Chapter Summaries

Liu Yu escaped the Purple Star Abode through an ancient teleportation formation, returned to stabilize the Purple Turban Army Branch Hall, and examined his recovered treasures. The Ruined Sword and a bronze fragment he suspected was part of the Nine Provinces Cauldron began to resonate, revealing opposing powers of ruin and order.

• Liu Yu found a reusable Great Shifting Token and an ancient long-distance teleportation formation, which he repaired and kept as an escape route.
• After recovering from the teleportation, Liu Yu learned he was outside the Eastern Continent and returned to the Purple Turban Army Branch Hall's hidden base.
• Liu Yu and Guo Poyun regrouped, discussed the destruction of the Branch Hall headquarters, and relocated the organization to a new headquarters.
• Liu Yu examined the bronze fragment from the Purple Star Abode and concluded it was likely part of the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
• The Ruined Sword responded to the bronze fragment, and their gray and white radiances revealed opposing powers of ruin and chaos versus order and justice.

Liu Yu completed his mission to expand the Eastern Continent Branch and prepared to return to the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains. Before leaving, he rewarded Tian Xiaoyu for her work, then handed over the branch and departed with Zhang Yi and Guo Poyun.

• Liu Yu watched the Ruined Sword complete its transformation through its encounter with the Nine Provinces Cauldron Fragment, then refined the Purple Lightning Cape and Duskglow Armor.
• Liu Yu cultivated while the branch resumed operations and expanded; five years later, he learned the headquarters envoy would arrive to take over.
• Liu Yu promised Tian Xiaoyu recognition and focused cultivation at headquarters, then gave her a Heavenly Dust Pill as they parted.
• Liu Yu and Guo Poyun handed the Eastern Continent Branch over to two headquarters envoys and prepared to leave.
• Liu Yu flew away with Zhang Yi toward the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains while Guo Poyun followed, and Tian Xiaoyu watched their departure.

After returning to the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, Liu Yu reunited with Zhuo Mengzhen and received the Five-Colored Nascent Soul secret art as his mission reward. He weighed the Purple Turban Army’s offer against the dangers of joining its campaigns, chose to cultivate independently, and fifteen years passed.

• Liu Yu and Guo Poyun returned to Red Cloud Mountain after completing the Eastern Continent Branch mission, while Zhang Yi went to his own cave abode.
• Liu Yu reunited with Zhuo Mengzhen, and they spent several days together before visitors began calling on him.
• Guo Poyun delivered Liu Yu the Five-Colored Nascent Soul secret art, which required five rare types of quintessential qi to practice.
• Guo Poyun told Liu Yu that a Spirit Transformation Divine Lord had appeared in the Eastern Continent and that rogue cultivator organizations’ period of expansion might soon end.
• Liu Yu decided not to commit himself to the Purple Turban Army, declined its invitations, and focused on secluded cultivation and refining pills.
• Fifteen years passed as Liu Yu continued cultivating in the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains.

Fifteen years later, Liu Yu weighed his options for forming a nascent soul and devised a plan to use the Immortal Mansion to improve the Five-Colored Nascent Soul secret art. As rogue cultivators grew stronger and pressure from the Purple Turban Army persisted, he decided to leave the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains with Zhuo Mengzhen.

• Liu Yu reflected on his cultivation and the difficulty of obtaining five types of quintessential qi, then considered using the Immortal Mansion to derive a nascent soul method based on five-element or yin-yang qi.
• Zhuo Mengzhen brought Liu Yu pastries and reported on the Jade Pill Hall before they noticed a distant golden core lightning tribulation.
• Liu Yu considered the rise in rogue cultivators forming cores and the possibility that the Qian Court Sacred Lands would move against them, alongside the risks of refusing the Purple Turban Army.
• Liu Yu told Zhuo Mengzhen that they should leave the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, explained his reasons, and gained her agreement despite her reluctance to abandon the Jade Pill Hall.
• Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen watched as the distant cultivator survived the tribulation and successfully formed a golden core.

