Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun defeated the True Blood Royal Crown’s hostile Artifact Spirit and had Jingxin devour it, learning that restoring the crown could give her King-Sealing-level combat power. He set out to seek the treasures needed to repair it, but discovered that using the crown directly would bring a dangerous backlash.

• The True Blood Royal Crown’s Artifact Spirit attacked Nie Yun and Jingxin, but Nie Yun exposed its attempt to seize Jingxin and froze it in place.
• Jingxin devoured the Artifact Spirit, grew stronger and more mature, and explained that restoring the crown required Gold Spirit Silver Sand, Nine Heavens Exquisite Stone, and Chaos Cold Crystal.
• Jingxin said the first two treasures could be found in Small Worlds, including the Nine Heavens World, while Chaos Cold Crystal was likely in a King-Sealing Expert’s palace.
• Nie Yun decided to seek the treasures in the Nine Heavens World because he had offended three King-Sealing Experts and needed the crown’s strength.
• Jingxin warned Nie Yun that using the crown directly could drain him through backlash, and he was blasted away and coughed up blood when he tried to touch it.

Nie Yun learned that he could not wield the True Blood Royal Crown until he reached King-Sealing strength, though Jingxin could use it and agreed to accompany him. After making arrangements for his allies, he set off with Jingxin, while the master of Ling Yi Pavilion regretted missing his chance to become Nie Yun’s attendant.

• Jingxin explained that Nie Yun’s strength was too low to use the True Blood Royal Crown, but she could wield it and travel outside the crown as an energy body.
• Nie Yun agreed to take Jingxin with him and emerged from the Storage World into the Juesha Supreme Domain.
• Nie Yun sent Fu Anchao and the others to the Myriad Laws Palace, while postponing the Spiritual Elegance Emperor’s request to search for the Asura King.
• Nie Yun gave the master of Ling Yi Pavilion a Ruler Divine Weapon and directed Ling Yi Ruler to enter the Void Realm with the Myriad Laws Ruler’s group.
• Nie Yun departed with Jingxin, and Ling Yi Ruler told the pavilion master that he had missed his chance to become Nie Yun’s attendant and possibly a Ruler.

Nie Yun and Jingxin returned to the Nine Heavens World to find the Gold Spirit Silver Sand and Nine Heavens Exquisite Stone, and Jingxin located them on an island. There, Nie Yun recognized Chen Luorong among the worshippers and reunited with her.

• Nie Yun and Jingxin entered the Nine Heavens World, carefully suppressing their auras so they would not destroy it.
• Jingxin scanned the world and found the Gold Spirit Silver Sand and Nine Heavens Exquisite Stone on an island in the ocean.
• Nie Yun chose to approach the island’s owner and offer an exchange rather than seize the treasures.
• Nie Yun and Jingxin found dozens of people worshipping a simple stone palace on the island.
• Nie Yun recognized Chen Luorong among the worshippers, and she joyfully rose to greet him.

Nie Yun reunited with Chen Luorong on the Gold Spirit Fairy’s island, where she sought Gold Spirit Water to aid her breakthrough to Immortal Lord. After a jealous young man threatened Nie Yun over Chen Luorong, the immortal platform opened, drawing the kneeling crowd’s attention.

• Nie Yun introduced Jingxin to Chen Luorong and learned that Chen Luorong had come to seek Gold Spirit Water for a chance to break through to Immortal Lord.
• Chen Luorong explained that she refused to rely on her family’s status, though the Chen Family had become the foremost family in the Nine Heavens World.
• A young man pursuing Chen Luorong approached and was rejected when he claimed they could become Dao Companions.
• The young man accused Nie Yun of being the reason for Chen Luorong’s rejection and threatened him, while Jingxin angrily defended her master.
• The ground shook, and the immortal platform rose from the palace as the people gathered there stood in excitement.

Nie Yun and Jingxin confronted the Gold Spirit Fairy and her attendant, discovering that both were powerful experts pretending to offer Gold Spirit Water. After Jingxin effortlessly defeated the Fairy’s challenger and attendant, Nie Yun revealed that he had recognized the Fairy as a Golden Armored General, leaving her stunned.

• The Gold Spirit Fairy appeared before worshippers and promised Gold Spirit Water while ordering her followers to drive away those with rebellious hearts.
• A young man attacked Nie Yun with the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Palm, but Jingxin repelled him with a single command.
• The Gold Spirit Fairy threatened Nie Yun and Jingxin, and Nie Yun accused her of playing at being a god and ghost.
• The Fairy ordered Chu Yu to attack, but Jingxin shattered Chu Yu’s palm strike and sent her flying.
• Nie Yun identified the Gold Spirit Fairy as a Golden Armored General who had comprehended Two Thousand Five Hundred Great Daos.

