Chapter Summaries

Chen Jade Pivot used the Divine Descent Method to approach Chen Heng and tried to recruit him with promises of sect status and cultivation, while Chen Heng used their exchange to probe his techniques. Chen Heng rejected the offer, and Chen Jade Pivot attacked him at the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden.

• Chen Heng recognized that Chen Jade Pivot was controlling Zhou Shiyuan’s Mind Image through the Divine Descent Method and used the One True Dharma Realm to test his abilities while stalling.
• Chen Jade Pivot described tribulations and offered Chen Heng a pact, entry into the Xiantian Demon Sect, and the chance to inherit the Six Sects’ fortune.
• Tong Xuan and Weiling doubted Chen Jade Pivot’s promises as the Profound Darkness Five Manifestations Dao Lord arrived at the Jade Dawn School and discussed the Dao Scion position.
• Chen Heng refused Chen Jade Pivot’s offer, citing his loyalty to Jun Yao and his distrust of Chen Jade Pivot.
• Chen Jade Pivot unleashed a sinister wind at Chen Heng, but it was extinguished, and Chen Heng counterattacked with a streak of sword light.

Chen Heng and Chen Jade Pivot fought a fierce battle in the clouds, each revealing powerful arts and countering the other’s attacks. A day later, Gu Yi heard the distant thunder and flew toward the clash, where she saw the battle and grew solemn.

• Chen Jade Pivot used Zuoyingbo Water to slow and seal the Avici Sword, then sent a tiger-headed yaksha crashing into it.
• Chen Jade Pivot attacked Chen Heng with a barrage of Zuoyingbo Water, but Chen Heng’s Violet Maitreya Treasure Garment and Innate Great Sun Divine Light held it off before he destroyed the water with Divine Thunder.
• Chen Heng unleashed Purple-Clear Divine Thunder and thirty-six divided sword lights, while Chen Jade Pivot resisted with a jade canopy and sent a Heavenly Demon at him.
• Chen Heng burned Chen Jade Pivot’s Heavenly Demon with Southern Bright Separation Fire and pressed his attacks until Chen Jade Pivot released a powerful wave of qi to drive them back.
• One day later, Gu Yi heard thunder rumbling from the clouds, flew toward it, and saw the battle between Chen Heng and Chen Jade Pivot.

Chen Heng fought Chen Jade Pivot, who had descended into Zhou Shiyuan’s body, through a brutal battle that ended when Chen Heng turned Chen Jade Pivot’s curse against him and killed him. Chen Heng left the battle determined to face Chen Jade Pivot’s true body at the same cultivation level and destroy his grotto-heaven.

• Gu Yi and other cultivators watched Chen Heng and Chen Jade Pivot battle for a day and night as both exhausted their strength and used powerful arts.
• Chen Heng feinted with a False Form, attacked from concealment, and fought Chen Jade Pivot in his Tai Su True Form.
• Gu Yi stopped a sneak attack on Chen Heng, but Chen Jade Pivot used the Equanimity Scales to draw them into an Inner Landscape where Dharma Artifacts and secret talismans were suppressed.
• Chen Jade Pivot severed Chen Heng’s right arm, then used the Image-Transference Terror Curse to make Chen Heng collapse as if dead.
• Chen Heng revealed that he had anticipated the curse and used the Scattering Radiance and Concealing Form Art to evade it, leaving Chen Jade Pivot weakened by the curse’s backlash.
• Chen Heng declared that he would destroy Chen Jade Pivot’s Waterborne Rongcheng Life-Deliverance Grotto-Heaven and killed him with a sword strike.

Gu Yi rescued Chen Heng from an ambush, and the battered Chen Heng emerged victorious over Chen Jade Pivot’s Divine Descent Body, then killed Liu Huan before departing to recover. Ten days later, Chen Heng accepted Ancestor Fu Can’s invitation to travel to Eastern Hun Province for the Old Immortal’s Whiskers and to meet cultivators of the Eight Schools of the Profound Gate.

