Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu lifted the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron, found cross-region passages after five years of refining it, and returned to the Immortal Alliance. He watched his eldest senior brother Yue Chenfeng begin the trials of Spirit Transformation, but a vision of five-colored light stirred an uneasy feeling in him.

• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape failed to lift the cauldron without suffering a severe backlash, but Chen Beiwu used his connection to make it shrink and raise it.
• Chen Beiwu spent five years studying the cauldron and found passages to the Eastern Land, Western Heaven, and Northern Profound regions.
• Violet Firmament Venerable gave Chen Beiwu three pills and urged him to observe Yue Chenfeng’s Spirit Transformation attempt at Azure-Ming Peak.
• Chen Beiwu joined Su Muyu, Jiang Fu, and Mo Chen outside Taiyuan Blessed Land as they discussed the four trials of Spirit Transformation.
• Yue Chenfeng completed Three Flowers Gather at the Crown, then a year later produced a five-colored vision as he attempted Five Qi Returning to the Origin, prompting Chen Beiwu to divine the outcome.

Chen Beiwu and the Azure-Ming Lineage mourned Yue Chenfeng, who died during his attempt to attain Spirit Transformation, while Chen Beiwu prepared Xuele to advance as a fifth-realm demon venerable. Meanwhile, Chen Beiwu located the entrance to a cross-region transmission passage and planned to open it after Xuele had spent another month preparing.

• Chen Beiwu sensed ominous tribulation aura around Taiyuan Blessed Land, and Su Muyu, Jiang Chuan, and Mo Chen divined conflicting signs of great misfortune and great fortune.
• After months of oppressive stillness and gathering tribulation clouds, Yue Chenfeng failed his Spirit Transformation breakthrough and died, and the Azure-Ming Lineage wore mourning white.
• Cave-Ming Everlasting gave Chen Beiwu and the other disciples his insights on attaining the Dao, while Violet Firmament Venerable investigated whether Yue Chenfeng's death had involved outside interference.
• Chen Beiwu told Xuele to continue cultivating the five-colored vine, then applied for its advancement; He Zhengyu approved the application, and Jiang Chuan worried that the timing was hasty.
• Great Vast True Venerable told Profound Subtlety True Venerable about a captured ruined Great Thousand World, and they decided it was worth visiting.
• Chen Beiwu found an altar matching the Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron at the bottom of the Heavenly Abyss River, and Xuele asked for a month to improve its chances of becoming a Demon Venerable.

Xuele passed the bloodline tribulation and broke through to the Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable, forging an unprecedented Bloodline True Form from the Origin-Returning Vine bloodline and Taiyi Heaven-Cutting Sword intent. The chapter ended with Chen Beiwu and the other Companion Beasts seeing how profoundly Xuele had changed.

• Chen Beiwu used Fortune Edict Embryo to help Xuele complete twelve rounds of blood tempering and awaken a Creation True Spirit.
• A five-colored pillar of light enveloped Xuele, who faced a powerful Five-Qi Vine in the bloodline tribulation and endured its attacks, including the Taiyi Heaven-Cutting Sword.
• Xuele awakened from the trial, passed the Third Tribulation of Returning to Venerability, and forged an unprecedented Bloodline True Form to enter the Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable realm.
• Xuele’s breakthrough sent auspicious clouds across the area, while Jiang Chuan, Mo Chen, Su Muyu, and Evergreen True Venerable reacted to the phenomenon.
• Chen Beiwu examined Xuele’s changed form and recognized sword intent resembling that of the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword, while the Companion Beasts sensed Xuele’s new fearsome presence.

Xuele ascended to the Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable, gained formidable swordsmanship, and transformed its origin meridian into a Taiyi True Form that awakened Chen Beiwu’s Taiyi Sword Spiritual Root. Chen Beiwu discovered Xuele’s Five Reversals could restore Chen Qin, and Xuele revived her from the Ice Coffin.

