Chapter Summaries

Yun Che, nearly defeated by Ji Bei and the Heavenly Dao Council, was saved when Yun Chuo and A Sa returned from their honeymoon. As the newcomers fought the council’s forces, A Sa faced a mysterious blue-robed chairman whose strange footwork threatened her.

• Ji Bei emerged badly wounded and attacked Yun Che, who endured the blow and secretly struck Ji Bei’s energy node with his last trace of Grand Void energy.
• Ji Bei used a lifesaving immortal talisman to launch a final suicidal attack on Yun Che.
• Yun Chuo and A Sa arrived in time to intercept Ji Bei and vowed to protect Yun Che.
• Wang Zhongwang and the other council fighters formed a four-corner formation and attacked Yun Chuo and A Sa while Ji Bei was told to keep targeting Yun Che.
• A Sa evaded Ouyang Xifan’s strike and countered with her spear, but the blue-robed chairman nearly cut her throat with his short blade.

Yun Che and his allies defeated the Heavenly Dao Council’s remaining fighters, but Ji Bei unleashed a forbidden technique that forced Yun Che to sacrifice the Crystal Pressure Cooker to stop it. As the Heavenly Dao erased Yun Che and reclaimed his classes, Ji Bei killed him, and the Heavenly Dao appeared to call his death fate.

• A Sa and Yun Chuo killed the blue-robed councilor and wounded Ouyang Xifan after Yun Chuo incapacitated Wang Zhongwang and the yellow-robed councilor with an aphrodisiac.
• Ji Bei activated a Heavenly Dao Forbidden Technique that tore open the sky and brought destructive power down on the battlefield.
• Yun Che used the Crystal Pressure Cooker’s Origin Divine Light to counter Ji Bei’s attack, destroying the destructive power and closing the fissure as Ji Bei collapsed.
• A Divine Light from the Heavenly Dao began erasing Yun Che’s Divine Soul, and Ji Bei took back his classes before stabbing Yun Che through the head with an immortal spear.
• The white-bearded old man appeared as the Heavenly Dao and told Yun Che that his death was fate.

Yun Che survived the Heavenly Dao's attack by using the Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand to absorb supreme immortal energy and break into the Turbid Immortal Realm. He killed Ji Bei, secured the Heavenly Dao's promise to protect A Sa and Yun Chuo, and learned why the will of heaven and earth sought to destroy him.

• Yun Chuo tried to attack the white-bearded old man, but A Sa held him back and warned that the old man was the Heavenly Dao.
• Yun Che's fingers moved, and he rose from the ground despite his scattered Divine Soul.
• Yun Che used the Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand to take supreme immortal energy, repair his body, and break through to the Turbid Immortal Realm.
• The white-bearded old man explained that Yun Che's Divine Soul was still dissipating and that he could not intervene again without violating the principles of heaven and earth.
• Yun Che killed Ji Bei by crushing his throat, then asked the white-bearded old man to spare A Sa and Yun Chuo, who received his promise of protection.
• The white-bearded old man explained that the will of heaven and earth rejected Yun Che because of his Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand and his fused three Life Souls, which could let him surpass immortals and potentially supplant the Heavenly Dao.

Yun Che killed himself to exploit a loophole in the Heavenly Dao’s reward rules, and the reward was delivered despite his body and Divine Soul truly dying. His allies mourned his apparent death, then resolved to protect the people he had saved and wait for the chance he had prepared for them.

• Yun Che learned how his three Life Souls had become connected and decided to kill himself in hopes of claiming the Heavenly Dao’s reward.
• Yun Che cut off his own head, and his merged Divine Soul dissipated as the white-bearded elder triggered the reward.
• The Heavenly Dao’s reward enveloped Yun Che’s remains, astonishing the white-bearded elder because Yun Che was truly dead.
• Yuezheng Xiangling moved the Azure Luan Glazed Light God Kingdom into the Domain Space but could not move Dragon Country, then sensed that Yun Che’s key had become ownerless.
• Qin Yiqing, Ye Qingshuang, Feng Chu, Little White, and Zero realized Yun Che was gone, and Qin Yiqing and Zero urged the others to protect his people and wait for an opportunity.

Qin Yiqing sealed the Domain while Yun Che’s followers committed themselves to cultivation and waited for his return. Yun Che was reborn outside the Immortal World as Niu Hun, and the chapter ended with Divine Martial urging him to check the Heavenly Dao reward in his mailbox.

