Chapter Summaries

Di Yi learned that an unknown force was demanding entry into the Fire Clan's ancestral land through a royal promise, raising fears that an exiled king might use it to challenge the Fire Emperor. As Di Yi headed toward negotiations, a report of foreign sect disciples near the capital drew his guide away, and he continued alone into the Central Heavenly Palace's dragon qi.

• An old man told Di Yi that an unknown force had invoked a royal promise to enter the central forbidden zone of the Fire Clan's ancestral land.
• Di Yi suspected the enfeoffed king who made the promise might be plotting to rally outside powers against the Fire Emperor.
• The old man brought Di Yi to Hanyuan Hall, but Di Yi insisted on going to watch the Fire Emperor negotiate with the unknown force.
• A message reported that disciples from other great sects had been spotted near the Fire Kingdom Imperial Capital, and the old man left to handle the threat.
• Di Yi went alone toward the Heavenly Towers and walked into the kingdom's dragon qi, taking on the semblance of a sovereign.

Di Yi arrived at the Fire Emperor’s palace as tensions rose over the Fire Kingdom’s negotiations with the Yan Sect and the Qilin Old Nest. After the Fire Emperor expelled a provocateur, Ming Snake-Xie appeared beneath the Saint-Hunting Banner and demanded an explanation, while the city’s Marquis defended the Human Emperor and protected the people.

• Di Yi inspected the palace’s carvings and heard the Fire Emperor reject threats from a visitor who had pressed him to break the kingdom’s rules.
• The Fire Emperor blasted the visitor out of the capital, then told a representative of the Outer Domain Great Sects that he would not yield when the kingdom’s foundations were at stake.
• Di Yi entered the hall, learned the reasonable negotiating party was the Yan Sect from Heaven Domain, and heard that the Qilin Old Nest was real.
• A huge Saint-Hunting Banner appeared over the capital, and Ming Snake-Xie arrived to accuse the Fire Emperor of mistreating its disciple.
• Di Yi asked what a Ming Snake was, and the Fire Emperor explained that it was a primordial ferocious beast related to the dragon lineage.
• Ming Snake-Xie’s killing intent overwhelmed the people, so the guarding Marquis activated the city’s protective Grand Formation and rebuked the beast.

Mingshe Xie attacked the Fire Kingdom Imperial Capital, and the Fire Emperor fought him with the capital’s formations and Imperial Dragon Qi. Three more Venerables arrived and watched the battle, leaving the Fire Clan elders to hold them off while they secretly summoned the Sacrificial Spirit.

• Mingshe Xie struck the Fire Kingdom Imperial Capital with his Saint-Hunting Banner, but the Deity formation protected the city while the surrounding land split apart.
• The Fire Emperor drew on the Central Heavenly Palace’s dragon qi and met Mingshe Xie in battle above the Imperial City.
• A humanoid creature, a Fierce Bird, and an enormous ferocious beast arrived as three additional Venerables, alarming the Fire Kingdom’s people and elders.
• The Fire Clan’s elderly Venerables confronted the newcomers, who claimed they had come only to watch the fight.
• The Fire Clan elders stayed near the three Venerables to keep them occupied and secretly arranged for people to summon the Sacrificial Spirit.

The Fire Emperor battled Mingshe Xie while Di Yi learned that the Venerable might be connected to the Upper Realm and its plans for the Lower Realm. Mingshe Xie threatened to replace the Fire Kingdom’s ruler, and the battle continued.

• Mingshe Xie revealed that it had brought the Saint-Hunting Banner to test the Fire Kingdom’s Sacrificial Spirit and demanded that the Fire Emperor surrender.
• The Fire Emperor unleashed dragon qi and the Four Strikes of the Primordial Vermilion Bird against Mingshe Xie’s sonic Precious Technique.
• Di Yi watched the battle and asked the middle-aged man from the Yan Sect about Mingshe Xie’s background and the Upper Realm’s schemes.
• The middle-aged man explained that Upper Realm factions might use the Fire Kingdom as a tool or sacrifice it to create a False God, citing powerful fiends from the Desolate Region.
• Mingshe Xie claimed that it represented multiple factions and threatened to install an enlightened ruler in the Fire Kingdom.

Mingshe Xie’s attack on the Fire Kingdom Imperial Capital was interrupted when Venerables from Azure Heaven Divine Mountain, Immortal Mountain, and the Heaven Mending Sect arrived. The Fire Emperor joined them against Mingshe Xie’s hidden allies, and a battle between the Venerables began.

