Chapter Summaries

Liu Yu tested his Azure Yang Demonic Flame against the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals, then unleashed his Azure Yang Starcloud and Nebula Flash to overwhelm their attacks. The twins conceded defeat as Liu Yu’s azure ring of light battered their defenses.

• The Wind and Snow Twin Immortals’ divine ability overpowered Liu Yu’s Azure Yang Demonic Flame, and they summoned three Ice-Blue Flood Dragons.
• Liu Yu used Wither to weaken the twins, but his Azure Yang Demonic Flame still failed to destroy their dragons.
• The twins’ Ice-Blue Flood Dragons shattered Liu Yu’s flaming dragons and surrounded him with their expanding Ice and Snow Domain.
• Liu Yu summoned his Azure Yang Starcloud and unleashed Nebula Flash, which destroyed all three Ice-Blue Flood Dragons.
• Nebula Flash swept through the twins’ treasures and protective shield, prompting Fairy Wind to concede defeat on their behalf.

Liu Yu defeated the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals, but Nangong Tian ambushed him and rallied them into a renewed assault while Old Devil He and his allies joined the battle below. Liu Yu unleashed his ability to control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and halted the combined attacks of Nangong Tian and the Twin Immortals.

• Liu Yu overwhelmed the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals with his Starcloud Body, and they agreed to honor their wager.
• Nangong Tian ambushed Liu Yu with a hidden ice needle, but Liu Yu blocked it with his Flame Bodyguard Shield and Scarlet Flame Shield.
• Nangong Tian revealed himself and attacked Liu Yu, persuading the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals to join him while Old Daoist Qingxu prepared to attack.
• Purple Rainbow and Kongzhao moved to stop Old Daoist Qingxu, as Huang Mei and Mo Mei intercepted Old Devil He and his two companions in a battle below the Astral Wind Layer.
• Liu Yu drew in spiritual energy across a hundred-li radius, enlarged his Starcloud Body, and stopped the combined attacks of Nangong Tian and the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals.

Liu Yu turned the battle against the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals by disrupting their divine ability and striking them with overwhelming force. He killed Daoist Snow, while Fairy Wind survived and fixed her hatred on him.

• True Lord Huangmei regretted that his rushed cultivation had cost him the chance to form a ninth-grade golden core and condense a Dharma Aspect.
• Liu Yu struggled to hold off Nangong Tian and the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals as Azure Yang Starcloud rapidly drained his magic power.
• Huang Mei joined Liu Yu and restrained Nangong Tian, while Purple Rainbow, Kongzhao, and Mo Mei blocked Old Devil He and his companions.
• Liu Yu weakened his enemies with Wither, disrupted Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon, and pierced the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals with Spirit-Shocking Thorn.
• Liu Yu's Nebula Flash shattered the twins' protective shield, and Daoist Snow sacrificed himself to save Fairy Wind before the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear killed him.
• Old Daoist Qingxu fled, and Fairy Wind screamed in grief and turned her hatred toward Liu Yu.

Fairy Wind tried to avenge Daoist Snow by burning her nascent soul origin and then detonating her nascent soul, but Liu Yu survived her attack and killed her. With the Wind and Snow Twin Immortals dead, Liu Yu turned his attention to Nangong Tian, whom he considered his next priority target.

• Grief-stricken over Daoist Snow's death, Fairy Wind burned her nascent soul origin and attacked Liu Yu with everything she had.
• Liu Yu used the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear to repel Fairy Wind's attacks and retreated when he realized she intended to detonate her nascent soul.
• Fairy Wind detonated her nascent soul, but Liu Yu blocked the blast with the starcloud body's azure screen and the Scarlet Flame Shield.
• After confirming Fairy Wind was dead, Liu Yu surveyed the remaining cultivators and fixed his gaze on Nangong Tian as his next target.

Liu Yu and Huang Mei overwhelmed Nangong Tian, who burned his nascent soul origin to resist before Liu Yu struck him with a Spirit-Shocking Thorn. As their finishing attacks closed in, Old Devil He threatened Zhuo Mengzhen, and Liu Yu's response was left unresolved.

