Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya survived Poison King Immortal Venerable’s attacks, while High Person Qianshan fought off Heavenly Spirit Granny and Ghost King Devil Lord. The battle continued across the summit, with Old Dragon Head being forced back by three opponents.

• Poison King Immortal Venerable struck Li Xiaoya with corrosive blood and a blast of poisonous liquid, hurling him into the ground.
• High Person Qianshan destroyed Heavenly Spirit Granny’s phantom ghost with Windwood Nine Heavens, but his attack was deflected by the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower.
• Ghost King Devil Lord attacked High Person Qianshan with the Hell Sword, keeping him occupied as Poison King Immortal Venerable searched for an object missing from his severed hand.
• Li Xiaoya emerged unharmed from the poisonous mist and counterattacked with golden sword rays, shocking Poison King Immortal Venerable.
• Old Dragon Head fought the Hehuan Twin Demons and Ghost Sword Deity but was driven back.

Li Xiaoya fought the Poison King Immortal Venerable over the Swastika Divine Stone, destroying his poison bell and wounding him before the Ghost Sword Deity interrupted their battle. The Poison King Immortal Venerable and the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning clashed, while Li Xiaoya rose to face the Ghost Sword Deity again.

• Li Xiaoya survived the Poison King Immortal Venerable’s deadly poison and secretly took the Swastika Divine Stone into his Heaven-and-Earth Bag.
• Li Xiaoya used Instant Kill and the Fire Dragon Sword to split the Great Compassion Bone-Eroding Poison Bell and wound the Poison King Immortal Venerable.
• The Poison King Immortal Venerable swallowed a swarm of poisonous insects to unleash a powerful transformation, but Li Xiaoya attacked before he could finish.
• The Ghost Sword Deity ambushed Li Xiaoya with the Black Long Saber and hurled him into the ground.
• The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning broke free and attacked the Poison King Immortal Venerable, who countered with a huge dark green sphere.
• Li Xiaoya rose from the trench and charged at the Ghost Sword Deity with the Fire Dragon Sword.

Li Xiaoya fought Ghost Sword Deity while the other cultivators battled around them, and Heaven-Shaker secretly waited for the fighting to weaken them. After Ghost Sword Deity unleashed the power of his skull bracelets, he knocked Li Xiaoya toward Old Dragon Head and the Hehuan Twin Demons, who prepared to strike him.

• Li Xiaoya and Ghost Sword Deity clashed as Old Dragon Head fought the Hehuan Twin Demons, High Person Qianshan faced Heavenly Spirit Granny and Ghost King Devil Lord, and Rejuvenation Medicine Venerable battled Poison King Immortal Venerable.
• Heaven-Shaker hid nearby, hoping the cultivators would exhaust themselves so he could seize the opportunity afterward.
• Ghost Sword Deity pressed his attack, believing Li Xiaoya possessed the treasure from the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower and fearing his future strength.
• Ghost Sword Deity revealed skull bracelets that strengthened him and struck Li Xiaoya with a powerful saber blow, driving him deep into the ground.
• Li Xiaoya blocked Ghost Sword Deity's follow-up slash but was sent flying toward Old Dragon Head and the Hehuan Twin Demons.
• The Hehuan Twin Demons formed a pink giant hand and brought it down toward Li Xiaoya.

Li Xiaoya fought off attacks from Ghost Sword Deity and the Hehuan Twin Demons while Old Dragon Head repeatedly prioritized the Swastika Divine Stone over protecting him. As the battle continued, Hehuan Young Master proposed that Old Dragon Head stand aside so the Demonic Path could attack the Heavenly Dao Sect without violating his pact.

• The Hehuan Twin Demons and Ghost Sword Deity struck Li Xiaoya while Old Dragon Head delayed his rescue, damaging the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff and injuring Li Xiaoya.
• Old Dragon Head drove back the attackers, but Ghost King Devil Lord tried to ambush Li Xiaoya from underground, and High Person Qianshan kept Ghost King Devil Lord occupied.
• Old Dragon Head demanded the Swastika Divine Stone, and Li Xiaoya refused after realizing Old Dragon Head had deliberately let Ghost Sword Deity break free to pressure him.
• Ghost Sword Deity tried to persuade Li Xiaoya to hand over the stone, but Li Xiaoya rejected him and fought him to a standstill with the Fire Dragon Sword.
• The Hehuan Twin Demons noticed Old Dragon Head was holding back, and Hehuan Young Master privately proposed that Old Dragon Head stand aside while they attacked the Heavenly Dao Sect.

