Chapter Summaries

Li Dalong accompanied Zhao Feihu and the Flying Swallow Sect back to the Immortal Realm Base, where his lack of an Identity Jade Tablet caused trouble at the entrance. After Zhao Feihu vouched for him, the guards let him in and required him to report to the Alliance Affairs Hall to obtain a tablet.

• Zhao Feihu invited Li Dalong to return with the Flying Swallow Sect and promised to arrange an Identity Jade Tablet for him at the base.
• The party flew for two days and reached the Immortal Realm Base, while Zhao Feihu explained its defenses and warned Li Dalong about the powerful cultivators inside.
• The gate guards stopped Li Dalong because their detection array could not find an Identity Jade Tablet, but Zhao Feihu vouched for him and secured his entry.
• Zhao Dong paid for the party to ride a transport carriage to the Alliance compound in the center of the base.
• Zhao Feihu led the party into the Alliance Affairs Hall, where the cultivators they saw were all at least Earth Immortal.

Li Dalong obtained an Identity Jade Tablet with Zhao Feihu’s sponsorship and accepted the Flying Swallow Sect’s offer of a place to stay. On the way to the sect’s compound, he checked in and received a Void Shield, then told Zhao Feihu he could not join the sect for personal reasons.

• Zhao Feihu helped Li Dalong apply for and receive an Identity Jade Tablet at the Affairs Hall.
• Li Dalong accepted Zhao Feihu’s invitation to stay with the Flying Swallow Sect.
• Li Dalong checked in and received the Void Shield, a top-tier defensive immortal artifact.
• Zhao Feihu brought Li Dalong and the others to the sect’s compound in the base.
• Zhao Feihu assured Li Dalong he could stay as long as he wished, and Li Dalong explained that he could not join the sect but would help when able.

Li Dalong rested after arriving at the Flying Swallow Sect while Zhao Feihu learned how he had rescued Zhao Dong and Lin Ying. Meanwhile, ambitious forces formed the Dao Cultivation Alliance and plotted to attack the Righteous Qi Sect, unaware that Li Dalong had left the Cultivation World; the chapter ended with Li Dalong, Zhao Dong, and Lin Ying setting out to explore the base.

• Zhao Dong escorted Li Dalong to a guest room, where Li Dalong set up a formation and meditated.
• Zhao Dong told Zhao Feihu how Li Dalong had rescued him and Lin Ying from the demon race, and Zhao Feihu urged him to build a good relationship with Li Dalong.
• Gong Tiandao, Wu Jinhuan, and Zuo Changqing helped form the Dao Cultivation Alliance, which planned to seize the Righteous Qi Sect after learning Li Dalong had left the Cultivation World.
• Zhao Dong came to take Li Dalong around the base, and Lin Ying joined them before the three headed for the commercial street.

Li Dalong visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion with Zhao Dong and Lin Ying to learn about the Immortal Realm, buying historical jade slips while finding the higher-grade goods too expensive. The three then went to the Immortal Realm Restaurant to gather information about the Netherworld Secret Realm, but the first two floors were full and the waiter offered them a seat or private room on the costly third floor.

• Li Dalong asked Zhao Dong where he could find information and books about the Immortal Realm, and Zhao Dong recommended the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and the Immortal Realm Restaurant.
• Li Dalong bought several dozen jade slips about the Immortal Realm at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion while Lin Ying browsed its first-floor sections.
• Li Dalong looked at the higher-grade swords, formations, and cultivation methods but could not afford them because they required immortal spirit stones.
• Li Dalong, Zhao Dong, and Lin Ying left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and headed to the Immortal Realm Restaurant to drink and gather information.
• The waiter told the three that the first and second floors were full and offered them seats or a private room on the third floor, which Zhao Dong said was expensive.

Li Dalong, Zhao Dong, and Lin Ying dined at an expensive restaurant and listened to cultivators discuss the Netherworld Secret Realm. Accounts of its dangers, treasures, and otherworldly beings left them eager to explore it, while Li Dalong considered how to prepare and gain resources there.

• Li Dalong took Zhao Dong and Lin Ying to the restaurant’s third floor after learning about its prices and atmosphere.
• Zhao Dong and Lin Ying hesitated to order because the dishes and Spirit Wine cost far more than they expected, so Li Dalong chose several popular items for them.
• The three sampled the restaurant’s spirit cuisine and Spirit Wine, which strengthened spiritual power and invigorated their meridians.
• Drinkers discussed dangerous otherworldly beings and the treasures and inheritances hidden in the Netherworld Secret Realm, stirring the trio’s curiosity.
• A blue-green-robed drinker described poisonous beings and spatially concealed enemies, sharing ways to counter them that prompted Li Dalong to consider his preparations for the Netherworld Secret Realm.

Li Dalong declined Zhao Feihu’s invitation to hunt with the Flying Swallow Sect and set out alone to explore the Netherworld Secret Realm. After studying a map, he chose a familiar valley with fewer cultivators and began traveling away from the base, growing cautious as he reached more dangerous territory.

