Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing learned that Fu Yunzi needed two Dragon Clan treasures to refine the Dragon Blood Fruit into a pill, and he decided to obtain them through his soul slave Yan Mo. After Cao Bing left, Zong Jue told Fu Yunzi that the pill opportunity could also change his prospects before his final tribulation.

• Fu Yunzi explained that refining the Dragon Blood Fruit required a Dragon-Nurturing Pearl and Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Saliva Grass, both from the Dragon Clan.
• Cao Bing realized Yan Mo could obtain the treasures, since a soul slave had to obey his commands, and promised Zong Jue and Fu Yunzi he would handle it.
• Zong Jue invited Fu Yunzi to stay on Pengmo Island while Cao Bing went to make preparations.
• After Cao Bing departed, Zong Jue warned Fu Yunzi that his lack of allies and approaching final tribulation made Cao Bing's opportunity significant.
• Fu Yunzi questioned whether Cao Bing could help him, and Zong Jue cautioned him not to underestimate Cao Bing.

Cao Bing settled Uncle Chen's family in a city near the Wildlands while they prepared for their heavenly tribulations, then ordered Yan Mo to obtain two treasures from the Dragon Clan. He helped Yan Mo advance to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and Yan Mo left to make arrangements to retrieve the treasures.

• Cao Bing settled Uncle Chen's family in the city, where they waited to face their Forty-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulations.
• Cao Bing asked Yan Mo to obtain the Dragon-Nurturing Pearl and Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Saliva Grass from the Dragon Clan without raising suspicion.
• Cao Bing judged Yan Mo's cultivation too weak and refined a Nascent Soul's energy to help him advance.
• After three days, Yan Mo broke through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage while Cao Bing's protectors guarded the courtyard.
• Cao Bing sent Yan Mo to prepare for the mission and resumed cultivating, wondering how long it would take to obtain the treasures.

Cao Bing recruited Pengmo Island's artifact refiners to forge Low-grade Immortal Artifacts, using materials from the Devouring Starry Sky world to earn a substantial profit. Meanwhile, Yan Mo left the Dragon Clan with two treasures under escort and secretly sent Cao Bing the information he wanted to convey.

• Cao Bing offered more than twenty Pengmo Island artifact refiners materials for every two Low-grade Immortal Artifacts they forged.
• Cao Bing used F-class and E-class metals from the Devouring Starry Sky world to supply the refiners, expecting to sell their artifacts for far more than the materials cost.
• A month passed as Cao Bing's artifact-refining operation got underway.
• Yan Mo left the Dragon Clan carrying the Dragon-Nurturing Pearl and Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Saliva Grass, accompanied by two five-tribulation Dragon Clan loose demons.
• Yan Mo exchanged polite words with the two dragons while a signal transmitter in his head secretly sent Cao Bing information.

Cao Bing prepared to capture the two five-tribulation Black Dragons Yan Mo had brought toward Black Dragon City. After his ambush and Yan Mo’s betrayal, both dragons were severely injured and became Cao Bing’s servants.

• Cao Bing watched a youth withstand his tribulation and reach the Golden Core Stage, then left to make further preparations.
• Yan Mo led two five-tribulation Black Dragons into the Boundless Wilderness, while Cao Bing waited nearby with his clones and an ambush.
• Cao Bing activated a formation that surrounded the three dragons in dense fog, and a gray-feathered eagle attacked one Black Dragon.
• Four of Cao Bing’s figures struck the distracted Black Dragon from behind and knocked him unconscious.
• Seventeen attacked the four figures, but Yan Mo used the Ice-Devouring Thunder Seal Talisman to heavily injure him.
• An hour later, Cao Bing stood beside the two Black Dragons, who had become his maidservants.

Cao Bing obtained four Dragon Blood Pills after Fu Yunzi refined the Dragon Blood Fruit, then consumed one and spent five days strengthening his body. He left his cultivation chamber to test his newfound strength against Zi Xuan Star’s deadly lightning and astral winds.

• Cao Bing sent the Dragon-Nurturing Pearl and Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Saliva Grass to his clone on Pengmo Island and dispatched the two Black Dragons and Yan Mo to avoid attracting the Dragon Clan’s attention.
• Fu Yunzi refined four Dragon Blood Pills for Cao Bing, then received two Life Creation Pills as his reward before leaving Pengmo Island.
• Zong Jue told Cao Bing that he believed he would pass the Nine-Nine Tribulation, and Cao Bing wondered whether Zong Jue fully trusted him.
• Cao Bing swallowed a Dragon Blood Pill and felt its medicinal power strengthen his body for five days and nights.
• Cao Bing left his cultivation chamber to test his body against the lightning and astral winds filling Zi Xuan Star’s atmosphere.

