Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuan defeated Xu Dai and Shi Yan, but a vision of his forgotten past interrupted him before Shi Yan’s attack. After killing Shi Yan with a strange sword technique, Xu Xuan sensed the Fruit Position of Water Transformation and wondered what he had forgotten.

• Xu Xuan used his Divine Edicts and the Heavenly Feather Water-Fire Grand Formation to suppress Shi Yan and Xu Dai, then killed Xu Dai with a sword strike.
• Xu Xuan fell into the No-Thought Demon Trial and saw a memory of Harmonious Union Abbey, where a green-robed master called him Ying Qi and told him not to forget.
• Shi Yan exploited Xu Xuan’s distraction, triggered the accumulated Stream Poison, and attacked him with the power of Golden Nature and Water Transformation.
• Xu Xuan countered with nine slow, strange sword slashes that cut off Shi Yan’s nine heads and killed him.
• Xu Xuan looked toward the emerged Fruit Position of Water Transformation, glimpsed a familiar woman, and asked what he had forgotten.

Xu Xuan resisted defining himself by his possible past as Ying Qi while completing the trial of water transformation and confronting Le Yu’s demonic manifestation. Chi saved him and completed water transformation’s fruition, while recovered memories linked him to Harmonious Union Abbey and Xi Xinyin.

• Xu Xuan gathered Xu Dai’s Bone Sword and Spirit Treasures as Six Desires Heaven collapsed, and Shi Yan’s golden nature escaped into the sea of water transformation.
• Xu Xuan reached a jade head and treasure tree, but a demonic woman tried to make him take its fruit and submit to her as her child.
• Xu Xuan’s Primordial Spirit roared “Demon,” and another woman rescued him from the demonic realm and confronted Le Yu’s false body.
• The woman used thunder to strike Le Yu down into a white lotus, then gathered the lotus, jade mountain, treasure tree, and white-flesh palace to complete water transformation’s fruition.
• Chi lifted Xu Xuan into the heavens, where he recalled conversations with Xi Xinyin and Great Azure in Harmonious Union Abbey and remembered the name Ying Qi.

Xu Xuan learned that he and Pang Yan were Imitation Bodies of the long-dead Ying Qi, but refused to claim that identity, declaring that his Dao would not prove another’s. Miaolin then showed him Desire Tide’s deductions of a future conflict involving Xu Xuan, the Fourth Demon, and a blood-robed youth.

• Miaolin explained that the Primordial Mother had reclaimed Water Transformation and revealed the history of its True Lords and the Universal Salvation lineage.
• Miaolin told Xu Xuan that Pang Yan had been an Imitation Body of Ying Qi and asked whether Xu Xuan would acknowledge the same identity; Xu Xuan refused.
• Miaolin brought Xu Xuan to Wusheng Court and showed him a fragment of Great Change Dao Evolution that Desire Tide had used to create Xu Dai and deduce the future.
• Xu Xuan saw a vision of himself ruling during the Final Calamity and bestowing Fated Destiny, followed by a confrontation with the Fourth Demon and a blood-robed youth who vowed to kill him on behalf of all living beings.

Xu Fayan returned to Heavenly Tribulation to confront Liu Xingfang as Chi advanced toward immortality and claimed altar thunder. After Chi seized the Primordial Beginning Dao and fixed the world’s fate, he became the fourth Devil Ancestor, Without Absolution.

• Xu Fayan confronted Liu Xingfang and argued that Chi was their true Master, while Liu refused to accept him and vowed to avenge his daughter.
• Xu Fayan established a nurturing earth divine kingdom in Yang Province and attained the golden position as the Great Wilderness Nether-Mystic Ominous Portent True Lord.
• Chi and Xu Fayan challenged the Golden Crow within the black sun, while the Night-Replacing Blessed Land was devastated and Wei Peibai learned that Chi had seized Celestial Subtlety's Central Pivot.
• Chi entered Primordial Heaven, took control of altar thunder, and vowed to restore the Primordial Beginning Dao.
• Chi used the legacy of Ji Earth to forge Fated Destiny and determine the future of all living beings.
• Chi named altar thunder Thunder-Splitting and became the fourth Devil Ancestor, Without Absolution.

