Chapter Summaries

Taiyi emerged from the Five-Colored Altar reborn, reaching the fifth Dao Palace heaven and awakening the rudimentary Martial Dao Heavenly Eye. After leaving the Chaos Immortal Soil, he was ambushed by a perfected Four Extremes cultivator and overpowered him.

• Taiyi completed a transformation on the Five-Colored Altar that purified his blood, rebuilt his Dao Palace, and brought him to the fifth Dao Palace heaven.
• Taiyi discovered that he had cultivated the rudimentary Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, which let him see minute details across great distances.
• Taiyi tore open space and left the Chaos Immortal Soil, then found he could no longer sense the mark he had left inside it.
• A cloaked perfected Four Extremes cultivator ambushed Taiyi, but Taiyi blocked the attack and wounded him with a counterstrike.
• Taiyi pursued the fleeing attacker with the Sun God Fist, destroyed his magical artifacts, and ignored his claim to be an elder of the Taiyuan Church.

Taiyi reached the Yin-Yang Sect during its triennial recruitment, intending to obtain the Ancient Yin-Yang Scripture. He concealed his true aptitude and qualified as an inner disciple, but a beautiful middle-aged woman immediately offered to take him as her disciple.

• Taiyi learned that the Yin-Yang Sect would soon recruit disciples and headed to its headquarters to pursue the sect's Ancient Scripture.
• Taiyi disguised himself as Jin Yang and passed the Yin-Yang Sect's entrance tests in Yin-Yang Ancient City.
• Taiyi deliberately stopped at the fourth step of the Nine-Rank Heavenly Stairway, qualifying as an inner disciple while hiding his exceptional aptitude.
• A beautiful middle-aged woman approached Taiyi and asked him to become her disciple, leaving him surprised and wary.

Taiyi accepted Lu Yan’s instruction in the Yin-Yang Union Scripture while hiding his own intentions and investigating the Yin-Yang Sect for its ancient scripture. At Mysterious Sun Mountain, he began resonating with the mountain’s Dao insights, first sensing a diagram of yang and then encountering a change as night fell.

• Lu Yan gave Taiyi the Yin-Yang Union Scripture and promised to send him a virgin every half month to help him cultivate toward the four extremes secret realm.
• Taiyi pretended to agree with Lu Yan’s plans while privately resolving not to become her cultivation vessel.
• Taiyi spent about ten days cultivating and gathering information about the Yin-Yang Sect, but Lu Yan soon entered seclusion.
• Taiyi learned that Mysterious Sun Mountain had once belonged to a gifted predecessor who suffered cultivation deviation and was said to have left his insights within the mountain.
• After three days meditating before the ancient stele, Taiyi resonated with Mysterious Sun Mountain and received a diagram of yang in his heart.
• As evening came and moonlight covered the mountain, the wondrous resonance of the Dao changed again.

Taiyi obtained part of the Yin-Yang Sect sage's legacy from Mysterious Sun Mountain and studied the Ancient Yin-Yang Scripture while pretending to follow Elder Lu Yan's orders. When he left his residence, he learned that a serious incident had unsettled the sect.

• Taiyi awoke from his meditation on Mysterious Sun Mountain and realized he had gained part of the Yin-Yang Sect sage's legacy.
• The Yin-Yang Holy Maiden and her disciples mocked Taiyi for seeking the sage's insights, but he returned calmly to Elder Lu Yan.
• Lu Yan ordered Taiyi to stop visiting Mysterious Sun Mountain and gave him a spell-controlled Bitter Sea Realm woman for his cultivation.
• Taiyi stored the woman in a treasure box and studied the Ancient Yin-Yang Scripture, concluding that pursuing the utmost yang suited his Sun Sacred Body better than cultivating both Taiyin and Taiyang.
• Taiyi's cultivation advanced toward opening his Life Spring, and he later noticed the sect's disciples acting solemnly before learning startling news.

Taiyi watched the conflict between the Yin-Yang Sect and the Yaoguang Holy Land subside, then continued cultivating on Mysterious Sun Mountain and gained the Ancient Yin-Yang Scripture and a sage’s enlightenment. After reaching the life spring realm, he prepared to leave with the Yin-Yang Sect’s legacy secured.

• Taiyi learned that the Yin-Yang Sect had suffered heavy losses, publicly blamed an executed elder for the affair, and reached an agreement with the Yaoguang Holy Land.
• The Eastern Wasteland sects joined forces against the Yin-Yang Sect’s holdings after learning that its people had abducted talented children.
• Taiyi resolved not to rely on the Yaoguang Holy Land for protection and continued cultivating in secret on Mysterious Sun Mountain.
• After a month, Taiyi obtained the complete Ancient Yin-Yang Scripture and sage enlightenment, then mastered a Yin-Yang technique that multiplied his combat strength.
• Taiyi suppressed another woman Lu Yan sent him inside the Treasure Box and displayed his life spring realm cultivation.
• Lu Yan praised Taiyi’s rapid breakthrough and said he was exceptionally suited to cultivating the Yin-Yang Union Scripture.