Cao Bing tested the strength of his body after taking the Dragon Blood Pill and discovered that his physical power had increased more than a hundredfold. He returned to the ground ready to pursue the initial fusion of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, which he had achieved once by chance but still considered dangerous.

• Cao Bing entered the astral winds and lightning, found their strongest region, and discovered they could not harm him.
• Cao Bing blasted away the lightning and astral winds with a thirty-percent-strength punch, then distorted space and created a ten-million-kilometer vacuum with a full-strength punch.
• Cao Bing estimated that his physical strength now rivaled that of an Immortal level expert and put away the two remaining Dragon Blood Pills for his clone and Qin Yu.
• Cao Bing practiced his punches and kicks in space until he could control his enhanced strength, then returned to the ground.
• Cao Bing decided to begin pursuing the initial fusion of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, which he had previously achieved by chance.

Cao Bing used Abyssal Beast Crystals to condense a Spirit Star in his sea of consciousness and began fusing it with his Essence and Qi Stars. The three stars stabilized in a circular cycle, completing their preliminary fusion.

• Cao Bing spent about five days consolidating his increased strength and preparing to fuse the three stars of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Cao Bing entered the Azure Yu Immortal Mansion and began drawing energy from an Abyssal Beast Crystal into his sea of consciousness.
• Cao Bing drained the first crystal, then used a second crystal obtained by Marquis Qu Yang to condense a Star Particle.
• Cao Bing guided his Essence Star and Qi Star to fuse with the new Spirit Star, risking the collapse of all three.
• Cao Bing stabilized the three stars in a circular cycle after the second crystal's energy ran out.

Three months after Cao Bing condensed his “Divine” Star, Qin Yu survived his Nine-Nine Tribulation and reached the Late Tribulation Stage. Cao Bing then faced his own unusually powerful tribulation, which began with heavenly fire and quickly escalated.

• Qin Yu nearly died when mental assaults caught him off guard during his Nine-Nine Tribulation, but he broke the illusion and shattered the final strike with the Sword Immortal Puppet.
• After passing his tribulation, Qin Yu rapidly advanced to the Late Tribulation Stage, and Cao Bing's Nine-Nine Tribulation arrived.
• Qin Yu, Zong Jue, Lian Chong, Xiao Hei, and the others watched from outside the deserted island as Cao Bing waited beneath the gathering clouds.
• Cao Bing's first lightning strike carried heavenly fire, but he endured it unharmed and dismissed it as barely a tickle.
• The second and third strikes descended in rapid succession, and their combined shockwaves shattered the island beneath Cao Bing.

Cao Bing endured the increasingly powerful Nine-Nine Tribulation, overcoming a mental illusion during the seventh strike and surviving the eighth with severe injuries. As the clouds gathered into a compact, terrifying tribulation eye, the final strike began to form.

• Cao Bing faced a three-colored fourth heavenly tribulation and blocked it with the Illusion Void Blade.
• The fifth and sixth three-colored tribulations struck in succession, leaving Cao Bing injured and bleeding.
• Cao Bing broke free of the seventh tribulation's illusion of a Devouring Beast disaster on Earth and dispersed its lightning with his blade.
• Cao Bing resisted the eighth tribulation's mental assault but was severely wounded by its immense power despite his defenses.
• The tribulation clouds converged into a several-hundred-meter-wide eye as the ninth heavenly tribulation gathered its energy.

Cao Bing faced the final strike of his Nine-Nine Tribulation, a Five-Colored Tribulation far beyond what anyone expected. A mental assault shattered his defenses and sent him crashing into the Chaotic Star Sea, and Qin Yu and the others dove after him to find out whether he had survived.

• The final tribulation transformed into a Five-Colored Tribulation, alarming Cao Bing, Zong Jue, Qin Yu, and the others with its overwhelming power.
• Cao Bing unleashed Domain, Gathering Space, Blood Burning, and Starlight—Two Poles Star to confront the tribulation head-on.
• As his strength dwindled, Cao Bing swallowed the Life Creation Pill and recovered enough power to begin dissolving part of the Five-Colored Tribulation.
• A mental assault struck Cao Bing, shattering his crimson stars and leaving him exposed to the tribulation's final blow.
• The strike blasted Cao Bing into the seabed of the Chaotic Star Sea, and Zong Jue, Qin Yu, and the others plunged into the water to search for him.

