Chapter Summaries

After the Heaven Mending Pavilion fell, the Great Wilderness feared a wider calamity while hostile powers hunted its survivors, including Li Dao. As Li Dao neared Golden Feather Village, its people faced a bandit siege and debated whether to fight despite their wounded Sacrificial Spirit.

• Li Dao left with Black Fiend and Little Flower, and Little Flower hurried after them as they headed toward Golden Feather Village.
• The ruins of the Heaven Mending Pavilion confirmed its destruction, spreading fear and rumors of a coming calamity across the Great Wilderness.
• Surviving Heaven Mending Pavilion disciples faced pursuit, while the Rain Clan and other enemies ordered searches for Li Dao and Shi Hao.
• Li Dao traveled through the Great Wilderness toward Golden Feather Village, where beasts fled from his aura and he told Little Flower they were nearly there.
• Li Kai's villagers gathered beneath the locust tree as Li Kaixin urged them to fight the bandits and Li Erniu warned that their injured Sacrificial Spirit was not ready.
• Li Kai recalled that the bandits had surrounded the village after their Bandit Beast fought the Sacrificial Spirit, and wondered whether Golden Feather Village would perish.

Li Dao returned to Golden Feather Village as Chen Xiong and his bandits attacked, overwhelming the Golden Feather Eagle and threatening the villagers. He killed Chen Xiong and the bandits with his Order Divine Chains, then descended to meet Li Kai.

• Chen Xiong led his bandits toward Golden Feather Village, where Li Kai and the villagers prepared to fight alongside the wounded Golden Feather Eagle.
• Li Dao sensed the battle and hurried toward the village with Black Fiend.
• Chen Xiong wounded the Golden Feather Eagle and raised his saber to kill it, but Li Dao arrived and blocked the strike with his spear.
• Li Dao killed a bandit who insulted him, then pierced Chen Xiong with his Order Divine Chains.
• Li Dao's chains formed a Heavenly Net and killed the fleeing bandits, leaving the ground soaked with blood.
• Li Kai approached Li Dao after he descended and asked whether he was all right.

Li Dao returned to Golden Feather Village, reunited with its people, and helped them celebrate their survival. He began transforming the village into a cultivation treasure land with a spiritual array, leaving its environment newly enriched with spiritual energy.

• Li Dao reunited with Li Kai and the villagers, who told him that his timely arrival had saved Golden Feather Village from the bandits.
• Li Dao calmed Little Flower's panic after Third Aunt tried to cook it, then produced three Ferocious Beast carcasses for a village feast.
• Li Dao shared Monkey Wine and meat with the villagers, then told Li Kai he planned to enrich the village before settling scores with certain people.
• At dawn, Li Dao explained that he would build a spiritual array around the Sacrificial Spirit's dwelling, and Li Kai gathered the villagers to help.
• Li Dao formed an array beneath the spirit tree and infused it with medicinal soil, drawing spiritual energy into the village and revitalizing its treasure medicines.

Li Dao strengthened Golden Feather Village with formations that enriched its spiritual energy and protected it, then returned to the Void God Realm. There, he heard Bear Child had challenged the Rain Clan and Xiling Beast Mountain and spotted Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi selling news of him before slipping away.

• Li Dao advised the Village Chief to plant treasure medicine in the medicinal soil and established four linked medicine gardens, whose spiritual energy helped the villagers advance their cultivation.
• Li Dao used his new insights to bury four treasure artifact swords and complete a formation capable of withstanding a late-stage Inscription Pattern cultivator.
• After seeing the villagers cultivate beneath the ancient tree, Li Dao went to the mountain behind the village and used the Sacrificial Altar to enter the Void God Realm.
• In the Starting Ground, Li Dao heard cultivators say Bear Child had demanded ten jars of precious blood each from the Rain Clan and Xiling Beast Mountain.
• Li Dao found Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi selling information about him, sent them a voice transmission, and left; they packed up and followed him.

Li Dao entered the Spirit Transformation-level cave heavens and attacked the Tuoba Family’s stronghold in Spirit Transformation City, seeking revenge for the Heaven Mending Pavilion. He shattered the family’s formation and began fighting its members as reinforcements rushed to the scene.

