Chapter Summaries

Chen Heng learned that Void Sovereign Heaven had allied with Jadechen but chose not to get involved, then prepared for a guest’s arrival. Three days later, Qiao Rui visited Changli Island and reunited with him.

• Chen Heng heard from Tu Shan Ge that Void Sovereign Heaven and Jadechen had agreed to support one another, but said the matter had nothing to do with them.
• Chen Heng told Tu Shan Ge to prepare for a guest and promised to teach Tu Shan Ningning the Physical Body Transformation Dao.
• Three days later, Qiao Rui arrived at Changli Island and spoke with Tu Shan Ningning while Chen Heng cultivated in the Quiet Chamber.
• Chen Heng emerged from the Inner Hall, greeted Qiao Rui, and welcomed his long-lost Junior Sister.

Chen Heng received a letter from Qiao Ding inviting him to Mi Mountain, but he postponed the visit while preparing to advance his Cavern Mystery cultivation. Meanwhile, Chen Yufu decided to visit Chen Heng on the God King's orders, despite Chen Yu's objections.

• Qiao Rui delivered Qiao Ding's letter inviting Chen Heng to visit the Mishan Qiao Clan, and Chen Heng promised to go when he had time.
• Qiao Rui stayed on Changli Island for several hours before departing, while Chen Heng returned to his quiet chamber to cultivate.
• Chen Heng began blasting his Dragon-Tiger Furnace and refining innate golden mercury, carefully guarding his foundation.
• Chen Yufu read a dossier about Chen Heng and told Chen Yu that the God King had ordered him to meet the Chen Clan scion.
• Chen Yufu announced that he would visit Changli Island in three days, and Chen Yu hurried after him.

Chen Yufu visited Chen Heng at Changli Island with Chen Yu, whose attempt to provoke Chen Heng ended with a sword strike that split his crown and wounded him. Chen Yufu then revealed that the God King wanted to meet Chen Heng.

• Chen Heng reviewed Chen Yufu's letter and considered the Chen Clan's history and Chen Yu's rise in Void Sovereign Heaven.
• Chen Yufu arrived at Changli Island with Chen Yu, and the two met Chen Heng in the main hall.
• Chen Yu's thoughts revealed that he hoped to recruit Chen Yufu for Chen Shoushi's succession faction and feared Chen Heng might become a contender for the supreme seat.
• Chen Heng asked whether Void Sovereign Heaven's proposed alliance included the Xiantian Demon Sect, and Chen Yufu said its support was indispensable.
• Chen Yu mocked Chen Heng and challenged him to exchange moves, but Chen Heng cut his crown and wounded his forehead with a flash of sword light.
• Chen Yufu apologized for Chen Yu's behavior and told Chen Heng that the God King wished to see him.

Chen Yu met Chen Heng on Changli Island, examined his past, and offered him a chance to learn secret water-refining texts after he formed his Golden Core. Chen Yu then visited Tong Xuan and traveled to the Xiantian Demon Sect, where Chen Jade Pivot sensed his arrival.

• Chen Yufu presented a jade casket, and Chen Yu appeared before Chen Heng and the gathered attendants.
• Tong Xuan and Weiling discussed Chen Yu's visit and whether Chen Heng might leave Jadechen for Void Sovereign Heaven.
• Chen Yu examined Chen Heng's past, called him a variable, and invited him to visit Void Sovereign Heaven after forming his Golden Core to receive secret texts.
• Chen Yu met Tong Xuan, confirmed he intended to visit the Xiantian Demon Sect, and departed for Lu Province.
• Chen Jade Pivot sensed Chen Yu's arrival at the Waterborne Rongcheng Life-Deliverance Grotto-Heaven.

Chen Jade Pivot repelled Chen Yu’s attack with the support of the Six Sects, then ordered letters sent as he remained confident he would overcome his Human Tribulation. Eight years later, Chen Heng reached the Cavern Mystery Third Level and, after receiving a letter from Jadechen, left at midnight.

