Chapter Summaries

The human True Lords accepted the three Spirit Transformation powers’ demand for a share of the Brightnight Grotto-Heaven, then attacked the Demon Kings to force them away from its entrance. Liu Yu prepared his companions to rush inside, and the Black Flood Dragon King began the demons’ retreat into the grotto-heaven.

• The three Peak True Lords announced that their sects could locate Ancient Treasures and demanded that the other cultivators accept their terms.
• Eight True Lords withdrew, while the rest accepted the agreement; Liu Yu remained confident that the Immortal Mansion could evade detection.
• The human cultivators launched a coordinated attack, with Thunderclap, Chi Lian, and Yu Lin targeting the Black Flood Dragon King.
• The Black Flood Dragon King used dark nether heavy water to withstand the three Peak True Lords, while many Demon Kings were injured by the humans’ combined assault.
• Liu Yu instructed Huang Mei, Mo Mei, and the others to prepare to enter the grotto-heaven as soon as an opening appeared.
• After several Demon Kings fell, the Black Flood Dragon King ordered a retreat and rushed through the Brightnight Grotto-Heaven’s entrance.

After entering Brightnight Grotto-Heaven, Liu Yu found himself alone in a magma region inhabited by the Fire Spirit Clan and began gathering its resources. He killed a powerful Fire Spirit Clan Elder deep underwater and discovered a golden flower growing on a spirit vein.

• The Black Flood Dragon King escaped into Brightnight Grotto-Heaven, and the other Demon Kings forced their way past the human True Lords, who killed four of them.
• Liu Yu led Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow into the grotto-heaven, warning them to regroup after entry; its teleportation separated them by a thousand li or more.
• Liu Yu identified the surrounding magma-dwelling creatures as Fire Spirit Clan members, confirmed that his companions were approaching, and began searching the region for fire-element treasures.
• Liu Yu used Azure Yang Demonic Flame to destroy Fire Spirit Clan members and collected the valuable resources he found.
• Deep beneath the magma, Liu Yu defeated a fourth-tier middle-stage Fire Spirit Clan Elder by cutting off its access to surrounding spiritual energy and striking it with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear.
• Liu Yu collected the pale-red crystal left by the Elder and noticed a golden flower growing on a spirit vein.

Liu Yu discovered a Sunflower in the Magma Lake, but Demon King Zi Su tried to seize it first. Liu Yu defeated and captured Zi Su, then turned back toward the treasure.

• Liu Yu identified the golden flower as a Sunflower, a powerful cultivation treasure, and realized it could help him advance.
• Demon King Zi Su rushed toward the Sunflower, hoping to snatch it and escape with his speed.
• Liu Yu struck Zi Su with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, then transformed into his eighty-one-zhang true form to test his strength.
• Zi Su unleashed his Eighty-One Thousand Arrows divine ability, but Liu Yu endured the attack and overwhelmed him in close combat.
• Liu Yu tore off Zi Su's wings and captured his escaping Nascent Soul with azure flames.
• Liu Yu put away Zi Su's Nascent Soul and demonic body, then looked toward the Sunflower in the volcanic crater.

Liu Yu harvested the Sun Flower and met True Lord Zihong before they discovered Devil Lord Black Heaven fighting a Fire Spirit Grand Elder in a valley. Liu Yu recognized the Sun-Moon Spirit Spring in the valley and decided to seize it, while Black Heaven’s battle with the Grand Elder continued.

• Liu Yu collected the Sun Flower from the underwater volcano, sealed it in a jade box, and stored it in his Immortal Mansion World.
• True Lord Zihong arrived, and Liu Yu led her toward the ice mountains to search for more treasures.
• Liu Yu sensed a battle near a valley where great sun and lunar essence flowed into two mountains, then recognized Devil Lord Black Heaven among the combatants.
• Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong approached the valley unseen and watched Devil Lord Black Heaven overpower the Fire Spirit Grand Elder.
• Liu Yu spotted the Sun-Moon Spirit Spring in the valley and resolved to claim it.

