Chapter Summaries

Shi Qingyun defeated Tianyu at the Heavenly Deity Academy, then accepted Yu Wudi’s challenge and battled him in the arena. Shi Qingyun blocked Yu Wudi’s Overlord Lance and broke through his laws with a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram as their fight continued.

• Shi Qingyun endured Tianyu’s drum vibrations, then sent Tianyu and the great drum flying off the arena.
• Yu Wudi arrived and challenged Shi Qingyun to a spar, and Shi Qingyun accepted.
• Shi Qingyun and Yu Wudi collided their attacks, shattering the space between them.
• Shi Qingyun blocked Yu Wudi’s Overlord Lance with his fists and blasted Yu Wudi backward.
• Yu Wudi attacked with the Great Dao and heavenly laws, but Shi Qingyun summoned a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram that shattered the laws before their attacks collided again.

Shi Qingyun defeated Yu Wudi, then reunited with the Demoness after her cultivation breakthrough. The Heavenly Deity Academy gathered its disciples aboard three ancient warships to search for Dao Seeds, where Shi Qingyun drew the Little Heavenly King's interest and met Shi Hao's group.

• Shi Qingyun trapped Yu Wudi in his Sword Prison, wounded him, and left after declaring their test over.
• The Demoness emerged from her cultivation having caught up to Shi Qingyun, and the two went to assemble after the Third Elder summoned the Academy disciples.
• The Academy prepared three warships that had survived the great war of Immortal Ancient for the journey to seek Dao Seeds.
• Yu Wudi told the Little Heavenly King that Shi Qingyun had defeated him and warned that Shi Qingyun had held back.
• The Little Heavenly King tried to probe Shi Qingyun, but Shi Qingyun repelled his divine sense with a blazing crimson sun.
• Shi Qingyun joined Shi Hao, Cao Yusheng, and their group, and sensed that Shi Hao had begun taking the self as a seed.

Shi Qingyun and Demoness searched the shattered battlefield for a Dao Seed whose power could nullify attacks, rescuing four disciples from the Blood Beasts guarding it. The chapter ended with them killing the giant Blood Beast and approaching the strange Dao Seed.

• Shi Qingyun reunited with Shi Hao and agreed to fight him again before the Third Elder led the Academies’ warships into the battlefield.
• The Third Elder explained that the shattered world held scattered Dao Seeds and warned the disciples to search carefully for unknown dangers.
• Shi Qingyun and Demoness entered the crimson land, used a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram to block its whispers, and followed traces of a Dao Seed.
• They found four disciples trapped by Blood Beasts whose scales turned incoming attacks into nothingness.
• A Blood Beast fused with the others and lunged at the four, but Shi Qingyun kicked it into a mountain and Demoness cut off its head.

Shi Qingyun and Demoness claimed the Void Nether Dao Seed after fighting through the battlefield world it created. When removing it caused sealed Blood Beasts to emerge from the mountains, Demoness went to find the Third Elder while Shi Qingyun stayed to hold off a powerful monster.

• Shi Qingyun killed a Blood Beast and sent the Sacred Academy disciples away before he and Demoness ventured deeper into the mountains.
• Shi Qingyun fought off the battlefield’s illusionary cultivators and shattered the reflected world with his sword techniques.
• Shi Qingyun found an ancient mirror that proved to be the Void Nether Dao Seed, which was especially compatible with Demoness.
• After Demoness took the Dao Seed, the mountain range cracked open and Blood Beasts began emerging from underground.
• Demoness left to find the Third Elder as Shi Qingyun faced a monster whose aura had reached the Escape One level.

Shi Qingyun struggled to hold a sealed monster beneath a sword formation while the Demoness raced toward the warship and killed Jin Yuan when he blocked her. After the Third Elder went to help Shi Qingyun, the seal broke, and Shi Qingyun attacked the monster’s emerging hand with his Glazed Dharma Aspect.

• Shi Qingyun reinforced the sword formation with Yin-Yang Qi but feared it would not hold until the Third Elder arrived.
• Jin Yuan ambushed the Demoness and tried to stop her, so she killed him with the Qilin Feather and took his golden bow.
• The Demoness met the Third Elder and told him that she and Shi Qingyun had awakened a sealed monster; he rushed to retrieve Shi Qingyun.
• As the ice prison cracked and black qi spread, Shi Qingyun released the sword formation and gathered its swords into his Glazed Dharma Aspect.
• Shi Qingyun struck the monster’s enormous hand with a world-powered sword slash.