• Li Dao asked Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi about the Spirit Transformation-level cave heavens and learned that Spirit Transformation City hosted many powerful factions.
• Li Dao arrived at Spirit Transformation City, located the Tuoba Family’s base, and smashed its protective formation with a stomp.
• Tuoba Liu and other Tuoba Family members confronted Li Dao, who revealed that he was Li Zizai of the Heaven Mending Pavilion and attacked them with the Evil Dragon Spear.
• Tuoba Liu activated a jade pendant to summon Tuoba reinforcements from across the surrounding hundred miles.
• Li Dao held the Tuoba Family members in place with his pressure and vowed to kill every member who came and drive the family from the Spirit Transformation-level cave heavens.

Li Dao destroyed the Tuoba Family’s training grounds, killing Tuoba Liu and thousands of cultivators before plundering its Treasure Pavilion. As he gathered the clan’s treasures, returning disciples surrounded the pavilion under Tuoba Yunhai’s leadership, setting the stage for a new confrontation.

• Li Dao unleashed Divine Spirit Weeps Blood, annihilating the Tuoba Family formation and killing most of the cultivators in its grounds.
• Li Dao shattered the elders’ formation with his Heart Sword, killed Tuoba Liu, and cut down the remaining kneeling Tuoba Family elders.
• Li Dao broke into the Treasure Pavilion, collected jars of precious beast blood, fed treasure medicines to the Divine Refining Furnace, and took bone texts for Golden Feather Village.
• Returning Tuoba Family disciples learned of the destruction and surrounded the Treasure Pavilion, with Tuoba Yunhai leading them and demanding Li Zizai’s death.

Li Dao defeated Tuoba Yunhai and slaughtered the Tuoba Family disciples after breaking their Myriad Spirits Formation. As the Heart Sword returned to his hand, a terrifying might began gathering in the void.

• Tuoba Yunhai summoned the Tuoba Family disciples to form the Myriad Spirits Formation and attacked the Treasure Pavilion with its star-powered Dharma Form.
• Li Dao emerged unharmed and countered Tuoba Yunhai with yin and yang flood dragons and the Divine Refining Furnace.
• The Divine Refining Furnace shattered the Dharma Form, killing many of the cultivators linked to it and leaving Tuoba Yunhai gravely wounded.
• Li Dao killed Tuoba Yunhai with the Heart Sword and declared that he would visit the Tuoba Family.
• The Heart Sword cut down the remaining Tuoba Family disciples before Li Dao sensed a terrifying might gathering in the void.

Li Dao destroyed the Tuoba Family’s Cave Heaven stronghold in the Void God Realm, but a Domain Envoy expelled him rather than severely punishing him. News of the attack spread through the Great Wilderness, prompting Shi Hao to act against the Rain Clan and drawing the Demoness’s interest in Li Dao.

• A Domain Envoy confronted Li Dao, sensed two familiar auras around him, and expelled him from the Void God Realm.
• Tuoba Sangyan found the Tuoba Family’s ancestral grounds devastated and ordered his disciples to search for Li Dao in the Great Wilderness.
• Shi Hao heard that Li Dao had destroyed the Tuoba stronghold and headed for the Rain Clan’s base.
• News of Li Dao’s attack spread through the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital, where the Demoness approached a cultivator selling an account of the events.

After returning from the Void God Realm, Li Dao helped Little Flower break through and gave Golden Feather Village cultivation manuals taken from the Tuoba clan. He then began cultivating, concluding that transforming Yin-Yang would be necessary to reshape his true self.

• The Demoness heard about Li Dao’s recent exploits and vanished, while Xia Youyu told Li Jiaojiao that Li Dao had killed many villains and promised they would visit him when it was safer.
• Li Dao returned to Golden Feather Village and found that its rune formation had established a stable supply of vital essence.
• Little Flower began breaking through with six cave heavens, and Li Dao supplied medicinal liquid and Bi Fang blood to help him cleanse his bloodline.
• Li Dao gave Li Kai the jade slips he had taken from the Tuoba clan, and Li Kai hurried off to put their teachings to use.
• Li Dao meditated in the village’s northern formation core and decided that transforming Yin-Yang was necessary to reshape his true self.

Li Dao cultivated the Heart Sword and gained greater control over the power of time while news spread that a Kunpeng Nest had appeared in the Northern Sea. After months in seclusion, he prepared to enter the Void God Realm and find out what had happened outside.

• Grandpa Jingbi told cultivators that Shi Hao had attacked the Rain Clan, exaggerating how he fought his way through their outpost.
• An old man persuaded Shi Hao to join an expedition to the Kunpeng Nest and gave him a Binding Spirit Rope to pass to Li Dao.
• News of the Kunpeng Nest spread throughout the Great Wilderness, drawing cultivators and powerful factions toward the Northern Sea.
• Li Dao spent several months cultivating, strengthening his Heart Sword and control over time while his power scarred the sky above Golden Feather Village.
• Li Dao emerged from seclusion and took out the nine-tiered Sacrificial Altar to enter the Void God Realm.

Li Dao reunited with Shi Hao in the Starting Ground and agreed to join him on a journey to the Kunpeng Nest in the Northern Sea. After the Willow Deity agreed to send both of them, Shi Hao prepared to travel with Li Dao.

• Li Dao returned to the Starting Ground, where Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi told him Shi Hao had been looking for him because of the Kunpeng Nest.
• Shi Hao met Li Dao, whose cultivation Little Pagoda praised, and invited him to join the journey to the Northern Sea using a golden rope from the Primordial Divine Mountain.
• Li Dao accepted the invitation, then spent three days tempering his Heart Sword in a mountain range where nearby ferocious beasts died and the area became a forbidden zone.
• Li Dao and Shi Hao met a Celestial Clan elder and agreed to travel to a meeting place rather than reveal their villages' locations.
• Shi Hao asked the Willow Deity to send him and Li Dao to the agreed destination, and the Willow Deity agreed.

Li Dao left Golden Feather Village with Black Fiend and reached Stone Village, where he reunited with Shi Hao and met the Willow Deity. The Willow Deity recognized Li Dao’s path as similar to one once deduced in ancient times, offered to guide him, and prepared to set out with them.

• Li Dao departed Golden Feather Village with Black Fiend after entrusting the village’s safety to Little Flower and the villagers.
• Li Dao and Black Fiend traveled to Stone Village, where Shi Lai challenged them before Shi Hao arrived and introduced Li Dao to the villagers.
• Shi Hao led Li Dao to the Willow Deity, whose overwhelming presence deeply impressed him.
• The Willow Deity praised Li Dao for forging his own path and offered to answer his questions about Daoist Arts.
• The Willow Deity told Li Dao and Shi Hao to set out, and both prepared to go.

Li Dao and Shi Hao entered the Primordial Divine Mountain and were led toward its grounds by a divine servant. After Shi Hao clashed with a blue-haired boy, Li Dao killed one of the boy’s servants, leaving the boy frightened and the confrontation unresolved.

• Li Dao and Shi Hao traveled through a passage opened by the willow branches and arrived near the Primordial Divine Mountain.
• A Golden Beast divine servant recognized Shi Hao and led him and Li Dao toward the mountain.
• Shi Hao spotted Eight Treasure Chickens and left the passage to chase them, with Li Dao following.
• Shi Hao confronted a blue-haired boy who mocked him, and both drew their weapons.
• When one of the boy’s servants raised a hand to attack, Li Dao severed his arm and killed him with a spear.
• The blue-haired boy froze in fear as Li Dao turned his attention toward him.

Li Dao and Shi Hao joined the gathered clans at Heavenly God Mountain for the planned journey to the Northern Sea and the search for the Kunpeng's Great Divine Ability. The leaders prepared to set sail, while the young cultivators continued to doubt whether Li Dao could fulfill his role.

• Shi Hao threatened the Green-Haired Youth after the youth challenged Li Dao, but the divine servant warned them against infighting.
• The White-Clad Man and Yun Xi arrived with other powerful descendants, and Yun Xi led the group up the mountain.
• Shi Hao and Li Dao mocked the mountain cultivators under their breath as they admired the mountain's rich scenery and treasure medicines.
• At the summit, Li Dao let Black Fiend eat the spirit fruits while the clan leaders discussed their plans for the Northern Sea expedition.
• The gathered youths whispered about Li Dao's strength, questioning whether he could help secure the Kunpeng's Great Divine Ability.

Li Dao killed a youth who challenged him at the banquet, then revealed his ten cave heavens and forced the gathered factions to take him and Shi Hao seriously. The group traveled through the Five-Color Passage and reached the Northern Sea, where the Kunpeng Nest awaited.

• A youth and the blue-haired youth provoked Li Dao, and Li Dao killed the challenger with his Heart Sword.
• Li Dao revealed his ten cave heavens, prompting an elder to calm him and the other factions to reconsider him and Shi Hao.
• The elders announced that the younger generation would contend for opportunities in the Kunpeng Nest while the powerful figures stayed out of the battle.
• Li Dao suspected the elders would wait outside the Kunpeng Nest and began planning for the danger.
• Li Dao and Shi Hao joined the procession through the Five-Color Passage and arrived at the Northern Sea.

Li Dao traveled with Yun Xi and Shi Hao across the dangerous northern sea, where a massive lightning-wielding fish attacked their treasure ship. As the battle erupted, the Green-Haired Man struck at Li Dao, who wounded him before being swept into the sea; Shi Hao then received Li Dao’s farewell message that he was heading to the Kunpeng Nest alone.

• Li Dao and Shi Hao reached the northern sea, and an old servant warned Shi Hao not to speak of its taboos.
• Yun Xi’s group boarded a treasure ship and set out across the dangerous waters toward the Kunpeng Nest.
• A colossal silver fish attacked the ship, killing many cultivators before the old servants and Spirit Transformation cultivators fought back.
• The Green-Haired Man secretly unleashed an attack that caught Li Dao in its path, and Li Dao wounded him with a returning spear.
• The Green-Haired Man’s attack sent Li Dao into the lightning-filled sea, and Shi Hao heard Li Dao say he was heading to the Kunpeng Nest first.

Li Dao crossed a deadly stretch of sea and reached Yinsha Island, where he rescued Qing Shu from two pursuers. After Qing Shu warned him that ancient Baleful Spirits slept beneath the island, Li Dao sensed them awakening around him.

• Li Dao endured the sea's immense pressure and silver lightning, then reached an island and recovered from his injuries.
• Li Dao spotted Qing Shu fleeing two cultivators and intercepted their attack before it could strike her.
• Li Dao asked about the pursuers' territory, then killed them with a Black Flood Dragon after they demanded Qing Shu.
• Qing Shu warned Li Dao that Yinsha Island held dormant Baleful Spirits that would hunt them if awakened.
• Li Dao sensed the Baleful Spirits stirring in the waters around Yinsha Island.

Li Dao and Qing Shu fled the Forbidden Sea as ancient killing intent awakened mounted warriors and drove them toward the Kunpeng Nest. They reached Qingyuan’s blockade, where Qingyuan ordered Qing Shu captured, just as the pursuing army bore down on them.

• Li Dao recognized the black mist as ancient killing intent and fled with Qing Shu as undead riders emerged from the sea.
• A halberd-wielding rider caught up, shattered Li Dao’s Black-and-Yellow Furnace, and was later crushed by the Divine Refining Furnace.
• Hundreds of awakened riders pursued Li Dao and Qing Shu, forcing them to race toward the Kunpeng Nest while Li Dao used his Time Divine Ring to hold back their pursuers.
• Venerable Qingyuan learned that his scouts had perished in the Forbidden Sea and ordered his men to capture Qing Shu.
• Liu Chi’s Array Formation trapped Li Dao and Qing Shu, but he froze when he saw the mounted army charging toward them.

Li Dao and Qing Shu fled into the Forbidden Sea while Venerable Qingyuan fought the Undying Beings, then were captured by a ghost ship. Li Dao used the Divine Refining Furnace to free himself and found Qing Shu unconscious, beside a message on the deck: “Only I remain.”

• Li Dao and Qing Shu escaped into the Forbidden Sea as Venerable Qingyuan battled the Undying Beings and threatened to settle the score with them.
• Li Dao and Qing Shu followed the stronger suppressive force toward the Kunpeng Nest, while Shi Hao entered the Forbidden Sea with the surviving members of his group.
• Li Dao and Qing Shu found a freshly wrecked flying vessel from Xiling Beast Mountain and continued onward.
• A ghost ship appeared ahead of Li Dao and Qing Shu, pursued them as they fled, and dragged them aboard with chains.
• Li Dao summoned the Divine Refining Furnace to suppress the chains and free himself, then found Qing Shu unconscious and read “Only I remain” on the deck.

Li Dao was pulled into a vision of the Ghost Ship’s mysterious creator, then recovered on an island with Qing Shu. After she offered to lead him to her sister, who might know where Yin and Yang converged, he agreed to take her along and revealed that he had subdued the Ghost Ship.

• Li Dao saw a woman fold a bloodstained paper boat that became the Ghost Ship, then sealed away some of the dangerous memories her vision stirred.
• Li Dao found Qing Shu washed ashore, brought her to a safe island, and recuperated while Black Fiend guarded the cave.
• After two days, Li Dao examined an enduring red thread of killing intent, while Qing Shu recovered beside him.
• Li Dao told Qing Shu their transaction was complete and prepared to leave, but she begged to join him and offered to find her older sister, who might know where Yin and Yang converged.
• Li Dao agreed to take Qing Shu to find her sister, praised Black Fiend, and transformed the paper boat into the Ghost Ship before they set out.