As the Qian Court Sacred Lands surrounded the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, Liu Yu decided to flee while Guo Poyun chose to stay and fight. Liu Yu left the mountains under cover of night with Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi, leaving Guo Poyun behind to face the coming conflict.

• The Qian Court Sacred Lands and other major powers surrounded the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, prompting most rogue cultivators to flee.
• Liu Yu met with Guo Poyun and told him he planned to leave the next day, then urged him to make plans to escape as well.
• Guo Poyun refused to retreat, declaring he would stay until the fighting began, and Liu Yu accepted his decision.
• Liu Yu packed his cave abode, abandoned plans to sell the Jade Pill Hall, and sent for Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi.
• Liu Yu, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Zhang Yi disguised themselves and departed the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains by flying boat under cover of night.

Liu Yu, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Zhang Yi passed through Qian Court’s encirclement after leaving the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains. Just as they neared safety, negotiations between the two Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivators collapsed and Qian Court ordered its forces to attack.

• Liu Yu discreetly led Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi through the line of rogue cultivators leaving the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains.
• True Lord Rosy Clouds and an unidentified Qian Court great cultivator appeared and faced each other above the encirclement.
• Zhuo Mengzhen, Liu Yu, and Zhang Yi passed the inspection and boarded the Azure Flying Boat to depart.
• Liu Yu’s group traveled through the Qian Court Allied Forces’ aerial passage as they moved away from the mountains.
• The two great cultivators unleashed their spirit pressure, and a resounding command ordered all forces to attack.

The Qian Court forces launched a devastating assault on the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, destroying many rogue cultivators’ strongholds while Liu Yu and his companions tried to escape. As they neared safety, a Golden Core peak cultivator attacked their Azure Flying Boat, while the larger battle continued to consume lives.

• The Qian Court forces unleashed a coordinated barrage that overwhelmed the rogue cultivators’ defenses and destroyed numerous spirit mountains.
• Liu Yu told Zhuo Mengzhen to keep the Azure Flying Boat moving and watched for attacks while the three tried to leave the Qian Court’s sphere of influence.
• A Golden Core peak cultivator attacked the Azure Flying Boat, and Zhuo Mengzhen used her Mystic Yin-Yang Needles to defend against his Golden Small Sword.
• The Qian Court forces pressed their attack, and rogue cultivators whose formations fell launched desperate counterattacks against the spirit ships.
• A Golden Core rogue cultivator cleaved a Qian Court third-tier spirit ship in two, then was annihilated by a pillar of red light.

Liu Yu and Zhang Yi witnessed the Qian Court Allied Forces devastate the rogue cultivators’ strongholds until Divine Lord Nine Dragons emerged and destroyed the attacking spirit ships. Nine Dragons then summoned four golden dragons to strike the allied fleets, but three Qian Court Divine Lords intervened and began dismantling his attack.

• Zhang Yi watched the Qian Court fleet destroy spirit mountains and recalled the purge that had destroyed his lineage, while Liu Yu stayed focused on escaping the battlefield.
• Qian Court forces overwhelmed the rogue cultivators, breached their formations, and destroyed the outer spirit mountains as their Nascent Soul leaders remained pinned down.
• Divine Lord Nine Dragons released terrifying Spirit Transformation pressure from Purple Cloud Mountain, halting many attackers and sweeping away the Qian Court vanguard’s spirit ships.
• Nine Dragons manifested a giant golden Primordial Spirit and summoned four immense golden dragons to attack the allied fleets.
• Three Qian Court Divine Lords disrupted the spiritual energy sustaining the golden dragons, causing them to collapse.

Liu Yu watched Divine Lord Nine Dragons fight three Spirit Transformation cultivators, then fled with Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi when the Qian Court revealed the Divine Continent Cauldron. The Spirit Treasure sealed space over the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains and descended toward Divine Lord Nine Dragons as Liu Yu raced to escape its reach.