• Zhao Feihu invited Li Dalong to join the Flying Swallow Sect’s expedition to No. 76 Small Base, but Li Dalong politely chose to act alone.
• Zhao Feihu led the Flying Swallow Sect disciples out of their temporary quarters, while Li Dalong studied a map of the Netherworld Secret Realm.
• Li Dalong chose the valley where he had previously met Zhao Dong and his junior sister because it was familiar and lightly contested.
• Li Dalong left the base on foot, traveled west, and encountered many teams of cultivators along the way.
• After a day of travel, Li Dalong grew cautious as he approached territory where unfamiliar races and attacks might appear.

Li Dalong watched a squad of eight aliens fight a wounded Earth Immortal demon beast, then ambushed the survivors after the beast killed two of them. He killed four more aliens and pursued the two who fled in different directions.

• Li Dalong hid and studied eight Tribulation Transcendence Realm aliens as they attacked an Earth Immortal demon beast.
• The demon beast killed two aliens in a desperate counterattack before the others struck it down.
• Li Dalong transformed into a divine dragon and ambushed the aliens, killing one with the Azure Cloud Sword and crushing three with his claw.
• The two surviving aliens fled in different directions, and Li Dalong sent his sword after one while pursuing the other with a ball of spiritual power.

Li Dalong killed the remaining aliens from his first encounter, earning 3,000 points, then fought an Alien Lion Beast far stronger than his previous opponents. He wounded it with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike, but the beast raised a Protective Barrier as the battle continued.

• Li Dalong killed the last two fleeing aliens, bringing the total to eight and earning 3,000 points for six Tribulation Transcendence Realm kills.
• Li Dalong collected the aliens’ storage treasures, magic artifacts, and other spoils before continuing onward.
• An Alien Lion Beast ambushed Li Dalong, and he dodged its attacks while learning that its strength matched a Human Race Earth Immortal’s.
• Li Dalong used the Heaven-Slaying Art to wound the lion beast, then summoned the Void Shield.
• The wounded lion beast roared and formed a Protective Barrier, while Li Dalong prepared to test its defenses.

Li Dalong fought an Earth Immortal-realm lion beast, breaking its Protective Barrier and wounding it as it fled through the forest. He caught up after a prolonged chase and transformed into a divine dragon to battle it at close range, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Li Dalong used the Heaven-Slaying Art and then the Heaven-Dharma Appearance to break the lion beast's Protective Barrier with a compressed Spiritual Power ball.
• Li Dalong charged the wounded beast in Dragon Scale Armor and struck it repeatedly with the Azure Cloud Sword, forcing it to flee into the woods.
• The lion beast escaped through the forest while Li Dalong pursued, using another Spiritual Power ball and Heaven-Slaying Art strikes to slow and wound it.
• Li Dalong used Dragon Shadow Escape and the Divine Dragon Transformation Art to catch up and attack the lion beast at close range.
• The lion beast turned to fight and tried to land a fatal blow on Li Dalong with its strength and hard scales.

Li Dalong defeated a powerful Lion Beast on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield and found a place to recover, while Gong Tiandao led the newly formed Dao Alliance in a surprise assault on the Righteous Qi Sect. The chapter ended with the Dao Alliance beginning to batter the sect’s protective grand formation.

• Li Dalong wounded the Lion Beast repeatedly, then killed it with the Azure Cloud Sword and stored its body in the System Space.
• Li Dalong flew to a rocky shelter, activated concealment and defensive formations, and prepared to recover.
• Gong Tiandao secretly organized the Dao Alliance and made the Righteous Qi Sect its first target, arranging for friendly sects to be watched and isolated.
• Zhou Tianlong learned of the invasion, activated the Righteous Qi Sect’s protective grand formation, and sought help; only Cloudmist Palace promised to send its whole sect.
• Gong Tiandao offered Zhou Tianlong positions in the Dao Alliance in exchange for surrender, but Zhou Tianlong rejected and cursed him.
• Gong Tiandao ordered the attack, and the Dao Alliance’s cultivators began taking turns striking the Righteous Qi Sect’s protective grand formation.

The Dao Alliance breached the Righteous Qi Sect’s defensive formation and overwhelmed its defenders, forcing Zhou Tianlong and fewer than two thousand survivors to retreat into the Creation Cultivation Tower. As Gong Tiandao’s attacks failed to damage the tower, Li Dalong sensed that the Righteous Qi Sect was in danger.

• Zhou Tianlong ordered his mother and sister into the Creation Cultivation Tower and prepared the sect’s disciples for the formation’s collapse.
• Gong Tiandao led the Dao Alliance through the shattered formation and ordered his disciples to slaughter the Righteous Qi Sect’s defenders.
• Zhou Tianlong and the surviving disciples retreated toward the Back Mountain and then entered the Creation Cultivation Tower as the Dao Alliance pursued them.
• Gong Tiandao surrounded the tower and ordered repeated attacks, but the Creation Cultivation Tower’s defenses held.
• Li Dalong sensed the tower was under sustained attack and realized something had likely happened to the Righteous Qi Sect.