Taiyi joined the Yin-Yang Sect’s expedition to investigate a supposed dried-up dragon vein and discovered a powerful creature beneath its lava lake. A red-flame flood dragon attacked the party, leaving the Yin-Yang Saintess, Lu Yan, and the others struggling to survive.

• Lu Yan brought Taiyi, disguised as Jin Yang, to join the Yin-Yang Saintess and the Yin-Yang Sect’s expedition to a remote wilderness.
• Shi Yuan led the group into a narrow passage and showed them the dried-up dragon vein, where a lava lake concealed the source of lingering dragon qi.
• After the lava lake resisted Lu Yan’s probe, Taiyi sensed danger and moved to the rear, hoping the threat would kill the Yin-Yang Sect members.
• A red-flame flood dragon burst from the lava and killed dozens of low-level disciples before the group could react.
• Two Yin-Yang Sect Supreme Elders appeared and blocked the flood dragon, but its roar injured Lu Yan, the Yin-Yang Saintess, and the surviving cultivators, killing more disciples.

Taiyi used Danyangzi’s Forbidden Weapon to ambush the Yin-Yang Sect survivors after their guardians were drawn into battle with the Red-Flame Flood Dragon. He killed Elder Lu Yan and several others, while the Yin-Yang Holy Maiden and the remaining elders faced his overwhelming attack.

• Supreme Elder Yan Ling and Supreme Elder Lu Yun joined forces with Yin-Yang Unity to fight the Red-Flame Flood Dragon, while the Holy Maiden and the others fled.
• Taiyi activated Danyangzi’s Forbidden Weapon, killed a Dragon Transformation Elder, and blasted many Yin-Yang Sect disciples into clouds of blood with the Holy Light Technique.
• The Yin-Yang Holy Maiden and the surviving elders recognized Taiyi as an infiltrator and tried to stop him with magical artifacts and secret techniques.
• Taiyi shattered their artifacts, wounded the Holy Maiden, and struck Elder Lu Yan with a Green Jade Ring.
• Taiyi charged Elder Lu Yan and shattered her body with a crushing fist.

Taiyi defeated the Yin-Yang Sect elders and pursued the Yin-Yang Saintess, revealing that he was a five-heaven Dao Palace cultivator empowered by a Forbidden Weapon. He evaded her multicolored sand and closed in to strike, but she suddenly produced a mirror.

• Taiyi shattered the Yin-Yang elders’ Dao Diagram and crushed them with a replica Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, killing their primordial spirits.
• The Yin-Yang Saintess fled while using a Forbidden Weapon, but Taiyi caught up and wounded her with a Sun God Fist.
• The Saintess recognized Taiyi as the Yaoguang Candidate Holy Son and threatened him with the prospect of war between their sects.
• The Saintess unleashed multicolored sand, and Taiyi identified it as a weapon refined from Ancient Sage bone dust and evaded it.
• Taiyi rushed past the sand to strike the Saintess, who suddenly took out a mirror.

Taiyi defeated and killed the Yin-Yang Saintess by using chaos immortal gold to shatter the protective imprint left by the Yin-Yang Sect’s Old Hierarch. He escaped as the sect’s experts arrived, leaving them to face the pursuing Flood Dragon.

• Taiyi overwhelmed the Yin-Yang Saintess and nearly cleaved her apart with a holy sword formed through the Battle Saint Method.
• Taiyi smashed the Old Hierarch’s Yin-Yang Diagram with chaos immortal gold, then killed the Saintess and shattered the Old Hierarch’s manifested figure.
• Taiyi collected the colored sand and realized the chaos immortal gold could devour divine sense and attack primordial spirits.
• The Yin-Yang Sect’s experts rushed toward the Saintess, but the Flood Dragon pursued them and forced them to keep fighting.
• Taiyi escaped through the void using the Profound Jade Platform, and the Yin-Yang Sect’s two Half-Step Great Powers arrived to find the Saintess dead.
• The two Half-Step Great Powers were forced to defend themselves when the blazing Flood Dragon charged at them.

Taiyi stole high-grade dragon marrow from the Red-Flame Flood Dragon’s lair and escaped while the dragon was fighting Yin-Yang Sect cultivators. After the Yin-Yang Sect’s Old Hierarch blamed Yaoguang Holy Land for the Saintess’s death, Taiyi continued toward Qinling to seek Nine Secret: Bing.

