Chapter Summaries

Li Dalong used the Thunder-Racing Bow to kill Juzi and drive back the Universe-Suppressing Tower’s forces, but the blast also shattered the Cloud Glow Sect’s Protective Barrier and killed many disciples. Ke Meili and the surviving elders fought on as the enemy fled and the sect struggled to survive.

• Li Dalong left the Creation Cultivation Tower, drew the Thunder-Racing Bow, and fired a lightning arrow at Juzi.
• Juzi was killed in the blast, which also destroyed the Protective Barrier and killed Cloud Glow Sect disciples nearby.
• The Heavenly Immortal Realm Rogue Cultivator and the other Black Market Rogue Cultivators fled after seeing Juzi die.
• Li Dalong fired several more arrows at the Universe-Suppressing Tower’s forces, killing many and driving the survivors to flee.
• Ke Meili, Ke Xialing, and the elders fought desperately and tried to save the Cloud Glow Sect disciples.

After the Universe-Suppressing Tower’s assault left the Cloud Glow Sect badly damaged, Ke Meili rebuilt the sect, helped its disciples recover and grow stronger, then led them to eradicate the Tower’s remaining forces. The Cloud Glow Sect claimed the Tower’s resources and entered a period of rapid growth, while Li Dalong kept cultivating in seclusion.

• Ke Meili and the Cloud Glow Sect’s disciples pursued the fleeing attackers, while Li Dalong returned to his Cultivation Chamber, resolved to grow stronger, and resumed cultivating.
• Ke Meili assigned Ke Xialing to clear the battlefield and collect the fallen enemies’ possessions, then guarded the damaged sect as its disciples tended to the wounded.
• Ke Meili rebuilt the sect grounds and Defensive Array, supplied Healing Pills, and sent Ke Xialing to thank Li Dalong and deliver Immortal Artifacts and immortal stones.
• After many disciples broke through and the sect gathered intelligence on the weakened Universe-Suppressing Tower, Ke Meili led the Cloud Glow Sect’s Mysterious Immortal Realm forces to eliminate its remaining strongholds.
• Ke Meili used the recovered resources to improve cultivation support, and the Cloud Glow Sect began a period of vigorous growth with stronger recruits joining.

Zhou Xue advanced to the Mysterious Immortal Realm and set out for the Despairing Sand Sea, while Li Dalong quietly broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Ye Wuxia also reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but Li Dalong refused her request to visit so he could keep cultivating in peace.

• Zhou Xue told Li Dalong that Ouyang Lan had sent her to hunt Single-Pincered Red Scorpions in the Despairing Sand Sea, accompanied by protectors and armed with talismans for emergencies.
• After hearing from Zhou Xue, Li Dalong left the Cloud Glow Sect and broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Stage in a secluded valley.
• Li Dalong returned to his courtyard and used the Creation Cultivation Tower to consolidate his realm, while the disturbance from his breakthrough drew others to the valley.
• Ye Wuxia broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm and learned that Zhou Xue had left to train in the Despairing Sand Sea.
• Ye Wuxia told Li Dalong about her breakthrough and asked to visit him, but he refused and urged her to focus on cultivation.

Ye Wuxia and Li Dalong spent a year in seclusion, with Li Dalong advancing to the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm while Ye Wuxia progressed more slowly. After emerging, Li Dalong agreed to let Ke Xialing join him on a trip outside the sect if her mother approved, and she hurried off to ask.

• Ye Wuxia chose to cultivate in seclusion rather than put pressure on Li Dalong, puzzling Ye Xingchen and his wife.
• Li Dalong and Ye Wuxia cultivated for a year, and Li Dalong reached the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm while Ye Wuxia remained in the early stage.
• Ke Xialing, having reached the late-stage Profound Immortal realm but hit a bottleneck, visited Li Dalong after he left seclusion.
• Li Dalong told Ke Xialing he planned to leave the sect for a while, and she asked to accompany him.
• Li Dalong agreed to take Ke Xialing if her mother gave permission, and Ke Xialing hurried off to ask her.

Ke Xialing got her mother’s permission to travel with Li Dalong, and the two set off for Immortal Fate Market. After Li Dalong ended his courtyard rental, Steward Zhao hurried to greet them at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and invited them upstairs, hinting that something was happening.