• Gu Yi killed the cultivators who had ambushed Chen Heng and trapped Liu Huan, who had concealed himself nearby to interfere.
• Chen Heng emerged from his battle with Chen Jade Pivot’s Divine Descent Body grievously wounded but victorious, then killed Liu Huan when he tried to escape.
• Chen Heng greeted Gu Yi and left the battlefield, while Yin Wuji reflected that Chen Heng would be a formidable rival at the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly.
• Chen Heng returned to his quarters, took a Primordial Chaos Divine Pu Pill, and began recovering from his injuries.
• Ten days later, Ancestor Fu Can visited Chen Heng with Yu Tan and invited him to travel to Eastern Hun Province to obtain Old Immortal’s Whiskers and meet fellow cultivators.
• Chen Heng accepted Ancestor Fu Can’s invitation and agreed to travel with him.

Chen Xiangxian met Dao Lord Fu Yu to seek a Complete Practice Great Dharma Pill and permission to study sixteen Shangqing True Talismans, offering to help suppress the Yellow Path Deity in exchange. Seven years later, Chen Heng opened the Spirit Aperture of Abiding Truth and named the Tranquil Void Essence Qi.

• Chen Xiangxian arrived at Yangrang Mountain, where Chen Wei saw the Demon God of the Ugly Uncle Life-Consuming Art suppressed within his body.
• Chen Xiangxian told Dao Lord Fu Yu that he had fought Zhuang Si and other Pure Yang True Lords while probing Chen Jade Pivot's condition in Southern Chan Province.
• Chen Xiangxian asked Dao Lord Fu Yu to arrange a Complete Practice Great Dharma Pill and to let him study sixteen Shangqing True Talismans.
• Chen Xiangxian offered to swear a Dao Oath to serve the Grand Talisman Palace for ten thousand years and help suppress the Yellow Path Deity after attaining the Dao.
• Dao Lord Fu Yu agreed to seek approval for the talismans, and Chen Xiangxian said he would meet Chen Heng after Chen Heng finished his breakthrough.
• Seven years later, Chen Heng opened the Spirit Aperture of Abiding Truth and identified the Tranquil Void Essence Qi.

After seven years of cultivation, Chen Heng completed the first step of Golden Core formation by refining a Core Embryo and began preparing the remaining medicines and Three Wonders Flame. Celestial signs spread over Yangrang Mountain as the Grand Talisman Palace cultivators watched, while Chen Xiangxian considered the crucial next stages.

• Chen Heng completed his cultivation of tranquil void essence qi and summoned the Divine Talisman Fire to refine minghe sand into a Core Embryo.
• Chen Heng used all twelve portions of seven-brilliance nine-radiance zhi to remove the Core Embryo's impurities, then settled it with sage earth.
• Chen Heng declared the casting of the Core Embryo complete and brought out the remaining External Medicines and Three Wonders Flame for the next stages.
• Dao Lord Fu Yu sensed that Chen Heng was about to form his core, and Ancestor Fu Can asked what grade he might achieve.
• Celestial signs and thunderous sounds spread over Yangrang Mountain, drawing the Grand Talisman Palace cultivators to watch.
• Chen Xiangxian watched the signs and pondered how Chen Heng would use tranquil void essence qi during the core-forming process.

Chen Heng completed his Golden Core breakthrough by overcoming the six faculties trembling and deciding for himself when to use tranquil void essence qi. He formed a first-grade core, survived the nine-bolt tribulation, and left the cultivators watching in admiration.

• Chen Heng refined his Core Embryo with five palace thunder and mysterious chamber water, preparing to complete core formation.
• Chen Heng endured the signs of six faculties trembling and realized that he had to determine the proper moment himself.
• Chen Heng declared the moment had come and merged tranquil void essence qi into his Golden Core, forming a first-grade core.
• The celestial signs shifted above the peak, and Chen Heng faced the Little Pure Yang Thunder tribulation.
• Chen Heng shattered the ninth bolt with a single sword stroke, while Chen Xiangxian and the Grand Talisman Palace cultivators celebrated his achievement.