Old Dragon Head rejected Hehuan Young Master's offer to cooperate, while the Spirit Communion Stage battles continued around Li Xiaoya. The Ghost King Devil Lord consumed a blood-red liquid to boost his power and launched himself at High Person Qianshan.

• Old Dragon Head refused Hehuan Young Master's proposal, suspecting the Hehuan Twin Demons planned to betray him after defeating their other opponents.
• Hehuan Young Master realized Old Dragon Head might be watching Li Xiaoya for a way to claim the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower, then proposed cooperation again.
• Old Dragon Head attacked Hehuan Young Master with blood-red lightning, and the Hehuan Twin Demons countered with a barrage of enormous pink hands.
• The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning drove the injured Poison King Immortal Venerable onto the defensive with seven-colored beams that countered his poison abilities.
• Heavenly Spirit Granny held High Person Qianshan back while the Ghost King Devil Lord drank blood-red liquid, greatly increasing his power.
• High Person Qianshan used green vines to destroy Heavenly Spirit Granny's gray-white snakes, but the empowered Ghost King Devil Lord burst from the gray vapor and attacked him with giant ghost claws.

High Person Qianshan and Heavenly Spirit Granny used desperate transformations to battle the Ghost King Devil Lord, while Li Xiaoya gained an advantage over Ghost Sword Deity through quick, simple sword strikes. Li Xiaoya trapped Ghost Sword Deity with the Immortal-Binding Rope and launched a sword strike at his head.

• High Person Qianshan traded a powerful blow with the Ghost King Devil Lord, then began a desperate transformation as the injured Ghost King Devil Lord called for Heavenly Spirit Granny’s help.
• Heavenly Spirit Granny summoned and absorbed an eight-armed, three-headed monster, transformed, and joined the Ghost King Devil Lord against High Person Qianshan.
• Li Xiaoya adapted Dongling Daojian’s swordsmanship advice and began pressing Ghost Sword Deity, but Ghost Sword Deity counterattacked and sent him crashing into the mountain wall.
• Li Xiaoya dodged Ghost Sword Deity’s strike near the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower and used the Immortal-Binding Rope to bind him after the flight restriction stopped his escape.
• Li Xiaoya struck at Ghost Sword Deity’s head with the Fire Dragon Sword while Ghost Sword Deity remained bound.

Li Xiaoya nearly killed Ghost Sword Deity with the Immortal-Binding Rope, but the Hehuan Twin Demons intervened and Ghost Sword Deity escaped by transforming into black mist. High Person Qianshan ended the fighting and gave the Swastika Divine Stone to Hehuan Young Master, but Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor appeared to seize it as the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower suddenly activated.

• The Hehuan Twin Demons blasted Li Xiaoya away just as he was about to strike Ghost Sword Deity, though the Immortal-Binding Rope still bound Ghost Sword Deity.
• Hehuan Fairy severed Ghost Sword Deity's head at his request, but he dissolved into black mist and re-formed with a weakened aura.
• High Person Qianshan stopped the fighting, took the Swastika Divine Stone from Li Xiaoya, and threw it to Hehuan Young Master.
• Old Dragon Head and the Hehuan Twin Demons fought over the Swastika Divine Stone, knocking it into the air.
• Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor reached out from a cloud of black mist and seized the Swastika Divine Stone as the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower blazed with golden light.

The Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower activated its power, trapping the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor and protecting the other cultivators. Its golden beam destroyed most of the Emperor’s body and pulled his nascent soul into the tower.

• The Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower lit up with golden runes, draining the cultivators’ magic power and forcing the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor to shield himself with black light.
• The Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor tried to flee, but a golden barrier blocked him, and the tower rose into the sky.
• The Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor attacked the barrier with a black-flamed spear, but the tower fired a golden beam at him and the golden runes on the ground immobilized him.
• Phantoms of the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower shielded the other cultivators as the golden light corroded the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor’s body.
• The Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor’s nascent soul escaped his ruined body, but the tower sucked it inside.

The Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower killed the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor, completed its mission, and ascended through a five-colored vortex. After the Swastika Divine Stone returned to Li Xiaoya, High Person Qianshan took it and proposed that the rival cultivators open the next restriction together and share whatever they found.

• The Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower freed the cultivators, warned them against fighting, and confirmed that killing the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor had fulfilled its mission.
• The Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower told Li Xiaoya to meet it in the Upper Realm, then endured five-colored lightning and ascended through the vortex.
• The Swastika Divine Stone descended, resisted Old Dragon Head's attempt to seize it, and flew into Li Xiaoya's hand.
• High Person Qianshan protected Li Xiaoya from the cultivators, took the stone, and revealed that it opened the next restriction.
• High Person Qianshan proposed that the sects open the next restriction together and divide any treasures they found.

After agreeing to continue together, the cultivators headed toward the next restriction while making secret plans and arguing over whether to block the passage behind them. Elsewhere, a mysterious figure confirmed that the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower’s plan had worked, and the tower reappeared before flying away.

• High Person Qianshan and the demonic cultivators agreed to proceed to the next restriction, while the Ghost King Devil Lord questioned them about the missing spirit herbs.
• High Person Qianshan warned Li Xiaoya to flee if danger arose, while Old Dragon Head offered to protect him and asked what the tower had told him.
• The group reached the passage, and the Hehuan Young Master persuaded them to set up a one-way formation to keep others out.
• In a cave abode beyond the Nine Heavens, a mysterious figure said the plan had worked and left what came next to his brethren.
• The Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower appeared amid five-colored lightning, turned into golden light, and vanished beyond the horizon.

A shadow in a distant demonic realm discovered that an attempt had been thwarted and vowed to find another way, while cultivators explored the five-colored passages inside the Super-Giant Mountain. Li Xiaoya’s group reached the Pill Chamber and Medicinal Canon, where magical guards appeared and demanded tokens.

• A horned shadow detected that unknown elders had interfered with his plans, cursed them, and left to consult others.
• The sect armies reached the mountain summits and explored their openings, while Buddha Xuanmen and other cultivators became lost in the branching five-colored passages.
• The Hehuan Twin Demons laid illusory formations behind the group, and Old Dragon Head noticed that Li Xiaoya had rapidly recovered using his special elixir.
• High Person Qianshan led the group to a square with buildings marked Pill Chamber and Medicinal Canon, but most Demonic Cultivators rushed ahead despite his warning.
• Five-colored light formed sword-bearing figures, who stopped the cultivators and demanded that they present their tokens.

The cultivators fought the seemingly endless spiritual figures and found the Pill Chamber protected by a powerful barrier. High Person Qianshan revealed that the figures stopped pursuing them outside the square, then confronted the demonic cultivators over their agreement to share treasures and threatened to keep the Swastika Divine Stone.

• Old Dragon Head destroyed the first sword-bearing spiritual figures, but more appeared and attacked the cultivators as they rushed toward the Pill Chamber.
• Old Dragon Head struck the Five-Colored Light Barrier, failed to break it, and caused more spiritual figures to emerge.
• High Person Qianshan, Li Xiaoya, and Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning stayed back while the demonic cultivators attacked the barrier; Old Dragon Head urged Qianshan to use the Swastika Divine Stone to open it.
• Hehuan Young Master and Hehuan Fairy moved to attack Qianshan, but Qianshan warned that angering the spiritual figures would prevent them from opening the restrictions, and the group noticed the figures had vanished outside the square.
• High Person Qianshan accused Hehuan Young Master and the others of breaking their agreement to divide the treasures equally, then declared he would keep the Swastika Divine Stone unless they were willing to fight him.

Heavenly Spirit Granny and High Person Qianshan persuaded the gathered cultivators not to fight over Treasure Mountain’s treasures, arguing that the mountain had been deliberately brought forth to strengthen the Human Realm before another Demon Realm invasion. The factions agreed to wait and cultivate there, but Ghost Sword Deity questioned who had placed the mountain.

