Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuan visited Upper Successive Union Mountain, where Yunyi revealed the history of its ruined golden-rank inheritance and showed him the damaged Supreme Mysterious Yin-Yang Calamity-Transmuting Sword. He received the Northern Thunder Tribulation-Rising Scripture and left with clues about True Lord Xuanhun, then discovered that his own sword intent closely resembled the ancient True Lord’s.

• Yunyi led Xu Xuan through the hidden heavenly road and explained that the Calamity-Transmuting Heaven had shattered when its True Lord perished.
• Yunyi recounted the Pang clan’s origins, its patriarch’s attainment of Interflowing Union, and the thunder tree that had descended from Primordial Heaven.
• Yunyi summoned the damaged Supreme Mysterious Yin-Yang Calamity-Transmuting Sword, but Xu Xuan’s sword intent failed to make it respond.
• Xu Xuan secretly copied a strand of the sword’s intent, and Yunyi gave him the Northern Thunder Tribulation-Rising Scripture in exchange for his promise to assist her junior martial brother Lie Huo.
• Yunyi asked Xu Xuan about Dragon King Mingdu, and Xu Xuan judged that Mingdu was likely to succeed if he pursued the Lightning Flash position.
• After leaving Upper Successive Union Mountain, Xu Xuan compared the copied sword intent with his own and realized they were remarkably similar.

Xu Xuan returned to Red Cloud with the Northern Thunder Tribulation-Rising Scripture and assigned the Foundation Establishment monster Hexin to serve the sect at Lushwood. After studying the scripture’s spells, he gave it to Liu Xingfang and learned that Xiao Wen might soon leave seclusion.

• Xu Xuan returned from the Vast Sea journey to Red Cloud and found Sword Appraisal Mountain deserted.
• At Lushwood, Liu Lingxin reported that the Nine-Infant egg was close to hatching, and Xu Xuan assigned Hexin to work between Lushwood and the Li River under her instructions.
• Xu Xuan studied the Northern Thunder Tribulation-Rising Scripture and considered its spells, including the [Inner Instruction for Bringing the Three Calamities into the World] and the [Great Unity Moon Eclipse Secret Method].
• Xu Xuan summoned Liu Xingfang, gave him the scripture, and said he would secure a pill to help him convert to [Heaven-Commanding Tribulation] and break through.
• Liu Xingfang told Xu Xuan that unusual manifestations on the Heavenly Fire Platform suggested Xiao Wen was about to emerge from seclusion.

True Person Luyu and Qie Han discussed the Flame Dynasty succession, Kongyu, and the fu yi mystic blood at Great Red Abbey before Qie Han left to act on her own. At Great Red Abbey, Jade Radiance arranged for Wen Guang to upgrade his sword and traded a Thunder Evolution Secret Art to Xu Xuan, then Liu Xiaowen emerged from seclusion having attained a divine ability.

• Luyu told Qie Han that a ji soil immortal light had scattered Chen Wei Yi before he could reveal Kongyu's past, and said the Flame Dynasty succession required both Bing and Gui to act.
• Qie Han confronted Luyu for hiding the fu yi mystic blood at Great Red Abbey, then departed after declaring she would decide for herself.
• True Person Jade Radiance visited Xu Xuan, who said the sect's main lineage followed bing fire and introduced Wen Guang to upgrade Jade Radiance's sword.
• Xin Yuanchang offered Xu Xuan a Thunder Evolution Secret Art as payment for the sword work, and Xu Xuan recognized it as a text about converting among the three thunder paths.
• Liu Xiaowen emerged with his Immortal in the Flame divine ability, and Xin Yuanchang congratulated him while saying he could not accept the title of Senior.

Liu Xiaowen emerged from seclusion as a Purple Mansion cultivator, received new fire and artifacts from Xu Xuan, and was appointed Abbot of the Great Red Abbey. Xu Xuan then entered seclusion, leaving Liu Xiaowen to reconnect with the abbey’s allies and welcome Liu Xingfang.

• Xin Yuanchang congratulated Xu Xuan and Liu Xiaowen after Liu Xiaowen’s breakthrough, while Xu Xuan gained over three thousand celestial virtue.
• Liu Xiaowen chose the Daoist name Bingxiao after Xu Xuan and Wen Guang warned him against using Red Firmament.
• Wen Guang gave Liu Xiaowen the Constant Light Flame-Renewal Book, and Liu Xiaowen revealed his Eternal Bright Venerable Light Profound Flame and improved Heavenly Fire Platform yield.
• Xu Xuan entrusted Liu Xiaowen with the Great Flame-Combining Fire, the Mount Tai Spring-Viewing Terrace, and the Divine Radiance Tower, and advised him to conceal some of his strength from Dust-Sweeping.
• Xu Xuan appointed Liu Xiaowen Abbot of the Great Red Abbey and handed him the Scarlet Radiance Token before entering seclusion.
• Liu Xiaowen invited Liu Xingfang into the hall, and the two greeted each other warmly.

