Chapter Summaries

Venerable Scarlet and the Shadow King fought Fang Qianyuan’s law-bound forces, but their escape attempt failed and Venerable Scarlet was captured. The Shadow King fled into a fissure in the shattered void while Venerable Scarlet destroyed himself to prevent the others from extracting his secrets.

• The Shadow King struck Venerable Scarlet while he was frozen, shattered the iceberg, and tried to escape with him.
• Fang Qianyuan’s Temporal Reversal brought the escape attempt to a halt, and the Law Chains pierced Venerable Scarlet and disrupted his power.
• Venerable Scarlet melted a hole in the iceberg and urged the Shadow King to escape as Guye Bai, Xue Shaohua, and Li Cong attacked.
• Li Cong’s Bone-Eroding Demon Wave poisoned the Shadow King, but Venerable Scarlet knocked him into a fissure in the shattered void, and Xue Shaohua pursued.
• Venerable Scarlet burned away his body and divine soul, killing himself before Fang Qianyuan’s side could capture him alive and uncover his secrets.

After Venerable Scarlet's death, Fang Qianyuan asked Guye Bai to hand over the object the attackers sought, but she hesitated over what the Gushe Household might gain or lose. Meanwhile, Xue Shaohua pursued the weakened Shadow King into the void and revealed that he wanted to discuss the danger of Fang Qianyuan's cultivation.

• Fang Qianyuan asked Guye Bai to entrust him with the object that had made the Gushe Household a target, and she decided to consider the offer.
• Xue Shaohua tracked the injured Shadow King through the void and confronted him with the Thunder Roc's lightning.
• The Shadow King realized Xue Shaohua had led the pursuit away from the Spirit-Taming World and the Heavencrystal Snowfield to speak privately.
• Xue Shaohua asked the Shadow King about Fang Qianyuan's cultivation, and the Shadow King said Fang had likely reached the heavenly Dao realm.
• The Shadow King warned Xue Shaohua that Fang's success in refining with the heavenly Dao could let him control the futures and destinies of other cultivators and their lineages.

Xue Shaohua learned that Fang Qianyuan sought a Dao Path beyond Heaven Tier, making him question whether the Azure Cloud Sect’s rise benefited the Mystic Sun Sect. The Shadow King revealed the Demon Alliance’s true goal: the Profound Realm Ascension Plan, a scheme to move the Spirit-Taming World to the Upper Realm and restore the path to immortality.

• Xue Shaohua reflected on how Fang Qianyuan’s rise had left the Mystic Sun Sect trailing the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Xue Shaohua realized Fang Qianyuan was challenging the limits of the Age of Dharma Decline and seeking a Dao Path beyond Heaven Tier.
• The Shadow King explained that the Demon Alliance’s rumors about a Mystic Treasure and Hidden Treasury were partly fabricated.
• The Shadow King revealed that ancient cultivators had prepared for the return of the Dharma Dao by sending powerful people into slumber.
• The Shadow King described the Profound Realm Ascension Plan to Xue Shaohua, explaining that it would use the Star Map to carry the entire Spirit-Taming World to the Upper Realm.
• Xue Shaohua was shaken by the revelation that the Demon Alliance intended to restore immortality by moving the world itself.

Fang Qianyuan examined the jade register and learned how the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects had maintained their shared inheritance and sought to reunite. After the Mystic Sun Sect envoy reported that Xue Shaohua had failed to find the Shadow King, Fang Qianyuan used the Eye of the Future to discover Xue Shaohua had another plan involving the Southern Wilds.

• Fang Qianyuan studied the jade register and learned the history, structure, and reunification aims of the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects.
• Fang Qianyuan suspected the Shadow King and other heritage elders were pursuing a hidden goal beyond recruiting grassroots forces, and recalled the missing star map.
• A Mystic Sun Sect envoy told Fang Qianyuan that Xue Shaohua had lost his bearings in the void and failed to track down the Shadow King.
• Fang Qianyuan used the Eye of the Future to glimpse Xue Shaohua's actions and concluded that he had something else in mind, linking him to the Southern Wilds.

The Shadow King recovered in the Inner Vista Grotto Heaven and was summoned to explain how Venerable Scarlet had been captured. At a secret meeting, he urged the Sacred Sect’s elders to awaken more venerables, revealing that he and Venerable Scarlet had confirmed the age of revival might have begun.

