Chapter Summaries

Taiyi stormed Hell’s assassin training camp in the Great Wilderness and slaughtered its defenders, including a powerful assassin whose Primordial Spirit he destroyed with Nine Secrets: Qian. After collecting spoils, he traveled to Hell’s next stronghold and began breaking through its defenses.

• Taiyi used a Profound Jade Platform to reach an uninhabited wilderness concealing a Hell training camp and charged inside with the Saint Spirit Sword.
• Taiyi killed the camp’s lower-ranked assassins and beheaded two Immortal Platform assassins, then obliterated their Primordial Spirits.
• A Great Power assassin ambushed Taiyi, but Taiyi blocked the attack with the Chaos Bell and shattered the assassin’s Ancient Shield.
• Taiyi used Nine Secrets: Qian to annihilate the Great Power assassin’s Primordial Spirit and collected spoils from the camp.
• Taiyi crossed to Hell’s second training camp in a desert near the Northern Region and destroyed its protective illusion and Killing Formations with a punch.

Taiyi and the Yaoguang Holy Land launched a coordinated assault on the Assassin Divine Dynasties, destroying numerous strongholds and killing many assassins. Hell and Human World did not retaliate for half a month, and the awakening of a Yaoguang Ancient Sage drew rulers from across Beidou to visit Li Daoqing.

• Taiyi destroyed an assassin stronghold and killed its two Half-Step Great Powers while Yaoguang forces attacked Hell and Human World strongholds across the Five Regions.
• The Yaoguang Holy Land announced that it had destroyed dozens of training camps, five of Hell’s Eighteen Levels of Hell, and three of Human World’s Nine Great Mystic Realms; Taiyi had personally destroyed ten camps.
• Cultivators across Beidou discussed the raids and feared that the Assassin Divine Dynasties would retaliate, but Hell and Human World made no move for half a month.
• Yaoguang Holy Land announced that an Ancient Sage had awakened and would expound the Dao to its disciples on Central Immortal Peak.
• Holy Lords, Desolate Ancient Family leaders, and Immortal Dynasty sovereigns visited the Yaoguang Holy Land, congratulated Li Daoqing, and sought information about the sage.

After destroying Hell and Human World, Taiyi studied the Indestructible Heavenly Art and considered how the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art might help the women around him if they later abandoned it. He then tried to obtain the Taiyin True Scripture’s Immortal Platform Volume from a Sage’s skull, and its power began resonating with the Taiyin sacred power within him.

• Taiyi returned to the Yaoguang Holy Land and secluded himself to study the Indestructible Heavenly Art imparted by Mu Yuan Great Saint.
• Taiyi considered having An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and the others use the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art to improve their foundations before severing their devil bodies and cultivating the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
• Taiyi tasked Li Xuan and Wang Zheng with finding birds and demonic beasts that could breed with the Heavenly Emperor’s Son and make use of his extraordinary bloodline.
• Taiyi used the Lunar True Art and Nine Secrets to communicate with a Sage’s skull and seek the Immortal Platform Volume of the Taiyin True Scripture.
• Over three days, the skull’s Taiyin sacred power mingled with the Taiyin sacred power circulating within Taiyi.

Taiyi obtained an incomplete Immortal Platform Volume of the Taiyin True Scripture and welcomed Lin Jia to Yaoguang Holy Land, where he had found a teacher for her. Lin Jia then met Yao Xi and An Miaoyi, whom Taiyi openly introduced as his confidantes.

• Taiyi captured the Taiyin True Scripture’s Immortal Platform Volume from the Taiyin Skull and believed it could help him cultivate to the Saint stage.
• Li Xuan and Wang Zheng returned with the sealed demon beasts Taiyi had requested and brought Lin Jia from Feathered Immortal Valley.
• Wang Zheng proposed that Lin Jia join Yaoguang Holy Land, and Taiyi agreed, saying he had already found a teacher for her.
• Yao Xi and An Miaoyi arrived, and Taiyi introduced them to Lin Jia as his confidantes.

Taiyi offered Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi a choice between the Taiyin True Scripture and the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art, explaining how they could switch to the Indestructible Heavenly Art after severing the Dao. Lin Jia and An Miaoyi chose the Taiyin True Scripture, while Yao Xi decided to cultivate the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art.

