Chapter Summaries

Shi Qingyun used the Yin-Yang Dao Seed to complete his breakthrough into the True One Realm, and his Dao flowers filled the Cloud Palace with powerful resonance. Elsewhere, leaders of several factions agreed to move against him after a major faction offered its help.

• Shi Qingyun drew in the Yin-Yang Dao Seed’s resonance and cultivated until the three Dao flowers above his head bloomed.
• The Dao resonance spread through the Cloud Palace, benefiting its cultivators and astonishing Demoness and her companion.
• Shi Qingyun’s three flowers merged into his body, and he broke through into the True One Realm.
• Leaders of several factions discussed Shi Qingyun’s growing power and the injuries he had inflicted on their hidden agents.
• The Qingyi Man told the gathered leaders that a major faction had offered to help them deal with Shi Qingyun, and they resolved to act.

After reuniting with the Demoness, Shi Qingyun cooked her a medicinal soup that helped her cultivation break through, and the two enjoyed their time together at Cloud Palace. News of an enemy threat interrupted them, and Shi Qingyun prepared to make an example of those responsible.

• Shi Qingyun reached the True One realm and erased the formations around him before going to meet the Demoness on Star Plucking Platform.
• Shi Qingyun and the Demoness reunited, embraced, and shared their feelings after their separation.
• Shi Qingyun prepared precious Treasure Medicine and treasured blood into a medicinal soup for the Demoness.
• The Demoness drank the soup, felt her cultivation surge, and broke through a minor bottleneck; Shi Qingyun tasted it with her.
• The Demoness told Shi Qingyun that Little White was still in secluded cultivation and might soon surpass him.
• News of a threat reached Cloud Palace, and Shi Qingyun declared that he would use the newcomers to establish his might.

Shi Qingyun and the Cloud Palace disciples met Qing Yuan’s invading forces in battle, and Shi Qingyun’s power forced Qing Yuan to reassess him. The fight continued as Shi Qingyun sent his golden body Dharma Aspect to strike Qing Yuan with a chaos sword.

• Shi Qingyun, the Demoness, Mu Qing, Chen Xuan, and the Cloud Palace disciples took their positions against the three approaching warships.
• Qing Yuan, Bai Ming, and Yu Hui agreed to conquer Ten Ferry Province after destroying the Cloud Palace.
• Shi Qingyun launched an attack on the warships, and the opposing forces split into separate battles.
• Shi Qingyun’s golden body Dharma Aspect clashed with Qing Yuan’s emerald sword and pagoda tree, then revealed a chaos sword empowered by the Zhou Tian Stars.
• Shi Qingyun sent the golden body Dharma Aspect behind Qing Yuan, who formed an emerald branch net to block its descending sword.

Shi Qingyun killed Qing Yuan by severing his connection to the surrounding space, then returned to the battlefield and joined the fight against Bai Ming. The battle continued as Shi Qingyun unleashed Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking against Bai Ming.

• Shi Qingyun broke Qing Yuan’s defenses, but Qing Yuan drew vitality from the Cloud Dusk Mountain Range to heal and strengthen himself.
• Shi Qingyun used the Void Beast Precious Technique to cut off Qing Yuan’s connection to the space, then crushed him with a descending world.
• Shi Qingyun restored the mountain’s vitality, collected a pagoda tree branch, and returned to find the Cloud Palace disciples fighting fiercely.
• Masked observers decided to withdraw rather than risk provoking Meng Tianzheng after learning Shi Qingyun had reached True One and had two Heavenly God Realm helpers.
• Shi Qingyun, the Demoness, Mu Qing, and Chen Xuan drove Bai Ming back until he summoned a destructive spear that became a silver dragon.
• Shi Qingyun activated Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking, sealing Bai Ming’s meridians and power of laws.

After Cloud Palace defeated its enemies and expanded its influence, news spread of Heavenly Deity Academy’s prodigies challenging the Three Thousand Dao Provinces. As Academy visitors headed toward Cloud Palace to meet Shi Qingyun, the Demoness broke through after condensing three strands of immortal qi.