After forming a first-rank Golden Core, Chen Heng spent fifteen days mastering his new magical power and was sent from Yangrang Mountain by Dao Lord Fu Yu, who invited him to the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly. Meanwhile, Fu Yu warned Daoqing Toutuo that a great treasure linked to the Dao Court could spark a catastrophic struggle, and someone intercepted Chen Heng as he prepared to leave.

• Chen Heng reflected on Golden Core cultivation, reviewed his methods and treasures, and resolved to develop new arts suited to his realm.
• Dao Lord Fu Yu transported Chen Heng from Yangrang Mountain and told him they would meet again at the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly.
• Daoqing Toutuo gave Fu Yu a Complete Practice Great Dharma Pill for Chen Xiangxian and explained that he would soon go to Law Sage Heaven to repay a life debt.
• Fu Yu warned Daoqing Toutuo that Xia Ji's possession of a Dao Court treasure could provoke a struggle so severe that even a Tribulation Immortal Patriarch could not avert disaster.
• As Chen Heng prepared to leave the stone forest with his World-Escaping Shuttle, an unidentified person called out to him and recognized the shuttle.

Chen Heng met Chen Xiangxian, received an immortal talisman showing his past battle with Chen Jade Pivot and a map to High Person Jingzhi’s inheritance, then agreed to compete with him to kill Chen Jade Pivot first. Meanwhile, Dao Lord Tong Xuan returned from another tribulation and learned of Chen Heng’s first-grade core; half a month later, the All-Encompassing Hall’s bell announced a major gathering.

• Chen Xiangxian welcomed Chen Heng into his Grotto-Heaven and explained Chen Jade Pivot’s lost Grotto-Heaven and the danger of his future advancement.
• Chen Xiangxian gave Chen Heng an immortal talisman that let him witness the battle a thousand years earlier in which Chen Xiangxian lost to Chen Jade Pivot.
• Chen Xiangxian gave Chen Heng a map granting access to High Person Jingzhi’s inheritance and the chance to contend for fragments of the Avici Sword.
• Chen Xiangxian explained the plan to use Chen Jade Pivot’s descendants to seize his cultivation and challenged Chen Heng to wager on who would kill him first; they sealed the wager with three palm strikes.
• Dao Lord Tong Xuan returned to Azure-Cang Valley after advancing through another tribulation, and he and Dao Lord Weiling celebrated news of Chen Heng’s first-grade core.
• Half a month later, the All-Encompassing Hall’s golden bell rang, and Mi Jingshi eagerly prepared for the day’s event.

Mi Jingshi, Chen Wei, and Mi Hui traveled to All-Encompassing Hall for Chen Heng’s investiture as Patriarch Tong Xuan’s True Disciple, where eminent cultivators from across the realm gathered. Chen Heng greeted old acquaintances before Dao Lords arrived amid auspicious signs, leaving the assembly waiting for the ceremony to begin.

• Mi Jingshi and Chen Wei reflected on the fates of Jun Yao’s former disciples and Chen Heng’s rise to prominence.
• Mi Jingshi questioned Mi Hui about Chen Heng’s invitations, then took Mi Hui and Chen Wei by flying carriage to All-Encompassing Hall.
• Mi Jingshi and Mi Hui surveyed the gathered dignitaries as cultivators from many sects arrived for the investiture.
• Chen Heng entered with the Gongshu Brothers, greeted Mi Jingshi, Luan Shuo, Mi Hui, and Chen Wei, and exchanged pleasantries with them.
• A mystic sound rang through the hall as Dao Lords arrived amid brilliant auspicious light, and the assembled cultivators bowed to them.

Chen Heng completed his True Disciple ceremony at Jadechen, where Tong Xuan bestowed lavish gifts and appointed him to the powerful All-Encompassing Hall. Tong Xuan named him Taihe and declared him his first disciple, while Qingzhi sensed that her miss had emerged from seclusion at Lutai Mountain.