• Four Spirit Transformation Primordial Spirits clashed above the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, while Liu Yu used Astral Eyes to glimpse their battle and saw Divine Lord Nine Dragons withstand his three opponents.
• Suspecting the Qian Court might deploy a Spirit Treasure, Liu Yu sent Zhuo Mengzhen a warning and knocked out a Golden Core cultivator blocking their escape with Spirit-Shocking Thorn.
• Zhuo Mengzhen killed the unconscious cultivator with her Mystic Yin-Yang Needles, and she piloted the Azure Flying Boat away with Liu Yu and Zhang Yi.
• The Divine Continent Cauldron appeared above the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, and Liu Yu recognized the danger and fled at full speed with Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi.
• The Divine Continent Cauldron descended toward Divine Lord Nine Dragons, sealing the space around the battlefield and freezing most cultivators in place as Liu Yu looked back while escaping.

Divine Lord Nine Dragons used the heaven-and-earth wonder Ideal State to halt the Divine Continent Cauldron, and the four Spirit Transformation Divine Lords vanished into the Astral Wind Layer to clash. As Liu Yu fled the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, a Qian Court fleet pursued him, and he prepared to fight back.

• The Divine Continent Cauldron descended on Divine Lord Nine Dragons, who blocked it with a silver orb that revealed an ideal nation called the Land of Order and the Land of Justice.
• Divine Lord Nine Dragons completed the heaven-and-earth wonder Ideal State, which healed and expanded until it matched the Divine Continent Cauldron in scale.
• The Ideal State and Divine Continent Cauldron vanished with the four Spirit Transformation Divine Lords, while the Qian Court Allied Forces stopped attacking and withdrew to watch.
• Liu Yu fled the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains, reasoning that the Ideal State might resolve the crisis but that the region would no longer be peaceful.
• A Qian Court fleet of seven third-tier spirit ships detected Liu Yu and turned to pursue him, prompting him to raise his killing intent.

Liu Yu annihilated a Qian Court fleet that tried to ambush him, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Zhang Yi, showing no mercy to the captain or the younger cultivators aboard the final ship. After detecting a stronger group approaching, he prepared Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi to separate and survive as the danger escalated.

• The Qian Court fleet attacked Liu Yu and his companions with seven spirit ships and a barrage of treasures, but Liu Yu protected Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi behind a silver-white barrier.
• Liu Yu transformed into his towering true form, donned the Duskglow Armor, and destroyed the first spirit ship and everyone aboard with Meteor Fist.
• The Qian Court cultivators fled, but Liu Yu pursued and destroyed the remaining ships, leaving only the final vessel.
• The squad captain pleaded for Liu Yu to spare the young cultivators aboard, but Liu Yu killed everyone on the final ship, declaring that he distinguished only between friend and foe.
• After collecting the spoils, Liu Yu sensed more than twenty Golden Core-level presences approaching and fled with Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi.
• Liu Yu gave Zhuo Mengzhen two Fourth Tier talismans and Zhang Yi one, concealed their auras, and told them to separate if necessary.

Liu Yu escaped the Qian Court pursuit and decided to leave the Central Region before the sacred lands could hunt him down. After the battle ended, Divine Lord Nine Dragons mourned the cultivators who had died to complete the Ideal State.

• Liu Yu gave Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi fourth-tier talismans and concealment protections, then split from them to draw the Qian Court pursuers away.
• Liu Yu used his speed and body-refining strength to evade the pursuers and defeat an interception by three late Golden Core cultivators, killing one and wounding two.
• Liu Yu realized Dou Wuyou could reveal his identity and the Purple Nether Lotus to two sacred lands, so he chose to leave the Central Region through an ancient teleportation formation.
• The Qian Court fleet withdrew after the battle, leaving the Purple Rosy Clouds Mountains devastated and rogue cultivator casualties near one-third.
• Divine Lord Nine Dragons appeared atop Purple Cloud Mountain, looked upon the Ideal State in a silver orb, and shed tears that formed a spiritual lake.