• Shi Qingyun destroyed Bai Ming’s Silver Spear and killed him, then Cloud Palace’s forces wiped out the remaining enemy troops and celebrated their victory.
• Chen Xuan and the others managed Cloud Palace’s newly occupied territories and welcomed factions seeking friendly relations.
• Heavenly Deity Academy’s prodigies Bi Xi, Xu Sheng, and Yan Xia discussed their disappointing encounters and set course for Cloud Palace to meet the famed Cloud Emperor.
• Shi Qingyun gathered essence and treasure medicines to help the Demoness break through, and she emerged with three strands of immortal qi before embracing him.
• Chen Xuan watched Shi Qingyun and the Demoness’s affectionate reunion and grumbled inwardly.

Shi Qingyun faced Bi Xi in a match at the Dao Derivation Arena and defeated him with overwhelming strength. Afterward, Bi Xi accepted the gap between them and wondered how far Shi Qingyun might go.

• Chen Xuan told Shi Qingyun and the Demoness that three Heavenly Deity Academy prodigies had arrived, and Shi Qingyun went to meet them.
• Shi Qingyun greeted Xu Sheng, Yan Xia, and Bi Xi, then agreed to begin the battle Bi Xi had come seeking.
• At the Dao Derivation Arena, Bi Xi attacked Shi Qingyun with a storm of spears, but Shi Qingyun shattered them with his Yin-Yang Dao Diagram.
• Bi Xi broke through Shi Qingyun's defensive diagram with a fierce barrage, but Shi Qingyun froze him with one hand and shattered his golden body, leaving him near death.
• Aboard the flying boat, Xu Sheng comforted Bi Xi, who acknowledged Shi Qingyun's superior strength and wondered what heights he would reach.

Shi Qingyun and Demoness traveled to the Heavenly Deity Academy, but the black mist separated them and sent Shi Qingyun to a blood-soaked battlefield from the war between the Nine Heavens and the Foreign Realm. He rescued Xu Xing from Ji Tian’s attack and killed a Foreign Realm cultivator, leaving Ji Tian confronting him.

• Shi Qingyun invited Mu Qing and Chen Xuan to accompany him to the Heavenly Deity Academy, but both chose to remain at the Cloud Palace.
• Shi Hong also decided to stay behind, and Shi Qingyun departed with Demoness aboard a Flying Boat.
• At the edge of the Uninhabited Zone, an elder transported Shi Qingyun and Demoness to a Sacrificial Altar and directed them into the black mist.
• The black mist separated Shi Qingyun from Demoness and carried him to a blood-colored battlefield where Xu Xing and the Nine Heavens fighters battled Ji Tian and the Foreign Realm.
• Shi Qingyun dissolved Ji Tian’s Hundred-Rending Claw, then killed a Foreign Realm cultivator with a flash of his sword.

Shi Qingyun used his Sword Prison immortal art to kill Ji Tian and the Foreign Realm cultivators, then struck them down again after realizing they had appeared through an illusion tied to the past. He used Saint Wood to break through to a new level of physical power, while an imposing man in another world opened his eyes and surveyed the heavens.

• Shi Qingyun blocked Ji Tian’s attack and sent him crashing into the crowd with a single blow.
• Shi Qingyun unleashed Sword Prison, annihilating Ji Tian’s companions and apparently killing Ji Tian as well.
• Shi Qingyun discovered that Xu Xing and his companions were dead and that Ji Tian had reappeared, then used Sword Prison: Instant Kill to slay Ji Tian and the others again.
• Shi Qingyun absorbed the divine liquid from Saint Wood and broke through his physical body into a new realm.
• An imposing man in a world filled with Immortal Qi opened his eyes and gazed across the heavens and myriad worlds.

Shi Qingyun emerged from the black mist into the Star Sea and began stabilizing his fluctuating Saint Sacrifice Realm while contemplating the Dao. His attempt to glimpse the Great Dao nearly destroyed his body and primordial spirit, but an observing elder rescued him and supplied energy, which Shi Qingyun used to begin a breakthrough.