After reviewing a fragmentary deduction of a possible future, Xu Xuan learned more about Desire Tide’s plans, the Devil Ancestor’s arts, and the danger surrounding Shock Thunder. He returned to Six Desires Heaven and killed Wondrous Womb, then turned his attention to the next Demon Manifestation.

• Xu Xuan discussed with Miaolin the future in which he became a demon and the reasons Water Transformation had chosen to support him.
• Xu Xuan recalled the incomplete Devil Ancestor art of [Stealing and Plundering] and considered how [Slaying the True to Become the False] could lead to immense power.
• Xu Xuan inferred that the Lord of Shock Thunder intended to return to Primordial Chaos through [Aperture Restoration and Returning to the Womb], while Immortal Heaven wanted Suspended Chaos stripped of sentience.
• Miaolin returned Xu Xuan to Six Desires Heaven, where he confronted Wondrous Womb and struck her with his sword and Greater Yang spell.
• Wondrous Womb scattered into countless Water Transformation clones, but Xu Xuan's [Fate-Extinguishing Purge] destroyed every one of them.
• Xu Xuan collected Wondrous Womb's remains and turned toward the next Demon Manifestation.

Xu Xuan and the allied cultivators destroyed Le Yu’s Demon Manifestations, avenged the Frost Plum Sect, and left Six Desires Heaven before it collapsed. As Xu Xuan returned east, Zhang Fan and Jin Guangying discussed the fall of Le Yu, but Nine-Jade Body brought alarming news that Papiyan’s seal had briefly leaked.

• Xu Xuan and the allied cultivators trapped Deliverance, and Wei Shuang destroyed him to avenge the Frost Plum Sect while Guan Quan sealed Jing Xing for later questioning.
• Xu Xuan helped defeat the remaining Demon Manifestations, and the cultivators left the collapsing Six Desires Heaven as the demonic forces were purged.
• Nangang returned the Colorless World Gate to the Wu Clan, and Xu Xuan offered to help protect Shu Han as she prepared to seek Purple Mansion.
• At Great Benxiang Mountain, Zhang Fan warned Jin Guangying that Rebirth should not expand after Le Yu’s fall, then departed as the Wei sent Heavenly Cheng toward Shu.
• Nine-Jade Body returned to the Diamond Monastery and told Jin Guangying that Mount Sumeru could barely defend itself and Papiyan’s seal had briefly leaked.

Xu Xuan studied Great Luminary’s Three Moments and began planning how to secure the Immortal Elixir and position proof while preparing for his dragon body’s future. He decided to seek support for Bimo’s path to sky thunder and arranged to reconnect with her before she pursued the golden position.

• Xu Xuan absorbed the Great Change Dao Evolution fragment, studied three Celestial Stars Way scriptures, and learned Great Luminary’s Three Moments marking the past, present, and future.
• Xu Xuan resolved to consider the shattered Great Change Dao Evolution after reaching Golden Core and began planning to obtain the Immortal Elixir and position proof through Penglai and Mystic Secrets.
• Song Qing returned with a fragment of Liyang Heaven, and Xu Xuan let her manage the secret realm privately while noting that she and Xu Ming were approaching breakthroughs.
• Xu Xuan summoned Xu Ming and Empty-Handed from the Western Sea and planned for Xu Ming to deliver a qian metal method to Peaceful Mountain and meet Sword Immortal Wuyi.
• Xu Xuan told Tiantuo he intended to introduce Bimo to Universal Salvation and Eastern Azure, then planned to seek help from the lords of vast wood and water transformation for her sky thunder path.

