Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya and his Steel-armored Beetles defeated the Corpse Puppet Insect Mother and uncovered the teleportation formation to the Hell Tower’s Eighteenth Layer. After recovering his magic power, he crossed over and found a world filled with powerful spiritual qi, where he began searching for the Twin-Pole Netherflower.

• Li Xiaoya battled the Corpse Puppet Insects while his Steel-armored Beetles devoured the Insect Mother, whose blood empowered some of the insects and made them harder to kill.
• Li Xiaoya evaded the swarming insects until the Steel-armored Beetles burst from the Insect Mother, enlarged and greatly strengthened, and began devouring the fleeing insects.
• A five-colored figure above the Hell Tower’s entrance was astonished that Li Xiaoya had killed the Insect Mother and wondered how he had obtained the Steel-armored Beetles.
• Li Xiaoya spotted the hidden teleportation formation beneath the Insect Mother’s discarded skin, then recovered his magic power before entering it with the Steel-armored Beetles.
• Li Xiaoya reached the Eighteenth Layer, marveled at its immense spiritual qi and purple-red mountains, and wondered where to find the Twin-Pole Netherflower.

Li Xiaoya searched the Eighteenth Layer of the Hell Tower for the twin-pole netherflower while an Immortal Tribulation Stage cultivator seized the Heavenly Thunder Beast from the tower. The Ancestor of Snow Domain reassured the cultivators above, and Li Xiaoya continued searching with no sign of the flower.

• Li Xiaoya reached the Eighteenth Layer, found that his Red Token gave no indication of his arrival, and began searching the surrounding mountains for the twin-pole netherflower.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain celebrated Li Xiaoya's arrival while Di Long Yunyi questioned Ailishan and Qiong Nanqi about Li Xiaoya's identity and the Ancestor's interest in him.
• The Hell Tower shook, and the Ancestor of Snow Domain ordered the cultivators to leave before a voice from above commanded them to remain calm.
• A five-colored spiritual-light figure reached into a spatial void, seized the raging Heavenly Thunder Beast, and carried it away.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain identified the figure as an Immortal Tribulation Stage senior from the Human Race Alliance, while Di Long Yunyi remained puzzled.
• Li Xiaoya continued flying over the purple-red mountains, searching in vain for the twin-pole netherflower.

Li Xiaoya discovered that the entire eighteenth layer was a colossal Twin-Pole Netherflower and flew to its core, hoping to harvest it for the Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill. After touching the core, he was sucked inside as the flower’s petals began to close.

• Li Xiaoya searched the eighteenth layer for the Twin-Pole Netherflower but found that spiritual qi was equally dense throughout.
• Li Xiaoya rose high above the peaks and realized they were petals belonging to a single flower spanning several thousand miles.
• Li Xiaoya flew to the flower’s center and found a vast lake of purple-red liquid beneath a gigantic, rune-covered core.
• Li Xiaoya approached the core and touched it, then found his arm fused to its surface and was pulled inside.
• The Twin-Pole Netherflower’s petals began closing as purple-red light and powerful astral winds swept across the eighteenth layer.

The Hell Tower selection ended abruptly while Li Xiaoya was drawn into the Twin-Pole Netherflower and trapped in its purple-red liquid. As a mysterious power began taking over his body, the five-colored figure appeared above the flower’s bud.

• Li Xiaoya was sucked into the Twin-Pole Netherflower as it folded shut, while the five-colored figure seized the Heavenly Thunder Beast and ordered it to leave for the Boundless Sea without harming humans.
• The figure returned to the Hell Tower entrance, ended the selection, and told the Ancestor of Snow Domain to bring out the three remaining cultivators.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain summoned the last three cultivators, and the assembled contestants departed on the Flying Boat, believing Li Xiaoya had died or failed to emerge.
• Inside the Twin-Pole Netherflower, Li Xiaoya found himself immobilized in purple-red liquid as mysterious energy invaded his meridians and began taking control of his body.
• The five-colored figure appeared above the enormous flower bud while Li Xiaoya struggled against the invading power.

