Chapter Summaries

Di Yi sought admission to the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and the white-haired elder accepted him despite being unable to teach him directly. The elder brought Di Yi to the Genius Camp, where he would live, and began showing him around the Pavilion.

• The white-haired elder described the Ancient Sacred Academy and its chaotic path, which Di Yi hoped to visit someday.
• Di Yi asked to join the Heaven Mending Pavilion and explained that he had only recently learned about cultivation and knew little beyond basic blood moving cultivation.
• When Di Yi turned to leave after the elder hesitated, the elder accepted him as a Pavilion member, granting him access to restricted grounds and the scripture repository but assigning him no instructor.
• The elder brought Di Yi to the Genius Camp, explained that it housed talented cultivators from the great tribes, and began guiding him around the Pavilion.

Di Yi studied the cultivation realms and broke through from the Blood Moving Realm to the Cave Heaven Realm, opening four Cave Heavens before ten mysterious true spirits awakened in his Sea of Potential and manifested six more. The Golden Hou sensed the spirits’ terrifying power and trembled in fear.

• Di Yi reviewed the cultivation stages and concluded that the six mortal realms formed the path toward godhood.
• Di Yi chose a quiet spot beneath the moon and advanced into the Cave Heaven Realm after perfecting his Blood Moving cultivation.
• Di Yi opened four Cave Heavens and absorbed the essence they drew from the surrounding world.
• Ten masses of light awakened in Di Yi’s Sea of Potential, and the remaining six manifested six additional Cave Heavens.
• The Golden Hou sensed the ten true spirits’ overwhelming power and shook with terror.

Di Yi completed ten cave heavens, which eased his injuries, and wondered how to proceed beyond the usual cultivation path. When a terrifying ghost appeared in the Genius Camp and chased Lie Wan'er, she fled to Di Yi for help.

• Di Yi sensed ten powerful Precious Techniques within his cave heavens but could not uncover their origins, and he suspected they might reveal something about his lost past.
• The ten cave heavens merged with Di Yi, forming a cycle that produced vital essence and further alleviated his injuries.
• Di Yi decided not to force his cultivation to follow ordinary methods and returned to the Genius Camp with the Golden Hou.
• A ghost appeared in the Genius Camp, terrifying the disciples and chasing Lie Wan'er; Elder Zhuo Yun fled to summon the Senior Elder and told her to seek Di Yi.
• Lie Wan'er reached Di Yi's house and begged him to save her as the ghost followed close behind.

Di Yi protected Lie Wan'er from the Elder Paranormal and learned that the ghost sought its own sword, which lay in the Hundred Broken Mountains. After Di Yi offered to handle the threat, the Elder Paranormal began targeting people across the Heaven Mending Pavilion, leaving Di Yi and Tao Ye searching for a way to stop the spreading disturbance.

• Di Yi shielded Lie Wan'er from the Elder Paranormal, and the ghost vanished when Di Yi tried to analyze its origin.
• Tao Ye brought Di Yi, Lie Wan'er, Cheng Ji, and other elders to the Ancient Hall, where he explained that the Elder Paranormal sought its sword in the Hundred Broken Mountains.
• Di Yi volunteered to deal with the Elder Paranormal, and Tao Ye and Elder Zhuo Yun briefed him and the targeted disciples on what they knew.
• After several quiet days, the Elder Paranormal began targeting ordinary disciples whenever Di Yi went to confront it, spreading panic through the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Di Yi concluded that he could not protect everyone or track the ghost across the vast pavilion, so he went to Tao Ye for help.

Tao Ye brought Di Yi to meet the Heaven Mending Pavilion's dying Sacrificial Spirit and asked him to help save it, but Di Yi could not safely give his blood. The Sacrificial Spirit awakened and reacted with shock when Di Yi spoke, unable to perceive who was beside Tao Ye.

• Tao Ye agreed to bring Di Yi to the Sacrificial Spirit after Di Yi said his plan to draw out the Elder Paranormal had failed.
• Tao Ye revealed that the Sacrificial Spirit was declining and had at most a hundred years left, despite the Heaven Mending Pavilion's efforts to preserve it.
• Tao Ye asked Di Yi for some of his blood to help revive the Sacrificial Spirit, but Di Yi refused because his blood contained dangerous Black Blood.
• Tao Ye led Di Yi to the Sacrificial Spirit, a withered Gourd Vine sleeping in the rear courtyard.
• The Sacrificial Spirit told Tao Ye to let the Elder Paranormal make trouble until the Hundred Broken Mountains opened, then became alarmed when Di Yi spoke and asked who was there.