• Shi Qingyun broke through the black mist and found himself in the Star Sea beside a solitary altar.
• He sat down to stabilize his cultivation, and his Dao resonance transformed the barren ground as a white-bearded elder watched him.
• Shi Qingyun glimpsed an immortal kingdom while contemplating the Great Dao, but withdrew when his body and primordial spirit began to crack.
• The elder poured the power of the Sun, Moon, and Stars into Shi Qingyun, healing his injuries.
• Shi Qingyun absorbed the elder's energy with his Yin-Yang Great Millstone and began breaking through, while the elder watched with anticipation.

With the Third Elder’s help, Shi Qingyun transformed his Golden Body Dharma Aspect into a Glazed Dharma Aspect and stabilized his cultivation at the early Heavenly God stage. After the Demoness reunited with him, the Third Elder offered to send them to the Heavenly Deity Academy ahead of the other incoming disciples.

• Shi Qingyun absorbed the Sun, Moon, and Stars’ Three Lights as the Third Elder helped him stabilize his cultivation and strengthen his Golden Body Dharma Aspect.
• The Demoness found her way out of the mist, while an old man in a Grand Palace briefly observed Shi Qingyun and called him an interesting child.
• Shi Qingyun sensed his second flesh shackle but chose not to risk breaking it, focusing instead on the transformation of his Dharma Aspect.
• Shi Qingyun’s Golden Body Dharma Aspect shattered and transformed into a Glazed Dharma Aspect, greatly increasing his might.
• Shi Qingyun thanked the Third Elder of the Heavenly Deity Academy, then introduced him to the Demoness, whom he called Xuanzhi.
• The Third Elder offered to send Shi Qingyun and the Demoness to the Heavenly Deity Academy before the other incoming disciples arrived.

Shi Qingyun and the Demoness arrived at the Heavenly Deity Academy, where the Third Elder registered them and warned them that battle defined life among its prodigies. After settling into their cave abode, Shi Qingyun transformed it into a cultivation sanctuary and gave its awakened earth vein dragon qi a chance to cultivate as the formation spirit.

• The Third Elder used the Sacrificial Altar to teleport Shi Qingyun and the Demoness to the Heavenly Deity Academy and registered them as disciples.
• The Third Elder warned Shi Qingyun and the Demoness that the academy encouraged battle, then identified the senior Shi Qingyun asked about as the absent Sixth Elder.
• The Demoness decorated their cave abode while Shi Qingyun used yin-yang qi and formations to draw in spiritual vitality and awaken the earth vein dragon qi.
• Shi Qingyun formed a bamboo-grove protection array and appointed the golden dragon as its spirit, urging it to cultivate in the underground Dragon's Nest.
• The Demoness noticed that golden light from the dragon qi tempered her body, and Shi Qingyun explained its origin and benefits.

Shi Qingyun and Demoness established a cave abode at the Academy, drawing a crowd of prodigies who mistook the surrounding spiritual energy and bamboo grove for signs of treasure. Xu Shuo charged into the grove and was trapped by its formation, while the Golden Dragon grew angry at his destruction of the bamboo.

• Shi Qingyun and Demoness entered their cave abode to cultivate, and Meng Tianzheng observed the commotion from the rear mountain.
• The Academy's prodigies gathered outside the bamboo grove, where Di Chuan and Zhan Shuyu argued and sensed danger.
• Xu Shuo entered the grove, dismissed its danger, and attacked the bamboo when it began striking back.
• Xu Shuo found himself back at his starting point as the bamboo regenerated, so he unleashed a golden spear that cleared the area.
• The Golden Dragon ended its playful restraint, and the grove reappeared with golden lights as its leaves attacked and its formation chains bound Xu Shuo.

Shi Qingyun advanced his comprehension of Yin-Yang Dao while Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan repeatedly challenged the dangerous bamboo forest. As Shi Qingyun recognized the principle he had been searching for, the world around him froze.

