Chapter Summaries

Lei Zhengming offered a divine crystal to Azure Heaven and received the thunder origin he wanted, advancing his cultivation and strengthening his path toward Heaven Tier. Afterward, Elder Yuan warned him that the Elders’ Council planned to strip him of his Merit Hall seat over the failure to protect disciples, and Lei Zhengming left in anger.

• Lei Zhengming went to Cloud Summit Peak and asked the Heaven-Worship Bureau to prepare a sacrificial ceremony to Azure Heaven.
• The offering reached Fang Qianyuan, who granted Lei Zhengming a thunder origin compatible with his Jia Wood spirit.
• Several days later, Lei Zhengming emerged from his secret chamber having advanced to the late stage of Earth Rank Seven Turns and strengthened his primordial spirit with the thunder origin.
• Elder Yuan told Lei Zhengming that the Elders’ Council intended to remove his eighth seat in the Merit Hall for failing to protect disciples on practical training.
• Lei Zhengming dismissed Elder Yuan’s warning and strode away, calling the council a pack of self-righteous fools.

The Mystic Sun Sect's elders voted to suspend Zheng Ming's eighth seat, exposing a deep divide over the sect's response to the Azure Cloud Sect's rise. Grand Elder Li and Elder Xiong feared the dispute would grow into a dangerous internal conflict.

• Elder Han clashed with Yu Sande over the proposal to suspend Zheng Ming's title, but Yu Sande's faction passed it by one vote.
• Elder Han left the Council Hall, while Grand Elder Li rebuked Yu Sande for knowing the truth behind his actions.
• Grand Elder Li visited Elder Xiong and confirmed that Yu Sande had pushed the resolution through.
• Grand Elder Li explained that old-school cultivators feared losing their freedom as the Azure Cloud Sect rose, while he believed opposing its leader was unjustifiable.
• Elder Xiong warned that Zheng Ming's demotion could encourage further trouble, and Grand Elder Li worried the sect's long-simmering conflict was beginning to bear fruit.

Yu Sande attended the Immortal Ship Auction after expelling Lei Zhengming from the Merit Hall, hoping to find resources that could help him advance. As he examined the auction catalogue aboard the ship, it encountered the Sky-Patrolling Guards.

• Yu Sande reflected on forcing Lei Zhengming out of the Merit Hall and learned from the Welcoming Envoy that Lei had advanced to Earth Rank Seven Turns by fusing with an origin.
• The Welcoming Envoy invited Yu Sande to the Immortal Ship Auction, and Yu agreed to attend.
• Yu Sande and the Welcoming Envoy traveled to a remote meeting point, summoned the Immortal Ship with spirit incense, and boarded it.
• Yu Sande returned to the courtyard he owned inside the ship and asked a servant for the latest catalogue of treasured materials.
• The Immortal Ship trembled as an immense power erupted, and the Welcoming Envoy announced that they had encountered the Sky-Patrolling Guards.

Yu Sande watched a Sky-Patrolling Guard destroy a demonic army and heard debate over Azure Cloud Sect’s plan to establish a Heavenly Court. He rejected submission to Azure Heaven and resolved to pursue Mystic Heaven’s power by allying with the Immortal Ship’s master.

• A silver-armored Sky-Patrolling Guard slaughtered the demons, ghosts, and monsters while the Calamity-Crossing Flying Vessel remained hidden nearby.
• Passengers debated whether the Sky-Patrolling Guards served to fight evil or to advance Azure Cloud Sect’s plan to establish a Heavenly Court.
• The Welcoming Envoy told Yu Sande that powerful cultivators and Heavenly Dao beings could resist Azure Heaven’s ambitions.
• Yu Sande decided to prepare for the auction, seek an audience with the Immortal Ship’s master, and ask him to reserve Mystic Heaven Divine Crystal.

Yu Sande bought the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal at the Immortal Ship Auction, unaware that Ye Tianming had arranged for it to reach him. He entered secluded cultivation aboard the ship to attempt a breakthrough to the Heaven Tier before anyone could interfere.

