Chapter Summaries

After Yin Zheluo was killed on Little Point Mountain, Fang Qianyuan joined Tian Heng and the other powers in a face-to-face discussion about the attack. The gathering ended with King Mu questioning how Tian Heng could know nothing when the killing happened in territory controlled by him and the Spirit Taming Sect.

• Two Sect envoys interrupted Fang Qianyuan's cultivation to report that Yin Zheluo had been attacked and killed on Little Point Mountain.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized that Yin Zheluo's death threatened the undertaking to unite the nine records and could leave his Star Map and secret art lost.
• Fang Qianyuan used a bubble jellyfish communication formation to contact Tian Heng and the other powerful figures.
• Tian Heng said he knew nothing about Yin Zheluo's death, drawing suspicion from the Night King and concern from Yin Yuanzheng.
• King Mu noted that Little Point Mountain lay in Tian Heng and the Spirit Taming Sect's territory and suggested the circumstances were suspicious.

After Yin Zheluo was murdered and the Flying Immortal Records were stolen, the gathered leaders debated who could have killed him and heard the first details of the attack. They agreed to investigate Heaven Tier experts skilled in Thunder Escape, while Fang Qianyuan planned to visit the crime scene in Central Province.

• Grand Elder Tian Heng denied attacking Yin Zheluo, while the others considered whether a powerful faction could have concealed the murder.
• The Night King suspected Fang Qianyuan and raised his secret dealings with Tian Heng, but Fang Qianyuan said he had been secluded in the Southern Wilds.
• Yin Yuanzheng stopped the accusations and asked for details, so Tian Heng summoned Zhou Cheng to describe the investigation.
• Zhou Cheng reported that Yin Zheluo had been killed by Heavenly Thunder Piercing the Body, his divine soul had been annihilated, and his Spirit Creature Chaos was missing.
• Tian Heng proposed compiling information on Heaven Tier experts skilled in Thunder Escape and investigating Yin Zheluo's contacts, with the Spirit Taming Sect sharing its leads.
• Fang Qianyuan said he would travel to Central Province to inspect the scene himself.

Fang Qianyuan traveled to Little Point Mountain to investigate the lightning power that killed Yin Zheluo and examined the battle site. There, Bei Yetang raised the possibility that the unknown attacker was an ancient cultivator, while a blood-eyed presence in an underground cavern noticed another inheritor.

• Fang Qianyuan decided to investigate Yin Zheluo's murder in person, despite Tian Heng warning that the journey could be dangerous.
• Fang Qianyuan arrived at Eight Directions City, met Bei Yetang's investigative team, and traveled with them to Little Point Mountain.
• Fang Qianyuan examined the barren, lightning-scorched forest where Yin Zheluo's body had been found and confirmed the attacker had used formidable lightning power.
• Bei Yetang told Fang Qianyuan that the unknown lightning wielder might be an ancient cultivator.
• A blood-eyed presence in a cavern more than ten thousand miles from the Point Mountain Blessed Land sensed another inheritor and remarked that the person's flesh and blood was exceptionally sweet.

Bei Yetang explained that the ancient cultivator survivors might have been a coordinated group of former Supreme Heaven Sect members whose disappearance helped trigger the upheavals before the Dharma-Ending Age. Fang Qianyuan backed Tian Heng’s effort to uncover the truth, then went alone into the Withered Wood Forest and used the Cosmic Serpent to begin a Past Scene Retrospection.

• Bei Yetang told Fang Qianyuan that ancient cultivator survivors had once sealed themselves away to endure the passage of time.
• Bei Yetang proposed that the survivors might have been core members of the ancient Supreme Heaven Sect whose disappearance caused wars and shifts in power.
• Fang Qianyuan considered Bei Yetang’s theory that the survivors formed a united organization, but questioned whether an insider could be responsible instead.
• Fang Qianyuan affirmed his trust in Tian Heng and said he had come to uncover the truth.
• Fang Qianyuan left the others and, more than ten li into the Withered Wood Forest, summoned the Cosmic Serpent and activated Past Scene Retrospection.

Fang Qianyuan used Past Scene Retrospection to investigate Yin Zheluo’s death, but a powerful thunderbolt traveling through the River of Time blocked his view of the past. A giant, sinister eye appeared above the ridge, and Fang Qianyuan identified it as Yin Zheluo’s killer before attacking it.

• Fang Qianyuan used Past Scene Retrospection and saw Void Divine Thunder imbued with the spiritual essence of the Time Dao strike at him across the River of Time.
• Fang Qianyuan survived the thunderbolt, but found that it had destroyed the path into the past and concealed what had happened before Yin Zheluo’s corpse appeared.
• Bei Yetang, Wang Ran, and the others rushed over after hearing the thunderclap, and Fang Qianyuan warned them not to approach.
• A thousand-foot-wide eye wreathed in black mist and lightning appeared above the mountain ridge, suppressing the gathered cultivators with fear and draining their spirit essence.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized the eye as the creature that killed Yin Zheluo, told the others to leave, and charged it with Little White.

