Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan studied a Poison Arts Manual adapted from Reverse Time Transformation and considered how to improve and combine his abilities. In the Southern Wilds, Ye Tianming completed a ritual that gave him power above Earth Rank, but he demanded even greater strength.

• Elder Yu gave Fang Qianyuan a Poison Arts Manual said to have been adapted by Dongfang Zhi from Reverse Time Transformation, and Fang accepted it before leaving the Eastern Sea.
• Fang studied the manual and reflected on how its time-based poison methods differed from his own use of the technique and how he might combine his powers.
• At the Torch Dragon Sacred Hall, Zhu Fei ordered twelve priests to pour spirit blood into the Sun-and-Moon Pattern while Ye Tianming underwent Fusion Refinement with the totem.
• The Torch Dragon’s power merged with Ye Tianming’s darkness, and he briefly halted everything around him, including the figures and stars.
• Zhu Fei praised Ye Tianming for gaining power above Earth Rank, but Ye Tianming wept blood and declared that he wanted greater power, releasing a terrifying aura across Stone Mountain.

Ye Tianming betrayed Zhu Fei and the Black-Robed Priests, revealing that he had gained Great Sage Torch Dragon’s recognition and become his host. After killing Zhu Fei and taking his Torch Dragon Mark, Ye Tianming resolved to reclaim more of Torch Dragon’s origin before the Heavenly Saint Church could stop him.

• Ye Tianming tore out Zhu Fei’s heart, then ignored his Torch Dragon Roar and struck him down.
• Ye Tianming’s enormous dark shadow nullified the Black-Robed Priests’ attacks, and he wounded them all.
• Ye Tianming revealed that sacrificing Xiao Yue had earned him Great Sage Torch Dragon’s recognition and that he intended to become Torch Dragon’s host.
• Zhu Fei warned that the Heavenly Saint Church would not let Ye Tianming escape its grasp, then died.
• Ye Tianming absorbed Zhu Fei’s Torch Dragon Mark and decided to reclaim Torch Dragon’s remaining origin while he had the chance.

After returning from the Otherworld Expedition, Fang Qianyuan met with Yu Shixian, who discussed the looming upheaval among cultivators and offered him the position of sect master. Fang Qianyuan was surprised but declined, saying he was not suited to the role.

• Fang Qianyuan and his companions returned to Azure Cloud Sect headquarters after their six-month expedition, where Yu Shixian and the elders welcomed them.
• Yu Shixian praised Fang Qianyuan for killing Qunyao and invited him to discuss the expedition at the Ascension Academy.
• Fang Qianyuan recounted his experiences in the Eastern Sea, including what King Mu had revealed about the Secret Alliance and the Heavenly Realms Two Sects.
• Yu Shixian explained that changes in cultivation and the spread of knowledge could bring a major upheaval, and said the Spirit Tamers' attack had been a test of the coming turmoil.
• Yu Shixian offered Fang Qianyuan the position of sect master, but Fang Qianyuan declined because he felt unsuited to it.

Fang Qianyuan declined Yu Shixian’s offer of the Sect Master position and agreed to support Sun Zhuo as a future successor. Sun Zhuo learned he was being considered for promotion, then an envoy reported that Jiang Yunfeng had advanced to Emperor Rank.

• Fang Qianyuan told Yu Shixian he was unsuited to be Sect Master and explained that the role required governing ability, not merely strength.
• Yu Shixian proposed grooming Sun Zhuo as a successor, and Fang Qianyuan agreed to support his senior brother if he proved capable.
• Yu Shixian outlined a plan to promote Sun Zhuo through sect positions over the next ten or twenty years before he succeeded as Sect Master.
• Sun Zhuo visited Fang Qianyuan after learning he might receive a Merit Hall seat, and Fang Qianyuan told him he was a candidate to succeed Yu Shixian.
• Yuan Shan brought in an envoy from the Warrior Hall, who announced that Jiang Yunfeng had advanced to Emperor Rank.

Jiang Yunfeng advanced to Emperor Rank by fusion-refining the Thunder Qilin Eyes and mastering the Thunder Law, though his body bore signs of the process. He learned that Fang Qianyuan had also made major progress, and Sect Master Yu Shixian arrived to see Jiang Yunfeng’s condition.

• Xiu Lin told Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo that Jiang Yunfeng had advanced, and Fang Qianyuan went to visit him at his seclusion site.
• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo found Jiang Yunfeng badly burned and bandaged, surrounded by signs of a violent lightning storm.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized that Jiang Yunfeng had fusion-refined the Thunder Qilin Eyes and mastered the Thunder Law to break through to Heaven Tier.
• Jiang Yunfeng sensed Fang Qianyuan’s new immortal nature and unfamiliar law power, and Fang Qianyuan said he had opened the gate to Heaven Tier.
• Sun Zhuo told Jiang Yunfeng how Fang Qianyuan had slain Qunyao and Dongfang Zhi in the Eastern Sea, and Jiang Yunfeng praised his growth.
• Yu Shixian arrived and asked Jiang Yunfeng what had happened to him.

