Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu used Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City's Two Forms Grand Formation to blunt the beast tide and then killed the Neck Metal Demon Bull with the Five Phases Bright King Wings. As Golden Egg and Iron Egg fought the other Demon Kings, Xuele subdued the Horned Python with Five Phases Rebirth and began turning it into a puppet.

• Chen Beiwu assigned the savage Demon Kings to Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele, while Zhiling stayed to help defend the city.
• Chen Beiwu activated the Two Forms Grand Formation and used its heavenly swords to slay many beasts and weaken the four savage Demon Kings.
• Chen Beiwu fought the Neck Metal Demon Bull, then used the Five Phases Bright King Wings to split it open and seize its Demon King inner core.
• Xuele restrained the Horned Python with five-colored ancient trees and used Five Phases Rebirth to weaken it and begin transforming it into a puppet.
• Chen Beiwu praised Xuele's success as the Horned Python's aura fell to rock bottom.

Iron Egg defeated the Earth-Splitting Savage Rhino with Burning Sun Ember Seed, while Golden Egg killed the Six-Winged Savage Eagle using its Revolving Three Lights True Domain. After the beast tide was routed and Chen Beiwu discussed how his beasts should develop their strengths, Chief Patrolling Commissioner Heart Lotus True Venerable arrived and revealed his close friendship with Chen Beiwu’s master.

• Iron Egg used Burning Sun Ember Seed to kill the Earth-Splitting Savage Rhino, then swallowed its ember seed and raised its Dao practice to nineteen hundred and ninety-nine years.
• Golden Egg trapped the Six-Winged Savage Eagle in its Revolving Three Lights True Domain and annihilated it when it tried to escape.
• Chen Beiwu advised Golden Egg to focus on its strengths and coordinate with Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling instead of learning fourth-tier arcane arts.
• Lu Ren and the cultivators of Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City saw the beast tide routed, while Chen Beiwu sensed that their admiration brought him fortune.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable arrived, and Chen Beiwu greeted him as Martial Uncle Xiao after learning he was a close friend of Chen Beiwu’s master.

Chen Beiwu learned that the Earth Abyss housed the Primordial Origin Creation Furnace and entered its Dao-refining trial. As the trial’s Divine Fire Refining the Dao pushed past fifteen minutes and began burning his Divine Sense and Nascent Soul, he used the flames to cultivate the golden light within his Nascent Soul.

• Heart Lotus True Venerable explained that the Earth Abyss was a pill furnace of heaven and earth, with the Primordial Origin Creation Furnace suppressing and refining ancient demons’ remains.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable brought Chen Beiwu to the furnace’s trial ground and explained that enduring longer in its Dao-refining trial earned greater opportunities.
• Chen Beiwu began the trial with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling accompanying him, and the Primordial Origin divine fire engulfed his body.
• Chen Beiwu endured the fire’s pain as it burned away impurities and traces of disharmony in his cultivation.
• After fifteen minutes, flames appeared within Chen Beiwu’s Purple Mansion and Spiritual Terrace and enveloped his Nascent Soul.
• Chen Beiwu focused the flames on the luminous golden light within his Nascent Soul, beginning to practice Planting a Golden Lotus in Fire.

Chen Beiwu endured the Primordial Origin Divine Fire for an hour by using Fire-Seed Golden Lotus, Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation, his Primordial Origin Dharma Form, and Dharma Form True Spirit. He chose the chance to comprehend a Primordial Chaos Dao Artifact’s Origin Divine Ability Dao Art, then found himself as a piece of lava armor on the ancient great demon Zhu Yan.

• Chen Beiwu comprehended Fire-Seed Golden Lotus, balancing his essence, qi, and spirit while strengthening his body and magic power at the cost of his divine sense.
• Chen Beiwu used Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation and summoned his Primordial Origin Dharma Form to withstand the Primordial Origin Divine Fire.
• Chen Beiwu activated Dharma Form True Spirit and endured the trial for a full hour, earning a choice between the Five-Phases Furnace Origin Pill and Primordial Chaos Insight.
• After hearing the four companion beasts’ divided opinions, Chen Beiwu chose Primordial Chaos Insight and was drawn into an unknown vision.
• Chen Beiwu awoke as a piece of lava rock in the armor of Zhu Yan, an ancient great demon.

Chen Beiwu endured a vision of Zhenyuan Dao Venerable using the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to kill Zhu Yan, then recovered and learned the significance of the treasure he had witnessed. After Heart Lotus True Venerable gave him a black saber, Chen Beiwu began to reveal a breakthrough in his Saber Dao.

