Chapter Summaries

Kong Cheng watched through Ye Tong’s dream-transmission art as Ye Tianming prepared to leave the Earth Demonfolk Kingdom with Ning Lin. They discovered a perfectly preserved Ancient Immortal teleportation formation, and Ye Tianming explained that it could cross the Star Realm to distant worlds.

• Ye Tong used a secret dream art to show Kong Cheng her meeting with Ye Tianming, who said he had obtained what he wanted and intended to leave.
• Ning Lin arrived and told Ye Tianming he had found something beyond a nearby valley, so Ye Tianming and Ning Lin left while Ye Tong followed.
• The three reached a clearing containing an elaborate Ancient Immortal ruin and a grand formation covered in inscriptions.
• Ye Tianming identified the formation as an ancient teleportation array capable of crossing the Star Realm and reaching other worlds.
• Kong Cheng recognized the discovery’s importance and wondered how Ye Tianming had known where to find the formation.

Ye Tianming explained that the Ancient Immortals had sought refuge in the Pengyuan Great Star Realm and left behind the legacies that shaped the Spirit-Taming World. After he and Ning Lin departed through the Teleportation Grand Formation, Kong Cheng reported what he had learned to the Night King, who concluded that the formation might have to be made public.

• Ye Tianming told Ye Tong that the Ancient Immortals had come to the Pengyuan Great Star Realm seeking refuge from the Dharma-Ending Age and had left behind the foundations of later cultivation legacies.
• Ye Tianming explained that the Spirit-Taming World developed the Spirit Command Dao from the Ancient Immortals' bequest, while war and calamity erased much of its history.
• Ye Tianming warned Ye Tong not to let anyone monopolize the Teleportation Grand Formation, then departed through it with Ning Lin as Kong Cheng realized Ye Tianming had been controlling the dream-transmission.
• Kong Cheng contacted the Night King and reported everything about Ye Tianming and the Teleportation Grand Formation.
• The Night King said Ye Tianming knew more than they had expected and agreed that the ancient formation might have to be made public.

The Night King joined forces with King Mu to secretly investigate an Ancient Immortal Teleportation Grand Formation and develop smaller travel methods, wary of Fang Qianyuan’s power. Their research made little progress, and the chapter ended with Fang Qianyuan sensing something from the Central Preservation Palace.

• Ye Tianming warned the Night King to make the Teleportation Grand Formation public, and the Night King decided to seek allies instead of acting alone.
• The Night King approached King Mu, who proposed secretly studying the formation and creating smaller Formation Arrays or Traveling Talismans.
• The Night King and King Mu agreed to cooperate, while the Night King kept Ye Tianming’s involvement and the formation’s source secret.
• During the seventh month, the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace and the Boundless Sect secretly sealed off the ruins and began studying the formation.
• The factions’ research progressed slowly, and the Night King worried that an unforeseen event could ruin their investment.
• Fang Qianyuan stopped meditating in the Central Preservation Palace and gazed into the void as if he had sensed something.

Fang Qianyuan used his strengthened Eye of the Future to uncover a secret plot and sent his true spirit manifestation to the Zhilin World. There, he examined the world’s failing order and arrived at a guarded teleportation formation, where a faint figure awaited him.

• Fang Qianyuan traced fragments of the future and deduced the origins of a secret plot.
• Fang Qianyuan extended law shackles through the void toward the Zhilin World as the black moon celestial phenomenon descended over it.
• Fang Qianyuan’s true spirit manifestation entered the Zhilin World and saw its decaying laws and the heavenly dao will stirring against the Spirit Tamers.
• Fang Qianyuan observed Ji Yan, Wolf Saint Bai Luo, and other Spirit Tamers exploring underground without noticing him.
• Fang Qianyuan passed through the forces guarding the teleportation grand formation and found a faint figure inside, watching him with a smile.

