Chapter Summaries

Qing Hong fled after his battle with Chou Tian and Qin Tao, leaving them to kill the remaining Sky-Severing Cliff disciples. When the Heaven-Veiling Banners trapped the survivors in mist, Nie Yun revealed his disguise as Ji Ye and killed Chou Tian.

• Qing Hong, Chou Tian, and Qin Tao fought while their followers clashed, leaving heavy casualties on all sides.
• Wounded and outnumbered, Qing Hong fled into the mist without retrieving the Formation Flags of the Eight Desolations Exquisite Formation.
• Chou Tian and Qin Tao killed Sky-Severing Cliff's four remaining disciples, then prepared to recover their strength.
• Qing Hong's Heaven-Veiling Banners appeared and trapped the survivors in dense mist, where Zhu Chao and Gong Xue were killed.
• Disguised as Ji Ye, Nie Yun ambushed and killed Chou Tian, then revealed his true identity to Qin Tao.

Nie Yun killed Qin Tao, Chou Tian, and the remaining disciples with the Heavenly Heart Vine, then pursued Qing Hong using Tracking Qi. He lured Qing Hong out of hiding by disguising himself as Qi Yuan, and Qing Hong fell into Nie Yun’s Formation after sending a report to his Sect Master.

• Nie Yun ambushed and killed Chou Tian with the Heavenly Heart Vine, which grew stronger after devouring him.
• The Heavenly Heart Vine killed Qin Tao and reached the strength of Two Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Great Daos after consuming him.
• Nie Yun collected the fallen disciples’ treasures and tracked Qing Hong to a hiding place beneath the ground at Qi Tian Ridge.
• Nie Yun disguised himself as Qi Yuan and pretended to be gravely injured, prompting Qing Hong to pull him underground.
• Nie Yun urged Qing Hong to report the attack to his Sect Master, and Qing Hong sent a message blaming Qin Tao and Chou Tian.
• A mist rose around Qing Hong and Nie Yun, trapping them both inside a great Formation.

Nie Yun killed Qing Hong, strengthened the Heaven-Veiling Banner, and was summoned back to Guixu Sea before the trial’s expected end. He learned that Nie Tong and the others had been defeated and stripped of their jade tokens by disciples from Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain and Ten Autumn Ridge.

• Nie Yun trapped Qing Hong with the Heavenly Heart Vine and killed him, raising the vine’s strength to Two Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Great Daos.
• Nie Yun left Qi Tian Ridge and refined the Heaven-Veiling Banner with the Turbulent Wind Stone, giving it the ability to bewilder the minds of those caught inside.
• Nie Yun tried to use his Heavenly Secret Master Talent to locate the remaining enemies but could not calculate their whereabouts.
• A force summoned Nie Yun back to Tian Zhan Peak before the trial’s expected three-day duration had ended, where he reunited with Nie Tong and the others.
• Disciples from Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain and Ten Autumn Ridge appeared, and Nie Tong told Nie Yun that they had taken everyone’s jade tokens.

Nie Yun revealed that he had secretly replaced the jade tablets Shang Qiu stole from Guixu Sea, leaving the sect with nine tablets and exposing Shang Qiu’s claims as suspicious. As the four sect leaders confronted the disciples, Chou Tian and the others remained missing, and Ying Tianzhao accused Shang Qiu of taking tablets from Sky-Severing Cliff.

• Nie Tong told Nie Yun that Shang Qiu had ambushed his group and taken all their jade tablets.
• Nie Yun revealed that he had used the Heaven Stealing Great Dao to place replacement jade tablets in his companions’ Storage Rings.
• Shang Qiu and the others grew uneasy when Chou Tian, Qin Tao, and the Sky-Severing Cliff disciples failed to emerge from Chaos Mountain.
• The four sect leaders appeared, and Shang Qiu presented eight jade tablets while demanding to know where Chou Tian had gone.
• Nie Yun presented nine jade tablets for Guixu Sea and denied that his group had encountered Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain.
• Shang Qiu called Guixu Sea’s tablets fake, but Ying Tianzhao accused him of taking the eight tablets from Sky-Severing Cliff.

