Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu followed Zhu Wu toward Other Shore Island, where the island’s dangerous terrain and valuable medicines led him to uncover a trap set by a powerful White-Warmth Spider King. He left off weighing how to deal with the hidden Demon King without damaging the medicines in its cave.

• Gu Yong fought Bai Qi while Chen Beiwu and his companions watched, and Iron Egg detected Zhu Wu heading toward Other Shore Island.
• Chen Beiwu followed Zhu Wu, noticed the nearby chiefs Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, and Xuanyuan Yu, and continued toward the island without approaching them.
• Chen Beiwu reached Other Shore Island, killed a Henggong Whale, and advanced through fog that suppressed Divine Sense; a scouting puppet later vanished after an unknown attack.
• Chen Beiwu and his companions found and killed Black-Soul Leeches before Xuele sensed five rare Profound Medicines in a cave.
• Chen Beiwu recognized Warm Bai Yu shells and nearly invisible web threads as signs of a White-Warmth Spider King, whose Dao Practice might exceed eight thousand years.

Chen Beiwu lured the White-Warmth Spider King from its cave with Aji and trapped it in a grand formation, but the Demon King escaped by self-destructing its shell. Chen Beiwu claimed several profound medicines, including a Cavern Mystery Flower, and decided to use it as he prepared to break through to the Nascent Soul late stage.

• Chen Beiwu devised a plan to lure the White-Warmth Spider King from its cave and enlisted Aji to act as bait.
• Chen Beiwu and his companions spent half a month preparing and concealing the Star-Dipper Life-Breath Seven-Kill Grand Formation.
• Aji drew the White-Warmth Spider King out of its cave, and Chen Beiwu activated the formation to trap it.
• Xuele seized three profound medicines, while Chen Beiwu extracted another from the spider king before it unleashed a self-destructive attack and escaped as white ash.
• Chen Beiwu identified his medicine as a Cavern Mystery Flower, kept its stem, and let Xuele keep three medicines; he then decided to pursue Twofold Dao-Proving with a Cavern Truth Pill in place of a Truth-Seeking Pill.

Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, and Xuanyuan Yu pursued the Calamity-Heart Fox while Chen Beiwu secluded himself on Other Shore Island and used the cavern mystery flower to advance his cultivation. Chen Beiwu reached Nascent Soul Late Stage and awakened the Heavenly Ear Profound Ability, leaving him pondering how much powerful cultivators could hear of others’ thoughts.

• Che Zhengyuan divined the Calamity-Heart Fox’s location, and Shi Wujian and Xuanyuan Yu followed him southwest.
• Chen Beiwu settled into a secluded cave abode and refined the cavern mystery flower, advancing Great Mystery Guarding the One to major accomplishment and forming a five virtues physique foundation.
• Chen Beiwu used the One-Guarding Bell’s guidance to conduct twofold Dao-proving with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Beiwu’s primordial origin dharma form grew to forty-eight thousand zhang, and he broke through to Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Chen Beiwu discovered that his Heavenly Ear Profound Ability let him hear Xinling’s unspoken thoughts and wondered whether he had exposed his own thoughts to powerful cultivators in the past.

Chen Beiwu helped his companion beasts refine the power they gained from their contract, and Xuele broke through to late-stage Demon King while awakening Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees. Meanwhile, pursuers hunted the Calamity-Heart Fox on Other Shore Island, where the fox plotted to use them against Earth Qilin, and Chen Qin agreed to risk a dangerous plan with Senior Hu to obtain blood and improve her chances of reaching Nascent Soul.

