Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er captured a demon beast and forced it to reveal that the Divine Fish, known as Old Fish Monster, lived in a cavern beneath Hidden Reef Island. After preparing for more than a month in the Thunder Sea reefs, they detected a signal and rushed toward the roaring beast.

• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er defeated and bound a crocodile-like demon beast, then pressured it to reveal the Divine Fish's whereabouts.
• Li Xiaoya agreed to a soul contract with the demon beast, which identified Old Fish Monster as a peak ninth tier demon beast whose lair lay beneath Hidden Reef Island.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er released the demon beast and flew toward the reef island while replenishing their magic power and planning how to defeat the Divine Fish.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er reached the center of the Thunder Sea and waited in a concealed cave after finding signs that a large demon beast frequented the reefs.
• A bell alerted Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er to activity in the west, and they flew toward the source after hearing a powerful roar.

Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er trapped the Divine Fish in Liu Xian'er's formation, but the beast blasted a hole through the barrier with its Demon Core. As Li Xiaoya attacked it with the Fire Dragon Sword, he pierced its Five-Colored Light Curtain, and the sword closed in on its body.

• Liu Xian'er activated her formation while Li Xiaoya blocked the Divine Fish's lightning attack and drove it back into the forming enclosure.
• Li Xiaoya struck the Divine Fish with a golden saber, knocking it into the formation as Liu Xian'er froze the sea and sealed the barrier around it.
• The Divine Fish unleashed lightning that battered the formation, then fired its Demon Core through the barrier and sent Liu Xian'er dodging clear.
• Li Xiaoya used a weakened Golden Light Fist as a feint, then charged the Divine Fish with his Fire Dragon Sword and cut through its lightning spheres.
• The Divine Fish charged Li Xiaoya behind its Five-Colored Light Curtain, but his Fire Dragon Sword pierced the barrier and continued toward its body.

Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er defeated the Divine Fish, captured its Demon Core, and collected its blood and corpse. Before they could leave, a huge horde of Demon Beasts appeared on the horizon.

• Li Xiaoya pierced the Divine Fish with the Fire Dragon Sword, but its wounds quickly healed and it showed no sign of bleeding.
• Li Xiaoya discovered that the Divine Fish’s undying body weakened as it consumed its magic power and vital energy, while Liu Xian'er struggled against its Demon Core.
• Li Xiaoya bound the exhausted Divine Fish with the Immortal-Binding Rope and severed its head before it could destroy its Demon Core.
• Li Xiaoya collected the Divine Fish’s essence blood and corpse, and Liu Xian'er secured its Demon Core.
• A horde of Demon Beasts surged toward Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er, who prepared to flee.

After escaping the Thunder Sea, Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er attended an auction and won a wind-spirit red moon fruit for the Primordial Chaos Pill. As they left, they discovered that Golden Core Stage Cultivators had been sent to intercept them.

• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er escaped the demon beasts, left the Thunder Sea, and refined the divine fish's blood after replenishing their magic power.
• Li Xiaoya planned to seek wind-spirit red moon fruit at Wind Dragon Mountain and offered to make Liu Xian'er defensive armor from the divine fish's skin and scales.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er attended an auction held by the Spring Returning Church and found wind-spirit red moon fruit among the final treasures.
• Li Xiaoya outbid a cultivator in green by one spirit stone after exposing the suspicious bidding, and he won the fruit for 70 million and one spirit stones.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er left the market district and detected seven or eight Golden Core Stage Cultivators waiting to intercept them.

Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er gathered the Seven-Headed Demon Snake’s core, completing the materials needed for the Primordial Chaos Pill after five years of searching. With no word of High Person Qianshan and no suitable alchemy chamber in the sect, Li Xiaoya chose Spiritlight Lake’s bottom as their destination for refining the pill.