• A Fire Kingdom Marquis shot a special Treasure Tool arrow at Mingshe Xie, but the Saint-Splitting Flag blocked it.
• A Venerable from Azure Heaven Divine Mountain arrived with the Azure Heaven Treasure Wheel and accused the Fire Emperor of letting someone enter the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land early.
• Venerables from Immortal Mountain and the Heaven Mending Sect arrived, with the latter declaring that her purpose differed from the others’.
• Mingshe Xie recalled the Saint-Hunting Banner and called on his concealed allies to act.
• The Fire Emperor cooperated with the arriving Venerables as they clashed with Mingshe Xie’s allies, shaking the Imperial City with their Precious Techniques and Sacred Artifacts.

Di Yi revealed his overwhelming power in the Fire Kingdom Imperial City and ended the battle against the invading Venerables. The Fire Emperor recognized him as the central figure, while the surviving powers witnessed the destruction of their enemies and the repair of the battlefield.

• The Yan Sect middle-aged man suspected that Upper Realm powers had schemes involving the Fire Kingdom, while Di Yi dismissed the idea as overcomplicated.
• Di Yi left the Central Heavenly Palace and unleashed a dazzling display of divine power above the Imperial City.
• The Yan Sect middle-aged man and the invading forces realized that Di Yi was a Deity, and the Fire Emperor recognized him as a senior.
• Ming Snake Xie and the other attacking Venerables tried to flee, but Di Yi's power destroyed them and the Saint-Hunting Flag.
• Di Yi restored the sky and repaired the land, then told the Fire Emperor that he had ended the fight because it was taking too long.

Di Yi revealed that he had entered the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land and warned the visiting Venerables to handle the matter discreetly. After the outsiders departed, he confirmed that he had reconstructed the Primordial Vermilion Bird Precious Technique and inscribed it on the Fire Kingdom’s Human Emperor Seal, leaving the Fire Emperor with the transformed treasure and the clan’s supreme inheritance to protect.

• Di Yi told the Venerables from Azure Heaven Divine Mountain and Immortal Mountain that he had been the one to enter the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land, and they agreed to address the matter with the Fire Emperor.
• The Venerable from the Heaven Mending Sect warned that a traitor had appeared within the Fire Kingdom, and Di Yi summoned the Fire Emperor to the Central Heavenly Palace.
• The Fire Emperor hosted the Yan Sect visitors and sent them away before sealing the main hall to speak privately with Di Yi.
• Di Yi demonstrated the reconstructed Primordial Vermilion Bird Precious Technique, astonishing the Fire Emperor with its success.
• The Fire Emperor brought out the Human Emperor Seal, and Di Yi inscribed the technique onto it, causing the seal to radiate auspicious light and gain formidable power.
• Di Yi told the Fire Emperor to safeguard the Primordial Vermilion Bird Precious Technique and warned that he would not inscribe it again if it were lost.

After restoring the Fire Kingdom’s Primordial Vermilion Bird Precious Technique, Di Yi questioned Qin Ling of Immortal Mountain about the original true understanding and its chapters. He learned that the Upper Realm sought the Transcendence Chapter, while the ancient Dao was said to reveal the origins of all living beings.

• Di Yi declined the Fire Emperor’s offer of thanks, but agreed to hear information about the Primordial Treasure Realm from Immortal Mountain’s Venerable.
• The Fire Emperor summoned Qin Ling, who explained that the original true understanding had three chapters: Divine Guidance, Transcendence, and a third whose whereabouts were unknown.
• Qin Ling said Upper Realm powers sought the Transcendence Chapter, believed to be connected to the Supreme Hall in the Lower Realm, though the claim might be a trap.
• Qin Ling described the original true understanding as an ancient Dao born with heaven and earth that recorded the roots of all living beings and could unite all Daos.

Di Yi learned that the Origin Records and the Ten Fiends might have come from his Sea of Potential, and wondered whether he had once withheld a third chapter of his Dao. He then asked Qin Ling about the Primordial Treasure Realm and learned why its secrets were hard to reach.

• Di Yi concluded that creatures depicted in the Original True Understanding might be manifested from his Sea of Potential, and wondered whether he had deliberately taken away its third chapter.
• Di Yi asked Qin Ling about the Primordial Treasure Realm and the scripture said to be hidden within it.
• Qin Ling explained that Immortal Mountain and other Upper Realm forces had searched the realm without success, and that a Golden Crow clan spread the legend while seeking the Celestial Emperor.
• Qin Ling told Di Yi that Primordial Treasure Realms were Creation Era worlds damaged and frozen by an ancient war, making them extremely difficult to enter.
• Qin Ling said the realm might contain many ancient things, then named the Heaven-Opening Killing Formation as something similar to the Original True Understanding.

Di Yi questioned Qin Ling about the Five Elements Mountain and the ancient being it had suppressed. He learned the being had once ravaged both realms and wondered why it had been imprisoned in the Lower Realm, where its escape could bring disaster.