Shi Qingyun escaped the monster’s attack after the Third Elder arrived and fought the creature, then followed a trace of fortune to the Ten Thousand Dao Tree. Its guardian Wuming confronted him, but the tree began sending golden light into Shi Qingyun’s divine ring as their standoff intensified.

• The Third Elder saved Shi Qingyun from the monster’s severed hand and told him to leave while he handled the battle.
• The Third Elder suppressed the pinned monster with the power of the Dao, and Shi Qingyun survived the battle’s destructive aftershocks.
• Shi Qingyun followed a trace of fortune into an oasis and discovered the Ten Thousand Dao Tree.
• Wuming appeared to guard the tree and warned Shi Qingyun to leave, but Shi Qingyun refused to give up his claim.
• Shi Qingyun’s divine light and connection to the Great Dao grew stronger, and the Ten Thousand Dao Tree began shedding golden radiance into it.

Shi Qingyun negotiated with Wuming for the Ten Thousand Dao Tree and agreed to eliminate Foreign Realm Creatures in exchange for Wuming helping him rebuild his Dao body someday. He found the surviving Foreign Realm Warriors of the Old Era, who attacked him, and began fighting them.

• Shi Qingyun summoned Stars, forcing Wuming to negotiate rather than risk the Ten Thousand Dao Tree being destroyed.
• Wuming demanded that Shi Qingyun help reconstruct his Dao body and wipe out the Foreign Realm Creatures, and Shi Qingyun accepted.
• Wuming sent information to Shi Qingyun, then reflected that he had staked everything on him and warned him not to disappoint.
• Shi Qingyun reached a misty forest and found several old men who revealed themselves as Warriors of the Old Era.
• The Warriors of the Old Era attacked Shi Qingyun, and he summoned a gigantic sword to suppress them.

Shi Qingyun defeated the Foreign Realm cultivators and received the Ten Thousand Dao Tree from Wuming. He entered seclusion to merge his Yin-Yang Great World into his body, breaking through as his inner cosmos transformed.

• Shi Qingyun fought the Foreign Realm cultivators, endured a heavy blow from the cane-wielding man, then used Sword Prison to kill the group and collected their heads.
• Shi Qingyun brought the heads to Wuming, who gave him the Ten Thousand Dao Tree after destroying them.
• Shi Qingyun asked Wuming to guard him and entered seclusion, drawing on the Ten Thousand Dao Tree to comprehend the Void Dao.
• Shi Qingyun formed a Dao imprint and merged the Yin-Yang Great World into his body, transforming his meridians, bones, and internal cosmos.
• A towering tree formed within Shi Qingyun as his inner world was illuminated, and a surge of power shook the surrounding world.

Shi Qingyun tried to strengthen his failing body by breaking its physical shackles and fought the golden dragon guarding them. As he repeatedly clashed with the dragon, he began to glimpse a deeper truth, but its claw struck toward his face.

• Shi Qingyun's inner world and body began to crumble under the strain, so he summoned the stars within himself to suppress the collapse.
• Shi Qingyun revealed his physical shackles and resolved to forge a stronger Dao body by breaking them.
• Shi Qingyun struck the ancient chains, awakening a golden dragon that attacked him.
• Shi Qingyun fought the dragon with his swords, Yin-Yang Dao Diagram, Kunpeng Extreme Speed, and fists, while the dragon's wounds rapidly healed.
• As the dragon's claw threatened his life, Shi Qingyun's Dao imprints stirred and he glimpsed an opportunity within the danger.

Shi Qingyun broke through to Void Dao after defeating the Golden Dragon with the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram, then left Wuming and headed toward the warship. A powerful Dao Diagram emerged from a Spatial Rift and pressed down on him.

• Shi Qingyun shattered his shackles, restored his body, and obtained the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram.
• Shi Qingyun used the diagram to turn the Golden Dragon's vitality into death and erase him from existence.
• Shi Qingyun fused his worlds, Dao Seed, and Ten Thousand Dao Tree with his Dao Body and broke through the Heavenly God Barrier into Void Dao.
• Shi Qingyun promised Wuming he would return to honor their agreement, then departed.
• Shi Qingyun approached the warship, but a Dao Diagram emerged from a Spatial Rift and forced him to bend under its pressure.

Shi Qingyun and the Nine Heavens prodigies entered an arena battle against powerful Foreign Realm cultivators, and Shi Qingyun exposed a hidden enemy lurking in the spatial depths. The melee continued as the concealed opponent emerged before him.