• Liu Yu shattered Nangong Tian's ice phoenix and gained the upper hand in a clash of true treasures and spells.
• Huang Mei joined Liu Yu in attacking Nangong Tian, forcing him onto the defensive.
• Nangong Tian burned his nascent soul origin to boost his power, but Liu Yu and Huang Mei continued to trap him.
• Liu Yu hit Nangong Tian with a Spirit-Shocking Thorn, leaving him dazed and vulnerable to their incoming spear and halberd attacks.
• Old Devil He threatened Zhuo Mengzhen to make Liu Yu stop, and Liu Yu's eyes turned cold as he heard the threat.

Liu Yu and Huang Mei killed Nangong Tian, turning the battle decisively against the Hehuan Sect. As Liu Yu and four allies attacked the sect’s array, Old Devil He tried to bargain with Zhuo Mengzhen’s life and the sect’s legacy, but Liu Yu launched Nebula Flash after accepting only a possible exchange.

• Liu Yu’s Spirit-Shocking Thorn left Nangong Tian vulnerable, and the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear pierced his body before the White Bone Sky-Splitting Saber destroyed his fleeing nascent soul.
• Two True Lords abandoned Old Devil He, who retreated into the Myriad-Tier Thunder Array while Old Daoist Qingxu had already fled.
• Liu Yu gave Huang Mei Nangong Tian’s Storage Ring and collected the Heavenly Profound Halberd and blue dagger before they rejoined Mo Mei, Purple Rainbow, and Kongzhao.
• Liu Yu and the other four True Lords attacked the array, driving the Hehuan Sect’s Thunder Net toward collapse.
• Old Devil He offered to release Zhuo Mengzhen in exchange for his life, then offered to sacrifice himself to preserve the Hehuan Sect’s legacy; Liu Yu rejected his terms but replied, “Perhaps” to the final proposal.
• Liu Yu directed the Starcloud Body to hurl Nebula Flash at the array.

Liu Yu’s Nebula Flash shattered the Hehuan Sect’s Myriad-Tier Thunder Array, and he killed Old Devil He after refusing to yield to his threat against Zhuo Mengzhen. With the sect’s defenders defeated and its formation destroyed, Liu Yu’s attack on the Hehuan Sect’s stronghold brought their centuries-old feud to its final reckoning.

• Liu Yu’s Nebula Flash overwhelmed the Myriad-Tier Thunder Array, opening a vast breach and leaving the formation on the brink of collapse.
• Old Devil He threatened to kill Zhuo Mengzhen, but Liu Yu refused to compromise and promised to spare some Outer Disciples if she remained unharmed.
• Old Devil He chose not to kill Zhuo Mengzhen as the Myriad-Tier Thunder Array fell, and Liu Yu rushed toward Phantom Dream Mountain while Huang Mei and the other three blocked escape routes.
• Liu Yu broke the weakened formation with a barrage of spear aura, then defeated Old Devil He’s attacks as he advanced toward the mountain.
• Old Devil He accepted his defeat, detonated his treasures and Storage Ring, and was killed by Liu Yu’s spear after reminding him to honor his promise.

After Old Devil He died, Liu Yu led the assault on the Hehuan Sect and rescued Zhuo Mengzhen, who had been imprisoned and tortured. He helped turn the battle in his sect’s favor, then joined the allied leaders to distribute rewards and favors.

• Yan Kai ordered the allied forces to assault the Hehuan Sect after Old Devil He’s death, and their initial attacks overwhelmed the sect’s demoralized defenders.
• Liu Yu flew to the fourth-tier Phantom Dream Mountain, freed Zhuo Mengzhen, and promised to take her home.
• As the Hehuan Sect’s cultivators rallied and the fighting stalled, Liu Yu’s spear released several volleys that killed hundreds of elite defenders and gave his sect a decisive advantage.
• Zhuo Mengzhen accepted that she had lost her sect and told Liu Yu that he was all she had left; he reassured her that he would protect and support her.
• Liu Yu met with Huang Mei, Kongzhao, Mo Mei, and Purple Rainbow, thanked them for their aid, and distributed pills and other rewards.