After Liu Xiaowen attained a divine ability, he planned to expand the sect into Witch South Commandery and offered Liu Yingxue guidance and a place overseeing White Stone’s mines. As he studied a fire spell and considered the secrets of the Wilderness of Witches, Xu Xuan emerged from seclusion with his Dharma Body complete.

• Liu Xiaowen, Liu Xingfang, and Wang Qiyun discussed expanding the sect, and Liu Xiaowen decided they should seek the Thunder Department’s authorization to take Witch South Commandery.
• Liu Xiaowen summoned Liu Yingxue, assigned her to oversee White Stone’s mineral veins, and agreed to attend her wedding discreetly.
• Liu Xiaowen reflected on the gulf between Purple Mansion and lower cultivators, then began studying the Southern Fusion Fire Prayer spell.
• Liu Xiaowen noticed that words about Bing Fire had vanished from the sect records and wondered what secret they concealed.
• Xu Xuan emerged from seclusion with his Dharma Body complete, advanced his cultivation, and manifested a golden-and-white figure within his inner scenery.

Ruan Yuan completed his Azure Yang Radiance divine ability, took the Daoist name Azure Origin, and received orders and treasures for an overseas posting. In the Dao Realm, Xu Xuan learned that Tiantuo had recovered and could create powerful spirit treasures, then focused on securing the Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles through Louguan.

• Ruan Yuan completed [Azure Yang Radiance] and accepted Bimo's approval of his Daoist name, [Azure Origin].
• Bimo gave Ruan Yuan the [Eastern Azure Dawn-Yang Branch] and the [Vastness-Ending Pearl], then assigned him to oversee Thunder-Gathering Grounds in the Western Sea.
• Ruan Yuan left Azure Cloud Heaven after teasing Jingming and Kongche, who had congratulated him on completing his divine ability.
• Xu Xuan visited Tiantuo, who said his divine ability was complete, his soul remnant had recovered, and he could manifest orthodox Purple Mansion spirit treasures.
• Xu Xuan spent eight hundred celestial virtue to have Tiantuo create [Purple Void Great Splendor], then rejected Tiantuo's suggestion to capture an alchemist.
• Xu Xuan decided to test Louguan's attitude as he pursued an exchange for the Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles.

Lin Qiulang completed his Li elevation and received orders to help establish a frontier formation node at Azure Lake. Xu Xuan agreed to join the campaign to reclaim the Six Prefectures, but secured protection for his sect before leaving.

• Zhuoxie oversaw Lin Qiulang’s elevation into the Divine Dao and ordered him to go with Xi Wuya to Azure Lake for the Long Wu Rampart City project.
• Lin Qiulang met Xi Wuya, and the two traveled to Xu Xuan’s mountain gates, where Liu Xiaowen greeted them after recently breaking through.
• Xu Xuan told Qing Lang that he had resigned as Abbey Master and would not involve his sect in Thunder Department affairs.
• Xu Xuan agreed to assist at Azure Lake after Qing Lang promised that the Thunder Department would protect his sect and Xu Xuan raised the Kui Thunderclap Heavenly Sound Drum above its gates.
• Qing Lang told Xu Xuan to meet the King of Misty Mountain in the Six Prefectures in ten days, and Xu Xuan prepared to join the northward counteroffensive.

Xu Xuan prepared Red Cloud Sect for the coming war and helped Wen Si'an ready herself to break through to Purple Mansion. He then visited Guan Quan to borrow Louguan's Golden Man and trade [Purple Void Great Splendor] for [Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles], leaving Guan Quan to recognize his lineage as Fengxuan.

• Liu Xiaowen discussed the coming war with Xu Xuan, who assigned Red Cloud Sect to garrison Witch South Commandery and seek an arrangement with Bai Xuan over the Jade Flow Mountains.
• Xu Xuan gave Wen Si'an the [Clear Rain Cleansing Void Pill], [Rootless Void Rain], and [Rain-Splitting], and urged her to prepare for seclusion and a Purple Mansion breakthrough.
• Xu Xuan traveled to Louguan and learned that Guan Quan had sent Wei Shuang overseas to keep him away from the Frontier and Prince Mount Li's Buddhist influence.
• Guan Quan agreed to lend Xu Xuan the Golden Man, and Xu Xuan offered [Purple Void Great Splendor] in exchange for [Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles].
• After Xu Xuan claimed the spirit treasure came from his temple's ancestral lineage, Guan Quan identified that lineage as Fengxuan.

