Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuan accepted the spirit sword [Tomb Shifter] and examined the upheaval following Liyang Heaven’s fall, then studied a blood pearl and the demonic scripture Pact Oath. He suspected Devil Ancestor Qiyong had never died and weighed whether the scripture could help him attain altar thunder, while fearing that using it would invite disaster.

• Xu Xuan accepted Song Shiqing’s [Tomb Shifter] and learned that Song Qing might receive one of the six secret realms formed from Liyang Heaven.
• Song Shiqing revealed that the Song Clan would leave the Central Plains, and Xu Xuan acknowledged that he did not know whether Tian'ou had truly fallen.
• Xu Xuan returned to Red Cloud and learned that Wei Mi had slain the late-stage Purple Mansion Demon King [Golden Slave] in Shu.
• Xu Xuan analyzed the [Southern Apricot] and blood pearl, discovering that Jiaoyang had devoured Song Lang’s legacy and that the pearl contained blood-path mysteries.
• Xu Xuan explained the Pact Oath scripture to Tiantuo and considered whether it could help him reach altar thunder, but they could not identify a suitable pledged token.
• Xu Xuan suspected Devil Ancestor Qiyong still lived within the blood of all beings and had sent the blood pearl deliberately, then suppressed the [Southern Apricot] and warned of the danger of using the scripture.

Xu Xuan investigated the changes to Wood and Metal Virtue, learned more about the Lord of Shock Thunder, and arranged to meet Mu Youdu through Cave Azure. He then returned to Thunder Pivot to cultivate his dragon body and began seeking a Greater Yin method to guard against Greater Yang.

• Xu Xuan explored Green Pond and found the fallen True Lord Death Cen’s silver Dharma Body, then crossed the Pan Sea to the Constructive Wood.
• Cave Azure showed Xu Xuan Human Illness, an Attendant Envoy formed from Death Cen’s malignant qi, and Xu Xuan absorbed the wraith.
• Xu Xuan learned that Tianyu was recovering, Jin Qi governed Eastern Azure in his place, and the Lord of Shock Thunder’s transformation could reshape Yin-Yang.
• Cave Azure named Mu Youdu as Eastern Azure’s candidate Thunder Follower, and Xu Xuan agreed to meet him.
• Xu Xuan returned to Thunder Pivot, strengthened his dragon body by refining thunderbolts, and considered obtaining a Greater Yin method to counter Greater Yang.

Xu Xuan explored the Northern Sea, discovered the Guxuan Divine Magnetism lineage and the ruins of Tai Ning’s Gushe Mountain, and obtained a nearly complete cold yin Golden Core inheritance. After uncovering evidence of an immortal elixir being forged from several Golden Cores’ golden natures, he returned to the Northern Sea and sensed a new power rising from Lingsa.

• Xu Xuan refined twenty-four Purple Mansion shock thunders into [Thunderfall Marsh] and traveled freely through the Northern Sea in his ghost-god form.
• Xu Xuan investigated the [Guxuan Divine Magnetism] lineage, escaped its Divine Core gatekeeper, and recognized the site’s connection to Emperor Xuan.
• Xu Xuan passed the strongholds of Glorious Age and Clear Reverence and identified the crimson [Spirit Source] as a place connected to the True Lord of spirit thunder.
• Xu Xuan reached Gushe Mountain and discovered the remains of Tai Ning and [Heavenly Frost], along with the divine being Ice Talisman and a mystic ice talisman.
• Xu Xuan found golden natures gathered beneath Gushe Mountain, suspected they were being refined into an immortal elixir, and left after acquiring the [Gushe Pure-White Mystic Ice Great Dao] inheritance.
• Xu Xuan saw the Sky Wolf Star and its companion star stir the Great Void’s spirituality, and suspected that Lingsa had produced a special kind of Divine Core.

In Six Desires Heaven, Xu Dai learned that his false body Xu Xuan had cultivated the Five Arts and gained the power to invoke a Thunder Oath, making him wary of a direct confrontation. Wondrous Womb gave Xu Dai command of demonic forces and explained the larger conflict over water transformation, while Xu Dai resolved to pursue a withering qi Retainer Position under the Primordial Lord.