A mysterious figure severed the Twin-Pole Netherflower’s bud and vanished, leaving Li Xiaoya trapped inside its core as its power transformed his body and soul. After enduring prolonged soul and physical agony, Li Xiaoya regained control of his body, reached the eighth level of the late Heaven-and-Earth Stage, and broke out of the flower’s core.

• A five-colored spiritual-light figure cut off the Twin-Pole Netherflower’s bud, shouted that he would wait for Li Xiaoya at the Clan Alliance, and disappeared.
• The bud fell into demon-sealing divine milk while Li Xiaoya remained trapped in the core, unable to control or sense his body as it underwent a profound transformation.
• A mysterious force entered Li Xiaoya’s soul and subjected him to prolonged agony until his soul shattered and was reborn, becoming far more resilient.
• Li Xiaoya regained his senses and felt his body’s transformation, discovering golden blood, powerful muscles and bones, and cultivation at the eighth level of the late Heaven-and-Earth Stage.
• Li Xiaoya regained control of his body, punched through the barrier, and burst out of the Twin-Pole Netherflower’s core.

Li Xiaoya emerged from the Twin-Pole Netherflower after absorbing it, gaining immense power but losing the flower he had hoped to trade for Zhang Hong’s medicine. A mysterious Red Token voice promised Zhang Hong was safe and summoned him out of the Hell Tower, where he was astonished by the person waiting for him.

• Li Xiaoya awoke from the withered Twin-Pole Netherflower, discovered his cultivation had risen to the eighth level of the late Heaven-and-Earth Stage, and realized he had absorbed the flower.
• Li Xiaoya found that more than fifty years had passed, checked that Zhang Hong remained safe in his Secret Realm Necklace, and searched the eighteenth layer for another Twin-Pole Netherflower.
• A familiar but unidentified voice spoke through Li Xiaoya’s Red Token, told him the eighteenth layer held only one Twin-Pole Netherflower, and said the Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch had delivered the Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill for Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya crushed the Red Token and left the Hell Tower, then exclaimed in shock when he saw the person waiting outside.

Li Xiaoya followed Ancestor of Snow Domain to Dao Virtue Hall, where a powerful senior examined him and revealed his face. Li Xiaoya recognized the old man and, horrified, called him a fraud.

• Ancestor of Snow Domain praised Li Xiaoya for reaching the Hell Tower’s eighteenth layer and obtaining the Twin-Pole Netherflower, then said he would take him to meet someone.
• Ancestor of Snow Domain led Li Xiaoya through a hidden Teleportation Formation and onward to Dao Mountain and Dao Virtue Hall.
• A voice from inside Dao Virtue Hall ordered Ancestor of Snow Domain to let Li Xiaoya enter alone, and Ancestor of Snow Domain addressed the speaker as his master.
• The five-colored figure inside the hall examined Li Xiaoya with spiritual light, then revealed himself as an old cultivator.
• Li Xiaoya recognized the old man, trembled in disbelief, and stammered that he was a fraud.

Li Xiaoya discovered that the Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord was his long-lost Liar Master, who explained that he had taken Li Xiaoya as a disciple and that the Immortal Dao Chain had chosen him. The Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord began to explain why he had left Li Xiaoya in the Human Realm, leaving Li Xiaoya to suspect he already knew what was coming.

• Li Xiaoya recognized the Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord as the Liar Master he had believed dead, and the Heavenly Lord confirmed his identity.
• The Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord said he had nurtured Li Xiaoya through hardship rather than arranging his fate, which was governed by the Heavenly Dao.
• The Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord revealed that the Immortal Dao Chain had chosen Li Xiaoya and that he had found him as a child on the Boundless Sea in the Human Realm.
• Li Xiaoya thanked the Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord for saving him and asked about his cultivation, but the Heavenly Lord refused to disclose it.
• The Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord asked why Li Xiaoya thought he had left him in the Human Realm rather than taking him to the Upper Realm, and Li Xiaoya began to realize something.

Li Xiaoya learned why the Devil Race had fought for the Human Realm’s lesser star realm and received the Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill for Zhang Hong. After Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord sent him away, Ancestor of Snow Domain brought him to a mountain of his own and revealed that he was the Human Race Alliance’s Holy Son.

• Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord explained that the Human Race and Devil Race had agreed to ten invasions of the Human Realm’s lesser star realm, but the Devil Race had abandoned its remaining attempts after the realm lost what made it unusual.
• Li Xiaoya asked about the twin-pole netherflower and the Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill, and Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord admitted he had arranged for Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch to send Li Xiaoya to the Hell Tower.
• Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord gave Li Xiaoya the pill, and Li Xiaoya bowed to his master before hurrying to save Zhang Hong.
• Ancestor of Snow Domain escorted Li Xiaoya away and explained that Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord was known in the Upper Realm as Daode Daoist Patriarch and that the Human Race Alliance was vast.
• After Li Xiaoya left, Daode Daoist Patriarch worried that the Human Race could not endure another failure and invoked Great Brahma before vanishing.
• Ancestor of Snow Domain showed Li Xiaoya his own enormous floating mountain and explained that he had received it because he was the Human Race Alliance’s Holy Son.

Ancestor of Snow Domain told Li Xiaoya that he had become a Holy Son and gave him the Holy Son Ring, which let him enter the protected mountain and its cave abode. Inside, Li Xiaoya unexpectedly reunited with Liu Xian'er, and he asked how she had come to be there.

• Ancestor of Snow Domain explained that Li Xiaoya was a Holy Son, handed him the Holy Son Ring and his Hell Tower rewards, and said the ring would let him pass through the mountain's restrictions.
• Li Xiaoya used the ring to enter the mountain and hurried to the prepared cave abode, intending to heal Zhang Hong.
• Inside the cave abode, Li Xiaoya saw a woman standing in the distance and recognized her as Liu Xian'er.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er embraced and wept as they confirmed they had found each other.
• Li Xiaoya held Liu Xian'er close and asked how she had come to be in the cave abode.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Dong Santong and Liu Xian'er, then used Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pills to restore Zhang Hong's damaged soul and awaken her. Zhang Hong woke up but could not remember what had happened before.

• Liu Xian'er pushed Li Xiaoya away when she realized Dong Santong was nearby, and Dong Santong revealed that he had reached the early Heaven-and-Earth Stage.
• Li Xiaoya discovered Liu Xian'er had reached the late Great Void Stage and hurried into the Secret Realm Necklace to awaken Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya fed Zhang Hong seven Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pills, fully repairing her soul.
• Zhang Hong woke and comforted Li Xiaoya, then teased him by pretending not to recognize him.
• Zhang Hong admitted she could not remember what had happened before, leaving Li Xiaoya worried.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Zhang Hong after she awakened, but she seemed to have forgotten parts of her past and was confused by her cultivation and surroundings. As Liu Xian'er and Dong Santong recounted their years in the Upper Realm, Li Xiaoya asked about his parents, and Dong Santong apologized over their ascension.

• Zhang Hong awoke with Great Perfection of the Spirit Communion Stage cultivation but could not remember how she had reached the secret realm or why her power had grown.
• Li Xiaoya brought Zhang Hong out to reunite with Liu Xian'er and Dong Santong, where Zhang Hong acted unfamiliar with them and asked what had happened.
• Li Xiaoya, Liu Xian'er, and Dong Santong sat down to explain their circumstances, and Zhang Hong learned that they had ascended to the Upper Realm several hundred years earlier.
• Dong Santong explained that Daode Daoist Patriarch had sent him to the Flowing Light Star Realm, where he was trapped for several hundred years and advanced to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm.
• Liu Xian'er explained that she had spent years in the Indigo Star Realm, learned formations, and reached the Late Great Void Stage before Daode Daoist Patriarch brought her and Dong Santong to Dao Mountain.
• Li Xiaoya asked what had happened to his parents, and Dong Santong apologized for failing him regarding their ascension.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Liu Xian'er and Dong Santong and learned what had happened in the Human Realm since his ascension. He heard that his parents were safe but had refused to ascend, and the chapter ended with him shocked to learn that his eldest senior brother had died.