• Di Yi dismissed the value of seeking Creation Era relics and asked Qin Ling about the ancient being beneath Immortal Mountain.
• Qin Ling described the ancient being’s devastation across the Upper and Lower Realms and how Upper Realm powers sealed it beneath the Five Elements Mountain.
• Qin Ling explained that the Five Elements Ring had been forged in imitation of the Five Elements Mountain’s Dao patterns.
• Di Yi questioned whether the Five Elements Mountain could permanently suppress the being and why the Upper Realm had left it imprisoned in the Lower Realm.

Di Yi decided to visit the Primordial Era creature imprisoned beneath Immortal Mountain and set out with Qin Ling toward the Mystic Domain. After learning that their journey by Immortal Mountain’s airship would take more than ten days, Di Yi asked Qin Ling for the destination so he could travel there directly.

• Di Yi questioned whether the Primordial Era creature could have survived and asked Qin Ling to arrange a visit, while Qin Ling said he needed instructions from Immortal Mountain.
• Di Yi immediately left the Fire Kingdom Imperial Palace with Qin Ling and told the Fire Emperor to tell Huo Yueling not to wait if she woke up.
• Qin Ling explained that they would use a super teleportation formation and an Immortal Mountain airship to travel toward the Mystic Domain.
• After Qin Ling said the journey would take more than ten days, Di Yi called the airship too slow and asked Qin Ling to identify their destination.

Di Yi and Qin Ling crossed from the Desolate Region to the Mystic Domain, where Qin Ling arranged travel toward Immortal Mountain. They reached a vast flying ship, but its departure was still half a day away.

• Di Yi opened a multicolored passage with the Divine Vine’s Precious Technique and carried Qin Ling millions of li to a Super Teleportation Array.
• Qin Ling led Di Yi through the guarded array, which transported them from the Desolate Region to the Mystic Domain.
• Qin Ling explained that they had arrived at the Mystic Domain’s edge and agreed to arrange a ship to Immortal Mountain.
• Qin Ling contacted Immortal Mountain disciples and brought them to a massive flying ship backed by several great sects.
• The ship’s owner offered the VIP Cabin but said the ship would not depart for half a day, prompting Qin Ling to question the delay.

Aboard Qin Ling’s great ship, Di Yi learned why Upper Realm juniors descended to the Lower Realm and how some Lower Realm creatures could ascend. The chapter left Di Yi studying the ship’s Psychic Spirit Eyes while considering the restrictions on reaching the Upper Realm.

• Qin Ling led Di Yi into the guest cabin and explained the great ship’s Essence-Gathering Stone furnishings and Psychic Spirit Eyes.
• Qin Ling told Di Yi that Upper Realm juniors periodically descended to the Eight Regions to study the traces of ancient predecessors’ Dao and adapt to the Lower Realm’s weaker restraints.
• Di Yi asked whether Lower Realm creatures could ascend, and Qin Ling explained that disciples of Upper Realm traditions could go up while others faced scrutiny and restrictions.
• Di Yi asked whether he could ascend, but Qin Ling said he could not speak for the Deities’ circles.
• Qin Ling left to arrange food, and Di Yi studied the Psychic Spirit Eyes and began reverse-analyzing them.

Di Yi met a group of young visitors from the Upper Realm aboard the ship and concealed his true identity by presenting himself as an independent cultivator. When a woman in green asked his age, he claimed to be twenty-one, leaving her astonished by the possibility that he was a young Venerable.

• A group of young men and women arrived from the Upper Realm, and Qin Ling explained to Di Yi why powerful lineages often avoided unnecessary conflicts.
• After the visitors requested an audience with Qin Ling, Di Yi agreed to meet them but told Qin Ling not to reveal who he was.
• The visitors entered the VIP Cabin and greeted Qin Ling, who introduced Di Yi as his friend across the years.
• Di Yi introduced himself as an independent cultivator named Di Yi, and Qin Ling supported his account.
• A woman in green asked Di Yi his age, and he said he was twenty-one, prompting her to wonder whether he was a Venerable.

Di Yi learned about the Upper Realm and its dangerous uninhabited zones while speaking with Lu Qiu and other visitors from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces. He declined their invitation to travel together, and after they left, he teased Qin Ling about how well he had played along.

• The Upper Realm visitors praised Di Yi’s cultivation, and he exchanged knowledge about cultivation with them and Qin Ling.
• Lu Qiu explained that the Three Thousand Dao Provinces held vast uninhabited zones filled with deadly dangers and rare opportunities, including a True Dragon egg.
• Di Yi learned that Lu Qiu came from Su Province and heard that she and her companions were exploring secret grounds in the Lower Realm.
• Lu Qiu and the others invited Di Yi to travel with them, but he declined because he was heading to Immortal Mountain.
• The visitors departed, and Di Yi told Qin Ling that he had played along well before Qin Ling went to arrange dinner.