Cao Bing survived the ninth heavenly tribulation at the bottom of the Chaotic Star Sea, and Qin Yu used a Life Creation Pill to restore his shattered body. As the group prepared to return and celebrate, Cao Bing sensed that the tribulation had begun transforming his body, soul, and cultivation.

• Zong Jue and the others descended into the crater and found Cao Bing gravely injured but still alive.
• Qin Yu gave Cao Bing a Life Creation Pill, restoring his body, but Cao Bing stopped him from using a second one.
• Cao Bing reassured Qin Yu that he had survived and thanked Zong Jue, Xiao Hei, Lian Chong, and Hou Fei for their concern.
• Zong Jue proposed a three-day celebration, and Cao Bing joked with Hou Fei about being able to defeat him after the tribulation.
• Cao Bing sensed that a unique law was transforming his body, his three stars of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and his soul.

After a month of rapid cultivation, Cao Bing agreed to help Qin Yu search the Ni Yang Realm for news of Jiang Li. Two months later, Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei secretly left Pengmo Island and headed for the Abyss of Death, while Cao Bing wondered what other secrets Zi Xuan Star held.

• Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei’s cultivation surged after they passed the Nine-Nine Tribulation, and Cao Bing observed that the tribulation targeted only his original body.
• Qin Yu asked Cao Bing again to go to the Ni Yang Realm, and Cao Bing agreed because Qin Yu had reached the peak of the Late Tribulation Stage.
• Cao Bing and Qin Yu decided to leave in two months with only Xiao Hei and Hou Fei, keeping their plans secret even from Zong Jue.
• Cao Bing and the others claimed they were entering seclusion, then secretly left Pengmo Island using Cao Bing’s Voidless art and boarded his spaceship.
• Cao Bing piloted the spaceship through the Extreme Cold Domain toward the Abyss of Death, and he told Qin Yu that Zi Xuan Star might hold secrets they could understand only at a higher cultivation level.

Cao Bing led Qin Yu and the others to the dangerous region he called the edge of the Abyss of Death, where they adapted to the freezing winds and unstable space before setting out toward the abyss. After several months of cautious travel, the group faced increasingly powerful hazards and growing exhaustion as they neared their destination.

• Cao Bing stopped the spaceship where powerful freezing winds and spatial fissures made further travel impossible, and the group rested to adapt to the region.
• Qin Yu mastered the Wind Domain and demonstrated his unusual Stellar Domain, which baffled Cao Bing with signs of multiple fused Domains.
• After more than three days, Cao Bing and the others set out on foot and cautiously crossed the dangerous region toward the Abyss of Death.
• Over several months, the wind blades and spatial fissures grew stronger and more frequent, while the lack of spiritual energy and constant vigilance exhausted everyone except Cao Bing.

After a year of travel, Qin Yu and his companions crossed the Abyss of Death using the map and reached the gate of the Ni Yang Realm. They rested to recover before Qin Yu activated the Sky-Breaking Sword Qi to enter.

• Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Hou Fei, and the others arrived at the Abyss of Death and saw its deadly flames, cold qi, and wind blades.
• Qin Yu used the map from the Black Flame Lord's Ring to lead the group into the Abyss of Death.
• Cao Bing tested a seemingly impassable wind wall with a High-grade Spirit Artifact and confirmed it was an illusion, then led the others through.
• The group reached an open area marked by three pillars bearing the words “Ni Yang Realm,” and Cao Bing determined it was only the entrance.
• Cao Bing advised the exhausted group to rest before entering, and after a day Qin Yu activated the Sky-Breaking Sword Qi.

Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei entered the Ni Yang Realm, where Immortal Emperor Ni Yang welcomed them and promised them a wealth of Immortal Artifacts. Cao Bing recognized Treasure-Scattering Crag as a deadly trap and realized the treasures were cursed.

• The three stone pillars activated a teleportation array that carried Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei into the Ni Yang Realm.
• Hou Fei shouted at the beautiful scenery and was struck by lightning for violating the Bright Heart Realm’s ban on loud disturbances.
• Immortal Emperor Ni Yang welcomed the entrants and mistakenly assumed people from the Immortal, Demon, and Beast Realms had come as well.
• Immortal Emperor Ni Yang directed them to Treasure-Scattering Crag, describing its Top-grade and High-grade Immortal Artifacts as a greeting gift.
• Cao Bing remembered that binding a Treasure-Scattering Crag artifact triggered a curse that detonated the owner’s Nascent Soul.

