Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun fought Gong Zhilun beneath the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect’s sixth-grade Five Brigades Marching Umbrella, which trapped them and unleashed lightning. He Pingsheng’s second divine sense attack disrupted Gong Zhilun and made him lose control of the umbrella.

• Gong Zhilun activated the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella, trapping He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, and their companions before lightning destroyed Wang Dun’s Great Ship.
• Wang Dun and He Pingsheng tried to attack Gong Zhilun, but lightning dragons pursued them and his defenses stopped He Pingsheng’s Divine Phoenix attacks.
• Gong Zhilun demanded that they return what belonged to the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect, and Wang Dun revealed the sect’s secret plan involving the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicada.
• He Pingsheng struck Gong Zhilun’s Sea of Consciousness twice with the Formless Big Dipper Nails, and the second attack made Gong lose control of the sixth-grade umbrella.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun fought the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect’s forces until the enemy’s warship and its fourth-grade defenses forced a stalemate. He Pingsheng negotiated to trade the Yang Cicada for the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella while keeping the Yin-Yang Cicadas for a year of study.

• Gong Zhilun ordered the ship cannons to fire at He Pingsheng and Wang Dun, but they dodged the blasts and attacked the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples on the surrounding boats.
• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun drove the disciples into retreat, then found they could neither break the warship’s defenses nor overcome its cannons.
• He Pingsheng offered to negotiate, and Gong Zhilun sent Lu Yuze to meet him after He Pingsheng confirmed he had the Yang Cicada.
• He Pingsheng demanded the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella in exchange for the Yang Cicada and proposed studying the Yang Cicada for half a year, then the Yin Cicada for half a year, before exchanging them after one year.

He Pingsheng negotiated an exchange for the Yin Cicada and duplicated his Yang Cicada while studying it. After the exchange, he and Wang Dun killed three Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples at Lu Yuze’s request to keep the planting secret.

• He Pingsheng demanded to participate in planting the Yin-Yang Cicadas, and Lu Yuze revealed they would cultivate the Great Dao of Domestication.
• Lu Yuze agreed to exchange the Yin Cicada for He Pingsheng’s Five Brigades Marching Umbrella and let him study the eggs under surveillance.
• After about four months, He Pingsheng duplicated his Yang Cicada in the Immortal Treasure-Gathering Basin and exchanged one copy for the Yin Cicada.
• He Pingsheng checked the Yin Cicada and the planting method, then entered his formation with three Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect disciples and Wang Dun.
• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun killed the three disciples at Lu Yuze’s request, and He Pingsheng continued enhancing the cicadas.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun waited for the Yin-Yang Cicadas to hatch, then Wang Dun received eighty-eight Disguise Talismans as his reward. He Pingsheng traded a Yin Cicada for the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella, freed Yue Qingyue, and warned Lu Yuze that exposing the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect’s secret would destroy it if the sect pursued him.

• He Pingsheng learned that planting the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicadas required infusing them with a Daoist Law, and he planned to use his gloves to condense Spatial Law.
• After four months, He Pingsheng’s Yin Cicada egg became two, and he gave the two Yin Cicada eggs to Wang Dun in exchange for eighty-eight Disguise Talismans.
• Wang Dun explained that the talismans could conceal their identities even from a Titled Divine Emperor for three days, and he gave He Pingsheng forty-four of them.
• He Pingsheng traded a Yin Cicada to Lu Yuze for the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella and said he would not join the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect in planting the cicadas.
• He Pingsheng released Yue Qingyue, removed her Buddhist Path Heart Seals, and warned Lu Yuze to tell the sect patriarch not to pursue him or he would expose the sect’s secret.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun planted Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicadas with Temporal Daoist Law, then waited ten years for them to hatch. With the cicadas now ready to feed on the Great Dao of Time’s fortune, they debated whether to release them or keep them close for future use.