• Taiyi told Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi that he had the complete Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and Indestructible Heavenly Art and asked whether they wanted to cultivate them.
• Taiyi warned that imitating the Ruthless Great Emperor's path could trap cultivators in the devil art, but said they could use corpses of powerful cultivators to grow stronger before severing the Dao and changing arts.
• Taiyi offered the women the Taiyin True Scripture as an alternative, saying he had nearly completed its scriptures for all five great secret realms.
• Lin Jia chose the Taiyin True Scripture, and An Miaoyi also chose it because it suited her better.
• Yao Xi chose to try the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art, and Taiyi supported her decision as the Yaoguang Holy Maiden.

Taiyi gave An Miaoyi and Lin Jia scriptures to cultivate with and gifted all three women Enlightenment Tea Leaves. He then revealed to Yao Xi that the Stone King contained the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son and hinted at a plan involving female raptor-type demonic beasts.

• Taiyi transmitted the Immortal Platform Volume to An Miaoyi and the five volumes of the Taiyin True Scripture to Lin Jia, then asked An Miaoyi to guide Lin Jia’s cultivation.
• Taiyi gave Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Lin Jia three Enlightenment Tea Leaves each, explaining that he had obtained them from the treasuries of Hell and Human World.
• Taiyi took Yao Xi into the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, where she saw the imprisoned Stone King and asked what secret it held.
• Taiyi revealed that the Stone King contained the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son, whose extraordinary aptitude came from his inherited bloodline and a Fortune Source Eye.
• Taiyi told Yao Xi that devouring the Heavenly Emperor’s Son’s Origin Source would be wasteful for now and revealed that he had arranged to capture female raptor-type demonic beasts, leaving her stunned by his implied plan.

Taiyi merged with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and carefully suppressed the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, who was hidden inside a Stone King. He captured the little Divine Phoenix and began searching his sea of consciousness for treasures.

• Taiyi gave Yao Xi the complete Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and sent her outside before confronting the Heavenly Emperor’s Son.
• Taiyi used the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar and Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda to suppress the extraordinary stone and prevent its occupant from escaping.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son threatened Taiyi and invoked his father, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, but Taiyi mocked him and pierced the stone womb with Dao-law chains.
• Taiyi’s chains bound the Divine Phoenix inside the stone, and the Stone King split open to reveal him.
• Taiyi probed the captive’s sea of consciousness and discovered an unusually dazzling treasure box.

Taiyi opened the treasure box taken from the Heavenly Emperor's Son and found the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture, immortal phoenix essence blood, branches of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, and its tree heart. He claimed the treasures for himself, leaving the restrained Heavenly Emperor's Son furious and bloodied.

• Taiyi used the Heavenly Emperor's Son's blood and the opening method extracted from his memories to open the sealed treasure box.
• Taiyi discovered the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture, which contained the complete Five Great Secret Realms scriptures and the Taboo Chapter's secret techniques.
• Taiyi found several dozen drops of immortal phoenix essence blood in a five-colored glazed gourd.
• Taiyi discovered a transplanted section of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and took its priceless tree heart.
• Taiyi told the restrained Heavenly Emperor's Son that the treasures now belonged to him, and the Heavenly Emperor's Son spat blood in rage.

Taiyi mastered the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture through sudden enlightenment, then returned to the imprisoned Heavenly Emperor's Son and began using scripture and Dao teachings to convert him. The Heavenly Emperor's Son gradually found himself wanting to listen, though Taiyi intended to keep him under control only long enough to serve Yao Xi's cultivation.

• Taiyi studied the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture with the Enlightenment Tea Tree heartwood and Enlightenment Cushion, entering a state of enlightenment for nearly half a month.
• Taiyi mastered the complete Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture and advanced his cultivation enough that he could break through again if he wished.
• Taiyi returned to the imprisoned Heavenly Emperor's Son, who cursed him and threatened revenge, but Taiyi dismissed his threats.
• Taiyi decided to recite scriptures and expound the Dao to the Heavenly Emperor's Son, hoping to use the Deity-Deliverance Art to control him.
• As Taiyi recited profound passages, the Heavenly Emperor's Son remained wary but gradually found himself wanting to listen.

After three months of cultivating inside the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, Taiyi fully converted the Heavenly Emperor's Son and several female demon birds with the Deity-Deliverance Art. He returned to find Yao Xi advancing rapidly through the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art, while she chose to strengthen her foundation before breaking through again.

• Taiyi used the Deity-Deliverance Art to convert the Heavenly Emperor's Son, who was unable to resist or escape his influence.
• Over three months, Taiyi studied scriptures and repeatedly expounded the Dao to the Heavenly Emperor's Son until he submitted and called Taiyi his master.
• Taiyi instructed the Heavenly Emperor's Son and several converted female birds of prey to cultivate and produce powerful offspring.
• Taiyi left the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda and watched Yao Xi cultivate the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art with the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
• Yao Xi told Taiyi that devouring the origins of special-physique corpses had strengthened her and helped her reach the Dragon Transformation Second Heaven.
• Yao Xi declined another breakthrough, choosing to consolidate her cultivation and build a deeper foundation.