Fang Qianyuan and Little White fought a mysterious enormous eye whose thunder could dissolve origin energy and laws. After freezing and striking it, they watched it shrink and vanish, and Fang Qianyuan realized he knew what it was.

• Fang Qianyuan unleashed the Black Wind True Meaning as he and Little White approached the enormous eye.
• The eye fired a devastating thunderbolt that tore through the storm and dissolved Little White’s attack.
• Fang Qianyuan used Time Dao to halt the thunderbolt, then resisted it with his golden light when it began moving again.
• Fang Qianyuan pursued the eye and joined Little White in freezing it with Wind Blade Frost Sword.
• Little White struck the frozen eye with Seven Kills Void-Breaking Slash, and the eye shrank to a black dot and vanished.
• Fang Qianyuan recalled what the enormous eye might have been and warned that the matter was far from simple.

Fang Qianyuan told Grand Elder Tian Heng that the creature he fought was an Eye of Heavenly Punishment, an ancient beast connected to the Tribulation Dao. They discussed what its return might mean and focused on discovering who had brought it under Spirit Tamer control, leaving Tian Heng struck by a sudden thought.

• Fang Qianyuan visited Grand Elder Tian Heng and identified the creature as an Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Tian Heng accepted Fang Qianyuan’s assessment and recognized that the ancient beast’s reappearance complicated matters.
• Fang Qianyuan and Tian Heng discussed how Heavenly Dao Ancient Beasts embodied the natural laws and power of heaven and earth.
• Tian Heng distinguished the long-term question of heaven and earth’s revival from the urgent mystery of who controlled the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Tian Heng noted that no one in recorded history had commanded such a creature and then suddenly seemed to realize something.

The investigation into Yin Zheluo’s assassination uncovered the Shadow King’s ties to the Heavenly Realms Sect and its hidden inheritors. As Tian Heng ordered a search for him, the Shadow King revealed plans to seize control of the Supreme Heaven Sect and unite the Two Sects.

• Tian Heng and other powerful figures launched a sweeping investigation across Central Province after learning that someone could command the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Bei Yetang reported that the Shadow King and several other powerful figures had disappeared, and Tian Heng explained their ties to the Heavenly Realms Sect and other factions.
• Tian Heng concluded that the Two Sects’ direct-lineage inheritors served as watchers and sentries, then ordered Bei Yetang to find the Shadow King alive or dead.
• In a hidden black hole, the Shadow King said the assassination of Yin Zheluo was only the beginning and vowed to purge the Supreme Heaven Sect, restore it to the Sacred Sect, and unite the Two Sects.

Wu Lianyi rallied his warrior followers to seize the Myriad Phenomena Sect and Great Wilderness Sect’s lands while their leaders were trapped by a disastrous experiment. His uprising rapidly conquered the surrounding markets and outposts, drawing the attention of distant powers.

• Wu Lianyi gathered Ye Tianming and his followers, then revealed that experts from the Myriad Phenomena Sect and Great Wilderness Sect were trapped inside a grotto heaven after an experiment went wrong.
• Wu Lianyi urged his followers to rise against the sects and aristocratic clans, and they enthusiastically pledged to follow him.
• Ye Tianming was moved by Wu Lianyi’s vision and chose not to oppose the uprising.
• Wu Lianyi led his army to capture Chilling Wind Market, and warriors swiftly defeated nearby clans and seized their markets, mines, and spirit veins.
• Wu Lianyi’s forces attacked the two sects’ outlying institutes, strongholds, and market districts, while news of their victories reached Fang Qianyuan, Tian Heng, and others in Central Province.

Tian Heng and Fang Qianyuan discussed Wu Lianyi’s uprising and agreed that the Righteous Path must support the Myriad Phenomena Sect and Great Wilderness Sect to preserve the balance in the Northern Desert. They arranged a temporary halt to hostilities and further investigations, while Fang Qianyuan chose to have the Azure Cloud Sect cooperate and wait for an opportunity.

• Tian Heng discussed Wu Lianyi’s uprising with Fang Qianyuan and regretted that the Myriad Phenomena Sect and Great Wilderness Sect had ignored his warnings.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that the Warrior techniques and the sects’ greed had allowed Wu Lianyi to grow too powerful to defeat with grassroots forces alone.
• Tian Heng asked Fang Qianyuan how the Righteous Path should respond, and Fang Qianyuan agreed that it should help the two sects preserve the balance in the Northern Desert.
• Tian Heng proposed asking the Netherworld Sect and Profound Yin Sect for aid, temporarily ceasing hostilities with the Unorthodox Path, and sending Human Rank or Earth Rank elites to the war.
• Tian Heng called for a stronger investigation into the killer of the Shadow King and Elder Yin, suspecting Wu Lianyi had ties to the inheritors and that they might have provided the Warrior enhancement method.
• Fang Qianyuan agreed to have the Azure Cloud Sect cooperate while waiting for an opportunity to act.

