Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya searched a simple cottage settlement for a way out and discovered demon-sealing divine milk in a stream, while reflecting on the Immortal Dao Chain’s role in his life. At Treasure Mountain, the battle intensified as reinforcements arrived and the human Spirit Communion Stage cultivators encircled the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings and King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs.

• Li Xiaoya explored the garden and empty cottages, but his damaged divine sense and physical search revealed no way out.
• Li Xiaoya found demon-sealing divine milk in the stream, examined the Immortal Dao Chain, and resolved to find his way back to his loved ones.
• The Three Great Demon Dragon Kings shattered the Treasure Ship Market’s defensive barrier, but High Person Qianshan and other Spirit Communion Stage cultivators arrived to block their attack.
• Liu Xian'er and the other Heavenly Dao Sect elders rushed to defend the Treasure Ship Market, briefly turning the battle against the demon beasts.
• More human Spirit Communion Stage cultivators emerged from the five-colored spiritual-light passage and surrounded the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings and King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs.

After the human cultivators defeated the demon beasts at Treasure Mountain, the surviving leaders gathered to divide its peaks and discuss the Demon Realm’s invasion. Their meeting ended with Lord Wind Spirit announcing that the four great rogue cultivators would establish the Four Seas Sect.

• The human cultivators repelled the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings, killed King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs, and chased the fleeing demon beasts before disputes over spoils broke out.
• The cultivators mourned heavy losses, including Elder Wang’s sacrifice, while Li Mother, Li Muzhi, Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, and several of Li Xiaoya’s senior brothers and sisters survived with injuries.
• High Person Qianshan abandoned the ruined Treasure Ship Market and secured the Heavenly Dao Sect’s peak as the sects cleared Treasure Mountain and gathered at Dao Virtue Hall.
• Sun Haotian argued that the badly weakened Fire Dragon Palace deserved to keep its peak, but Hehuan Young Master and High Person Qianshan revealed Old Dragon Head’s betrayal and recounted the Upper Realm cultivator’s warning about the Demon Realm invasion.
• High Person Qianshan urged the factions to unite against the coming demonic calamity, and Lord Wind Spirit announced that the four rogue cultivators would form the Four Seas Sect.

Sun Haotian explained how Old Dragon Head’s parents had seized the Fire Dragon Palace while fleeing the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings, after Hehuan Young Master ordered the sect to leave Treasure Mountain. High Person Qianshan then offered to let the Fire Dragon Palace remain there, but the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning imposed a condition.

• Lord Wind Spirit announced that the four Great Spirit Communion Rogue Cultivators would establish the Four Seas Sect, prompting the Righteous and Demonic Paths to offer congratulations and vie to recruit them.
• Hehuan Young Master ordered Sun Haotian to withdraw the Fire Dragon Palace from Treasure Mountain, and Sun Haotian reluctantly agreed to return to Great Illusion.
• High Person Qianshan stopped Sun Haotian and asked how the Fire Dragon Palace had been coerced by Old Dragon Head, but Hehuan Young Master cut off his account.
• Sun Haotian revealed that Old Dragon Head’s parents had fled the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings, seized the Fire Dragon Palace as a hiding place, and used its cultivators to advance their schemes.
• High Person Qianshan said the Fire Dragon Palace could remain on Treasure Mountain, and the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning stated that there was one condition.

The cultivators negotiated the Fire Dragon Palace’s future and divided Treasure Mountain’s peaks among the major sects. The chapter ended with the Twelve Great Sects agreeing to jointly administer the Main Peak and establish rules against fighting there.

• High Person Qianshan, Great Gong Diamond, and Great Confucian Tiangang argued that the Fire Dragon Palace should be allowed to recover and help defend the Human Realm.
• Lord Wind Spirit proposed that the Fire Dragon Palace return Spring Renewal Valley and compensate the Spring Returning Church, and Hehuan Fairy and Sun Haotian agreed.
• The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning accepted the return of Spring Renewal Valley and told the Fire Dragon Palace to redeem itself through service.
• Lord Wind Spirit proposed that the Fire Dragon Palace leave its original peak but remain on Treasure Mountain, and Sun Haotian and High Person Qianshan agreed.
• The sects awarded peaks to the Four Seas Sect and the Hehuan Cult, while the Twelve Great Sects agreed to jointly administer the Main Peak and establish a Disciplinary Hall.

