Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping and his allies used Old Daoist Huang’s Qi-Severing Art to mislead scouts approaching the Wuji Abyss, but several groups still entered the Gua Wind Formation. A Heaven-Flipping Seal fragment helped Xuandu Temple find a way through the formation, and the chapter ended with Heaven-Connecting Realm expert Supreme Venerable Ziming appearing inside it.

• The Six-Nostril Mirror identified the approaching scouts, and Old Daoist Huang used the Blade of Guicang to prepare false information with the Qi-Severing Art.
• After five days without contact, the Six-Nostril Mirror reported that false information had turned back most investigating groups, though several powerful groups had entered the Gua Wind Formation.
• Xu Taiping and Old Daoist Huang saw that Liujia Sect had ventured deep into the formation and that Xuandu Temple was finding a way through it.
• The Ancient Heavenly Venerable revealed that Xuandu Temple’s Heaven-Flipping Seal fragment had detected the Heaven-Flipping Seal on Xu Taiping and guided the group to the formation’s nodes.
• Old Daoist Huang decided to try turning the Xuandu Temple cultivators against one another, while Xiaohei judged that they could not break the seals protecting the abyss.
• The Six-Nostril Mirror revealed that Supreme Venerable Ziming, a Heaven-Connecting Realm expert from Azure Spirit Pavilion, had appeared inside the formation.

Xu Taiping watched Venerable Ziming search the Innate 𩙥 Wind Grand Formation for his abducted disciple Lin Mu while Old Daoist Huang tried to hinder the advancing groups. The Six-Nostril Mirror revealed Lin Mu with a demoness whom Xu Taiping recognized as Su Su, and Su Su hinted that reinforcements were coming.

• Venerable Ziming gathered the Azure Spirit Pavilion experts with his bronze lamp and demanded that the demoness release Lin Mu.
• Su Huiming of Xuandu Temple killed two disciples who questioned the false heavenly phenomena and forced the remaining four to follow him toward the Wuji Abyss.
• Old Daoist Huang's Qi-Slaying Fate-Changing Art failed to stop Su Huiming, so he turned his attention to obstructing the Azure Spirit Pavilion group.
• The Six-Nostril Mirror found Lin Mu with a demoness who concealed them from Venerable Ziming's divine sense and said her mother and others were on their way.
• Xu Taiping recognized the demoness as Su Su, whom he had met in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom.

Old Daoist Huang manipulated fortune to help Demoness Su Su evade Venerable Ziming and draw her toward Xuandu Temple’s Su Huiming. Su Su seized the Heaven-Flipping Seal Fragment from Su Huiming, leaving Xu Taiping and Old Daoist Huang more wary of her.

• Old Daoist Huang increased Su Su’s fortune, helping her and Lin Mu escape Venerable Ziming as he attacked through the Tornado Wind Grand Formation.
• Old Daoist Huang used the Qi-Reading Art to link Su Su’s fortune with Su Huiming’s, eventually bringing them together inside a Windflow Passage.
• Su Huiming used the Heaven-Flipping Seal Fragment to shield the group from the Tornado Wind and offered Su Su and Lin Mu a place with his party.
• Su Su used an illusion technique on Su Huiming, then cut off his wrist and took the Heaven-Flipping Seal Fragment.
• Xu Taiping and Old Daoist Huang were pleased that Su Huiming’s pathfinding tool had been taken, but became more wary of Su Su.

Xu Taiping and his companions watched the gale Grand Formation descend into chaos while waiting for the Soul-Merging Pills to finish refining. Their respite ended when Zhu Li, Xuandu Temple’s chief elder and a Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivator, began breaking the formation and intervened between Venerable Ziming and Su Huiming.

• Venerable Ziming attacked Su Huiming while pursuing Demoness Su Su, who escaped with Lin Mu, and Su Huiming fled underground after accusing her of using him as a shield.
• Over the next four days, Xu Taiping, Old Daoist Huang, and Xiaohei monitored the injured Su Su, Su Huiming, and Lin Mu as Venerable Ziming hunted them through the Grand Formation.
• Ping'an told Xu Taiping that the Soul-Merging Pills were nearly ready, with only about eight hours of furnace cooling remaining.
• Pillars of fire appeared across the Grand Formation, dispersing its gales, and Old Daoist Huang identified the attacker as Zhu Li, Xuandu Temple’s chief elder.
• Zhu Li blocked Venerable Ziming’s attack and asked Su Huiming to explain himself; after examining Su Huiming’s wound, Venerable Ziming confirmed it bore Demoness Su Su’s aura.
• Zhu Li wondered how Su Su had evaded Venerable Ziming, and Venerable Ziming suspected someone was secretly helping her.