Liu Yu raced toward the Eastern Continent to escape the Primordial Demon Sect, but a powerful Nascent Soul pursuer caught up with him. He killed the four-handed crone with the Ruined Sword and continued toward the Ancient Teleportation Formation.

• Liu Yu crossed two provinces while fleeing east and used a One-Qi Heaven and Earth Talisman and a movement talisman when he sensed a powerful pursuer.
• The four-handed crone, a Primordial Demon Sect elder sent by the Holy Son, caught up with Liu Yu and attacked him with three white swords.
• Liu Yu used eight fourth-tier offensive talismans to destroy the swords, but the crone broke through the remaining spell and continued closing in.
• Liu Yu unleashed the Ruined Sword, which pierced the crone's dantian and annihilated her.
• Liu Yu recalled the Ruined Sword and sped toward the Ancient Teleportation Formation without stopping to search the battlefield.

Liu Yu fled the Central Region and reached the Ancient Teleportation Formation, where he waited for Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi before escaping the sacred lands’ pursuit. Zhuo Mengzhen arrived wounded with pursuers close behind, and Liu Yu activated the formation to teleport away with her.

• Liu Yu raced toward the Eastern Continent, conserving his strength after using the Ruined Sword and worrying about Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi.
• Liu Yu avoided the Eastern Continent Immortal City, entered an underground cave, and activated the Ancient Teleportation Formation.
• Liu Yu restored his primordial spirit and magic power, then waited near the cave for Zhuo Mengzhen and Zhang Yi to arrive.
• Zhuo Mengzhen reached the agreed barren mountain with one arm lost, pursued by four Golden Core cultivators and a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Liu Yu guided Zhuo Mengzhen to the cave, activated a protective formation, and used the Great Shifting Token to teleport away with her.

Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen survived an ultra-long-distance teleportation and found themselves in a region whose spiritual energy suggested they might have returned to Southern Heaven. After recovering and leaving the cave, Liu Yu discovered a land overrun by demon beasts and wild beasts, with human bones scattered along the roads.

• A Nascent Soul-level Black-Robed True Lord arrived too late to stop Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen from escaping through the Ancient Teleportation Formation.
• Liu Yu destroyed the formation at their destination, then helped Zhuo Mengzhen recover from her severe injuries and regrow her severed arm over seven days and nights.
• Liu Yu sensed that the region's spiritual energy resembled Southern Heaven's and considered how nearly a century had passed since he left his sect.
• Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen left the cave to search for their location, and his divine sense found no people, only packs of beasts and heaps of human bones.
• Liu Yu suspected they had reached the Golden Kingdom and asked whether they had truly returned to Southern Heaven.

Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen returned to Southern Heaven and found the Chu Kingdom and their sects' former headquarters occupied by demon beasts. After rescuing seven Qi Refining cultivators, they learned that the sects had retreated inland and that the Demon Race was advancing toward Five Elements Pass.

• Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen recognized the Golden Kingdom as demon territory and traveled toward the Chu Kingdom to learn what had happened in Southern Heaven.
• They found the Chu Kingdom overrun by demon beasts and saw that the Primordial Yang Sect and Hehuan Sect headquarters had been abandoned and ruined.
• After leaving the Chu Kingdom, Liu Yu killed a flock of Blue Poison Birds that was attacking seven Qi Refining cultivators.
• Meng Xiaolei recognized Zhuo Mengzhen and explained that the Five Great Sects had retreated to the Seven Kingdoms Alliance's heartland after the Demon Race's offensive forced them from their territories.
• Meng Xiaolei told Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen that Southern Heaven's three alliances had built Five Elements Pass as their most important defensive line against the advancing demons.