Fang Qianyuan met Rogue Person Tianji, who explained that greater mastery of the Heavenly Dao required severing the self and detaching from emotion. The exchange left Fang pondering whether he could take that irreversible step.

• Fang Qianyuan questioned a mysterious phantom in the cavern and learned that he was Rogue Person Tianji, a former Heavenly Realms Sect Member.
• Rogue Person Tianji said he had stayed behind to meet the one destined to face the tribulation in this age and praised Fang Qianyuan's cultivation.
• Rogue Person Tianji explained that ancient cultivators had reached greater mastery of the Heavenly Dao by following the Great Dao, while Fang Qianyuan cultivated the Great Dao itself.
• Rogue Person Tianji warned that greater mastery required severing the self and discarding emotion and will.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized that he had sensed this requirement but remained unable to sever his mortal ties and commit to the irreversible step.

Fang Qianyuan confronted Rogue Person Tianji and tested the mysterious power of karma that let him devour laws. Fang Qianyuan overwhelmed Tianji’s phantom with the karma of all living beings attached to him, then spread his threads across the Formation Array and nearby disciples.

• Fang Qianyuan rejected Rogue Person Tianji’s offer to discuss the Dao and attacked him with the power of the laws.
• Rogue Person Tianji deflected Fang Qianyuan’s attack with gray-black threads that distorted reality and devoured the ice law.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized the power of karma in Tianji’s technique and challenged his mastery of its Dao Fruit.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed his own, denser karmic threads, which overwhelmed Tianji’s threads and shadowed his phantom.
• Rogue Person Tianji praised Fang Qianyuan’s technique before dissipating, and Fang Qianyuan’s threads spread across the Formation Array and pierced nearby Boundless Sect and Mian Mountain Sacred Palace disciples.

Fang Qianyuan used his power to throw cause and effect into chaos around the Teleportation Grand Formation, causing the Heavenly Realms Alliance to take it over without anyone noticing anything amiss. Kong Cheng later dreamed of the Night King, who realized the orders that led to the handover had not come from him and called everyone back.

• Fang Qianyuan spread his power through the grand formation and disrupted cause and effect, while those nearby continued as if nothing had changed.
• High Person Junli arrived with the Allied Army and orders from the Heavenly Realms Alliance to take over the formation.
• Kong Cheng inspected the Alliance's credentials and arranged the handover, after which his group left for the Forward Camp.
• Kong Cheng fell into a dream and told the Night King that he had handed over the formation under orders from his master.
• The Night King realized he had not sent those orders and told Kong Cheng and the others to return.

The Night King and King Mu attended an assembly where Fang Qianyuan announced that an ancient Immortal Alliance Teleportation Grand Formation had been found and placed under the Heavenly Realms Alliance’s control. Afterward, the two investigated why their disciples and records showed they had voluntarily surrendered it, and suspected Fang Qianyuan had altered reality or its cause and effect.

• The Night King headed to meet King Mu but stopped to attend the Heavenly Realms Alliance assembly convened at Cloud Summit Peak.
• Fang Qianyuan announced that the Boundless Sect and Mian Mountain Sacred Palace had discovered a Teleportation Grand Formation and reported it to the Alliance, which had taken control of it.
• The Night King and King Mu privately compared accounts and found that their disciples’ memories and the Boundless Sect’s confidential records supported a version of events neither of them remembered.
• King Mu and the Night King suspected Fang Qianyuan had used Reverse Yin-Yang or another method to alter reality and conceal what had happened.

Fang Qianyuan reflected on why he had made the grand formation public, then received Ye Feibai’s report that it had been activated within the past month and its far end destroyed. He decided to investigate the people who had guarded it, preparing to expose whoever was responsible.