Xu Taiping prepared the Dragon-Trapping Tower and a Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse as defenses while Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li broke the 𩙥wind formation and traced the Heaven-Replenishing Book seal to the Wuji Abyss. Venerable Qingming and Zhu Li reached the tower but could not move it, and Zhu Li proposed a way to break its seal together.

• Venerable Ziming used his fortune-reading ability, but the hidden Qi-Reading Practitioner severed the connection to Zhu Li’s disciple, and Old Daoist Huang crushed the jade slips to conceal their traces.
• Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li combined lightning and fire to destroy the 𩙥wind formation, prompting Old Daoist Huang to warn Xu Taiping that the next defenses would be needed.
• Xu Taiping reinforced the Heaven-Replenishing Book seal on the Dragon-Trapping Tower and placed the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse beneath it as a trap.
• Venerable Qingming and Zhu Li found the Wuji Abyss, identified the Heaven-Replenishing Book seal below, and leaped into the abyss while their disciples guarded Su Su and Lin Mu.
• Venerable Qingming and Zhu Li struck the Dragon-Trapping Tower but could not budge it, so Zhu Li offered to work with Venerable Qingming to break the seal.

Xu Taiping and his companions waited as Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li broke the Heaven-Replenishing Book’s seal to reach a Soul-Merging Pill. While the two pursued the pill, Xu Taiping’s group prepared the Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Five Directions Formation, and Xu Taiping revealed that he had left another trap for them near Danyuan Hall.

• Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li repeatedly struck the sealed Dragon-Trapping Tower, but the Heaven-Replenishing Book repaired the cracks and held them back.
• After smelling the Soul-Merging Pill’s fragrance, Zhu Li recognized it and persuaded Venerable Ziming to keep its existence secret as they continued attacking.
• Xu Taiping, Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and Xiaohei practiced with four Thunder Sound Banners and formed the Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Five Directions Formation.
• After several hours, Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li shattered the seal, knocked the Dragon-Trapping Tower toward the bottom of the Abyss, and rushed after the Soul-Merging Pill.
• When Old Daoist Huang urged Xu Taiping to activate the formation, Xu Taiping revealed a gigantic stone Buddha statue waiting near Danyuan Hall as another trap.

Xu Taiping and his companions used the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse and the Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Millstone to ambush Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li after securing three Soul-Merging Pills. Xiaohei then carried them toward the Abyss exit, leaving the two Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators in pursuit.

• Xu Taiping gave Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and the others Zhu Yu Grass to counter the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse, and Old Daoist Huang vowed to stay with him.
• Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li approached Danyuan Hall, but the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse's power immobilized them despite their protective divine intents.
• Zhu Li suppressed the corpse with his finger technique while Xu Taiping prepared the Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Millstone, and Ping'an collected three Soul-Merging Pills from the Pill Furnace.
• Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li broke into Danyuan Hall and were caught between the Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Millstone's grinding discs, which damaged their bodies and primordial spirits.
• Xiaohei carried Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and Old Daoist Huang toward the Abyss exit at great speed, while Zhu Li and Venerable Ziming pursued them.

Xu Taiping and his companions found the Unburning Sword Palace, where Fairy Lingyue’s message revealed it could shelter them from their pursuers and provide a way into Buzhou Immortal Palace. He began activating its Palace-Guarding Sword Formation, but first had to overcome the Sword Intent in the formation’s Sword Pools.

• The Six-Nostril Mirror warned Xu Taiping that Venerable Ziming, Zhu Li, and several other groups were pursuing them, then withdrew to recover his Spiritual Power.
• Xu Taiping used Fairy Lingyue’s Jade Pendant to locate a Geng Metal barrier, and Xiaohei carried the group through it to the ruins of a sect.
• A scarlet ring flew from a divine statue to Xu Taiping, and activating it restored the ruins as a phantom and revealed Fairy Lingyue’s Divine Intent.
• Fairy Lingyue identified the ruins as the Unburning Sword Palace and instructed Xu Taiping to occupy at least three Sword Pools to activate its Palace-Guarding Sword Formation.
• Xu Taiping flew above the palace and located the Sword Pools beneath pillars of Sword Qi; Fairy Lingyue warned him to dispel the broken swords’ Sword Intent first.
• The Rusty Lion Sword flew out of the Iron Gourd as Xu Taiping prepared to take command of the Sword Pools.