• Chen Beiwu refined the bloodline origin qi Xuele’s ascension sent through their Companion Beast Contract while Golden Egg challenged Xuele to spar.
• A Five-Phases Purgatory Calamity formed over Huncheng Peak, and Xuele destroyed it with a casual sword strike, astonishing Golden Egg and the others.
• Chen Beiwu examined Xuele’s transformed meridians, discovered its Taiyi True Form had granted him Taiyi Sword Intent, and found Xuele’s aptitude and dao practice had greatly improved.
• Chen Beiwu discovered Xuele’s Five Reversals Creation Origin Art could revive the dead and brought out Chen Qin in the Ice Coffin.
• Xuele used five-colored radiance to heal Chen Qin, who opened her eyes and asked where she was.

Chen Beiwu learned that Chen Qin had awakened with an incomplete soul and that Xuele had gained powerful new Demon Venerable abilities. After his master summoned him to Azure-Ming Peak, Chen Beiwu heard of an immortal scripture that could refine an entire middle thousand world into a cultivator’s Heaven and Earth Manifestation, and he called the method a violation of heaven’s harmony.

• Chen Beiwu discovered that Chen Qin had lost most of her memories and understanding, while Xuele admitted it could not fully restore her soul; Chen Qin soon fell asleep in the Ice Coffin.
• Chen Beiwu tested Xuele’s Taiyi Sword Lock on Golden Egg and Aji, and the sword light swiftly sealed their powers.
• Xuele explained that its Taiyi True Form Inner Landscape could alter the laws of the world and manipulate others’ magic power, while its Taiyi Golden Shuttle could evade tracking and formations.
• Chen Beiwu received a jade slip from his master and went to Azure-Ming Peak, where the Azure-Ming Horned Dragon led him to Evergreen True Venerable.
• Evergreen True Venerable explained that the Supreme Primordial Heaven-Stealing Dao Ascension Immortal Scripture could refine a middle thousand world into a Heaven and Earth Manifestation; Chen Beiwu said the method violated heaven’s harmony, and his master began to reveal that it went further.

Evergreen True Venerable gave Chen Beiwu the Evergreen Seed, which contained a world-refining cultivation method, and offered to help Xuele refine the Great Sen World. After Xuele revealed its new rank to Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling, Chen Beiwu activated the ancient altar and prepared to open a path to distant regions.

• Evergreen True Venerable explained how the Supreme Primordial Chaos Immortal Scripture of Stealing Heaven and Ascending the Dao worked, and warned Chen Beiwu that no cultivator who forcibly refined an entire Middle Thousand World had ever attained Void Refinement.
• Evergreen True Venerable offered to seek permission for Xuele to refine the Great Sen World and gave Chen Beiwu the Evergreen Seed containing the scripture.
• Evergreen True Venerable revealed an emerald light carrying his eldest senior brother's aura, then said the Five-Qi Vine's Dao path might not suit the other being's Companion Beast.
• Chen Dong learned he had been appointed Chief Executive of Fallen Dragon Prefecture, and he and Huang Xiaoling realized Xuele's rise to Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable had likely made the appointment possible.
• The Battle-Devouring Demon Ape challenged Xuele to fight, but Xuele refused, and Chen Beiwu used the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron and Xuele's origin qi to activate the ancient altar.

Chen Beiwu activated the cross-region altar, sent the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape to the Northern Profound Region, and then traveled with Xuele to the Eastern Land Region. After discovering the region was strangely depleted of spirit vigor, he learned they had arrived in remote Minxin Commandery and decided to build themselves up there before approaching the Great Shang Imperial Capital.