Bimo surveyed the devastation in Yan Province and planned a ritual offering on Mount Tai to relieve disasters and seek the sky thunder golden position. She began preparing for the rites, while Tiantuo left to gather materials and Bimo sent a letter to Great Scarlet to establish contact with Universal Salvation.

• Bimo used talismans and the Awakening Celestial Phenomena Altar to assess the destruction around the Bohai Sea and Mount Tai.
• Azure Origin, also known as Tiantuo, met Bimo after breaking through and gave her Xu Xuan's letter about Le Yu's destruction and water transformation's return to its position.
• Bimo agreed to work with Universal Salvation on disaster relief and outlined three rites to perform before seeking sky thunder on Mount Tai.
• Bimo told Tiantuo that the preparations would take thirty to fifty years and explained that Jiang Li would probe sky thunder while Chi prepared to pursue origin wood.
• Tiantuo left to gather ritual materials, while Bimo sent a letter to Great Scarlet and began refining spirit treasures for the rites.

Xu Xuan visited Eastern Azure to ask about refining an elixir from the Li fire golden-nature object, the [Southern Apricot] blossom. The White Moon Palace Master told him that only Penglai could make such an elixir and revealed that [True Lord Radiant Peach Heaven] had awakened.

• Xu Xuan and Tiantuo discussed Upper Firmament’s lengthy preparations to seek the Golden Position, and Xu Xuan decided to seek shock thunder before making plans for sky thunder.
• Wen Si'an returned after managing flood damage, reported seeing Gongsun Xi and Bimo, and discussed sect affairs and disciples’ cultivation with Xu Xuan.
• Xu Xuan arranged for Wen Si'an to visit True Person Ye in Shu and for Liu Xiaowen to perfect [Kunwu Furnace], while planning to prepare pills for Ming'er.
• Xu Xuan refined another fragment of the Great Change Dao Evolution, sensed the Golden Rank of Void Zheng, and traveled through the Great Void to Eastern Azure.
• The White Moon Palace Master, Wei Suhua, received Xu Xuan on True Lord Jin Qi’s command and told him that Penglai alone could provide the elixir he sought.
• Wei Suhua revealed that Penglai’s [True Lord Radiant Peach Heaven] had awakened.

Xu Xuan negotiated with Wei Suhua for an introduction to Penglai in exchange for the immortal scripture “Measure,” while concealing the identity of the lord he served. Wei Suhua then asked him to help Eastern Azure use calamity blessing’s authority over life and death to revive True Lord Yilin.

• Xu Xuan captured Dead Ash's Attendant Envoy-Human and discussed how the Lord of Taboo Wood had changed after the burning of li fire and Dead Ash's fall.
• Xu Xuan offered the immortal scripture “Measure” in exchange for an introduction to True Lord Zhuohua and a method for refining golden nature; Wei Suhua agreed to arrange contact with Penglai.
• When Wei Suhua asked which path Xu Xuan's lord belonged to, Xu Xuan claimed the lord had great attainment in severance and could not emerge from the Primordial Gate of his calamity blessing.
• Wei Suhua explained that Eastern Azure feared becoming entangled with the Devil Ancestor, and Xu Xuan learned more about Qiyong's past power and the threat he might have become.
• Wei Suhua asked Xu Xuan to lend calamity blessing's authority over life and death to help revive True Lord Yilin, and Xu Xuan agreed to do what he could.

Xu Xuan negotiated with Wei Suhua about the Immortal Elixir and tested Eastern Azure’s willingness to support Roaming Union attaining proof. After leaving, he reconsidered how to unite Shock Thunder’s positions and decided to visit Upper Spirit Heaven to seek guidance from the Lingsa True Lord and the Xiao Clan.