Wu Lianyi’s Warriors plundered the Northern Desert and struck at the old powers, prompting Bai Fuyun and Wu Xun to confront him. Wu Lianyi declared that the Warriors’ rise could not be stopped and unleashed his Myriad Tribulations True Flame against them.

• Wu Lianyi’s followers seized resources across the Northern Desert and killed those who resisted their uprising.
• Bai Fuyun learned of the unrest and waited for Wu Xun to return so they could join forces against Wu Lianyi.
• Wu Xun arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect, agreed to defend the Northern Desert, and went with Bai Fuyun to find Wu Lianyi.
• Bai Fuyun accused Wu Lianyi of sending his followers to plunder and kill while leaving himself unguarded.
• Wu Lianyi rejected Bai Fuyun’s assumptions about the Warriors and warned that their rise would continue even if he died.
• Wu Lianyi formed a hand seal and unleashed Myriad Tribulations True Flame, engulfing dozens of li in fire.

Wu Lianyi revealed the Glazed Treasure Lotus Body, a body-tempering method he had developed by refining his flesh with the Myriad Tribulations True Flame. Though Wu Xun’s attacks sent him into a crater, Wu Lianyi rose unharmed and explained that the age’s great transformation had changed what cultivation could achieve.

• Wu Lianyi surrounded himself with black flame as Bai Fuyun used a fire-repelling pearl to shield himself and Wu Xun.
• Bai Fuyun’s attacks disappeared into Wu Lianyi’s body, while Wu Xun’s first punch was stopped and damaged Wu Xun’s fist.
• Wu Lianyi named his dharma body the Glazed Treasure Lotus Body and explained how he had refined his flesh and bones with the Myriad Tribulations True Flame.
• Wu Xun struck again and sent Wu Lianyi into a crater, but the blow injured Wu Xun once more and left Wu Lianyi apparently unharmed.
• Wu Lianyi rose from the crater and told Bai Fuyun and Wu Xun that the great transformation of the age had changed the dao path.

Wu Lianyi defeated Bai Fuyun and Wu Xun in the Northern Desert, killing Wu Xun and grievously wounding Bai Fuyun. After learning of the battle, Tian Heng and Fang Qianyuan agreed to join forces against Wu Lianyi.

• Wu Lianyi left Bai Fuyun and Wu Xun defeated amid the ruins of the burned wildwood.
• Elder Huang and Spirit Tamers from the Myriad Phenomena Sect and Great Wilderness Sect arrived and found Wu Xun and Bai Fuyun fallen.
• Tian Heng told Fang Qianyuan that Wu Lianyi had killed Wu Xun and left Bai Fuyun near death.
• Tian Heng warned that Wu Lianyi could use the resources he seized to expand his forces and threaten the whole world.
• Tian Heng and Fang Qianyuan agreed to strike together against Wu Lianyi.

Wu Lianyi explained to Ye Tianming that the Warriors’ power came from their dao path, not merely from his personal strength, and defended their rapid seizure of Northern Desert resources. He left Ye Tianming questioning what larger strategy lay behind the Warriors’ seemingly reckless expansion.

• Tian Heng and Fang Qianyuan stayed in Central Province but secretly sent elite forces to the Northern Desert to track Wu Lianyi and prepare to act.
• Powerhouses from across the great sects sent delegations and experts to the Northern Desert as they watched the growing conflict.
• Wu Lianyi’s followers captured Coiling Dragon Ridge, and Ye Tianming came there to assist the Warriors.
• Ye Tianming warned Wu Lianyi that the Warriors’ expansion had made them vulnerable to a united response from the great sects.
• Wu Lianyi told Ye Tianming that the strength of the Warriors came from their dao path and argued that seizing resources was sound so long as cause and effect were understood correctly.

Lu Ping led a death squad through the forest to find Wu Lianyi, fighting its way to Coiling Dragon Ridge and triggering a powerful alarm. Wu Lianyi and Ye Tianming realized the attack had begun, and Wu Lianyi spotted an enormous Wind Weasel outside.

• Lu Ping and a joint force of elite experts advanced through the forest to locate Wu Lianyi and activate their contingency plan.
• Lu Ping’s squad encountered a Warrior patrol, killed several enemies, and continued toward Coiling Dragon Ridge despite being spotted by Spirit Eagles.
• At the ridge’s gates, Lu Ping transformed and used an ancient Spirit Talisman, causing Wu Lianyi and Ye Tianming to pause their conversation as the alarm sounded.
• Wu Lianyi looked outside and recognized an enormous Wind Weasel howling near Coiling Dragon Ridge.