• Night King realized that Kong Cheng and Ye Tong might be in danger because they knew Ye Tianming had discovered the formation, but he hesitated to recall them through Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan considered sharing the formation’s secrets a step toward helping the Heavenly Realms Alliance master faster travel and eventually take the Star Map without backlash.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned Ye Feibai, who reported that the grand formation had been activated within the past month and that its other end had been destroyed.
• Ye Feibai suspected the Boundless Sect or the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace had activated the formation, and Fang Qianyuan agreed that those who had guarded it were all suspects.
• Fang Qianyuan resolved to track down the suspects using the invisible marks he had placed on them.

Kong Cheng and Ye Tong led Sacred Palace officers underground to investigate a suspected Earth Demon kingdom, where Ye Feibai and Azure Cloud Sect fighters ambushed them. The battle continued as Kong Cheng recognized Ye Feibai from the rumors surrounding the fall of the Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven.

• Kong Cheng rode through the caverns with Ye Tong and over a hundred Human Rank disciplinary officers, while both disciples brooded over their own concerns.
• Kong Cheng sensed danger in a cavern junction and attacked with his flying sword, revealing Ye Feibai disguised with the Transformation Technique.
• Ye Feibai and more than a dozen wolf-demon fighters attacked the Sacred Palace group, while three Earth Rank warriors targeted Ye Tong.
• Ye Tong and Kong Cheng summoned dream demons and fought back as Kong Cheng's sword forced Ye Feibai to keep his distance.
• Ye Feibai identified his group as Azure Cloud Sect members, and Kong Cheng recognized him as the formerly hidden expert who had become known after the Lin Mountain Grotto-Heaven fell.

Ye Feibai invoked the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal and overwhelmed Kong Cheng and Ye Tong’s manifested dream demons while demanding the truth about the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace’s hidden records. Ye Tong conceded defeat and agreed to disclose everything.

• Ye Feibai claimed he had Alliance orders to investigate the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace’s unauthorized activation of the grand formation and demanded that Kong Cheng cooperate.
• Kong Cheng refused to betray his master, so Ye Feibai released the Myriad Transformations Curse Seal and attacked him with the Black Tiger Raging Tide Slash.
• Ye Feibai shattered Kong Cheng’s flying sword and injured him, then cleaved apart the cavern and tore through Ye Tong’s manifested dream demons.
• Ye Tong told Ye Feibai that they had lost and promised to reveal everything he wanted to know.

Ye Feibai forced Ye Tong to reveal that Ye Tianming had approached the Night King, then reported the discovery to Fang Qianyuan. Fang Qianyuan learned that Ye Tianming had evaded his senses and found an ancient Immortal Alliance formation, but could not uncover how.

• Ye Feibai resisted Kong Cheng's attack, demonstrated his rapid healing, and warned that the Warrior Administration would return if they refused to cooperate.
• Ye Tong revealed that Ye Tianming and Ning Lin had visited Xiad ing Market Ward in March to seek the Night King's cooperation.
• Ye Feibai and his Warriors left Kong Cheng and Ye Tong behind, while hidden Warrior Administration experts emerged from the cliffs.
• Two Warriors sent the report to Fang Qianyuan, and the others accompanied Ye Feibai to investigate the grand formation.
• Bai Aoxue confirmed the disclosed information, but Fang Qianyuan could not determine how Ye Tianming had evaded his senses or learned of the ancient formation.

Fang Qianyuan and Bai Aoxue discussed Ye Tianming, Rogue Person Tianji, and the possible schemes behind their fortunes, while Fang reaffirmed his determination to resist the Ancient Cultivators’ control. As the Alliance prepared to explore the Underground World and investigate the Grand Formation, a major battle began in Zhilin World, where the Earth Demons unleashed an army of Divine Weapon Puppets.