• He Pingsheng failed to enhance the drop of water condensed by a Titled Divine Emperor and decided to plant the cicada eggs with Wang Dun.
• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun traveled to separate locations and planted their eggs, nurturing them with blood and Temporal Daoist Law.
• After ten years, He Pingsheng and Wang Dun collected their hatched, invisible cicadas and returned to Han Houzhi’s Divine Boat.
• He Pingsheng explained that they could release the cicadas to consume the Temporal Dao’s foundation or keep them nearby to reuse after they were reborn.
• He Pingsheng asked Wang Dun which course they should choose.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun agreed to pursue only one pair of Yin-Yang Cicadas, then spent years cultivating and waiting in the Secret Realm. When a crowd gathered around a lotus-shaped mountain cluster, they learned an Ancient God's true body might soon be revealed and Wang Dun tried to make Mu Zhinian's acquaintance.

• He Pingsheng advised Wang Dun to settle for one pair of Yin-Yang Cicadas, and they planned to release them into the Void after leaving the Secret Realm.
• He Pingsheng duplicated Disguise Talismans, took a Divinity-Pacifying Pill, and continued refining the Five Brigades Marching Umbrella while the two waited for the cicadas to hatch.
• After another ten years, Taizhen spotted a crowd near a lotus-shaped cluster of peaks, and He Pingsheng and Wang Dun went to investigate.
• A female cultivator told He Pingsheng that an Ancient God's true body lay at the center, but engulfing Daoist Laws prevented anyone from approaching it for now.
• Wang Dun introduced himself to Mu Zhinian and tried to make friends, but her companion rebuked him for approaching his junior sister.

Wang Dun challenged the cultivators guarding the spots near the Ancient God, only to discover that one was a divine spirit realm expert who had been hiding his cultivation. He Pingsheng killed the red-haired attacker with his Great Heavenly Wave Crushing Palm, and Wang Dun then turned to attack the remaining pursuers.

• Wang Dun accepted the yellow-robed man's challenge and flew toward the three cultivators nearest the nine-colored light.
• Wang Dun broke through attacks from two cultivators and claimed the fourth spot beside the three men.
• Wang Dun challenged the red-haired cultivator, who revealed his divine spirit realm cultivation and blasted Wang Dun backward.
• He Pingsheng intercepted the pursuers and killed the red-haired cultivator with his Great Heavenly Wave Crushing Palm.
• Wang Dun identified the attackers as members of the Han Household and charged at another divine spirit realm cultivator with his black spear.

Wang Dun demonstrated his immense strength by killing a Divine Spirit Realm cultivator with one spear strike, while He Pingsheng failed to hit the last enemy, who escaped with a Divine Talisman. Wang Dun invited Mu Zhinian to explore the Ancient God's true body with them and warned that the Han Household would send stronger attackers.

• Wang Dun used a spear swing powered by Ancient God Essence Blood to kill a Divine Spirit Realm cultivator instantly.
• He Pingsheng attacked the final Divine Spirit Realm cultivator with his Primordial Purple Gold Staff, but the opponent vanished using a Divine Talisman.
• Wang Dun explained that Ancient God Essence Blood had strengthened his body and revealed that this was why he had become enemies with the Han Household.
• Wang Dun invited Mu Zhinian to join the group exploring the Ancient God's true body, and she accepted.
• Wang Dun told He Pingsheng that the Han Household would likely send stronger people after one of its cultivators escaped.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun discovered the remains of a Divine King beneath the nine-colored light, and Wang Dun retrieved its treasures before leaving with He Pingsheng. On the ship, Wang Dun shared a clump of Dao Essence and warned He Pingsheng that absorbing another cultivator’s Daoist Law could taint his Dao foundation.

• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun found a broken Ancient God’s body underground and identified its seventh-grade Divine Spark as belonging to a Divine King.
• Wang Dun entered the nine-colored light, took the Divine King’s ring and Divine Spark, and brought back a clump of fiery Dao Essence while other cultivators were blasted away trying to follow.
• Wang Dun gave Mu Zhinian divine gold and a second-grade Flying Sword, but declined her request to join his group because his enemies were pursuing him.
• Wang Dun and He Pingsheng returned to the Great Ship, where Wang Dun showed the Dao Essence to Xin Baobao and gave it to her to trade for something more suitable.
• Wang Dun warned He Pingsheng that comprehending another cultivator’s Daoist Law could taint his Dao foundation, and said it was best to comprehend a Dao from nothing.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun divided the spoils from the ruins, and He Pingsheng selected a fire-attribute staff technique to enhance. He also identified Wang Dun’s red token as a rare King-Enfeoffment Token that could grant its holder a Divine Province upon reaching the Divine King Realm.

• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun declined the middle-grade divine gold, while Xin Baobao and Taizhen divided the spoils and set aside gifts for Bingyao.
• He Pingsheng took several artifact-forging materials and selected the Daoist Law-type divine ability Heaven-Opening Divine Lotus from the jade slips.
• He Pingsheng explained that his Primordial Purple Gold Staff could absorb Daoist Laws to strengthen the technique, then placed Heaven-Opening Divine Lotus in the Treasure-Gathering Basin for enhancement.
• Wang Dun asked He Pingsheng to examine his red King's Token, and He Pingsheng identified it as a sixth-grade supreme-grade King-Enfeoffment Token made by a Titled Divine Emperor.
• He Pingsheng told Wang Dun the token could make him ruler of a Divine Province once he reached the Divine King Realm, but said it could not be duplicated.
• One year later, the fire-attribute divine ability’s enhancement was complete.

He Pingsheng had Purple Spirit draw Fire Attribute Daoist Laws into his staff while the Divine Boat continued toward the end of the Divine Dominion. After sixteen years of cultivation, he and his companions were confronted by a powerful Han Household group led by a Divine Lord seeking something from Wang Dun.

• He Pingsheng asked Purple Spirit to draw Fire Attribute Daoist Laws into the Purple Gold Staff, and she agreed.
• Han Houzhi said they had about eighty years left to travel; He Pingsheng chose to ignore ordinary third-grade materials and began practicing the Heaven-Opening Divine Lotus.
• Sixteen years later, the Divine Boat stopped before seven people, including six Divine Spirit Realm fighters and a leader whose realm He Pingsheng could not discern.
• He Pingsheng warned the group not to attack, but their black-clad leader denied belonging to the Golden Butterfly Immortal Sect and demanded that Wang Dun come out.
• Wang Dun recognized the leader as Han Dianxiang, and a woman revealed that he was a Han Household elder at the peak of the Divine Lord Realm.
• Han Dianxiang demanded that Wang Dun hand something over, threatening him with a painful death if he refused.

Wang Dun unleashed a drop of water that summoned a devastating heavenly river, apparently wiping out the Divine Lord Realm man in black and the six others pursuing him. After the flood receded, He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, Han Houzhi, Taizhen, and Xin Baobao searched the enormous lake but found no bodies or intact artifacts.

• Wang Dun asked the man in black how he had reached the Divine Dominion so quickly and why the Han Household wanted his and He Pingsheng's secrets.
• The man in black demanded their secrets and retreated a thousand zhang when Wang Dun reached into his clothes.
• Wang Dun sent out a drop of water that opened a heavenly river and trapped the seven pursuers in its path.
• The heavenly river swept away mountain ranges across hundreds of millions of li and left behind a vast lake.
• He Pingsheng, Wang Dun, Han Houzhi, Taizhen, and Xin Baobao searched the lake but found no trace of the seven pursuers or any intact Divine Artifacts.

Xin Baobao found a sixth-grade Flying Boat and refined enough of its restrictions to use it, giving the group a much faster way to explore the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins. He Pingsheng also mastered the Heaven-Opening Divine Lotus and learned that his Divine Artifacts could conserve their law power for two attacks each.

