Chapter Summaries

Xu Qingtong reunited with Du Siwen at Ink Bamboo Studio, where she recounted Central Province’s upheavals and chose to stay while he prepared for Spirit Transformation. After discovering that his incarnation had merged with his original body and transformed his nascent soul into a chaos-aura form, Xu Qingtong began refining demonic and yin energy, leaving his breakthrough plans underway.

• Du Siwen told Xu Qingtong that the Profound Yin Church had destroyed the Heavenly Mystery Palace and the Anyang Sect had seized the Wuji Sect’s Black Tortoise Picture.
• Xu Qingtong decided to attempt Spirit Transformation at Ink Bamboo Studio, and Du Siwen stayed to guard him.
• Xu Qingtong gave Du Siwen the Peering into the Immortal Sect body tempering technique and his cultivation insights.
• Xu Qingtong discovered that his incarnation had merged with his original body and that his gray nascent soul carried the chaos aura of the Seven-Star Bracelet’s Desolate Space.
• Xu Qingtong confirmed that he could use demonic power and summon four Dark Spirits, then absorbed energy from a demon crystal and a Nine Yin Pill as he prepared for Spirit Transformation.

Xu Qingtong created a cultivation technique that converted Spiritual Qi, Demonic Qi, and Yin Qi into Primordial Chaos Origin Qi, then had Du Siwen test it. After she successfully cultivated it, he named it the One Qi Primordial Unity Art.

• Xu Qingtong studied how his techniques converted different energies into Primordial Chaos Origin Qi and spent a year developing a new cultivation method.
• Xu Qingtong helped Du Siwen understand the Peering into the Immortal Sect Body Tempering Technique, then gave her a jade slip containing his creation.
• Du Siwen studied the technique for three days and successfully cultivated Primordial Chaos Origin Qi in her Dantian.
• Xu Qingtong named his technique the One Qi Primordial Unity Art and explained to Du Siwen why its name emphasized the word One.

Xu Qingtong perfected the One Qi Primordial Unity Art, and Du Siwen chose to switch to it before they traveled to Purple Rosy Clouds Island so Xu Qingtong could attempt to reach spirit transformation. As they flew over the sea, Xu Qingtong sensed that someone was following them.

• Xu Qingtong spent six months perfecting the One Qi Primordial Unity Art, while Du Siwen achieved minor success in Peering into the Immortal Sect and sensed immortal essence.
• Xu Qingtong explained Du Siwen's cultivation choices, and she decided to use the One Qi Primordial Unity Art until they reached the Spirit Realm, where she would cultivate the Nine Immortals Scripture.
• The following year, Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen returned to Central Province, paid their respects to Lü Wenqiu, and Xu Qingtong made arrangements with Dong Yunxiao and Fang Tianqi.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen left for Purple Rosy Clouds Island without their children or attendants, and Xu Qingtong entrusted the One Qi Primordial Unity Art and instructions to Fu Xingzhi.
• As Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen flew east over the sea, Xu Qingtong sensed that someone was following them.

Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen returned to Purple Rosy Clouds Island, followed by Dongfang Hui, who joined them at the villa under the pretext of practicing and studying its formations. Dongfang Hui struggled to settle her feelings around Xu Qingtong, then asked him to instruct her in the One Qi Primordial Unity Art.

• Xu Qingtong sensed someone following their Flying Boat and later found that Dongfang Hui had followed him and Du Siwen to Purple Rosy Clouds Island.
• Dongfang Hui opened the villa’s formation with her Formation Disc, and Xu Qingtong let her enter and choose a room at Ink Bamboo Studio.
• Xu Qingtong practiced the One Qi Primordial Unity Art while Du Siwen cultivated with it and Dongfang Hui struggled to calm her thoughts about Xu Qingtong.
• Du Siwen told Dongfang Hui that Xu Qingtong had created the One Qi Primordial Unity Art, leaving her astonished.
• Dongfang Hui visited Xu Qingtong and asked him to advise her on her cultivation and instruct her in his technique.