• The Ten Worlds Diagram appeared and clashed with the Nine Heavens' crimson-blood cloth artifact as the Foreign Realm demanded an arena battle.
• The Third Elder agreed to the fight, and Shi Qingyun stepped forward with Shi Hao, Exiled Immortal, Ten-Crown King, and other prodigies.
• The Sacred Academy elder transported the Nine Heavens fighters into the arena, where both sides traded taunts before the battle began.
• Shi Hao charged a Void Dao opponent, while Exiled Immortal and Ten-Crown King unleashed their powers against other Foreign Realm cultivators.
• Shi Qingyun punched through the space behind him and knocked a white-clad figure with slit eyes and a silver-white dagger out of hiding.

Shi Qingyun defeated Kong Ming in the arena, but Elder Xu intervened to save Kong Ming’s Primordial Spirit. Shi Qingyun then used Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking and the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram to suppress the Foreign Realm fighters, leaving Elder Xu enraged as they fell to the Nine Heavens’ attacks.

• Kong Ming introduced himself as a member of the Foreign Realm’s Royal Clan and offered Shi Qingyun immortality if he served the Void Beast clan, but Shi Qingyun refused and attacked him.
• Shi Qingyun and Kong Ming fought through the void, and Shi Qingyun gained the upper hand with his sword techniques.
• Shi Qingyun struck down Kong Ming’s Dao Body, but Elder Xu intervened and rescued Kong Ming’s Primordial Spirit; the Third Elder blocked Elder Xu’s attack with the blood-colored Shroud.
• Shi Qingyun condemned the Foreign Realm for using strength to bully the weak, then returned to the arena and unleashed Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking with the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram.
• Shi Qingyun’s technique weakened the Foreign Realm cultivators, allowing Shi Hao and the other Nine Heavens cultivators to kill them; Elder Xu watched in fury.

After the Foreign Realm cultivators withdrew, Shi Qingyun returned to the Academy and spent a month training while his peers pursued breakthroughs. He sparred with Shi Hao, who planned to enter seclusion after finding what he needed, and Shi Qingyun’s Myriad Laws Invulnerable neutralized Shi Hao’s lightning attacks.

• The Third Elder used the Immortal King burial shroud to return Shi Qingyun and the others to their warship, where the Academy disciples welcomed them.
• Shi Qingyun reassured Demoness, and the Third Elder piloted the warship back to the Academy.
• Over the next month, Shi Qingyun trained at the arena and Green Bamboo Dao Ground while most of the other cultivators entered seclusion.
• Shi Hao told Shi Qingyun he had found what he wanted and would enter seclusion to reach the Void Dao Realm, then resumed sparring with him.
• Shi Hao sent lightning serpents at Shi Qingyun, but Shi Qingyun’s Myriad Laws Invulnerable field turned the attacks into pure qi.

Shi Qingyun’s image appeared in the Exiled Immortal’s tribulation, where it joined another lightning avatar to battle him, and Shi Qingyun later began comprehending the Yin-Yang Dao of life and death. As the Academy’s prodigies entered Void Dao and Shi Qingyun’s tribulation avatar repeatedly challenged them, his reputation grew and would-be challengers reconsidered.

• Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao fought until the Exiled Immortal began his Void Dao tribulation, leaving Shi Hao to enter seclusion and pursue his own breakthrough.
• The Exiled Immortal’s tribulation produced a lightning image of Shi Qingyun, who fought alongside another figure and forced the Exiled Immortal into a fierce battle.
• Shi Qingyun returned to the Bamboo Forest, saw signs that the Demoness Xuanzhi was nearing a breakthrough, and entered seclusion to comprehend Yin-Yang and life and death.
• The Exiled Immortal, Shi Yi, the Ten-Crown King, Shi Hao, and other prodigies broke through to Void Dao, with Shi Hao enduring an especially brutal tribulation.
• Academy disciples discussed Shi Qingyun’s repeated appearances in tribulations, and prodigies who had planned to challenge him reconsidered.

Demoness broke into Void Dao and reunited with Shi Qingyun, but their quiet life was interrupted by the discovery of an immortal’s tomb. After entering the tomb and finding an ancient cave abode, Shi Qingyun witnessed a mysterious figure appear on its meditation cushion.

• Demoness evaded her Void Dao tribulation by standing between reality and illusion, then Shi Qingyun congratulated her on her breakthrough.
• Shi Qingyun and Demoness spent time cultivating and discussing the Dao until a vast manifestation appeared in the sky, prompting them to investigate.
• The Third Elder identified the gateway as an immortal’s tomb, and guardians let the Academy disciples enter after declaring that anyone capable could claim its inheritance for the Nine Heavens.
• Shi Qingyun and Demoness split up to explore the tomb, and Shi Qingyun found an ancient cave abode and collected the chaos qi around its plaque.
• When Shi Qingyun approached the cave abode’s meditation cushion, it blazed with golden light and revealed a mysterious man whose movements Shi Qingyun began studying.