Xu Xuan traded a Purple Void Great Splendor to Guan Quan for the Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles, which transformed his Dao realm into the hidden Great Scarlet Heaven grotto-heaven. Its new sun and moon appeared, and Miao'e awakened as its Moon Goddess, though she could not recall her origins.

• Guan Quan exchanged the Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles for Xu Xuan's Purple Void Great Splendor and lent him the Treasure-Nourishing Golden Man.
• Guan Quan asked Xu Xuan to watch for his disciple Jing Xing, who had been possessed after entering the Bliss-Desire Demon Land.
• Xu Xuan brought the spirit vein into his Dao realm, causing it to separate from his body and reveal itself as the Great Scarlet Heaven grotto-heaven.
• The grotto-heaven manifested Hengyi Star as its sun and the frost assistant star as its moon.
• The statue in the Shadow-Moon Pool became Miao'e, who received the station of Moon Goddess but could not finish recalling her former identity.

Xu Xuan established Miao'e and Tiantuo as guardians of Great Scarlet Heaven’s moon and sun, then explored the Immortal Stele’s power and discussed the nature of ancestral qi with Tiantuo. As Xu Xuan prepared for the advance north, Liu Xiaowen received orders to travel overseas and meet the newly appointed True Person Azure Origin.

• Xu Xuan assigned Miao'e to regulate the moon’s orbit and asked her to compile her Dao arts, while Tiantuo took responsibility for the sun.
• Xu Xuan manifested the Immortal Stele and found that it could unleash Golden Core-level harmonious union mysterious radiance within Great Scarlet Heaven.
• Xu Xuan and Tiantuo discussed the theories of mystic unity and primordial one before Xu Xuan returned to his hall to study intelligence about the northern advance.
• Xu Xuan learned that Purple Mansion cultivators from the Bliss-Desire Demon Land were in the Six Prefectures and resumed cultivating Calamity-Transforming sword intent.
• Liu Xiaowen read that True Person Azure Origin had redrawn spiritual lands around Azure Depths and sent Xu Xuan a letter asking for direction.
• Xu Xuan ordered Liu Xiaowen to oversee the matter, so Liu Xiaowen summoned Empty-Handed, Liang Yong, and Qi Zhengyi to accompany him overseas.

Tiantuo, now known as True Person Azure Origin, secured Upper Firmament’s control over the waters between Azure Depths and Sindhu before meeting Liu Xiaowen of the Great Red Abbey. They agreed to join forces over the White Cang Sea, where Demon King Cang Water was nearing the end of his life, while Tiantuo secretly pursued what the demon would leave behind.

• Tiantuo defeated Gold-Sunder and opened the shipping route between Azure Depths and Sindhu, then linked the Turbid Sea to the Awakening Celestial Phenomena Altar.
• Lin Yu told Tiantuo that a newly advanced True Person from the Calamity-Splitting Sword Immortal’s line had arrived on Longflow Island, and Tiantuo set out to meet him.
• Liu Xiaowen and Xu Fayan discussed plans to claim the White Cang Sea after Cang Water, a Purple Mansion Middle Stage Demon King, died, and considered seeking allies through Senior Pingxiu.
• Tiantuo arrived at Longflow Island, where Liu Xiaowen recognized that he carried a Seal Script, and the two exchanged formal greetings.
• Tiantuo revealed that he wanted what Cang Water would leave behind rather than the White Cang Sea itself, and proposed that he and Liu Xiaowen join forces to claim it.

Feng Yan visited Tie Sui’s stronghold at Azure Lake to inspect the Liao defenses and confirm that the Wish-Lotus Pure Land was hidden in the Great Void. After warning Tie Sui about the King of Misty Mountain and True Person Calamity-Splitting, Feng Yan left for Rare Mountain, where the Great Li Thunder Department’s forces were gathering.

• Feng Yan emerged above Azure Lake and traveled south to Tie Sui’s Temporary Palace in the Yellow Ram Great Desert.
• Feng Yan asked Mingying about the Pure Land, and Mingying reported that the Wish-Lotus Pure Land had been concealed as a golden seed in the Great Void.
• Feng Yan asked Tie Sui whether he could hold Azure Lake while Feng Yan commanded the defense at Rare Mountain.
• Tie Sui said Azure Lake would be secure unless Song Yunlan came, and claimed he had invited an Immortal Dao Sword Immortal to help counter threats.
• Feng Yan warned Tie Sui that True Person Calamity-Splitting might attack, then departed for Rare Mountain.
• Feng Yan saw golden thunder and dark clouds gathering over Rare Mountain as the Great Li Thunder Department arrived.