• Xin Baobao found an intact sixth-grade Divine Artifact Flying Boat and offered it to He Pingsheng, who told her to keep it and refine it.
• He Pingsheng spent thirty-six years mastering the Heaven-Opening Divine Lotus, while Purple Spirit and Red Spirit explained how their Divine Artifacts could each unleash two attacks.
• Han Houzhi estimated that reaching the end of the Divine Command Realm would take several more decades, and Xin Baobao said she had refined seventy-two of the Flying Boat's ninety restrictions.
• Xin Baobao expanded the Flying Boat into a vessel more than a thousand zhang long and invited He Pingsheng aboard to see it.

He Pingsheng and Xin Baobao tested the sixth-grade Divine Boat’s powerful formations and speed, while Mu Qingtong faced pressure from Hou Shichuan and Hou Shisheng to accept a Dao Companion. The Divine Boat set off toward the Divine Lord Side, and Mu Qingtong remained trapped in an unwanted courtship after her companions’ deaths.

• He Pingsheng gave Xin Baobao middle-grade divine gold to power the Divine Boat, and Wang Dun supplied high-grade divine gold to activate its defense and Divine-Sense Sealing formations.
• Xin Baobao explained that the unfinished boat could eventually use an Invisibility Formation, and He Pingsheng led Han Houzhi and Taizhen aboard as the ship sped toward the Divine Lord Side.
• Wang Dun said the Divine Boat’s defenses and speed made a dangerous trip to the Divine Lord Side feasible, where they hoped to find Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness.
• Mu Qingtong checked on the wounded Hou Shisheng and Hou Shichuan, the only other survivors after three companions died seeking the Four-Fan Hell.
• Hou Shichuan reminded Mu Qingtong that Hou Shisheng had saved her and urged her to become his Dao Companion, while Hou Shisheng openly pressed his feelings despite her refusal to be forced.

Mu Qingtong refused to become Hou Shisheng’s Dao Companion and was trapped and assaulted by him and Hou Shichuan. He Pingsheng and his companions returned to rescue her, leaving Mu Qingtong ashamed and astonished by Han Houzhi’s strength.

• Mu Qingtong rejected Hou Shisheng’s advances and said she would rather die than become his Dao Companion.
• Hou Shichuan and Hou Shisheng threatened Mu Qingtong, restrained her, and began stripping her clothes when she could not use her divine power.
• He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi heard Mu Qingtong calling for help and turned their ship around after recognizing her as Old Tong’s mother.
• He Pingsheng ordered Han Houzhi to fight the Hou Household brothers while he covered Mu Qingtong and Taizhen helped her dress and recover with Detoxification Pills.
• Mu Qingtong thanked them, felt ashamed about previously making them address her as Senior, and was surprised that Han Houzhi could contend with both attackers.

He Pingsheng killed Hou Shisheng after he broke through to the divine spirit realm, and Xin Baobao killed Hou Shichuan as the group saved Mu Qingtong. Aboard the Great Ship, Mu Qingtong asked to join them and revealed she had news of Four-Fan Hell.

• Hou Shisheng swallowed a Spirit Communion Golden Core and broke through to the divine spirit realm, then attacked Han Houzhi.
• He Pingsheng struck Hou Shisheng with his Heaven-Opening Divine Lotus ability, killed him, and captured his soul.
• Xin Baobao pursued Hou Shichuan and returned with his head after killing him.
• He Pingsheng told Mu Qingtong that Old Tong had become his divine slave and offered her pills before she headed home.
• Mu Qingtong asked to join He Pingsheng's group and said she had news of Four-Fan Hell.

He Pingsheng's group obtained a map showing the location of Four-Fan Hell and traveled into the Divine Spirit Side to search for it. As their ship passed a cultivator pursuing them, He Pingsheng recognized his old teammate Bai Xingjian.