Xu Taiping struggled to claim a sword pool in the Unburning Sword Palace, then contemplated the nature of his Sword Intent as Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li approached. Ping'an gained the mountain gate's divine power to protect Xu Taiping, who launched a powerful strike at the sword pool.

• Xu Taiping's Rusty Lion Sword broke through the broken swords' techniques but was repelled by the Unburning Sword Palace's Sword Intent.
• As Venerable Ziming's warning reached them, Xu Taiping focused on understanding his own Sword Intent while Fairy Lingyue led Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang to the mountain gate ruins.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that lifting the divine general's stone pillar would grant the mountain-guarding power, but Ping'an could not move it until he resolved to protect Xu Taiping.
• Ping'an lifted the pillar, became enveloped in the divine general's power, and demonstrated it by destroying a distant mountain with one sweep.
• Xu Taiping gathered immense Sword Intent and sent a dazzling sword strike plunging toward the sword pool.

Xu Taiping discovered a sword intent rooted in his Dao heart and began merging it with his sword techniques, while Ping'an defended the Unburning Sword Palace. Venerable Ziming and Elder Zhu Li arrived and attacked Ping'an, leaving Xu Taiping still occupied as the battle escalated.

• Xu Taiping rejected grand images of sword intent and discovered his own in the resilience of wild grass, awakening a sword intent that resonated with his Dao heart.
• Old Daoist Huang explained the importance of Xu Taiping's discovery as Xu Taiping began merging his sword intent with his techniques.
• Venerable Ziming and Elder Zhu Li arrived aboard an Immortal Boat and battered the sword-light barrier around the Unburning Sword Palace.
• Ping'an enlarged his stone staff and body with the palace formation's power, damaging the Immortal Boat and breaking its defensive formation.
• Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li attacked Ping'an with powerful strikes, knocking him down as Zhu Li prepared to stab toward his head.

Xu Taiping’s Frost-Slaying Sword Intent claimed the first sword pool, empowering the Unburning Sword Palace’s formation and freeing Ping'an from Venerable Ziming. As Zhu Li and Venerable Ziming broke through the barrier, Xu Taiping sent Longyuan, Chengying, and the Demon-Sealing Swords into other sword pools to awaken the Unburning Sword Formation.

• Xiaohei and Ping'an fought Zhu Li and Venerable Ziming, damaging their manifestations but suffering severe injuries in return.
• Xu Taiping’s sword intent split the sword pool’s “ember” character, letting the Rusty Lion Sword claim the pool and strengthening the Palace-Guarding Grand Formation.
• The formation’s power freed Ping'an, and Old Daoist Huang and Xu Taiping gave him pills to restore him.
• As Zhu Li cracked the formation and Venerable Ziming threatened the defenders, Xu Taiping revealed his plan to lure them inside and use the Unburning Sword Palace’s formation against them.
• Zhu Li and Venerable Ziming broke into the formation, but Xu Taiping sent Longyuan, Chengying, and the Demon-Sealing Swords into multiple sword pools, beginning to awaken the Unburning Sword Formation.

Xu Taiping used the Unburning Sword Palace’s formation to repel Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li, but the two Heaven-Connecting Realm experts discovered how to overcome its defenses with Extreme Law strikes. As they prepared a full-strength attack, Xu Taiping resolved to try commanding all nine sword pools.

• Xu Taiping’s five flying swords seized control of six sword pools, and the Rusty Lion Sword’s shadow helped him drive Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li out of the Unburning Sword Palace formation.
• Zhu Li identified the formation as the Tribulation-Scorched Buzhou Six Directions Sword Formation and warned Ziming that a reckless attack would trigger its backlash.
• Zhu Li and Ziming tested the formation with Extreme Law strikes, damaging its sword qi ramparts while avoiding significant backlash.
• As Zhu Li and Ziming prepared a full-strength attack, Xu Taiping refused to abandon the palace and activated Tai Bai Eclipse Power to attempt control of all nine sword pools.

Xu Taiping’s Human Sovereign Sword helped him activate all nine Sword Pools, allowing the Unburning Sword Palace’s formation to repel Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li. As the two Heaven-Connecting Realm experts summoned reinforcements, Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to open the gates of the Buzhou Immortal Palace.