After Liu Yu killed Nangong Tian, Mo Mei and the other Nascent Soul True Lords discussed the shifting balance of power and reaffirmed their ties with him. Liu Yu watched the Primordial Yang Sect’s forces crush the Hehuan Sect in a day-long battle, leaving only a few pockets of resistance.

• Mo Mei refused Liu Yu’s offered payment for helping defeat Nangong Tian, and Huang Mei and Kongzhao urged the cultivators to support one another.
• Mo Mei reminded Liu Yu of their plan to seek the Creation Green Lotus in seventeen years, and Liu Yu assured her he would keep their agreement.
• Liu Yu sent Zhuo Mengzhen to rest and watched the Primordial Yang Sect gain the advantage over the Hehuan Sect’s forces.
• Leng Yuexin slaughtered enemy cultivators and gathered their blood to fuel her demonic cultivation, while Liu Yu’s hidden Golden Core guard rescued Liu An from danger.
• After nearly seventy thousand cultivators fought for a day and a night, the Hehuan Sect’s resistance dwindled to a handful of desperate stands.

After the Primordial Yang Sect defeated the Hehuan Sect and annexed the Lin Kingdom, Liu Yu assigned Yan Kai to oversee the occupied territory and decide the fate of its prisoners. Liu Yu then promised Yan Kai two Nascent Soul Formation Treasures for his service and departed with Zhuo Mengzhen, leaving Yan Kai to restore order and prepare for the annexation of the Snowfall Pavilion.

• Yan Kai reported the Primordial Yang Sect’s victory, its captured resources, and its heavy casualties to Liu Yu.
• Liu Yu claimed the millennium spirit herbs and fourth-tier treasures for himself, sent the remaining spoils to the Sect Treasury, and ordered full compensation for the fallen.
• Liu Yu ordered the execution of surrendered prisoners at Foundation Establishment middle stage and above, while assigning lower-ranked captives to forced labor or reproduction.
• Liu Yu told Yan Kai to restore order in the Lin Kingdom and prepare to annex the Snowfall Pavilion, promising him two Nascent Soul Formation Treasures after the war.
• Yan Kai accepted responsibility for the Lin Kingdom, and Liu Yu departed with Zhuo Mengzhen carrying the resources he had claimed.

Liu Yu brought Zhuo Mengzhen to Heaven-Reaching Peak, refined a new True Treasure, and cultivated spirit herbs in the Immortal Mansion. He then led the Primordial Yang Sect’s forces into Snowfall Pavilion territory, where most local powers surrendered under generous terms and threats of extermination.

• Liu Yu settled Zhuo Mengzhen on Heaven-Reaching Peak and comforted her after she left her former sect behind.
• Liu Yu met Yan Qun'er and Jiang Qiushui, then examined the treasures he had acquired from Nangong Tian.
• Liu Yu refined the Black Evil Yama Dagger over three days and tested its speed and power.
• Liu Yu planted eighty newly collected varieties of spirit herbs in the Immortal Mansion and considered the pills he could soon refine.
• Yan Kai stabilized the Lin Kingdom, and Liu Yu led Primordial Yang Sect elites toward Snowfall Pavilion after a brief rest.
• Liu Yu's forces breached Snowfall Pavilion's mountain gate, and most local powers surrendered under the terms announced in his proclamation.

After the Primordial Yang Sect annexed the Hehuan Sect and Snowfall Pavilion, it halted its expansion to recruit disciples and stabilize its enlarged territory. The sect held a grand ceremony to report Liu Yu’s victories to its forebears, leaving its disciples confident in their future under his leadership.

• The Primordial Yang Sect accepted the Void Clarity School’s submission and tribute while Old Daoist Qingxu remained hidden, and True Lord Zihong sent an envoy to express her willingness to submit.
• Liu Yu returned to the sect and, with True Lord Huangmei’s help, merged the Hehuan Sect’s and Snowfall Pavilion’s fourth-tier spirit veins into Heaven-Reaching Peak’s spirit vein.
• The Primordial Yang Sect opened recruitment, raising its disciple numbers from about fifteen thousand to roughly twenty-five thousand while relying on local cultivation powers to help govern its expanded territory.
• The sect gathered at the True Yang Daoist Ground for a grand sacrifice commemorating the destruction of the Hehuan Sect and Snowfall Pavilion and recounting Liu Yu’s achievements.
• The disciples bowed together to the forebears’ memorial tablets, convinced that Liu Yu would lead the Primordial Yang Sect to greater strength.