Song Shiqing, Xu Xuan, and Qing Lang assessed the threats facing Great Li’s northern campaign and prepared to move against Azure Lake. Xu Xuan joined the command, but the chapter left the identity of the cultivator sent to oppose Feng Yan unresolved.

• Song Shiqing learned that Buddhist cultivators of the Path of Rebirth had arrived in the Yellow Ram Great Desert, while the Bliss-Desire Demon Land and other Liao factions also posed threats.
• Qing Lang reported that True Person Ru Su would support the campaign once he emerged from seclusion, and Song Shiqing awaited the arrival of Sword Immortal Xu.
• Xu Xuan arrived at the vermilion palace, where Song Shiqing briefed him on the situation and warned him about Prince Tie Sui, a Purple Mansion middle-stage Ultimate Fire cultivator.
• Xu Xuan resolved to use the war to cultivate his divine abilities and considered how the descent of Long Wu Rampart City would force the Green-Waste Dao to choose a side.
• Xu Xuan recalled that Feng Yan, a Purple Mansion peak blood qi cultivator, was expected to command the defense and wondered who would be sent to stop him.

Xu Xuan’s forces broke the northern formation, but the hidden Wish-Lotus Pure Land appeared and began spreading south. As Xu Xuan confronted Mingying, Chou Xi arrived to oppose him on Tie Sui’s behalf.

• Xi Wuya returned wounded after planting twelve thunder nails in the northern formation, and Song Shiqing ordered the assault to begin.
• Ru Su emerged from the Great Void with an ancient Great Xia Golden Man and attacked the formation, drawing Tie Sui and several defenders into battle.
• Song Shiqing destroyed the formation’s baleful palace, revealing that turbidity and baleful qi had concealed the Wish-Lotus Pure Land.
• Mingying manifested the Pure Land and began extending it south toward Heavenwater, while Xu Xuan emerged from hiding to attack him.
• Mingying announced his intent to turn the Song Clan’s Ancestral Land into Buddhist soil, and Chou Xi arrived to stand in his way.

Tie Sui defeated Ru Su’s Golden Man and tried to seize its spirit, but Bing Fire erupted from the armor and forced the battle to shift south. As Song Shiqing rushed to intercept Mingying, Chou Xi revealed a tide-linked sword intent that Xu Xuan recognized as related to Taihao.

• Tie Sui overwhelmed Ru Su’s wounded Golden Man with ultimate fire, but Ru Su transformed its hidden metal into victory gold and struck down Tie Sui’s Dharma Body.
• Tie Sui used a Spirit-Capturing Cloth to trap Ru Su and tried to seize the armor, but Bing Fire burst from within and burned the cloth away.
• Song Shiqing escaped the baleful palace and split the Diamond figure in two, sending it fleeing toward the Pure Land in the south.
• Song Shiqing warned Xu Xuan that Mingying was heading south, then raced ahead to stop him while Xu Xuan remained locked in combat with Chou Xi.
• Chou Xi invoked Listening to the Tide, and Xu Xuan’s sword case responded to the rising sword intent, which he sensed was related to Taihao.

Xu Xuan fought Chou Xi at the border pass and defeated her with his Calamity-Reversing sword, though both were badly wounded. He left her alive and rushed south to attack Mingying’s advancing Pure Land, where he annihilated a Diamond warrior and alarmed Qing Lang.

• Chou Xi used Vast Water sword techniques and the Great Wheel Karmic Origin Art to resist Xu Xuan’s lightning and pressure him with heavy water.
• Xu Xuan used Greater Yin to escape Chou Xi’s tide, then activated Calamity-Reversing as her Heavy Water Origin Flow descended.
• Xu Xuan and Chou Xi wounded each other severely, and Chou Xi lost her left arm and most of her ability to fight.
• Chou Xi told Tie Sui she no longer owed him and departed, while Xu Xuan headed south toward Mingying’s Pure Land.
• Xu Xuan killed a lion-riding Diamond warrior with tribulation lightning, and Qing Lang realized the warrior could not escape even with the Pure Land nearby.

Xu Xuan fought Jing Xing and endured the No-Thought Demon Trial, which challenged his origins and left Tiantuo shaken. After Xu Xuan headed south to stop the spreading Pure Land, Jing Xing reappeared at Azure Lake and asked Tie Sui to investigate Xu Xuan’s bloodline.