Liu Yu learned that Yan Qun'er was in danger deep in demon territory and rushed to help her after parting from Zhuo Mengzhen, promising he would visit her after she returned to the Hehuan Sect. He arrived just in time to knock a third-tier late-stage Mountain Giant Ape away from Yan Qun'er.

• Meng Xiaolei told Liu Yu that she and her companions had infiltrated demon territory on an Alliance mission and revealed that Yan Qun'er was in danger near a Mountain Giant Ape tribe.
• Liu Yu decided to help Yan Qun'er, while Zhuo Mengzhen asked him to find her after she returned to the Hehuan Sect and he promised he would.
• Liu Yu flew toward the battle as Zhuo Mengzhen departed with Meng Xiaolei and her companions.
• Liu Yu found Yan Qun'er struggling against two Mountain Giant Apes and recognized that her Golden Jade Ring was paired with the one Elder Yan had given him.
• As a Mountain Giant Ape closed in on Yan Qun'er, Liu Yu revealed himself, equipped his treasures, and sent the late-stage ape flying with a Meteor Fist.

Liu Yu rescued Yan Qun'er from two Mountain Giant Apes, healed her, and reunited with her after nearly a century. As they caught up on the war and their past, Yan Qun'er revealed that she might have to marry into the Master-Disciple Line to help her declining household, leaving Liu Yu stunned.

• Yan Qun'er lost control of her Golden Jade Ring when she recognized Liu Yu, but he swept the attacking Mountain Giant Ape aside and caught her in his hand.
• Liu Yu killed both apes with his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, spared the tribe's scattered survivors, and flew south with the unconscious Yan Qun'er.
• Liu Yu set up a concealing formation in a valley and treated Yan Qun'er; after waking, she stabilized her injuries and reunited with him beside a campfire.
• Liu Yu told Yan Qun'er about his journey to the Central Region, and she described the Demon Race's advances and the Five Sects of Chu's alliance within the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.
• Yan Qun'er said she might have to marry into the Master-Disciple Line to help her declining household, and Liu Yu's smile vanished.

Liu Yu chose to act on his feelings for Yan Qun'er rather than let her be married off, and their Life-bound Treasures joined together. He also saw her situation as an opportunity to claim leadership of the sect upon their return.

• After hearing Yan Qun'er might marry someone, Liu Yu reflected on his possessiveness and his special connection with her.
• Liu Yu told Yan Qun'er that cultivators went against Heaven and declared that he would follow his own heart.
• Liu Yu and Yan Qun'er brought out their Golden Jade Rings, which joined together as flowers and leaves formed a wreath for her.
• Yan Qun'er rejoiced at Liu Yu's choice and felt at ease for the first time since her clan's ancestor died.
• Liu Yu considered using Yan Qun'er's situation to demonstrate his strength and take control of the sect's leadership.

Liu Yu learned of Li Changkong’s death and Heavenly Wind Ancestor’s grave injuries, then returned with Yan Qun'er to Southern Heaven. After reaching Five Elements Pass, he teleported toward the Primordial Yang Sect, intending to use his rest period to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation.

• Yan Qun'er told Liu Yu that his nominal master, Li Changkong, had died from wounds suffered fighting the Demon Race, and that Heavenly Wind Ancestor was gravely injured and recovering in seclusion.
• Liu Yu and Yan Qun'er shared stories beside the bonfire, then set out together for the sect.
• After flying south for about a day, Liu Yu and Yan Qun'er entered human territory, where Liu Yu saw a statue of True Lord Chonglou and learned his identity from Yan Qun'er.
• Liu Yu and Yan Qun'er reached Five Elements Pass, whose five immortal cities were powered by five fourth-tier upper-grade spirit veins.
• Liu Yu and Yan Qun'er presented their Primordial Yang Sect Elder Tokens and teleported from the Seven Kingdoms Alliance city toward the sect.