• Chen Beiwu sent the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape through the altar to the Northern Profound Region, then waited until its spatial anchor stabilized.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance, instructed Xiao Yan and Chi Quan, acquired two Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, and prepared to travel east with Xuele.
• The Great Shang Immortal Emperor questioned the Fengchang Minister about obscure heavenly secrets and remarked that the Imperial Star had shifted while the Purple Tenuity Star dimmed.
• Chen Beiwu arrived in the Eastern Land Region and found the Heavenly Abyss Dao Sect branch and surrounding land had unusually thin spirit vigor.
• Chen Beiwu and Xuele met a leopard demon disguised as a woodcutter, who led them to the foot of the mountain and revealed they were in remote Minxin Commandery.
• Chen Beiwu decided to establish themselves in Minxin Commandery and seek clean identities before entering the Great Shang Imperial Capital.

Chen Beiwu traveled toward Guan County after hearing rumors of a dragon, then encountered Chen Zi'ang under attack and chose to assume his identity. He left the real Chen Zi'ang and his book boy Xiaochuan in ice coffins, intending to use the identity to enter Great Shang's court system.

• Chen Beiwu and his companions heard that a dragon had caused floods in Minxin Commandery and decided to head to Guan County.
• At an abandoned temple, Chen Beiwu met the pursued official Chen Zi'ang and his book boy, Xiaochuan.
• Xie Tianyi and Zhao Tiansu attacked Chen Zi'ang, but Chen Beiwu subdued them with his Nascent Soul aura and destroyed them.
• Chen Beiwu told Chen Zi'ang he wanted to take his identity, and Chen Zi'ang asked him to govern Guan County well and protect its people from the evil dragon.
• Chen Beiwu used the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror and Golden Egg's ability to put Chen Zi'ang and Xiaochuan to sleep, then stored them in ice coffins for possible future discipleship.

Chen Beiwu took over as Guan County Magistrate by assuming Chen Zi'ang’s identity, then confronted a sacrifice of a virgin boy and girl in defiance of Great Shang law. The sacrificial procession’s elderly leader challenged him to prove that the county could withstand the Dragon King’s wrath.

• Chen Beiwu examined Chen Zi'ang’s official seal, seized Great Shang’s national Fortune from it, and decided to take the magistrate’s position despite its political risks.
• Chen Beiwu arrived in Guan County, completed the handover with Li Jin and Guangyu, and approved requests for grain relief after hearing about flood-related shortages.
• Gongs and drums heralded a Dragon King Sacrifice, and Chen Beiwu found that the procession carried a virgin boy and girl as offerings.
• Chen Beiwu cited Great Shang’s laws against sacrificing people and threatened punishment, while the elderly officiant invoked an exception for communities unable to resist the god they feared.

Chen Beiwu stopped the sacrifice of Xiaocao and Dashi, then revealed his plan to use a new Ascension to God Method to help Golden Egg become an Orthodox God. Golden Egg chose to aim for the Dragon King of Jianjiang Estuary first, while Chen Beiwu prepared to test the method.

• Chen Beiwu rejected Golden Egg's suggestion to kill the sacrificial procession and promised to handle the Dragon King sacrifice his own way.
• Chen Beiwu rescued Xiaocao and Dashi, postponed the sacrifice, and ordered Li Jin and Guangyu to keep the children safe until it was over.
• Li Jin and Guangyu discussed their doubts about Chen Beiwu's ability to deal with the evil dragon at Jianjiang Estuary and decided to wait and see who prevailed.
• Chen Beiwu explained to Golden Egg that he had developed an incomplete Ascension to God Method based on divine investiture and the authority of heaven and earth.
• Golden Egg asked to become the Wu River Dragon King, but Chen Beiwu explained that he would need to start by defeating the Dragon King of Jianjiang Estuary.
• Chen Beiwu turned his Divine Sense toward Jianjiang Estuary, preparing to test the Ascension to God Method.

White Rainbow True Lord Shen Yuxia arrived in Minxin Commandery to slay the flood-causing dragon and protect Chen Zi'ang, but Chen Beiwu insisted he had his own plan. At Jianjiang Estuary, Chen Beiwu prepared a deliberately meager Dragon King Sacrifice, leaving Li Jin and Guangyu uneasy.