• Chen Jade Pivot’s united support from the Six Sects stopped the flames threatening Lu Province and restored the Waterborne Rongcheng Life-Deliverance Grotto-Heaven.
• Chen Yu warned Chen Jade Pivot that his Human Tribulation remained unresolved, then delivered a private message and departed.
• Chen Jade Pivot summoned Yue You to have Lü Shu and Hou Daoheng deliver letters, insisting he had already defeated his tribulation once and would do so again.
• After eight years of cultivation, Chen Heng reached the Cavern Mystery Third Level and mastered Sword-Light Differentiation.
• Tu Shan Ge told Chen Heng that an old Daoist from Jadechen had left him a letter three years earlier; Chen Heng read it and later departed into the clouds as sword light.

Chen Heng met Tong Xuan, the Jadechen senior who had been waiting to take him as a disciple, and learned what remained on the path to forming a high-grade Golden Core. Tong Xuan gave him the secret method for cultivating tranquil void essence qi and promised to make him his Personal Disciple if he returned with a first-grade core.

• Chen Heng met Zhou Ji at He Guang Reef, and Zhou Ji took him to a secluded valley to meet Tong Xuan.
• Tong Xuan recognized Chen Heng's progress and confirmed that he planned to seek medicines to condense his Golden Core.
• Tong Xuan explained the thirteen great medicines and learned that Chen Heng had gathered only one of the six External Medicines while completing four internal medicines.
• Tong Xuan sent Chen Heng the secret method for cultivating tranquil void essence qi.
• Tong Xuan promised to proclaim Chen Heng's achievement and take him as his Personal Disciple if he returned with a first-grade core.

Chen Heng left Changli Island in his middle-grade Jade Scenery Flying Palace to gather the External Medicines needed to form a core, resolved not to return before forming a first-grade core. A year later, after killing a gold-robed cultivator who had stolen Cloud Blossom Dragon Ointment and ambushed him, Chen Heng heard an unknown voice behind him remark that he had reached the time to gather herbs and condense his core.

• Tong Xuan told Chen Heng that he would protect him from attacks by cultivators of higher realms but would not interfere in contests between peers.
• Chen Heng prepared to leave, received the Jade Scenery Flying Palace, and instructed Tu Shan Ge to pass his cultivation insights to Tu Shan Ningning.
• Chen Heng set out for Gourd-Mouth River in Northern Hao Province to gather Cloud Blossom Dragon Ointment, planning to continue to Western Su Province for other External Medicines.
• Chen Heng vowed not to return to the mountain unless he formed a first-grade core, and his Avīci Gui Sword rang out in response.
• A year later at Gourd-Mouth River, Chen Heng killed a gold-robed man who had stolen his Cloud Blossom Dragon Ointment and attacked him.
• As Chen Heng gathered the dead man's belongings, an unseen speaker told him that he too had reached the time to gather herbs and condense his core.

Chen Heng defeated the gold-robed man, claimed high-grade Cloud Blossom Dragon Ointment, and headed for Western Su Province after Gu Yi challenged him to a future battle. Meanwhile, Liang Wenxian regretted passing up the chance to take Chen Heng as his disciple and agreed to stop hesitating over his next candidate; Chen Heng eventually reached Western Su Province.

• Chen Heng broke the restrictions on the gold-robed man's box, secured the Cloud Blossom Dragon Ointment, and learned that Gu Yi's spiritual sense had been inside the slain Nether Locust Demon.
• Gu Yi assessed Chen Heng's progress, challenged him to fight in Western Su Province, and dispersed her spiritual sense.
• Chen Heng boarded the Jade Scenery Flying Palace and set off for Western Su Province as distant observers gathered at the Gourd-Mouth River.
• Du Ao rebuked Liang Wenxian for failing to recruit Chen Heng, and Liang Wenxian admitted that he had misjudged him and promised to accept a suitable disciple next time.
• Liang Wenxian revealed that the North Pole Old Immortal had tied his future opportunity to the cultivation of his disciple, while Du Ao noted that their next candidate in Eastern Maitreya seemed connected to Chen Heng.
• After a long journey, Chen Heng arrived in Western Su Province.

After two years crossing the oceans, Chen Heng reached Western Su Province and found his cultivation of Sage Earth complete, with Right Mind Edge within reach. He killed a rampaging Five-Headed Giant Serpent and invited the surviving elderly celestial person aboard the Jade Scenery Flying Palace, where he asked which tribe he belonged to.