• Hong Fei told the recovering Shadow King that the Sacred Sect’s elders wanted him to explain how Venerable Scarlet had fallen into enemy hands.
• The Shadow King accepted responsibility for part of the failure but argued that Fang Qianyuan’s appearance had been an accident.
• At the secret cavern meeting, the elders criticized the Shadow King for risking the Sacred Sect’s plans and warned that Fang Qianyuan might detect their movements.
• The Shadow King urged the elders to awaken the venerables and revealed that he and Venerable Scarlet believed the age of revival might have arrived.
• The elders agreed to awaken Venerable Azure and Venerable White.

Wu Longjie led a Heavenly Dao Alliance squad through the mountains to hunt Shi Toutuo, fighting through summoned beasts and snakes. After Wu Longjie subdued a Seven-Heart Flower Lizard with his Golden Star Spirit Snake, he confronted Shi Toutuo and ordered him to surrender.

• A Heavenly Dao Alliance squad battled blue-gray pythons, and its transformed commander killed them with his bloodline-based strength.
• A Seven-Heart Flower Lizard petrified several disciplinary officers with its gaze while another swarm of snakes scattered the squad.
• Wu Longjie descended from the sky and summoned his Golden Star Spirit Snake to crush and restrain the Seven-Heart Flower Lizard.
• Wu Longjie revealed that he had been ordered to capture Shi Toutuo and demanded that he surrender.

Shi Toutuo tried to abandon his assignment to block the Heavenly Dao Alliance, but Grand Elder Lin’s masked agents attacked him and drove him into the forest. Wu Longjie’s forces killed Shi Toutuo’s spirit beast and pursued the agents, but by the time they discovered the hidden underground route near Lin Mountain, its occupants had escaped.

• Shi Toutuo refused to keep intercepting Wu Longjie’s force after learning that the Golden Serpent Envoy had joined the attack.
• Two masked men confronted Shi Toutuo in Grand Elder Lin’s name, then one attacked him with a Spell-Breaking Blade.
• The masked men forced Shi Toutuo to flee, and he abandoned the Seven-Heart Flower Lizard after it failed to escape Wu Longjie’s Golden Star Spirit Snake.
• Wu Longjie and his Disciplinary Disciples killed the Seven-Heart Flower Lizard and pursued the masked agents through the forest.
• Wu Longjie recognized the agents’ clothing and ordered his men to capture one alive while continuing to pursue Shi Toutuo.
• Wu Longjie’s force later found a concealed underground path near the forest, but everyone inside had already left.

Fang Qianyuan and Wu Ziyun investigated the Demon Alliance’s hidden sects and suspected another awakening was imminent. Meanwhile, Ye Feibai entered a concealed underground realm and met Grand Elder Lin.

• Fang Qianyuan reviewed intelligence about the hidden sects and continued searching for the Star Map.
• Wu Ziyun warned Fang Qianyuan that the Demon Alliance’s fortune had recovered and that two venerables might soon awaken.
• Ye Feibai followed Demon Alliance envoys through a chaos-void cavern to a concealed underground palace.
• An envoy told Ye Feibai that Elder Lin admired his deeds and might invite him to join the alliance.
• Ye Feibai entered the palace’s small realm and met Grand Elder Lin, who asked whether he was Ye Wuxin.

Ye Feibai, posing as the rogue cultivator Ye Wuxin, gained Grand Elder Lin’s favor and was given an advancement method. After he left, Lin Xun revealed to Lin Hongfei that he intended to use Ye Feibai as a pawn and eventually seize his foundations.

• Ye Feibai recounted his fabricated history as Ye Wuxin while concealing his true identity and his connection to Fang Qianyuan.
• Ye Feibai asked Grand Elder Lin for a method to advance beyond late earth rank and offered to serve him.
• Grand Elder Lin gave Ye Feibai the Celestial Phenomena Spirit-Refining Art and promised help finding a secluded cultivation site.
• The envoy escorted Ye Feibai out and urged him to honor Grand Elder Lin’s goodwill if he advanced.
• Lin Hongfei met his grandfather after Ye Feibai left, and Lin Xun disclosed that he planned to have Ye Feibai cultivate the Night God Dharma Aspect before seizing his foundations.

Ye Feibai entered a secret cultivation chamber in the Demon Alliance and secretly sent a message to his allies. At the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters, Sun Zhuo learned that information about Lin Xun and the mysterious Lin Mountain Branch Headquarters was about to emerge.

• A Demon Alliance guide explained the artificial blessed land and escorted Ye Feibai into its cultivation chamber.
• Ye Feibai confirmed the chamber was not monitoring him and released a void-insect larva to carry a message from inside the Demon Alliance.
• Sun Zhuo listened to an elder report on the pursuit of the Demon Alliance's Unorthodox Path cultivators at the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters.
• A guard summoned Sun Zhuo to a side hall, where Wang Ran and Ding Yuanlong reported that the whereabouts of Lin Xun and the Lin Mountain Branch Headquarters were coming to light.