Taiyi agreed to travel to Licheng with Yao Xi to investigate clues about the Nine Secrets, but first planned to undergo another tribulation. He reviewed the progress of Yao Xi, Lin Jia, and An Miaoyi and prepared to pursue the Primordial Royal Clans and Primordial Imperial Clans for their bloodlines.

• Yao Xi told Taiyi that Miaoyi had found traces of the Nine Secrets near Licheng, and Taiyi agreed to go after completing another tribulation.
• Taiyi said he expected to advance two or three minor steps, leaving Yao Xi astonished at his cultivation speed.
• Yao Xi reported that Lin Jia had reached the Dao Palace Fourth Heaven and An Miaoyi had suppressed her breakthrough to build a deeper foundation.
• Taiyi explained that the Heavenly Emperor's Son had an exceptionally powerful bloodline and said he planned to investigate the Primordial Royal Clans and Primordial Imperial Clans.
• Taiyi met Lin Jia and An Miaoyi, praised their progress, and said they would discuss the Nine Secrets after his tribulation.

Taiyi underwent a terrifying lightning tribulation near the Yaoguang Holy Land and advanced three minor steps to the sixth minor step of the First Heaven of the Immortal Platform. Afterward, he reunited with Danyangzi, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, and the others, while Li Yao vowed to catch up to him.

• Taiyi faced a massive lightning tribulation as nearby cultivators and experts watched from a distance.
• Taiyi passed three tribulations in succession and advanced to the sixth minor step of the First Heaven of the Immortal Platform.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint watched Taiyi's breakthrough, while Li Yao was stunned and Gu Yuan urged his disciple not to lose heart.
• Li Yao vowed to catch up to and surpass Taiyi.
• Danyangzi, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, Li Xuan, Wang Zheng, and the others greeted Taiyi after he completed his tribulations.
• Taiyi said he had no interest in becoming Holy Lord, and Danyangzi proudly praised his disciple's rapid progress.

After Taiyi broke through, he arranged for Granny Yu to accept Lin Jia as her personal disciple and set out with the Yaoguang Holy Land’s group for Licheng, where news of the Nine Secrets had drawn many powers. Upon arriving, Taiyi sensed that Jiang Tingting was nearby.

• Taiyi smiled off praise for his breakthrough and said he still had a long way to go before severing the Dao.
• Taiyi introduced Lin Jia’s unusual foundation to Granny Yu, who examined her and accepted her as a personal disciple.
• Taiyi proposed taking the group to Licheng to seek experience at the ancient tomb, and Granny Yu agreed to postpone Lin Jia’s discipleship ceremony.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord explained that he had planned to bring the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron because rival powers were pursuing the Nine Secrets.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord arrived in Licheng with Taiyi, Yao Xi, Lin Jia, An Miaoyi, Li Yao, and other members of the Holy Land.
• Taiyi sensed Jiang Tingting’s Taiyin Physique, and Wang Peng explained that the Nine Secrets rumor began when an antique shop found the words on a damaged bronze bell.

Taiyi arrived in Licheng, where news of a Nine Secrets inheritance had drawn powerful factions and young cultivators. He said he would not compete unless the great figures acted, then met Duan De, Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, and the disguised Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

• The factions welcomed Taiyi and praised his strength, and he told the Holy Lords that he had come only to join the excitement and would not intervene unless they did.
• Taiyi left the Holy Lords with Li Daoqing and strolled through Licheng with Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi.
• Taiyi encountered Duan De, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Ji Haoyue, then reassured Ji Haoyue that he would not act in the younger generation's contests.
• Ji Ziyue greeted Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Lin Jia, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo remained disguised as Daoists.
• Taiyi learned through voice transmission that Ye Fan and Pang Bo were hiding because of trouble with the Ji Family, and he praised Ye Fan's progress to the Dao Palace third heaven.

Taiyi reunited with Jiang Tingting and Jiang Yifei as Xiaobai fought the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, while Li Yao was ambushed outside Licheng by Dragon Transformation cultivators. Li Yao killed two attackers and faced three more, standing firm beneath the blazing Holy Light.

