Chapter Summaries

Shi Qingyun returned to Deer-Chasing Academy during a battle between a black-robed Upper Realm titan and an immortal-looking Daoist, and his formation could not withstand the titan’s strike. After the Daoist drove the attacker away, Shi Qingyun studied a golden thread of Dao essence and began evolving his body and Immortal-Locking Formation.

• Shi Qingyun hurried to Deer-Chasing Academy after sensing a devastating clash and found two powerful figures fighting there.
• The black-robed skeleton struck at Deer-Chasing Academy, and Shi Qingyun raised a protective formation that shattered under the blow, leaving him badly injured.
• The Daoist attacked the skeleton with silver threads and threatened him, forcing him to retreat after warning Shi Qingyun that the matter was not over.
• The Daoist left for Medicine Capital, while Shi Qingyun recovered, checked on the elders and disciples, and arranged repairs at the Academy.
• Shi Qingyun entered his cultivation chamber and comprehended a golden thread of Dao essence, causing his body and Immortal-Locking Formation to evolve.
• Shi Qingyun’s Immortal-Locking Formation linked together and revealed its sealing power as he continued comprehending the Great Dao.

Shi Qingyun’s cultivation breakthrough unleashed immense pressure across Deer-Chasing Academy, forcing the War Goddess and Elder Bai to protect the disciples. The disciples withdrew to the Dao Demonstration Plaza and watched Shi Qingyun sit within a vortex of vital essence as his breakthrough continued.

• Shi Qingyun’s rising pressure spread through the Academy, overwhelming elders and disciples in their cave abodes.
• The War Goddess and Elder Bai joined forces to shield the disciples from the pressure.
• The disciples recovered and watched Shi Qingyun’s cave abode, hoping he would break through safely.
• As the pressure intensified, the War Goddess and Elder Bai led the disciples to the Dao Demonstration Plaza.
• The disciples saw Shi Qingyun seated calmly in a vital essence vortex, with formation patterns covering his body.

Shi Qingyun broke through to the Venerable Realm after shattering the barrier in his Mysterious Space, gaining a mysterious wisp of Yin-Yang Qi and displaying power that surpassed a Venerable’s. He emerged before the Deer-Chasing Academy as thunder gathered for his tribulation.

• Shi Qingyun formed the Immortal-Sealing Dao-Shrinking technique and used a mighty punch to shatter the barrier and the Mysterious Space.
• A wisp of pure Yin-Yang Qi entered Shi Qingyun and nourished his Yin-Yang Dao Body as the War Goddess and the disciples felt his oppressive might vanish.
• Shi Qingyun reached the Venerable Realm, and his power shook the surrounding space.
• The Deer-Chasing Sacrificial Spirit returned and protected Elder Bai and the others from Shi Qingyun’s surging might.
• Thunderclouds gathered over the Deer-Chasing Academy, and Shi Qingyun appeared in midair to face the approaching tribulation.

Shi Qingyun survived his lightning tribulation, broke through to Venerable, and reunited with the Sacrificial Spirit, who told him she had killed the two Upper Realm pursuers. After catching up with Shi Hao, he agreed to accompany him to Immortal Mountain, where he could repay a karmic debt and settle a score.

• Shi Qingyun drew the lightning tribulation away from Deer-Chasing Academy and used Immortal-Sealing Dao-Locking to absorb its power and Law Fragments, reaching Venerable.
• Shi Qingyun returned to the Academy, congratulated the War Goddess on breaking through to the Arraying Realm, and then went to the Boundless Sea.
• The Sacrificial Spirit told Shi Qingyun she had killed the two people from the Upper Realm and warned that he should take care as she sought a path to the Upper Realm.
• Shi Qingyun met Shi Hao, heard about his hardships as emperor of the Stone Kingdom, and reassured him that he held no grievance.
• Shi Hao asked Shi Qingyun to accompany him to Immortal Mountain, and Shi Qingyun agreed to repay his debt for the Kun Peng Precious Technique and settle a score with those who had invaded Deer-Chasing Academy.

