Qing Shan Pavilion.
• Yan Liusu accepted the pills and resolved to warn her uncle against letting the pavilion’s elders act recklessly.

Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man convinced Zi Gong that they were survivors of the Liu Family and offered Pure Spirit Pills and Wood Life Qi to treat Sage Qiu. Zi Gong plotted to use them as bait for rival Venerables, but took them to the Heavenly Sovereign Academy, where they arrived at its vast courtyard.

• Nie Yun demonstrated the Azure Yue Sword Art so convincingly that Zi Xiao accepted him as a member of the Liu Family.
• The Ephemeral Old Man demanded to meet Sage Qiu and offered Pure Spirit Pills and Wood Life Qi to treat his injuries.
• Zi Gong agreed to take them to Sage Qiu, then privately planned to give them Shuhu and let Venerables Xun Sheng and Xi Sheng attack them after Sage Qiu recovered.
• Zi Gong brought Shuhu to the pair, and Nie Yun stored the divine beast in his dantian, surprising Zi Gong.
• Zi Gong led Nie Yun and the Ephemeral Old Man from the auction house to the Heavenly Sovereign Academy.

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man entered Heavenly Sovereign Academy to steal the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon while seeking Sage Qiu’s help over the Liu Family’s destruction. After Sage Qiu refused to oppose the Asura, Ephemeral Old Man attacked him and told Nie Yun to seize the Sacred Canon amid the chaos.

• Zi Gong gave Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man entry jade tokens and led them to the Extreme Sage Hall.
• Nie Yun sensed that the Asura King was inside the hall, but he and Ephemeral Old Man continued with their plan to steal the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon.
• Sage Qiu allowed the two disguised visitors to enter, and they found the Sacred Canon floating above him as he meditated.
• Ephemeral Old Man confronted Sage Qiu about the Liu Family's extermination, but Sage Qiu blamed the family for offending the Asura.
• Ephemeral Old Man attacked Sage Qiu and ordered Nie Yun to use the commotion to steal the Sacred Canon.

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man tried to steal the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon during a staged fight, but Smoke Fang Asura took it first. Ephemeral Old Man provoked Smoke Fang Asura into a battle, and Nie Yun saw an opportunity after the Asura stored the canon in his Storage Dantian.

• Ephemeral Old Man attacked Zi Gong to create a distraction while Nie Yun used the Heaven Stealing Master Talent to reach for the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon.
• An Asura at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm emerged and took the canon to his king, forcing Nie Yun to withdraw his hand.
• Ephemeral Old Man attacked the Asura, but Sage Qiu intervened and sealed Ephemeral Old Man after he insulted Sage Qiu and refused to kneel.
• Ephemeral Old Man broke the seal, charged Smoke Fang Asura, and called Nie Yun to attack with him.
• Smoke Fang Asura met Ephemeral Old Man's concealed-strength punch and stored the canon in his Storage Dantian, while Nie Yun recognized a new opportunity.

Nie Yun and Ephemeral Old Man tried to steal the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon, but the Asura King arrived and forced them apart. The Asura King revealed that he had sealed Nie Tong, and Nie Yun prepared to face him in a final battle.

• Sage Qiu blocked Ephemeral Old Man, was struck by Smoke Fang Asura, and his six disciples attacked in retaliation.
• Ephemeral Old Man unleashed his half-step Heaven-Repelling Realm strength against Smoke Fang Asura while Nie Yun stole the Heavenly Lord's Sacred Canon and the Shuhu divine beast.
• The Asura King appeared, and Nie Yun sent Ephemeral Old Man through a spatial rift before killing Smoke Fang Asura with sword qi.
• The Asura King sealed the spatial rift and stopped Sage Qiu from pursuing Ephemeral Old Man, leaving Nie Yun to face him.
• The Asura King told Nie Yun that he had sealed Nie Tong's will until he could kill Nie Yun.

Nie Yun fought the Asura King, who had advanced to the middle stage of the Heaven-Repelling Realm, but the vast difference in their strength left Nie Yun unable to hurt him. The Asura King destroyed Nie Yun’s three Creation Immortal Artifacts and badly wounded him, while Sage Qiu sent the Confucian Realm’s experts to Heavenly Sovereign Mountain.

• Nie Yun and the Asura King exchanged threats before their opposing auras flattened the Heavenly Sovereign Academy and killed the Confucian scholars nearby.
• Sage Qiu protected Zi Gong and the others, then ordered them to gather the Confucian Realm’s experts at Heavenly Sovereign Mountain.
• Nie Yun used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and attacked with Thunderous Kyushu, but the Asura King swallowed the attack with a black hole.
• The Asura King suppressed Nie Yun’s escape and blocked his counterattack, shattering the Tower Master Seal, Big Dipper Sword, and Ice Sword.
• The Asura King struck Nie Yun hard enough to cave in his chest and send his three avatars flying through a fissure in space.

The Asura King overwhelmed Nie Yun until Tantai Lingyue emerged from seclusion and joined him, allowing the two to fight back through coordinated attacks. The Asura King then began devouring the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao, breaking their coordination and leaving both Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue wounded and falling from the sky.

• The Asura King gravely wounded Nie Yun and trapped him, but Tantai Lingyue appeared and drove the Asura King back with her Heavenly Dao Master power.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue coordinated their attacks, freezing the Asura King and punching him into a mountain.
• Tantai Lingyue sealed the Asura King again, and Nie Yun struck him in the face as he broke free.
• The Asura King reached into the void to devour the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao, threatening Tantai Lingyue through her connection to it.
• Nie Yun charged to stop him, but the Asura King struck Nie Yun down and then wounded Tantai Lingyue, sending them both falling.