Qin Yu, Cao Bing, Hou Fei, and Xiao Hei found Treasure-Scattering Crag and tested its Immortal Artifacts with a death-row prisoner from Cao Bing’s World Ring. After the man died to a hidden curse, Immortal Emperor Ni Yang explained how to break the trap, though the group still had reason to distrust him.

• Cao Bing sent a death-row prisoner from his World Ring to retrieve a Top-grade Immortal Artifact armor from Treasure-Scattering Crag.
• The prisoner’s blood triggered a curse, killing him before he could bind the armor.
• Qin Yu recognized that the artifacts were trapped, while Hou Fei and Xiao Hei realized they had nearly reached for them.
• Cao Bing told the others to wait, expecting Immortal Emperor Ni Yang to explain the trap.
• Immortal Emperor Ni Yang revealed that the curse could be broken by a level-one Profound Immortal or by having someone else absorb its energy through binding the artifact first.

Cao Bing’s group tested Immortal Emperor Ni Yang’s warning about the treasures on Treasure-Scattering Crag, then claimed Immortal Artifacts before continuing through the realm’s traps. They reached Qingyun Road and saw a mysterious jade bridge as a dazzling light appeared ahead.

• Cao Bing used a subordinate to confirm that claiming the remaining battle armor no longer triggered the deadly secret technique.
• Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei claimed Immortal Artifacts suited to their needs, then continued along the bluestone road through Ni Yang Realm’s dangerous traps.
• Cao Bing’s group crossed lakes and swamps, with Hou Fei triggering two major traps and Xiao Hei scolding him for his recklessness.
• Cao Bing’s group reached Qingyun Road and entered a white jade plaza, where they found a green jade bridge rising into the clouds.
• Cao Bing inspected the precious jade structures and noted that restrictions prevented them from taking anything away, then the group saw a dazzling white light near the bridgehead statue.

Cao Bing read the rules for Qingyun Road and entered the perilous trial ahead of Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei. He raced past its Tyrannosaurus Clan guardian, who gave chase as Cao Bing continued to flee.

• Cao Bing and Qin Yu read the jade tablet's warning that Qingyun Road admitted only one challenger at a time and offered a dangerous trial for a supreme treasure.
• Qin Yu urged Xiao Hei and Hou Fei to stay behind, but both insisted on facing the trial with him, and Cao Bing told them he would go first.
• Cao Bing entered Qingyun Road and charged toward its end at full speed.
• A burly Tyrannosaurus Clan guardian appeared and ordered Cao Bing to stop, but Cao Bing accelerated and raced past him.
• The furious guardian chased Cao Bing, who kept running because he knew he could not defeat the guardian or break through his defenses.

Cao Bing passed Qingyun Road and reached the Nine Heavens Palace, where a restriction kept him from claiming the Myriad Beasts Scroll until everyone had crossed. After he warned Qin Yu and the others about the gatekeeper, they decided Qin Yu would attempt the road first.

• The burly gatekeeper failed to catch Cao Bing as he fled down Qingyun Road.
• Cao Bing reached the Nine Heavens Palace and found the Myriad Beasts Scroll inside, but a restriction barred him from entering the hall.
• Cao Bing remembered a ring that could combine with the Black Flame Lord's Ring and messaged Qin Yu to inspect Immortal Emperor Ni Yang's statue.
• Cao Bing warned Qin Yu and the others about the Level Seven Demon Emperor guarding Qingyun Road, then sat down to cultivate.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei decided Qin Yu would cross Qingyun Road first and report what he learned about the gatekeeper.

Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei passed the trials on Qingyun Road and reunited with Cao Bing. They entered the main hall, where Cao Bing took the Myriad Beasts Scroll after Qin Yu offered it to him, unaware of its true value.

• Qin Yu spent over an hour crossing Qingyun Road, then told Cao Bing that the gatekeeper had agreed to look after Xiao Hei and Hou Fei during their trials.
• Xiao Hei crossed Qingyun Road less than forty minutes later with no apparent injuries.
• Hou Fei crossed the road a day later, battered and swollen, then argued with Xiao Hei.
• Cao Bing entered the main hall after its restriction disappeared and felt the powerful gravity domain inside.
• Qin Yu offered Cao Bing the Myriad Beasts Scroll, and Cao Bing pocketed it without revealing that he coveted the treasure.