• Tong Xuan welcomed the gathered cultivators and recognized Shi for helping the Heavenly Pool Sect unite the Liyang Land Continent.
• Chen Heng accepted scriptures, a seal, a divine sword, and other ritual items before he and Tong Xuan sealed their master-disciple covenant.
• Tong Xuan granted Chen Heng warriors, Dao Soldiers, spirit veins, a fief, honors, and a place as steward of the All-Encompassing Hall, with promotion to Elder upon reaching the Primordial Spirit.
• Pei Shuyang led the assembly in acclaiming Jadechen, and Tong Xuan named Chen Heng Taihe and declared him a True Disciple and his first disciple.
• At Lutai Mountain, Qingzhi sensed a change at the Nine Sovereigns Everbright Golden Palace Grotto-Heaven and rejoiced that her miss had emerged from seclusion.

Wei Lingjiang formed a first-grade Golden Core and mastered Correct Heaven's Division, earning acclaim from Crimson Luminary and approval from its Patriarch for her earlier request. As Jadechen invested Chen Heng as a True Disciple, rival powers reacted to his rise, while Chen Jade Pivot prepared to deal with his rebellious son.

• Wei Lingjiang emerged from seclusion with a first-grade core and mastered Correct Heaven's Division, drawing congratulations from Crimson Luminary's Elders and the Dao Lord of Emptiness-Piercing Supreme Virtue.
• The Dao Lord approved Wei Lingjiang's earlier request as Jadechen's Great Cavern Golden Bell rang for Chen Heng's True Disciple investiture; Zhuojing and Wei Lingjiang realized the two events coincided.
• Pei Shuyang released the Suiyu Crown Prince after Jadechen and allied sects had kept him under watch, while Qiao Yubi recovered from his injuries and arranged for Cui Jingzhong to deliver something to Chen Heng.
• Chen Jade Pivot ordered Chen Ying and Chen Bai to bring Chen Chan back and imprison her, then told Mu Sou he would let Chen Heng enjoy his moment of triumph while he considered how to deal with him.

Three months after becoming a True Disciple, Chen Heng mastered the Five Elders Heavenly Official Great Hand Seal and received two powerful scriptures from Tong Xuan. As Chen Heng prepared to leave the sect to earn Dao merit and seek Netherworld True Water, Tong Xuan recommended Taiyi Divine Thunder as the method that could give him an edge at the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly.

• Chen Heng formed the Five Elements True Seed, then tested the Five Elders Heavenly Official Great Hand Seal by freezing the sea and blasting a vast whirlpool into it.
• Tong Xuan praised Chen Heng's progress and gave him the second volume of Purple-Clear Divine Thunder and the North Star Transformation and Demon-Subduing Sword Scripture.
• Tong Xuan warned Chen Heng to be cautious beyond the mountains and reminded him that becoming Dao Scion required both defeating his peers and earning great merit for Jadechen.
• Chen Heng resolved to take Merit Hall assignments and travel to Outer Heaven, including visiting Void Sovereign Heaven to seek Netherworld True Water.
• Tong Xuan advised Chen Heng to cultivate Jadechen's Lofty World-Subduing Method, revealing that it was Taiyi Divine Thunder.

Tong Xuan advised Chen Heng on using Netherworld True Water to withstand Taiyi Divine Thunder, protecting his secrets, and balancing bodily cultivation with his future advancement. Chen Heng vowed not to yield at the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly and began arranging his affairs before leaving for Outer Heaven.

• Tong Xuan explained that Netherworld True Water could let Chen Heng survive Taiyi Divine Thunder's backlash, and Chen Heng decided to obtain the art before departing.
• Tong Xuan assured Chen Heng that he would not probe the secret behind his Tai Su Jade Body and would continue shielding him from others' suspicions.
• Tong Xuan urged Chen Heng to retain the Tai Su Jade Body but warned that advancing his body too far would obstruct his eventual breakthrough to Return to Emptiness.
• Tong Xuan raised Wei Lingjiang's first-grade core and warned Chen Heng not to yield at the Origin Elixir Grand Assembly, and Chen Heng pledged to pursue his cultivation without yielding.
• Chen Heng sent Tu Shan Ge to deliver a letter requesting a visit to Patriarch Weiling, then flew toward the Merit Hall to arrange a task before his journey.
• Tu Shan Ge noticed creased but unwritten sheets on Chen Heng's desk and left without understanding their significance.