• Xu Taiping sent three Demon-Sealing Swords toward the final Sword Pools as Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li launched their Extreme Law attacks.
• The Human Sovereign Sword emerged from Xu Taiping’s Iron Gourd, shattered the northernmost Sword Pool’s resistance, and enabled all nine Sword Pools to activate together.
• The Unburning Sword Palace’s formation unleashed its sword intent, broke through the attackers’ defenses, and sent Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li flying back injured.
• Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li decided to summon Heavenly Lord Qingmu and Elder Tingsong to help them break the palace’s formation.
• Xu Taiping recognized the Human Sovereign Sword, and the Six-Nostril Mirror explained that the attackers’ Deity-Summoning Talismans were summoning Heaven-Connecting Realm experts.
• Fairy Lingyue reassured Xu Taiping that the formation would hold long enough for him to open the gates of the Buzhou Immortal Palace.

Xu Taiping took his companions to the Buyao Dou Palace after Heavenly Lord Qingmu arrived to aid Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li. Fairy Lingyue revealed how the palace’s formation could strengthen the Unburning Sword Palace’s defenses, but Xu Taiping and Ping'an faced a crushing force as they entered the Heavenly Gang Hall.

• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to use the nine Sword Pools to reach the Buyao Dou Palace and explained that the two Dao Palaces could reinforce each other.
• Daoist Tingsong refused Venerable Ziming’s summons, but Zhu Li then welcomed Heavenly Lord Qingmu, whose aura battered the Tribulation-Ember Grand Formation.
• Xu Taiping called on the nine flying swords to carry him, Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and Xiaohei to the Buyao Dou Palace, which emerged above the sky canopy.
• Heavenly Lord Qingmu summoned Cangwu Heavenly Lord, while Fairy Lingyue directed Xu Taiping to move the Heavenly Gang Cauldron beneath the Heavenly Gang Star Map to activate the palace’s formation.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an entered the Heavenly Gang Hall, where a surge of star soul power forced Ping'an to one knee.

Xu Taiping and Ping'an carried the Heavenly Gang Cauldron to its star position, restoring power to the Buyao Dou Palace and strengthening the Unburning Sword Palace’s formation. Fairy Lingyue explained that six more Star Soul Cauldrons remained, and returning them would strengthen the palace formations and open the gates to the Buzhou Immortal Palace ruins.

• Xu Taiping and Ping'an struggled to carry the Heavenly Gang Cauldron while Venerable Ziming and other Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators attacked the Tribulation-Scorched Sword Formation below.
• Xu Taiping urged the exhausted Ping'an onward, and together they placed the Heavenly Gang Cauldron at the Heavenly Gang Star Position.
• The restored star power strengthened the Unburning Sword Palace, and its nine sword shadows drove back the attackers while the Human Sovereign Sword severed Venerable Ziming's arm.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an discovered that moving the cauldron had boosted their qi and blood power and accelerated Xu Taiping's body-tempering progress.
• Fairy Lingyue revealed that six other Star Soul Cauldrons needed to be returned to their star positions to strengthen the palace formations and open the Buzhou Immortal Palace ruins.

Xu Taiping and Ping'an moved another cauldron in Buyao Dou Palace, strengthening the Unburning Sword Palace’s defenses as the attackers tried to break its formation. Just as Cangwu Heavenly Lord, Heavenly Lord Qingmu, Venerable Ziming, and Zhu Li nearly destroyed it, a new surge of starlight restored the nine sword shadows.

• Fairy Lingyue explained that moving the cauldrons would strengthen the Immortal Weapons in Buyao Dou Palace, and Xu Taiping told Ping'an to continue.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord blocked the Unburning Sword Palace’s sword qi with his Mountain-Sea Cloudflow Barrier, but the Human Sovereign Sword and the other sword shadows pierced through it.
• Heavenly Lord Qingmu used his Jade Gourd to swallow the sword qi and most of the sword shadows, while the Human Sovereign Sword and Xu Taiping’s three Immortal Swords escaped.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord, Heavenly Lord Qingmu, Venerable Ziming, and Zhu Li joined forces to attack the Unburning Sword Palace’s Palace-Guarding Grand Formation.
• As the formation neared collapse, another cauldron struck into place above, and a flood of starlight enveloped the palace and rekindled the nine sword shadows.

Cangwu Heavenly Lord and the others planned to use arriving cultivators as sacrifices to break through the Dao Palaces’ formations and reach the Buzhou Immortal Palace. In Buyao Dou Palace, Xu Taiping helped Ping'an carry the final cauldron toward Tianshu Hall, and the chapter ended with Xu Taiping urging him onward despite his own body nearing collapse.