• Taiyi secretly returned to the Red-Flame Flood Dragon’s lair, collected its dragon marrow, and escaped through the void.
• The Red-Flame Flood Dragon returned to find the dragon marrow gone and unleashed its fury, destroying nearby mountain ranges.
• Wang Yangzhan learned that the Yin-Yang Saintess’s Soul Tablet had shattered and traveled to the site of her death using a replica Saint Mirror.
• Wang Yangzhan found traces of the Holy Light Technique but could not identify the culprit because someone had interfered with the heavenly secrets, so he accused Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Taiyi traveled hundreds of thousands of li, released the three young female cultivators, and continued toward Qinling to pursue Nine Secret: Bing.

Taiyi reached the Qin Sect in Qinling and found the carvings containing Nine Secret: Bing, but studying them battered his divine sense. As the weapon imprints merged into the character Bing, he endured the pain to continue comprehending the technique.

• The Yaoguang Holy Son learned that the Yin-Yang Sect accused the Yaoguang Holy Land of killing its Holy Maiden, and he suspected Taiyi might be responsible.
• Taiyi traveled to Qinling and joined the Qin Sect as an Outer Disciple, avoiding its dangerous Inner Sect and the Deity-Deliverance Art.
• Taiyi searched the Qin Sect's rear mountain and discovered carvings that held Nine Secret: Bing.
• The carvings came alive and attacked Taiyi's divine sense, leaving him severely injured.
• The weapon imprints merged into the character Bing in Taiyi's sea of consciousness, and he endured the pain to keep comprehending it.

Taiyi comprehended Nine Secret: Bing at the Qin Sect, then escaped its experts when they tried to seize him. After a perilous journey across the Central Plains, he reached the eastern Central Plains in disguise and continued toward the Eastern Wasteland, with his World-Breaking Talisman nearly exhausted.

• Taiyi learned that Nine Secret: Bing centered on refining a Path-Proving Weapon and planned to forge his Chaos Bell from Chaos Immortal Gold in the Fire Domain.
• A hidden Qin Sect expert attacked Taiyi, but Taiyi used Danyangzi's Forbidden Weapon and World-Breaking Talisman to break free and escape.
• The Qin Sect's experts pursued Taiyi, but his Mystic Treasure concealed his location from heavenly divination, and they eventually gave up.
• Taiyi spent over half a month fleeing through the Central Plains, repeatedly using talismans and Profound Jade Platforms to evade capture.
• After reaching the eastern Central Plains, Taiyi changed his appearance with the Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping Art, concealed his aura, and hurried toward the Eastern Wasteland.

After returning to the Eastern Wasteland, Taiyi traveled to the Fire Domain to forge a Path-Proving Weapon from chaos immortal gold. He began refining the Chaos Bell in the seventh layer’s Five-Colored Cloud Flames, leaving its rough mold still taking shape.

• Taiyi returned to the Eastern Wasteland after a difficult journey and set out for the Fire Domain.
• Taiyi crossed the Fire Domain’s layers of flames and reached the seventh layer, where the Five-Colored Cloud Flames could temper his weapon.
• Taiyi used the Imitation Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to gather the Five-Colored Cloud Flames and melt the chaos immortal gold.
• Taiyi shattered his blazing Divine Bell and merged its fragments and Order Divine Marks with the molten immortal material.
• Taiyi used Divine Arts and the Nine Secret: Bing to refine the Immortal Bell Rough Mold toward the Chaos Bell he had visualized.

Taiyi completed his Chaos Bell and began breaking through from the Dao Palace to the four extremes secret realm using vast quantities of divine source liquid. His body underwent a painful transformation, shedding old blood and bones as the breakthrough continued.

• Taiyi finished forging the Chaos Bell, engraving it with Dao patterns and totems, and kept the remaining chaos immortal material for possible future use.
• Taiyi decided to enter the four extremes secret realm after reaching perfection in the Dao Palace.
• Taiyi submerged himself in divine source liquid inside the replica Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and absorbed its essence to fuel his breakthrough.
• Taiyi's blood qi grew stronger and took the shape of golden dragons as his body began replacing its blood, bones, flesh, and organs.
• Taiyi endured the violent transformation as new jade-like bones and fragrant golden blood formed, while the breakthrough remained underway.

Taiyi broke through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm and faced a world-shaking lightning tribulation, enduring it to temper his body while the Chaos Bell underwent the baptism alongside him. The tribulation continued to intensify, leaving Taiyi badly wounded as the bell gained mysterious patterns.

• Taiyi broke through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm, displaying more than ten astonishing manifestations.
• Taiyi rose to meet the lightning tribulation, and the Chaos Bell followed him into the storm.
• Taiyi endured the purple sea of lightning without using defensive methods, striking it with the Sun God Fist to temper his flesh.
• Taiyi shattered the lightning sea with a punch, but even more terrifying bolts and lightning tides descended.
• The tribulation charred Taiyi’s body and exposed his bones, while the Chaos Bell absorbed the lightning and developed innate patterns.