• Ke Xialing told Ke Meili she wanted to travel with Li Dalong and reported that he had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Ke Meili agreed to let Ke Xialing travel with Li Dalong and reminded her to stay safe and listen to him.
• Ke Xialing told Li Dalong her mother had agreed, and the two left the Cloud Glow Sect for Immortal Fate Market.
• Li Dalong paid the outstanding rent on his former courtyard and returned it to the landlord.
• At the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, Steward Zhao greeted Li Dalong and Ke Xialing and invited them upstairs to discuss something timely.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing attended Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s large-scale auction after Steward Zhao arranged them a private room. Li Dalong bid against another guest for a suit of protective immortal armor, and the contest remained unresolved as the price reached 2,500 supreme-grade immortal stones.

• Steward Zhao invited Li Dalong and Ke Xialing to the auction and used a Teleportation Formation to bring them to the auction hall.
• Steward Zhao arranged a private room for Li Dalong and Ke Xialing, then left an attendant to serve them immortal tea and spirit fruit.
• The auction began, and guests bought an ancient incomplete text and a succession of pills, herbs, materials, and treasures.
• Ke Xialing bid on several inexpensive pills and spirit herbs suited to her, while withdrawing from lots whose prices rose too high.
• When a suit of protective immortal armor came up for auction, Li Dalong bid 1,000 supreme-grade immortal stones, then raised his offer to 2,000 as another guest countered with 1,500 and 2,500.

Li Dalong bought Body-Protecting Immortal Armor at auction, then purchased a Snow Ganoderma and a map to where it grew. He and Ke Xialing set out for the dangerous Extreme Cold Icefield, where Li Dalong hoped to find resources and medicine to awaken Zhou Yong.

• Li Dalong won the Body-Protecting Immortal Armor for three thousand supreme-grade immortal stones, then left the auction with Ke Xialing.
• At the Free Market, Li Dalong learned that an elderly herb seller had a rare Snow Ganoderma and bought it for six hundred high-grade immortal stones, along with a jade slip showing where it grew.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing found nothing else worth buying and decided to travel to the Snow Ganoderma's growing place to seek treasures and gain combat experience.
• Li Dalong chose to travel overland toward the Extreme Cold Icefield rather than use a teleportation formation, so they could see the regions and cities along the way.
• Li Dalong hoped to gather resources and find immortal medicine or a pill that could awaken his junior brother, Zhou Yong.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing traveled west into the Extreme Cold Icefield, following the Medicine-Selling Old Man’s map toward a dangerous destination. When a Snow Monster ambushed them, Ke Xialing fought it with Li Dalong’s guidance and killed it, then recovered while he harvested its useful parts.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing journeyed west through increasingly harsh terrain and reached the snow-covered Extreme Cold Icefield.
• Li Dalong checked the Medicine-Selling Old Man’s map and led Ke Xialing toward snowy mountains beyond an icy river, warning her to stay alert for danger.
• A concealed Snow Monster ambushed them, and Li Dalong struck it before signaling for Ke Xialing to fight.
• Ke Xialing battled the Snow Monster and suffered minor injuries, while Li Dalong cut off one of its front claws when she began to lose ground.
• Ke Xialing killed the wounded Snow Monster after a prolonged fight, and Li Dalong harvested its Demon Core, fur, claws, and meat.
• Li Dalong guarded Ke Xialing while she healed and changed clothes, and she recovered two hours later.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing were surrounded by a pack of Snow Wolves near the snowy mountain, with a Blizzard Fox watching from afar. Li Dalong killed the Snow Wolf King after resisting its freezing breath, while Ke Xialing remained protected inside the Defensive Array.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing encountered increasingly dangerous Demon Beasts as they crossed the Extreme Cold Icefield.
• A pack of nearly fifty Snow Wolves surrounded them, and Li Dalong protected Ke Xialing inside a Defensive Array while preparing to fight.
• Li Dalong noticed a Blizzard Fox observing from a distant mountainside and equipped his protective immortal armor.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing fought off the wolves, with Li Dalong killing several while Ke Xialing used her Flying Sword from inside the array.
• The Snow Wolf King froze Li Dalong briefly with its innate skill and attacked, but his shield gave him time to recover and counterstrike.
• Li Dalong wounded the Snow Wolf King, knocked it down, and beheaded it with the Azure Rainbow Sword.