• Liu Xian'er drew the Seven-Headed Snake out of its cave while Li Xiaoya prepared the Dragon-Devouring Wave.
• Li Xiaoya’s attack killed the Seven-Headed Snake, and he collected its Seven-Colored Demon Core as the final ingredient.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er celebrated completing their years-long search, though they had found no trace of High Person Qianshan.
• Li Xiaoya revealed that he would refine the Primordial Chaos Pill himself, explaining that his elixirs had been his own work.
• After ruling out the sect’s unsuitable alchemy sites, Li Xiaoya proposed refining the pill at the bottom of Spiritlight Lake before its next eruption.

Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er secretly returned to Spiritlight Lake, where Liu Xian'er reunited with her disciple Zhao Xiaoqing and helped her prepare for the competition. After Zhao Xiaoqing won first place, Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er slipped into the lake ahead of the other cultivators, and the lake began to erupt as they descended.

• Zhao Xiaoqing traveled with the Heavenly Dao Sect delegation to the Spiritlight Lake Competition, having reached the perfected True Cultivation Stage.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er spotted Zhao Xiaoqing, reached Spiritlight Lake ahead of the delegation, and waited for the lake to open.
• Liu Xian'er secretly visited Zhao Xiaoqing, reunited with her, offered cultivation guidance, and gave her a supreme spiritual artifact.
• Zhao Xiaoqing won first place, and the Heavenly Dao Sect secured at least six competition places.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er entered Spiritlight Lake unseen and descended as the water pressure intensified.
• A powerful surge of milky-white liquid rushed upward, signaling that Spiritlight Lake was about to erupt.

Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er reached the sealed white world beneath Spiritlight Lake, where Li Xiaoya began refining the Primordial Chaos Pill to help Zhang Hong recover. After more than a year of painstaking work, he opened the cauldron and released a dazzling multicolored radiance, leaving the pill’s result unrevealed.

• Li Xiaoya used the Immortal Dao Chain’s White Barrier to protect Liu Xian'er as they descended through Spiritlight Lake into the white world below.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er found the ancient stone-stele landscape and agreed to cultivate there after Zhang Hong recovered.
• Li Xiaoya prepared to refine the Primordial Chaos Pill, and he and Liu Xian'er restored their magic power before he began.
• Li Xiaoya spent more than a year refining the ingredients in the Primordial Chaos Golden Cauldron while Liu Xian'er cultivated nearby.
• Li Xiaoya added the final pink liquid, opened the cauldron, and released brilliant multicolored light.

Li Xiaoya refined a successful second batch of Primordial Chaos Pills with Liu Xian'er, then cultivated with her and discussed their feelings and plans to return. Before leaving Spiritlight Lake, he tried to open an old Black Storage Pouch, which suddenly emitted black light.

• Li Xiaoya realized one Primordial Chaos Pill had survived the first batch, then recuperated before starting another.
• Li Xiaoya refined six Primordial Chaos Pills in the second batch, and Liu Xian'er asked him about his cauldron and alchemy knowledge.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er practiced Dual Cultivation, discussed returning to the mountain, and Li Xiaoya asked whether his feelings for Zhang Hong hurt her.
• Li Xiaoya showed Liu Xian'er the Black Storage Pouch he had found years earlier and sent his divine sense toward it.
• The Black Storage Pouch suddenly emitted a burst of black light.

Li Xiaoya failed to open the Black Storage Pouch and learned from the Devastation Devil Lord that only a Spirit Communion Stage divine sense or the destruction of his primordial spirit could unlock it. Meanwhile, Sun Haotian learned of a discovery in Great Wilderness Valley and secretly dispatched cultivators on a mission; Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er then escaped a nervous group of Golden-Armored Cultivators.

• Li Xiaoya triggered the Black Storage Pouch’s restrictions, repelled its black flames, and accidentally saw Liu Xian'er naked before she hurried back to dress.
• Li Xiaoya questioned the Devastation Devil Lord through the Immortal Dao Chain and learned that opening the pouch required destroying his primordial spirit or overwhelming it with stronger divine sense.
• Sun Haotian heard the Purple-Haired Cultivator’s report about a discovery in Great Wilderness Valley and ordered a secret mission, including a summons for Senior Black Skeleton.
• A group of Golden-Armored Cultivators surrounded Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er, then backed away after realizing the pair were far stronger.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er transformed into escaping light and flew away.