• Golden Egg stopped its failed attempt to break through, Iron Egg strengthened its Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect, and Chen Beiwu helped Zhiling suppress its surging true xi.
• Xuele broke through to late-stage Demon King, awakened Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees, and showed Chen Beiwu that he could use its ability to draw medicinal potency from a treasured medicine.
• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, and Xuanyuan Yu discussed their search for the Calamity-Heart Fox and headed toward a distant disturbance after suspecting Zhu Wu had met trouble.
• The Calamity-Heart Fox fled its hiding place and tracked Earth Qilin, intending to exploit its pursuers and seize Qilin's heart's essence blood.
• Chen Qin consulted Senior Hu in an underwater passage, learned that a risky technique using the fox's marrow blood could raise her chances of becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord, and agreed to proceed.

Chen Beiwu followed Bai Qi’s group to a hidden, damaged True Realm, where the Earth Qilin confronted four grotto-heaven chief disciples. As the battle began, Chen Qin and Senior Hu waited nearby for a chance to capture the Calamity-Heart Fox.

• Chen Beiwu concealed himself and followed Bai Qi’s group after learning they were searching for the Earth Qilin.
• Chen Beiwu found that Bai Qi’s group had entered a damaged True Realm near the glowing finger bone and prepared to enter with Zhiling and Xuele.
• Shi Wujian, Zhu Wu, Che Zhengyuan, and Xuanyuan Yu cornered the Calamity-Heart Fox and discovered the Earth Qilin nearby.
• The Earth Qilin offered to help capture the Calamity-Heart Fox if the four cultivators swore not to harm it, but Zhu Wu attacked instead.
• Shi Wujian and Xuanyuan Yu fought the Calamity-Heart Fox while Zhu Wu and Che Zhengyuan attacked the Earth Qilin.
• Chen Qin questioned whether Spirit Transformation Venerables protected the chief disciples, and Senior Hu told her to wait until the Calamity-Heart Fox gained the advantage before intervening.

Shi Wujian and the other grotto-heaven disciples battled the Calamity-Heart Fox and Earth Qilin until Bai Qi used a Martial Saint Sacred Weapon to drive them away. Hu Mei seized the chance to capture the Calamity-Heart Fox but fled when someone approached, and Chen Beiwu arrived to find Bai Qi and the Earth Qilin still there.

• Senior Hu warned Chen Qin that Great Qian Dynasty Martial Ancestors were waiting to disrupt the battle and planned to capture the Calamity-Heart Fox amid the chaos.
• Shi Wujian sealed the Calamity-Heart Fox with the Black Bird Seal, and Xuanyuan Yu wounded it with his Heaven-Piercing Profound Sword before Bai Qi intercepted him and gathered its blood.
• Shi Wujian killed Bai Ping and five other Martial Ancestors, and their sacrificed essence empowered Bai Qi's Martial Saint Sacred Weapon enough to raise him to the Half-Step Martial Saint realm.
• Bai Qi exchanged one strike with Zhu Wu, Shi Wujian, Che Zhengyuan, and Xuanyuan Yu, and each grotto-heaven disciple withdrew from the True Realm.
• Hu Mei possessed Chen Qin's body, subdued the Calamity-Heart Fox, and then fled with it when she sensed someone approaching.
• Chen Beiwu entered the Broken True Realm openly and found Bai Qi beside the Earth Qilin, realizing he had arrived too late to witness what had happened.

Chen Beiwu and Bai Qi fought over the Earth Qilin’s essence blood, but Bai Qi turned on Chen Beiwu after they subdued the beast. Chen Beiwu revealed the full power of his Primordial Origin Dharma Form and crushed Bai Qi, who died in his true Ice Dragon form.

• Bai Qi and Chen Beiwu agreed to join forces against the Earth Qilin, which offered them essence blood in exchange for being spared.
• Bai Qi wounded the Earth Qilin with his Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, while Chen Beiwu struck it with the Profound Origin Return to Ruins Seal.
• Bai Qi refused to honor their agreement and attacked Chen Beiwu, apparently killing him with his Dragon-Imprisoning Extreme Ice Profound Ability.
• Chen Beiwu revealed that Bai Qi had fallen for an illusion and had stolen the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, but Bai Qi activated it and seemingly destroyed him.
• Chen Beiwu appeared again and trapped Bai Qi within his Primordial Origin Dharma Form, amplified by the Three-Scenery Wisdom Light and the Heaven-Given Profound Ability [Dharma Form True Spirit].
• Chen Beiwu closed his hand around Bai Qi, who reverted to his Ice Dragon form and died.