• Chen Beiwu watched Zhu Yan tear apart the Crimson Chi-Dragon Demon Venerable before Zhenyuan Dao Venerable appeared and challenged him.
• Zhenyuan Dao Venerable activated the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and its white light killed Zhu Yan in the vision and knocked Chen Beiwu unconscious.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable explained that Chen Beiwu had depleted his essence, qi, and spirit while comprehending the Dao, and Chen Beiwu recovered after half a month.
• Chen Beiwu told Heart Lotus True Venerable that Zhenyuan Dao Venerable had shown him the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, earning direct entry into the Jade Purity Golden Register.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable explained the idea of Immeasurable Immortal Artifacts and gave Chen Beiwu a nameless black saber as a gift.
• Chen Beiwu tried to recall the white light and began to display the Fifth Realm of the Saber Dao, where the body became the saber and saber intent towered into the heavens.

Chen Beiwu refined his Saber Dao after observing the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, then returned to Jade Purity Immortal Sect and joined its succession register. The Sect Master assigned him to challenge the Five Great Grotto-Heavens’ Nascent Soul prodigies for Jade Purity’s place in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, and Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland to prepare.

• Chen Beiwu synchronized with the mysterious saber and reached half a step into Saber Intent Soaring to the Firmament, while sensing that the Immortal-Slaying Gourd’s power held further insights.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable secretly opened a jade box by the ancient well, collected streaks of light from it, and departed as Chen Beiwu sensed his presence.
• After completing his garrison assignment, Chen Beiwu returned to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect and signed his true name in the Jade Purity Golden Register, entering its core inheritance succession.
• Violet Firmament Venerable explained that the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament’s challenges would determine whether Jade Purity could participate, and Chen Beiwu volunteered to face the Nascent Soul prodigies.
• Chen Beiwu left Jade Purity Hall, returned to the Southern Wasteland through the Ten Directions Gate, and resumed preparing for his plans there.

Chen Beiwu prepared Protectorate City's auction and guided his followers as rare cultivation resources drew outside cultivators. Shuyu True Lord arrived seeking Chen Zi'ang, took offense at his absence, and threatened to punish Shu You after forcibly probing the city.

• Chen Beiwu confirmed the auction preparations and offered Mo Li a third-tier metal-attribute young beast to support her cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu gave Shu You, Yu Pan, Jiang Yuyan, and Wang Hao individual cultivation guidance.
• Wang Hao told Zhao Wu about the auction's Liquid-Transition Golden Core Elixir and an opportunity for False Nascent Soul cultivators to attempt Nascent Soul Formation again.
• Zhao Wu considered exchanging his secret legacy for elixirs but remained afraid of being killed for it.
• Shuyu True Lord arrived with four Golden Core maids and demanded to meet Chen Zi'ang, while Shu You explained that he was in seclusion.
• Shuyu True Lord forcibly extended her divine sense into Protectorate City, and Shu You activated the city's grand formation as Shuyu True Lord resolved to punish her for protesting.

Chen Beiwu intervened when Shuyu True Lord Yun Chuyao used her Nascent Soul pressure to punish Shu You, then challenged Yun Chuyao to withstand one saber strike. His saber severed her karmic line and cost her one life, leaving her to concede while concealing how badly she had been hurt.

• Li Haichuan declined to intervene against Shuyu True Lord, while Ji Yue watched to assess Chen Beiwu's strength.
• Yun Chuyao suppressed Shu You with her Nascent Soul pressure until Chen Beiwu appeared and defended her.
• Chen Beiwu demanded that Yun Chuyao take one saber strike, warning that she would die if she could not withstand it.
• Yun Chuyao accepted the challenge, and Chen Beiwu struck her with Saber Intent that cut through her defenses and caused her aura to collapse.
• Ji Yue recognized Chen Beiwu's extraordinary saber attainment, and Yun Chuyao concealed that the strike had cost her one life before conceding defeat.

After Chen Beiwu defeated Yun Chuyao, she warned him that Zhao Caixuan could not be trusted and sought to join the Mirror Moon Sect as a guest attendant. Yun Chuyao later discovered that Chen Beiwu’s saber intent had left a grave wound she could not heal, forcing her to consider asking him for help.