Hehuan Fairy maneuvered the Spirit Communion Stage cultivators into an alliance that divided Treasure Mountain, prepared for the Demon Realm’s invasion and the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings’ return, and restricted access to the Main Peak and its mysterious spirit stone. As the sects began fortifying the mountain, Li Mother joined Dong Gu Nü to work on formations while Li Xiaoya remained missing.

• Hehuan Fairy persuaded the cultivators to swear a soul contract, and Sun Haotian shamelessly secured permission to join them.
• The Spirit Communion Stage cultivators agreed that the Twelve Great Sects would occupy the Main Peak and coordinate resistance against the Demon Realm’s invasion.
• The alliance assigned the sects to defend Treasure Mountain, establish patrols and restrictions, and retreat behind their defenses if demon beasts approached; High Person Qianshan agreed to sell each sect twenty Linked Super Spirit Cannons.
• Great Gong Diamond and the other cultivators proposed restricting access to the openings of five-colored spiritual light and inspecting Treasure Mountain’s gigantic spirit stone together after recovering.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect’s Presiding Elders organized defenses and supplies, while High Person Qianshan appointed an acting Presiding Elder for Twin Peaks.
• Dong Gu Nü invited Li Mother to help establish formations, and Li Muzhi went with her as Li Xiaoya remained missing.

Li Xiaoya searched the mysterious grassland for a way out but was transported back to the Little Pavilion, which withstood his strongest punch. He summoned Second Better to inspect it, then discovered that the seemingly ordinary bridge could repair itself with five-colored spiritual light.

• Li Xiaoya flew across the endless grassland toward a distant veil of mist, but white light suddenly transported him back to the Little Pavilion.
• Li Xiaoya struck the Little Pavilion twice and found that it remained undamaged, leading him to suspect it was the pavilion from the summit of Treasure Mountain.
• Li Xiaoya summoned Second Better by claiming he had found a Heaven-Opening Treasure, then showed him the Little Pavilion's resilience with a punch that sent Second Better flying.
• Li Xiaoya punched the little bridge's railing, shattering it, but five-colored spiritual light restored the railing to its original state.

Li Xiaoya discovered that the garden and house were manifestations of spiritual qi and learned from Second Better that the Little Pavilion was a Heaven-and-Earth Shifting Treasure activated by the Immortal Dao Chain. He tried to find a way to return and contacted Zhang Hong through the Soul Life-Bell, though the chapter ended before he received a response.

• Li Xiaoya tested the objects in the garden and house, found that they re-formed after being destroyed, and suspected a Great Cultivator had created the space.
• Li Xiaoya resolved to resist anyone controlling his fate and wondered whether the Immortal Dao Chain connected him to that destiny.
• Li Xiaoya told Second Better how the chain had activated the Little Pavilion, and Second Better identified the pavilion as a Heaven-and-Earth Shifting Treasure.
• Second Better explained that the treasure could transport living beings into its unusual space, while Li Xiaoya's low cultivation had caused him injuries during transport.
• Li Xiaoya took out the Soul Life-Bell, worried over its dim soul-lights, and learned from Second Better how to use it to contact his companions.
• Li Xiaoya sent his divine sense into the Life-Bound Lamp and called to Zhang Hong.

Li Xiaoya failed to contact his companions or activate the Immortal Dao Chain, so he soaked it in demon-sealing divine milk and waited while it absorbed the substance. On Treasure Mountain, High Person Qianshan arranged the sect’s forces and reassured Li Xiaoya’s friends and family that he had only been teleported away.

• Li Xiaoya could not reach the Soul Life-Bell, Liu Xian'er, Li Mother, or Li Muzhi, and his attempts to activate the Immortal Dao Chain also failed.
• Li Xiaoya put the Immortal Dao Chain in the stream of demon-sealing divine milk, tied it to his wrist, and meditated while Second Better studied the Little Pavilion.
• High Person Qianshan explained the alliance rules, the plan to resist the Demon Realm, the Spring Returning Church’s relocation, and the rotation of cultivators between Treasure Mountain and Divine Path Mountain.
• High Person Qianshan announced the battle spoils and compensation, then kept Li Mother, Li Muzhi, Zhang Hong, Liu Xian'er, and Liu Yulan behind to speak with them.
• High Person Qianshan told them Li Xiaoya had been teleported away; Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er chose to wait on Treasure Mountain, while Li Mother and Li Muzhi agreed to return to Divine Path Mountain.
• High Person Qianshan asked about Dong Santong, and Liu Yulan reported that the spies had found no trace of him.