• Yuezheng Xiangling and Qin Yiqing urged Yun Che’s followers to protect the Azure Luan God Kingdom and wait for him, and Qin Yiqing crushed the Domain Space’s only key.
• Ye Qingshuang and Yuezheng Xiangling agreed to wait for Yun Che, while the sealed Domain’s inhabitants devoted themselves to secluded cultivation.
• At the Heavenly Dao Altar, the white-bearded old man honored his promise to Yun Che and offered A Sa and Yun Chuo protection from the Heavenly Dao Council.
• Yun Che’s grayish-white immortal seed drifted through the Void Turbulence and took root on a star fragment outside the Immortal World, where he emerged reborn as Niu Hun.
• Yun Che inspected his reduced system panel and learned from Divine Martial that the white-bearded old man had sent him the promised reward.

Yun Che entered the Immortal Realm under the public name Niu Hun and found that his Black Star Mine was controlled by the Divine Prison Immortal Sect, which forced him to work as a miner. After a deadly spirit emerged from the mine, Yun Che and Divine Martial faced danger underground.

• Yun Che received permanent Immortal Realm residency and Black Star Mine rights, and Divine Martial told him to use the name Niu Hun in public.
• Yun Che traveled for three days to the mine, where the foreman forced him to join the miners and work off management fees imposed by the Divine Prison Immortal Sect.
• Yun Che met his daily quota and received coarse immortal rice, while Divine Martial sensed blood and accumulated resentment deeper in the mine.
• A scream and violent tremor sent the miners fleeing as a black shadow killed those it overtook.
• Divine Martial identified the shadow as a Yin-Gathering Soul formed from miners' resentment and warned Yun Che that they were in trouble.

Yun Che subdued a Yin-Gathering Soul in the mine and claimed ten Supreme-Grade Immortal Stones, but a stronger Mine Demon emerged from a fissure. He drained much of the demon’s immortal power while leading it through the tunnels, and it turned to flee as he prepared to face it.

• Yun Che dodged the Yin-Gathering Soul while repeatedly using the Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand to steal its immortal power, then bound and subdued it.
• The foreman promised Yun Che ten Supreme-Grade Immortal Stones for subduing the creature and paid him before a fissure opened deeper in the mine.
• Divine Martial warned Yun Che that a stronger being was approaching, and an old miner identified the nearly thirty-foot monster as a Mine Demon that had eaten missing miners.
• Yun Che fled through the tunnels while repeatedly stealing immortal power from the seventh-level Mine Demon, weakening it until its pursuit faltered.
• When Yun Che stopped near the head miner’s quarters, the frightened Mine Demon abruptly turned and ran.

Yun Che defeated a seventh-level Immortal Realm Mine Demon and obtained a map showing a marked location in the heart of the Black Star Mine Vein. The Mine Foreman offered him a City Entry Writ and other rewards to investigate the poisoned core, and Yun Che set off despite Divine Martial's warning.

• Yun Che chased down the Mine Demon, drained its Immortal Power, and killed it with Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand.
• Yun Che collected the Mine Demon Heart Core and a Black Star Vein Map, which marked a red circle at the vein's heart.
• The overseer led Yun Che to the Mine Foreman, who agreed to grant him a City Entry Writ but asked him to retrieve something from the poisoned core.
• Yun Che negotiated for a Pass Token and accepted the job, receiving the writ, token, and Antidote Pills.
• Divine Martial warned Yun Che that the Mine Foreman was using him to test the dangerous core, but Yun Che headed there in search of treasure.

Yun Che followed the Black Star Vein Map to the Mine Demon's hidden treasure chamber and found the Black Star Core. The Mine Foreman revealed his betrayal, but Yun Che drained his Immortal Power, killed him, and claimed his belongings.

• Yun Che and Divine Martial entered the poisonous core region, and Yun Che used the Black Star Vein Map to find the secret door.
• Yun Che placed the Mine Demon's Core in the door's recess and entered a cavern containing the Black Star Core and immortal stones.
• The Mine Foreman shut Yun Che inside and revealed that he had used him to retrieve the treasure, then demanded the Black Star Core.
• Yun Che evaded the Mine Foreman's attacks and used Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand to steal his Immortal Power and the Black Star Mine Storehouse Key.
• Yun Che drained the Mine Foreman's Immortal Power, killed him, and took his storage pouch containing more than two hundred supreme-grade immortal stones and assorted materials.

After breaking through to the first level of the Immortal Realm, Yun Che entered the Immortal City and settled in for a meal with Divine Martial. He learned that a thief had stolen the Heaven-Mending Pearl and that the Immortal Alliance had posted a five-thousand-stone bounty, which he decided to investigate.

• Yun Che used the black Star Core to break through to the first level of the Immortal Realm.
• Yun Che showed the patrol his access token and convinced the disciples that he had survived the poisonous miasma while the mining foreman died protecting him.
• Yun Che entered the Immortal City, paid the entry tax, and secretly pilfered the stone back.
• Yun Che took Divine Martial to a restaurant and ordered roast spirit pig, wine, and vegetables.
• Yun Che overheard cultivators say that the Heaven-Mending Pearl had been stolen from Orleans Market and that the Immortal Alliance offered five thousand supreme-grade immortal stones for the thief's capture.
• Yun Che decided the bounty was worth pursuing, then began enjoying his meal.