• Bai Aoxue told Fang Qianyuan that Ye Tianming possessed the Torch Dragon Spirit, powerful cultivation methods, and a Warrior legacy, and might be working with Rogue Person Tianji.
• Fang Qianyuan suspected that Ancient Cultivators had arranged his own rise, including his acquisition of the Heavenly Gang Golden Mystic Pill, but vowed to defeat their schemes and restore order to the present world.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that he was using the Night King and other former Demon Alliance forces for the Alliance’s benefit and had pressured the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace to warn them against secret collusion.
• Fang Qianyuan told Bai Aoxue that they would focus on exploring the Underground World, obtaining the Immortal Alliance Legacy, and unraveling the Grand Formation.
• In Zhilin World, a Spirit-Taming World army attacked an underground Earth Demon kingdom, prompting the Earth Demons to unleash a torrent of Divine Weapon Puppets.

Tens of thousands of Ironclad Divine Soldiers overwhelmed the Heavenly Realms Alliance’s army, prompting Xiao Yuheng to call for a retreat and the Alliance to seek Heaven-Tier reinforcements. Fang Qianyuan assigned the Night King, Zhong Qishan, and Huang Daoyi to the expedition to the Zhilin World, and the Night King reacted with deep displeasure.

• Tens of thousands of Ironclad Divine Soldiers routed the spirit creature army, while Wood Dao and Earth Dao Spirit Tamers slowed their advance with vines and mire.
• Xiao Yuheng ordered his troops to retreat and decided to ask the Heaven-Tier Powerhouses to act, hoping to claim the puppets and their Spell-Breaking Blades as treasure.
• The Heavenly Realms Alliance held an assembly and agreed to send reinforcements to seize the Divine Weapon Puppets and their Command Tokens.
• Fang Qianyuan nominated the Night King, Zhong Qishan, and Huang Daoyi to reinforce the forces in the Zhilin World.
• Zhong Qishan and Huang Daoyi accepted the assignment, while the Night King froze and became visibly gloomy.

The Night King and two other Heaven-Tier Powerhouses arrived at the Forward Camp to reinforce the Heavenly Realms Alliance against the Earth Demons. After learning about the intelligent Divine Weapon Puppets and their commander, He Nalu, they traveled underground to the stalemated battlefield at the Eastern Yi Kingdom, where the Alliance awaited their help.

• The Night King, Zhong Qishan, and another Heaven-Tier Powerhouse arrived at the Forward Camp, raising the Alliance army’s morale.
• An envoy explained that the Earth Demon kingdoms had fortified their defenses and that Wolf Saint Bai Luo’s actions had helped provoke the battle involving Divine Weapon Puppets.
• The envoy identified He Nalu as the commander of the intelligent Divine Weapon Puppets, and Zhong Qishan and the others recognized their intelligence as a possible legacy of the ancient Artifact Way.
• The Night King and the other powerhouses agreed to investigate and descended underground on August fifth to reach the Eastern Yi Kingdom’s frontline.
• The newcomers found both armies in a stalemate, with the Alliance unable to seriously damage the puppets’ indestructible bodies.

The Night King attacked the Earth Demon camp with his dreamscape and dream demons, turning the battle in the Alliance’s favor. As he targeted their commander, He Nalu, Fang Qianyuan and his confidants secretly watched and assessed the Night King’s strength.

• Xiao Yuheng asked the Night King and the other Heaven-Tier Powerhouses to break the frontline stalemate, and the Night King began his attack.
• The Night King spread his dreamscape across the Earth Demon camp, where dream demons overwhelmed soldiers and resisted their attacks.
• The Earth Demon commander ordered his forces to form a defensive array and deploy the Divine Weapon Puppets, but the Night King sent dream demons toward his exposed position.
• Xiao Yuheng identified the commander as He Nalu, who held the token controlling the Divine Weapon Puppets, and expected the Night King to capture him.
• Fang Qianyuan watched the battle through the Star Map with Bai Aoxue, Wang Ran, Ding Yuanlong, and others, who discussed the Night King’s power and his reasons for revealing it.

The Night King's dream demons overwhelmed the Earth Demons, while Wang Ran explained the Night King's growing power and the political motives behind his transfer. He Nalu fled the battlefield but Zhong Qishan seized control of the Earth Demons' bodies, and they killed their own commander.