Sun Zhuo planned a surprise attack on the Demon Alliance to seize clues to the star map, while Ye Feibai discovered that Lin Xun’s cultivation art required star marrow and appeared to be a disguised demon-cultivation method. Ye Feibai recognized that Lin Xun had deliberately schemed around him, though Lin Xun had mistaken him for a grassroots rogue cultivator.

• Wang Ran told Sun Zhuo about the Demon Alliance’s secret arrangements and Ye Feibai’s intelligence without revealing Ye Feibai’s identity.
• Sun Zhuo decided to organize a surprise attack, aiming to capture the Demon Alliance powerhouse or obtain clues to the star map, and planned to enlist Grand Elder Yu Zhen and Grand Elder Li.
• Lin Xun continued showing concern for Ye Feibai and guided him in cultivating the Celestial Phenomena Spirit-Refining Art.
• Ye Feibai discovered that the art required star marrow from the Return to Ruins and recognized its resemblance to a demon cultivator’s method for transforming the divine soul and will.
• Ye Feibai realized Lin Xun had built a scheme into the arrangement, but Lin Xun had underestimated him as a grassroots rogue cultivator.

Ye Feibai investigated the Lin Mountain Branch Headquarters and uncovered signs that the Demon Alliance was moving forces and supplies for a hidden conflict. While tracking a group of rogue cultivators for the Heavenly Dao Alliance, he encountered Peng Ji.

• Ye Feibai slowed his cultivation to avoid drawing Lin Xun's attention while continuing to investigate the branch headquarters.
• Ye Feibai learned that the Lin Mountain Branch Headquarters enabled secret dealings and discovered the Demon Alliance was moving supplies and experts to an unexplained destination.
• Ye Feibai reported his findings about the Demon Alliance's movements and hidden strongholds to the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
• Ye Feibai noticed the branch headquarters had grown tense as wounded and newly wealthy rogue cultivators crowded its markets.
• Ye Feibai followed a group of rogue cultivators, marked their belongings to aid the Heavenly Dao Alliance's investigation, and then recognized Peng Ji approaching him.

Ye Feibai was exposed as a spy and confronted by Peng Ji, Lin Xun’s trusted subordinate, who fought him with the Guhuo Bird. Cornered by the surrounding Demon Alliance forces, Ye Feibai unleashed the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal, releasing power that rivaled the Heaven Tier.

• Peng Ji revealed the Void Larvae he had taken from Ye Feibai and demanded that he surrender to Grand Elder Lin.
• Ye Feibai transformed with his Yi Flying Tiger spirit, while Peng Ji summoned his Guhuo Bird and wounded him with a flurry of attacks.
• Peng Ji identified Ye Feibai as a spy for the righteous path and said he would capture him for Grand Elder Lin.
• Ye Feibai concluded that he had to defeat Peng Ji quickly and activated the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal.
• A huge pillar of light erupted around Ye Feibai as power rivaling the Heaven Tier surged forth.

Ye Feibai released the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal and used its Heaven-Tier power to defeat Peng Ji and escape the Market District. As Lin Xun pursued him into the Spirit-Taming World, a mysterious presence appeared and addressed him.

• Ye Feibai fully released his curse seal, unleashing an aura powerful enough to alter the Market District’s weather and reveal his command of frost law.
• Ye Feibai’s Black Tiger Raging Wave Slash devastated the street, while Peng Ji evaded the direct attack but was caught by Ye Feibai’s Frost Condensation Seal.
• Ye Feibai shattered Peng Ji’s frozen body and fought through the Guards and Earth Rank opponents blocking his way to the exit.
• Ye Feibai escaped through the world gate into a wild forest in the Spirit-Taming World.
• Lin Xun pursued Ye Feibai outside, but a powerful presence darkened the sky and declared that it had finally found him.

Lin Xun recognized Fang Qianyuan’s manifestation and reasoned out the conditions that enabled it, but he escaped through the world gate before Fang could catch him. Fang destroyed the gate and ordered Ye Feibai to expose the grotto heaven’s entrance and wipe it out, while the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s reinforcements arrived.