• Xu Xuan asked Wei Suhua about Taboo Wood’s lost technique and whether Eastern Azure might help Roaming Union attain proof of Union of Preservation.
• Wei Suhua agreed to arrange contact with Penglai and explained that True Lord Southern God Mandate Nou Li Fire, Long-Melting, was poised to inherit Li Fire’s Dao.
• Xu Xuan left the Grotto-Heaven with a Bone Talisman for contact and resolved that restoring Union of Preservation’s Position Proof would require more than his efforts alone.
• Xu Xuan reconsidered how to unify Shock Thunder’s positions and, seeing the Sky Wolf Star, contacted Yelü Tan and sent an edict that he would enter Upper Spirit Heaven.
• Xu Xuan set out to sound out the Xiao Clan and seek the Lingsa True Lord’s knowledge of Nurturing Earth, the Golden Position, and the Duxuan Dao.

Xu Xuan entered Upper Spirit Heaven’s sealed Lingsa realm and questioned Yelü Tan about its Dao and the nature of spirit monsters. He learned that Qiyong had once negated the ancient Lingsa doctrine with a single pronouncement, and the chapter ended with Yelü Tan naming Immortal Jian Shi as the one who could truly dispute the Devil Ancestor.

• Yelü Tan welcomed Xu Xuan, who appeared as Shi Xian, into the Spirit Domain and explained why it had been sealed off.
• Xu Xuan explored the realm, recognized similarities to the Nurturing Earth-Seeking Gold Method, and asked Yelü Tan how Lingsa understood spirit monsters.
• Yelü Tan explained that Qiyong had declared the ancient Lingsa view a fallacy, causing the True Lord who held its fruit position to die on the spot.
• Xu Xuan recalled the dangerous drop of blood within him and asked how the Emperor Lord’s Dao regarded spirit monsters.
• Yelü Tan said the Emperor Lord’s Dao accepted spirit monsters’ spiritual nature without judging their worth against humans and monsters, and named Immortal Jian Shi as the one who could dispute Qiyong.

Xu Xuan tested Yelü Tan’s knowledge of Lingsa and proposed opening a passage between the primordial and postnatal realms, offering him a blessing from Calamity Blessing as proof of goodwill. Yelü Tan and Xiao Huaimi remained wary of Xu Xuan’s identity, while White Wolf’s success gave the Emperor Lord’s Great Dao new momentum.

• Yelü Tan questioned Xu Xuan about Jianshi, and Xu Xuan redirected the discussion toward Le Yu’s destruction, Universal Salvation’s attainment, and the plans for Nurturing Earth.
• Yelü Tan revealed that the First World-Honored One’s promise might place Nurturing Earth on the Buddhist path, while Xu Fayan and the Golden Crow of the Xia Lands could threaten the outcome.
• Xu Xuan proposed connecting the primordial and postnatal realms through the wound in the Primordial Gate, and Yelü Tan said Lingsa would act if a viable path could be proven.
• Xu Xuan empowered Yelü Tan’s witchcraft with Calamity Blessing, then vanished without leaving a trace.
• Yelü Tan met Xiao Huaimi and Great Thunder Heaven at Sky Wolf Temple, where they discussed whether to trust Xu Xuan and his claim about connecting the realms.
• Great Thunder Heaven announced White Wolf’s success, and the White Wolf God appeared before the hall as Xiao Huaimi recognized its potential to become the next Lingsa Golden Core.

Xu Ming returned to Red Cloud with sword intent and received treasures and instructions from Xu Xuan before preparing to pursue a Purple Mansion breakthrough. Xu Xuan inventoried the spoils from the Demon Manifestations, then entered the Sword Abyss in his Ghost God body and discovered a possible way to repair the Upper Profound Yin-Yang Ceremonial Sword; he was left with the matter of obtaining the scripture of Stealing and Plundering from Panmi.