• Heavenly Spirit Granny urged the righteous and demonic cultivators to avoid a deadly battle and discuss sharing Treasure Mountain’s benefits.
• Ghost King Devil Lord realized Heavenly Spirit Granny had held back her strength during their earlier fight, while Li Xiaoya wondered whether she was the demonic cultivator who bore him no ill will.
• High Person Qianshan argued that Treasure Mountain itself was the greatest treasure and might let them cultivate for a thousand years.
• Hehuan Young Master questioned whether Treasure Mountain might disappear soon, and High Person Qianshan and Heavenly Spirit Granny argued that it would remain until the Demon Realm invaded again.
• Hehuan Young Master and the other demonic cultivators agreed to Qianshan’s proposal, while Old Dragon Head tacitly accepted.
• Ghost Sword Deity asked who had deliberately placed Treasure Mountain there and whether it had been a Great Cultivator from the Upper Realm.

High Person Qianshan secured a soul contract among the cultivators and used the Swastika Divine Stone to break the pill chamber’s restrictions. The group entered the elixir storehouse, where Ghost King Devil Lord opened a bottle of powerful pills, and Qianshan ordered everyone to gather the elixirs for an equal division.

• High Person Qianshan proposed a soul contract to prevent fighting and ensure the cultivators united against outside threats and shared the treasures equally.
• Hehuan Young Master, Heavenly Spirit Granny, Ghost Sword Deity, Old Dragon Head, Poison King Immortal Venerable, Ghost King Devil Lord, and the others agreed and entered the contract.
• High Person Qianshan presented the Swastika Divine Stone to the five-colored guards, which verified it as a token and removed the barrier over the pill chamber.
• High Person Qianshan opened the pill chamber, and the cultivators entered its hall, built from ten-thousand-year warm jade and stocked with bottles and jars.
• Ghost King Devil Lord opened a bottle of True Void Treasure Pills, releasing a powerful medicinal fragrance; Li Xiaoya and Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning silently suspected the pills might be too potent for them.
• High Person Qianshan ordered the cultivators to gather the elixirs for an equal division and warned them not to violate the soul contract.

High Person Qianshan, Li Xiaoya, and the others explored the Compendium building and found rare pill formulas and herb records, which the cultivators copied for their sects. Meanwhile, Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong set out to investigate a hidden cave passage that might lead to Li Xiaoya, while those waiting outside continued to worry about his whereabouts.

• After dividing the elixirs, High Person Qianshan and the others entered the Compendium building and found shelves of pill formulas and herb records.
• The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning eagerly examined the texts, and the group agreed that anyone who wanted them could make a copy.
• Liu Xian'er returned to the summit with Zhang Hong, learned there was no news of Li Xiaoya or High Person Qianshan, and privately discussed their concern for Li Xiaoya.
• Zhang Hong suggested that she and Liu Xian'er investigate a cave passage she had found halfway up the mountain, which might lead to the cavern where Li Xiaoya was exploring.
• Li Mother and Li Muzhi watched the Treasure Mountain and worried that they had received no news of Li Xiaoya or High Person Qianshan.
• Liu Xian'er agreed to follow Zhang Hong into the secluded cave, and Zhang Hong entered first.

Hehuan Young Master, Li Xiaoya, and the others copied the pill formulas and pharmacopoeias before continuing deeper into Treasure Mountain. Elsewhere, Buddha Xuanmen joined Great Gong Diamond in the maze, while Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong chose a passage by following its stronger water-attribute spiritual qi; the group eventually reached the Heaven-Connecting Path, where Ghost King Devil Lord reacted with alarm to the stairs.

• Hehuan Young Master, Ghost King Devil Lord, Li Xiaoya, and the other cultivators copied the beast-hide scrolls, and Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning took the originals.
• The cultivators left the square and found a vast staircase marked by a stele reading “Heaven-Connecting Path.”
• Buddha Xuanmen met Great Gong Diamond in the five-colored maze, and the two agreed to explore its passages together toward the mountain’s center.
• Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong reached a fork, and Liu Xian'er chose the passage with stronger water-attribute spiritual qi.
• Ghost King Devil Lord stepped onto the Heaven-Connecting Path, shuddered, and cried out in alarm.

Li Xiaoya and the Spirit Communion cultivators climbed Treasure Mountain’s gravity-bound stairs, where Old Dragon Head raced ahead for the summit and Li Xiaoya surprised the others with his body-tempering abilities. Elsewhere, Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong met Buddha Xuanmen and Great Gong Diamond in the branching passages.