Chen Beiwu defeated Bai Qi, traded with the Earth Qilin for its blood essence and fruits, and began investigating the qilin’s hidden secret while refining Bai Qi’s Martial Saint Sacred Weapon. The weapon resisted his attempts to claim it, so he used his Primordial Origin profound ability to try to awaken its spirit.

• Hu Mei fled with Chen Qin and the Calamity-Heart Fox, avoiding Chen Beiwu and warning Chen Qin that knowing more would put her in danger.
• Bai Qi used the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon to strike Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu revealed he had survived through a feigned-death profound ability, and Bai Qi died.
• Chen Beiwu negotiated five drops of the Earth Qilin’s blood essence and three Earth Qilin Fruits in exchange for help stopping future disturbances, then swore a Daoheart Oath.
• Chen Beiwu applied an Earth Qilin Fruit to Aji’s eggshell and planned to investigate the underground pull by directing battle shock waves toward it.
• Chen Beiwu tried to claim and refine Bai Qi’s Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, but it resisted him, so he used Myriad Phenomena Return to the Source to awaken it.

Chen Beiwu awakened the Cold Origin Dragon Saber’s artifact spirit and used his creation ability to help the earth qilin begin an ambitious breakthrough. As the other grotto-heaven disciples reacted to the upheaval, Gu Yong entered the true realm to challenge Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Beiwu transformed the Martial Saint’s sacred weapon into the Cold Origin Dragon Saber, awakened its spirit Cold Chi, and learned that it lacked a creation grand restriction.
• Chen Beiwu refused Golden Egg’s offer to test the saber and prepared to help the earth qilin, while warning his companions that powerful beings might gather during its breakthrough.
• Chen Beiwu used Creation in a Single Thought to awaken the earth qilin’s bloodline, and the qilin charged into the earth vein to attempt a breakthrough toward the Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable level.
• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, Xuanyuan Yu, and Zhu Wu sensed the breakthrough; Shi Wujian reported that the Calamity-Heart Fox had disappeared, and the group discussed Chen Beiwu’s strength and the upcoming Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Gu Yong objected to Che Zhengyuan comparing Chen Beiwu with the Lunar Saintess, then entered the true realm to see how strong Chen Beiwu was.

Chen Beiwu fought Gu Yong, who challenged him after hearing he had been compared to the Lunar Saintess Gu Qinghan. Chen Beiwu defeated Gu Yong despite his Yin-Poison Toad Pearl and powerful Dharma Form, then turned to contemplate the insights he had gained.

• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, and Zhu Wu entered the True Realm to watch Gu Yong challenge Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu accepted Gu Yong's challenge and struck first with the Cold Origin Dragon Saber, freezing Gu Yong in ice.
• The Netherdark Mysterious Civet attacked Chen Beiwu, but Xuele blocked it, and Gu Yong brought out the Yin-Poison Toad Pearl.
• Chen Beiwu unleashed his Soaring Heavens Saber Intent while Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling disrupted Gu Yong and the Netherdark Mysterious Civet's connection.
• Gu Yong activated the Taihua Moon-Swallowing Jade Toad Dharma Form, but Chen Beiwu's hidden saber strike wounded him and broke the Dharma Form.
• Shi Wujian offered Gu Yong a pill, while Gu Yong admitted defeat but insisted that Chen Beiwu remained far weaker than the Lunar Saintess.

Chen Beiwu and the other first seats waited on Other Shore Island as the Earth Qilin attempted to become a Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable. The qilin died under its heavenly tribulation, leaving the others to decide who would claim its valuable remains.