• Chen Heng reflected on his two-year journey and recognized that he was close to mastering Right Mind Edge after condensing Sage Earth.
• A Five-Headed Giant Serpent defeated and killed the crocodile-headed Duo Luo Divine General, then attacked the elderly celestial person and his Outer Dao tribespeople.
• The injured elderly celestial person pursued the serpent and saw it assault the Jade Scenery Flying Palace.
• Chen Heng killed the serpent with sword light and Jadechen thunder arts.
• Chen Heng welcomed the elderly celestial person aboard the palace and asked whether he came from the Jiamo Tribe or the Nanding Tribe.

Chen Heng learned how the Outer Dao Celestial People came to live in the Far Western Lands and set out for the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden amid a feud between the Gama and Nanding tribes. After his flying palace traveled for two days, Qiao Xi of the Mishan Qiao Clan invited him to Mi Mountain on behalf of Qiao Ding.

• Chen Heng recalled the Outer Dao Celestial People's history and how the Eight Sects and Six Schools settled them and other displaced powers in the Far Western Lands.
• An old man from the Deer Horn Tribe told Chen Heng that Gama and Nanding were at war and warned him to avoid Wuping Mountain.
• Chen Heng learned that a Nanding spell had turned a Deer Horn tribesman into the five-headed serpent he had slain, and that two Celestial People had planned to attack the Deer Horn Tribe.
• The two Celestial People abandoned their attack after realizing Chen Heng was a Jadechen Disciple and sent word to clear his path.
• After two days of travel, Qiao Xi arrived and invited Chen Heng to visit Mi Mountain at Qiao Ding's request.

Chen Heng traveled toward the Mishan Qiao Clan with Qiao Xi and witnessed the Gama and Nanding tribes at war, where Yinzan displayed the power granted by a Brahma God. After the Yaksha reported seeing a Jade Scenery Flying Palace, Gu Yi realized Chen Heng had arrived in Western Su Province.

• Qiao Xi welcomed Chen Heng and explained that his clan had stationed people along every route to the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden.
• Chen Heng and Qiao Xi encountered the Gama and Nanding tribes fighting, and Qiao Xi explained the conflict over Yinzan’s cultivation and divine blessing.
• Chen Heng observed Yinzan fighting with the aid of a fiery mountain-shaped totemic form, then continued on in the Jade Scenery Flying Palace.
• The Yaksha Attendant reported the Jade Scenery Flying Palace to Gu Yi, who recognized that Chen Heng was likely aboard it.
• A woman beside Gu Yi asked who she meant by “wretch.”

Gu Yi learned that Chen Heng had arrived in Western Su Province and that Yin Wuji might join a larger plan to target him in the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden. Chen Heng reached the Mishan Qiao Clan as an honored guest, where the Five-Qi Cosmic Ring warned that the clan’s welcome was likely connected to Qiao Rui and asked what Chen Heng intended to do.

• Gu Yi recognized that Chen Heng had likely come to Western Su Province after seeing a Jade Scenery Flying Palace accompanied by a Mishan Qiao Clan honor guard.
• Yin Ruohua told Gu Yi that Yin Wuji would visit the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden and might be acting as part of Chen Jade Pivot’s plan against Chen Heng.
• Gu Yi insisted that she would seek out Chen Heng in the garden and defeat him, while Yin Ruohua speculated that she might instead save him from danger.
• Three days later, Qiao Xi escorted Chen Heng to Mi Mountain, where he was welcomed and lodged at Jialing Peak.
• The Five-Qi Cosmic Ring told Chen Heng that the Qiao Clan’s lavish welcome was probably connected to Qiao Rui and asked what he intended to do.

Chen Heng advanced his mastery of Southern Bright Separation Fire, then visited Qiao Ding, who tested his composure and discussed the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden. Qiao Ding’s attempt to arrange a marriage between Chen Heng and Qiao Rui failed, and he warned that Chen Jade Pivot remained a dangerous threat.