• Lin Xun recalled the three weaknesses of Fang Qianyuan’s Heavenly Will Form-Manifestation Art and realized that Fang needed a nearby person or other anchor to project his will.
• Lin Xun concluded that Fang’s manifestation had a range of about a thousand miles and escaped through the open world gate.
• Fang Qianyuan’s ice-crystal hand destroyed the world gate, unleashing a vast snow tide and a rupture that hollowed out the surrounding Iceberg.
• Fang Qianyuan ordered Ye Feibai through the curse seal to reveal the grotto heaven’s entrance and destroy it.
• Ye Feibai recovered from the curse seal’s pain as the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s disciplinary officers and Earth Rank experts arrived as reinforcements.

Fang Qianyuan sealed Lin Xun inside a lesser grotto-heaven with chains of law and began targeting its origin, while the Sacred Dragon Sect excavated a route to reach it. Li Dan recognized that Fang Qianyuan was touching the level of origin and warned a Heavenly Dao Alliance disciplinary officer to inform his grandfather.

• Fang Qianyuan's chains of law enveloped the Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven and froze its surroundings.
• Lin Xun discovered that ice sealed the grotto-heaven and realized Fang Qianyuan might be trying to devour its origin.
• Li Dan and Sacred Dragon Sect officers used a Void Sandworm to dig through the shattered void toward the grotto-heaven.
• Li Dan told a Sacred Dragon Sect descendant to return to the sect and warn his grandfather that Fang Qianyuan had begun touching the level of origin.

Fang Qianyuan tried to extract the chaos origin from the Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven to advance his cultivation, provoking the small world’s instinctive resistance. Lin Xun activated the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, which transformed the area around his residence into a protected realm as snow and frost engulfed the rest of the grotto heaven.

• Fang Qianyuan used the sealed Grotto-Heaven World as a source of chaos origin for his cultivation, threatening its foundations.
• The Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven’s Heavenly Dao stirred in resistance, creating fierce clashes of law-level powers.
• Lin Xun sensed the danger and ordered the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation activated.
• The guards connected their divine souls to the ritual altar, and the mature formation spirit enveloped Lin Xun’s residence in a protective realm.
• White frost appeared overhead, and heavy snow covered the grotto heaven beyond the formation’s halo.

Lin Xun observed Fang Qianyuan’s will battle the Lin Mountain grotto-heaven’s spirit of nature while waiting for an opening to strike. Seven days later, the Sacred Dragon Sect’s sandworm dug through the world barrier, and Li Dan ordered an all-out assault.

• Fang Qianyuan’s will clashed with the Lin Mountain grotto-heaven’s spirit of nature, unleashing violent storms and elemental forces across the sky.
• Lin Xun assessed the strengths of Fang Qianyuan, the spirit of nature, and the Lin Residence’s formation spirit as he watched for a chance to counterattack.
• Lin Xun connected his Divine Sense to the heavens while the battle continued for seven days.
• The Sacred Dragon Sect’s sandworm dug through the world barrier, and the Managing Elder announced the breakthrough.
• Li Dan gathered the Heavenly Dao Alliance Experts and ordered every disciplinary officer to launch an all-out assault.

The Heavenly Dao Alliance broke through the passage into Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven and assaulted the grand formation, while Fang Qianyuan used a snowfield to pressure the grotto heaven. Lin Xun struck Ye Feibai with a surprise attack, believing that killing him would defeat Fang Qianyuan’s Heavenly Dao manifestation.

• Li Dan led the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s Earth Rank and stronger fighters through the Void Sandworm’s tunnel into Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven.
• Fang Qianyuan distracted the grotto heaven’s nature spirit and established a snowfield beside the grand formation, while the Alliance attacked the formation.
• The Two-Faced Dragon sprang from the formation toward Ye Feibai, and Li Dan’s Nine Infants intercepted it in a fierce battle.
• Lin Xun emerged from underground and stabbed Ye Feibai through the chest with a surprise attack.
• Lin Xun believed Ye Feibai was Fang Qianyuan’s dao marker and hoped killing him would turn the Heavenly Dao confrontation in his favor.

Fang Qianyuan released Ye Feibai’s Myriad Transformations Curse Seal, using him to manifest law shackles and attack Lin Xun. Lin Xun’s formation damaged the chains, but they froze his divine soul and left him helpless.

• Fang Qianyuan realized Lin Xun had gravely wounded Ye Feibai and risked severing his connection to the Dao Marker.
• Fang Qianyuan remotely released Ye Feibai’s Myriad Transformations Curse Seal, causing black smoke and frost to gather around him.
• Fang Qianyuan sent law chains through a breach in Lin Xun’s formation and pursued him as Lin Xun ordered his subordinates to attack them.
• The chains wrapped around Lin Xun and froze him despite his formation’s counterattack.
• Lin Xun’s divine soul became sealed in ice, the formation stopped, and the damaged chains released him and vanished.