Liu Yu waited until Devil Lord Black Heaven was focused on refining the captured Fire Spirit Grand Elder, then launched a surprise attack to drive him away from the Sun-Moon Spirit Spring. Black Heaven blocked Liu Yu’s divine sense strike, but Liu Yu’s other attacks were still closing in.

• Devil Lord Black Heaven weakened the Fire Spirit Grand Elder with the Yama Hall, dragged him into the Samsara Palace, and began refining him.
• Seeing Black Heaven’s attention occupied, Liu Yu summoned Azure Yang Starcloud and attacked with Nebula Flash, azure fireballs, the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, and Spirit-Shocking Thorn.
• Devil Lord Black Heaven sensed Liu Yu’s assault and used his White Bone Prayer Beads to block Spirit-Shocking Thorn, damaging the beads in the process.
• Black Heaven recognized Liu Yu as Azure Yang Old Devil and gathered demonic qi into a Dark Sky Curtain to defend against the incoming attacks.

Liu Yu defeated Devil Lord Black Heaven’s attack, secured the Sun-Moon Spirit Spring, and entered the Ice Mountains with True Lord Zihong. Black Heaven then sprang a formation ambush on them, trapping them amid rivers of deadly black water.

• Liu Yu overwhelmed Devil Lord Black Heaven with his Starcloud Body and a powerful spear strike, forcing him to flee while True Lord Zihong collected the Sun-Moon Spirit Spring.
• Liu Yu accepted the spirit spring and set out with True Lord Zihong to search the Ice Mountains for more resources before Huang Mei’s group arrived.
• Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong found the Icefolk settlements and surrounding land already devastated and stripped of resources by Devil Lord Black Heaven.
• Liu Yu sensed danger between two towering ice mountains and tried to retreat, but a formation activated and unleashed rivers of black water around them.
• Devil Lord Black Heaven revealed himself and admitted he had laid the ambush to trap Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong after his defeat.

Devil Lord Black Heaven trapped Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong in the Boundless Sea of Bitterness Formation, but Liu Yu revealed his full strength and began fighting back. Black Heaven overcharged the formation and escaped, leaving Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong struggling to break free before the Brightnight Grotto-Heaven's opportunities passed.

• Devil Lord Black Heaven activated the Boundless Sea of Bitterness Formation and sent Senluo Hall crashing toward Liu Yu and True Lord Zihong.
• Liu Yu used Azure Yang Starcloud to hold off Senluo Hall while True Lord Zihong's sword attacks failed to stop the advancing black water.
• Liu Yu used the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, enhanced it with the Nine-Palace Azure Yang Lamp, and revealed that his Starcloud Body could reach the fourth-tier peak.
• Liu Yu added solar power to his attack and blasted Senluo Hall back, then used Nebula Flash to strike at the formation.
• Devil Lord Black Heaven sacrificed his Formation Disk to strengthen the formation, then fled as the black water overwhelmed Liu Yu's attacks.
• True Lord Zihong asked Liu Yu whether he had a plan to escape and whether she could help.

Liu Yu proposed refining True Lord Zihong’s millennium primordial yin to strengthen his body and cross the Boundless Sea of Bitterness Formation before the Brightnight Grotto-Heaven’s treasures were taken. Zihong agreed in exchange for pills, and after the two cultivated together, Liu Yu’s True Form grew stronger, leaving them ready to move on.

• True Lord Zihong voiced her despair at the gulf between her strength and Liu Yu’s, while Liu Yu considered how to cross the dangerous formation quickly.
• Liu Yu proposed using the Bliss Scripture to refine True Lord Zihong’s millennium primordial yin and strengthen his body, and she eventually agreed in exchange for a Truth-Restoring Pill and a bottle of True-Congealing Pills.
• Liu Yu had the Starcloud Body shield them from the formation’s black water while he taught True Lord Zihong the secret art and they cultivated together.
• After two hours, Liu Yu refined the Millennium Primordial Yin, entered his True Form state, and grew from eighty-one zhang to ninety-two zhang tall.