Ten years after the treasure mountains were divided, their spiritual qi transformed cultivation across the Human Realm while the major sects strengthened their defenses against the demon beasts. Li Xiaoya remained missing, but the chapter ended with news that someone close to him had reached the Spirit Communion Stage at the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Divine Path Mountain.

• High Person Qianshan told Liu Yulan to watch for news of San Tong and suspicious movements by the other sects.
• Buddha Xuanmen and the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect, while the sects divided the treasure mountains and established new territories and market districts.
• A year passed without news of Li Xiaoya or Dong Santong, as the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings sent demon beasts to ambush travelers and the Four Seas Sect grew rapidly despite lacking resources.
• Over ten years, spiritual qi from the treasure mountains helped cultivators throughout the Human Realm advance, and the sects repelled a renewed demon-beast assault with linked super spirit cannons.
• Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong progressed in their cultivation while waiting for Li Xiaoya, whose Soul Life-Bell still showed that he was alive.
• Three years before the chapter’s end, someone close to Li Xiaoya reached the Spirit Communion Stage at the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Divine Path Mountain.

After ten years trapped in the mysterious space, Li Xiaoya discovered a tiny white spot on the Immortal Dao Chain but failed to use it to escape. He chose to take the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill and began his breakthrough, while another person on Treasure Mountain took one as well.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling advanced to the Spirit Communion Stage and went to Treasure Mountain to cultivate and reassure Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er about Li Xiaoya.
• Li Xiaoya spent eleven years in the mysterious space, cultivating while the Immortal Dao Chain slowly absorbed Demon-Sealing Divine Milk.
• Li Xiaoya found a tiny white spot on the chain, tried to activate the Teleportation Formation, and failed to escape.
• Li Xiaoya decided to attempt the Spirit Communion Stage breakthrough with the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill and reflected on his past atop the hill.
• Li Xiaoya swallowed the pill and entered meditation as five-colored spiritual light gathered around him.
• Another person on a peak under the Heavenly Dao Sect's jurisdiction on Treasure Mountain swallowed a Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill.

A hundred years after humans secured Treasure Mountain, the Heavenly Dao Sect prepared to welcome a possible new Spirit Communion Stage cultivator. In a mysterious place, Li Xiaoya also reached the critical moment of advancing to the Spirit Communion Stage after a century of meditation.

• Over a hundred years, humans developed Treasure Mountain into a coveted cultivation ground, and the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings stopped attacking it for more than twenty years.
• Fairy Qingxia advanced to the Spirit Communion Stage, while Heavenly Spirit Granny, Dongling Daojian, and the Ghost King Devil Lord each advanced one level; Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong remained missing.
• Spirit Communion Stage cultivators gathered near the Heavenly Dao Sect as blue radiance signaled that its advancing cultivator had reached a critical moment.
• In the mysterious place, Li Xiaoya was enveloped by five-colored spiritual light after a hundred years of meditation and reached the critical moment of entering the Spirit Communion Stage.

Li Xiaoya advanced toward the Spirit Communion Stage as a Heavenly Tribulation struck, while Liu Xian'er successfully reached the same stage on Treasure Mountain. The chapter ended with Li Xiaoya facing black lightning in the mysterious place.

• As Li Xiaoya's advancement stirred the heavens, Second Better was trapped by the pressure and could not help him.
• Five-colored and blue celestial lights gathered above Treasure Mountain, and a phantom formed over the Heavenly Dao Sect's peak.
• A swastika-shaped portal opened to unleash a Heavenly Tribulation, but treasures wielded by the gathered cultivators destroyed it before it could strike.
• Liu Xian'er's phantom appeared in the sky and then returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect, confirming her success in reaching the Spirit Communion Stage.
• The Ghost King Devil Lord and other cultivators discussed Liu Xian'er's rapid breakthrough and speculated about Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong.
• In the mysterious place, Li Xiaoya faced a Heavenly Tribulation as black lightning blasted down toward him.