Liu Yu watched the Primordial Yang Sect celebrate its renewed prosperity as elders announced more frequent tournaments and expanded rewards for disciples. He returned to his cave abode, keeping Nascent Soul resources for himself and his concubines while expecting the sect’s ranks to grow.

• Liu Yu observed the sect ceremony and approved of the renewed vitality brought by its expanded territory and resources.
• The presiding elder announced that the top twenty disciples in the minor tournament would receive Foundation Establishment Pills and the top six in the major tournament would receive Golden Core Condensation Pills.
• The presiding elder shortened the major tournament interval from fifty years to thirty and the minor tournament interval from ten years to five, with rankings combining martial and scholarly contests.
• Liu Yu returned to his cave abode and resolved to keep Immortal Mansion-grown Nascent Soul Formation Treasures for his four concubines, while controlling who received other Nascent Soul resources.
• Liu Yu expected the new rewards to help more disciples advance and left Jiang Qiushui to report the tournament winners for his approval.

Liu Yu refined his first batch of Primordial Essence Pills and planned to conceal some of his rapid cultivation progress while pursuing the Creation Green Lotus. Two days later, he rewarded Yan Kai with Nascent Soul Formation Treasures and guidance after Yan Kai reported the sect’s war spoils.

• Liu Yu used the Azure Pill Cauldron and Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to refine Primordial Essence Pills, succeeding after fourteen failed attempts and producing eight pills.
• Liu Yu decided to conceal part of his cultivation and pill-refining progress, secretly aiming for the nascent soul late stage before pursuing nascent soul perfection and Spirit Transformation.
• Liu Yu resolved to obtain the Creation Green Lotus to improve his primordial spirit cultivation, then rested after his exhausting pill-refining work.
• Yan Kai visited Liu Yu and reported the sect’s inventory from destroying the Hehuan Sect and Snowfall Pavilion, then asked whether Liu Yu’s promise of Nascent Soul Formation Treasures still stood.
• Liu Yu gave Yan Kai two jade boxes, a jade vial, and several sets of Insights on Nascent Soul Formation, instructing him to focus on breaking through to the nascent soul realm.

Fifteen years after the Primordial Yang Sect’s rise, Liu Yu had advanced considerably in qi refining and improved his combat strength, though his spirit and body refinement lagged behind. He prepared for the journey to the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode, where he hoped to obtain the Creation Green Lotus while worrying that the other explorers might bring powerful allies.

• Yan Kai thanked Liu Yu and left with three treasures to aid his attempt to form a Nascent Soul.
• The Primordial Yang Sect expanded rapidly after its victories, surpassing forty Golden Core elders as its territories and resources grew.
• Fifteen years later, Liu Yu had progressed through more than half of the fourth Nascent Soul layer with the help of the Primordial Essence Pill.
• Liu Yu assessed his strength and concluded that he could now defeat Nangong Tian, though killing him alone would remain difficult.
• Liu Yu found that his divine sense had grown to six hundred and fifty li and his body-refining cultivation remained below the fourth-tier middle stage.
• Liu Yu set out toward the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode, anticipating that the other explorers might recruit powerful helpers and compete for the Creation Green Lotus.

After emerging from seclusion, Liu Yu visited Little Green and worried about the spirit beast’s chances of reaching the demon king realm. As he prepared to explore the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode, he arranged for the Primordial Yang Sect to remain stable during his absence and learned that Yan Kai had entered seclusion to attempt Nascent Soul formation.

