Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuan studied the Mysterious Clarity Divine Virtue Register and ancient witchcraft artifacts, then explored Dao texts that could help him challenge the being in the heavens. As he practiced Kunpeng’s yin-yang transformation technique, imperial qi surged over Shu, signaling that a state would soon be founded.

• Xu Xuan read Immortal Lord Tianying’s register and learned how Dao virtue gives rise to merit through clear and turbid processes.
• Xu Xuan examined the Blood-Sacrificial Vessel and the Skull, reflecting on primordial witchcraft and its potential insights for Golden Core cultivators.
• Xu Xuan studied the Most High Profound Offering Scripture and realized it could teach him to use the Immortal Stele to transform yin-yang and potentially reach the golden rank.
• Xu Xuan read the Great Azure Twofold Principles Scripture and practiced Kunpeng’s Gathering Talismans and Transforming technique, turning greater yin talismans into greater yang talismans.
• Xu Xuan sensed imperial qi surging over Shu and saw Wu Earth Light block outside scrutiny, concluding that the state would soon be founded.

Wei Mi founded Great Peace in Shu and proclaimed himself emperor at Lacquer Mountain, while Bai Jun attempted and failed to seize the Wu Earth fruit before Wei Mi completed his Wu Earth nature. Wei Mi then began organizing his realm by assigning officials and ordering the nation's boundaries measured.

• Wei Mi traveled through Longyang toward Lacquer Mountain, accepting gifts and bestowing titles as he prepared to found Great Peace in Shu.
• Xu Ming watched the procession and spoke with Wen Muyuan of the Clear Source Lineage, who urged him to attend the ceremony and discussed the Wei's plans.
• Atop Lacquer Mountain, Wei Mi proclaimed Great Peace, wielded the [Supreme Altar Mysterious Yellow Tower], and established his imperial presence.
• Wei Mi allowed Bai Jun to attempt attaining the Wu Earth fruit, but Bai Jun failed and tried to switch to Nurturing Earth by swallowing flesh from Nether Sheep.
• Wei Mi reclaimed Bai Jun's share of golden nature, completed [Heavenly Wu Central Earth Fate-Command Nature], and appointed Li Houyuan to measure the nation's bounds.
• Wei Mi appointed Du Sacrificial Official and ordered that Bai Jun be given a place in the dynasty's records.

Emperor Wei Mi discussed Great Peace’s expansion, its alliances, and the coming contest with Windflame’s Sage Emperor. In Mystic Enlightenment Heaven, Xu Xuan oversaw his growing domain and worried that Mu Sheng was neglecting his duties to temper his body.

• Li Houyuan reported that Great Peace had incorporated Guyang, Jingmu, and Jiangling Commanderies, and Wei Mi ordered his officials to preserve Jiyang’s peace.
• Wei Mi honored the Great Scarlet lineage and ordered Wei Yan to prepare for Purple Mansion cultivation with the Drought Maiden’s help.
• Wei Mi revealed that he had fought Imperial Son to a draw and said he was close to mastering Emperor Xuan’s art.
• Li Houyuan reported that a Flame Star had fallen, and Wei Mi welcomed the coming conflict with the Sage Emperor of the Bright King.
• Xu Xuan watched Giant Spirit build Mystic Enlightenment Heaven and reflected on the recent birth of Yang Yuanxin’s feathered-serpent child, Mu Hua.
• Xu Xuan saw that Mu Sheng spent his days body-tempering in the Northern Sea and decided he needed someone to keep the Dragon Prince in line.

Mu Sheng learned that four dragon maidens had been chosen as his marriage matches and was ordered to settle the marriage within ten days, with Yuanqing as his principal wife. As the maidens prepared to travel to the Northern Sea, Mu Youdu told Yang Yuanxin that their young son Mu Ye would need more years before he could take human form, and that Mu Hua could enter the completed Grotto-Heaven to begin cultivating.