• Yu Sande spent a million spirit jade on treasured materials, including an Essence Soul Divine Stone containing the remnant soul of a Manmeng, but lamented that he still lacked the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal.
• Ye Tianming asked the Welcoming Envoy about Yu Sande’s state of mind and ordered him to release the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal Yu Sande wanted.
• The Welcoming Envoy told Yu Sande that the crystal would be auctioned in three days, and Yu Sande gathered wealth and treasures for the bidding.
• Yu Sande spent a hundred and eighty million spirit jade to secure the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal at the auction.
• Yu Sande entered secluded cultivation in a lesser grotto-heaven aboard the ship, hoping to reach the Heaven Tier before anyone could stop him.

Yu Sande used the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal to advance to Heaven Tier, triggering a tribulation as Azure Heaven watched. Ye Tianming recognized that Azure Heaven had refined Taiyang Power and moved the Silver Fish Immortal Ship to another stretch of void.

• Ye Tianming learned that Yu Sande had a strong chance of reaching Heaven Tier and said he needed the advancement to become a useful pawn in the Mystic Sun Sect.
• Yu Sande fused with the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal, drew upon the Life Dao, and transformed his body as his aura rose to the Heaven Tier Early Phase threshold.
• A ray of light from the void triggered a tribulation, and Ye Tianming sensed the Heavenly Dao watching Yu Sande's advancement.
• Ye Tianming saw a giant whose left eye was the sun and realized that Azure Heaven had refined Taiyang Power.
• Ye Tianming used a Compass-shaped Magic Treasure to move the Silver Fish Immortal Ship hundreds of millions of miles away, while Yu Sande stabilized his breakthrough and celebrated reaching Heaven Tier.

After ascending to Heaven Tier through a hidden shortcut, Yu Sande met Ye Tianming and accepted an invitation to join the Secret Alliance. Back at the Mystic Sun Sect, Li Chilian confronted him for secretly refining the Mystic Heaven Origin and risking disaster for the sect.

• Yu Sande met the Immortal Ship's Shipmaster and recognized him as Ye Tianming, the former Black Dragon of the Demon Alliance.
• Ye Tianming invited Yu Sande to join the association's Secret Alliance and gave him a True Dragon scale for contacting him.
• Yu Sande returned to the Mystic Sun Sect, where his followers celebrated his Heaven-Tier advancement without knowing he had bypassed the usual methods.
• Yu Sande concealed his connection to the Mystic Heaven Origin and announced he would enter seclusion to refine his Blood Origin Dao laws.
• Li Chilian confronted Yu Sande, accusing him of violating the Heavenly Realms Alliance's prohibitions and endangering the sect.

Yu Sande continued refining the Mystic Heaven Origin he had secretly absorbed, hoping to become a Carefree True Immortal before the Heavenly Dao could detect the traces. Meanwhile, the Heaven-Observing Treasure Mirror revealed his situation, and a Sky-Patrolling Guard arrived above his secluded residence.

• Yu Sande dismissed Li Chilian’s accusations and began secluding himself to refine the Mystic Heaven Origin.
• The Mystic Sun Sect’s leaders stayed silent while Yu Sande worked to erase the origin’s lingering traces from his body.
• In the Clear Spirit Grotto Heaven, the Heaven-Observing Treasure Mirror showed the Mystic Sun Sect’s headquarters.
• A Golden-Armored Divine General dispatched a Sky-Patrolling Guard in a Bronze Chariot drawn by heavenly horses.
• The Sky-Patrolling Guard entered the Mystic Sun Sect without triggering its protective formation and reached Yu Sande’s residence.

Yu Sande completed his Heaven Tier advancement and realized the Blood-Origin Divine Crystal tied his cultivation to a contested source of Dao authority. When a Heavenly Court envoy struck his secret chamber, Yu Sande transformed into a Mengfang Bird and attacked, then tried to escape as the clash erupted over the Mystic Sun Sect.