• Di Chuan and Zhan Shuyu entered the bamboo forest, where its suppressive Formation and razor-sharp bamboo leaves forced them to retreat unconscious.
• Shi Qingyun ordered Golden Dragon not to harm the intruders too severely and continued cultivating with the Demoness nearby.
• Disciples across the Academy tried and failed to pass through the forest, while new arrivals such as Ning Chuan, Cao Yusheng, and Huo Ling'er attracted challenges.
• After several months of repeated attempts, Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan entered the forest again, determined to break through together.
• Shi Qingyun's cultivation reached late Heavenly God as he studied the Yin-Yang rivers and realized that balance and cyclical transformation held the answer he sought.
• Shi Qingyun's words caused the world and the rivers of Yin and Yang to freeze.

Shi Qingyun forged a new path by nurturing a Dao within himself, triggering a heavenly tribulation that drew the Academy’s attention. He battled three legendary figures manifested by the tribulation and faced the Reincarnation Disk wielder’s claim that he had seen Shi Qingyun’s future.

• Shi Qingyun formed a Yin-Yang Dao seed and resolved to carve out his own path, causing the world around him to shatter.
• Heavenly lightning descended over the Bamboo Forest, and Shi Qingyun rose into the starry void to face the tribulation.
• Three figures—a man bearing a Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, a Kunpeng woman with Heaven's Desolation, and a compassionate burly man—attacked Shi Qingyun.
• Shi Qingyun fought back with his Glazed Dharma Aspect, Star Plucking Hand, and Sword Prison, sending the Kunpeng woman flying and being struck by the Reincarnation Disk wielder.
• Shi Qingyun used Sealing Heaven and Locking the Dao to weaken the Reincarnation Disk wielder’s existence, but the man crossed the River of Time and declared that he had seen Shi Qingyun’s future.

Shi Qingyun defeated the tribulation’s opponent and completed his breakthrough to Heavenly God Peak, then returned to the Bamboo Forest. There, Di Chuan and Zhan Shuyu mistook him for a secluded senior before he reunited with Demoness.

• Shi Qingyun used his ancient sword to pierce the Reincarnation Disk and kill the man trapped inside the Sword Prison.
• The Academy disciples and Third Elder watched the ancient sword break through the tribulation, while Ning Chuan observed Shi Qingyun’s power with eager interest.
• Shi Qingyun advanced to Heavenly God Peak, stopped short of the Void Dao realm, and absorbed the gifts of heaven and earth as the tribulation faded.
• Shi Qingyun returned to the Bamboo Forest, where Di Chuan and Zhan Shuyu mistook him for a senior until he revealed that he was an Academy disciple.
• Shi Qingyun reunited with Demoness, while Di Chuan and Zhan Shuyu followed behind and watched them embrace.

Shi Qingyun discussed the Dao with Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan, then cultivated in seclusion as the younger generation began competing across the Academy. When the disciples gathered at the Dao Demonstration Arena, the Third Elder announced that their cultivation would depend on whether they chose the Current Age Method or the Immortal Ancient Method.

• Shi Qingyun, Zhan Shuyu, Di Chuan, and the Demoness shared a meal and discussed the Dao, while Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan admired Shi Qingyun's insights.
• Zhan Shuyu worried that prodigies in the Golden Great Age might become stepping stones for others, and Di Chuan said his saber told him he would die on the battlefield; Zhan Shuyu resolved to become the hardest stepping stone.
• Shi Qingyun and the Demoness entered secluded cultivation while Zhan Shuyu, Di Chuan, and other prodigies began challenging rivals at Heavenly Deity Academy.
• A bell summoned the disciples to the Dao Demonstration Arena, where Shi Qingyun and the Demoness arrived and Ning Chuan noticed them.
• The Third Elder appeared before the newly admitted disciples and said their Academy cultivation would depend on whether they chose the Current Age Method or the Immortal Ancient Method.