• Xu Xuan sent Xi Wuya to aid Ru Su, then joined Qing Lang in attacking Jing Xing, who escaped through the Hearing the Nether path.
• Jing Xing invoked the No-Thought Demon Trial, forcing Xu Xuan to confront doubts about his identity and past before Xu Xuan broke free.
• Ru Su stayed behind to secure Cloudhome Prefecture, while Xu Xuan sped south to reinforce the fight against the spreading Pure Land.
• Tiantuo told Xu Xuan that the No-Thought Demon Trial was an ancient test tied to Northern Yin, then fell into a daze after hearing what Xu Xuan had experienced.
• Jing Xing rebuilt his dharma body at Azure Lake and told Tie Sui that their lord approved of the undertaking.
• Jing Xing asked Tie Sui to investigate Xu Xuan’s origins and proposed using the Unity Bloodline Disc to test his blood.

Mingying led the Wish-Lotus Pure Land south, converting hundreds of thousands and defeating Song Shiqing as he pursued the corpse of Qi’s last crown prince. After claiming the Azure Wood Coffin, Mingying attacked Liu Xiaowen’s mountain stronghold and demanded that the Calamity-Splitting cultivator repay him with a Diamond guardian.

• Liu Xiaowen activated the Heavenly Fire Bingyang Formation and ordered Liu Xingfang to move people south as Mingying’s pure land advanced from the north.
• Mingying expanded the pure land across Heavenwater, converting its inhabitants and sending four Diamond guardians to help push south.
• Song Shiqing attacked Mingying with the Heavenly Li Radiance Axe, but the Mani Jewel and Diamond guardians overcame him, forcing him to flee into the Great Void.
• The Azure Wood Coffin appeared on the Great Scenery Plains, and Mingying drew it into the pure land, claiming the corpse of Qi’s last crown prince.
• Mingying’s pure land reached Liu Xiaowen’s mountain stronghold, where Liu Xiaowen attacked with Immortal in the Flame and the Diamond guardians began breaking the formation.
• Mingying told Liu Xiaowen that he had a karmic affinity with him and demanded that the Calamity-Splitting cultivator repay him with a Diamond guardian.

Mingying attacked Heavenly Tribulation Mountain while the Calamity-Splitting True Person arrived and shattered the Wish-Lotus Pure Land. Wen Guang and Liu Xiaowen turned the Diamonds back with the restored formation and a Spirit Treasure, while Nü Han realized Ye Huanying had abandoned them.

• Mingying used the Great Sun Dharma Pearl to suppress Liu Xiaowen and ordered Nü Han, Sui Lei, Ju Gui, and Xu Liu to assault the mountain.
• Ju Gui struck Heavenly Tribulation Mountain but was cut apart by sword intent left behind on the mountain.
• The Calamity-Splitting True Person broke into the Wish-Lotus Pure Land, and Nü Han discovered that the Liao Army token had lost its connection to the army.
• Nü Han and the other Diamonds entered the ruined formation and attacked Liu Xiaowen and the defenders, but Wen Guang restored the formation and trapped Sui Lei in the Azure-Li Sky-Nurturing Urn.
• Liu Xiaowen and the defenders overwhelmed the Diamonds; Xu Liu died, and Nü Han cried out that Ye Huanying had abandoned them.

Xu Xuan fought Mingying in the Pure Land, destroyed his Dharma Form, and witnessed Ye Lingxiao emerge from the Azure Wood Coffin and carry Mingying’s sealed spirit away. After the Verdant Origin Hall vanished, a mysterious Turbid Tear formed in Xu Xuan’s Inner Scenery, and he sensed a powerful battle breaking out to the north.

• Xu Xuan confronted Mingying as Heaven-Commanding Tribulation shattered the Pure Land, while Mingying defended his conversion of mortals and argued that the Immortal Dao had failed them.
• Xu Xuan manifested the Supreme Clear Profound-Mystery Dharma Body and battled Mingying in the Great Void, overcoming his colored lights, Mani Dharma Pearl, and attacks with thunder and sword techniques.
• Xu Xuan split Mingying’s Dharma Form, but Mingying opened the Verdant Origin Hall and released black-and-white thunder before Ye Lingxiao rose from the Azure Wood Coffin and sealed Mingying and the Wish-Lotus Pure Land inside it.
• Ye Lingxiao carried the Verdant Origin Hall south, where it absorbed Shuchun’s True Spirit, then vanished into Buddhist radiance.
• Xu Xuan found a pitch-black Turbid Tear inside his Inner Scenery after black thunder targeted him, and he sensed an immense battle between Geng Metal qi and a Blood Cloud to the north.