After leaving Spiritlight Lake, Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er encountered Yin-Yang Fiend pursuing three Heavenly Dao Sect disciples, including Liu Xian'er's disciple Zhao Xiaoqing. They rescued the group, and Li Xiaoya chased Yin-Yang Fiend after he fled.

• The Golden-Armored Cultivators agreed to hide Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er's encounter with them from their elders.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er spotted Yin-Yang Fiend chasing three young cultivators and hurried to intervene when Liu Xian'er recognized Zhao Xiaoqing.
• Yin-Yang Fiend sealed the three disciples' magic power and prepared to seize Zhao Xiaoqing, but Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er arrived and broke his attack and restraints.
• Liu Xian'er freed Zhao Xiaoqing, who cried in her master's arms, while Li Xiaoya revealed himself as an enemy of the Fire Dragon Palace.
• Yin-Yang Fiend spread his black-feathered wings and fled, and Li Xiaoya pursued him with the Storm Gold-Light Wings.

Li Xiaoya captured Yin-Yang Fiend and returned to Liu Xian'er, where he learned Zhao Xiaoqing had fled an elder’s attempt to force her into marriage. Suspicious of Yin-Yang Fiend’s warning and the group accompanying him, Li Xiaoya decided to question the captive.

• Li Xiaoya pursued Yin-Yang Fiend, bound him with the Immortal-Binding Rope, and knocked him unconscious before carrying him back to Liu Xian'er and Zhao Xiaoqing’s companions.
• Li Xiaoya told Liu Xian'er that Yin-Yang Fiend’s claim that the Heavenly Dao Sect was nearly finished suggested a possible conspiracy.
• Zhao Xiaoqing asked Liu Xian'er to uphold justice and explained that an elder had tried to force her to marry a male disciple, prompting her to flee the sect.
• Liu Xian'er angrily blamed Elder Wang, while Li Xiaoya learned that Ou Qilong and Chen Da were both Zhao Xiaoqing’s friends.
• Ou Qilong recalled seeing a group of escaping cultivators pass nearby, and Li Xiaoya concluded that Yin-Yang Fiend’s presence might be part of a conspiracy and said they would question him.

Li Xiaoya used the Immortal-Binding Rope to search Yin-Yang Fiend’s soul, discovered that the Fire Dragon Palace was seeking the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma in Great Wilderness Valley, and killed him. After explaining the danger to Liu Xian'er, Li Xiaoya decided they would split their forces to stop the expedition.

• Li Xiaoya secretly used the Soul-Searching Technique on Yin-Yang Fiend, whose sealed magic power and divine sense left him unable to resist.
• Li Xiaoya learned the Fire Dragon Palace expedition was seeking the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma in Great Wilderness Valley, then killed Yin-Yang Fiend and burned his body.
• A cultivator discovered that Yin-Yang Fiend’s Life-Bound Lamp had gone out and set off to inform the Palace Master.
• Li Xiaoya told Liu Xian'er that the expedition’s goal concerned them both and explained how the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma had left the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er agreed they could not face the group, which included a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, and Li Xiaoya proposed splitting their forces.

Li Xiaoya sent Liu Xian'er back with Primordial Chaos Pills while he stayed behind to watch the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators searching for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma. News of Yin-Yang Old Ghost’s death reached a red-haired cultivator, and rumors about the Fire Dragon Palace’s search spread through a Market District.