Li Xiaoya survived the heavenly tribulation and heart demon invasion with help from the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, advancing to the Spirit Communion Stage. The Ganoderma regained a tiny spirit form and revealed that it hoped Li Xiaoya could help it recover its true form.

• Black lightning battered Li Xiaoya during his advancement, then specters and demonic qi invaded him with the heavenly tribulation’s heart demons.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma’s pearl emerged and released five-colored spiritual light, suppressing the specters and helping Li Xiaoya overcome the invasion.
• The tribulation ended, and Li Xiaoya’s five-colored spiritual light swept through the mysterious realm as the Ganoderma’s pearl absorbed it and broke open.
• Li Xiaoya blasted out of the restored hill, realized he had reached the Spirit Communion Stage, and reunited with the newly reborn, thumb-sized Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma explained that it had awakened and helped him, then said its current form was not its true form; Li Xiaoya asked how he could help it recover.

Li Xiaoya stabilized after reaching the Spirit Communion Stage and discovered that his family’s soul lights had grown stronger, though he could not contact Liu Xian'er. Meanwhile, the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma revealed to Second Better that it could replenish the True Essence Tempering Stone protecting him, but asked him to keep the matter from Li Xiaoya.

• Li Xiaoya learned that the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma had a method to speed up his cultivation, then met Second Better after his breakthrough.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma recognized the red crystal stone housing Second Better as a True Essence Tempering Stone, then secretly joined him inside it.
• Li Xiaoya checked the Soul Life-Bell, saw that Liu Xian'er’s light had grown especially strong, and tried unsuccessfully to contact her while assuring her family he was safe.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma told Second Better that his stone’s true essence was running low and his remaining lifespan might be only about a hundred years.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma offered to replenish the stone’s true essence in exchange for Second Better keeping its method secret from Li Xiaoya.

Zhang Hong learned that Liu Xian'er had reached the spirit communion stage, then Li Xiaoya’s Soul Life-Bell flashed, making her believe he was returning. She flew toward Rainbow Rosy Peak with Little White to tell Li Mother, but two familiar cultivators intercepted them.

• Qin Xian told Zhang Hong that Liu Xian'er had advanced to the spirit communion stage three days earlier.
• Li Xiaoya’s Soul Life-Bell flashed brightly, and Zhang Hong concluded that he was back.
• Zhang Hong flew out of Tranquil Valley, and Little White followed her after hearing that Li Xiaoya was returning.
• Zhang Hong realized she did not know where to meet Li Xiaoya and decided to visit Li Mother at Rainbow Rosy Peak.
• Two streaks of escaping light flew toward Zhang Hong and Little White, and Zhang Hong recognized Li Mother and another familiar person.

Zhang Hong, Li Mother, and Li Muzhi discussed the stronger glow of Li Xiaoya’s Soul Life-Bell and Liu Xian’er’s advancement, then went to seek permission to visit Treasure Mountain. Elsewhere, a horned figure’s formation failed, a gray-armored cultivator suffered after devouring a Demon Core and cursed Li Xiaoya, and Liu Xian’er heard something from Li Xiaoya’s bell that filled her with joy.

• Zhang Hong confirmed that Li Xiaoya’s Soul Life-Bell had brightened, while Li Muzhi reasoned that Li Xiaoya probably had not returned yet.
• Zhang Hong told Li Mother and Li Muzhi that Liu Xian’er had reached the Spirit Communion Stage, and Li Muzhi suggested that the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill might be working.
• Li Mother, Zhang Hong, and Li Muzhi decided to visit Treasure Mountain and obtained Buddha Xuanmen’s permission before setting out.
• A horned figure’s enormous blood-red formation collapsed when his black brush burst, and he roared that it had failed again.
• A gray-armored cultivator killed a Demon Beast, swallowed its Demon Core, and cried out Li Xiaoya’s name in hatred.
• Liu Xian’er heard a sound from Li Xiaoya’s Soul Life-Bell and reacted with sudden delight.