• Xu Dai told Wondrous Womb that feedback from Xu Xuan’s breakthrough had helped him complete the Five Arts and perfect the Wusheng Sword Formation.
• Wondrous Womb reported that Xu Xuan had used a Thunder Palace Divine Edict to execute an evil creature of the Song Clan, and Xu Dai admitted he might not match him.
• Wondrous Womb gave Xu Dai the Black Tiger Tally and command of twenty-one demonic natures and numerous Heavenly Demons, but refused to hand over the dangerous demonic nature of Great True Person Northern Yin.
• Wondrous Womb explained the history of water transformation’s division and said the Primordial Lord intended to become the exalted mother of demons and buddhas rather than restore its former Dao.
• Wondrous Womb warned Xu Dai that the decisive struggle lay between the two True Lords, while Xu Dai privately resolved to cultivate steadily and seek a withering qi Retainer Position.

Xu Xuan examined the Cold Yin inheritance, reunited with Xu Fayan, and learned of the growing threat from the Xia Demon Horde. Through the Seal Script he had placed in Li Huanyou’s Righteous Order nature, Xu Xuan studied the youth’s memories and discovered that the Netherworld was preparing a major change to the Primordial Beginning Great Dao.

• Xu Xuan gave Miao'e the Gushe Pure-White Mystic Ice Great Dao and asked her to cultivate it and seek the missing Cold Yin Divine Ability.
• Xu Fayan returned to Red Cloud, reported that the Xia Demon Horde had conquered neighboring kingdoms and warned that its armies could threaten the Central Plains.
• Xu Xuan decided to visit the Wei clan and sent Xu Fayan toward the Great Nether Wastes Wilds to observe the Xie clan’s plans.
• Xu Xuan sensed Li Huanyou’s reincarnated Righteous Order nature and used its connection to study the youth’s memories and Earth Virtue inheritances.
• Xu Xuan learned that the Netherworld was preparing something involving a change in the Primordial Beginning Great Dao, and resolved to use Li Huanyou to investigate further.

Kuying welcomed Meng Qiu, a new Attendant Envoy born from a fragment of Yize, and sent him to open the hidden Azure Rosy Clouds Realm in the Western Sea. At the Yang-Defying Temple, Yin Qingchen visited Long-Melting on the anniversary of True Lord Mancang’s death and refused to let anyone sway his decision about Ding Fire.

• Kuying directed Meng Qiu to open the Azure Rosy Clouds Realm, draw cultivators inside, and search for traces of the Xin Metal grotto-heaven while watching over a Jiang Clan descendant named Xu.
• Kuying questioned Ji Zisang about searching for Kunlun and discussed the Sword Dao and the Ji Clan’s lost inheritance.
• Kuying brought the Southern Bright Li Fire Warden to the Yang-Defying Temple to mark the anniversary of True Lord Mancang’s death.
• Yin Qingchen appeared before the Southern Bright Li Fire Warden, offered incense and cloudy wine to Mancang, and departed after wishing Long-Melting success.
• Long-Melting asked Yin Qingchen why he would not accept the retainer position of ultimate fire, and he replied that no one, not even Lesser Yin, could decide Ding Fire’s future for him.

Xu Xuan joined Bimo and Great True Person Yi Tai in the Great Nether Wastes Wilds, where they subdued the wind and sand threatening Red Cloud. Bimo then departed to quell disasters across the realm and seek the Dao, while Yi Tai and Xie Kuo repaid Xu Xuan for saving a Xie Clan junior by presenting him with the Heavenly Judgment Robe.