• Duan De complained that Taiyi’s map had led him into danger at Purple Mountain, and Taiyi reminded him that he had warned him.
• Jiang Tingting reunited with Taiyi and revealed that she had reached the Dao Palace realm; Jiang Yifei thanked Taiyi for saving her and teaching her the Taiyin True Scripture.
• Xiaobai fought the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, surprising the gathered cultivators with its strength.
• Li Yao was besieged outside Licheng by powerful late-stage Dragon Transformation cultivators seeking to prevent him from growing stronger.
• Li Yao slew two attackers with Holy Light as three more charged him, and he declared that they overestimated themselves.

Li Yao effortlessly killed five Dragon Transformation experts, drawing awe from the crowd and the attention of Taiyi and other young prodigies. Ji Haoyue considered challenging Li Yao, while Ji Ziyue tried to stop him, and Duan De remarked that the competing prodigies would eventually fight for the Great Emperor’s path.

• Li Yao destroyed the attackers’ weapons and killed all five Dragon Transformation experts with his holy light and a roar.
• Li Yao sensed Taiyi, looked toward him, and restrained his desire to fight until he had strengthened his cultivation.
• Taiyi judged Li Yao’s talent impressive but still far short of being able to challenge him.
• Ji Haoyue’s fighting spirit rose after watching Li Yao, but Ji Ziyue grabbed him and urged him not to fight.
• Yao Xi reflected on Li Yao’s strength and resolved to surpass him through the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art.
• Duan De praised the Yaoguang Holy Land’s prodigies and remarked that their shared ambition to become Great Emperor would lead to bloodshed.

Taiyi reassured Jiang Tingting that Little White Tiger could contend with the Golden-Winged Little Peng King despite his cultivation advantage. Little White Tiger revealed its Heavenly Demon Physique and began to gain the upper hand, leaving the roc badly wounded.

• Pang Bo and Ye Fan watched Taiyi defeat Former Yaoguang Holy Son Li Yao and discussed Little White Tiger's battle with the Golden-Winged Little Peng King.
• Ye Fan resolved to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and surpass the other prodigies.
• Jiang Tingting worried about Little White Tiger, and Taiyi explained that it had the Heavenly Demon Physique and was using the fight to hone its skills.
• Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, Jiang Yifei, and the others were surprised to learn Little White Tiger possessed the Heavenly Demon Physique.
• Little White Tiger dodged the Golden-Winged Roc's attacks and raked his belly, forcing him to retreat while bleeding.

Little White Tiger continued its battle with Golden-Winged Little Peng King, who revealed that it possessed the Heavenly Demon Physique. The chapter left the fight escalating as Little White Tiger blocked the Peng King’s 108,000 swords with the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Holy Light Technique.

• Golden-Winged Little Peng King pulled back after Little White Tiger nearly gutted him, then mocked it for serving a human master.
• Little White Tiger defended its choice to follow the Eastern Emperor and dismissed the Peng King’s insults.
• Golden-Winged Little Peng King identified Little White Tiger as the legendary Heavenly Demon Physique, astonishing the watching cultivators.
• Golden-Winged Little Peng King unleashed the Heavenly Peng Clan’s One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords divine art against Little White Tiger.
• Little White Tiger summoned brilliant holy light and blocked the sword storm, revealing its mastery of the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique.

Little White Tiger used the Holy Light Technique to break the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, then faced his opponent’s Heavenly Peng Dragon-Subduing Art with the Heavenly Demon Slaughtering World Diagram. The two visions collided as the battle continued.

• Little White Tiger unleashed the Holy Light Technique and destroyed the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s golden heavenly pengs.
• The spectators learned that Little White Tiger had mastered the Holy Light Technique after studying Yaoguang Holy Land’s scriptures.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King attacked Bai Yu with the Great Wilderness Halberd, but Bai Yu blocked the strike with his Treasure Seal.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King unleashed the Heavenly Peng Dragon-Subduing Art and manifested a giant golden heavenly peng.
• Bai Yu summoned the Heavenly Demon Slaughtering World Diagram, whose blood-soaked corpses surged out to clash with the heavenly peng.

Little White Tiger defeated the Golden-Winged Little Peng King in a brutal battle, leaving him humiliated and badly injured. Little White Tiger returned to Licheng while the defeated Peng King fled and the spectators recognized its formidable talent.

• Little White Tiger merged with its Demon God manifestation and fought the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, overwhelming his techniques and tearing open his abdomen.
• Little White Tiger defeated the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, who returned to human form and begged to be killed.
• Little White Tiger dismissed the defeated Peng King as unworthy and flew back toward Licheng.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King cried out and fled into the distance as the spectators watched Little White Tiger with wariness and awe.
• Former Yaoguang Holy Son Li Yao recognized the legendary Heavenly Demon Physique and briefly showed concern.