Liu Yu carried True Lord Zihong through the deadly black waters of the Boundless Sea of Bitterness Formation, then broke through its sealed space and destroyed the formation. After Liu Yu and Zihong rested, Huang Mei, Mo Mei, and Kongzhao arrived, reuniting the five companions.

• Liu Yu used his strengthened body and Nebula Flash to enter the black water while carrying True Lord Zihong.
• Liu Yu endured the poisonous, crushing waters for roughly half an hour and reached the formation's edge.
• Liu Yu widened a spatial fissure with repeated spear strikes, and True Lord Zihong passed through before he followed.
• Liu Yu destroyed the formation flags outside and replenished his magic power while True Lord Zihong stood guard.
• Huang Mei, Mo Mei, and Kongzhao arrived, and the five companions reunited.

After Liu Yu’s group gathered resources and learned about the Ancient Forbidden Land, they decided to raid the Two-Headed Clan’s territory on their way to it. As they neared the clan’s domain, they sensed a magical battle and slowed to investigate.

• Liu Yu led Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow onward after recovering from his breakthrough in body refinement.
• The group defeated native cultivators, and Liu Yu killed a native Nascent Soul cultivator before searching its soul for information about Brightnight Grotto-Heaven.
• Liu Yu learned of the dangerous Ancient Forbidden Land at the grotto-heaven’s center and told his companions about it and the nearby Two-Headed Clan’s resources.
• The five agreed to continue plundering and travel through the Two-Headed Clan’s territory before visiting the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• As the group neared the Two-Headed Clan’s domain, they sensed fluctuations from a magical battle and slowed their flight.

Liu Yu and his companions secretly approached a battle in the Brightnight Grotto-Heaven, where three Fire Phoenix Demon Kings were overwhelming a Two-Headed Clan tribe. After recognizing Feng Jiuxiao’s Voidless Purple Flame as a prize he wanted, Liu Yu decided to attack the Phoenixes, but Feng Yukong sensed their presence as Liu Yu summoned his Azure Yang Starcloud.

• Liu Yu led Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow toward the fighting while they concealed their auras and assessed the opposing force.
• The five witnessed Feng Jiuxiao, Feng Yukun, and Feng Yukong overpowering the Two-Headed Clan’s fourth-tier fighters, and Huang Mei recognized the three Fire Phoenix Demon Kings.
• Liu Yu identified Feng Jiuxiao’s purple flames as the sixth-grade Voidless Purple Flame and resolved to keep him from leaving so he could claim it.
• Liu Yu instructed his companions to prepare for an ambush, assigning himself Feng Jiuxiao while the other four would engage Feng Yukun and Feng Yukong.
• Feng Yukong defeated his remaining opponent, sensed Liu Yu’s group from four hundred li away, and confronted them as Liu Yu manifested the Azure Yang Starcloud.

Liu Yu and his allies attacked the three Fire Phoenix Clan demons, using their numbers and Liu Yu’s Nebula Flash to seize control of the battle. They killed Feng Yukong and captured his demon nascent soul, while the other two demons were nearly defeated.

• Liu Yu, Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow concentrated their attacks on Feng Yukong, breaking his defenses and badly wounding him.
• Feng Yukong retreated to Feng Jiuxiao and Feng Yukun after the fourth-tier late-stage Two-Headed Clan demon died, and the five allies advanced toward the gathered demons.
• Feng Jiuxiao offered to divide the resources and end the conflict, but Liu Yu and his allies immediately attacked again.
• Liu Yu unleashed Nebula Flash, forcing the three demons into a desperate defense while the others pressed their advantage.
• The five allies killed Feng Yukong after a prolonged assault, and Purple Rainbow and Kongzhao subdued his fleeing demon nascent soul and stored it in a Jade Box.
• Liu Yu saw that Feng Jiuxiao and Feng Yukun were near defeat and prepared to act.