Nie Yun captured Gold Spirit Fairy and learned that Azure Sea Profound Heaven planned to seize the Nine Heavens World's Heavenly Dao. The threat was imminent, as Commander Xuan Ge's order set the harvest for the following day.

• Nie Yun sealed off the island and forced Gold Spirit Fairy to reveal that she served Commander Xuan Ge of Azure Sea Profound Heaven.
• Gold Spirit Fairy said she had been ordered to collect the Nine Heavens World's Heavenly Dao and find talented young people to take back to Profound Heaven.
• Nie Yun learned that the Heavenly Dao would be seized with a grand formation crossing the Chaos Ocean, and that Commander Xuan Ge could crush a Ruler-level expert.
• Gold Spirit Fairy received a jade-token message from Commander Xuan Ge ordering the harvest of the Heavenly Dao tomorrow, and Nie Yun realized the attack was imminent.

Nie Yun learned that Ashoka King’s forces planned to capture the Nine Heavens World’s Heavenly Dao the next day, threatening the world’s survival, and resolved to seek the Heavenly Dao’s advice while preserving his investigation into Azure Sea Profound Heaven. He obtained the Gold Spirit Silver Sand by moving its entire island into his Storage World and set out with Jingxin and Chen Luorong to find the Heavenly Dao.

• Nie Yun learned from the Gold Spirit Fairy that Commander Xuan Ge planned to capture the Nine Heavens World’s Heavenly Dao, and he promised Chen Luorong he would intervene to save the world.
• Nie Yun decided to consult the Heavenly Dao before acting, so he could protect the Nine Heavens World without alerting Ashoka King’s forces.
• The Gold Spirit Fairy explained that the Gold Spirit Silver Sand lost its power if removed from its island, and Jingxin suggested moving the whole island and recreating its environment.
• Nie Yun stored the island in his Storage World, where the Gold Spirit Silver Sand remained intact.
• Nie Yun imprisoned the Gold Spirit Fairy and her elderly maidservant in the Storage World to keep them from reporting to Commander Xuan Ge.
• Nie Yun departed with Jingxin and Chen Luorong to find the Nine Heavens World’s Heavenly Dao.

After learning that Ashoka King would capture Nine Heavens World’s Heavenly Dao, Nie Yun sought a way to let it leave without the world collapsing. The Chen Family ancestor arrived and said he had a simple solution.

• Young cultivators discussed Nie Yun’s strength and realized Chen Luorong belonged to the Chen Family.
• Nie Yun and his companions arrived at the ruined Nine Heavens Sect and summoned the humanoid Heavenly Dao.
• Nie Yun told Heavenly Dao that Ashoka King would capture it the next day and proposed using the capture to infiltrate Azure Sea Profound Heaven.
• Heavenly Dao agreed to cooperate but warned that Nine Heavens World might collapse if it left.
• Chen Luorong called for her grandfather, and Nie Yun brought the Chen Family ancestor to them through space.
• After hearing Nie Yun’s problem, the Chen Family ancestor said he had a simple solution.

Nie Yun learned that the Four Directions Cauldrons could stabilize the Nine Heavens World and used them to prepare for the Heavenly Dao’s departure. Jingxin secretly fused the soul of one of Nie Yun’s clones with the Heavenly Dao, but the group still needed a safer plan to infiltrate Azure Sea Profound Heaven and find the Chaos Cold Crystal.

• The Chen Family ancestor explained that the Four Directions Cauldrons, forged from a Sky-Supporting Giant Turtle’s claws, had once stabilized the Nine Heavens World.
• Nie Yun placed the Four Directions Cauldrons at the world’s four ends, then sealed their power so Commander Xuan Ge would not suspect their preparations.
• Nie Yun remembered Tantai Lingyue and reaffirmed his belief that she could be revived.
• Jingxin used the Great Cosmic Seal to fuse the soul of Nie Yun’s clone with the Nine Heavens Heavenly Dao, hiding it from detection.
• Jingxin warned that the fused soul would struggle to leave without her help, and Nie Yun concluded they needed a better way to infiltrate Azure Sea Profound Heaven together.

Nie Yun finalized a plan to infiltrate Ashoka King's lair by disguising himself and Jingxin as geniuses from the Nine Heavens World, using Gold Spirit Fairy and the old woman to secure their return to Azure Sea Profound Heaven. He gave Chen Luorong and the Chen Family ancestor pills that rapidly advanced their cultivation, while leaving them behind to prepare for future help.

• Nie Yun forced Gold Spirit Fairy and the old woman to perform soul sacrifices, then ordered them to request permission to return to Azure Sea Profound Heaven with two peerless geniuses.
• Jingxin realized that she and Nie Yun would pose as geniuses from the Nine Heavens World and offered to handle their disguises.
• Nie Yun refused Chen Luorong's request to join the dangerous mission and gave her a Heaven-Opening Creation Pill, along with another pill for the Chen Family ancestor.
• The Chen Family ancestor took the pill and reached the early Heaven-Slaying Realm, while Chen Luorong reached the peak of the Sky-Repelling Mirror Realm.