The Upper Realm visitors discussed Di Yi, and Zou Kai concluded that he was a true Deity after his Heaven-Trapping Mirror reacted to him. Di Yi arrived at Immortal Mountain with Qin Ling and saw Five Elements Mountain at the heart of the sacred mountain range.

• The Upper Realm visitors teased Lu Qiu about her interest in Di Yi and discussed his strength.
• Zou Kai said his Heaven-Trapping Mirror had concealed its radiance around Di Yi, leading him to believe Di Yi was a true Deity in disguise.
• Zou Kai warned the others not to reveal what they had learned about Di Yi when they returned to the Upper Realm, leaving Lu Qiu despondent.
• Di Yi asked Qin Ling about the Upper Realm visitors and learned that they had left the ship.
• Di Yi and Qin Ling reached Immortal Mountain, where auspicious beasts carried them toward the main gate.
• Qin Ling identified Five Elements Mountain as Immortal Mountain's centerpiece and explained that the surrounding peaks had been moved there later.

Di Yi toured Immortal Mountain with Qin Zhong, who showed him the sect’s halls, sacred sites, and accumulated legacy while making clear its strength. Di Yi saw Immortal Mountain’s Deity meditating on Five Elements Mountain, and the tour continued.

• Qin Zhong welcomed Di Yi on behalf of Immortal Mountain’s secluded Deity and invited him to tour the grounds.
• Qin Zhong showed Di Yi the Divine Fire Hall and explained how Immortal Mountain honored powerful predecessors in halls dedicated to their cultivation realms.
• Qin Zhong brought Di Yi to a valley beneath Five Elements Mountain, where inscriptions recorded the sect’s ancient powerful figures and their fates.
• Di Yi asked how Immortal Mountain’s Deities had departed for the Upper Realm, and Qin Zhong said they had left from Five Elements Mountain.
• Di Yi saw through the valley’s barriers and found a Deity meditating inside a bronze hall on Five Elements Mountain, apparently connected to the mountain.

Di Yi visited Immortal Mountain to research the Primordial Era and was given access to its archive temples after agreeing not to approach the creature sealed beneath Five Elements Mountain. He found no answers about the great war he sought, so he continued reading the archives as entertaining stories.

• Qin Zhong asked Di Yi what he thought of Immortal Mountain and refused his request to meet the primordial creature sealed beneath Five Elements Mountain.
• Di Yi agreed to consult Immortal Mountain's records instead, and Qin Zhong led him to the archive temples.
• Qin Zhong left Qin Ling to assist Di Yi, and Di Yi teased Qin Ling before entering a temple to read.
• Di Yi searched the Primordial Era records for information about the War Between the Two Realms and the Great Calamity of the Upper Realm but found only scattered accounts.
• Di Yi read exaggerated tales of ancient figures and laughed at the records' repeated claims that different creatures were invincible under heaven.

Di Yi searched Immortal Mountain’s records for information about the Ten Fiends and Primordial Treasure Realms, then decided to question the creature from the Primordial Era imprisoned at Five Elements Mountain. Immortal Mountain’s people tried to stop him, and his display of chaos lightning brought out their ancestor, who demanded that he stand down.

• Di Yi searched thirty-six temples but found no useful records, and Qin Ling explained that Immortal Mountain’s history began too late to cover the Ten Fiends or Primordial Treasure Realms.
• Di Yi left the temples and headed to Five Elements Mountain, telling Qin Ling he had a way to speak with the imprisoned creature without releasing it.
• Qin Ling alerted Immortal Mountain, and Qin Zhong and the others confronted Di Yi and activated the Grand Formation to block him.
• Di Yi countered the formation with chaos lightning from the True Hou Precious Technique, frightening Immortal Mountain’s people and drawing attention from nearby cultivators.
• The ancestor emerged from the bronze great hall and warned Di Yi to stop, while Di Yi insisted he only wanted to speak with the creature.

Di Yi demonstrated his overwhelming power to Immortal Mountain and insisted he only wanted to speak with the creature it suppressed. When an attack triggered a battle, Di Yi sent Five Elements Mountain flying, leaving the Qin Clan fleeing and the ancient creature's fate uncertain.

• Di Yi used the Sea of Potential to overwhelm an Immortal Mountain Deity and said he wanted to resolve the danger posed by the suppressed creature.
• The Immortal Mountain Heavenly Venerable's statue and the Bronze Ancient Hall on Five Elements Mountain began glowing, awakening Five Elements Mountain and drawing Immortal Mountain's Deities into action.
• An Immortal Mountain Deity attacked Di Yi, and Di Yi's Grass Character Sword Art clashed with Five Elements Mountain's defenses.
• Di Yi increased his power and sent Five Elements Mountain flying, while the imposing middle-aged man evacuated the Qin Clan members.
• Five Elements Mountain returned through Void Crossing and demanded to know the consequences of Di Yi's actions.