• Cangwu Heavenly Lord explained that activating both palace formations could open the Buzhou Immortal Palace and proposed sacrificing arriving cultivators to break through within four hours.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord, Heavenly Lord Qingmu, Venerable Ziming, and Zhu Li hid in the clouds to wait for cultivators approaching the Ruin Star.
• Xu Taiping and Old Daoist Huang discussed how carrying the cauldrons had released the power sealed in Ping'an's Mountain-Lifting Ape Bloodline.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an lifted the final Tianshu Cauldron and struggled toward Tianshu Hall under its weight and the Star Map's pressure.
• Xu Taiping took more of the cauldron's burden to keep Ping'an standing, and Ping'an realized Xu Taiping's body was close to collapse.
• Xu Taiping insisted that Ping'an keep moving forward, and Ping'an gritted his teeth and continued toward Tianshu Hall.

Xu Taiping and Ping'an absorbed the star marrow power from the nine Star Soul Cauldrons, and Ping'an underwent his third bloodline awakening, reaching a level of power that could place him in the Demon Saint Realm. After awakening a rare innate bloodline power, Ping'an rushed out to check on Xu Taiping and accidentally broke Old Daoist Huang's back.

• Xu Taiping and Ping'an placed the Tianshu Cauldron beneath its star position and absorbed the star marrow power, which greatly advanced Xu Taiping's Second Stage Star Soul Body Tempering Art.
• Ping'an's aura surged as he began a bloodline awakening, and the Six-Nostril Mirror identified it as his third awakening and explained the Mountain-Lifting Ape bloodline's powerful abilities.
• The Six-Nostril Mirror said Ping'an's awakening would lead to the Demon Saint Realm and that Ping'an had also awakened an exceedingly rare innate bloodline power.
• Ping'an emerged from the hall and asked about Xu Taiping's injuries, then accidentally sent Old Daoist Huang flying and broke his back while trying to help him.
• Old Daoist Huang snapped his back into place, then panicked and called for Xu Taiping to save him when Ping'an reached toward him again.

Ping'an completed his third Mountain-Lifting Ape Bloodline Power awakening, revealed his rare Shaking the Earth ability, and accepted Xu Taiping’s Shuohan Heaven Heavenly Gang Spear. After Xu Taiping returned all seven Star Soul Cauldrons to their positions, the gates of Buzhou Immortal Palace appeared above the flowing Star River and were about to open.

• Ping'an told Xu Taiping that his third awakening had brought his cultivation and strength close to Tongtian Street’s level, and described his Moon-Treading, Mountain-Moving, and Shaking the Earth bloodline powers.
• Ping'an explained that using Shaking the Earth depleted his Qi and Blood Power until his cultivation realm fell, unless he advanced to the Demon Immortal Realm.
• Xu Taiping gave Ping'an the Shuohan Heaven Heavenly Gang Spear, and Ping'an overcame its rejection and unleashed a powerful spear strike.
• Fairy Lingyue's Divine Sense told Xu Taiping that returning the seven cauldrons would open Buzhou Immortal Palace soon.
• The seven Star Soul Cauldrons sent pillars of light into the sky, the Star River began to flow, and an enormous Bronze Gate appeared as Fairy Lingyue's phantom urged them to prepare.

Xu Taiping and his companions entered Buzhou Immortal Palace, where time barely passed outside and their bodies no longer suffered its erosion. Fairy Lingyue explained the palace’s history and warned Xu Taiping not to attempt a breakthrough there, then showed them how to challenge Divine General phantoms for star marrow power.

• A golden flame surrounded Xu Taiping, Old Daoist Huang, and Ping'an, revealing that Buzhou Immortal Palace had been hidden in the river of time before transporting them to Mount Buzhou.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that ancient god Zhurong had shattered the river of time when he broke Mount Buzhou, and that the Heavenly Emperor had sealed the divine power there to create the palace.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that a hundred years of cultivation inside would pass as an instant outside, but warned him that breaking through there could attract Otherworldly Heavenly Demons.
• Xu Taiping realized he could use the time to strengthen his Primordial Spirit, Golden Core, and physique before seeking a Dao Field and rescuing Sister Haitang and Eldest Brother Xiang.
• Fairy Lingyue pointed out a Deity-Summoning Formation where Xu Taiping and Ping'an could fight Divine General phantoms for star marrow power, with stronger opponents and better rewards deeper inside.