• Yun Chuyao healed her visible saber wound before meeting Chen Beiwu, then spoke with him privately about True Lord Miaoyu and Zhao Caixuan’s involvement in the Blazing Sun Ruins.
• Chen Beiwu refused to intervene in Yun Chuyao’s feud with True Lord Miaoyu, and Yun Chuyao asked him to convey her request to join the Mirror Moon Sect as a guest attendant.
• After Yun Chuyao left, she concealed herself in her cave abode and the wound from Chen Beiwu’s saber strike reappeared, revealing that her strength had fallen to the Nascent Soul middle stage.
• Yun Chuyao froze herself with the Northern Darkness Cold Gang Jade Pot True Scripture, but after thawing and trying further methods, she found the saber intent still worsening and realized Chen Beiwu might be the only one able to remove it.

Chen Beiwu oversaw the auction that established Protectorate Immortal City’s reputation with rare pills refined by Master Iron Egg. The chapter ended with Li Haichuan recognizing the pill’s mark and realizing that Iron Egg was a dog whose alchemy surpassed his own.

• Zhao Caixuan entered Treasure Gathering Tower in disguise while Chen Beiwu recognized her but chose not to expose her.
• Yun Chuyao visited Chen Beiwu, watched the auction, and privately considered joining Protectorate Immortal City, though she remained wary of the saber intent within her.
• Shu You opened the auction with an upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pill refined by Master Iron Egg, which sold for thirty-nine thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Chen Beiwu explained that the auction’s rare spirit herbs would help attract alchemists and other skilled cultivators to Protectorate Immortal City.
• Shu You presented a Liquid-Transition Golden Core Elixir bearing Iron Egg’s distinctive mark, and Li Haichuan recognized that its refiner was a dog with greater alchemy skill than his own.

The auction in Protectorate City drew False Nascent Soul cultivators with the Infant-Restoration Pill and announced that Master Iron Egg would accept disciples, boosting the city’s influence. After Luo Haoxuan won the pill and chose to remain in the city, an attacker disguised as Suspended Mirror True Lord ambushed him, and Chen Beiwu intervened, exposing the attack as a plot to slander Protectorate Immortal City.

• Ji Yue realized that Master Iron Egg was the black canine spirit pet who had once been a Second-Tier Alchemist, and the bidding for the Liquid-Transition Golden Core Elixir climbed to five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Shu You offered the Infant-Restoration Pill to Golden Core cultivators who joined Protectorate City under substitute household registration, and Luo Haoxuan won it for nine thousand upper grade spirit stones.
• Shu You announced that Master Iron Egg would establish a school at Iron Pill Peak and accept qualified alchemy disciples from across the Earth Evolution Realm.
• Luo Haoxuan chose to stay in Protectorate City with the Infant-Restoration Pill, but a disguised attacker struck him with an ancient silver mirror and shattered his Six-Flame Glazed Shield.
• Chen Beiwu arrived to protect Luo Haoxuan, blocked Suspended Mirror True Lord’s silver rays, and accused the attacker of impersonating a Mirror Moon Sect True Lord to slander Protectorate Immortal City.

Chen Beiwu defeated Zhu Jinglong’s avatar in Protectorate Immortal City and used its karmic connection to kill the original body, Myriad Transformations True Lord Qi Chengyi, in the distant Soul Refining Sect Branch Hall. The great fortune he gained completed the transformation of the three Fortune Crimson Dragons, which began producing hazy purple qi.

• Chen Beiwu activated the city’s formation to trap Zhu Jinglong, then struck him down with his saber intent after Zhu summoned his Dharma Form.
• Zhao Caixuan identified Zhu Jinglong as Qi Chengyi and warned Chen Beiwu that the True Lord would seek revenge, but Chen Beiwu said he had no chance to do so.
• Qi Chengyi suffered backlash from his avatar’s death and prepared to send Golden Core avatars against Protectorate City.
• A growing sense of danger drove Qi Chengyi to raise the Ten Thousand Souls Formation, activate his Profound Treasure, summon substitute-death puppets, and call for help.
• Chen Beiwu traced the karmic link between the avatar and Qi Chengyi, sending his saber intent across the distance to kill Qi Chengyi despite his defenses.
• The fortune from Qi Chengyi’s death completed the three Fortune Crimson Dragons’ transformation, and they produced hazy purple qi.

Chen Beiwu enforced Protectorate Immortal City's ban on violence, then negotiated the Blazing Sun Ruins expedition with Zhao Caixuan and arranged for Ji Yue to join. Yun Chuyao joined the Mirror Moon Sect after Chen Beiwu removed the Saber Intent afflicting her, leaving her free to pursue her own revenge against Zhao Caixuan.