• Yu Sande comprehended how origin laws and Dao Fruits embodied exclusive authority, and resolved to pursue freedom rather than submit to another power.
• A thunderous blow pierced Yu Sande’s underground chamber, filling it with scorching heat and destroying its surroundings.
• Yu Sande transformed into a Mengfang Bird and launched a sphere of blood and spirit essence at the attacker.
• Mystic Sun Sect Elders recognized the attacker as a Heavenly Court envoy and warned Yu Sande not to oppose him.
• Sky-Patrolling Guards on the Bronze Chariot pierced the sphere, causing it to explode into a vast blood cloud that the sect’s formation contained.
• Yu Sande flew upward to escape the envoy and seek a chance to flee with a Traveling Talisman.

Yu Sande fled the Mystic Sun Sect in the form of a Mengfang Bird, but the Sky-Patrolling Guards chased him into a demon domain and overpowered him. As Yu Sande called for Ye Zun to save him, a massive silver Immortal Ship appeared before him.

• The Heavenly Horse and Bronze Chariot pursued Yu Sande beyond the Mystic Sun Sect, while Grand Elder Li and Han Jin decided to leave his fate to him.
• Yu Sande stopped in a demon domain and attacked the pursuers with a fire dragon, but the Sky-Patrolling Guards cut through the flames and caught up.
• Yu Sande bit the Sky-Patrolling Guards, releasing sunlight sealed inside the guard’s armor and burning his own mouth.
• The Sky-Patrolling Guards pierced Yu Sande with a thousand-zhang spear of light, leaving him unable to escape.
• Yu Sande activated his communication token and called, “Ye Zun, save me!”
• A silver Immortal Ship over a thousand zhang long appeared before Yu Sande.

Ning Lin rescued Yu Sande from the Sky-Patrolling Guards after Yu Sande advanced to Heaven Tier, but their overwhelming light left both badly injured. Once back aboard the Silver Fish Immortal Ship, Yu Sande questioned Ye Tianming about whether the divine crystals had caused the attack.

• Ye Tianming sent Ning Lin to rescue Yu Sande after Yu Sande activated his token for help.
• Ning Lin freed Yu Sande from the Guards’ spear attack, but the Guards struck again and wounded them both.
• Ning Lin revealed his void spirit manifestation and used origin power to withstand the Guards’ blinding light, destroying their armor and ending the attack.
• Yu Sande recovered enough to fly back to the Silver Fish Immortal Ship, where Ning Lin rested and Ye Tianming greeted him.
• Yu Sande asked Ye Tianming what the Guards were and whether the divine crystals had led them to him.

Ye Tianming explained that the Heaven-Observing Treasure Mirror had likely exposed Yu Sande after he advanced using a Blood-Origin Divine Crystal from Mystic Heaven. Yu Sande asked Ye Tianming to instruct him on hiding from the Heavenly Dao, then wondered whether Ye Tianming had also advanced through fusion refinement of the Old Heavenly Dao’s origin.

• Yu Sande refused Ye Tianming’s offered medicine, took his own healing pill, and demanded an explanation for the Sky-Patrolling Guards’ attack.
• Ye Tianming’s warriors argued that the divine crystal belonged to Yu Sande after the exchange and that they had rescued him as a guest.
• Ye Tianming said Yu Sande had likely been detected because he had not promptly refined the crystal and the Heaven-Observing Treasure Mirror had reflected his whereabouts.
• Yu Sande realized he could not safely return to his sect while the mirror could track him, and Ye Tianming explained the role of karmic cause and effect.
• Ye Tianming said Yu Sande might still hide by disrupting Heaven’s secrets and concealing his fate and fortune.
• Yu Sande asked Ye Tianming for guidance, and Ye Tianming said they were aboard the same boat before Yu Sande asked if he had advanced using the Old Heavenly Dao’s origin.

Ye Tianming concealed Yu Sande from the Heavenly Dao and explained that their organization opposed the one seeking to rule all things. He later revealed that their last chance to win cultivators’ freedom was to prevent that being from creating a Heavenly Emperor manifestation.