• Liu Xian'er explained that Mother Li and Li Muzhi had reached the great perfection of the Spirit Communion Stage but had refused to ascend, and Li Xiaoya reassured her that he did not blame her.
• Dong Santong and Liu Xian'er recounted how the Human Realm had recovered after the war, with the Fire Dragon Palace and Heavenly Spirit Church relocating to the Origin Continent.
• Liu Xian'er told Li Xiaoya that Zhou Xiaoya had awakened after more than a hundred years and had recovered her Spirit Communion Stage cultivation.
• Li Xiaoya learned that Ouyang Qianru had founded a sect on the Origin Continent and that the Heavenly Dao Sect had grown in reputation and strength.
• Li Xiaoya heard that Heavenly Venerable Daoling and Fairy Qingxia had not ascended, while Qin Xian, Lingyu, and Yu Linglong had advanced in cultivation.
• Liu Xian'er revealed that Li Xiaoya's eldest senior brother had died a hundred years earlier, and Li Xiaoya cried out in disbelief.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Liu Xian'er and Dong Santong, learned how his old companions had fared, and recounted his years in the Upper Realm. Elsewhere, the Daode Daoist Patriarch defended Li Xiaoya’s reward before the Human Race Alliance, whose members questioned how he had defeated the Corpse Puppet Insect Mother.

• Liu Xian'er told Li Xiaoya that Murong Qi had died after losing much of his cultivation in ancient ruins and suffering qi deviation.
• Dong Santong described the fortunes of Li Xiaoya’s fellow disciples, including Zhang Facai’s failed breakthrough and the families and cultivation pursuits of their companions.
• Liu Xian'er said Zhao Xiaoqing had chosen neither of her suitors and was cultivating alone at Rainbow Rosy Peak.
• Li Xiaoya told Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, and Dong Santong about his years in the Upper Realm while withholding details of how he healed Zhang Hong.
• The Daode Daoist Patriarch told three Human Race Alliance figures that Li Xiaoya had earned the twin-pole netherflower and Holy Son status under their established rules.
• Xiao Hanlan asked how Li Xiaoya had defeated the Corpse Puppet Insect Mother, and the Daode Daoist Patriarch turned the question back on him.

Daode Daoist Patriarch persuaded the other leaders to recognize Li Xiaoya as the Human Race’s Holy Son, while Xiao Hanlan privately discussed Li Xiaoya’s fortune and perseverance with him. Back at Li Xiaoya’s cave abode, Zhang Hong’s missing memories became painfully apparent when she saw the Upper Realm and broke down in his arms.

• Daode Daoist Patriarch revealed that Li Xiaoya had used Steel-armored Beetles to kill the Corpse Puppet Insect Mother, and Xiao Hanlan denied giving them to him.
• Daode Daoist Patriarch argued that Li Xiaoya belonged to the entire Human Race, and the gathered figures agreed to recognize him as their Holy Son.
• Xiao Hanlan and Daode Daoist Patriarch discussed Li Xiaoya’s prospects after the others departed, and Xiao Hanlan then left.
• Li Xiaoya told Dong Santong, Liu Xian'er, and Zhang Hong that their companions were at the Heavenly Dao Sect in the Upper Realm, but Zhang Hong abruptly went outside and Li Xiaoya followed.
• Zhang Hong recognized that Li Xiaoya’s cave abode was in the Upper Realm, then wept because she could not remember so many things as Li Xiaoya held her.

Li Xiaoya explained Zhang Hong’s lost memories and recounted the events of their lives together, including his relationship with Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong’s recovery and ascension. After hearing how more than a thousand years had passed, Zhang Hong fell silent and looked subdued.

• Zhang Hong asked Li Xiaoya about her lost memories and why Liu Xian'er was also his partner.
• Li Xiaoya learned that Zhang Hong remembered events from their Core Condensation Stage days and began recounting their past.
• Li Xiaoya explained how he and Liu Xian'er had become intimate, and Zhang Hong challenged his account before gradually accepting it.
• Li Xiaoya told Zhang Hong about their separation, their cultivation, the wars, her injuries, and how he had brought her with him in his Ascension.
• Zhang Hong realized that more than a thousand years had passed and grew quiet and downcast.