• Chen Heng declined the Five-Qi Cosmic Ring’s suggestion and continued cultivating Southern Bright Separation Fire until he neared mastery.
• Qiao Xi escorted Chen Heng to Qiao Ding, where Chen Heng passed Qiao Ding’s illusionary test using his Luo Dark Water.
• Qiao Ding discussed the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden and offered Qiao Xi’s help, but Chen Heng declined to burden him.
• Qiao Ding suggested that Chen Heng marry, but Chen Heng politely refused and left.
• Qiao Wei told Qiao Ding that Qiao Rui had feelings for Chen Heng, and Qiao Ding warned that Chen Jade Pivot remained a dangerous Demon Master.
• Chen Jade Pivot clapped his hands in the Waterborne Rongcheng Life-Deliverance Grotto-Heaven and praised someone’s performance.

Chen Jade Pivot persuaded Zhou Shiyuan to use his altered body and newly mastered Dao Arts to confront Chen Heng in the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden, promising him a Primordial Yang Golden Lotus if he survived. He also pressed the Suiyu Crown Prince to kill Chen Heng if his own plan failed, while revealing that Chen Heng could serve as a Demon Shrine.

• Chen Jade Pivot praised Zhou Shiyuan, reminded him that he had maimed his foundations to learn the required Dao Arts, and urged him not to fail in the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden.
• Chen Jade Pivot promised Zhou Shiyuan a Profound Ascension Flight Talisman and a Primordial Yang Golden Lotus to rebuild his body after the mission.
• The Suiyu Crown Prince mocked Chen Jade Pivot for sacrificing a loyal subordinate and questioned what he would do if his plan against Chen Heng failed.
• Chen Jade Pivot asked the Suiyu Crown Prince to eliminate Chen Heng if he failed, then suggested that Chen Heng would make an excellent Demon Shrine.

Chen Jade Pivot persuaded the Suiyu Crown Prince to consider making Chen Heng a demon shrine, revealing that Chen Heng was a Chongyu Demon Son who could resonate with the Silent Heavenly Palace. Months later, Chen Heng arrived at the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden with Qiao Xi and the Qiao Clan, where True Person Qiao Wei greeted him.

• Chen Jade Pivot explained that demon shrines sealed portions of the Chongyu Demon God's Dao Fruit and that Chongyu Demon Sons made the most durable candidates.
• Chen Jade Pivot told the Suiyu Crown Prince that Chen Heng was a Chongyu Demon Son, prompting the prince to reconsider using him as a demon shrine.
• Chen Jade Pivot hinted that the Suiyu Crown Prince was secretly trying to refine the Chongyu Demon God's Dao Fruit, then persuaded him to weigh the choice carefully.
• Chen Jade Pivot explained to Yue You that he had drawn the Suiyu Crown Prince into the matter as a backup plan to pressure Jadechen.
• Several months later, Chen Heng traveled with Qiao Xi and other Qiao Clan members to the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden.
• True Person Qiao Wei greeted Chen Heng and said the Gama and Nanding tribes had likely arranged the garden's banquet to curry favor with the visiting sect members.

Chen Heng arrived at the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden, received upper-grade Minghe Sand from Qiao Wei, and learned that Yin Ruohua had bought the specimen Qiao Xi had been seeking. As the garden’s opening approached, Chen Heng was invited to Yinzan’s banquet, while Ancestor Fu Can and Yu Tan were summoned to meet Yinzan; two days later, Chen Heng set out for the banquet.

• Qiao Wei gave Chen Heng upper-grade Minghe Sand and asked him to look after Qiao Rui after returning to Xiaoming Great Marsh.
• Qiao Xi told Chen Heng that Yin Ruohua of the Qiwu Yin Clan had bought the Minghe Sand he had tried to obtain.
• A young Celestial Person delivered Chen Heng a golden invitation to Yinzan’s banquet, scheduled for two days later.
• Ancestor Fu Can spotted Chen Heng and planned to visit him with Yu Tan, but a Celestial Person summoned them to speak with Yinzan.
• Two days later, Chen Heng left his guest quarters for the banquet under the guidance of several Celestial Persons.

Chen Heng attended a banquet at the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden, where he faced the renowned Yin Wuji and reunited with Ancestor Fu Can. The guests prepared to enter the garden, while Ancestor Fu Can invited Chen Heng to visit Yangrang Mountain afterward.