• Chen Beiwu ordered Myriad Transformations True Lord's head hung over the southern city gate as punishment for breaking the city's no-violence rule, and stopped Zhao Caixuan and Yun Chuyao from fighting.
• Ji Yue praised Protectorate Immortal City's grand formation, learned Chen Beiwu had laid it, and agreed to stay in contact while Chen Beiwu proposed bringing him to the Blazing Sun Ruins.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhao Caixuan agreed to explore the Blazing Sun Ruins in one month, split the proceeds equally, and include Ji Yue, while Chen Beiwu insisted Zhao Caixuan enter as his concubine rather than Dao Companion.
• Zhao Caixuan asked whether Chen Beiwu feared her betrayal, and he replied that he would accept defeat if she could outwit and kill him.
• Yun Chuyao offered to join Protectorate City in exchange for Chen Beiwu killing Zhao Caixuan, but he refused and gave her the Mirror Moon Sect's Guest Elder Token and contract instead.
• After Yun Chuyao signed the contract, Chen Beiwu extracted the Saber Intent from her and warned her not to repeat their earlier misunderstanding.

Chen Beiwu examined Ji Yue’s incomplete Grand Void Formation Sect formation and invited him to join Protectorate City to explore the Blazing Sun Ruins. After preparing weapons and defenses, Chen Beiwu departed with Ji Yue and Zhao Caixuan, while the Five Great Sects’ leaders gathered at One-Line Sky to assess him.

• Ji Yue showed Chen Beiwu the Five-Direction Womb Treasury Transformation and Defense Formation, and Chen Beiwu identified it as an incomplete Grand Void Formation Sect design that he could only partly restore.
• Ji Yue offered a Central Heaven Pill as a deposit, and Chen Beiwu suggested exploring the Blazing Sun Ruins and invited him to join Protectorate City.
• Chen Beiwu bought saber techniques and a Radiant Body Heart Armor through the Myriad Treasures Society to prepare for the expedition.
• A month later, Ji Yue joined Protectorate City, and Chen Beiwu left with Ji Yue and Zhao Caixuan after entrusting Shu You with the city's defenses.
• At One-Line Sky, the four Sect Masters and Su Lanyue waited for Chen Beiwu, while Zhu Wuya viewed the expedition as a planned step toward Chen Beiwu's path to Spirit Transformation.

Chen Beiwu entered the Blazing Sun Ruins with Zhao Caixuan, Ji Yue, and Su Lanyue, while Zhu Wuya warned him about powerful rivals and concealed dangers. Deep in the ruins, Myriad Radiance Blazing Sun True Venerable awakened and began altering the Pure White Heavenly Road to force two chosen vessels into a deadly contest.

• Chen Beiwu arrived among the True Lords, drawing wary attention from the sect masters, and Zhu Wuya warned him that Puppet Blood True Lord concealed formidable strength.
• Zhu Wuya explained the Blazing Sun Ruins’ regions and dangers, then gave Chen Beiwu a map and brought him and his companions to Flame Mountain.
• Chen Beiwu used the Formation Sect True Disciple Token to cross the fierce astral fire, and Su Lanyue joined him, Zhao Caixuan, and Ji Yue at the Grand Void gate.
• Myriad Radiance Blazing Sun True Venerable awakened in Myriad Radiance Hall and chose two cultivators as vessels, declaring that only the final victor would inherit his legacy.
• Myriad Radiance Blazing Sun True Venerable altered the Pure White Heavenly Road between the outer and inner regions.

Chen Beiwu entered the Blazing Sun Ruins and discovered that his companions were treated as one entity for the Grand Void Formation Sect’s Dao Child trial. He passed the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar’s first two tests with ease and received the Fire-Forged Cosmic Lesser Yang Demon-Burning Grand Formation, while Zhao Caixuan and Ji Yue failed to endure its greater challenge.

• Chen Beiwu followed Zhao Caixuan through a hidden passage inside a volcano after Iron Egg sensed a watcher nearby.
• Chen Beiwu activated the Grand Void Formation Sect’s Dao Child trial and encountered the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar, a Creation Treasure that tested endurance and strength.
• Zhao Caixuan touched the pillar but could not endure the first test, while Ji Yue passed it and then failed to endure embracing the pillar for a quarter-hour.
• Chen Beiwu touched the pillar for half a quarter-hour without discomfort and passed the first test.
• Chen Beiwu embraced the pillar for a quarter-hour, received the Fire-Forged Cosmic Lesser Yang Demon-Burning Grand Formation, and began comprehending its foundational formation.