• The governor and Li Hu discussed the dragon's floods, and Shen Yuxia arrived, demanding their cooperation and a transfer order for Guan County magistrate Chen Zi'ang.
• Golden Egg mastered the basics of the Ascension to God Method, while Xuele reported that the dragon had 9,311 years of Dao practice.
• Shen Yuxia visited Chen Beiwu, said she had come at his master's request to protect him, and offered to eliminate the Karmic Dragon.
• Chen Beiwu refused Shen Yuxia's help and invited her to watch how he would deal with the dragon.
• At Jianjiang Estuary, Chen Beiwu prepared a Dragon King Sacrifice with ordinary offerings, alarming Li Jin and Guangyu.

Chen Beiwu publicly challenged the Jianjiang Estuary’s evil dragon and claimed the Three Aspects Dragon King would replace it. Golden Egg attacked the Marshwater Chi Dragon, seized its dragon pearl, and shattered its fangs, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Chen Beiwu denounced the Jianjiangkou Karmic Dragon at the Dragon King Sacrifice and ordered it to leave the estuary by sunrise.
• Chen Beiwu told the residents that the Three Aspects Dragon King had once ranked alongside the Wu River Dragon King, and warned against human sacrifices.
• Shen Yuxia gave Chen Beiwu a Deification Order and offered to inspect the Three Aspects Dragon King during its fight with the evil dragon.
• Chen Beiwu asked Golden Egg whether establishing the dragon’s divine status had changed its bloodline, then decided they would take the Jianjiang Estuary’s divine office.
• The Marshwater Chi Dragon planned to flood Minxin Commandery, believing its deal with human cultivators and a black dragon pearl would help it reach the ultimate Demon King realm.
• Golden Egg ambushed the Marshwater Chi Dragon, snatched the dragon pearl, and emerged unharmed after the chi dragon’s fangs struck its neck.

Golden Egg defeated the Marshwater Chi Dragon, became the Orthodox Three Aspects Dragon King of Jianjiang Estuary, and later attained the Dao as a Demon Venerable. The chapter ended with Provincial Governor Fang Jin learning of Golden Egg’s rise and ordering Guan County to report.

• Golden Egg killed the Marshwater Chi Dragon and agreed to help Shen Yuxia search the Wu River for a mysterious pearl in exchange for high-grade treasures.
• Chen Beiwu used the Deification Order to name Golden Egg the Three Aspects Dragon King, and Guan County’s people worshipped him as he claimed Jianjiang Estuary’s water veins.
• Chen Beiwu brought Golden Egg to the Immortal Alliance, where Golden Egg endured years of cultivation and successfully attained the Dao as a Demon Venerable.
• Golden Egg’s new aura stirred Jianjiang Estuary’s water veins, prompting the long-secluded Provincial Governor Fang Jin to awaken and recognize him as an Orthodox Dragon King.
• Fang Jin decided not to attack Golden Egg because of the likely repercussions and ordered the prefectural authorities to issue a directive to Guan County.

After Golden Egg became a Demon Venerable, Chen Beiwu discovered that his new bloodline embodied Jianjiang Estuary and granted him powerful Dragon King abilities. Shen Yuxia then offered Golden Egg a chance to claim the vacant Dragon King position of the Wu River and invoked the name Purple Palace True Venerable.

• Golden Egg advanced to Demon Venerable, and Chen Beiwu found that his bloodline true form contained the Dao rhythms of Jianjiang Estuary and enhanced his affinity with its waters.
• Chen Beiwu examined Golden Egg’s abilities, including Pivot-Settling Origin Water and Dragon King Awe, which briefly suppressed Xuele before he escaped with Taiyi Golden Shuttle.
• Chen Beiwu discovered Golden Egg’s Dragon Court of the Three Offices and Three Rivers ability, but Shen Yuxia arrived before Golden Egg could demonstrate it.
• Shen Yuxia greeted Golden Egg respectfully and asked whether he wanted to become Dragon King of the Wu River.
• Shen Yuxia explained that the Dragon King had been missing for three thousand years and three of the river’s four aquatic clans sought his position, then asked whether Golden Egg knew Purple Palace True Venerable.