After killing the Snow Wolf King and its pack, Li Dalong and Ke Xialing crossed a blizzard-swept mountain and an icy river, surviving an attack by a Snow Vulture. They reached a region of crowded mountains known for Demon Beasts and immortal medicines, where Li Dalong set up a concealed shelter so they could rest.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing finished off the berserk snow wolves, collected the Snow Wolf King and several corpses, and fled before the blood drew more Demon Beasts.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing crossed a towering mountain through fierce winds and poor visibility, and Li Dalong drove off a Snow Vulture that lost a toe to his sword.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing crossed the icy river at low altitude and reached a region of lower, densely packed mountains.
• Li Dalong chose a sheltered hollow, set up defensive and concealment formations, and began resting with Ke Xialing.
• Li Dalong ate an Enlightenment Tea leaf from the Enlightenment Tree inside the Heaven and Earth Pearl.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing traveled through the Extreme Cold Icefield and reached the hidden valley where Snow Ganoderma had once been found. They searched the valley cautiously, discovered signs of an earlier battle, and gathered valuable immortal medicines as they continued onward.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing recovered, then continued toward the mapped valley, fighting weaker demon beasts and avoiding stronger ones along the way.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing reached the gourd-shaped valley, where Li Dalong concealed their auras after sensing demon beasts nearby.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing followed the right cliff in search of Snow Ganoderma, passing valuable medicines they chose to leave undisturbed for the moment.
• Li Dalong noticed battle damage near the marked location and told Ke Xialing to prepare for a fight and stay behind him.
• After the battle traces ended, Li Dalong gathered the decent-grade immortal medicines he found, and Ke Xialing collected the rest.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing harvested five Snow Ganoderma, then fled a swarm of Gold-Devouring Ants that erupted from a hidden cave. After escaping, they rested and continued deeper into the Extreme Cold Icefield, gathering other Immortal Medicines.

• Li Dalong found five Snow Ganoderma beneath dead spirit wood trees and discovered a cave nearby that leaked Demon Beast aura.
• Li Dalong harvested the Snow Ganoderma, alerting the Gold-Devouring Ants inside the cave, then grabbed Ke Xialing and fled.
• A swarm of Gold-Devouring Ants pursued Li Dalong and Ke Xialing through the valley, driving the other Demon Beasts away.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing escaped the swarm by flying downwind and traveled for two hours before stopping to rest.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing found their bearings, continued deeper into the Extreme Cold Icefield, and gathered unfamiliar Immortal Medicines.

After months of traveling through the Extreme Cold Icefield, Li Dalong got Ke Xialing safely out and brought her to a hill to undergo her breakthrough. He gave her the Starry Sky Divine Shield to refine, and her tribulation began as he prepared a protective formation.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing rushed toward the outskirts as her breakthrough became increasingly difficult to suppress, and he carried her after she sealed her Immortal Power.
• During a rest, Li Dalong checked in and received the high-grade Immortal Artifact Starry Sky Divine Shield.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing left the Extreme Cold Icefield and chose a nearby hill for Ke Xialing's tribulation.
• Li Dalong handed Ke Xialing the Starry Sky Divine Shield to refine and use during her tribulation.
• Ke Xialing's refining stirred her bottleneck and summoned tribulation clouds, while Li Dalong set up an offensive and defensive formation.

Ke Xialing successfully transcended her tribulation and reached the heavenly immortal realm while Ke Meili secretly advanced to the early-stage golden immortal realm. Li Dalong and Ke Xialing traveled toward Wuling City, where Ye Wuxia arranged to meet them after leaving seclusion.

• Li Dalong guarded Ke Xialing as she overcame the tribulation lightning and entered the heavenly immortal realm.
• Ke Meili quietly transcended her tribulation in the Kunlun Mountain Range and concealed her new golden immortal cultivation.
• After Ke Xialing stabilized her cultivation, she and Li Dalong chose a new route toward Wuling City and trained against demon beasts along the way.
• Ye Wuxia contacted Li Dalong, said she wanted to join his travels, and agreed to meet him in Wuling City.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing continued toward Wuling City after Ye Wuxia announced she was coming, leaving Ke heartbroken and Li torn between the two women. Ye Wuxia got her mother’s permission to travel, arrived in Wuling City ahead of them, and settled into a luxurious inn courtyard while she waited.

• Li Dalong told Ke Xialing that Ye Wuxia was coming to meet them, and Ke hid her heartbreak as they continued toward Wuling City.
• Li Dalong reflected on his affection for Ke Xialing and his deep feelings for Ye Wuxia, unsure how to handle the situation.
• Ye Wuxia persuaded Madam Yuehua to let her travel, gathered Xiao Cui and the others, and took the sect’s teleportation formation to Wuling City.
• Ye Wuxia messaged Li Dalong and learned that he and Ke Xialing would take a little over half a day to arrive.
• Ye Wuxia booked a secluded courtyard at the Purple Firmament Inn for herself and her attendants, paying for half a month in advance.