• Ye Tianming used Heaven Concealment to hide Yu Sande from the Heavenly Dao, while warning him to handle the Mystic Sun Sect himself.
• Yu Sande praised Ye Tianming’s mastery of Origin power, and Ye Tianming explained that the era’s revival of spirit qi had opened opportunities for cultivators.
• Yu Sande left the Silver Fish Immortal Ship over the Southern Wilds to manage his holdings and loyal subordinates in the Mystic Sun Sect.
• An associate asked Ye Tianming whether the Heavenly Dao had grown stronger, and Ye Tianming said its power might be increasing without limit.
• Ye Tianming explained that the Heavenly Dao sought to establish the Heavenly Court and create a lucid Heavenly Emperor manifestation, and that stopping this was their last opportunity.

Yu Sande returned to the sect after Ye Tianming concealed his presence from the Heavenly Dao, and he persuaded Xue Shaohua to shelter him. Xue Shaohua’s inquiries found no sign that the Heavenly Court knew of Yu Sande’s return, confirming that Heaven Concealment had worked.

• Yu Sande secretly returned to the sect headquarters and told Xue Shaohua that Ye Tianming had veiled the workings of heaven.
• Xue Shaohua examined Yu Sande, found his aura hidden from Cause and Effect, and agreed to let him remain at headquarters.
• Xue Shaohua contacted faction leaders at Cloud Summit Peak to investigate the Heavenly Court and the danger surrounding Yu Sande.
• Xue Shaohua learned that the Heavenly Court’s plans had inspired widespread hope, while cultivators opposed to its rule feared its growing power.
• Xue Shaohua’s inquiries revealed no disturbance in the Heavenly Court and no outsider knew what had happened to Yu Sande.

Xue Shaohua concealed Yu Sande’s Heaven-Tier advancement and warned him about the mysterious Heaven-Slaying Alliance, while explaining that Yu Sande might still escape the consequences of his shortcut by severing his ties to Mystic Heaven. Yu Sande remained hidden as the sect and the wider world stayed quiet, leaving his future dependent on whether he could refine Mystic Heaven’s lingering essence.

• Xue Shaohua told Yu Sande that his sensitive status required him to remain hidden and postpone his promotion to Grand Elder.
• Xue Shaohua described the Heaven-Slaying Alliance as a secretive organization seeking to overturn the dominance of the great sects and clans, and urged Yu Sande to be cautious if he encountered it.
• Xue Shaohua advised Yu Sande to sever his cause and effect with Mystic Heaven so he could clear his name and potentially keep his advancement.
• Yu Sande stayed in a secret chamber while the Sky-Patrolling Guards and the major alliances made no move against him.
• A small group in the Righteous Path questioned Yu Sande’s advancement, but neither they nor the sect members who knew the truth acted against him.
• Yu Sande’s fate came to depend on whether he could refine Mystic Heaven’s lingering essence.

Sun Zhuo discussed Yu Sande and the Mystic Sun Sect’s plans with Lei Weng and Old Xing, revealing that his junior brother was nearing a perilous transformation into the Heavenly Dao. He ordered the sect to wait until Yu Sande finished refining the Mystic Heaven Origin before deploying the Cicada Division Warrior, while the secretive Heaven-Slaying Alliance remained their larger concern.

• Sun Zhuo dismissed a disciplinary disciple after reading a confidential letter confirming that the Mystic Sun Sect had hidden Yu Sande.
• Sun Zhuo explained to Lei Weng and Old Xing that his junior brother risked losing his self to the Heavenly Dao, and that the Heavenly Court and its allies could serve as a fallback.
• Sun Zhuo said Yu Sande’s actions could help Azure Heaven by removing the Mystic Heaven Origin from Mystic Heaven’s reach, but condemned the Heaven-Slaying Alliance for seeking to destroy the Heavenly Dao.
• Sun Zhuo ordered the Cicada Division Warrior deployed only after Yu Sande had refined the origin and believed himself safe.
• Lei Weng and Old Xing agreed with the plan, and Sun Zhuo decided to let Yu Sande roam freely for a few more months.