Li Xiaoya took Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er on a sightseeing trip around Dao Mountain, where Zhang Hong continued adjusting to her forgotten past. Their journey ended when armored cultivators stopped them near the Five Elements Divine Pool and demanded a Token.

• Li Xiaoya comforted Zhang Hong about her lost memories and suggested they explore Dao Mountain together.
• Liu Xian'er joined them, and Li Xiaoya remembered the five Heaven-Breaking White Phosphorus Beasts he had promised to release; he found them asleep beneath the Skyvault Skiff in his Secret Realm.
• Li Xiaoya took Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er sightseeing aboard a Flying Boat, and they admired Dao Mountain's peaks, lakes, beasts, and abundant spiritual qi.
• A group of purple-gold-armored cultivators blocked their approach to the Five Elements Divine Pool and said entry required a Token.

Li Xiaoya used three five elements divine pool tokens to silence patrol cultivators who had stopped his Flying Boat, then left without entering after learning they had acted on a bet. During the flight, Zhang Hong’s insecurity about Liu Xian’er’s beauty surfaced, leaving Liu Xian’er to sit beside her.

• Li Xiaoya produced tokens for Liu Xian’er and Zhang Hong after a Black Human Race cultivator claimed they could not enter without them.
• The patrol cultivators apologized, but Li Xiaoya decided not to enter the five elements divine pool and flew away with Liu Xian’er and Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya overheard the patrol cultivators reveal that they had stopped the group because they were betting about their identities.
• Zhang Hong acted distracted, and Liu Xian’er suggested Li Xiaoya should have left her alone with Zhang Hong; Li Xiaoya realized what she meant.
• Zhang Hong admired the beautiful birds and clouds, then grew jealous of Liu Xian’er’s beauty and scolded Li Xiaoya for looking at her.
• Liu Xian’er sat beside Zhang Hong, who became awkward and ashamed beside her.

Li Xiaoya reunited Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong, toured the Human Race Alliance with them, and then answered the Daode Daoist Patriarch’s summons. After expressing gratitude and willingness to shoulder his responsibilities, he was asked to assess the Human Race’s standing in the Thirty-Three Star Realm.

• Liu Xian'er embraced Zhang Hong, and the two women warmly reconciled while Li Xiaoya watched with relief.
• Li Xiaoya piloted the Flying Boat with Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong around the Heavenly Dao Immortal Mountain and nearby wonders, though his lack of an identity Token kept him from entering the mountain.
• The Daode Daoist Patriarch summoned Li Xiaoya, so he escorted the women home and found Dong Santong making a Cave Abode near his own.
• Li Xiaoya went to Daode Mountain, thanked the Daode Daoist Patriarch for helping him and those close to him, and said he would not evade his responsibilities.
• The Daode Daoist Patriarch stood and asked Li Xiaoya what he thought of the Human Race’s standing in the Thirty-Three Star Realm.

Li Xiaoya learned that the Human Race was weak among the Greater Star Realms, and the Daode Daoist Patriarch hinted that Li Xiaoya would someday need to complete a formidable task. The chapter left Li Xiaoya asking how to begin preparing so his parents, Liu Xian'er, and Zhang Hong could attain the Great Dao.

• Li Xiaoya asked about the Human Race’s standing, and the Daode Daoist Patriarch confirmed that it was weak among the Greater Star Realms.
• Li Xiaoya suggested taking territory from the other races, but the Daode Daoist Patriarch warned that war would bring disaster and said Li Xiaoya needed to cultivate beyond his own level to attempt an unnamed task.
• Li Xiaoya asked how to help his parents, and the Daode Daoist Patriarch explained that bypassing their Heavenly Tribulations could let them live longer but would endanger their path to the Great Dao.
• Li Xiaoya chose to pursue his parents’ chance at eternal life, and the Daode Daoist Patriarch said he must begin preparing now for the task, which also affected Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya asked what preparations he should make, and the Daode Daoist Patriarch had not yet answered.