• Ghost King Devil Lord discovered the stairway’s powerful gravity restriction, and Old Dragon Head set off alone, relying on the soul contract to claim any indivisible treasure by reaching the summit first.
• Li Xiaoya warned that further restrictions might stop Old Dragon Head, but Old Dragon Head hurried on and the other cultivators followed.
• Old Dragon Head and the cultivators reduced their weight to climb faster, while Li Xiaoya used the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art to become lighter than Old Dragon Head and climb into fifth place.
• Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong considered turning back from the confusing passages, then recognized Buddha Xuanmen and Great Gong Diamond approaching and waited to meet them.
• Buddha Xuanmen and Great Gong Diamond arrived at the passage entrance, and Buddha Xuanmen asked Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong why they were there.

Liu Xian'er guided Buddha Xuanmen, Great Gong Diamond, and Zhang Hong through the five-colored passages by sensing water spiritual qi, while other groups found their own ways forward. On the Main Peak staircase, the cultivators continued their exhausting climb, and Ghost King Devil Lord noticed that Li Xiaoya had stopped.

• Liu Xian'er explained that her Water Immortal Root let her sense the stronger water spiritual qi and guide the group through the passages.
• Buddha Xuanmen and Great Gong Diamond agreed to keep exploring, and Liu Xian'er led them through several forks.
• Dongling Daojian, Beast King Heavenly Lord, and Great Scholar Heavenly Gang traveled together, following Beast King Heavenly Lord's Iceheart Giant-Eyed Marten through unexplored passages.
• The four great Rogue Cultivators forced a group of Nascent Soul Realm Rogue Cultivators to serve as their subordinates, but had no reliable way to find the destination.
• The cultivators struggled up the Main Peak staircase as the gravity grew stronger, with Li Xiaoya still ahead of several Spirit Communion Stage cultivators.
• Ghost King Devil Lord saw that Li Xiaoya had stopped and thought that the young cultivator had finally run out of strength.

Li Xiaoya and the other cultivators pushed onward up Mount Tai as its crushing gravity drained their magic power, and they used pills and special artifacts to keep moving. Near the summit, Li Xiaoya injured his ankle but continued climbing, then saw the Immortal Dao Chain on his wrist begin to glow.

• Li Xiaoya replenished his magic power with Compassionate Voyage Illusory Spirit Milk Pills, prompting the other climbers to take pills and catch up.
• Li Xiaoya passed Heavenly Spirit Granny and began closing in on the Hehuan Twin Demons as the group neared the summit.
• Old Dragon Head stopped about a hundred steps from the summit to recover, while the immense gravity slowed the others to a crawl.
• Li Xiaoya jarred his ankle and nearly fell, but steadied himself with golden light and continued climbing after taking another pill.
• Old Dragon Head resumed climbing with red runes circling him, while the Ghost Sword Deity overtook Heavenly Spirit Granny using Skeleton Bracelets.
• The Immortal Dao Chain on Li Xiaoya's wrist grew hot and began emitting faint white light.

Li Xiaoya struggled up Treasure Mountain as the gravity stopped the climbers and the Immortal Dao Chain’s light grew brighter. After swallowing his last two Compassionate Voyage Illusory Spirit Milk Pills, he forced his foot off the ground, and an utterly terrifying scene began.

• The Immortal Dao Chain around Li Xiaoya’s wrist glowed white but gave him no relief from the stairs’ gravity, distracting him and drawing suspicion from the cultivators behind him.
• Li Xiaoya pushed the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art toward its ninth layer, gaining strength while its circulation slowed and his magic power drained.
• Old Dragon Head, High Person Qianshan, Ghost Sword Deity, and the Hehuan Twin Demons advanced at different paces, while Li Xiaoya struggled behind them with more than sixty steps initially remaining.
• Buddha Xuanmen and Great Gong Diamond shielded Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong as they moved against the increasingly powerful five-colored spiritual-light hurricane toward Treasure Mountain’s center.
• The climbers on the stairs eventually became unable to move; with thirty-odd steps still remaining, Li Xiaoya swallowed his last two Compassionate Voyage Illusory Spirit Milk Pills and forced his foot off the ground as a terrifying scene unfolded.