Shi Qingyun mastered his Venerable Realm strength, then traveled with Shi Hao toward Immortal Mountain and met several Upper Realm geniuses aboard an airship. After Shi Qingyun frightened a hostile genius with his power, the group reached their destination and parted ways.

• Shi Qingyun finished consolidating his Venerable Realm cultivation and left Deer-Chasing Academy for Immortal Mountain.
• Shi Qingyun met Shi Hao in the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital, and they traveled together with an Immortal Mountain Venerable.
• Aboard the airship, Shi Hao introduced Shi Qingyun to Hong Huang, Lan Yu, and other Upper Realm geniuses.
• Hong Huang told them that a Great Fiend had killed Upper Realm prodigies, while Shi Hao condemned the massacre of a city.
• When a hostile man boasted that he would defeat the Great Fiend, Shi Qingyun subjected him to an illusion of freezing and burning, then left with Shi Hao.
• The airship reached its destination, and Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao said goodbye to Hong Huang and the others.

Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao arrived at Immortal Mountain, where its elders tried to humiliate them and a mountain-guarding elder attacked. Shi Qingyun killed the elder and confronted Qin Wu, who accused Shi Hao of betraying his family.

• An Immortal Mountain elder demanded that Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao bow to Five Elements Mountain before entering, and Shi Qingyun shattered the man's pressure with lightning.
• The long-bearded elder attacked Shi Qingyun with a giant Dharma Aspect, but Shi Qingyun summoned a crystalline chain and froze him to death with one strike.
• The guiding Venerable realized Shi Qingyun was a powerful Venerable, while Immortal Mountain's disciples recoiled in fear.
• Qin Wu arrived in the Divine Fire Realm, and Shi Qingyun blocked his pressure with a Taiji Dao Diagram before the two traded threats.
• Qin Wu recognized Shi Hao and accused him of bringing an outsider to bully his own family, prompting Shi Hao to ready his Divine Power.

Shi Qingyun confronted Immortal Mountain over its attack on Deer-Chasing Academy and defeated Qin Wu despite Qin Wu’s Divine Fire Realm strength. Qin Wu lay wounded at Immortal Mountain’s gates, while Shi Hao had already gone to attend to his own business.

• Shi Hao attacked Qin Wu with a Suanni, but Qin Wu countered with the Five Elements Ring.
• Shi Qingyun appeared, restrained the Five Elements Ring, and freed it when Qin Wu used hand seals; he then stayed to fight Qin Wu while Shi Hao left to seek his parents.
• Shi Qingyun revealed that he had come to avenge Immortal Mountain’s siege of Deer-Chasing Academy, and Qin Wu recognized him as the academy’s Mountain Master.
• Shi Qingyun and Qin Wu unleashed their Dharma Aspects and fought across the battlefield as Immortal Mountain’s disciples watched.
• Shi Qingyun used a Kunpeng Dharma Aspect to strike Qin Wu with a powerful kick, sending him crashing before Immortal Mountain’s gates.
• Qin Wu spat blood in a crater and realized Shi Qingyun had defeated him without using his full strength.

Shi Qingyun defeated Qin Wu, subdued the Immortal Mountain disciples, and negotiated compensation rather than destroy the Lower Realm lineage. After Qin Wu accepted his terms, Shi Qingyun followed a Venerable into Immortal Mountain and wondered whether he had demanded too little.

• Shi Qingyun immobilized Qin Wu with Immortal-Sealing Dao-Locking and crushed the Immortal Mountain disciples beneath his pressure when they interrupted.
• Qin Wu threatened Shi Qingyun with retaliation from Immortal Mountain in the Upper Realm, so Shi Qingyun pierced his chest with a spear and warned him not to threaten his loved ones.
• Shi Qingyun demanded Immortal Mountain's sacred medicine flower and one person, and Qin Wu reluctantly agreed.
• Shi Qingyun followed a Venerable into Immortal Mountain, passed the chastened young disciples, and entered a lavish room.
• Shi Qingyun looked over the luxurious furnishings and wondered if he had asked for too little.