Liu Yu used his full strength to battle Feng Jiuxiao, breaking through the fire phoenix’s defenses with his divine-sense attack and overwhelming him at close range. After a fierce exchange, Liu Yu punched through Feng Jiuxiao’s abdomen, leaving the demon badly wounded.

• Liu Yu activated Azure Yang Starcloud, grew to his true form, and hurled the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear at Feng Jiuxiao.
• Feng Jiuxiao used a secret art to raise his strength to the fourth-tier peak and countered the spear with seven purple fireballs.
• Liu Yu charged Feng Jiuxiao with solar flames protecting his armor, while his Starcloud Body and Spirit-Shocking Thorn attacked alongside him.
• Feng Jiuxiao tried to flee, but Liu Yu’s Spirit-Shocking Thorn shattered his divine-sense defense and briefly knocked him unconscious.
• Feng Jiuxiao broke nearly half his beak defending against Liu Yu’s spear, then Liu Yu battered him with Meteor Fist and punched through his abdomen.

Liu Yu and his companions defeated the Fire Phoenix Clan’s Demon Kings, plundered the Two-Headed Clan’s territory, and agreed to risk entering the Ancient Forbidden Land. They reached Small Hillside and discovered an immense cluster of black Palaces ahead.

• Liu Yu captured Feng Jiuxiao’s nascent soul and stored his body, while Feng Yukun died in a self-destruction that forced Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow to retreat.
• The five plundered the Two-Headed Clan’s territory and gathered valuable treasures and cultivation resources.
• Liu Yu proposed that the group head to the Ancient Forbidden Land, and Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow each agreed to go with him.
• The five traveled toward the center of Brightnight Grotto-Heaven, where extreme gravity forced them to continue on foot.
• After crossing mountains and rivers, the five climbed Small Hillside and saw a vast cluster of black Palaces.

Liu Yu and the others watched eight Peak True Lords and Peak Demon Kings break through the Ancient Forbidden Land’s barrier and enter its palace complex. As the leaders slowed on the black staircase, Liu Yu’s group was caught in the battle to reach the breach.

• Liu Yu sensed nearly a hundred and fifty fourth-tier beings gathering around the Ancient Forbidden Land and spotted enormous palaces and a strange structure at its center.
• True Lord Thunderclap, Chi Lian, True Lord Yu Lin, Black Flood Dragon King, and the other Peak experts unleashed eight fifth-tier attacks that weakened and eventually shattered a section of the Five-Colored Light Barrier.
• Demon King Feng Tianwen and Feng Xian'er rushed through the breach, followed by True Lord Thunderclap and the other Peak True Lords and Peak Demon Kings.
• The Peak experts climbed the black staircase but slowed or stopped as varied emotions appeared on their faces.
• The other True Lords, Demon Kings, and powerful beings fought to enter the forbidden land, and Liu Yu led Huang Mei, Mo Mei, and the others into the melee.

Liu Yu and his companions entered the Ancient Forbidden Land and faced the black staircase’s crushing mental pressure and illusions. Liu Yu climbed to the five hundred and fifty-sixth step, where alluring beauties appeared in his latest trial and briefly disturbed his focus.

• Liu Yu fought through the attacks outside the Forbidden Land Entrance, used Nebula Flash to cover the group, and led Huang Mei, Mo Mei, Kongzhao, and Purple Rainbow inside.
• Liu Yu saw powerful cultivators trapped by the Path of Ascension’s illusions and mental pressure, then stepped onto the black staircase with his companions.
• Liu Yu overcame illusions of past enemies and climbed to the forty-second step as his mental pressure mounted; several True Lords and Demon Kings lost control of their magic power and died.
• Liu Yu continued climbing while some cultivators retreated, reaching the five hundred and fifty-fifth step after passing through hundreds of illusions.
• Liu Yu stepped onto the five hundred and fifty-sixth stair, where the illusion changed into alluring beauties, and his gaze briefly faltered.