Jiang Yunfeng revealed the changes caused by Qilin essence blood after ascending through the Warrior Path, and discussed with Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo how his achievement could reshape the Azure Cloud Sect. They recognized that the sect’s coming struggle over ascension, resources, and power would eventually fall to the younger generation.

• Jiang Yunfeng showed Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo his Qilin-scaled arm and nine Thunder Spirits, explaining that Qilin essence blood had transformed his body and soul and limited his future advancement.
• Yu Shixian told Jiang Yunfeng not to announce his ascension publicly yet because the Azure Cloud Sect’s growing strength could upset the balance, and Jiang Yunfeng agreed to share his ascension experience with the sect.
• Jiang Yunfeng told Sun Zhuo that he had chosen to remain loyal to the sect, infiltrate the Warrior Hall, and seize control of it, with the sect supporting his risky ascension.
• Fang Qianyuan warned that more than ten Grand Elders were awaiting ascension, raising concerns about the resources required and the sect’s future policies.
• Fang Qianyuan predicted that he and Jiang Yunfeng might be pushed into positions of responsibility as the sect changed, and Jiang Yunfeng said the younger generation would have to bear the coming burdens.

Jiang Yunfeng offered Fang Qianyuan a spar to teach him how Heaven Tier cultivators wield their power, but their fight was interrupted by news that Ye Tianming had seized the divine spirit Torch Dragon and slaughtered people at Stone Mountain. Fang Qianyuan recognized Ye Tianming and turned his attention to the escalating crisis involving the Heavenly Realms Sect and the Demon Alliance.

• Jiang Yunfeng advised Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo to shoulder responsibility within the sect, then invited Fang Qianyuan to spar.
• Sun Zhuo withdrew while Jiang Yunfeng explained that his Thunder Law might break through Fang Qianyuan's immortal nature.
• A Warrior Hall subordinate arrived and reported that Ye Tianming was suspected of seizing the divine spirit Torch Dragon and carrying out a slaughter at Stone Mountain.
• The subordinate said the Night King had sent his elites to search for Ye Tianming and that the Demon Alliance had been stirred into action.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized Ye Tianming and considered the implications of the incident involving the Heavenly Realms Sect.

Jiang Yunfeng explained the secret alliance’s connection to the Night King and why sect resources and compatibility shaped Heaven Tier strength. He then ordered an investigation into Ye Tianming’s actions, while Fang Qianyuan suspected Ye Tianming had acted independently.

• Jiang Yunfeng told Fang Qianyuan that the Night King held the Metal Spirit Transformation, which the Heavenly Realms Sect had given him while retaining the Star Map.
• Jiang Yunfeng explained that the Warrior Hall had uncovered the Night King’s inheritance and that the Night King’s Dream-Eating Heavenly Demon made him suited to the Metal Spirit Transformation.
• Jiang Yunfeng compared King Mu’s carefully developed cultivation with Dongfang Zhi’s mismatched abilities and described how Fang Qianyuan’s talent and sect support could help him grow after reaching the Heaven Tier.
• Jiang Yunfeng instructed the person who had come to determine whether Ye Tianming acted alone or whether the Heavenly Realms Sect had broken with the Demon Alliance’s upper ranks.
• Fang Qianyuan interjected that he suspected Ye Tianming had acted on his own.

Fang Qianyuan reflected on his path toward Heaven Tier before Sect Master Yu Shixian briefed him on efforts to approach Luo Muyun and the unstable Secret Alliance. On his way back, Fang Qianyuan encountered guards apparently framing an Inner Court disciple for theft.

• Jiang Yunfeng told Fang Qianyuan to focus on advancing to Heaven Tier rather than investigating Ye Tianming and the Secret Alliance.
• Fang Qianyuan weighed whether to pursue breadth or specialization in his Dao Path, recognizing that his power of time was his only ability to have reached the level of laws.
• Yu Shixian told Fang Qianyuan that Luo Muyun possessed the Undying Transformation and that the Azure Cloud Sect planned to contact him as a potential ally.
• Fang Qianyuan repeated what King Mu had said to Yu Shixian, then left with Wang Ran and his retainers.
• Fang Qianyuan saw Warrior guards find a jade pendant in an Inner Court disciple’s robes, and the guards’ leader kicked the disciple as he protested that he had been framed.

Fang Qianyuan intervened after a Warrior leader injured a youth accused of stealing a magical artifact, and ordered Wang Ran to ensure the Discipline Institute investigated fairly. The Warrior leader confessed to helping Second Young Master Luo frame the youth after Fang Qianyuan left, while Second Young Master Luo realized the Grand Commander had witnessed their scheme.