After Jiang Hao confronted Shang Qiu over the deaths at Chaos Mountain, the sect masters concealed their suspicions and turned to negotiating access to God's Relic. Gu Yong demanded half the available slots for Guixu Sea, and Nie Yun revealed thirteen jade tokens as the dispute continued.

• Jiang Hao struck Shang Qiu and showed him Qing Hong's message on a genuine Sky-Severing Cliff jade token, then handed Shang Qiu over to Ying Tianzhao for questioning.
• Ying Tianzhao learned Shang Qiu's account and privately exchanged suspicions with the other sect masters, while Jiang Hao asked to question Nie Yun.
• Gu Yong refused to let Jiang Hao question Nie Yun and defended Guixu Sea against responsibility for the deaths of Chou Tian, Qin Tao, and the others.
• Jiang Hao proposed moving on to open God's Relic, but Gu Yong demanded half the slots to make up for the Three Great Sects' missing tokens.
• Nie Yun interrupted the argument and produced thirteen jade tokens, offering to contribute them.

Nie Yun used Feng Zhen’s death to explain how he obtained the jade plaques, forcing the other sects to hand over their allotted slots for God's Relic. Gu Yong warned Nie Yun that his rivals would target him there, but Nie Yun chose to go, and the chapter ended as Gu Yong introduced him to Gu Xiao.

• Nie Yun claimed Feng Zhen had entrusted him with the jade plaques, and Gu Yong accepted them and demanded the promised slots from the other sects.
• Jiang Hao, Shi Yang, and Ying Tianzhao yielded the slots, and Gu Yong ordered the selected Tian Zhan Peak disciples to board his warship.
• Gu Yong privately questioned Nie Yun about Chaos Mountain, and Nie Yun recounted what had happened while withholding the Heavenly Heart Vine.
• Gu Yong warned that the other sects would have their disciples attack Nie Yun in God's Relic, but Nie Yun refused to stay behind.
• Gu Yong gave Nie Yun a Dominator Talisman Seal and the Cold Sun Sword for his protection.
• Gu Yong introduced his strongest disciple, Gu Xiao, as a fellow genius, and Gu Xiao flew out from the ship's cabin.

Nie Yun met Gu Xiao and several powerful Guixu Sea disciples aboard the Pure Moon Ancient Ship, where he learned about the Small World fused into its cabin. After Qi Yuan challenged him, Nie Yun conceded rather than reveal his limits, and Gu Xiao explained the strength associated with the Profound Saint’s inheritance.

• Gu Xiao welcomed Nie Yun and led him into the Small World fused into the Pure Moon Ancient Ship, explaining that such worlds could strengthen weapons and hold vast numbers of people.
• Gu Xiao said that most beings in refined Small Worlds died after being displaced, and Nie Yun reflected on the cultivation world's indifference toward life.
• Gu Xiao introduced Nie Yun to Qi Yuan, Jing An, Liu Zhan, and other powerful disciples, and Qi Yuan challenged Nie Yun to a match.
• Nie Yun conceded to avoid a fight and hiding his true strength, and Qi Yuan approved of him and offered his protection.
• Nie Yun realized Gu Yong had kept the disciples' strength concealed from rival sects, then asked Gu Xiao about the Profound Saint, whose level referred to experts who had comprehended more than 2,900 Great Daos.

Nie Yun learned about the dangers and limits of God's Relic, then reached the ruined Starry Sky Domain with the other sect disciples. As the trial's participants gathered before the seal, Nie Tong decided he would enter alone, and Nie Yun gave him Dominator Talisman Seals for protection.

• Gu Xiao explained that God's Relic was a perilous trial in the Starry Sky Domain, and Qi Yuan warned Nie Yun that very few participants survived its three-month limit without spiritual energy or Origin Energy.
• Nie Yun refined Golden Mausoleum Grass into a pill, improving his soul and physical body but failing to reach the Indestructible Sacred Body.
• Sect Master Gu Yong announced their arrival, and Nie Yun saw the ruined Starry Sky Domain, its chaotic space, and the powerful seal surrounding God's Relic.
• Ships carrying participants from the smaller sects, clans, and independent cultivators gathered alongside the four great sects.
• Nie Tong told Nie Yun he planned to act alone inside God's Relic, and Nie Yun gave him several Dominator Talisman Seals in case he faced danger.