• Mu Sheng considered delaying his Purple Mansion breakthrough to produce descendants, but Hou Ni told him four dragon maidens would arrive and that he had ten days to settle his marriage.
• Hou Ni named Lingdong, Frost Water Chestnut, Yuanqing, and Xiwan as Mu Sheng’s matches, with Yuanqing designated as his principal wife.
• Yang Yuanxin received the four dragon maidens at Heaven Pool, accepted Guangze’s gift from Lingdong, and learned about their backgrounds and temperaments.
• Yang Yuanxin arranged for the dragon maidens to travel together to the Northern Sea as Heaven Pool’s administration shifted toward developing that region.
• Yang Yuanxin found her young son Mu Ye awake in his cradle, and Mu Youdu said Mu Ye needed more years to take human form and Mu Hua could enter the completed Grotto-Heaven to cultivate.

Bimo prepared to seek the golden position on Mount Tai, but a shock thunder bolt delivered to Azure Cloud Heaven transported her and Jiang Li to Wondrous Solemnity Palace. There, True Person Shao Hua revealed that Tiantuo was an arrangement of the Azure Lad Heavenly Lord and invited them to discuss sky thunder.

• Bimo ended her seclusion on Mount Tai, and Zhou You warned that changes to shock thunder and the rise of the An dynasty could affect her attempt to attain the golden position.
• Bimo returned to Azure Cloud Heaven and examined the shock thunder Tiantuo had received after beseeching thunder; she brought its casket to Jiang Li.
• When Jiang Li opened the casket, the shock thunder severed his connections to his Dharma Treasures and transported him and Bimo from the grotto-heaven.
• Shi Xian escorted Jiang Li and Bimo to Wondrous Solemnity Palace, where they met True Person Shao Hua.
• Shao Hua revealed the Azure Child Azure Heaven Book and said Tiantuo was an arrangement left by the Azure Lad Heavenly Lord, brought there to discuss sky thunder.

Tiantuo explained Eastern Radiance’s succession to the Dao and the origins of True Lord Qingxiao’s sky-thunder attainment, leading Bimo to recognize that Qingxiao’s insight had been ahead of its time. Xu Xuan arranged for Bimo to receive a powerful fortune seal to aid her pursuit of firmament, and Tiantuo revealed that calamity blessing was a fruit position controlled by the Mystic Lord.

• Tiantuo convinced Jiang Li and Bimo of his connection to Eastern Radiance by revealing his Lesser Yang nature and explaining the lineage’s principles of succession to the Dao.
• Bimo recounted how True Lord Qingxiao obtained Heavenly Thunder Immortal’s golden nature and pursued the sky-thunder fruit position through the affair of thunder.
• Tiantuo suggested Qingxiao’s understanding of thunder as vibration could be called enlightenment, and Bimo wept as she realized his Dao had been ahead of its time.
• Xu Xuan secretly observed the exchange, concluded that Qingxiao’s departure was connected to shock thunder, and decided to restore sky thunder by establishing enlightenment as its affair.
• Xu Xuan instructed Tiantuo to offer Bimo the Golden Core profound seal Ward Off Evil and Bring Fortune, which would link her nature and life to Mysterious Heaven.
• Tiantuo told Bimo and Jiang Li that calamity blessing was a fruit position under the Mystic Lord’s control.

Tiantuo concealed Bimo’s newly granted Calamity Blessing and linked Jiang Li to a powerful divine domain, opening a path for Bimo to seek Sky Thunder. At Mount Tai, Cao Tong confronted Fan Ju over the Flint Emperor’s legacy and Turbid Qi before a radiant uninvited guest arrived and Taiyou greeted him as a fellow Daoist.

• Tiantuo told Jiang Li that Sky Thunder’s Golden Position was unclaimed and proposed using the Old Year Azure Origin Dharma Body to guide Bimo toward it.
• Tiantuo granted Bimo Calamity Blessing and placed a concealment seal on her, then sealed Jiang Li’s nature and life to protect their secrets.
• Jiang Li returned to Azure Cloud Heaven able to leave his altar, and he told Bimo to stay at the sect before going to Mount Tai as planned.
• Cao Tong visited Fire Emperor Peak, reduced the ruined Flint Emperor Stele to dust, and argued with Fan Ju about the peak, Turbid Qi, and their clans’ claims.
• Cao Tong departed Mount Tai, and Fan Ju encountered a white ram and a radiant True Lord who called someone an uninvited guest.
• A second radiant being descended amid wind and thunder, and Taiyou greeted the visitor as a fellow Daoist.