Nie Yun struck the Asura King with a powerful Origin Energy Bullet while Tantai Lingyue fought to control the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao. The Asura King survived the blast and used its power to seize the Heavenly Dao again.

• The Asura King tried to devour the Confucian Realm’s Heavenly Dao as Tantai Lingyue unleashed her full strength, worsening the realm’s collapse and killing countless people.
• Tantai Lingyue wrested control of the Heavenly Dao from the Asura King, but they became locked in a struggle over its will.
• Nie Yun hurled his heavily compressed Origin Energy Bullet at the Asura King, and the blast tore open a black hole in space.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue prepared to attack the Asura King, uncertain whether the explosion had killed or seriously injured him.
• The Asura King emerged from the black hole, thanked Nie Yun for helping him refine the Heavenly Dao, and seized it again.

The Asura King overpowered Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue and nearly refined the Confucian Realm's Heavenly Dao, until Sage Qiu sacrificed every living being in the realm to gain the power to fight him. Sage Qiu reclaimed the Heavenly Dao for Tantai Lingyue and entrusted Nie Yun with Heavenly Monarch Qi, but the Asura King revealed that he had anticipated Sage Qiu's betrayal and had made preparations of his own.

• The Asura King used the power of Nie Yun's Origin Energy Bullet against him and defeated Tantai Lingyue, then seized the Confucian Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• Sage Qiu offered every living being in the Confucian Realm to the Lord of Chaos, and the people sacrificed themselves to empower him.
• Sage Qiu reached the Heaven-Repelling Realm, struck the Asura King, and reclaimed the Confucian Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• Sage Qiu sent the Heavenly Dao into Tantai Lingyue so she could refine it and advance, while he gave Nie Yun Heavenly Monarch Qi and asked him to rebuild the Confucian Realm if he died.
• The Asura King said he had already anticipated Sage Qiu's double-dealing and had prepared for it.

Sage Qiu sacrificed himself in a massive explosion to kill the Asura King, while Nie Yun added his own power to the blast. The Asura King survived and began breaking through, leaving Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue facing an even stronger enemy.

• Tantai Lingyue explained that Sage Qiu had only a few dozen breaths of clarity after sacrificing the Confucian Realm, and Nie Yun realized he intended to self-destruct.
• Sage Qiu attacked the Asura King with a self-destruction powerful enough to create a black hole.
• The Asura King summoned countless Asuras, then tried to devour the explosion’s power, while Nie Yun poured more Origin Energy into the blast.
• The Asura King vanished into the darkness, and Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue believed he had died along with Sage Qiu.
• The Asura King emerged badly injured, struck at Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue, and began breaking through to a higher realm.

Tantai Lingyue refined the Confucian Realm's Heavenly Dao and broke through to the Heaven-Repelling Realm, but the Asura King gained the advantage after the realm collapsed into Chaos. Shakya Buddha Ancestor and Ephemeral Old Man arrived with a powerful new sword for Nie Yun and ores that stirred his Nameless Art.

• The Asura King broke through to the Heaven-Repelling Realm late stage, while Nie Yun helped Tantai Lingyue refine the Confucian Realm's Heavenly Dao and reach the Heaven-Repelling Realm early stage.
• Tantai Lingyue and the Asura King clashed, and their battle destroyed the Confucian Realm and returned it to Chaos.
• Tantai Lingyue tried to flee toward the Dao Realm, but the Asura King attacked Nie Yun and forced her to stay and protect him.
• The Asura King overwhelmed Tantai Lingyue and injured her, leaving Nie Yun unable to stop him from preparing a killing blow.
• Shakya Buddha Ancestor and Ephemeral Old Man arrived with a newly forged sword, which Nie Yun used to block the Asura King's attack.
• Shakya Buddha Ancestor gave Nie Yun the requested ores, and Nie Yun felt the Nameless Art inside him react to them.

Nie Yun named the Hellfrost Crystal sword the Dawn Sword and used it to clash with the Asura King, gaining insight into the fifth form of the Moon-Pity Sword. While the Asura King hesitated, Nie Yun absorbed the crystals’ Primordial Chaos Qi and brought his total to three thousand dantians.

• Shakya Buddha Ancestor revealed that he had burned his blood essence to extract dozens of Hellfrost Crystal ores and forge a sword in the Spatial Cage Zone.
• Nie Yun infused the new sword with his blood essence, named it the Dawn Sword, and learned that it could twist and sever time.
• Nie Yun met the Asura King’s attack with One Sword Destruction, and their clash damaged the Asura King’s hand and let Nie Yun comprehend One Sword Chaos.
• Nie Yun used the Asura King’s hesitation to activate the Nameless Art and absorb the special qi from the ores.
• Ephemeral Old Man identified the special qi as Primordial Chaos Qi and explained how it had helped Nie Yun open his First Dantian.
• Nie Yun’s Bloodline Factors reached three thousand, counting his Main Dantian.

Nie Yun broke through to the Heaven-Repelling Realm by forming three thousand dantians and defeated the Asura King in a clash, but the Asura King escaped. Nie Yun and the others tracked him to the Dao Realm, where they found him devouring its Heavenly Dao to regain his strength.

• Nie Yun formed three thousand dantians and broke through to the Heaven-Repelling Realm while the Asura King attacked him.
• Tantai Lingyue intercepted the Asura King's strike but was wounded and thrown back.
• Nie Yun defeated the Asura King with a sword strike, severing his arm, but the Asura King exploded it to cover his escape.
• Nie Yun and Tantai Lingyue concluded that the Asura King had fled to the Dao Realm to refine its Heavenly Dao.
• Nie Yun, Tantai Lingyue, Ephemeral Old Man, and Shakya Buddha Ancestor arrived in the ruined Dao Realm and found the Asura King devouring its Heavenly Dao.