Yun Che found a clue linking Black Star Mine to the stolen Heaven-Mending Pearl and went to the mine’s warehouse to investigate. An Immortal Alliance patrol and a concealed woman mistook him for the thief, and the chapter ended as she attacked him.

• Yun Che planned to check the bounty board and visit Black Star Mine’s warehouse, then went to the Immortal Alliance Plaza at dawn.
• Yun Che learned that the stolen Heaven-Mending Pearl had been taken from Orleans Market and that the thief had left Black Star Mine mining dust.
• Yun Che used the warehouse key to search Black Star Mine’s warehouse and found a jade plaque resembling the Pearl’s emblem among the mine’s accounts.
• Immortal Alliance disciples arrived to search the warehouse, while a masked woman watched from a rooftop and called for reinforcements.
• The masked woman attacked Yun Che, mistaking him for the thief, and refused to believe his claim that it was a misunderstanding.

Yun Che was accused of stealing the Heaven-Mending Pearl but avoided a search of his Storage Ring by exposing its contents and winning the old cultivator’s support. After the Immortal Alliance party left, Yun Che discovered he had secretly emptied the Storage Rings of the old cultivator and Shen Qing.

• Shen Qing accused Yun Che of stealing the Heaven-Mending Pearl and tried to have his Storage Ring searched.
• An old cultivator from the Immortal Alliance Council Hall arrived and proposed that Yun Che voluntarily display everything in his Storage Ring.
• Yun Che laid out his belongings, including a jade token marked with the Heaven-Mending Pearl’s imprint, but no pearl.
• The old cultivator suggested the Mine Foreman might have stolen the pearl and cleared Yun Che of suspicion for the moment.
• Shen Qing agreed to let Yun Che go but warned she would continue watching him, and the old cultivator promised him Spirit Tea as an apology.
• After the Immortal Alliance party left, Yun Che realized he had emptied the old cultivator’s and Shen Qing’s Storage Rings.

Yun Che followed a jade plaque toward the Heaven-Mending Pearl’s hiding place while Elder Huang sent an assassin after him. After Yun Che killed the attacker and Shen Qing found evidence linking him to Elder Huang, she questioned whether Yun Che truly had the pearl.

• Yun Che learned from the jade plaque and the old cultivator’s memories that Elder Huang had manipulated Shen Qing to search for the Heaven-Mending Pearl.
• Elder Huang ordered a masked follower to trail Yun Che and attack after he found the pearl.
• Yun Che noticed the follower in the forest and killed him with the Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand when he attacked.
• Shen Qing confronted Yun Che, but found Elder Huang’s council hall token and a Communication Jade Talisman on the dead assassin.
• Shen Qing asked Yun Che whether he had the Heaven-Mending Pearl, and he said he had never seen it and was following the clues to the mountain hollow.

Yun Che and Shen Qing found the Heaven-Mending Pearl in an abandoned Mountain God Temple, where Elder Huang revealed his scheme to seize it. After Yun Che drained Elder Huang’s two subordinates of their immortal power, he faced Elder Huang’s attack.

• Yun Che led Shen Qing to the Mountain God Temple and showed her the Heaven-Mending Pearl hidden inside.
• Elder Huang arrived with two Immortal Realm Fifth Stage helpers and admitted he had used Shen Qing and Yun Che to find the pearl.
• Elder Huang’s helpers attacked Shen Qing while he planned to kill her and blame Yun Che.
• Yun Che intervened, drained one helper’s immortal power, and killed the other with a Qi Sword before draining him too.
• Elder Huang accused Yun Che of using an evil art and attacked him with a sword while invoking his position in the Immortal Alliance Council Hall.

Yun Che killed Elder Huang, recovered the Heaven-Mending Pearl, and helped Shen Qing expose the elder’s crimes to the Law Hall. After collecting his bounty and breaking through to the second level of the Immortal Realm, he went with Shen Qing to a banquet, where he introduced himself to people discussing his feats.

• Yun Che drained Elder Huang’s immortal power, killed him, and recovered the storage pouch while Shen Qing confirmed the Heaven-Mending Pearl was genuine.
• Shen Qing reported Elder Huang’s crimes to the arriving Immortal Alliance disciples, and they returned to the Immortal City with Yun Che and the evidence.
• The Law Hall confirmed Elder Huang’s crimes, paid Yun Che the five-thousand-stone bounty, and awarded him healing pills as compensation for the false accusation.
• Yun Che secluded himself at an inn and broke through to the second level of the Immortal Realm in two hours.
• Shen Qing invited Yun Che to a banquet at the Flowing Cloud Restaurant and came to escort him there the next morning.
• Yun Che overheard guests discussing his exploits and entered the private room, declaring that he was Niu Hun and an independent cultivator.