Yu Sande completed severing his connection to Mystic Heaven and met with Xue Shaohua to discuss his future standing in the Mystic Sun Sect. Xue Shaohua agreed to publicly celebrate his advancement and consider his Grand Elder title, but news of the plan reached Sun Zhuo.

• A Household Servant told Yu Sande that Han Jin was arranging for Lei Zhengming to train with the Heavenly Dao Alliance, prompting Yu Sande to reflect on his own limited influence and future prospects.
• Yu Sande decided to speak with Xue Shaohua after completing the Fusion Refinement of the mystic heaven origin and severing its ties of cause and effect.
• Xue Shaohua examined Yu Sande, confirmed Mystic Heaven's aura was gone, and erased the remaining power Ye Tianming had bestowed on him.
• Xue Shaohua promised to announce Yu Sande's advancement, hold a celebration, and have the Elders' Council deliberate on his Spirit Mountain and Grand Elder title.
• Yu Sande returned to his Cave Abode to prepare and share the news with his clan, while a secret report about Xue Shaohua's plans reached Sun Zhuo.
• Sun Zhuo burned the report and ordered a figure in the corner to go.

An invisible intruder breached the Mystic Sun Sect’s formation and attacked Yu Sande, who fought back before being trapped in a silver net. Xue Shaohua arrived too late to stop a vortex from swallowing Yu Sande and the net, leaving his fate unknown.

• Xue Shaohua and Li Chilian sensed that calamity was approaching the Mystic Sun Sect and headed toward the sect’s headquarters.
• An invisible object struck the sect’s grand formation, broke inside, and sped toward Yu Sande’s residence.
• Yu Sande transformed into a Mengfang Bird and attacked the unseen intruder, triggering the formation spirit to seal off the area.
• A silver net of light trapped Yu Sande, while the formation prevented his household’s death warriors from reaching him.
• Xue Shaohua arrived as a vortex swallowed Yu Sande and the silver net, and they vanished.

Yu Sande was trapped in a primordial grotto-heaven and grievously wounded by a hidden attacker. Xue Shaohua and Li Chilian failed to find him, then decided to seek help from Grand Elder Tian Heng and the other Carefree True Immortals; later, an unknown figure brought Yu Sande to Sun Zhuo.

• Yu Sande was pulled from the Mystic Sun Sect's Grand Formation into a sealed grotto-heaven and struck by a concealed enemy.
• Xue Shaohua entered the grotto-heaven, found Yu Sande's fading blood, and realized he had suffered a devastating attack.
• Li Chilian arrived and, with Xue Shaohua, found no trace of Yu Sande or his attacker.
• Xue Shaohua and Li Chilian agreed to go to Cloud Summit Peak and demand help from Grand Elder Tian Heng and the other Carefree True Immortals.
• More than two hours later, an unknown figure brought the wounded Yu Sande to Sun Zhuo at the Azure Cloud Sect's Headquarters, and Sun Zhuo summoned Lei Weng and Old Xing.

Xue Shaohua and Li Chilian appealed to Tian Heng over Yu Sande’s fate, but he argued that the Azure Cloud Sect’s action against Yu Sande was justified and urged them to let the matter end. After they returned to the Mystic Sun Sect, they spotted a silver Immortal Ship and flew toward it.

• Xue Shaohua and Li Chilian arrived at Cloud Summit Peak and told Tian Heng and Luo Muyun that they objected to the punishment of Yu Sande, who had ascended to Heaven Tier.
• Tian Heng argued that Yu Sande’s ascension through external power did not protect him from consequences and reassured them that the matter would not extend to them.
• Tian Heng said he would stand with them if Grand Elder Sun targeted them, but insisted they should accept action against Yu Sande alone.
• Xue Shaohua and Li Chilian left disappointed, knowing they lacked the power and evidence to challenge the Azure Cloud Sect.
• After the two returned to the Mystic Sun Sect, they noticed a silver Immortal Ship above the mountain-guarding formation and flew toward it.