Shi Qingyun defeated Qin Hao, collected the Five-Element Tree, and joined Shi Hao to investigate the imprisoned undying deity beneath Five Elements Mountain. When the mountain attacked them, Little Pagoda rushed out to confront it.

• Shi Qingyun accepted the Five-Element Tree from Immortal Mountain, then blocked Qin Hao’s spear and forced him to his knees with a palm strike.
• Shi Qingyun told Qin Hao he was inferior to Shi Hao, then met Shi Hao outside and discussed returning after finishing their business.
• Qin Wu recovered in a blood-red medicinal pool and reflected on Shi Qingyun’s strength and the coming emergence of the Undying Being.
• Shi Qingyun revealed that an undying deity, possibly a descendant of Kunpeng, was imprisoned at Immortal Mountain, and he opened a path through the deity-level formation around Five Elements Mountain.
• Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao entered the mountain and saw a winged man bound by chains, but Five Elements Mountain awakened and attacked them.
• Shi Qingyun shielded Shi Hao with a Taiji Dao Diagram, and Little Pagoda emerged to challenge Five Elements Mountain.

Shi Qingyun freed Kunpeng Son from his chains while Little Pagoda fought Five Elements Mountain, and the two joined forces to drive the mountain back. After escaping with Shi Hao and his parents, they met Willow Deity, who recognized Shi Qingyun’s growing strength and regarded Kunpeng Son.

• Shi Qingyun used the jade hairpin and Twin Swords to break the chains binding Kunpeng Son while Little Pagoda kept Five Elements Mountain occupied.
• Kunpeng Son emerged from confinement and joined Little Pagoda in attacking Five Elements Mountain, weakening it and leaving a gash across its surface.
• Little Pagoda warned Kunpeng Son to leave before stronger enemies arrived, and Shi Qingyun escaped with them.
• Shi Qingyun and Kunpeng Son encountered Shi Hao and his parents, and the group traveled to a lake.
• Willow Deity appeared before the group, and Shi Hao greeted her with joy.
• Willow Deity praised Shi Qingyun’s improved strength and turned her attention to Kunpeng Son, who introduced himself.

Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao entered the Primordial Treasure Realm after Willow Deity revealed she had come seeking a mysterious Gate. Separated upon entering, Shi Qingyun headed for the Golden Crow Ancestral Hall, where a Venerable rose to confront him.

• Willow Deity advised Kunpeng Son to refine his wings rather than let them become a shackle, and Kunpeng Son thanked everyone before departing to recuperate.
• Willow Deity said she had sensed the presence of a Gate, and the Primordial Treasure Realm opened through a vast spatial passage.
• Shi Hao and Shi Qingyun entered the realm, but the passage separated them; Shi Qingyun sensed the dense Crimson Sun aura and set out to find treasures.
• Shi Qingyun avoided a flock of fire crows, then used the Golden Divine Being's palm to kill many of them and continued toward the Golden Crow Ancestral Hall.
• A Venerable emerged from the hall with killing intent as Shi Qingyun approached, and Shi Qingyun formed a spear from the fierce wind and launched it at him.

Shi Qingyun defeated Qi Yang and the Golden Crow cultivators guarding the Golden Crow Ancestral Hall, using their ancient formation against them. He entered the sealed treasury and found rows of rare medicines and precious bones that could support his next stage of cultivation.

• Qi Yang attacked Shi Qingyun for trespassing, but Shi Qingyun shattered his flaming bird manifestation and sent him crashing into the palace ruins.
• Qi Yang trapped Shi Qingyun in an ancient formation and attacked him with fiery spears, but Shi Qingyun took control of the formation and turned its weapons against Qi Yang and the hidden Array Formation Kings.
• The formation collapsed after Shi Qingyun used it to kill the Array Formation Kings and their fire crows, and he pursued the wounded Qi Yang and killed him with a longsword.
• Shi Qingyun found the sealed Golden Crow treasury, disabled its protective formations, and opened its doors.
• Shi Qingyun discovered rare treasure medicines and golden precious bones inside the treasury.