Nie Yun and the Guixu Sea disciples entered God's Relic, where they learned that they could not replenish their power and faced dangers from creatures and rival sects. The chapter ended with dozens of enemies surrounding them after Nie Yun warned that the Three Great Sects might attack.

• Jiang Hao explained that God's Relic would remain open for three months, that killing was allowed, and that entrants could keep what they found before the four sect masters opened the seal.
• Nie Tong went ahead alone, while Nie Yun followed Gu Xiao and the Guixu Sea disciples through the Decay Qi using Gu Xiao's Nine Nether Umbrella for protection.
• Inside God's Relic, Nie Yun discovered that he could not absorb spiritual energy or sense the usual power of Chaos, and Gu Xiao warned the group to conserve their strength.
• The disciples shared warnings about ancient lifeforms and Artifact Spirits that preyed on entrants within the relic.
• Nie Yun warned that Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain, Ten Autumn Ridge, and Sky-Severing Cliff had allied against Guixu Sea, and an enemy group surrounded them as Gu Xiao called for them to kill their rivals.

Yu Zhu and Shen Yao trapped Nie Yun and his companions in the Myriad Miles Sky-Shocking Formation and threatened to kill them, but Nie Yun revealed his strength and killed Yu Zhu with the Heavenly Heart Vine. The other enemies remained as Nie Yun turned to face them.

• Yu Zhu trapped Gu Xiao, Qi Yuan, Nie Yun, and the others inside the Myriad Miles Sky-Shocking Formation, while Shen Yao joined him and blocked their escape.
• Yu Zhu and Shen Yao argued over who would kill Nie Yun and threatened to torture him for their sects.
• Gu Xiao and Qi Yuan each offered to hold off the enemies so the others could escape, but Nie Yun stepped forward to fight them himself.
• Nie Yun attacked Yu Zhu, and the Heavenly Heart Vine ensnared him, drained his strength, and killed him.
• Nie Yun taunted the remaining enemies as the Heavenly Heart Vine withdrew.

Nie Yun killed Yu Zhu and Shen Yao with the Heavenly Heart Vine, then led Gu Xiao and the others away before they could be surrounded. After spotting a brilliant rosy glow, they flew toward the emerging treasure and entered a dangerous Relic Ghost Wind, which Nie Yun blocked with the Thousand Leaf Barrier.

• Nie Yun used the Heavenly Heart Vine to kill Yu Zhu in one move, startling Shen Yao, Gu Xiao, Qi Yuan, and the others.
• Shen Yao attacked Nie Yun to seize the Heavenly Heart Vine, but Nie Yun’s vines stopped his Heaven-Shattering Blade and ensnared him.
• The Heavenly Heart Vine absorbed the energy of Shen Yao and several dozen attackers, killing them as Nie Yun’s companions watched.
• Nie Yun collected the fallen men’s belongings and led Gu Xiao and the others tens of thousands of miles away to avoid reinforcements.
• Qi Yuan spotted a rosy light in the distance, and the group flew toward it cautiously after Gu Xiao identified it as a sign of an emerging treasure.
• The group encountered Relic Ghost Wind, and Nie Yun used the Thousand Leaf Barrier to shield them as strange figures swept through the air ahead.

Nie Yun and Gu Xiao discovered a Sealing Stone Tablet that revealed the Golden Xuan Secret Realm, but Ming Cheng of Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain claimed it and attacked the Luoyang Beasts with a seal bearing Ancient Chaos Language. Nie Yun recognized the two characters in the attack, leaving the group facing Ming Cheng and the sealed land’s powerful protections.