Li Dalong brought Ke Xialing to Wuling City to meet Ye Wuxia, his beloved, and the two women met at the Purple Firmament Inn. Ke Xialing went to rest with Xiao Cui, leaving Li Dalong and Ye Wuxia alone in an awkward silence.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing entered Wuling City and headed to the Purple Firmament Inn while he told her about his relationship with Ye Wuxia.
• Ye Wuxia hurried out to greet Li Dalong, then noticed Ke Xialing and led them to the rented courtyard.
• Li Dalong introduced Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing as his beloved and his friend, and the women exchanged warm but emotionally complicated greetings.
• Ye Wuxia asked Xiao Cui to show Ke Xialing to her room so she could rest after traveling.
• Li Dalong and Ye Wuxia remained alone in the room as an awkward silence settled between them.

Li Dalong admitted to Ye Wuxia that he had developed uncertain feelings for Ke Xialing, leaving their relationship strained even as the women grew close during their travels. After several days exploring Wuling City, the group reached Wuling Peak, where Li Dalong overheard a conversation among cultivators who had just emerged from the mountains.

• Li Dalong told Ye Wuxia about joining the Cloud Glow Sect and traveling with Ke Xialing, then confessed he might have feelings for her.
• Ye Wuxia said she could not bear Li Dalong being with another girl, and he asked for time to sort out his feelings.
• Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing shopped together around Wuling City for three days while Li Dalong followed them.
• The group traveled to Wuling Peak and planned to enter its dangerous mountain range the next morning.
• While drinking at an inn near Wuling Peak, Li Dalong noticed a group of battered cultivators discussing something.

Li Dalong and his companions entered Wuling Peak to train, avoiding the dangerous cave rumored to drive explorers mad. After Li Dalong spotted a Sting Shadow Dragon-Scale Beast stalking them, he confronted it and found its defenses stronger than expected.

• Li Dalong heard about a cave near the Dark Forest whose survivors gained strength but lost their minds, and he chose to avoid it.
• Ye Wuxia, Ke Xialing, Xiao Cui, and the others shopped around town before joining Li Dalong for dinner and preparing to enter Wuling Peak.
• The group followed the crowded middle road into the mountains, then took a quieter path as they searched the terrain.
• Li Dalong sensed a Sting Shadow Dragon-Scale Beast hiding nearby and told Ye Wuxia and the others to retreat while he faced it.
• Li Dalong exchanged attacks with the beast, but its claws, tail, and maw countered his sword strikes, and his slash across its abdomen barely slowed it.

Li Dalong defeated the Sting Shadow Dragon-Scale Beast, then led his companions deeper into Wuling Peak, where they encountered a far stronger Abyssal Demon-Devouring Magic Beast. As the beast wounded Li Dalong, Ye Wuxia ordered her Golden Immortal maid to intervene.

• Li Dalong used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike to kill the Sting Shadow Dragon-Scale Beast, and Ke Xialing stored its body.
• Ye Wuxia checked on Li Dalong while Xiao Cui and the others guarded the slain beast.
• Li Dalong and his companions continued through Wuling Peak until an Abyssal Demon-Devouring Magic Beast blocked their path.
• Li Dalong tried to fight the beast but was overpowered and suffered a deep wound to his shoulder.
• Ye Wuxia demanded that her Golden Immortal Realm maid save Li Dalong, and the maid attacked the beast with a blast of immortal power.

Li Dalong and the others fled from the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast while a Golden Immortal maid held it off, but Li Dalong returned to help after healing. As the beast’s poison weakened him, the maid trapped it with a talisman and launched a massive ice spike.

• The Golden Immortal maid blocked the Abyssal Demon-Devouring Magic Beast long enough for Ye Wuxia, Xiao Cui, and Li Dalong to escape to a cave.
• Li Dalong set up a concealment formation, healed his wounds, and left the others to investigate the cave and guard its entrance.
• Li Dalong returned to the battlefield and attacked the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast, but it climbed out of his fissure unharmed and the maid took a blow meant for him.
• The beast spread poisonous mist that slowed and poisoned Li Dalong, while the wounded maid used a talisman to pin it in place.
• The maid formed a huge ice spike and sent it toward the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast.