Chapter Summaries

Jun Moxiao tested the Immortal Severing Curse and the Fuxi Zither, then forged a powerful sword art and gave Willow Deity a Pan Peach. As Willow Deity began refining the fruit to recover her strength, Jun Moxiao prepared to visit the Fire Kingdom and meet cultivators from the Outer Regions.

• Jun Moxiao tested the Immortal Severing Curse, endured its attack, and stored it for later use against the Immortal Palace.
• Jun Moxiao played the Fuxi Zither, drawing Willow Deity, the Witch, Shi Hao, and nearby creatures to listen; the music helped Shi Hao break through a minor realm.
• Jun Moxiao demonstrated the zither's Immortal Music Domain and its ability to suppress enemies, then gave Shi Hao, Willow Deity, and the Witch materials and musical scores for forging weapons.
• Jun Moxiao forged the Nameless Sword and developed the cultivation version of the Nine Swords of Dugu, which Willow Deity judged to be at least as powerful as the Pacifying Chaos Art.
• Willow Deity told Jun Moxiao that beings from the Outer Regions had gathered in the Fire Kingdom, and he gave her a Pan Peach to help her recover to the True Immortal realm.

Jun Moxiao, Shi Hao, and Witch traveled to the Fire Kingdom, where Outer Regions prodigies had gathered and Nine-Headed Lion was challenging them. Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao disguised themselves and decided to watch the contests before revealing themselves.

• Shi Hao reached the mid Formation Arrangement Realm, renamed his weapons the Desolate Heaven Zither and Desolate Heaven Sword, and took the title Desolate Heaven Emperor after Jun Moxiao urged him to do so.
• Jun Moxiao learned that the Outer Regions were gathering in the Fire Kingdom, invited Witch along, and set off with Shi Hao and Big Red.
• The Fire Emperor and Huo Ling'er struggled to manage the gathered powerhouses and arrogant prodigies, while Desolate Region prodigies defended Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao.
• Nine-Headed Lion defeated a Fire Bull Clan prodigy and boasted about his strength as a Black Cloud Clan prodigy stepped forward to challenge him.
• Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao arrived, disguised themselves, concealed Furball, and watched quietly so they could later confront the Outer Regions prodigies.

Big Red and Shi Hao rescued the Nine-Headed Lion and defeated the Outer Regions prodigies who had bullied him. At a banquet in Sunset Glow Garden, Shi Hao sought news of his parents from Princess Qianqian, while Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao clashed with Qin Shou.

• The Black Cloud Clan prodigy defeated the Nine-Headed Lion and mocked him until Big Red arrived and pinned the prodigy beneath his foot.
• When the Outer Regions creatures ganged up on Big Red and the Nine-Headed Lion, Shi Hao beat them back and reunited with Huo Ling'er, who recognized him and Jun Moxiao.
• Shi Hao asked Princess Qianqian about his parents, Shi Ziling and his wife, and learned that a young couple had appeared at Immortal Mountain.
• Qin Shou of the Qin Clan insulted Shi Hao and made advances toward Huo Ling'er and the Witch, so Jun Moxiao ordered Shi Hao to beat him and Shi Hao crippled him before throwing him into the mountains.
• Huo Ling'er invited the arriving prodigies to a banquet at Sunset Glow Garden, and Jun Moxiao noted that her cultivation had reached the early Formation Arrangement Realm.

Jun Moxiao provoked the visiting prodigies at Sunset Glow Garden, then used a musical performance to inspire them to fight Shi Hao in the arena. Shi Hao battled challenger after challenger while Huo Ling'er watched anxiously and denied her friends’ teasing about him.

• Jun Moxiao teased Nine-Headed Lion about his weakness and asked Shi Hao to help him and their friends train.
• Princess Bingqing arrived and mentioned that Commandery Princess Qianqian’s cousin had joined the Western Heaven Sect and cultivated an indestructible vajra body.
• A Snake-Tail Being demanded answers about missing prodigies, and a flood dragon youth recognized Jun Moxiao as the one who had defeated the Seven Regions’ prodigies in the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land.
• Jun Moxiao openly challenged the visiting prodigies, and Huo Ling'er raised an arena with the teleportation formation.
• When no one answered Shi Hao’s challenge, Jun Moxiao played “Swordsman's Song,” igniting the prodigies’ fighting spirit.
• Shi Hao fought a growing crowd of challengers as Huo Ling'er worried about him and blushed when Commandery Princess Qianqian and Princess Bingqing teased her about their relationship.

Jun Moxiao’s music and Shi Hao’s victories drew more prodigies to Sunset Glow Garden, where Huo Ling’er defeated Yun Xi and Qingyi challenged Shi Hao. Jun Moxiao turned their contest into a musical duet, leaving Shi Hao and Qingyi playing together while Huo Ling’er resolved to learn the same piece.

• Jun Moxiao’s “Swordsman’s Song” impressed the prodigies, and Shi Hao introduced him as the Free and Unfettered Heavenly Emperor.
• A prodigy shouted Jun Moxiao’s title outside Sunset Glow Garden and was struck by lightning, while Little Pagoda said Jun Moxiao would eventually surpass the Heavenly Dao’s punishment.
• Yun Xi demanded her Divine Armguard from Shi Hao, and Huo Ling’er defeated her in the Arena after several dozen exchanges.
• Qingyi challenged Shi Hao, but Jun Moxiao proposed an artistic contest, and Shi Hao accompanied Qingyi’s flute with “Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix.”
• Huo Ling’er asked Jun Moxiao to teach her music so she could outdo Qingyi, while Yun Xi watched Shi Hao with affection.

At Sunset Glow Garden, Shi Hao defeated the Madman in a contest of strength, then confronted Qin Shouyi after Qin Shou brought Immortal Mountain reinforcements. The chapter ended with Jun Moxiao urging Shi Hao to beat Qin Shouyi without killing him.

• The Heaven Severing Sect told Witch it would support her choices and approved of her relationship with Jun Moxiao.
• The Madman challenged Shi Hao, traded punches with him, then admitted defeat and left without challenging Jun Moxiao.
• Jun Moxiao and his companions discussed the Madman's retreat and compared him with Mo Shang.
• Qin Shou arrived with Immortal Mountain experts, and Qin Shouyi stepped forward to punish Shi Hao for beating Qin Shou.
• Shi Hao faced Qin Shouyi, while Jun Moxiao joined him on the platform and instructed him to win without killing his opponent.

Shi Hao and Jun Moxiao routed Immortal Mountain’s fighters after Qin Shouyi challenged them at the arena. Jun Moxiao defeated Venerable Qin Wen and sent him flying, while Shi Hao finished off Qin Shou and his companion.

• Huo Ling'er activated a formation to suppress Divine Fire Realm experts as Shi Hao attacked Qin Shouyi and overwhelmed him.
• Qin Shouyi used an imitation Five Elements Ring, but Jun Moxiao swiftly stole it before Shi Hao beat Qin Shouyi and kicked him into distant mountains.
• Qin Wen tried to attack Shi Hao, but Jun Moxiao intervened and challenged the Venerable while the Fire Emperor and other experts watched.
• Jun Moxiao used the Nine Swords of Dugu to pin Qin Wen down, stripped him of his treasures, broke his limbs, and kicked him away.
• Jun Moxiao slapped Qin Shou and his companion into the ground, then let Shi Hao beat them, take their treasures, and kick them away.

Jun Moxiao ended the gathering of prodigies, then discovered he had advanced to the Venerable Realm. Shi Hao learned that Stone Village’s cauldron and medicinal recipes were a coveted legacy, and the Fire Emperor pointed him toward Medicine Capital to seek precious medicines.

• Jun Moxiao dismissed the Outer Region prodigies and warned them not to bully people in the Fire Kingdom; they departed peacefully.
• Witch cautioned Yun Xi against probing into Jun Moxiao’s background and said the approaching Desolate Region calamity might end badly for the Upper Realm sects.
• The Nine-Spirit Saint King revealed that Jun Moxiao had reached the Venerable Realm, and Jun Moxiao learned from Meng Die that defeating the Immortal Mountain Venerable had triggered his breakthrough.
• The Fire Emperor told Shi Hao that the Shi Clan possessed five Pill Formulas and a Black Cauldron, and Shi Hao recognized them as treasures from Stone Village.
• Shi Hao asked where he could find precious medicines, and the Fire Emperor directed him to Medicine Capital and the Divine Medicine Gate.

Jun Moxiao led Shi Hao and their companions to the Medicine Capital to gather herbs for Lesser Nirvana Pills, while preparing for the coming Desolate Region Calamity. The group split up to buy ingredients, and Huo Ling'er and Shi Hao attracted attention as they shopped.

• Shi Hao agreed to travel to the Medicine Capital with Jun Moxiao and their companions, despite the Fire Emperor's warning about retaliation from the Immortal Mountain.
• Jun Moxiao reassured Shi Hao that the Immortal Mountain posed little threat and urged the group to trust him and the Willow Deity during the coming calamity.
• Jun Moxiao's group reached the Medicine Capital, where he explained that the First Spirit Root was a target of the Upper Realm's search for the Supreme Divine Treasury.
• Jun Moxiao had Shi Hao list the herbs needed for Lesser Nirvana Pills, then divided the companions into groups to gather ingredients and keep their plans secret.
• Jun Moxiao told the Witch that Yue Chan was influenced by an obsession lingering in a remnant soul, not possessed by a reincarnated True Immortal.
• Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er bought herbs at low prices by charming the stall owners, drawing the attention of Medicine Capital residents and Divine Medicine Gate disciples.

Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao’s group gathered at Divine Medicine Gate Mountain, where Shi Hao refined Lesser Nirvana Pills by tempering himself inside a cauldron. Jun Moxiao then shared powerful Great Nirvana Pills and warned everyone to keep them secret as the group prepared to grow stronger before exploring the Upper Realm.

• Jun Moxiao spotted the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman inside Divine Medicine Gate Mountain and considered recruiting her to his side.
• Shi Hao’s group arrived with the medicinal ingredients, and Jun Moxiao helped Shi Hao obtain a cauldron and Earth Vein Spirit Flame.
• Shi Hao refined three batches of Lesser Nirvana Pills, broke through to the peak of the mid formation arrangement realm, and distributed the fifteen pills among his friends.
• Jun Moxiao assessed the Lesser Nirvana Pills and revealed that their effects were limited, especially for cultivators above the divine fire realm.
• Jun Moxiao gave everyone five Great Nirvana Pills each, warned them about the pills’ strength, and told them to keep the supply secret.
• Jun Moxiao urged the Fierce Beasts, the War Goddess, and Xia Youyu to reach the Venerable realm before the group went to the Upper Realm.

Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao met the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman, who was treating Shi Yi, and discussed the coming Desolate Region Calamity and the sacred medicine needed to save him. After leaving her, Jun Moxiao received a powerful formation diagram from the system and learned his rewards would diminish as he advanced toward the Upper Realm.

• Lin Kun invited Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao to meet an important figure, and they climbed the steps to the palace where the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman awaited them.
• The Double-Pupil Woman read Shi Hao's thoughts and questioned Jun Moxiao about his thirteen cave heavens and immunity to Heavenly Dao punishment, but he kept his origins secret.
• The Double-Pupil Woman explained that she had taken Shi Yi's body and was treating him to preserve his Double Pupils, while Shi Hao said he no longer hated his cousin.
• Jun Moxiao warned Shi Hao not to take the Desolate Region First Spirit Root and invited the Double-Pupil Woman to join them after he resolved the Desolate Region Calamity.
• After Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao left to see the sacred medicine, the system awarded Jun Moxiao the Slaying Immortal Formation Diagram and explained that rewards would diminish as he progressed.

Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao discovered the Imperial Butterfly and told the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman about the coming Desolate Region Calamity. Jun Moxiao recruited her into his future faction and gave her the Two Principles Heavenly Art before he and Shi Hao departed.

• Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao explained that the Upper Realm’s titans would bring calamity to the lower realm and fight over the Desolate Region’s First Spirit Root.
• Lin Kun led them to the First Spirit Root and then gave them the Divine Medicine Gate’s Primordial Treasure Box, which contained a map to the sealed Imperial Butterfly.
• The Little Pagoda opened the box, and Jun Moxiao used Supreme Liquid to hatch the Imperial Butterfly, which bonded with Shi Hao.
• The Ancient Double-Pupil Woman summoned Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao, examined the Imperial Butterfly, and accepted Supreme Liquid and Enlightenment Tea leaves from Jun Moxiao.
• Jun Moxiao revealed that the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit had nearly recovered to the True Immortal level and invited the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman to join his faction; she accepted.
• Jun Moxiao gave the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman the Immortal King Art, the Two Principles Heavenly Art, and left with Shi Hao.

Jun Moxiao returned to Stone Village with Shi Hao and their companions after winning the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman over to their side. As Stone Village celebrated their gains, Jun Moxiao told the Willow Deity about the alliance and learned she had reached the True Immortal threshold.

• Shi Hao told the others that Jun Moxiao had recruited the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman, and Jun Moxiao urged everyone to train for the coming chaos.
• Big Red carried the group back toward Stone Village while Jun Moxiao checked in and received ten Death-Substitution Talismans.
• The villagers welcomed Shi Hao, Qingyi, and Yun Xi, celebrated Jun Moxiao's Venerable Realm cultivation, and heard that Shi Hao was close to a breakthrough.
• Jun Moxiao entered the Willow Deity's Divine Kingdom Space and explained that he had offered the Double-Pupil Woman the Two Principles Heavenly Art in exchange for her allegiance.
• The Willow Deity said she had reached True Immortal and warned Jun Moxiao to be cautious of the Quasi-Immortal Emperors he had described.

Jun Moxiao told Willow Deity about the Shi Clan inheritance and the empress he had encountered in the River of Time, whose paper-boat projection gave Willow Deity a trace of Dao resonance. Willow Deity broke through to True Immortal, and they discussed saving the Red-Clothed Fairy and facing the coming Desolate Region Calamity while avoiding her enemies.

• Jun Moxiao and Willow Deity discussed the Shi Clan’s Immortal King inheritance, the Lesser Nirvana Pills, and the Fake Medicine Seller’s scheme.
• Jun Moxiao described meeting the masked empress in the River of Time, and a white paper boat produced her projection, which recognized him as the Free and Unfettered Emperor and gave Willow Deity its Dao resonance.
• Downstream in the River of Time, the empress told Ye Fan and Wu Shi that she had found the Free and Unfettered Emperor in Huang’s youth, and they decided to lie low and grow stronger.
• Willow Deity comprehended the empress’s Dao resonance and broke through to True Immortal, then identified Shi Hao’s mysterious female ancestor as the Red-Clothed Fairy, the last of the Border Wasteland Seven Kings.
• Willow Deity said she could not intervene in the coming Desolate Region Calamity without drawing her enemies, while Jun Moxiao planned to use Summon Future Self and gave her materials to upgrade the Willow Zither and Nirvana Sword.

Jun Moxiao and his companions discussed the Desolate Region Calamity and learned that Baldy knew how to activate a teleportation formation to the Upper Realm. Willow Deity temporarily raised Baldy to Venerable so he could help rebuild it, leaving the group preparing to travel to Heavenly God Mountain.

• Jun Moxiao told Witch and Shi Hao that he would handle the Desolate Region Calamity himself, and Shi Hao revealed Jun Moxiao’s Summon Future Self ability to the others.
• Yun Xi explained that the Divine Armguard was a key to a teleportation formation leading to the Upper Realm, which her grandfather’s group planned to use to escape the coming calamity.
• Baldy revealed that he had discovered the formation and learned how to activate it while involved with Yun Menglan, Yun Xi’s Great-Aunt, and admitted the Celestial Clan had hunted him for that knowledge.
• Baldy identified Yun Xi’s Ling Xi Pendants as tokens of love after Shi Hao revealed he had taken one of her earrings, prompting teasing from Jun Moxiao and Huo Ling’er.
• Willow Deity agreed to inspect the formation, while Jun Moxiao gave Baldy a Great Nirvana Pill and Willow Deity temporarily raised his cultivation to Venerable so he could help reconstruct it.

Willow Deity brought Jun Moxiao’s group to Heavenly God Mountain, where Shi Hao and Kong Qiuji confronted the Celestial Clan over Yun Xi and Kong Qiuji’s return. When the Golden Peng Tribe’s Jin Yun challenged Shi Hao for Yun Xi, Shi Hao defeated him in a few exchanges.

• Willow Deity opened a passage to the Primordial Divine Mountain and carried the group aboard a treasure ship to Heavenly God Mountain.
• Yun Xi led Shi Hao and Kong Qiuji into the Celestial Clan’s territory, where Kong Qiuji announced he had come to take Menglan away and arrange Shi Hao’s marriage to Yun Xi.
• Yun Jinhai objected to Shi Hao and Yun Xi, but Yun Canghai urged him to let the young people decide for themselves.
• Shi Hao and Yun Xi encountered Jin Yun and other Heavenly Prodigies who had come to propose marriage, and they discussed Jun Moxiao’s fame as the Free and Unfettered Young Master.
• Jin Yun challenged Shi Hao for Yun Xi, and Shi Hao knocked him down after only a few exchanges.

Kong Qiuji reunited with Yun Menglan and began gathering divine materials to repair the Celestial Clan’s teleportation formation. As Shi Hao beat Jin Yun Sea after the old Venerable threatened him, the Willow Deity warned Jun Moxiao that Upper Realm giants were peering into the lower realm and urged them to return to the Desolate Region.

• Kong Qiuji reunited with Yun Menglan, then inspected the teleportation formation and asked the Celestial Clan and other tribes to contribute materials for its repair.
• The Willow Deity recognized a familiar Dao resonance in the formation and discussed its connection to a powerful figure who had died seeking the Truth of Darkness.
• Jun Moxiao spoke with the Willow Deity, the Witch, Huo Ling'er, and Qingyi about his growing fame, the Immortal Mountain, and the danger of attracting the attention of powerful figures.
• The Golden-Winged Roc Tribe’s Jin Yun Sea confronted Shi Hao over his grandson, Jin Yun, and threatened to cripple him.
• Shi Hao used his Kitchen Knife to suppress Jin Yun Sea, then beat him with several precious techniques while mocking his cultivation.
• The Willow Deity sensed Upper Realm giants peering into the lower realm and sent Jun Moxiao down to meet Shi Hao before returning to the Desolate Region.

Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao prepared for the coming Great Calamity after repairing Heavenly God Mountain’s Teleportation Formation and learning that Upper Realm Giants had noticed it. As Shi Hao set out to protect the kingdoms and Stone Village, Jun Moxiao planned to recruit the resurrected Female Kun Peng, while an edict from Immortal Mountain raised the danger of Shi Hao being targeted for his Supreme Bone.

• Jun Moxiao arrived at Heavenly God Mountain, slapped Jin Yun Sea away from Shi Hao, and silenced the Golden Peng Tribe’s protests.
• Kong Qiuji repaired the Teleportation Formation, and the Primordial Divine Mountain tribes and Celestial Clan departed while Yun Xi chose to stay.
• Jun Moxiao and the others discussed the Great Calamity and the Upper Realm, and Jun Moxiao revealed that he planned to recruit a powerful senior.
• The Willow Deity warned that Immortal Mountain had summoned Shi Hao, and Jun Moxiao cautioned that the Qin Clan might be trying to seize his Supreme Bone.
• Shi Hao agreed to postpone deciding what to do about his Supreme Bone and planned to help protect the Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom, while Jun Moxiao prepared to pursue his own plan.

Jun Moxiao resurrected Kun Peng, restored her body and weapon, and recruited her to his planned Free and Unfettered Pavilion. The group prepared to face the Desolate Region Calamity, while Kun Peng learned her son was imprisoned beneath Immortal Mountain.

• Jun Moxiao explained that he had preserved Kun Peng’s soul and used Summon Future Self to reach Supreme Realm strength, while Willow Deity concealed the resurrection from heaven’s scrutiny.
• Jun Moxiao awakened Kun Peng’s soul, and she recognized Willow Deity and recounted how the Foreign Realm and Immortal Palace had attacked her.
• Willow Deity took the group to the Northern Sea, where Kun Peng drew on its laws to reform her enormous body before transforming into a woman.
• Jun Moxiao returned Heavenly Desolation to Kun Peng and told her that Kunpeng Son was imprisoned beneath Immortal Mountain, prompting her to vow to kill his captors.
• Kun Peng joined Jun Moxiao’s planned Free and Unfettered Pavilion, and he gave her a Ginseng Fruit and the Two Principles Heavenly Art.

Shi Hao returned to Stone Village as Jun Moxiao prepared for the Great Calamity, and they discussed the defenses and allies they had arranged. The Upper Realm’s invasion began when a rift opened above the Desolate Region, leaving Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao to rush toward the kingdoms as chaos spread.

• Shi Hao returned to Stone Village and told Jun Moxiao that the Fire Emperor and the Heaven Mending Pavilion had prepared formations and concealed their auras.
• Jun Moxiao introduced Female Kun Peng, whom he had revived, and she praised Shi Hao and marveled at Jun Moxiao’s ability to summon his future self.
• After a dozen days, an explosion split the sky above the Desolate Region, and meteor-like debris and Upper Realm experts poured through the rift.
• Willow Deity and Female Kun Peng explained that the lower realm’s laws erased some intruders, while three magical artifacts—the lower half of Little Pagoda, a remnant disk, and the Bell of Wuzhong—anchored the Eight Regions.
• Jun Moxiao sent Willow Deity and Female Kun Peng to hide, then took Shi Hao toward the Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom as Witch went to help Huo Ling’er.