Shi Qingyun reached the Sun God Tree and used his projected Ink-Wash World to weaken its barrier, then climbed the tree while collecting its divine liquid. An ancient hall’s runes triggered Echo, transporting him to a desolate land where a vast procession of worshippers gathered before a cracked, apparently lifeless man.

• Shi Qingyun projected his Taiji Cave Heaven as an Ink-Wash World, weakening the barrier around the Sun God Tree enough for him to enter.
• Shi Qingyun touched the tree, absorbed insights into supreme yang power, and climbed its roots while gathering golden divine liquid.
• Shi Qingyun entered an ancient hall, where the divine statue and runes activated his Echo ability and gray chains appeared.
• The chains struck the statue instead of Shi Qingyun, and a flash transported him to a ruined land beneath a red sky.
• Shi Qingyun joined a procession of worshippers and followed them to a cracked man surrounded by the aura of the Great Dao.

Shi Qingyun found an Ancient Scripture in the Ancient Hall and exchanged it with Shi Hao for the Divine Guidance Chapter, which gave them new cultivation insights. Their study was interrupted when the Venerables pursuing Shi Hao arrived and attacked, leaving Shi Hao facing a blood-colored tree root with his Broken Ancient Sword.

• Shi Qingyun found two Ancient Scriptures on the raised platform, absorbed their runes into his mind, and discovered the books had vanished.
• Shi Qingyun encountered Shi Hao being pursued by Venerables, then showed him the golden treasure liquid he had collected.
• Shi Qingyun took Shi Hao to the Ancient Hall, where they exchanged their scriptures and began comprehending the Divine Guidance Chapter.
• Several Venerables entered the hall and demanded that Shi Hao surrender his treasures.
• A Venerable launched a blood-colored tree root at the brothers, and Shi Hao turned to meet it with his Broken Ancient Sword.

Shi Qingyun overwhelmed the four Venerables, killing the Iron-Blood Ancient Tree, Ghost Vine, and Demon Ape while Shi Hao fought the Five-Colored Deer. The deer burned its essence blood to attack Shi Hao as Shi Qingyun moved to help him.

• Shi Qingyun blocked and shattered the Iron-Blood Ancient Tree's branch, then divided the four Venerables between himself and Shi Hao.
• Shi Qingyun sealed the laws of the Iron-Blood Ancient Tree, Ghost Vine, and Demon Ape before killing the tree with a black-and-white chain.
• Ghost Vine and Demon Ape fled, but Shi Qingyun trapped them with a Taiji Dao Diagram and killed them with swords and chains of laws.
• The Five-Colored Deer saw the other Venerables die and burned its essence blood to attack Shi Hao.
• Shi Qingyun flickered toward Shi Hao's battlefield to help him kill the Five-Colored Deer.

After escaping the Primordial Treasure Realm, Shi Qingyun studied the Divine Guidance Chapter of the Original True Explanation while Shi Hao guarded him. Shi Qingyun became immersed in observing two Ferocious Beasts and deepened his understanding of runes as his aura grew stronger.

• Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao left the Primordial Treasure Realm and discussed their gains and plans to fight again after Shi Hao improved.
• They noticed that the Willow Deity and Little Pagoda had not returned, but Shi Qingyun reassured Shi Hao that they were safe in the Lower Realm.
• Shi Qingyun asked Shi Hao to stand guard while he studied the Divine Guidance Chapter.
• The chapter's visions drew Shi Qingyun into a strange place where he watched two Ferocious Beasts battle and perceived the Great Dao in their movements.
• Shi Qingyun gained a deeper understanding of runes and the foundations of Precious Techniques.
• Shi Hao raised a Protective Barrier around them as golden radiance gathered around Shi Qingyun and his pressure steadily increased.