Fan Ju reported the arrival of Shock Thunder and Nurturing Earth at Mount Tai, where the Nether Office decided to leave the visitors alone. The encounter briefly stirred Fan Si’s awareness, and Xie Sheng suspected Shock Thunder might be able to help heal him, while the Yellow Springs stirred with renewed cries about vengeance.

• Fan Ju struggled through the sunken Hao Li entrance and paid Elder Zhang to ferry him across the Rebirth River.
• Fan Ju told Elder Zhang that Shock Thunder had arrived at Mount Tai, and Elder Zhang avoided judging whether the being had united One through Union of Preservation.
• Fan Ju reported the arrival to Fan Si and Xie Sheng, who relayed an order to leave the visitors alone because Mount Tai’s surface was under True Lord Qingrang’s care.
• Fan Si briefly regained clarity and identified himself, prompting Xie Sheng to suspect Shock Thunder’s influence might help heal his sword wound.
• Xie Sheng explained that the Hao Li entrance could only be partly repaired with Incense Offerings and that its full restoration depended on Emperor An performing the Feng and Shan rites.
• As Fan Ju departed, Xie Sheng heard the Yellow Springs cry out about Suspended Chaos, Shock Thunder, and great vengeance, and noted that Qing Yu’s corpse remained below.

Xu Xuan visited Qingrang at Lingyou Palace to seek his support for Bimo’s pursuit of Sky Thunder and learned why Qingrang feared stirring Nurturing Earth. He offered to use the Primordial Gate’s authority of passage to help Qingrang return to Primordial Heaven, and Qingrang asked him to state his conditions.

• Xu Xuan met Qingrang, who revealed that he was Gongye Xiaonian’s son and master and explained that he wished to leave his Nurturing Earth seat.
• Qingrang refused to support Bimo’s pursuit of Sky Thunder through calamity and fortune because it could disturb Nurturing Earth and worsen his predicament.
• Xu Xuan argued that Bimo could combine Auspicious Proclamation with Emergence, but Qingrang said he would neither support nor stop her.
• Xu Xuan revealed that he possessed Calamity Blessing and the Primordial Gate’s authority of passage.
• Xu Xuan offered to help Qingrang return to Primordial Heaven while maintaining a one-sided connection to Nurturing Earth, and Qingrang asked him to name his conditions.

Xu Xuan reached an understanding with Qingrang about helping him return his Dao to Primordial Heaven and supporting the Grave Sheep, while learning of dangers tied to Sky Thunder and Nurturing Earth. After returning to Mystic Enlightenment Heaven, Xu Xuan ordered two Dao branches established and prepared to confront Dust-Sweeping as the orthodox successor of the Fengxuan Great Dao.

• Xu Xuan gave Qingrang the Iron Talisman containing the incomplete Duxuan Great Dao and agreed to support the Grave Sheep after Qingrang attained the Nurturing Earth Fruit Position.
• Qingrang explained Liu Xuan's role in the Constant Light Dao Lineage, warned Xu Xuan about Dust-Sweeping and Ding Fire, and predicted that Nurturing Earth might awaken when Qingrang returned his Dao to Primordial Heaven.
• Xu Xuan left Mount Tai without finding Turbid Nether, then returned to Mystic Enlightenment Heaven and decided to establish two Dao branches.
• Xu Xuan ordered Shi Xian to found the Mystic Unity World-Opening Great Dao sect and instructed Bo Lei to complete the Northern Sea Dragon Palace's temples and arrangements.
• Xu Xuan resolved to proclaim himself the orthodox successor of the Fengxuan Great Dao before going to Jian Land to challenge Dust-Sweeping.

Xu Fayan completed [Years of Abundant Harvest] and discovered that the Xia Lands had launched a vast westward expedition as the sky thunder protection over Ziyuan Continent faded. He moved to evacuate the Sect’s cultivators, then confronted White Feathers and Huang Liang, two demons sent to claim the Western Sea.