• Chen Beiwu and Xuanyuan Yu discussed the Dao while Shi Wujian and Che Zhengyuan weighed the Earth Qilin's chances of surviving its breakthrough.
• Wang Miao learned that Chen Beiwu was on Other Shore Island and accepted a three-month mission to capture or kill him.
• A month later, the Earth Qilin triggered its heavenly tribulation, and Chen Beiwu and his companions watched as the lightning battered it.
• After the tribulation clouds dispersed, Chen Beiwu led Shi Wujian, Che Zhengyuan, and Xuanyuan Yu to the earth vein, where they found the Earth Qilin dead.
• Shi Wujian proposed dividing the qilin's remains, and Xuanyuan Yu offered Chen Beiwu first choice.

Chen Beiwu discovered that the Earth Qilin had faked its death and used its remains to aid Zhiling’s breakthrough into the Demon King realm. As Zhiling faced the rare Six Void Spanning the Sky Tribulation, Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord tracked a powerful Demon King’s tribulation, hoping it would lead them to Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Beiwu found no Qilin Inner Core or horn among the Earth Qilin’s remains, while Zhiling uncovered qilin dragon bone; Shi Wujian explained that the qilin had used Immortal-Rebirth Marrow to survive its tribulation and be reborn elsewhere.
• Xuanyuan Yu invited Chen Beiwu to join a mission searching for the Venerable Saint Forest, but Chen Beiwu declined and chose to cultivate on Other Shore Island instead.
• A month later, Zhiling began her Demon King breakthrough with Chen Beiwu’s help, and her cultivation surged so rapidly that he used his Primordial Origin Profound Ability to help stabilize her True Domain.
• After more than two years of preparation, Zhiling faced the Six Void Spanning the Sky Tribulation and absorbed its first bolt of heavenly thunder into the world of her Demon King True Domain.
• On Other Shore Island, Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord tracked a powerful Demon King’s tribulation to the southeast, suspecting it might lead them to Chen Beiwu; Jiu True Lord agreed to block Chen Beiwu’s protective treasure while Wang Miao tried to capture him alive.

After Zhiling ascended to Demon King, Chen Beiwu examined its powerful spatial abilities and newly awakened Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain. When Dipper-Shift True Lord Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord ambushed him, Chen Beiwu struck first, and Zhiling trapped Wang Miao inside its domain.

• Zhiling survived its tribulation, reached the Demon King middle stage, and revealed the spatial abilities Changing Heaven and Replacing Earth and Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain.
• Chen Beiwu sensed Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord hiding nearby and confronted them; Jiu True Lord fled as Chen Beiwu attacked Wang Miao.
• Wang Miao summoned Dipper Lodge Dark Ink, but Chen Beiwu shattered their defensive barrier with one saber strike and froze the companion beast.
• Chen Beiwu questioned Wang Miao about who had sent him, then decided to kill him and search his soul when Wang Miao refused to reveal his affiliation.
• Zhiling manifested Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain, engulfing Wang Miao in its spatial realm.

Wang Miao attacked Chen Beiwu and his Companion Beasts, but Chen Beiwu, Golden Egg, and Zhiling captured him with a combination of their abilities. Before Chen Beiwu could learn whether Xiao Yu’s branch of the Tianyuan Xiao Clan was linked to the Ancient God Cult, Jiu True Lord appeared and killed Wang Miao’s Nascent Soul; after Jiu True Lord warned that Chen Beiwu would eventually join the cult, Chen Beiwu resolved to leave the Cangyuan Realm.