Shen Yuxia asked Golden Egg to help locate the Zique Pearl in Purple Palace True Venerable’s cave abode, but Chen Beiwu chose caution over seeking the Wu River Dragon King’s authority. After Chen Beiwu rejected a dubious investiture order from Zuo Yuping, Provincial Governor Fang Jin arranged to spread rumors linking Chen Zi’ang to the cave abode, setting up a threat from others.

• Shen Yuxia told Golden Egg about Purple Palace True Venerable and offered her legacy and a reward in exchange for help finding the Zique Pearl.
• Chen Beiwu and the others decided not to make Golden Egg the Wu River Dragon King yet, and Aji urged them to wait until he reached the Fifth Realm.
• Zuo Yuping brought a Provincial Governor’s order for Chen Zi’ang to escort Golden Egg to Chaoxi Prefecture for investiture, but Chen Beiwu rejected it after finding the Proclamation lacked official seals.
• Chen Beiwu suspected the Provincial Governor wanted to recruit or eliminate Golden Egg, while Golden Egg and Xuele agreed the order was a probe.
• Fang Jin learned that Chen Zi’ang had rejected his pledge of allegiance and ordered Zuo Yuping to spread rumors that Chen Zi’ang knew secrets about Purple Palace True Venerable’s cave abode.

Princess Yinling passed information about Chen Zi'ang to True Venerables Golden Sword and Silver Sword, while Chen Beiwu learned that Pure Yang True Venerable Li Dongbin would refine Firecloud Palace alongside the Great Sen World expedition. Chen Beiwu accepted the arrangement and entered the Great Sen World, suspecting an Ancient Demon Cult infiltrator had appeared among the expedition’s escorts.

• Princess Yinling dismissed a proposal to kill Chen Zi'ang and ordered her subordinate to inform True Venerables Golden Sword and Silver Sword about him.
• Violet Firmament Venerable told Chen Beiwu that Li Dongbin would inherit Firecloud Palace while Chen Beiwu and Gu Qinghan refined the Great Sen World's essence, and Chen Beiwu accepted a Heavenly Yang Pill as compensation.
• Yuyue Guardian tested Chen Beiwu with the Transmigration Wheel, then returned it to him despite its indication that his reincarnation-path talent was mediocre.
• Chen Beiwu met Li Dongbin and Gu Qinghan at the All-Stars Pivot before Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin entered the Two-World Gate to the Great Sen World.
• Chen Beiwu recognized that the Heaven-Patrolling Department cultivator activating the gate was an Ancient Demon Cult infiltrator and entered the Great Sen World cautiously.

Chen Beiwu chose the Ten-Thousand Forest Rift as the site where Xuele would refine Great Sen World's essence, despite the presence of Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin. When the refinement began and Xuele struggled to draw in enough essence, Chen Beiwu empowered it with Golden Egg and Nine-Breath Chaos, producing a Taiyi Sword Vine phantom that seized most of the essence in the sky.

• Chen Beiwu examined three refinement sites, then chose the Ten-Thousand Forest Rift after divination favored it.
• Zhao Ting led Chen Beiwu to his cave abode, where Li Dongbin and Gu Qinghan watched his arrival from nearby.
• An immense being opened Great Sen World's essence, and Xuele began refining it with the Supreme Primordial Heaven-Stealing Immortal Scripture of Dao Ascension while Golden Egg assisted.
• Gu Qinghan's Jade Rabbit and Li Dongbin's Mysterious Altar Yang Lord competed for the world's essence, leaving Xuele with an unstable trickle.
• Chen Beiwu loosened Nine-Breath Chaos's restraint, merged with Golden Egg, and empowered Xuele, whose Taiyi Sword Vine phantom overwhelmed the other beasts and seized most of the essence.