• Mu Qingtong revealed that the Hou brothers' Jade Slip held a map to Four-Fan Hell, and He Pingsheng extracted its location from Hou Shisheng's soul before destroying it.
• He Pingsheng invited Wang Dun out of seclusion, showed him the map, and decided to lead the group toward Four-Fan Hell.
• Several years later, the group reached the Divine Spirit Side, where the oppressive pressure strained Xin Baobao, Taizhen, and Mu Qingtong.
• He Pingsheng planned to have Han Houzhi escort the others back after they explored Four-Fan Hell, while he and Wang Dun continued toward the Divine Lord Side.
• Bai Xingjian chased the group’s Great Ship and attacked its formation, and He Pingsheng recognized his former teammate.

Bai Xingjian joined He Pingsheng’s group and revealed that the Lu Household believed He Pingsheng had died after killing Lu Huinan’s father with a Heaven and Earth Shared Silence Pearl. Bai Xingjian offered to explore Four-Fan Hell with He Pingsheng, but the information in his Jade Slip made He Pingsheng suspect a plot.

• Bai Xingjian crashed into a mountain peak while pursuing the Divine Boat, then boarded it and reunited with He Pingsheng.
• Wang Dun teased Taizhen about Bai Xingjian and learned from He Pingsheng that Bai Xingjian had reached the divine spirit realm.
• Bai Xingjian confirmed that He Pingsheng had killed Lu Huinan’s father with a Heaven and Earth Shared Silence Pearl and warned that the Lu Household believed He Pingsheng was dead.
• Bai Xingjian told He Pingsheng that Lu Household members, including Lu Huinan, had entered the Heavenly Antiquity Ruins.
• Bai Xingjian offered to explore Four-Fan Hell with He Pingsheng and handed him a Jade Slip, which made He Pingsheng suspect a plot.

He Pingsheng and Bai Xingjian realized their Four-Fan Hell maps might be part of a trap, but they decided to investigate the destination anyway. They arrived at a volcanic wasteland crowded with thousands of cultivators, and He Pingsheng chose to proceed, prepared to use a drop of water condensed by a Divine Emperor if danger arose.

• He Pingsheng showed Bai Xingjian his map, and the two suspected someone had spread many maps as bait.
• Wang Dun insisted they continue, then struck Bai Xingjian with his Divine Spear after Bai Xingjian teased him about his boast.
• He Pingsheng told Xin Baobao to follow the map while the others went to their Daoist Grounds, and Bai Xingjian remained aboard the ship.
• After about two months, Xin Baobao brought the group to a black plain and a volcano surrounded by thousands of Divine Command and Divine Spirit Realm cultivators.
• Taizhen urged them to stop and reconsider, but He Pingsheng decided to approach the site, ready to use his drop of water condensed by a Divine Emperor if necessary.

Wang Dun, He Pingsheng, and Bai Xingjian found seven immature Four-Fan Hell plants guarded by the bizarre genius Yu Yingxian. Wang Dun challenged Yu and announced he would take a plant, leaving the crowd expecting a fight.

• Wang Dun and He Pingsheng flew from the Divine Boat after He Pingsheng ordered Xin Baobao to keep the boat’s defenses active and stay back; Bai Xingjian followed them.
• The three arrived at a solitary mountain, where they found seven Four-Fan Hell plants and Yu Yingxian facing thousands of cultivators amid the corpses of more than twenty fighters.
• A nearby cultivator identified Yu Yingxian as a human genius from the Celestial River Divine Kingdom and said the plants would mature in another year or two.
• Wang Dun told He Pingsheng to seize the plants if he created an opening, then confronted Yu Yingxian and claimed he would take an immature plant.
• Yu Yingxian refused to let Wang Dun pass, while onlookers mocked Wang Dun for challenging a genius said to kill Divine Spirit Realm cultivators with ease.