• Liu Yu visited Little Green, now a third-tier peak flood dragon, and told him to refine his demon power and solidify his foundations.
• Liu Yu considered ways to help Little Green advance to the demon king realm, but abandoned a dangerous idea after receiving a warning from his spiritual perception.
• Liu Yu gathered with Jiang Qiushui, Ji Ruyan, Yan Qun'er, and Zhuo Mengzhen, offered them cultivation guidance, and then dismissed Zhuo Mengzhen and Ji Ruyan.
• Liu Yu told Yan Qun'er and Jiang Qiushui that he would leave the sect to seek an opportunity to advance, and instructed them to prioritize stability while he was gone.
• Jiang Qiushui reported that Yan Kai had reached the Golden Core peak ten years earlier and had entered seclusion to break through the Nascent Soul bottleneck.
• After asking about the sect, Liu Yu drank alone in his cave abode, with wine left on the table as though he awaited an honored guest.

Liu Yu and Mo Mei finalized a binding agreement to explore the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode together, then set out for its opening site. They left the Primordial Yang Sect and flew toward the fringes of Demonic Path territory.

• Mo Mei visited Liu Yu and described the dangers and trials within the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode.
• Liu Yu and Mo Mei negotiated the expedition’s terms, agreed to divide the gains seventy-thirty, and signed the Great Luo Golden Book.
• Mo Mei explained what she knew about the legacy abode’s hidden spaces and clearance conditions.
• Liu Yu and Mo Mei spent three days together before preparing to depart.
• Liu Yu and Mo Mei left the Primordial Yang Sect and flew toward the legacy abode’s opening site near Demonic Path territory.

Liu Yu and Mo Mei waited for the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode to open, then faced two rival groups of Nascent Soul cultivators gathering at the grassland. Blood Sea Devil Lord arrived alone, bringing the opposing forces into a tense standoff as the legacy abode remained unopened.

• Liu Yu and Mo Mei waited ten days for the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode to open while discussing the risks of their expedition.
• Heavenly Lotus True Lord, Evil Eye True Lord, Ghost Nether Ancestor, and Spirit-Driving True Lord arrived and confronted Liu Yu and Mo Mei without attacking.
• Liu Yu reassured Mo Mei that the legacy abode's shifting spaces could separate their opponents and give them chances to fight individually.
• Blood Sea Devil Lord swept in through black qi that killed the herders and livestock, then stopped near the two assembled groups.

Liu Yu and the other cultivators entered the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode after its canyon entrance emerged, and the spatial folds scattered them across the cave abode. Liu Yu arrived alone in a pristine rear garden and began using the Twinheart Lock to locate Mo Mei.

• Liu Yu and Mo Mei waited with Sky Lotus's party and Blood Sea Devil Lord until the plain shifted into a parallel space and the legacy abode's canyon entrance appeared.
• The cultivators rushed into the canyon's spatial folds, which teleported them to different locations inside the abode; Liu Yu warned Mo Mei to activate the Twinheart Lock so they could reunite.
• Blood Sea Devil Lord vanished first, while Evil Eye True Lord urged Sky Lotus to protect herself before she entered, leaving the plain empty.
• Liu Yu arrived in a rear garden with a dark exit gate behind him, armed himself with the Sunset Golden Rainbow spear and Scarlet Flame Shield, and began sensing Mo Mei's location with the Twinheart Lock.

Liu Yu used the Twinheart Lock to confirm that Mo Mei was nearby, then crossed the rear garden’s spatial trial into the Three-Eyed World. He began collecting the required third eyes by attacking a Three-Eyed Clan tribe and captured its third-tier expert for soul searching.

• Liu Yu checked the Twinheart Lock, found that Mo Mei was not far away, and headed toward the rear garden exit while preparing for danger.
• Liu Yu sensed that the unstable spatial power at the exit could not be broken by ordinary means, chose to follow the trial’s rules, and crossed into another space.
• Liu Yu recognized the Three-Eyed World and recalled that he needed the third eyes of two fourth-tier Three-Eyed Clan members to pass the trial.
• Liu Yu flew to a tribe, used his Nascent Soul Spirit Pressure to subdue its people, and set the settlement ablaze with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
• A third-tier Three-Eyed Clan expert attacked Liu Yu with golden divine-sense threads and a bronze spear, but Liu Yu crushed the attack, captured him, and began using the Soul Searching Technique.