Taiyi endured the full Four Extremes lightning tribulation, and his primordial spirit and Chaos Bell grew stronger as he gained the Sun Rebirth Art. After breaking through and forming his Heavenly Eye, he collected his treasures and sensed someone nearby.

• Taiyi faced nine lightning creatures that attacked both his body and primordial spirit, leaving Innate Patterns on the Chaos Bell.
• Nine bolts of Chaos Thunder struck Taiyi and the bell, and his primordial spirit swallowed the final strands and refined their Dao Marks.
• Taiyi comprehended the Sun Rebirth Art, drew in light and vital essence, and healed his wounds.
• Taiyi opened his eyes to find his Heavenly Eye had begun to take shape, then recognized that he had entered the Four Extremes Secret Realm and reached minor attainment in his Sun Sacred Body.
• Taiyi put away the Chaos Bell, changed into a white robe, and collected the treasures left outside the tribulation.
• Taiyi sensed someone nearby.

Taiyi chased down the Yaoguang Holy Maiden Yao Xi after she witnessed his tribulation and fought her to test her strength. He overwhelmed her and destroyed her weapons, while Yao Xi narrowly dodged his latest attack as their battle continued.

• Yao Xi fled after witnessing Taiyi's Four Extremes tribulation, but Taiyi caught up and blocked her path.
• Yao Xi promised not to reveal what she had seen, but Taiyi attacked her with the Primordial Origin Palm and wounded her.
• Yao Xi counterattacked with a jade hairpin, a silver pagoda, and a black bell, but Taiyi destroyed all three.
• Yao Xi used an unfamiliar secret technique to create a small world that could trap Taiyi, while again insisting she would keep his secret.
• Taiyi tore through the small world with holy light, and Yao Xi narrowly evaded his attack as the surrounding mountains crumbled.

Taiyi overwhelmed Yao Xi in a fierce battle, then stopped before she used a desperate secret technique and revealed that he had recognized the treasure in her sea of consciousness. He left the wounded Yaoguang Holy Maiden stunned by his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and asked whether he was qualified to be her future Dao companion.

• Taiyi relentlessly attacked Yao Xi and wounded her despite her fierce resistance.
• Taiyi taunted Yao Xi that the Yaoguang Holy Land favored its Holy Son over her and pursued her as she retreated.
• Yao Xi threatened Taiyi with the Holy Land's retribution and offered to swear an oath or erase her memories if he let her go.
• As Yao Xi prepared to use a secret technique, Taiyi abruptly stopped fighting and claimed he had only wanted to test her strength.
• Taiyi revealed that he had noticed the mysterious moon palace in Yao Xi's sea of consciousness and said she could not have survived if he had truly intended to kill her.
• Yao Xi recognized Taiyi's Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, and Taiyi asked whether he qualified to become her future Dao companion.

Taiyi challenged the Yaoguang Holy Son to a duel one year later, and Yao Xi agreed to deliver the message. After sensing someone concealed nearby, Taiyi exposed Li Xuan, who praised his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, tribulation, and Chaos Bell.

• Taiyi wrote and sealed a challenge to the Yaoguang Holy Son, inviting him to fight in the Northern Region Divine City one year later.
• Yao Xi accepted Taiyi’s request to deliver the challenge and expressed interest in seeing how he performed.
• Taiyi sensed someone hidden in the void and called on him to reveal himself.
• Li Xuan appeared and praised Taiyi for discovering him with the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and for his extraordinary tribulation and Chaos Bell.

Taiyi revealed his Sun Sacred Body and the Ruthless One's Lineage's infiltration of the Yaoguang Holy Land to Li Xuan and Yao Xi. Yao Xi struggled to believe that the Yaoguang Holy Son cultivated the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and had secretly grown powerful by devouring others' origins.

• Li Xuan arrived after Taiyi's tribulation and marveled at his rapid breakthrough into the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
• Taiyi told Li Xuan that he was descended from the Sun Saint Emperor and the Sacred Body Lineage, with a Sun Sacred Body formed by his bloodline's return to its ancestral state.
• Li Xuan was delighted by Taiyi's talent but worried that the Ruthless One's Lineage might threaten him, and considered confining Yao Xi.
• Taiyi stopped Li Xuan from treating Yao Xi as an enemy and proposed bringing her into their camp.
• Taiyi told Yao Xi that the Ruthless One's Lineage had infiltrated the Yaoguang Holy Land and made the Yaoguang Holy Son its successor.
• Yao Xi was shocked and questioned whether the Yaoguang Holy Son truly cultivated the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and secretly devoured others' origins.