Nie Yun and Jingxin prepared to infiltrate Commander Xuan Ge’s forces by disguising themselves as natives of the Nine Heavens World. After Commander Xuan Ge arrived and took the Nine Heavens Heavenly Dao, he appointed Gold Spirit Fairy captain of his Night Team and agreed to bring Nie Yun and Jingxin back to Azure Sea Profound Heaven.

• Nie Yun gave the Chen Family ancestor and Chen Luorong Heaven-Opening Creation Pills and sent them to retrieve the Nine Heavens Exquisite Stone as a test of their usefulness.
• The Nine Heavens Heavenly Dao used his origin to imprint Nie Yun and Jingxin as natives of the Nine Heavens World, and they suppressed their cultivation to the peak of the Sky-Repelling Mirror Realm.
• Gold Spirit Fairy told Nie Yun about Azure Sea Profound Heaven, while he wondered why the Nine Heavens World held so many precious treasures and secretly tasked the Chen Family pair with investigating.
• The Chen Family ancestor and Chen Luorong returned with the Nine Heavens Exquisite Stone, and Nie Yun sent them home before disguising himself and Jingxin as Gold Spirit Fairy’s subdued subordinates.
• Commander Xuan Ge’s phantom arrived, collected the bound Nine Heavens Heavenly Dao in a jade bottle, and awarded Gold Spirit Fairy a pill for her service.
• Gold Spirit Fairy presented Nie Yun and Jingxin as young geniuses, and Commander Xuan Ge appointed her captain of the Night Team and ordered her to accompany him back to Profound Heaven.

Commander Xuan Ge brought Nie Yun and Jingxin into Azure Sea Profound Heaven through the corpse of a Space-Time Worm and assigned Ji Ling to take them for an assessment. Nie Yun chose to follow the arrangements while secretly investigating the realm and the Heavenly Dao collection.

• Commander Xuan Ge appointed Ji Ling captain and ordered her to bring Nie Yun and Jingxin into Azure Sea Profound Heaven.
• Jingxin recognized the passage as the corpse of a Space-Time Worm, and Nie Yun secretly collected a piece of it to study.
• Commander Xuan Ge protected Nie Yun and Jingxin as they entered Azure Sea Profound Heaven, whose immense pressure and stability astonished Nie Yun.
• Commander Xuan Ge warned that Nie Yun and Jingxin would face an assessment, then left with the Nine Heavens World’s Heavenly Dao.
• Ji Ling asked Nie Yun what to do, and he told her to take them to the assessment while he investigated the realm and the search for the Chaos Cold Crystal.

Nie Yun entered Ashoka King's assessment zone with Ji Ling, Jingxin, and an old woman, where newly found geniuses faced a lethal trial. After Chen Song mocked Ji Ling and her candidates, Jingxin openly challenged him, leaving the crowd waiting to see his response.

• Ji Ling explained that the Boundary Shield housed a brutal assessment where only a small fraction of geniuses survived.
• Nie Yun observed the gathered candidates and learned that Chen Song, a powerful captain under Commander Yan Hui, held high status and authority.
• Chen Song ridiculed Ji Ling for repeatedly failing to find successful candidates and mocked her for rejecting his offer to become his concubine.
• Jingxin condemned Chen Song for bullying Ji Ling and trying to force her into concubinage.
• Chen Song glared at Jingxin with killing intent as the shocked crowd waited for his reaction.

Chen Song tried to punish Nie Yun and Jingxin for defying him by forcing them into a match against three geniuses he had recruited. Jingxin accepted the challenge, but Nie Yun stepped forward to face all three himself.

• Jingxin stood up to Chen Song, and Nie Yun let her answer his threats without intervening.
• Chen Song raised his aura to attack, but Nie Yun warned him that Ashoka King and Commander Xuan Ge would not tolerate it, while Ji Ling also defended the pair.
• Chen Song backed down from attacking them and proposed a contest against the three geniuses he had brought.
• Chen Song's recruits revealed that they had reached the Heaven-Slaying Realm, with the strongest at the peak middle stage.
• Jingxin accepted the match and called the three recruits trash, but Nie Yun stopped her and said he would fight them instead.

Nie Yun faced Chen Song’s subordinate on the battle platform after Chen Song ordered him killed. Nie Yun countered the young man’s Golden Hand with precise attacks, shocking the onlookers, before his opponent drew a peak Chaos Divine Weapon and attacked again.