Chen Beiwu passed the second Dao Child trial by comprehending a lower-grade fire origin seal, then reached the final assessment and discovered it required him to defeat a terrifying Radiant Profound Chi Dragon. The trial stele understated the dragon’s strength and dao practice, leaving Chen Beiwu doubtful as the final assessment began.

• Chen Beiwu failed to move the Pure Yang Formation-Stabilizing Pillar, and Blazing Sun True Venerable watched him with interest while considering whether he could serve the sect.
• Chen Beiwu entered the second trial, comprehended a lower-grade fire origin seal within a year, and proceeded to the next trial.
• Ji Yue failed the second trial and returned outside the ruins, where he and Zhao Caixuan waited for Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu arrived in a lava cavern and recognized the sleeping Radiant Profound Chi Dragon as a formidable near-Venerable beast.
• The trial stele identified Chen Beiwu as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator and ordered him to defeat the dragon, but its stated bloodline and dao practice contradicted the dragon’s apparent power.

Chen Beiwu withdrew from the impossible third Dao Child trial and joined Zhao Caixuan and Ji Yue at the Pure White Heavenly Road, where Nascent Soul cultivators entered a fiery trial for keys to the Lesser Yang Realm. After enduring the flames with Iron Egg’s protection, Chen Beiwu activated his key and was immediately targeted by a deadly golden arrow.

• Chen Beiwu withdrew from the trial after the Radiant Profound Chi Dragon awakened, while a golden young beast confronted Blazing Sun True Venerable, who tried to recruit it.
• Chen Beiwu reunited with Zhao Caixuan and Ji Yue, then traveled with them to the Pure White Heavenly Road and met Xin Yu, Zheng Zhongyuan, and cultivators from other sects.
• Zheng Zhongyuan explained that golden rings containing Lesser Yang Array Keys had appeared on the road, and the gathered True Lords agreed to enter them together.
• Chen Beiwu entered a golden ring, learned that enduring the flames would strengthen his Lesser Yang Realm opponent, and relied on Iron Egg to withstand the Lesser Yang True Fire.
• After enduring the flames for over a quarter-hour, Chen Beiwu activated his key and was met by a golden arrow aimed at the Nascent Soul in his spiritual terrace.

Chen Beiwu killed Yu Xianghua after enduring the Soul Refining Sect cultivator’s strange techniques, then teleported to the Mountain and River Hall. There he found the sects deadlocked over a five-thousand-year-old Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus, and concluded that it would eventually be his.

• Yu Xianghua captured what appeared to be Chen Beiwu’s Nascent Soul, but Chen Beiwu revealed it was a trap and cut Yu Xianghua in two.
• Yu Xianghua healed, wounded Chen Beiwu with borrowed saber intent, and used the Soul Refining Sect’s Eighteen True Forms and Soul-Slaying Curse before Chen Beiwu found his true body and destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• A teleportation prompt appeared, and Chen Beiwu chose the Mountain and River Hall over the other available destinations.
• At the Mountain and River Hall, Xin Yu and Ji Yue greeted Chen Beiwu while the gathered cultivators argued over how to divide the medicinal fields.
• Xin Yu told Chen Beiwu that the cultivators were contesting a five-thousand-year-old Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus; Xuele admitted it could not bypass the fifth-tier restrictions, and Chen Beiwu resolved to claim the lotus later.

Yun Kui broke the restrictions around a Fukui Dragon Orchid, prompting Ning Liangyu and Su Lanyue to unite their sects and attack the other cultivators near the Mountain and River Hall. Chen Beiwu rescued Xin Yu and escaped with her, while the two sects sealed off the area and continued fighting over the medicinal fields and the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus.

• Yun Kui used Nascent Soul origin essence blood and guidance from the True Venerable to break the restrictions around a Fukui Dragon Orchid, which he picked under Ning Liangyu's protection.
• Ning Liangyu and Su Lanyue agreed that the Eight Desolations Sect and Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect would clear out the other cultivators, then their forces launched a surprise attack.
• Ning Liangyu struck at Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu, but Chen Beiwu's saber wound cut her finger and he transported himself and Xin Yu eight thousand li away.
• Ning Liangyu resumed attacking the other True Lords, while Su Lanyue ordered Granny Fu to seal the area with the No-Gate Fate-Determining World-Severing Profound Formation.
• Chen Beiwu tended to the wounded Xin Yu and learned from Xuele that five Nascent Soul True Lords had fallen; Xuele's remote connection then failed as the two sects sealed the area.