Xu Qingtong gave Dongfang Hui the One Qi Primordial Unity Art and, after half a year of secluded cultivation, sensed his heavenly tribulation approaching. As he prepared to attempt Spirit Transformation, he helped Dongfang Hui with the technique and began preparing for a tribulation he suspected would be unusual.

• Xu Qingtong agreed to teach Dongfang Hui the One Qi Primordial Unity Art and warned her not to share it without permission.
• Half a year later, Xu Qingtong emerged from meditation, sensed his heavenly tribulation, and told Du Siwen and Dongfang Hui he planned to attempt Spirit Transformation in six months.
• Du Siwen left Xu Qingtong and Dongfang Hui alone to discuss the cultivation technique, while the two women’s relationship had grown closer through conversations about their past.
• Xu Qingtong spent two days helping Dongfang Hui understand the technique, then spoke at length with Du Siwen and started preparing for his tribulation.
• Xu Qingtong reviewed the internal and external trials of Spirit Transformation and suspected his tribulation would differ from those described in historical records.

Xu Qingtong prepared for his approaching heavenly tribulation by refining two immortal artifacts and strengthening the artifact spirits of his Five Elements Divine Seals. After raising the seals to the threshold of supreme-grade treasures, he began refining materials to further improve them.

• Xu Qingtong decided to strengthen his defenses for the heavenly tribulation by refining his treasures and making more True Qi Armor Talismans.
• Xu Qingtong refined the jade ruyi into Jade Exquisite, a defensive and confinement artifact, then refined the immortal sword Soul Shatter.
• Xu Qingtong used the Soul-Refining Pool to temper the artifact spirit of the Houtu Seal, then spent two months strengthening the spirits of all five seals.
• Xu Qingtong raised the Five Elements Divine Seals to the threshold of supreme-grade treasures and examined the artifact-refining materials from the Immortal Lord's Villa.
• Xu Qingtong placed the Supreme Clarity Yin-Yang Cauldron on a flame-spouting stone platform and began heating it with roaring flames.

Xu Qingtong reforged his Five Elements Divine Seals and prepared talismans for his approaching Heavenly Tribulation. After recovering from a failed attempt that ruined the Xuanming Seal, he rebuilt it and tested his defenses with Du Siwen and Dongfang Hui, then asked Du Siwen to attack his pagoda barrier with the Yuanrong Crossbow.

• Xu Qingtong raised four of the Five Elements Divine Seals to supreme grade treasures, but a mistake ruined the Xuanming Seal and injured him.
• Xu Qingtong recovered, crafted a new Xuanming Seal, gave it an artifact spirit, and raised it to supreme grade.
• Xu Qingtong spent nearly two months crafting over a hundred True Qi Armor Talismans before meeting Du Siwen and Dongfang Hui outside his room.
• Xu Qingtong tested his Yin-Yang and Five Elements Formation, and Du Siwen's attacks failed to break through it.
• Xu Qingtong's True Qi Armor Talisman withstood attacks from Du Siwen and Dongfang Hui, after which he summoned a pagoda barrier and asked Du Siwen to use the Yuanrong Crossbow.

Xu Qingtong prepared to undergo his Spirit Transformation tribulation at the Immortal Lord’s Villa, relying on his Jade Ruyi and the help of Du Siwen and Dongfang Hui. As the tribulation clouds gathered, he was suddenly transported to Swallowtail Peak in Gloomwind Valley, where Yu Tiancheng called him over.

• Xu Qingtong demonstrated that his Jade Ruyi’s Pagoda Phantom Shadow could withstand a Yuanrong Bolt, then explained that he had obtained the treasure from a stone coffin on Lakeside Island.
• Xu Qingtong decided to undergo his tribulation inside the villa, and the three chose an open space before Sea Cloud Hall in hopes the tribulation might weaken its formation.
• Dongfang Hui set up a five elements Spirit-Gathering Formation while Du Siwen stayed nearby to support Xu Qingtong.
• Xu Qingtong meditated in the formation for five days until tribulation clouds gathered over the villa.
• Xu Qingtong suddenly found himself on Swallowtail Peak in Gloomwind Valley, where Yu Tiancheng’s voice called him over.