Yun Che defeated Li Hao in a courtyard spar, then joined Chief Li for a meal. Chief Li explained that the Heaven-Mending Pearl supposedly held one of five keys to a Secret Realm containing the sealed cultivation of a fallen Immortal Venerable, leaving the pearl’s legend unresolved.

• Shen Qing defended Yun Che when Li Hao questioned his role in exposing Elder Huang’s plot.
• Yun Che accepted Li Hao’s challenge and evaded his attacks without drawing his sword.
• Li Hao’s immortal power inexplicably ran dry, and Yun Che mocked him as he stood helpless.
• Chief Li rebuked Yun Che, then accepted his explanation, apologized for Li Hao, and invited him upstairs for a drink.
• Yun Che asked about the Heaven-Mending Pearl, and Chief Li described its rumored connection to a Secret Realm key.

Yun Che agreed to escort the Heaven-Mending Pearl to the Divine Prison Immortal Sect in exchange for a nomination to its outer disciple recruitment. After defeating an ambush and learning the Black Hound Immortal Sect had ordered it, he planned to confront them.

• Chief Li asked Yun Che to escort the Heaven-Mending Pearl to the Divine Prison Immortal Sect, and Yun Che accepted after Chief Li offered him a nomination for its outer disciple recruitment.
• Shen Qing and Yun Che left the Immortal City with the Heaven-Mending Pearl and Pass Token, while Yun Che sensed that several auras were following them.
• At Falling Wind Slope, masked men attacked them at a Mountain God Temple and demanded the Heaven-Mending Pearl.
• Yun Che defeated the attackers, captured their leader, and learned from him that the grand elder of the Black Hound Immortal Sect had hired the assassins.
• Yun Che learned the Black Hound Immortal Sect was nearby and planned to confront it.

Yun Che and Shen Qing attacked the Black Hound Immortal Sect, drained its fighters of their immortal power, and killed its leader while capturing the Grand Elder. After collecting the sect’s treasure, they heard an armed group surround the cave and demand the Heaven-Mending Pearl.

• Shen Qing explained that the Black Hound Immortal Sect was a bandit gang led by Hei Fengsha, and Yun Che decided to attack Black Wind Mountain with her.
• Yun Che killed the assassin they had captured, and Shen Qing agreed to accompany him to the mountain.
• Yun Che killed the guards at the entrance and secretly drained the bandits’ immortal power while they gathered in the Righteous Gathering Hall.
• Yun Che killed Hei Fengsha, and Shen Qing captured the Grand Elder as the bandits collapsed from the loss of their power.
• Yun Che collected the Supreme-Grade Immortal Stones and spirit herbs from the Treasure Cave before an armed group surrounded them and demanded the Heaven-Mending Pearl and stolen valuables.

Yun Che and Shen Qing defeated the Immortal Alliance traitors who had conspired with the Black Hound Immortal Sect, then delivered the prisoners and continued to the Divine Prison Immortal Sect. They arrived with the Heaven-Mending Pearl, and Sect Master Yue Mingsha asked whether they had brought it.

• Shen Qing recognized Deputy Commander Zhou among the forces outside the Treasure Cave, while Yun Che secretly drained their immortal power and advanced to the third stage of the Immortal Realm.
• Yun Che subdued Deputy Commander Zhou and killed him after he confessed to taking bribes from the Black Hound Immortal Sect; Shen Qing captured the other traitors.
• Yun Che and Shen Qing handed the prisoners over at Qingning Immortal City and traveled for ten days to Ten-Thousand-Blade Immortal Mountain.
• The Divine Prison Immortal Sect’s steward escorted Yun Che and Shen Qing to the side hall after verifying the Heaven-Mending Pearl and their documents.
• Sect Master Yue Mingsha asked Yun Che and Shen Qing whether they had brought the Heaven-Mending Pearl.

Yun Che passed the Divine Prison Immortal Sect’s entrance examination and revealed an innate nine-colored Dao Body. Sect Master Yue Mingsha accepted him as her personal disciple and arranged for him to live on Clear Bamboo Peak, while Yun Che privately planned to rely on stealing immortal power rather than cultivating.

• Yun Che handed the Heaven-Mending Pearl to Yue Mingsha and settled in the outer courtyard to prepare for the examination.
• Yun Che passed the Heaven-Climbing Stone Path and revealed a nine-colored spiritual root during the aptitude test.
• Yun Che defeated his opponents in the duels, including a prominent clan disciple at the Immortal Realm Fifth Stage.
• Yue Mingsha offered to take Yun Che as her personal disciple, and he accepted.
• Yue Mingsha arranged Yun Che’s quarters on Clear Bamboo Peak and gave him a Jade Slip of the Nine Prison-Suppressing Arts.