Shi Qingyun chose the current age cultivation method while Demoness chose the Immortal Ancient method, and Meng Tianzheng advised him to forge his own path and gave him a Dao Seed containing his insights. After Demoness advanced through the Phoenix Blood Pool and spent time cultivating, she brought the curious Lunar Jade Rabbit to meet Shi Qingyun.

• Demoness chose the Immortal Ancient method, while Shi Qingyun chose the current age method, and the disciples divided according to their choices.
• The Third Elder announced that the Phoenix Blood Pool would open the next day for disciples who had tempered at least two strands of immortal qi.
• Meng Tianzheng praised Shi Qingyun's Great Dao, urged him to question heaven and earth, and gave him a Dao Seed with insights into taking the self as a seed.
• Shi Qingyun returned to his cave abode and told Demoness to prepare for the Phoenix Blood Pool.
• Demoness returned from the Blood Phoenix Pool, broke through to the late Heavenly God realm, and later introduced the Lunar Jade Rabbit to Shi Qingyun.
• The Lunar Jade Rabbit asked Shi Qingyun whether he was really Demoness's Dao companion.

Lunar Jade Rabbit, Demoness, and Shi Qingyun went to Heavenly Deity Academy after hearing that Shi Hao had returned and was in trouble. Shi Hao defeated Jin Zhan, but Shi Qingyun intervened when Yuan Qing attacked him from behind, and the two confronted Yuan Qing.

• Shi Qingyun gave Lunar Jade Rabbit and her Qilin treasure medicine before they learned that Shi Hao had returned.
• Shi Qingyun used spatial power to bring Lunar Jade Rabbit and Demoness to Heavenly Deity Academy, where Shi Hao was fighting Jin Zhan.
• Cao Yusheng told the group that the Jin Clan and Feng Clan were trying to prevent Shi Hao from entering the Academy and take him away.
• Shi Hao dodged Jin Zhan's golden feathers and defeated him with a sword strike that shattered space and broke bones.
• Yuan Qing attacked Shi Hao from behind, but Shi Qingyun blocked the blow and accused Yuan Qing of striking contemptibly.
• Shi Qingyun faced Yuan Qing, and Shi Hao recognized him as the man who had captured him and thrown him into the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao survived Yuan Qing’s attack after Meng Tianzheng intervened and forced Yuan Qing to honor the Ancient Covenant at the border. Recovering in the Academy, Shi Qingyun used Stars and the power of the Sun, Moon, and Stars to temper his body, leaving him close to the Void Dao Realm.

• Yuan Qing attacked Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao, but Meng Tianzheng pierced him with a withered branch and ordered him to fulfill the Ancient Covenant at the border.
• The Third Elder brought Shi Qingyun, Shi Hao, and their companions into the Academy, where Shi Qingyun reunited with Shi Hao and the Demoness urged him to recover.
• Shi Qingyun examined the damage from Yuan Qing’s laws and connected his divine sense to Stars to remove the Dao scars.
• Stars drew down the power of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, tempering Shi Qingyun’s body and refining the Escape One laws inside him.
• Shi Qingyun healed his cracked palm and consolidated his cultivation until his strength rivaled a Void Dao expert.

Shi Qingyun arrived at Heavenly Deity Academy and stopped the Demoness and Tianyu from exchanging potentially deadly attacks. He then faced Tianyu himself, whose drum strikes failed to slow his advance as the confrontation escalated.

• Shi Qingyun recalled the painful ordeal of controlling the Power of Laws, then traveled to Heavenly Deity Academy after sensing the Demoness was absent.
• The Demoness and Tianyu prepared to fight on the Tournament Arena while spectators discussed their suspected injuries and the motives behind the challenge.
• The Demoness attacked Tianyu with her sword, and they unleashed their techniques against each other until their attacks were about to collide.
• Shi Qingyun appeared between them, suppressed both their attacks, healed the Demoness with Yin-Yang Qi, and sent her away to reflect on her battles.
• Shi Qingyun challenged Tianyu, who struck his war drum with the techniques “Vibration! Resonance!” and “Shatter!” as Shi Qingyun continued advancing.