Xu Qingtong passed his heart and demonic tribulations, then answered the Heavenly Dao’s questions about his path. As he completed the Dao tribulation, purple lightning began to descend.

• Xu Qingtong calmly faced figures from his past during his heart tribulation and passed it after two days.
• An Outer Heavenly Demon entered Xu Qingtong’s Niwang Palace, but the Wordless Heart Sutra quieted his three poisons, and the Pure-Heart Snow Lotus destroyed it.
• Xu Qingtong began the Dao tribulation and declared that his path was the Dao of humanity.
• Xu Qingtong answered the Heavenly Dao with the seven virtues that guided his conduct and cultivation.
• A bolt of purple tribulation lightning descended as Xu Qingtong’s thunder tribulation began.

Xu Qingtong endured the Five Elements Tribulation and faced a renewed, more powerful Thunder Tribulation after the Immortal Mansion’s protective formation collapsed. He continued resisting the lightning with the Five Elements Divine Seals as the Heavenly Dao regarded him as a heretic for his answer during the Dao Tribulation.

• Xu Qingtong blocked the wood and fire tribulations with the Five Elements Divine Seals, using metal to counter wood and a water curtain to resist fire.
• Xu Qingtong trapped the earth dragon with vines, but survived its sudden disappearance and the earth spikes that attacked from within enclosing earth walls.
• Xu Qingtong replenished his magic power, then endured the Metal and Water Tribulations a day later.
• Xu Qingtong weathered the first two lightning bolts with his body, but the intensified Thunder Tribulation struck for four hours and shattered the Immortal Mansion’s grand formation.
• Xu Qingtong steadied himself and drove the Five Elements Divine Seals to resist the lightning as the Heavenly Dao judged him a heretic.

Xu Qingtong endured an exceptionally long Thunder Tribulation, exhausted his defenses, and reached a breakthrough through unity of Heaven and man. Dongfang Hui was gravely injured shielding him, but Xu Qingtong completed Spirit Transformation and cast the Non-Form Seal to move her out of danger.

• Xu Qingtong used the Five Elements Divine Seals, True Qi Armor Talismans, the Heaven and Earth Bowl, and the Jade Exquisite to withstand successive bolts of tribulation lightning.
• After exhausting his talismans, Xu Qingtong entered the state of unity of Heaven and man and allowed the lightning to strike him without defending himself.
• Dongfang Hui rushed to Xu Qingtong and shielded him from the tribulation lightning, then collapsed after being struck.
• Xu Qingtong completed the final step of Spirit Transformation and used the Non-Form Seal to send Dongfang Hui out of the Tribulation Transcendence area.
• Du Siwen caught Dongfang Hui and gave her an elixir pill while Xu Qingtong endured the remaining lightning, troubled by her sacrifice.

Xu Qingtong attained Spirit Transformation after surviving the tribulation, while Dongfang Hui recovered from her injuries with his help. When she woke, she had lost her memories, though she still recognized Xu Qingtong as her junior brother and future husband.

• Dongfang Hui recovered enough to learn that Xu Qingtong had survived, while he used the immortal light to complete his tribulation and attain Spirit Transformation.
• Xu Qingtong's Spirit Infant rose into the sky, sensed the Central Province, and narrowly protected itself from the fierce gang winds before returning to his body.
• Xu Qingtong learned that Dongfang Hui had shielded him from the tribulation and had nearly died, so he gave her a Spirit-Nourishing Pill while Du Siwen helped her refine it.
• After two days, Dongfang Hui woke with no memory of Du Siwen or herself, but she still identified Xu Qingtong as her junior brother and future husband.
• While Du Siwen comforted the confused Dongfang Hui, Xu Qingtong meditated, stabilizing his cultivation and examining his strengthened divine sense and deeper understanding of the Time Law.

After Xu Qingtong finished stabilizing his cultivation, he discovered that Dongfang Hui had lost her memories and now believed she was his betrothed. Du Siwen urged him to marry Dongfang Hui, but Xu Qingtong refused to take advantage of her condition and left their future unresolved.

• Xu Qingtong found Dongfang Hui healthy but suffering from memory loss, and she accepted Du Siwen as her blood sister.
• Xu Qingtong brought Dongfang Hui back to the Ink Bamboo Studio, gave her a copy of the One Qi Primordial Unity Art, and left when she asked him to stay.
• Du Siwen explained that Dongfang Hui had been injured while helping Xu Qingtong endure his tribulation, damaging her sea of consciousness and erasing her memories.
• Xu Qingtong vowed to find a cure for Dongfang Hui or care for her for the rest of his life.
• Du Siwen proposed that Xu Qingtong marry Dongfang Hui as well as remain her Dao companion, but Xu Qingtong refused to exploit Dongfang Hui's memory loss.

After reaching Spirit Transformation, Xu Qingtong stayed at the Immortal Lord's Villa to care for Dongfang Hui and investigate her injuries. He found her memories almost completely erased, then explored the villa and began breaking into the Ink Fragrance Pavilion.

• Xu Qingtong decided to remain at the Immortal Lord's Villa rather than return to Central Province while Dongfang Hui was injured.
• Xu Qingtong examined Dongfang Hui's niwang palace and found her sea of consciousness nearly blank, with only her engagement to him and their relationship as senior and junior disciples remaining.
• Xu Qingtong taught Dongfang Hui the One Qi Primordial Unity Art and told Du Siwen that healing her would be very difficult.
• Xu Qingtong asked Du Siwen to watch over Dongfang Hui while he explored the villa's damaged formations.
• Xu Qingtong tried Shi Xin's Token on the Ink Fragrance Pavilion's formation, then struck it with the Fengyi Sword and cracked it.

Xu Qingtong broke into the Ink Fragrance Pavilion and collected many texts and treasures, but the third floor’s protections destroyed the jade slips he tried to retrieve. After returning to the Ink Bamboo Studio, he gave Dongfang Hui formation texts to study and faced Du Siwen’s reminder to decide between them.

• Xu Qingtong broke the Ink Fragrance Pavilion’s outer formation and collected jade slips from its first two floors.
• Xu Qingtong broke through to the third floor, but the jade slips there shattered when he forced open their protective formations.
• Xu Qingtong gave up on reaching the fourth floor and later gathered treasures from several other halls, though he could not open the Sea Cloud Hall.
• Xu Qingtong returned to the Ink Bamboo Studio, where Dongfang Hui embraced him and asked him to take her along next time he left.
• Xu Qingtong gave Dongfang Hui formation texts to study, and Du Siwen urged him to make up his mind about his choice between them.

Xu Qingtong encouraged Du Siwen to cultivate the Nine Immortals Scripture and studied Spirit Realm lore and talisman-making. After realizing his divine sense was the obstacle to crafting an escape talisman, he used the True Origin Scripture to begin transforming it and resumed drawing a talisman.

• Xu Qingtong gave Du Siwen more than a thousand pieces of immortal jade so she could cultivate the Nine Immortals Scripture, and she left him to consider how to handle Dongfang Girl.
• Xu Qingtong studied jade slips about the Spirit Realm, its powers, and artifact-refining materials over half a year.
• Xu Qingtong studied the Instant Thousand Li Talisman but failed to craft it because its materials and brush required immortal sense.
• Xu Qingtong realized through the True Origin Scripture that spirit sense and immortal sense shared the same essence, and he began transforming his divine sense while wrapped in immortal essence.
• Xu Qingtong emerged from his meditation, took up his talisman brush, and began drawing on talisman paper.