• Li Xiaoya persuaded Liu Xian'er to return and deliver Primordial Chaos Pills to several of their fellow cultivators, while he stayed to monitor the Fire Dragon Palace.
• Li Xiaoya gave Zhao Xiaoqing, Ou Qilong, and Chen Da instructions before leaving for the northwest; the three flew off in another direction.
• A red-haired cultivator learned that Yin-Yang Old Ghost’s life-bound Primordial Spirit Lamp had gone out and sent a purple talisman to contact Black Skeleton and the others.
• At the Wen Household’s Market District, a Blue-Robed Cultivator told Brother Ou that dozens of Fire Dragon Palace cultivators were heading to the Great Wilderness Valley to seek the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.

Rumors about the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma drew cultivators toward the Great Wilderness Valley, while Black Skeleton led the Fire Dragon Palace party there despite news that Yin-Yang Old Ghost had died. Li Xiaoya entered the valley ahead of them, and elsewhere Fire Dragon Palace cultivators confronted Zhao Xiaoqing and two companions over the rumors.

• Cultivators spread increasingly extravagant rumors that the Fire Dragon Palace was searching the Great Wilderness Valley for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, prompting more cultivators to head there.
• Black Skeleton led the Fire Dragon Palace party toward the valley, then ordered them to continue their search after Sun Haotian's emergency message reported Yin-Yang Old Ghost's death.
• Li Xiaoya reached the Great Wilderness Valley before the Fire Dragon Palace party and entered its dangerous dust storms in search of them.
• Fire Dragon Palace cultivators surrounded Zhao Xiaoqing and two companions near the Liang Kingdom border, accusing Zhao Xiaoqing of spreading rumors and identifying her as a Heavenly Dao Sect cultivator.

Zhao Xiaoqing and her companions used Li Xiaoya’s Dragon-Devouring Bead to wipe out a Fire Dragon Palace squad, while Li Xiaoya continued searching the Great Wilderness Valley. Liu Xian'er learned that sect elders were delaying a decision about Hunyuan and was told to help prepare for Zhang Hong’s situation; Li Xiaoya then heard fighting nearby and rushed toward it.

• Zhao Xiaoqing’s group denied belonging to the Heavenly Dao Sect, but a bald Fire Dragon Palace cultivator recognized them and ordered his men to capture them.
• Li Xiaoya’s Dragon-Devouring Bead killed the bald cultivator and the rest of the Fire Dragon Palace squad, leaving Zhao Xiaoqing, Ou Qilong, and Chen Da unharmed.
• Li Xiaoya killed a Seventh-Rank Demon Beast while speeding through the Great Wilderness Valley, and the Black Skeleton detected and blasted another demon beast from hiding.
• Liu Xian'er told Fairy Qingxia that the matter of Hunyuan was settled, but Fairy Qingxia said an Elder Council meeting was still needed because Elder Wang and Elder Ma were stalling.
• Fairy Qingxia told Liu Xian'er that preparations were needed for Zhang Hong, and Liu Xian'er agreed to go to the Huichun Cult.
• After days of searching without finding the Fire Dragon Palace group, Li Xiaoya heard distant explosions and demon beast cries and hurried toward them.

Li Xiaoya encountered Qu Long Scholar in the Great Wilderness Valley and tried to recruit him to help find the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma and the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators. As rumors drew more cultivators toward the valley, Heavenly Venerable Daoling, Liu Hang, Dong Santong, and Zhang Facai also headed there, with Dong Santong asking what the treasure was used for.

• Li Xiaoya met Qu Long Scholar, learned he had entered the Great Wilderness Valley seven or eight days earlier, and asked whether he had seen any Fire Dragon Palace cultivators.
• Li Xiaoya told Qu Long Scholar that the Fire Dragon Palace sought the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma and invited him to join forces, but Qu Long Scholar declined before reconsidering and setting off in another direction to search for it.
• Qu Long Scholar told Li Xiaoya that Black Hand had survived his injuries but had not reached golden core stage great perfection, while Madam Aiya had died after suffering qi deviation from the Primordial Chaos Pill.
• News of the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma spread across Great Illusion, drawing high-level cultivators toward the Great Wilderness Valley and sparking more conflicts along the roads.
• Five Nascent Soul Realm cultivators led by a masked woman arrived at the valley, but the leader told her companions to focus on hunting their demon beast rather than the rumor.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling, Liu Hang, Dong Santong, and Zhang Facai flew toward the valley, where Dong Santong asked what the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma was used for.