• Xu Xuan met Bimo and Great True Person Yi Tai, who explained that Upper Firmament and the Xie Clan had come to remedy the wind and sand in the Great Nether Wastes Wilds.
• Xu Fayan reported that chaotic seasons, Xia's actions, and prolonged summer had worsened the region's disasters.
• Yi Tai used a Supreme Rites Decree to suppress the desert's malign nature, and Bimo used Swiftly Scatter Dust and the Heavenly Capital Celestial Rite to calm the wind and wash dust from Heavenwater and Red Cloud.
• Bimo said she would travel to quell disasters and might seek the Dao, while Yi Tai warned that Xia's Unclarity would make the coming decades dangerous for her lineage.
• Yi Tai and Xie Kuo told Xu Xuan that dragonkind threatened Upper Firmament and that the lord of the Clear Reverence Demon Land had protected the Clear Vast Way.
• Yi Tai and Xie Kuo presented Xu Xuan with the Heavenly Judgment Robe in repayment for saving a Xie Clan junior at Liao Capital.

Xu Xuan received the Xiezhi array robes and discussed Xu Fayan’s understanding of nurturing earth before leaving for Shu to make preparations against monsters and settle matters concerning Le Yu. Xu Fayan stayed in the Great Nether Wastes Wilds to cultivate his third divine ability.

• Xu Xuan put on the Xie clan’s array robes, gaining access to the void-warding righteous law and advancing his understanding of the Great Nonbeing Slash-and-Examination Divine Edict.
• Yi Tai explained that the robes had flown from the treasury toward Xu Xuan, then departed to oversee disaster relief in the Yu Region.
• Xu Fayan told Xu Xuan that people’s fear shaped how spirit monsters and nurturing earth were perceived, and resolved to cultivate nurturing earth on his own terms.
• Xu Fayan planned to cultivate his third divine ability at the heart of the wilderness, while Xu Xuan announced he would travel to Shu to meet the Wei clan and speak with Xing Fang about Le Yu.
• Xu Xuan refused Xu Fayan’s offer to punish Le Yu’s demonic disciples and left through the Great Void; Xu Fayan bowed and merged into the wind and sand.

Xu Xuan returned to Great Mystery Mountain, learned how the Southern Border had fallen to monsters, and went to inspect the threat near Shu. As the monsters fled from his presence, a Purple Mansion Secret Realm appeared before him, seemingly drawn by the hidden metal intent he had received from the Hidden Metal True Lord.

• Xu Xuan rejected Tiantuo's advice to abandon his attachments and said he would fight anyone who threatened his family or Dao Lineage.
• At Great Mystery Mountain, Xu Xuan met Fu Guai, a formation expert who described the monsters' conquest of the Southern Border and agreed to remain with his sect for protection.
• Xu Xuan learned that Liu Xingfang was guarding Brocade Capital and decided to inspect the border himself.
• Xu Xuan met Liu Xingfang near Rainbow-Washed Mountain and saw that Heng Ridge had been badly damaged by monsters.
• A Secret Realm appeared near Xu Xuan, and the monstrous auras south of Heng Ridge fled when they sensed him.
• Xu Xuan realized that his hidden metal intent had drawn the Purple Mansion Secret Realm to him.

Xu Xuan and Liu Xingfang explored the Secret Metal Monastery, where Xu Xuan’s connection to the master of Hidden Metal caused the gateway to collapse and the realm’s treasures to submit. They discovered the Great Dryness Peaceful Balance Method, an ancient Victory Gold art that could heal wounds inflicted by sword intent, and Xu Xuan considered copying it for Sword Immortal Wuyi of Peaceful Mountain.

• Xu Xuan bowed to the Secret Metal Monastery’s gateway, which collapsed as the realm responded to his signs as master of Hidden Metal.
• Xu Xuan and Liu Xingfang searched the monastery’s treasury, where Xu Xuan took Bright Dry Metal and gave Liu Xingfang the Dry Fortune Ring.
• In the Main Palace, Xu Xuan and Liu Xingfang paid respects to the immortal painting, buried the golden skeleton beneath the shrine, and examined its Dao Text.
• Xu Xuan learned from Lü Junshan’s notes that the Rogue Cultivator had founded the monastery while seeking the Golden Position and had died from exhausting his mind and spirit.
• Xu Xuan and Tiantuo realized that the Great Dryness Peaceful Balance Method could treat sword-intent wounds, and Xu Xuan considered sharing a copy with Sword Immortal Wuyi of Peaceful Mountain.