Xu Qingtong mastered Immortal Talisman crafting, then visited Du Siwen and Dongfang Hui. Dongfang Hui revealed that she could no longer remember her past, including her sect and master.

• Xu Qingtong transformed his Divine Sense, crafted an Instant Thousand Li Talisman, and tested it by teleporting a thousand li before returning to Purple Rosy Clouds Island.
• Xu Qingtong spent over half a year improving his talismans, then gave Du Siwen True Qi talismans and an Immortal Sword to help protect her.
• Du Siwen urged Xu Qingtong to visit Dongfang Hui, explaining that Dongfang missed him and believed he was her fiancé.
• Xu Qingtong visited Dongfang Hui, who told him she had missed him and could no longer remember her sect or master.

Xu Qingtong comforted the amnesiac Dongfang Hui, helped her with cultivation, and searched Sea Cloud Hall for clues about the Spirit Realm. Dongfang Hui later confronted Du Siwen about Xu Qingtong’s feelings and asked what had happened after she arrived in Central Province.

• Dongfang Hui remembered Xu Qingtong as her junior brother and betrothed, while Xu Qingtong explained her memory loss and reassured her that he would care for her.
• Xu Qingtong answered Dongfang Hui’s cultivation questions and taught her the Peering into the Immortal Sect body tempering technique, prompting her to wonder why he had taught it to Du Siwen first.
• Xu Qingtong searched Sea Cloud Hall and other places on Purple Rosy Clouds Island but found no clues about how Cangwu Immortal Lord’s people had left, then decided to return to Central Province.
• Dongfang Hui asked Du Siwen what had happened after her arrival in Central Province and said she sensed Xu Qingtong loved Du Siwen more than her.
• Du Siwen promised she would not let Dongfang Hui leave, while Dongfang Hui pressed her to reveal the truth about her past.

Du Siwen told Dongfang Hui the truth about her past with Xu Qingtong, including how Dongfang Hui had injured him and how he and Du Siwen became Dao companions. She persuaded Dongfang Hui to stay and consider becoming Xu Qingtong’s Dao companion too, then told Xu Qingtong that Dongfang Hui had planned to leave, leaving him anxious about her safety.

• Du Siwen recounted how Dongfang Hui’s Heart-Severing Art had driven her to attack Xu Qingtong and how Xu Qingtong later became Du Siwen’s Dao companion.
• Du Siwen explained that Dongfang Hui had returned to Purple Rosy Clouds Island and helped Xu Qingtong during his attempt to reach Spirit Transformation.
• Dongfang Hui said she would leave for Central Province when Xu Qingtong returned, but Du Siwen warned that her weakened cultivation made the journey dangerous.
• Du Siwen proposed that Dongfang Hui and Xu Qingtong become Dao companions, and Dongfang Hui accepted the possibility after Du Siwen promised to arrange it.
• Du Siwen told Xu Qingtong that Dongfang Hui intended to leave, and he asked what he should do to protect her.

Du Siwen arranged for Xu Qingtong and Dongfang Hui to become Dao Companions, and the two reunited lovers shared the story of their past. They planned to revisit Gloomwind Valley together after returning to Central Province.

• Du Siwen told Xu Qingtong that becoming Dongfang Hui’s Dao Companion was the way to keep her with him, then went to ask Dongfang Hui what she wanted.
• Du Siwen prepared a Qinglu wedding canopy and arranged a Naji Ceremony for Xu Qingtong and Dongfang Hui.
• Xu Qingtong lifted Dongfang Hui’s veil and gave her an Immortal Sword as his Naji gift, and Du Siwen declared them Dao Companions.
• Xu Qingtong told Dongfang Hui how they had met and fallen in love, and explained how the Heart-Severing Art had separated them.
• Dongfang Hui apologized for their separation, and Xu Qingtong comforted her and promised to take her wherever she wanted after they returned to Central Province.
• Dongfang Hui asked Xu Qingtong to visit Gloomwind Valley with her, then threw herself into his arms.