• Xu Fayan completed [Years of Abundant Harvest], uniting his refined spirit deities and nearing the perfected nurturing earth realm.
• Xu Fayan saw the Xia Lands advance toward the Disc Continent and ordered Qi Zhengyi to prepare the Sect’s cultivators and activate the formation.
• Xu Fayan learned that Zhou You had left the Upper Firmament and sent Zhang Gaoxia to escort the cultivators toward Green-Sinking Reef.
• White Feathers and Huang Liang arrived to reclaim the Western Sea, and Xu Fayan trapped them within his [Great Corroding Decayed Azure Mud Aspect].
• Xu Fayan’s spirit deities countered White Feathers’s water and fire, while venomous creatures led by a Red Gold Centipede emerged to attack the two demons.

Xu Fayan drew Huang Liang and White Feathers into his Divine Kingdom and used wraiths and witchcraft to overwhelm them. He broke White Feathers’ defenses and split his Dharma Body with a bronze dagger-axe, then turned to finish him while Huang Liang remained entangled with the Five Wraiths.

• Huang Liang used his Gen Earth Divine Ability to halt Xu Fayan’s assault, but Xu Fayan attacked him with a grave sheep and a golden bull emerging from his shadow.
• Xu Fayan drew Huang Liang and White Feathers into his Divine Kingdom, where the Death River resisted Huang Liang’s li fire and his five command flags shattered White Feathers’ Immaculate Body.
• Xu Fayan summoned the Five Wraiths to entangle Huang Liang and used a stolen feather and witchcraft to inflict matching, devastating wounds on White Feathers.
• White Feathers restored his nature and life with the Coiling-Serpent Transformation into Mystery Art, but Xu Fayan put on a primordial witch mask and decreed Nuo, afflicting him with plagues and diseases.
• Xu Fayan struck White Feathers with a long bronze dagger-axe, split his Dharma Body in two, and declared that Huang Liang would die as he moved to eat White Feathers first.

Xu Fayan defeated White Feathers and Huang Liang in the wasteland Divine Kingdom, consuming both demons and revealing the Grave Sheep’s true form. The chapter left Xu Fayan with a divine pearl taken from White Feathers as he prepared to devour Huang Liang.

• White Feathers transformed his [Immortal Feather Divine Pearl] with withering qi, mastered the first step of [False Usurpation Name], and fled toward the Xia Lands.
• Xu Fayan used [Wilderness Under Heaven] to trap White Feathers in a false wasteland, where green locusts dragged him into the Rotting Sea and devoured him.
• Xu Fayan spat out and kept White Feathers’ pearl, then revealed his true form and confronted Huang Liang at the central platform.
• Xu Fayan exposed that Huang Liang had borrowed gen earth divine abilities and destabilized the powers Huang Liang had swallowed.
• Xu Fayan pinned Huang Liang in ao fish form, tore into him, and began devouring him as Huang Liang cursed White Feathers.

At the Bloodhead Grounds, Yang Yuanyi defeated Wu Ma Jiu in a demonstration of dry yang’s fifth divine ability, [Night's Lost Link]. Afterward, Imperial Son Ye Yu explained to Yang Zhongzhou that Great Xia’s destruction and the Golden Crows’ possession of Greater Yang had been bound up in a greater calamity, and that the Jiang clan and Dust-Sweeping were among those he intended to avenge.

• Imperial Son Ye Yu ordered Wu Ma Jiu to challenge Yang Yuanyi after the Bingyang King won nine consecutive bouts and received the Heavenly Inquiry sword [Xiting Deity].
• Wu Ma Jiu and Yang Yuanyi fought using Ding fire and dry yang abilities, with Yang Yuanyi gaining the advantage through [Heaven-Dimming Darkness] and [Darkening Obscurity].
• Yang Yuanyi used [Night's Lost Link] to draw Wu Ma Jiu into a black sun, but Ye Yu stopped the fight and ordered both Demon Kings to withdraw.
• Ye Yu told Yang Zhongzhou that [Night's Lost Link] had been prepared for the Jiang clan and Dust-Sweeping, and said the Yang Household’s hatred of Rising Sun remained relevant.
• Ye Yu explained that Great Xia’s destruction and the Golden Crows’ Greater Yang positions were part of a looming calamity, citing Song Lang’s tribulation and Divine Emperor Yuyi’s death.