• Wang Ran compared the Night King's dream demons to other powerhouses' summoned forces and speculated that the Night King had even stronger spirit creatures in reserve.
• Wang Ran explained that Fang Qianyuan had used the transfer to Zhilin World to warn the Night King, who made a show of strength while carrying out his mission.
• As dream law spread across the battlefield, He Nalu abandoned the Puppet Army and ordered loyal warriors to escort him toward the rear.
• Zhong Qishan used Body Gu Art and Reverse Blood Heart-Seizure to take control of the Earth Demons through their bodily instincts.
• The controlled Earth Demons attacked He Nalu, and his own trusted men hacked off his head.

After Master Fu used the Immortal Command Token to disable Eastern Yi's Divine Weapon Puppets, Xiao Yuheng led the alliance in conquering the kingdom and reaching its capital. The Spirit Tamers opened the Eastern Yi Royal Clan's vault and discovered wealth on a staggering scale.

• Zhong Qishan took the Immortal Command Token from He Nalu's body and handed it to Master Fu, who explained how it could help organize Divine Weapon Puppets into an army.
• Master Fu learned to use the token to halt the enemy puppets, and Xiao Yuheng led the alliance into Eastern Yi to seize its resources.
• The alliance discovered that He Nalu's token was the Commander-in-Chief Token, and its capture rendered the kingdom's other Command Tokens ineffective, plunging Eastern Yi into chaos.
• Three days later, the alliance reached the capital and broke through the Royal Clan's Treasure Vault Gate.
• The Spirit Tamers explored the vault and found cultivation materials, treasures, and thousands of spirit-crystal bricks worth enormous sums.

After Xiao Yuheng’s army captured an Earth Demonfolk treasury containing immense wealth, the Heavenly Realms Alliance debated how the Eastern Yi Kingdom had accumulated it. Venerable Azure suggested the Zhilin World might contain a thriving ancient immortal mountain blessed land, and Fang Qianyuan ordered the alliance to conquer the other kingdoms and seek the source of the riches.

• The Night King explained that spirit jade production had dwindled since Middle Antiquity, while Zhong Qishan reflected on the decline of the cultivation world.
• Xiao Yuheng and his soldiers celebrated the captured treasury and anticipated rewards and opportunities to advance their cultivation.
• News reached the Heavenly Realms Alliance that the treasury held more than three hundred billion Spirit Crystal Bricks and other valuables potentially worth over a trillion.
• Alliance leaders questioned why the Eastern Yi Kingdom had hoarded so much wealth and discussed possible reasons for its failure to use it.
• Venerable Azure proposed that a flourishing ancient immortal mountain blessed land in the Zhilin World supplied the Earth Demons’ abundant spirit essence.
• Fang Qianyuan directed the alliance to conquer the other Earth Demon kingdoms and search for the source of their riches.

Fang Qianyuan oversaw the transport and division of the Eastern Yi Kingdom’s wealth while the Heavenly Realms Alliance continued its underground campaigns in the Zhilin World. Months later, Liu Chuanxi led a reconnaissance mission to find the legendary Ageless Spirit Spring.

• Fang Qianyuan arranged for the Eastern Yi Kingdom’s wealth to be sent home, and the Heavenly Realms Alliance divided it according to their established rules.
• Fang Qianyuan reflected that the Earth Demons might possess the Immortal Alliance legacy and that finding Immortal Mountain Blessed Lands could reveal the source of their wealth and treasure lingzhi.
• Xiao Yuheng led the allied army deeper underground, where Earth Demons used the labyrinthine caverns and ambushes to hinder the expedition.
• The Earth Rank Spirit Tamers and warriors pushed onward despite casualties, seeking wealth and merit through the campaign.
• By late November, Liu Chuanxi and several Half-Step Earth Rank warriors searched the caverns for the legendary Ageless Spirit Spring.