• Xu Ming returned to Red Cloud with Empty-Handed, then told Xu Xuan and Liu Xingfang that he had gained sword intent in the Azure Leisure Profound Lord’s cultivation ground.
• Xu Xuan gave Xu Ming the World-Clearing Three Bodies Elixir, an azure radiance mystic flame, and Tai Qian’s Even Density Method, instructing him to visit True Person Wuyi before his Purple Mansion retreat.
• Xu Xuan and Liu Xingfang sorted the Demon Manifestations’ spoils, assigning several treasures and the Wusheng Sword Formation to disciples and reserving the Death River and Shi’s demon body for Fa Yan.
• Xu Xuan reviewed his plans for seeking the Golden Position and discussed the Thunder-Grasping Formation with Liu Xingfang before returning to his Grotto-Heaven as a Ghost God.
• Xu Xuan entered the Sword Abyss with the seemingly full Cave-Transmuting Sword Casket and found that Shangyou’s sword intent harmonized with the Yuejue Sword Dao’s life-and-death qi.
• Xu Xuan realized that calamity blessing’s authority over Life and Death might let him repair the Upper Profound Yin-Yang Ceremonial Sword, leaving the scripture of Stealing and Plundering from Panmi as his remaining concern.

After completing the Five Arts, Xu Xuan left the Cold Gate and traveled to the ruins of the Ancient Thunder Marsh, where a heavenly cultivator challenged him to reveal his method for seeking Thunder-Shock. Xu Xuan overwhelmed him with Shock Thunder and Wu Earth arts, prompting the challenger to ask who had taught him the Human Emperor’s method.

• Xu Xuan completed [Self-Reflection] and further strengthened his dragon Dharma Body through years of cultivation in the Thunder Pivot.
• Luo An congratulated Xu Xuan on completing the Five Arts and told him that Senior White Silk was refining a temporary yin body to aid him when he sought the Golden Position.
• Xu Xuan traveled to the Bohai Sea to inspect the ruins of the Ancient Thunder Marsh, considering Li Shangmi and Greater Yang a major obstacle to his Dao.
• At Thunder Marsh, Diwu Gao introduced himself as a Great True Person of Subduing Earth and asked how Xu Xuan intended to seek Thunder-Shock.
• Xu Xuan fought Diwu Gao using Shock Thunder, shattered his defenses with his physical strength, and countered [Yellow Springs Drinking] with [Returning Dao Pivot].
• Xu Xuan combined Wu Earth and Shock Thunder to overwhelm Diwu Gao, who demanded to know who had given him the Human Emperor’s method.

Xu Xuan defeated Diwu Gao with his Shock Thunder and Wu Earth arts, then claimed the Thunder Marsh as his royal seat. After Qu Xing departed, Xu Xuan resolved to create his own Shock Thunder art and went toward Mount Tai to investigate the mysteries of Wu Earth.

• Xu Xuan broke through Diwu Gao’s Subduing Earth defenses and overwhelmed him with the Thunder-Pivot Equalizing-Things Art.
• Qu Xing arrived, praised Xu Xuan’s mastery of Shock Thunder and Wu Earth, and led Diwu Gao away after Xu Xuan claimed the Thunder Marsh and forbade outsiders from trespassing.
• Xu Xuan reflected that his current arts lacked a devastating finishing move and resolved to create a great art of his own.
• Xu Xuan considered how the Daos of Harmonious Union and Even Density might unite heaven and earth as well as yin and yang.
• Xu Xuan headed for Mount Tai to examine the mysteries of Wu Earth firsthand.

Xu Xuan visited Mount Tai to study the legacy of Wu Earth and saw the ancient altar where the Human Emperor had performed the Feng sacrifice. Fan Ju then warned him that the White Qilin was at Liangfu, the site of the Shan sacrifice.

• Xu Xuan studied the Supreme Altar Complete Earth Scroll and sensed the Righteous Order Golden Nature before arriving at Mount Tai.
• At the Heavenly Gate, Xiu Duan explained that the Underworld Office was guarding paths while Upper Firmament cultivators prepared a ritual offering.
• Fan Ju guided Xu Xuan toward the summit, where Xu Xuan endured the pressure of Wu Earth and examined the Feng sacrifice altar.
• Xu Xuan realized that the altar was connected to the origins of Shock Thunder and Wu Earth, while Fan Ju explained the ancient separation of Heaven and Earth.
• Xu Xuan asked to visit Liangfu, and Fan Ju warned him that the White Qilin was already there.