• Chen Heng arrived at the upper hall, where Zhangsun Kuang and Guo Quan were among the guests and two visitors from the Myriad Heavenly Firmament Universe plotted to challenge the appraisal’s ranked cultivators.
• Yin Wuji entered with Yin Ruohua, exchanged a tense aura clash with Chen Heng, then greeted him cordially and took his seat.
• Yinzan arrived with Yu Tan, and Ancestor Fu Can emerged from Yu Tan’s head; the cultivators in the hall stood to salute him as he greeted Chen Heng.
• During the banquet, Yu Tan used a mind-clearing talisman to resist the Gama Celestial Persons’ alluring music and dancing while Ancestor Fu Can chatted with Chen Heng.
• Ancestor Fu Can praised Chen Heng’s achievements, invited him to Yangrang Mountain after the garden visit, and offered him a treasured superior whisker.

As the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden opened, Chen Heng met Yin Wuji, who revealed that he had been offered the Langhuan Secret Manual to kill him, but proposed that they avoid fighting inside the garden. Chen Heng entered the garden, while Zhou Shiyuan declared that the Origin Master would personally move against him.

• Ancestor Fu Can gave Chen Heng a Tortoiseshell Pine and reassured Yu Tan that he would protect Chen Heng if trouble arose.
• Yin Wuji invited Chen Heng to a pavilion and admitted that True Lord Lü Shu had promised him the Langhuan Secret Manual and other benefits if he killed Chen Heng.
• Yin Wuji proposed that he and Chen Heng pursue their own paths in the medicine garden, though he still intended to contend for the chance to unite the Six Sects' fortunes at the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly.
• The Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden's formation gate opened, and Chen Heng entered amid the crowd of cultivators.
• Zhou Shiyuan vowed that the Origin Master would act personally to kill Chen Heng.

Chen Heng harvested superior-grade heavenly wander mud in Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden, then agreed to fight Sun Shengji and Fan Shengyan for a wager of seven-brilliance nine-radiance zhi. Elsewhere, Chen Jade Pivot used divine descent to take over Zhou Shiyuan’s body, and a mysterious figure emerged from the ruined altar.

• Chen Heng stored the heavenly wander mud he had found with the Earth-Traveling Art and reflected that seven-brilliance nine-radiance zhi would be much harder to locate.
• Sun Shengji and Fan Shengyan challenged Chen Heng to promote their master, Dharma Master Xuantong, and Fan Shengyan revealed that he had obtained superior-grade seven-brilliance nine-radiance zhi.
• Chen Heng wagered his heavenly wander mud against an external medicine, and Sun Shengji and Fan Shengyan transformed into a Zhu Yan and a Xuan Gui to attack him.
• Zhou Shiyuan completed a ritual in Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden while Chen Jade Pivot prepared to use divine descent, explaining that he meant to test his son.
• Chen Jade Pivot descended into Zhou Shiyuan’s body, destroying the altar and its ritual objects, and a figure emerged from the smoke saying it had been a long time since it last saw the Present World.

Chen Jade Pivot descended into the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden through Zhou Shiyuan’s body and challenged Zhangsun Kuang while heading to confront his son, Chen Heng. After Chen Heng obtained the Seven-Brilliance Nine-Radiance Zhi, Chen Jade Pivot arrived and faced him.

• Chen Jade Pivot took control of Zhou Shiyuan’s body, dismissed Zhou Shiyuan, and set out to deal with Chen Heng.
• Chen Jade Pivot met Zhangsun Kuang, who merged with the Four-Eyed Mystic Phoenix and attacked him; Chen Jade Pivot easily blocked the assault and hindered Zhangsun Kuang with the Lesser Primal Magnetism Divine Light.
• At the Jade Dawn School, Weiling and Tong Xuan discussed Chen Jade Pivot’s challenge, while Pei Shuyang reported that the Suiyu Crown Prince remained a threat despite appearing to agree to terms.
• Chen Heng obtained the Seven-Brilliance Nine-Radiance Zhi after Sun Shengji and Fan Shengyan left.
• Chen Jade Pivot called out to Chen Heng and offered him time to recover; Chen Heng recognized him.