Li Xiaoya tracked the Fire Dragon Palace’s trail through Great Wilderness Valley while several groups searched for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma. The chapter left him climbing above a fissure in a cliff to avoid entering its passage.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling led Dong Santong and the others into Great Wilderness Valley, where the Fire Dragon Palace party was already searching for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.
• Black Skeleton ordered the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators to guard the valley entrance and search for the Ganoderma and signs of its passage.
• Li Xiaoya found the remains of slain demon beasts and glowing footprints, then followed the Fire Dragon Palace’s trail toward a fissure in a cliff.
• Qu Long Scholar stopped fleeing from pursuing demon beasts and summoned the Wolf King through a dark portal.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling split up his group to search for Xiao Ya and the Ganoderma, ordering them to bring Xiao Ya back to the sect.
• Li Xiaoya decided not to enter the fissure’s passage and began climbing the cliff face instead.

Li Xiaoya infiltrated the valley where the Fire Dragon Palace was searching for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, then spotted Sun Xing among the cultivators and planned an ambush. Just as he prepared to attack, a white-haired young cultivator arrived and stunned him.

• Li Xiaoya climbed through the cliffs and found Fire Dragon Palace cultivators guarding the valley entrance.
• Li Xiaoya waited as Elder Mu and the other searchers returned, reporting that they had found no trace of the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.
• Li Xiaoya spotted Sun Xing and restrained his urge to attack while weighing the risks of ambushing the heavily guarded group.
• Li Xiaoya decided to launch a surprise attack on Sun Xing without using the Immortal-Binding Rope.
• A pale young cultivator with waist-length curly white hair arrived, and Li Xiaoya abandoned his attack in shock.

Li Xiaoya discovered that Black Skeleton had arrived in the Great Wilderness Valley and was searching with the Fire Dragon Palace for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma. As cultivators flooded the valley without finding it, Li Xiaoya searched alone, until the ground suddenly began to shake.

• Li Xiaoya recognized Black Skeleton, concealed himself, and realized Black Skeleton had come looking for him and the Immortal Dao Chain.
• Black Skeleton split the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators into four search teams and gave each team a Skeleton Howl to signal a discovery.
• After the teams left, Li Xiaoya avoided their routes and chose an untraveled path so he could search alone and respond to any signal.
• More cultivators arrived, sparking clashes and a slaughter of the valley’s demon beasts while the Fire Dragon Palace relied on Black Skeleton’s strength.
• Li Xiaoya searched among stone spires, then stopped when the ground began to rumble.

Li Xiaoya encountered Li Yuer and the Hehuan Cult cultivators after blasting an Earth Dragon Beast away from a cliff. His attempt to kill Li Yuer failed when she escaped with an illusion, and as he fought the others, a distant howl made him fear they had discovered the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.

• Li Xiaoya struck the wounded Earth Dragon Beast with Golden Light Fists as it burst through a cliff, then met Li Yuer and four Hehuan Cult cultivators emerging from its cave.
• Li Xiaoya used Instant Kill to behead Li Yuer, but her body and head burst into pink mist and she reappeared at a distance, revealing that she had escaped with an illusion.
• Li Yuer concealed herself in pink mist while the four cultivators attacked Li Xiaoya with spells and magic treasures.
• Li Xiaoya broke through the attacks, damaged one cultivator's spinning spear treasure, and pursued him as Li Yuer sent a wall of pink mist toward him.
• A monstrous howl interrupted the battle, and Li Xiaoya feared that someone had discovered the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.