Xu Xuan returned to Heaven Pool after perfecting his fifth divine ability and announced that he would pursue the shock thunder golden rank. He traveled to Eastern Azure to discuss his advancement, where the Eastern Azure Dawn Assistant Deity appeared in place of the figure he expected and asked whether he had met someone from Immortal Heaven.

• Xu Xuan toured Liangfu Hill with Fan Ju, met Bai Jun, and learned that the White Qilin was seeking the wu earth true fruit with a great lord's support.
• Xu Xuan returned to the Vermilion Cliff Sea, reunited with Bo Chang and Yang Yuanxin, and confirmed that he had perfected [Self-Reflection].
• Xu Xuan told Yang Yuanxin he would pursue shock thunder soon, sent a letter notifying Mist Marsh, and discussed the Dragon Court and the growing powers in the Xia Lands.
• Xu Xuan saw that the Constructive Wood had recovered and traveled toward Eastern Azure, intending to resolve matters involving the Immortal Elixir and prepare to use profound witchcraft.
• Cave Azure escorted Xu Xuan into the Eastern Azure grotto-heaven, where the Eastern Azure Dawn Assistant Deity explained that it had formed from a wounded True Lord's divine nature and asked whether Xu Xuan had met someone from Immortal Heaven.

Xu Xuan revealed the [Marvelous Formula of Aperture Restoration and Truth-Seeking] to win Eastern Azure's support for his pursuit of the shock thunder fruit position, then gained aid from Shi Xian and access to Eastern Azure's Daoist Canon. The chapter ended with Xu Xuan preparing to perfect his dragon body and seeking help to counter Li Shangmi, a potential enemy blocking his path.

• Chuming accused Mu Youdu of concealing something important, so Xu Xuan presented the [Marvelous Formula of Aperture Restoration and Truth-Seeking] as proof of his sincerity.
• Chuming explained that the Kui Dragon and Xu Xuan were being used in preparations for a new Lord of Shock Thunder, and Xu Xuan declared that he sought the shock thunder fruit position.
• Chuming agreed to support Xu Xuan, who proposed pursuing the dao of union of preservation as a path toward the fruit position.
• At Rising Sun Palace, Shi Xian accepted Xu Xuan's understanding of ghost gods and offered the [Secret Dao of the High Shaman] and 'calamity blessing's' support.
• Plain Moon demonstrated her [Restoration of the Full Moon], and Xu Xuan asked her and Cave Azure to help counter Li Shangmi.
• Cave Azure opened Eastern Azure's Daoist Canon to Xu Xuan, who resolved to perfect his dragon body before seeking the golden position.

Xu Xuan studied Eastern Azure’s collection of Daoist canons and found a path toward seeking the golden position by creating an enclosed world of thunder and wu earth. He began deducing a technique called [Suddenness] to counter Greater Yang abilities and continued cultivating his body, while keeping his goal of suppressing the Northern Sea.

• Xu Xuan sorted the pavilion’s shock thunder texts and found the [Central Earth Boundary Book], whose wu earth methods suggested how he could establish boundaries and form a world of his own.
• Xu Xuan chose to study [Divine Earth Profound Boundary] and considered combining it with [Thunder Pivot Equalizing Things] and [Thunder-Grasping Formation] to create an enclosed domain of thunderbolts.
• Xu Xuan concluded that this domain would not withstand [Heavenly Dao-Command] and decided he needed a subtler means to face a perfected Greater Yang Cultivator like Li Shangmi.
• Xu Xuan used his ghost god body and the Celestial Stars Way’s Daoist canons to deduce a shock thunder technique, naming it [Suddenness].
• Xu Xuan and his second primordial spirit cultivated his self-created body-tempering method, [Twenty-Four Extremes of the Head of All Things], alongside his other arts.