Wu Lianyi and Ye Tianming recognized the giant wind weasel as a spirit creature tied to Fang Qianyuan, and Wu Lianyi suspected the Righteous Path was intervening. After Wu Lianyi drove the beast out of the city, he noticed a spatial gate forming at the breach.

• Wu Lianyi and Ye Tianming identified the giant wind weasel’s aura as belonging to Fang Qianyuan and realized the Righteous Path had likely intervened.
• The wind weasel rampaged through the city, destroying buildings and killing warriors and war beasts while Earth Rank experts failed to subdue it.
• Wu Lianyi appeared, absorbed the beast’s wind cannon with a black lotus, and burned it with black flames.
• Wu Lianyi seized the wind weasel with his spirit essence and hurled it into the wilderness outside the city.
• Wu Lianyi spotted people guarding a formation at the breach as a spatial gate began to take shape.

Wu Lianyi faced Grand Elder Tian Heng after the Heavenly Dao Alliance opened a teleportation array and summoned him and Fang Qianyuan. Tian Heng offered peace and a place for the Warriors in the Northern Desert, but Wu Lianyi rejected the proposal and challenged him to settle their conflict by force.

• Lu Ping and the Disciplinary Officers used a Mirror Spirit and the Wind Weasel's Origin Energy to open a teleportation array.
• Wu Lianyi attacked the array with Myriad Tribulations True Flame, but a vast aura blocked the flames as Tian Heng, Fang Qianyuan, and Little White emerged.
• Ye Tianming sensed that Fang Qianyuan had undergone another profound transformation.
• Tian Heng offered to pursue peace talks and help the Warriors establish themselves in the Northern Desert if Wu Lianyi agreed to stop the fighting.
• Wu Lianyi accused the great sects of manipulating the world and rejected Tian Heng's offer, insisting they reveal the truth through combat.

Tian Heng unleashed Swallow the World, devouring Coiling Dragon Ridge and its inhabitants while Wu Lianyi tried to resist. As Ye Tianming escaped through stopped time, Fang Qianyuan struck Wu Lianyi with Little White and left him mortally wounded.

• Tian Heng summoned Taotie's immense dharma aspect and used Swallow the World to swallow the land around Coiling Dragon Ridge.
• Wu Lianyi unleashed his Twelfth-Rank Black Lotus and Myriad Tribulations True Flame, but the attacks vanished into distorted space-time.
• Tian Heng's black boundary devoured the city, its inhabitants, and the surrounding land, stopping only at Wu Lianyi and the supreme experts.
• Ye Tianming resisted the boundary with his gang qi, then used Dark-Moon Silent Flow to escape through a gap in space-time.
• Fang Qianyuan seized the stopped time to strike Wu Lianyi with an ice spear and fill his body with ice law.
• Little White punched through Wu Lianyi's chest as survivors cried out in grief.

Wu Lianyi sacrificed himself against Tian Heng and Fang Qianyuan to save Ye Tianming and the surviving Warriors of Coiling Dragon Ridge. His golden lotus carried them through the void to the Eastern Sea, where its light began to fade as Ye Tianming looked back toward the Northern Desert.

• Wu Lianyi revealed his golden lotus Dharma aspect and unleashed fire that melted through the void, transporting Ye Tianming and the surviving Warriors away.
• Tian Heng suppressed Wu Lianyi while Fang Qianyuan froze space and time, then pierced Wu Lianyi's chest with an immortal strike.
• Wu Lianyi fell into the crater as Fang Qianyuan withdrew his arm.
• The golden lotus carried the Warriors across the domain and emerged above the Eastern Sea.
• The lotus fire began to wither, and Ye Tianming turned to gaze toward the Northern Desert.

Fang Qianyuan killed Zhuorou, the last Emperor Rank Warrior expert in the Northern Desert, helping restore order after Wu Lianyi’s rebellion. As the true masterminds remained hidden, he was summoned with Tian Heng to meet Duanmutian at Headquarters.

• At Coiling Dragon Ridge, Fang Qianyuan told Tian Heng that killing Wu Lianyi brought him little joy, and Tian Heng urged him to follow the path of stability.
• Fang Qianyuan and Tian Heng hunted Wu Lianyi’s Five Demon Generals, and Fang killed Zhuorou by freezing and crushing his body.
• Fang concluded that no Emperor Rank Warrior experts remained in the Northern Desert and recognized that the Shadow King and other hidden forces had exploited Wu Lianyi.
• Warrior Administration Disciplinary Officers reported that Duanmutian had emerged from seclusion and invited Fang Qianyuan and Tian Heng to meet him at Headquarters.
• Fang Qianyuan told Little White to take them to the meeting.