Xu Xuan moved the Secret Metal Monastery to Rainbow-Washed Mountain, then met the Wei clan to discuss resisting the Xia monsters and the future of Shu. Wei Mi proposed trading Great Ridge for support restoring the Great Mystery Blessed Land, leaving Xu Xuan to weigh the offer.

• Xu Xuan studied the Yin-Yang secret arts and Tai Qian’s victory gold inheritance, then left the immortal painting in the Secret Metal Monastery.
• Xu Xuan had Yanxi move the secret realm to Rainbow-Washed Mountain and established heavenly tribulations over Brocade Capital Commandery.
• Xu Xuan and Liu Xingfang traveled to Longyang, where Liu Xingfang described the Wei clan’s cultivators and Wei Mi’s formidable powers.
• Xu Xuan met Wei Cun, who described the Xia monsters’ attacks and proposed that the Wei establish a realm in Shu to resist them.
• Xu Xuan refused to surrender Brocade Capital and Sword Pass while discussing relinquishing Great Ridge, and Wei Mi offered to help restore the Great Mystery Blessed Land if Great Mystery moved to Brocade Capital.

Xu Xuan negotiated with the Wei clan to restore the Great Mystery Blessed Land and arrange support for moving Great Mystery Mountain, then returned to Brocade Capital as the Xia Lands prepared to expand their rule. The chapter ended with Ming An and the Yang household discussing their reliance on the Golden Crow’s rising lord.

• Wei Mi offered to help restore the Great Mystery Blessed Land if Xu Xuan’s lineage moved Great Mystery Mountain to Brocade Capital and relinquished Great Ridge, and Xu Xuan agreed to the terms.
• Xu Xuan learned that Wei Cun’s clan planned to found the state of Peace next spring and agreed to join forces with them if the Xia Lands invaded Shu.
• Xu Xuan sensed a practitioner of primordial witchcraft in Longyang, established a covert tether to him, and then returned to Brocade Capital with Liu Xingfang.
• Xu Xuan sent Liu Xingfang to consult the Pudu Holy Land and the Tuoba about Le Yu and the demon manifestation, while he stayed at Rainbow-Washed Mountain to cultivate.
• Ming An, Yang Yuanyi, and Yang Zhongzhou discussed the Golden Crow lord’s advancing Dao, the prospect of claiming Shu, Chu, and Yong, and the Great Sun Golden Crow Divine Venerable in Intestine Valley.

Liu Xingfang visited Pudu to coordinate the campaign against Le Yu, learning how its allies planned to enter the demon land and who would oppose them. After hearing his report, Xu Xuan prepared to contact allied factions and traveled to the Tuoba family to investigate Altar Thunder, while the Immortal Stele revealed a new sword name.

• Liu Xingfang met Great True Person Miaolin at Pudu and learned that the Holy Land could enter Le Yu through its connection to Six Desires Heaven, while its Holy Mother would handle the Primordial Lord.
• Miaolin told Liu Xingfang that Pudu would send few fighters of its own but had support from Chou Xi, Wei Shuang, Penglai, and Eastern Azure, and warned that powerful dragons were the main danger.
• Xu Xuan considered the inward and outward powers of Slash and Examination and sensed that he was close to advancing his cultivation.
• Liu Xingfang returned to Xu Xuan and reported Pudu's plans, prompting Xu Xuan to prepare letters for Louguan and the Wu Clan and decide to visit the Tuoba family himself.
• Xu Xuan traveled through the Great Void toward the Tuoba family to investigate the meaning of Altar Thunder, and the Immortal Stele revealed the name Great Qian Cave-Origin Azure Rosy Clouds Sword.

Xu Ming fought Qi Yanchuan in the Azure Rosy Clouds Realm and comprehended his own sword intent, defeating his opponent and claiming the Azure Jade Profound Token. He left the realm as a newly recognized Lesser Yang Sword Immortal, while Meng Qiu secretly rescued the fleeing Qi Yanchuan.