Liu Yu resisted a seductive illusion on the Black Stairway, then continued climbing after Kongzhao and Purple Rainbow reached their limits. He reached the 999th step, drawing the attention of cultivators from several races as he neared the summit.

• Liu Yu nearly succumbed to an illusion of beautiful female cultivators, but used a secret art from the Bliss Scripture to age their forms and break their hold over him.
• Liu Yu destroyed the illusion and returned to the Black Stairway, where he saw Huang Mei and Mo Mei around the 400th step and Kongzhao and Purple Rainbow struggling below.
• Liu Yu urged Kongzhao and Purple Rainbow to withdraw; Kongzhao accepted his advice and descended, while Purple Rainbow hesitated before Liu Yu continued upward.
• Liu Yu steadily passed Great Cultivators and Great Demon Kings, astonishing observers by climbing far despite starting several dozen breaths late.
• Liu Yu reached the 999th step, reflected on his hardships, and stepped toward the final black stair.

Liu Yu completed the Two-Headed Clan’s Heart-Refining Path and waited for Huang Mei and Mo Mei before the three entered the Ancient Forbidden Land together. They chose a route through the palaces and continued toward the depths, where powerful fourth-tier auras lay ahead.

• Liu Yu reached the end of the Heart-Refining Path, learned from the stele that it tested will and temperament, and discovered that the forbidden land suppressed divine sense to a range of a hundred and twenty li.
• Liu Yu waited as the Blood Leopard Demon King and other experts arrived, and the Blood Leopard Demon King chose not to challenge him.
• Huang Mei and Mo Mei passed the Heart-Refining Path, joined Liu Yu, and set off with him toward the forbidden land’s depths.
• At a junction with twelve roads, Liu Yu examined the lingering auras and led Huang Mei and Mo Mei down the third branch from the left.
• After traveling over two hundred li, Liu Yu and his teammates sensed four surges of fourth-tier late-stage Spirit Pressure ahead and prepared for a fight.

Liu Yu, Huang Mei, and Mo Mei charged into the Wind and Cloud Hall and fought True Lord Floating Light and three Limitless Palace cultivators. After the two sides paused, Liu Yu spotted a fourth-tier upper-grade Spirit-Eye Pearl and realized his group could exploit their opponents’ injuries and depleted magic power.

• Liu Yu chose to charge into the Wind and Cloud Hall with Huang Mei and Mo Mei after sensing that the battle inside had ended.
• Four Great Cultivators ambushed Liu Yu as he entered, but he used his flame shields, Scarlet Flame Shield, spear, and Meteor Fist to withstand their attacks.
• Huang Mei and Mo Mei helped Liu Yu repel the four cultivators, and the battle’s shock waves destroyed most of the palace.
• Liu Yu recognized the enemy leader as True Lord Floating Light of the Limitless Palace and spotted a fourth-tier upper-grade Spirit-Eye Pearl protected at the hall’s center.
• Liu Yu and his companions noticed that two of their four opponents were injured and decided to seize the advantage as True Lord Floating Light asked what they meant by attacking.

Liu Yu, Huang Mei, and Mo Mei launched a surprise attack on the four members of the Limitless Palace, using Liu Yu’s Wither Divine Ability to weaken them. As Liu Yu’s fight with True Lord Floating Light stalled and his allies struggled, they coordinated their attacks to kill the wounded blue-haired Female Cultivator.

• Liu Yu, Huang Mei, and Mo Mei attacked the Limitless Palace cultivators without warning, and Liu Yu’s Wither Divine Ability weakened all four.
• Liu Yu fought True Lord Floating Light with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear while Huang Mei and Mo Mei held off the other three cultivators.
• Liu Yu hurled the Immortal-Slaying Sword at the gravely wounded blue-haired Female Cultivator and struck her with a Spirit-Shocking Thorn.
• Huang Mei and Mo Mei risked injury to send their True Treasures at the blue-haired Female Cultivator, who was blasted to dust by the combined attack.