Ming An explained the origins of the ritual artifacts and Great Xia’s Dry Yang undertaking to Stolen Script while demanding that Ashen Death submit. After returning to her residence, Stolen Script arranged for Su Lan to visit the Bingyang King and quietly concealed the limits of her Nine Merits Divine Ability.

• Ming An told Stolen Script that Ancient Void had taken the ritual artifacts from Supreme Rites and explained how Ten Evils, Nine Merits, Eight Handles, and Seven Stratagems had been assigned.
• Ming An revealed that the Lesser Yin Lord supported Great Xia’s Dry Yang path, then urged Ashen Death to submit while Eight Handles held the Bloodfire beast immobile.
• Ming An questioned Stolen Script about Mu Youdu and warned that Imperial Son Night Yu would interrogate her; she denied being able to recall the past, and Ming An left for the Imperial Palace.
• Stolen Script asked Su Lan whether the white foxes could leave the Xia Lands and instructed her to travel with the Bingyang King to see Yang Yuanxin.
• Stolen Script warned Su Lan against disloyalty and concealed that her perfected Nine Merits Narrative could not safely manifest within the Xia Lands.

Jiang Li ordered Many Treasures to accelerate its plan to complete Xin Metal and prepare for the new Lord of Shock Thunder. After Kusuo awakened and set out for Gathering Grotto Continent, Baoqiu considered seeking the Calamity-Splitting Sword Immortal’s help, while Many Treasures remained uncertain about Dust-Sweeping’s stance against the Golden Crows.

• Jiang Li asked Kuying about Green Pond, ordered him to awaken Kusuo and send him with Meng Qiu to Gathering Grotto Continent, and instructed Many Treasures to prepare a gift for the new Lord of Shock Thunder.
• Kuying told Baoqiu to awaken Kusuo, noting that Kusuo’s former body, the Vault-Sealing God-Locking Armor, now belonged to the Xiao Clan of Upper Spirit Heaven.
• Baoqiu awakened Kusuo at Blazing Mountain Valley, and Kusuo learned that Jiang’s lord had emerged and that the Jiang clan had clashed with Shen Ting.
• Kusuo sent Baoqiu to ask the Xiao Clan to return the armor to Feng and departed for Gathering Grotto Continent to oversee the Xin Metal undertaking.
• Baoqiu and Kusuo decided to ask the Calamity-Splitting Sword Immortal to guard the undertaking against interference from the Golden Crows and other contenders.
• Baoqiu reflected that Many Treasures needed to complete Xin Metal and attain Li Fire anew, while the True Lord of Ding Fire at Dust-Sweeping continued to avoid cooperation.

An Changyan and An Kuiju agreed that Xianhui would kill An Kuiju to complete the Torch Dragon’s aura, while Xu Xuan named the newly emerged Peach Spirit Xiangsheng and learned of her past. Liang reached Foundation Establishment and was summoned to report to the sect hall, leaving him eager to seek a freer life overseas.

• An Changyan told An Kuiju that Xianhui’s killing him would complete the Torch Dragon’s aura, and An Kuiju accepted the plan but warned that he would seize Xianhui’s body if the boy showed fear or doubt.
• Liu Xiaowen completed the mysterious manifestation of Light-Inheriting Flame and joined Xu Xuan as the Peach Spirit emerged from the peach tree.
• Xu Xuan named the spirit Xiangsheng, and she recounted how True Person Luo Fu had given her to Sword Immortal Bai Tang and how Sword Immortal Xu Han had kept her from becoming a spirit monster.
• Xiangsheng explained the solitary nature of the Ultimate Fire Path, and Xu Xuan considered Liang’s potential as a successor to its Dao lineage.
• Liang suddenly completed his Ultimate Fire immortal foundation, All-Asura, and reached Foundation Establishment at Azure Fire Mountain.
• Liang transformed into an Asura beside the Li River, but Xu Zhishu found him and ordered him to report to the sect hall.