• Meng Qiu watched Xu Ming and Qi Yanchuan clash over the Azure Jade Profound Token inside the Azure Rosy Clouds Realm.
• Qi Yanchuan used the Shang Bell Diagram to strengthen his Geng Metal arts, while Xu Ming answered with Lesser Yang sword techniques and Great Thunder-Prayer Radiance.
• Xu Ming rejected an easy victory through spells and fought with his sword alone, then awakened the Great Qian Cave-Origin Azure Rosy Clouds Sword intent and defeated Qi Yanchuan.
• Xu Ming collected the Azure Jade Profound Token, accepted the advantages he had received, and left the realm as the surrounding cultivators recognized him as a Lesser Yang Sword Immortal.
• Meng Qiu sent the injured Qi Yanchuan into the Great Void, saving him as he fled from a Purple Mansion cultivator.

Xu Xuan visited Tuoba Jue at the White Cloud Blessed Land to fulfill their old agreement and help move a divine mountain north to ward off the Northern Sea’s storms. Tuoba Jue asked Xu Xuan to rescue his younger sister from Le Yu, gave him a paper figure to help bring her back, and presented him with a thunder manuscript whose mysteries Xu Xuan was invited to see.

• Xu Xuan learned that Xu Ming had formed his Sword Intent, then traveled to the White Cloud Blessed Land to find Tuoba Jue.
• Tuoba Lin guided Xu Xuan to Tuoba Jue, who had been refining a divine mountain to protect the north from the Northern Sea’s cold currents, wind, and thunder.
• Xu Xuan and Tuoba Jue moved the mountain toward the Northern Sea with help from Immortal General Yanxi.
• Tuoba Jue asked Xu Xuan to strike his younger sister with thunderbolts and use a mysterious paper figure to bring her back from Le Yu’s schemes.
• Tuoba Jue gave Xu Xuan an Azure Wood Treasure Box containing an original manuscript of the Heavenly Thunder Immortal and explained its history and the legacy of Lord Dong Ting.
• Tuoba Jue invited Xu Xuan to open the box and behold the manuscript’s mysteries.

Xu Xuan opened the treasure box and read the four characters [Nameless True Dao], gaining insight into Altar Thunder’s nameless nature and its connection to the Primordial Gate. He accepted the treasure from Tuoba Jue and agreed to rescue Yuancai from Le Yu, then helped Tuoba Jue lower Wood-Leaf Divine Mountain onto the Northern Sea shore, where Tuoba reflected on the Wei Emperor’s legacy and the cost of ruling.

• Xu Xuan opened the treasure box with his Divine Abilities and read [Nameless True Dao] on the Xuan Paper, realizing that Altar Thunder’s unchanging laws were tied to the Primordial Gate.
• Tuoba Jue gave Xu Xuan the treasure box and authentic calligraphy as recompense, asking him to bring Yuancai back.
• Xu Xuan agreed to enter Le Yu through Universal Salvation and sever the Demonic Path, warning that Yuancai might still suffer damage to her foundation.
• Xu Xuan and Tuoba Jue reached the Northern Sea shore and quickly lowered Wood-Leaf Divine Mountain, which grew to shield the northern coast from cold currents, Wind, and Thunder.
• Tuoba Jue described how the Wei Emperor had used the Sheji Seal to protect the lands from disasters and mourned that the Tuoba state had never fulfilled its ambitions.

Dongjin released Shi Yan from the Eastern Sea and sent him to serve the Primordial Lord in Six Desires Heaven as the Dragon Palace maneuvered amid tensions between Le Yu and Universal Salvation. After strengthening his Thunder Formation and preparing against Le Yu, Xu Xuan set out with Liu Xingfang to join the assault and pursue Xu Dai.

• Dongfang Guanji freed Shi Yan from his golden mountain, and Dongjin ordered him to serve the Primordial Lord in Six Desires Heaven.
• Dongjin explained that the Eastern Sea had agreed to Le Yu's demands and intended to let Le Yu and Universal Salvation contend without intervention beyond the Purple Mansion realm.
• Xu Xuan refined the Azure Wood Treasure Box and sky thunder into his Thunder Formation, then mastered the Divine Decree of Great Nonbeing's Severing of the Abyss and sensed its unsettling effect on his heart.
• Xu Xuan completed the Heavenly Feather Water-Fire Grand Formation, equipped it with Tomb Shifter, and prepared to confront Le Yu and its hidden strength.
• Liu Xingfang reported that True Person Nanwang and True Person Guan Quan were ready to act, and Xu Xuan ordered the group to depart for Universal Salvation and pursue his inner demon, Xu Dai.