• Wang Miao used his Dipper Lodge Dark Armor and lethal Profound Abilities to tear apart Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling, then pursued Chen Beiwu as he fled.
• Golden Egg trapped Wang Miao with Great Expansion Determining Truth, while Zhiling used Changing Heaven and Replacing Earth to swap his Nascent Soul into Chen Beiwu’s hand.
• Chen Beiwu questioned Wang Miao, who revealed that the Ancient God Cult had hired him with a Calamity-Deliverance Profound True Pill and that the cult intended to act in the Cangyuan Realm.
• A Youfu Vulture attacked, and Jiu True Lord emerged from hiding; Chen Beiwu struck Wang Miao’s Nascent Soul before it could be destroyed by a restriction, killing Wang Miao and grievously weakening Dipper Lodge Dark Ink.
• Jiu True Lord told Chen Beiwu that he would eventually join the Ancient God Cult and disappeared without fighting; Chen Beiwu decided he could no longer remain in the Cangyuan Realm.

Chen Beiwu left Other Shore Island after defeating Wang Miao and killing the loyal Dipper Lodge Dark Ink, then learned that his friend Chen Qin might have gone to the island. Gu Qinghan heard of his victory over Gu Yong and gave Gu Yong another chance to defeat him, while Chen Beiwu reunited with his fellow disciples and revealed that he had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Chen Beiwu refused Golden Egg's suggestion to keep the white-robed cultivator, while Xuele and Golden Egg looted Wang Miao's body.
• Dipper Lodge Dark Ink pretended to surrender, then launched a surprise attack; Zhiling blocked its strikes, and Chen Beiwu killed it after recognizing its intent to die beside Wang Miao.
• Wang Yuan told Chen Beiwu that Chen Qin might have left Yuyuan Island for Other Shore Island, but Chen Beiwu concluded that the time to find her had not yet come.
• Gu Qinghan learned that Gu Yong had lost to Chen Beiwu and promised him another chance to win at the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, saying she would face Chen Beiwu herself if Gu Yong lost again.
• Chen Beiwu reunited with Su Muyu, Yue Chenfeng, Mo Chen, and Jiang Chuan, who were astonished to learn he had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Chen Beiwu told his fellow disciples that an opportunity on Other Shore Island had helped him advance rapidly.

Chen Beiwu returned from the Cangyuan Realm with Aji, a creation origin beast egg, and learned that the All-Stars Pivot had noticed it. Back at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, he considered Xiao Yan’s request to become his disciple, but a sudden blow to the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon’s fortune warned him that the Southern Wasteland was in danger, prompting him to prepare to return.

• Chen Beiwu showed Aji to Yue Chenfeng and the others, and Yue Chenfeng warned him that the egg might contain a Demon Venerable reborn through nirvana and urged him to consult their master.
• Chen Beiwu returned through the Two-World Gate, registered his gains at the All-Stars Pivot, and drew the attention of a Pivot Star Envoy, who divined that Aji was a creation origin beast egg but refrained from pursuing it because of Chen Beiwu’s standing.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, where Xiao Yan asked to become his disciple in hopes of learning how to forge a pure yang nascent soul.
• The Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon suffered a sudden loss of fortune, and Chen Beiwu spent three Fortune Crimson Dragons to restore it before realizing that much of the lost fortune came from the Southern Wasteland’s Beast Taming Lineage.
• Chen Beiwu resolved to return to the Southern Wasteland and told Xiao Yan that becoming his disciple depended on affinity, leaving Xiao Yan to consider his cryptic explanation.

Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland and learned how the seven-sect alliance captured Protectorate Immortal City, while conflicts over the Earth Evolution Realm’s weakened sect reserves and a possible crossing from beyond the domain intensified. After hearing the losses from Shu You and Yu Shuiyao, Chen Beiwu vowed to strike back against the seven sects.

• Xiao Yan considered how to obtain Heavenly Embryo Dew to persuade Chen Beiwu to accept him as a disciple, while Chen Beiwu returned to his cave abode and then teleported to the Southern Wasteland.
• Yu Zhaohua found Chen Beiwu in seclusion and went to assess the True Martial Society, while leaders of the seven sects argued over whether to attack the Mirror Moon Sect to capture Chen Zi'ang.
• Shu You received word from Chen Beiwu, and Zhu Wuya learned from the Heavenly One True Dragon that Spirit Transformation Venerables from a Taiyi Dao Sect branch had likely caused the celestial upheaval.
• Zhu Wuya decided to recall the sect's Dao Child and hold the Mirror Moon Sect master succession ceremony so he could attempt Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Beiwu heard Shu You and Yu Shuiyao recount the fall of Protectorate Immortal City, relieved that its talents and core disciples had escaped, and vowed to wipe out the seven sects' dao lineages.