• The Luoyang Beasts surrounded Nie Yun and his group, threatening to attack them for their spiritual energy.
• A Sealing Stone Tablet rose from the ground, and Gu Xiao explained that it guarded a sealed land that could hold a powerful inheritance.
• Ming Cheng arrived with three Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain disciples and ordered Gu Xiao’s group to leave the sealed land.
• The tablet revealed the name Golden Xuan Secret Realm and killed several Luoyang Beasts with a cold gleam.
• Ming Cheng used a seal bearing two characters in Ancient Chaos Language to attack the remaining Luoyang Beasts, and Gu Xiao warned that the Heavenly Heart Vine could not counter it.
• Nie Yun studied the two characters and said he recognized them.

Nie Yun seized Ming Cheng’s imperial seal by writing its Ancient Chaos Script characters, then trapped Ming Cheng with the Heavenly Heart Vine. A jade token summoned a powerful consciousness, which recognized the vine.

• Ming Cheng used the imperial seal to drive off the Luoyang Beasts, then ordered Nie Yun and his companions to leave the Sealing Stone Tablet.
• Nie Yun began refining the tablet, but Ming Cheng attacked him with the imperial seal and his sword.
• Nie Yun wrote the seal’s Ancient Chaos Script characters, gained its recognition, and took control of it.
• Ming Cheng threatened to summon Mo Yao, but Nie Yun sent the Heavenly Heart Vine to coil around him.
• Ming Cheng crushed a jade token, summoning a giant head whose consciousness recognized the Heavenly Heart Vine.

Nie Yun fought Mo Yao’s manifested thought over the Heavenly Heart Vine and the Sealing Stone Tablet. After crushing a Dominator Talisman Seal, he killed Ming Cheng and the other disciples, destroyed the thought, and collected the tablet, but Mo Yao’s true body arrived seeking revenge.

• Mo Yao’s manifested thought stopped the Heavenly Heart Vine from devouring Ming Cheng and demanded that Nie Yun hand it over.
• Nie Yun fought Mo Yao’s thought with the Cold Sun Sword, and they were initially unable to defeat each other.
• After Mo Yao’s thought warned that his true body was approaching, Nie Yun crushed a Dominator Talisman Seal and used the empowered Heavenly Heart Vine to kill the nearby disciples and Ming Cheng.
• Nie Yun burned Mo Yao’s thought with Blazing Fire and collected the Sealing Stone Tablet into his Storage Dantian.
• Mo Yao’s true body arrived and vowed to kill everyone from Guixu Sea.

Nie Yun used the Heaven-Veiling Formation to escape Mo Yao after their Dominator Talisman Seal clash, but Mo Yao’s Ancient Chaos Script Paper Slip countered the formation. The formation collapsed, leaving Mo Yao free to pursue Nie Yun and the others.

• Nie Yun incinerated Mo Yao’s manifested soul thoughts, provoking Mo Yao to attack with the Dominator Talisman Seal.
• Nie Yun clashed with Mo Yao’s palm, grabbed Gu Xiao and the others, and tried to flee, but Mo Yao pursued and trapped him with a barrier.
• Nie Yun tore through the barrier and deployed nine Formation Flags to conceal himself and his companions within the Heaven-Veiling Formation.
• Mo Yao used the Heavenly Eye Great Dao and his defensive power to advance through the formation’s sinister winds and sword attacks.
• Mo Yao summoned a Paper Slip inscribed with Ancient Chaos Script and rode it through the mist, breaking the Heaven-Veiling Formation.

Mo Yao failed to find Nie Yun after the group escaped into the Heavenly Profound Hall, then left for the Divine Hall. Nie Yun reunited with Gu Xiao and the others, refined the Sealing Stone Tablet, and learned that its map was useless, so they set off to investigate another place in the God's Relic.

• Mo Yao received a summons to gather at the Divine Hall and left, unaware that Nie Yun had hidden nearby with Gu Xiao and the others.
• Nie Yun explained that his clone had retrieved the Formation Flags and entered the Heavenly Profound Hall while his true body carried the group to safety.
• Gu Xiao identified the summoned figure as Su Lin, a Reincarnated Great Power from Ten Autumn Ridge, but none of the group knew what the Divine Hall was.
• Nie Yun refined the Sealing Stone Tablet and discovered that its map no longer matched the changed terrain.
• Nie Yun searched nearby with the tablet but sensed no response, so Gu Xiao proposed that they visit the Ten Absolutes Ancient Land, where powerful experts had supposedly left treasures.