Xu Xuan arrived at Universal Salvation and learned that its lineage regarded him as a Dao Heir because of his connection to Le Yu’s Demon Manifestation. As Universal Salvation prepared to confront Le Yu, Miaolin gathered their allies and explained the ancient division of water transformation, leaving Xu Xuan poised to meet the arriving guests.

• Xu Xuan, Liu Xingfang, and Nangang reached Universal Salvation, where Nangang said its water transformation had healed his injuries.
• Nurture the Young explained that Xu Xuan’s link to Le Yu’s Demon Manifestation made him a Dao Heir of Universal Salvation.
• Miaolin met Xu Xuan, discussed his lineage’s Daoist titles, and introduced Rong Zhen of Penglai as an ally against the demon Deliverance.
• Miaolin revealed that Eastern Azure had sent a spirit deity formed from a leaf of the Constructive Wood and said four Great True Persons would oppose Le Yu.
• Miaolin explained that dragonkind had used a Thunder Palace forbidden artifact to split water transformation, and Xu Xuan noted the importance of Dongjing’s ancient Sword Dao.
• Miaolin sensed that others had arrived and invited Xu Xuan and Rong Zhen to accompany her.

Xu Xuan and the allied True Persons entered Six Desires Heaven to confront Wondrous Womb and the Demon Manifestations. As the battle erupted, Xu Xuan struck down Tuoba Cai and prepared to face Xu Dai, the demonized remains of Wu Chu, and the Demon Emperor’s nine-headed serpent son.

• Rong Zhen awakened Wei Shuang from the Mysterious Coffin, and he joined the group seeking revenge on Deliverance.
• Miaolin opened a passage to Six Desires Heaven, where the allies confronted Wondrous Womb and the six Demon Manifestations.
• Xu Xuan shattered the White Banner, wounded Xu Dai, and destroyed Wondrous Womb’s manifested head as he demanded to know what Deliverance had done.
• Xu Xuan cut the demonic qi from Tuoba Cai and stripped away most of her cultivation, while Miaolin and the other True Persons engaged the remaining enemies.
• A nine-headed serpent revealed himself as the Demon Emperor’s son, and Xu Xuan prepared to battle him, Xu Dai, and Wu Chu’s corrupted demonic nature.

Xu Xuan unleashed the Calamity-Expelling Divine Edict against Xu Dai, Shi Xi, and Northern Yin’s Demonic Nature, suppressing them with escalating tribulations. After Northern Yin’s Demonic Nature was nearly erased, Xu Dai inherited its true name and joined Shi Xi against Xu Xuan, who dismissed his claim.

• Xu Xuan activated the divine edict, and its calamities battered Xu Dai while Northern Yin’s Demonic Nature hid inside the Colorless World Gate and Shi Yan endured the first wave.
• Xu Xuan’s edict adapted to Xu Dai’s defenses, while Shi Xi entered the battle and fought Xu Xuan with his formidable body.
• Xu Dai called on Northern Yin’s Demonic Nature, but the edict’s True Radiance shield trapped the Five Emperors Great Demon Dharma Body and forced Xu Dai to drop the Eternal Darkness Sword.
• Xu Dai attacked the formation with Wusheng Sword Formation, but Xu Xuan’s World-Extinguishing tribulation overwhelmed Northern Yin’s Demonic Nature and stripped away the sword’s borrowed power.
• Xu Dai accepted the surviving crown and remnants of Northern Yin, declared himself Xu Dai with the Daoist name Northern Yin, and joined Shi Xi against Xu Xuan.
• Xu Xuan faced the pair without fear and told Xu Dai that he was unworthy of the Daoist name Northern Yin.