Chen Beiwu infiltrated the Blood Fortune Sect to attack its headquarters, but his assault exposed him to Blood Demon Venerable, who trapped him with the sect’s formation and struck through his Dantian. The chapter ended as a Heaven-Covering Giant Finger descended on Blood Demon Venerable and the assembled Nascent Soul True Lords.

• Chen Beiwu declined the Mirror Moon Sect master succession for the time being and set out to strike the seven sects’ headquarters instead of confronting their forces at Protectorate Immortal City.
• Chen Beiwu entered Blazing Blood Mountain disguised as Zhao Tian after ambushing the Blood Fortune Sect elder and searching his soul for a way into the sect.
• Chen Beiwu and his companions confronted Yu Xiangtian, whose nascent soul exploded after he recognized Chen Beiwu as Chen Zi'ang.
• Blood Demon Venerable appeared, sealed the area with the Blood Fortune Sect’s formation, and revealed that he intended to capture Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu attacked Xiang Yuxing with the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals, but Blood Demon Venerable shattered the attack and pierced Chen Beiwu’s Dantian.
• A Heaven-Covering Giant Finger descended toward Blood Demon Venerable as the Blood Fortune Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords watched.

Chen Beiwu and his companions fought Blood Demon Venerable, who had taken Xiang Yuxing’s form, and Chen Beiwu’s allies helped him reach Nascent Soul Perfection. Blood Demon Venerable then activated the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation to suppress Chen Beiwu and demanded that he surrender and join the Blood Fortune Sect.

• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele attacked Blood Demon Venerable, but he repelled their abilities and turned Xuele’s Five-Headed Wood Dragon against Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu cut Blood Demon Venerable into blood mist with Silence Illuminates Myriad Forms Profound Light Thorn, but Blood Demon Venerable re-formed with a stronger aura.
• Chen Beiwu combined Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling’s powers through Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation, rising to Nascent Soul Perfection and resisting Blood Demon Venerable’s Blood Sea Samsara Palm.
• Blood Demon Venerable activated the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation, which sealed the Blood Fortune Sect grounds and began draining Chen Beiwu’s blood qi and power.
• Blood Demon Venerable explained that the formation would reduce Chen Beiwu’s fighting strength and offered him a grand elder position if he surrendered and joined the Blood Fortune Sect.

Chen Beiwu fought the Blood Demon Venerable, using the weakened Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation against him and destroying its foundations with Slay the True. Their Dharma Forms then clashed, and Aji’s Two Forms, One Qi helped Chen Beiwu overcome the Eight Desires Blood Demon, leaving the Blood Demon Venerable accepting defeat.

• Chen Beiwu resisted the formation, ambushed Xiang Yuxing, and discovered that the Blood Demon Venerable could create multiple Blood Bodies from the formation’s power.
• The Blood Demon Venerable restrained Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu used his Five Phases Bright King Wings and Slay the True to collapse the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation.
• Chen Beiwu invoked the Primordial Origin Dharma Form, while the Blood Demon Venerable revealed his Eight Desires Blood Demon Dharma Form and identified himself as Blood Demon Venerable Wu Youming.
• Chen Beiwu expanded his Dharma Form with Three-Scenery Wisdom Light and trapped the Blood Demon Venerable within the Primordial Origin Dharma Realm, but struggled to suppress him.
• Aji appeared and sprayed Two Forms, One Qi at the Eight Desires Blood Demon, weakening it so Chen Beiwu could defeat it; the Blood Demon Venerable accepted death.