• Fang Qianyuan's guards reported that a Warrior leader had caught a youth accused of stealing a magical artifact from a disciple of the Luogu Training Institute.
• The youth attacked the Warrior leader, who broke his arm and ordered his punishment increased before Fang Qianyuan stepped in.
• Fang Qianyuan questioned what had happened, and the youth accused the others of framing him while Second Young Master Luo's servant insisted he was guilty.
• Fang Qianyuan noticed that the accusers seemed to be acting together and ordered Wang Ran to arrange a fair investigation by the Discipline Institute.
• After Fang Qianyuan left, the Warrior leader confessed to helping Second Young Master Luo frame the youth, and Second Young Master Luo realized Fang Qianyuan was the Grand Commander of the Warrior Administration.

Fang Qianyuan focused on the Warrior Administration’s officers abusing their positions and currying favor, and refused to meet Luo Yuhuan when he came to plead for his younger brother. He told Fang Lian that he intended to deal not with Luo Yuhuan alone, but with the entire Warrior Administration.

• Fang Qianyuan recognized that subordinates in the Warrior Administration had been forming private alliances and decided to reassert his authority.
• Xiao Qi told Fang Qianyuan that Commander Luo had requested an audience, but Fang Qianyuan refused to see him.
• Luo Yuhuan learned that Fang Qianyuan would not receive him and tried to bribe Xiao Qi with a Myriad Treasures Pouch.
• Xiao Qi rejected Luo Yuhuan’s gift and left him panicked, while he abandoned plans to seek help from other stewards.
• Fang Qianyuan told Fang Lian that because a Warrior Administration subordinate had helped frame a disciple, he intended to deal with the entire administration.

Fang Qianyuan began reforming the Warrior Administration and commissioned research into a new Immortal Curse Seal using Dongfang Zhi’s Myriad Transformations Spirit Blood. He recruited trusted allies and Inner Disciples, leaving him with growing support among the Sect’s younger generation.

• Fang Qianyuan asked Yan Wenshan to study a more powerful Immortal Curse Seal and gave him Dongfang Zhi’s Myriad Transformations Spirit Blood, the Myriad Transformations Profound Art, and related cultivation methods.
• Fang Qianyuan rewarded Fang Ming and the others who had accompanied him to the Eastern Sea, reinforcing their loyalty to him.
• The Elders’ Council learned of Fang Qianyuan’s actions as he established new rules for transfers and resources and took personal charge of recruitment.
• Fang Qianyuan recruited Inner Court disciples attending the Sect Grand Tournament to strengthen the Warrior Administration and replace its old personnel.
• True Disciples also signed up because of Fang Qianyuan’s reputation, and Fang Lian recognized that he had gained a broad base of support among the younger generation.

Fang Qianyuan had the Heavenly Observation Court research a cultivation art using myriad transformations spirit blood and asked the Administrative Affairs Institute to gather rare treasures for his advancement to Heaven Tier. Both groups agreed to help, though the institute struggled to meet his demanding materials list.

• Yan Wenshan brought Fang Qianyuan's request to the Heavenly Observation Court, asking its elders to develop cultivation arts based on myriad transformations spirit blood.
• The elders determined that Fang Qianyuan wanted a new Blood Mark Curse Seal using his immortal blood and spirit blood, and agreed to research it with help from the Warrior Administration.
• Jin Lu read the Administrative Affairs Institute a letter requesting ten portions of blood-soul divine stone and other rare materials for Fang Qianyuan.
• The managing elders objected that the materials were scarce, but Jin Lu urged them to support Fang Qianyuan's Heaven Tier preparations.
• The institute decided to seek materials from vassals and outside suppliers, then began preparing the requested treasures.

With support from the Sect’s departments and researchers, Fang Qianyuan developed the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal and tested it on Wang Ran and Ding Yuanlong. The experiment succeeded, and the team began planning how to produce enhancement seals for his Personal Guards.

• Researchers helped Fang Qianyuan create a curse seal that combined the properties of his immortal blood and Myriad Transformations Spirit Blood.
• Fang Qianyuan mastered the technique and summoned Wang Ran and Ding Yuanlong to test it.
• Yan Wenshan ordered the final catalyst injected and the seals released, breaking open the cocoons around the two volunteers.
• Wang Ran and Ding Yuanlong emerged as Earth Rank warriors with different mutations granted by Myriad Transformations Spirit Blood.
• Yan Wenshan named the successful technique the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal and explained that seals for all four grades had been developed.
• Fang Qianyuan approved producing the seals at a pace suited to the available resources.

After recovering from his injuries, Ye Feibai was summoned to meet Fang Qianyuan, the Warrior Administration’s Grand Commander, who apologized for the administration’s role in his ordeal. Fang Qianyuan asked Ye Feibai what he planned to do next.