Xu Xuan oversaw Shi Xian’s construction of seven palaces in the Northern Sea and planned to establish his Dao Lineage. He also prepared to confront True Lord Heavenly Decline, Tribulation-Karma, Bitter Day in ten days.

• Shi Xian used Nuo spirits to build palaces and halls around Heavenly Plain, with Mystic Unity Palace at the center.
• Xu Xuan inspected Mystic Unity Palace, refined its design, and instructed Shi Xian on the halls, their enshrined figures, and the symbols representing the high lords.
• Shi Xian explained which Daoist Canons were missing, and Xu Xuan said he would create a purple-gold divine ability for mixed mysteries.
• Xu Xuan ordered Shi Xian to bring Shangyou, Yin Thunder, and Great Scarlet under the new Dao, transfer Bo Lei to serve him, and invite Eastern Azure, Universal Salvation, and Penglai to witness its founding.
• Xu Xuan decided he would question ding fire and confront True Lord Heavenly Decline, Tribulation-Karma, Bitter Day when the Dao was established in ten days.

Xu Xuan entered Constant Light's Golden Rank, gathered Greater Yang and Bing Fire treasures, and discovered the hidden Severance Dao Verification [Free and Easy]. He brought Liu Xiaowen into the plans for Mystic Unity, leaving him to prepare Great Scarlet's lineage for its new status as an independent subordinate sect.

• Xu Xuan opened a gateway through the golden sun in Great Scarlet Heaven and entered Constant Light's Golden Rank, where he found the [Heavenly Brilliance Constant Light Immortal Fire] Position Proof.
• Xu Xuan used the Constant Light Mysterious Seal to reveal the ancestral swords [Constant Light] and [Star River], then found the Severance Dao Verification [Free and Easy] beneath the sun-mirror.
• Xu Xuan left [Free and Easy] untouched, gathered several Bing Fire flames, and brought Liu Xiaowen into the grotto-heaven to explain Great Scarlet's connection to Fengxuan.
• Tiantuo told Xu Xuan and Liu Xiaowen that the Mystic Lord planned to establish [Mystic Unity] and wanted Great Scarlet's lineage to attend its founding while remaining an independent subordinate sect.
• Xu Xuan and Tiantuo tasked Liu Xiaowen with preparing for the ceremony, and Liu Xiaowen accepted and refined [Red Sparrow Drinking Sun Fire], [Six Directions Bright Rite Flame], and [Greater Yang Calendar Truth Flame].
• After Liu Xiaowen left, Tiantuo asked Xu Xuan for Lesser Yang treasures, and Xu Xuan suggested that Tiantuo might find the Lesser Yang Golden Rank by cleaving it with a sword.

Mystic Unity’s founding ceremony drew powerful Dao Lineages and gifts before Taiyou proclaimed the Northern Sea orthodox lineage. Elsewhere, Xu Xuan confronted Dust-Sweeping over an old feud, killed An Kuiju and Lingjing, and entered the Night-Replacing Blessed Land to challenge An Xianhui as powerful observers gathered.

• Cave Azure, Huaiyin, and Miaolin congratulated Shi Xian and presented Mystic Unity with a spirit root, a Qi Embryo inheritance, and a life-nourishment spring.
• Kuying arrived on behalf of the Many-Treasure Tradition and gifted Mystic Unity a Ten-Thousand-Year Gold-Spitting Divine Toad.
• Bo Lei struck the Heavenly Drum, and Taiyou appeared to proclaim Mystic Unity’s founding as Fengxuan’s orthodox lineage in the Northern Sea.
• Xu Xuan confronted the Torch Dragon over the destruction of Liu Xuan’s Dao Lineage, and Yinkang Ziye expelled An Kuiju and An Changyan while protecting An Xianhui.
• Xu Xuan killed An Kuiju and Lingjing, stripped An Changyan of three Divine Abilities, and entered the Night-Replacing Blessed Land to face An Xianhui.
• Xu Xuan declared that he would kill An Xianhui, while powerful cultivators and grotto-heaven observers watched.