Chen Beiwu, Gu Qinghan, and Li Dongbin reached Firecloud Palace's core after refining the Great Sen World's world origin, where a mysterious Red-Robed Cultivator drew them to an ancient cauldron. Gu Qinghan defeated Li Dongbin but could not activate the cauldron, and Chen Beiwu approached it while sensing danger.

• Xuele refined four strands of world origin, reached 19,999 years of Dao Practice, and comprehended the Taiyi True Understanding Profound Ability.
• Gu Qinghan used the Jade Rabbit to enter Firecloud Palace's core, and Li Dongbin followed with the Mysterious Altar Yang Lord as a Pure Yang Sword.
• The Red-Robed Cultivator drew Gu Qinghan, Li Dongbin, and Chen Beiwu to the palace's stone platform and revealed the ancient cauldron at its center.
• Chen Beiwu yielded the first attempt at the cauldron, while Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin agreed to settle who would approach it first through their Dharma Images.
• Gu Qinghan defeated Li Dongbin after three days of combat, but neither she nor Li Dongbin could activate the cauldron.
• Chen Beiwu stepped up to try the cauldron and sensed a warning from the Purple-Gold Canopy's status.

Chen Beiwu, Gu Qinghan, and Li Dongbin faced Firecloud True Venerable and began trials to inherit Firecloud Palace’s Dao Lineage and Blessed Land. Chen Beiwu’s warnings and his companions’ changed fortune left him convinced the trials concealed danger as the second trial ended.

• Chen Beiwu touched the alchemical cauldron, awakening Firecloud True Venerable, whom Gu Qinghan identified as a Half-Step Void Refinement cultivator preserving himself through the Old Abode Method.
• Firecloud True Venerable offered three trials to determine who could inherit Firecloud Palace, and Chen Beiwu joined Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin despite the Purple-Gold Canopy’s increasingly urgent warnings.
• For the first trial, Gu Qinghan ritually refined a Qilin Bloodstone and Li Dongbin fully refined one, while Chen Beiwu deliberately made almost no progress and failed to pass.
• Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin entered the cauldron for the Firecloud Hammer Refinement trial, while Chen Beiwu withdrew after two hours.
• After eighty-one days, Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin emerged transformed, but Chen Beiwu sensed their fortune had become shrouded in calamity qi and suspected the trials were dangerous.

Chen Beiwu concealed his abilities while Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin accepted Firecloud True Venerable’s challenge and were offered the Firecloud Pearl. Firecloud True Venerable revealed his scheme, but Chen Beiwu rejected the pearl and prepared to face him with Golden Egg and Xuele, trusting that the Immortal Alliance was watching.

• Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin chose the Great Crimson Firecloud Divine Light Scripture, while Chen Beiwu studied the Nine Revolutions and Seven Degrees Pure Yang Body-Refining Divine Palace Art and hid how much he understood.
• After the trial period, Firecloud True Venerable sent Gu Qinghan and Li Dongbin elsewhere to fight, then offered Chen Beiwu the Firecloud Pearl and praised his steadiness.
• Firecloud True Venerable told Gu Qinghan that the Immortal Alliance had abandoned them, but she resisted his attack with her master’s treasure before he overwhelmed her.
• Li Dongbin endured ten exchanges with Firecloud True Venerable, accepted the offered pearl, and then attacked with Mysterious Altar Yang Lord; Firecloud True Venerable survived his sword strike and incapacitated him.
• Chen Beiwu shattered the Firecloud Pearl and asked to leave, but Firecloud True Venerable refused; Chen Beiwu told Golden Egg and Xuele to hold back as they prepared to defend him.