Liu Xian'er told Li Mother, Li Muzhi, and Zhang Hong that she had heard Li Xiaoya's faint message through his Soul Life-Bell: he was trapped in a mysterious place but safe. Their reunion was interrupted when Treasure Mountain sounded an alarm announcing a demon-beast attack.

• Liu Xian'er welcomed Li Mother, Li Muzhi, and Zhang Hong into her cave abode after realizing they had come with different news in mind.
• Liu Xian'er used a blue mirror to amplify Li Xiaoya's faint voice from the Soul Life-Bell, revealing that he was trapped somewhere but safe and missed them.
• Li Muzhi reasoned that Li Xiaoya's message had reached Liu Xian'er because she had just advanced to the Spirit Communion Stage and her soul resonance was stronger.
• Zhang Hong said she would cultivate to the Spirit Communion Stage so Li Xiaoya could contact her too.
• A long howl and three metallic clashes sounded, and the four recognized the signal that demon beasts were attacking Treasure Mountain.

The Three Great Demon Dragon Kings launched their fiercest assault yet on Treasure Mountain, but the human sects eventually drove back the demon army at great cost. Trapped in the Mysterious Place, Li Xiaoya trained with his new spirit communion powers and learned of rare cultivation methods tied to a ruin in the Great Wilderness Valley.

• Liu Xian'er stayed in seclusion after Li Mother and Fairy Qingxia urged her not to join the battle.
• The Three Great Demon Dragon Kings and their allies besieged Treasure Mountain for more than a decade, capturing two peaks before the sects counterattacked and reclaimed them.
• Liu Xian'er joined the fighting after stabilizing her cultivation and wounded two tenth-tier demon beasts, helping turn the tide in humanity's favor.
• Li Xiaoya fought the Steel-armored Beetles and easily sent them crashing into the ground with his golden sword light.
• Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma gave Li Xiaoya the Five-Element Heaven-and-Earth Great Art and the Five-Element Heavenly Dao Art, which he had memorized from a ruin in the Great Wilderness Valley.
• Li Xiaoya resolved to return to the Great Wilderness Valley after escaping the Mysterious Place, hoping to investigate the ruin and find traces of his missing second senior brother.

Li Xiaoya studied the Five Elements Heaven-and-Earth method and planned how to grow stronger while trapped in the Mysterious Place, hoping to prepare for the Demon Realm’s invasion. He began discussing his plans with Second Better and the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, who appeared to be hiding something from him.

• Li Xiaoya studied the Five Elements Heaven-and-Earth method for several days, found it to be an ancient supreme cultivation technique, and began cultivating it.
• Li Xiaoya resolved to accelerate his progress by using stored elixirs and refining pills, especially the Two-Polarity Purple Frost Pill, in hopes of reaching the Great Void Stage before the Demon Realm’s invasion.
• Li Xiaoya planned to have Second Better produce stronger puppets and to breed Steel-armored Beetles with Purple Sun Insect-Nurturing Pills to help defend against the coming demonic forces.
• Li Xiaoya visited Second Better and saw the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma channeling five-colored spiritual light into Second Better’s red crystal housing to clear impurities.
• Li Xiaoya questioned Second Better about the mysterious runes, realized that he and the ganoderma were keeping something from him, and changed the subject to discuss his plans.

Li Xiaoya cultivated the Five-Element Heaven and Earth method in a mysterious place while the Human Realm rebuilt and prepared for the Demon Realm’s invasion. After another century, the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings’ attack on the sects failed, but a horned figure in a cavern completed the first of something meant to bring the Demon God Army to the Human Realm.

• Li Xiaoya began cultivating the Five-Element Heaven and Earth method, using spirit herbs to accelerate his progress while Second Better refined weapons and the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma bred Steel-armored Beetles.
• The Human Realm’s spiritual qi and resources increased, and Liu Xian'er searched for Li Xiaoya while Zhang Hong, Li Mother, and Li Muzhi continued preparing to advance.
• The Three Great Demon Dragon Kings attacked the major sect headquarters, but the human cultivators repelled them, killing two tenth-tier demon beasts, including King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs.
• Li Yuer and Venerable Dayu reached the Spirit Communion Stage, while High Person Qianshan reached great perfection but remained behind instead of ascending.
• A horned black figure completed the first blood-red formation in a cavern and declared that the Demon God Army would soon arrive.