• Ye Feibai had his bandages removed and learned he needed another two or three months to fully heal.
• Pan Dong introduced himself as a personal guard and brought Ye Feibai to the Warrior Administration compound.
• Ye Feibai recognized Fang Qianyuan as the Peerless Young Master and greeted him nervously.
• Fang Qianyuan apologized for the Warrior Administration’s fault in Ye Feibai’s ordeal and acknowledged his promise as a disciple.
• Fang Qianyuan asked Ye Feibai what plans he had for the future.

Fang Qianyuan offered to protect Ye Feibai from possible retaliation by transferring him out of the Luogu Training Institute. Before they parted, Fang Qianyuan gave Ye Feibai a White-Silk Silver Snake and used it to apply the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal, leaving black marks on his neck.

• Ye Feibai admitted that he had no plan for his future and feared Institute Master Luo could quietly ruin his prospects at the Luogu Training Institute.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that Ye Feibai's willingness to strike a Warrior Administration expert had led him to investigate and help with the injustice.
• Fang Qianyuan proposed transferring Ye Feibai to another training institute, and Ye Feibai accepted.
• Fang Qianyuan gave Ye Feibai a White-Silk Silver Snake and activated the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal.
• The snake bit Ye Feibai, and after the burning sensation passed, two black marks remained on his neck.

Ye Feibai transferred to the Ascension Academy with Pan Dong’s help, while Fang Qianyuan continued cultivating and waited for Little White to return. In the Snow Realm, Little White purified her bloodline and became a true Heavenly Wolf.

• Pan Dong told Ye Feibai he would use the Grand Commander’s order to arrange his transfer to the Ascension Academy.
• Fang Qianyuan consolidated his cultivation at the tenth-turn peak and considered summoning Little White to help him break through to Heaven Tier.
• Bai Aoxue and Little White continued cultivating in the Snow Realm, where Bai Aoxue deepened her understanding of the Wind and Snow Dao Path.
• As dawn broke, Little White’s body shone with sacred light, and she howled as she transformed.
• Little White refined away the last of her impure blood, returned to her ancestral form, and evolved into a true Heavenly Wolf.

Bai Lingshuang advanced to Heaven Tier, and Bai Aoxue set out with her to return to the sect. On the way, they discovered their camp had been destroyed and fell into an ambush led by Mu Kuikang, who was stunned by Little White’s transformation.

• Bai Aoxue celebrated Little White’s advancement and sent word to the sect that they would soon return.
• Two Soldier-Rank Warriors met Bai Aoxue and Little White, then led them toward their camp while reporting their scouting discoveries.
• Little White sensed danger near the camp, where Bai Aoxue found ruins bearing signs of battle and bloodshed.
• A Blood Ray struck the two Warriors, and a blood-light cage trapped Bai Aoxue and Little White.
• Mu Kuikang identified himself as Blood Wolf, acting on Elder Yin’s orders to kill Bai Aoxue, then stared in shock at Little White’s unexpected appearance.

Bai Aoxue and Little White fought off Mu Kuikang and the Spirit Tamers who ambushed them, testing Little White’s new Heaven Tier frost abilities. Little White killed three attackers, but Mu Kuikang escaped through space.

• Bai Aoxue urged Little White to show her strength, and Little White sliced open the blood-net cage with a sweep of her paw.
• Little White created a frost Domain that surrounded the attackers with nine lifelike images of herself and one true body.
• Mu Kuikang ordered the attackers to flee, but Little White struck down an exotic beast and its Spirit Tamer with a claw.
• Little White used Heaven Crystal Ice Mystic Light to freeze Mu Kuikang and the other three fleeing Spirit Tamers.
• Mu Kuikang broke free of the ice with a secret art and escaped through space, while Little White smashed the remaining three attackers and their mounts into ice fragments.

After Bai Aoxue escaped an attack in the Snow Realm, Fang Qianyuan learned that Little White had advanced to Heaven Tier and sent a party to escort them home. Reunited with Little White, he drew on her frost-law power and caused snow to fall across the Azure Cloud Sect and its surroundings.

• Bai Aoxue regretted that one enemy had escaped, then decided to return to the sect with Little White rather than pursue him.
• Fang Qianyuan received Bai Aoxue's urgent dispatch and learned that Little White had advanced to Heaven Tier.
• Fang Qianyuan ordered Wang Ran and Ding Yuanlong to escort Bai Aoxue back from the Snow Realm.
• After Wang Ran returned with Bai Aoxue and Little White, Fang Qianyuan sensed Little White's frost-law power through their spirit bond and began to comprehend it.
• Fang Qianyuan released an icy intent, and snow fell across the Azure Cloud Sect and the surrounding thousand miles despite the clear summer sky.