Nie Yun agreed to lead Gu Xiao’s group toward the dangerous Ten Absolutes Ancient Land, hoping to find opportunities and grow stronger. After some disciples left rather than risk the journey, Gu Xiao ordered the seven who remained to obey Nie Yun’s commands.

• Qi Yuan and Gu Xiao explained that the Ten Absolutes Ancient Land was one of God's Relic’s deadliest places, but it might hold opportunities that could help Guixu Sea survive its rival sects.
• Nie Yun supported going there because he needed to increase his strength, protect Nie Tong, and investigate the strange feeling God's Relic gave him.
• Gu Xiao let the group choose whether to go, and Du Zhao and several others withdrew while Qi Yuan and the remaining disciples stayed.
• Nie Yun urged the group to depart, and Gu Xiao proposed that they choose a leader before setting out.
• Gu Xiao named Nie Yun as the leader and ordered everyone to follow his commands; Qi Yuan and the others agreed.

Nie Yun led Gu Xiao and the others into the Ten Absolutes Ancient Land, where they encountered a deadly field of coffins and a pack of Demon God Ancient Bears. After the bears trapped them in a formation, Nie Yun prepared to fight his way out.

• Nie Yun accepted Gu Xiao's request and carried the group to the Ten Absolutes Ancient Land, shielding them with Defense Qi as they entered.
• The group found enormous coffins floating through the ancient land, and one coffin attacked them.
• Nie Yun opened the coffin and dragged out a Demon God Ancient Bear, then burned it to ashes after it roared for help.
• The remaining coffins surrounded the group in a formation, and Gu Xiao explained that Demon God Ancient Bears hunted in groups and could use soul attacks.
• Nie Yun placed the others inside a protective circle, gave Gu Xiao the Thousand Leaf Barrier, and charged toward the coffins to fight.

Nie Yun slaughtered the Demon God Ancient Bears and forced their king, Xiong Gu, to submit. When Xiong Gu’s Chaos Oath failed to bind him, Nie Yun learned that the God's Relic was a World Abandoned by Chaos and demanded that Xiong Gu offer up his soul instead.

• Nie Yun used the Heavenly Heart Vine and his sound-based talents to kill hundreds of Demon God Ancient Bears and devour their power.
• Nie Yun dragged the Ancient Bear King from the depths of space and overpowered him with a punch.
• Xiong Gu agreed to serve Nie Yun, but his sincere Chaos Oath drew no response from the Chaos Ocean.
• Xiong Gu told Nie Yun that Chaos Oaths had never worked in the World Abandoned by Chaos.
• Nie Yun recognized the God's Relic as a likely abandoned world and ordered Xiong Gu to offer up his soul.

After subduing Xiong Gu, Nie Yun learned that Soul Chaos King Stones might lie in the Deathland, the perilous core of the Ten Absolutes Ancient Land. Knowing he needed the Mystic Cicada King Wing to withstand its Death Qi, Nie Yun decided to use the Heavenly Secrets Great Dao to locate the Mystic Cicada King or the humans who had gone ahead.

• Nie Yun successfully soul-sacrificed Xiong Gu and learned that the Ancient Bear King and his army could not leave the Ten Absolutes Ancient Land.
• Xiong Gu told Nie Yun that a group of humans had headed toward the Deathland, where many Chaos King Stones were said to be found.
• Nie Yun learned that the Deathland's Death Qi could kill cultivators below the Dominator level and that only the Mystic Cicada King Wing could ward it off.
• Xiong Gu explained that the Mystic Cicada King was one of the Four Great Kings, had no fixed abode, and possessed 2,100 Great Daos.
• Nie Yun resolved to find the Mystic Cicada King and proposed using the Heavenly Secrets Great Dao to calculate its location or track the humans who had gone ahead.