• Jingxin stepped back as Nie Yun took over, while Ji Ling boldly answered Chen Song’s insults.
• Chen Song ordered the young man in patterned clothes to kill Nie Yun and summoned the battle platform.
• The young man entered the platform and attacked Nie Yun with his Golden Hand, but Nie Yun struck its weakest point repeatedly and forced him back.
• The captains and gathered geniuses were stunned by Nie Yun’s combat skill, while the young man in patterned clothes grew furious.
• The young man in patterned clothes drew a peak Chaos Divine Weapon and thrust it at Nie Yun.

Nie Yun defeated and killed the floral-robed youth in a fight on the stage, then faced Chen Song’s attempts to make the remaining youths fight him. Chen Song offered them peak defensive Chaos Divine Weapons, but they remained wary of Nie Yun.

• The floral-robed youth spread his sword attack across the stage, but Nie Yun struck its weakest point and scattered the sword qi.
• Nie Yun used Three Thousand Qingyun Dao and a feint to strike the floral-robed youth from behind, destroying his cultivation and killing him.
• Chen Song accused Nie Yun of killing a genius, but Nie Yun reminded him that he had proposed the match.
• Chen Song ordered the two remaining youths to fight, but both hesitated and one admitted he was not strong enough to face Nie Yun.
• Chen Song offered each youth a peak defensive Chaos Divine Weapon if they killed Nie Yun, but their desire for the weapons faded as they saw his fearless expression.

Ji Ling refused Chen Song’s offer to buy Nie Yun and Jingxin, and he secretly tried to sabotage them before the assessment. Jingxin neutralized his attack and planted a fatal force inside him, while Nie Yun and Jingxin reached the assessment barrier and received their tokens.

• Chen Song offered Ji Ling double the price for Nie Yun and Jingxin, but she refused to give them up.
• Chen Song secretly sent power into Jingxin and Nie Yun to disrupt them during the assessment.
• Jingxin avoided Chen Song’s attack and secretly planted a stronger force inside him that would kill him in about an hour.
• Nie Yun explained Chen Song’s scheme and noted that Jingxin had already countered it.
• Ji Ling, Nie Yun, and Jingxin reached the assessment barrier, where a guard gave Nie Yun and Jingxin tokens and warned that failing the assessment meant death.

Nie Yun and Jingxin entered the genius assessment and began its first trial, Gale Valley, where a soul-piercing wind tested their willpower. They concealed their true strength as they advanced and saw that Chen Song’s two Heaven-Slaying Realm geniuses were also still struggling forward.

• Nie Yun accepted token number 325 and learned that fewer than three hundred people had passed the assessment.
• Nie Yun warned Ji Ling to avoid Chen Song and told her that Chen Song was unlikely to live much longer after Jingxin’s hidden attack.
• Nie Yun and Jingxin entered the barrier, where a token’s guiding voice announced Gale Valley as the first trial.
• Nie Yun and Jingxin recognized that the Hellish Gale attacked the soul and demanded willpower, then advanced at a measured pace while hiding their strength.
• The gale intensified, killing and scattering several candidates, while Chen Song’s two Heaven-Slaying Realm geniuses continued forward despite their struggle.

Nie Yun and Jingxin passed Gale Valley with seven others, then faced the deadly Boiling Oil River as the next assessment. The chapter ended with a young genius dissolving in the river, leaving the remaining candidates terrified and unsure how to cross.

• Nie Yun and Jingxin overtook Chen Song's two young men and reached the end of Gale Valley alongside seven others.
• The token announced that the survivors had passed the first assessment and gave them an hour to rest.
• Jingxin and Nie Yun suspected Ashoka King had created the assessment mechanisms.
• The token ordered the candidates to cross the Boiling Oil River without artifacts or external aid.
• A young man entered the river and rapidly burned down to a skeleton before sinking from sight.
• A young genius recognized the dead man as a mid-stage Heaven-Slaying Realm expert and cried out in terror.

Nie Yun led the remaining contestants into the Boiling Oil River after discovering that they had to keep moving at the right pace to avoid being burned. The group crossed the calmer shallows safely, but the current grew stronger before they reached the halfway point, putting their timing and endurance under severe strain.

• A young man at the mid Heaven-Slaying Realm entered the river first and burned to a skeleton, while the token's voice announced that the contestants had half an hour to cross.
• Nie Yun offered to lead the others and urged them to unite against possible groups of earlier survivors; they agreed to follow him if he could get them across.
• Nie Yun stepped into the river and showed that the water's burning receded whenever he moved forward, revealing that the trial tested speed and timing.
• Jingxin entered behind Nie Yun and warned that the contestants had to maintain the right pace; she said two steps per breath would keep them safe.
• The remaining contestants entered and followed the others across the shallows, but the current grew faster and stronger, leaving many exhausted before they reached the river's midpoint.