Shi Qingyun mastered the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique and entered the cave abode after lifting the great cauldron. He defeated a ferocious beast and discovered a Chaos Medicine Garden, where he found Chaos Grass growing beside a piece of profound black immortal gold.

• Shi Qingyun completed his engraving of the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique and gained a divine Dao mark.
• Shi Qingyun returned to the plaza, where Little Jin challenged cultivators to lift the great cauldron to enter the cave abode.
• Shi Qingyun lifted the cauldron with one hand and passed the guardians into the cave abode.
• Shi Qingyun entered a cave entrance marked by purple qi and killed the ferocious beast that attacked him.
• Shi Qingyun crossed into a treasure-filled medicinal garden and found Chaos Grass rooted beside profound black immortal gold.

Shi Qingyun forged a Yin-Yang Dao artifact from the Chaos Stone with Meng Tianzheng’s help and was ordered to journey to the Border Wasteland to temper himself. He prepared to leave with the Demoness, who promised to join him soon.

• Shi Qingyun forged a longsword from the Chaos Stone, using Yin-Yang Qi to shape it and imprint his Dao Diagram.
• He transferred the Medicine Field from Stars into the sword so the Chaos Grass could help improve its quality.
• Meng Tianzheng sent Shi Qingyun to the increasingly restless Border Wasteland as part of the first group of Academy disciples.
• Shi Qingyun returned to the Demoness, and they spent the night together before she packed his belongings the next morning.
• The Demoness told Shi Qingyun she would come find him soon, and he promised to stay alert and run if danger arose.

Shi Qingyun and the Academy disciples reached the Border Wasteland, where Fu Sheng tested their resolve and warned them about the battlefield. As they entered the city, Jin Junyou challenged their guide, whose killing intent began to overwhelm him.

• Shi Qingyun bid farewell to the Demoness and joined Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan aboard the warship bound for the Border Wasteland.
• The Academy disciples arrived at a vast fortified pass, where Fu Sheng suppressed them with his killing intent; Shi Qingyun used a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram to shield Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan.
• Fu Sheng introduced himself as the Academy's second elder and a guardian of the Border Wasteland, criticized the disciples' abilities, and gave them a month to adapt before joining veteran patrols.
• Shi Qingyun and the other disciples followed a delicate-featured youth to collect their identity tokens, while Jin Junyou challenged the youth to a fight.
• The youth dismissed Jin Junyou as a chicken to be slaughtered, then released tangible killing intent and red mist as Jin Junyou attacked.

Shi Qingyun defended Zhan Shuyu from Jin Yang and nearly killed Jin Yang before Jin Hua intervened, citing the law and attacking Shi Qingyun. Shi Qingyun blocked Jin Hua’s sword, and the two prepared to fight again.

• A battle-hardened youth stopped his punch just before striking Jin Junyou and warned the newcomers to respect strong opponents and save their trump cards.
• Shi Qingyun and the Academy disciples arrived at their Border Wasteland encampment, where newcomers began challenging veteran cultivators and usually lost.
• Jin Yang attacked Zhan Shuyu on the Black-Gold Arena, but Shi Qingyun appeared and suppressed his strike with Yin-Yang Qi.
• Shi Qingyun invoked the First Lesson of Survival and launched a crushing attack on Jin Yang.
• Jin Hua appeared, declared Shi Qingyun guilty of killing a comrade, and sent a longsword at him.
• Shi Qingyun blocked Jin Hua’s sword with his Glazed Dharma Aspect and challenged the fairness of Jin Hua’s accusation, prompting Jin Hua to attack again.

Shi Qingyun survived Jin Hua’s attack after the Academy’s elders intervened, then received a dangerous month-long mission at Fallen God Valley with Zhan Shuyu and Di Chuan. The three repaired their deserted guard post, wary that Foreign Realm cultivators might attack.

• A golden petal wounded Jin Hua and triggered a clash of powerful forces, which the Imperial Pass elders suppressed before Jin Hua left with Jin Yang.
• Fu Sheng warned Shi Qingyun that he could not intervene often, and Shi Qingyun suspected the Jin Clan would interfere with the next day’s mission.
• The Jin Matriarch ordered her clan to destroy anyone who threatened its rise.
• Xun Fu assigned Shi Qingyun, Zhan Shuyu, and Di Chuan to guard Fallen God Valley, despite rumors of Foreign Realm cultivators nearby.
• The three reached the deserted outpost, and Shi Qingyun restored it with divine power while Zhan Shuyu complained about their month-long stay.