The Willow Deity and Little Pagoda entered the Gate of Origin with the Upper Realm titans, leaving Shi Hao and Shi Qingyun behind. Shi Qingyun returned to Deer-Chasing Academy, prepared for an approaching Great Calamity, and began secluded cultivation as their names stirred the Upper Realm and a mysterious figure sat in the Netherworld.

• The Willow Deity and Little Pagoda forced the Upper Realm titans into the Gate of Origin, then entered it themselves and told Shi Hao and Shi Qingyun to meet them ahead.
• Shi Hao and Shi Qingyun parted, each resolving to grow stronger before they met again.
• Shi Qingyun returned to Deer-Chasing Academy and gave the War Goddess Treasure Medicines and Treasure Artifacts for its disciples.
• Shi Qingyun warned the War Goddess that his Great Calamity was approaching, then entered secluded cultivation.
• Shi Hao and Shi Qingyun's reputations spread through the Upper Realm, where some forces plotted against them and young prodigies dismissed them.
• In the Netherworld, a dark figure sat upon the White Bone Throne.

The Demoness’s master accepted her relationship with Shi Qingyun and sent her to the Lower Realm after revealing that the Netherworld planned to kill him. Meanwhile, Shi Qingyun cultivated at Deer-Chasing Academy, tempering his body with the Great Sun and the Five-Element Tree.

• The Demoness told her master that she had chosen Shi Qingyun and was already his wife.
• The Demoness’s master warned that the Netherworld intended to kill Shi Qingyun and urged the Demoness to bring him to the Upper Realm for protection.
• The Demoness and Little White hurried toward the Lower Realm with her master’s permission.
• Shi Qingyun used Treasure Medicine and the Five-Element Tree to temper and strengthen his flesh as he endured intense pain.

Shi Qingyun emerged from seclusion after reaching the Venerable Mid-Stage and strengthening his body to the Divine Fire Realm, then reunited with Demoness. She urged him to seek protection at the Heaven Severing Sect from an approaching calamity, but he chose to stay and face it as Deer-Chasing Academy’s Mountain Master; the next morning, she had left.

• Shi Qingyun completed his cultivation, broke through to the Venerable Mid-Stage, and transformed his body to the strength of the Divine Fire Realm.
• The War Goddess welcomed Shi Qingyun and told him Deer-Chasing Academy had grown stronger and recruited many talented disciples.
• Demoness arrived at Deer-Chasing Academy and tearfully reunited with Shi Qingyun.
• Demoness explained the approaching calamity and asked Shi Qingyun to return with her to the Heaven Severing Sect, where her master had promised to protect him.
• Shi Qingyun refused to abandon Deer-Chasing Academy, promised to survive and find Demoness, and she agreed to wait for him.
• The next morning, Shi Qingyun woke to find Demoness gone and discovered a note on the table.

Shi Qingyun left Deer-Chasing Academy to confront an Upper Realm threat, while seven Upper Realm cultivators descended to hunt him and Shi Hao. In a town, True God Kuang Xu ambushed Shi Qingyun, and the chapter ended as Kuang Xu hurled his greatsword at him.

• Shi Qingyun reassured the elders at Deer-Chasing Academy, accepted the challenge left by a mysterious Upper Realm figure, and departed after making arrangements for the academy.
• Seven Upper Realm cultivators descended into the Lower Realm, and Huang Yu said they intended to rule it, search for treasures, and kill Shi Hao.
• Shi Qingyun walked through a storm-darkened town, sensed danger, and turned to meet a sword strike from behind.
• Shi Qingyun shattered the attack and protected nearby civilians, then faced Kuang Xu, who mocked him and revealed he had come to kill him.
• Shi Qingyun summoned his Twin Swords and a Kunpeng manifestation, while Kuang Xu hurled his greatsword toward him.