Di Yi and Tao Ye spoke with the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Divine Vine, which revealed that the Elder Paranormal was the pavilion’s founding ancestor, now a remnant soul. The Divine Vine also warned of recurring calamities that erased the truth and destroyed most Venerables, leaving Tao Ye to wonder whether Di Yi would still be there when the next one came.

• Di Yi explained that beings without physical eyes could not perceive him through spiritual sight or divine perception, and introduced himself to the Divine Vine.
• The Divine Vine revealed that the Elder Paranormal was the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s first Pavilion Master, who had planted the vine before dying in ancient times.
• The Divine Vine explained that the founder’s remnant soul needed his sword and was causing trouble in an attempt to preserve hope for the pavilion.
• The Divine Vine described recurring great calamities that erased the truth and caused most Venerables to vanish, while sparing those below that level.
• The Divine Vine suggested Di Yi might end the cycle if he remained in the Eight Regions, and Tao Ye worried he would leave before the calamity arrived.

Di Yi agreed to retrieve the Elder Paranormal’s sword from the Hundred Broken Mountains to restore its clarity, and set out with the Golden Hou. He and the Golden Hou crossed the void and arrived in an unfamiliar place.

• Di Yi promised the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Sacrificial Spirit that he would intervene in the coming calamity and retrieve the Elder Paranormal’s sword.
• The Sacrificial Spirit opened a passage toward the Hundred Broken Mountains, and Di Yi returned to fetch the Golden Hou.
• The Sacrificial Spirit identified the Golden Hou as a first-generation pureblood Golden King of the True Hou and explained how lightning would awaken its mind and knowledge.
• Di Yi led the Golden Hou through the passage, and they emerged in an unfamiliar place.

Di Yi entered the Hundred Broken Mountains ahead of its scheduled opening, passing through a hidden gateway with the Golden Hou. His arrival stirred Broken Void City, while he set off inside the secluded world to find the Hundred Herb Garden.

• Di Yi discovered that the Hundred Broken Mountains lay beyond a glowing gateway hidden by chaos and entered it with the Golden Hou.
• Di Yi gently broke through the gateway's obstruction, causing its Selection Runes to shatter and the passage to fall dormant behind him.
• The sudden opening alarmed the people of Broken Void City, and informants sent word as an old man predicted the great clans and major sects would gather.
• Di Yi emerged into the Hundred Broken Mountains, where the Golden Hou plunged into a lake and enjoyed the abundant spiritual energy.
• Di Yi left the entrance and headed for the Hundred Herb Garden, one of the few major sites not fully explored.

Di Yi and the Golden Hou traveled through the little world toward the Hundred Herb Garden, where rare spirit medicines were said to grow. After the Golden Hou defeated creatures guarding the region, Di Yi and his companion entered the garden.

• Di Yi used the glowing bird corpse overhead to orient himself and continued toward the Hundred Herb Garden with the Golden Hou.
• The Golden Hou frightened off a Flying Python, and Di Yi used Void Crossing to shorten their journey.
• Di Yi and the Golden Hou reached the mountains around the garden and saw auspicious vapor rising above its medicinal plants.
• The Golden Hou killed a hideous creature and then defeated a powerful Primordial Remnant that challenged it.
• Di Yi called the Golden Hou back, stroked its head, and led it into the Hundred Herb Garden.

Di Yi entered the Hundred Herb Garden and learned from an awakened parasol tree about the Spirit-Connecting Divine Flower, which might help the Golden Hou develop speech. He headed toward the flower near the Undying Spring, while the Golden Hou stopped to feast on spiritual medicines.

• Di Yi entered the Hundred Herb Garden, where its strange power suppressed divine radiance and runes, but had no effect on him.
• The Golden Hou tore apart a purple vine that attacked it, then tried to attack a nearby parasol tree until Di Yi stopped it.
• The parasol tree told Di Yi that pollen from the Spirit-Connecting Divine Flower had awakened its intelligence and said the flower could enlighten primitive life-forms.
• The parasol tree directed Di Yi and the Golden Hou toward the flower beside the Undying Spring in the deepest part of the garden.
• As they traveled deeper, the Golden Hou rushed into a medicinal field, ate spiritual medicines, and brought Di Yi a pile of the most vigorous plants despite the field's dangerous power.