After finishing a battle in the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, Li Dalong prepared to return to the Cultivation World, but two Dragon Cat Clan Earth Immortals ambushed him while he replenished his spiritual power. He survived their first attacks, but their coordinated blows sent him crashing into a mountain peak.

• Li Dalong set up a defensive formation and began replenishing his spiritual power before returning to the Cultivation World to protect his junior brother's family.
• A Dragon Cat Clan couple followed the blood trail from the earlier battle, found Li Dalong's concealed formation, and prepared to ambush him.
• Li Dalong sensed their attack, armed himself with the Azure Cloud Sword, Dragon Scale Armor, and Void Shield, and struck back as they broke through his formation.
• The couple dodged Li Dalong's sword qi, then attacked him with Dragon Breath, which he blocked using the Void Shield.
• The Dragon Cat couple launched coordinated attacks from different directions and struck Li Dalong, sending him into a mountain peak.

Li Dalong fought the Dragon Cat Clan couple while badly injured and used a Body-Fixing Talisman to trap Nuoya. He beheaded her with Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike as her husband raced to intervene.

• Li Dalong wounded Nuoya with Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike, prompting her husband to transform and attack him.
• Li Dalong used the Divine Dragon Transformation Art and his defensive abilities to trade blows with Nuoya’s husband.
• Nuoya ambushed Li Dalong from behind, piercing his defenses, but he struck back and forced her to retreat.
• As his injuries worsened, Li Dalong pretended to weaken and prepared a Body-Fixing Talisman to target Nuoya.
• Li Dalong immobilized Nuoya with the talisman and beheaded her with Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike before her husband could reach her.

Li Dalong killed Nuoya but was wounded when her husband retaliated, forcing him to flee and heal before continuing toward the Cultivation World. There, the Righteous Qi Sect remained besieged as the Dao Alliance hunted its disciples, prompting Zhou Tianlong and the survivors to devote themselves to cultivation.

• Li Dalong killed Nuoya, then wounded her husband with the Azure Cloud Sword as he tried to avenge her; the Dragon Cat clansman escaped carrying Nuoya’s head and body.
• Li Dalong avoided pursuing the wounded clansman, swallowed a healing pill, and traveled for a day before hiding under a concealment array to recover.
• Gong Tiandao’s forces trapped Zhou Tianlong and the Righteous Qi Sect survivors inside the Creation Cultivation Tower, surrounded it with a killing array, and stationed 3,000 elite disciples outside.
• Gong Tiandao called on cultivators to hunt Righteous Qi Sect disciples, while the Dao Alliance seized the sect’s properties and attacked the Cloudmist Palace; the Cultivation World descended into widespread conflict.
• Zhou Tianlong resolved to become stronger and entered seclusion, while the elders, Yun Yao, and the other survivors began cultivating inside the tower.

After recovering, Li Dalong returned to the Cultivation World and discovered that the Dao Alliance had destroyed the Righteous Qi Sect and trapped its survivors inside the Creation Cultivation Tower. He promised Zhou Tianlong vengeance and began setting up a formation to reclaim the sect grounds.

• Li Dalong recovered from his injuries, crossed the spatial barrier, and checked in to receive an Enlightenment Tree.
• Li Dalong returned to the Cultivation World and found the Righteous Qi Sect’s mountain gate gone and its grounds crowded with unfamiliar cultivators.
• Li Dalong found Yun Yao, Zhou Xue, Zhou Tianlong, and nearly two thousand survivors safe inside the Creation Cultivation Tower.
• Li Dalong contacted Zhou Tianlong, who explained that Gong Tiandao and the Dao Alliance had attacked the sect, killing tens of thousands and trapping the survivors.
• Li Dalong promised to capture Gong Tiandao and punish his accomplices, then scattered spirit stones around the sect and raised a great formation.

Li Dalong destroyed the Dao Alliance force at the Righteous Qi Sect and learned that Gong Tiandao was at the Heavenly Evolution Sect. Gong Tiandao had already fled toward the Endless Sea, leaving Li Dalong searching for him at the sect.

• Li Dalong shattered Gong Tiandao's killing array and slaughtered the Dao Alliance disciples at the Righteous Qi Sect while stopping Zhou Tianlong and the survivors from joining the fight.
• At the Dao Alliance headquarters, Gong Tiandao panicked, took treasury resources, disguised himself, and fled toward the Endless Sea by a winding route.
• Li Dalong questioned a surviving Dao Alliance disciple, then released the restrictions on the Creation Cultivation Tower and ordered Zhou Tianlong to lead the survivors in clearing the grounds and avenging the dead.
• Li Dalong flew to the Heavenly Evolution Sect to capture Gong Tiandao, but found no trace of him and seized a passing Dao Alliance disciple to demand his whereabouts.

Li Dalong tracked down Gong Tiandao as he fled toward the Endless Sea, destroyed his dantian, and captured him alive. He publicly led Gong Tiandao back toward the Righteous Qi Sect, announcing his return and prompting the sect’s surviving disciples to come out of hiding.

• Li Dalong searched the Heavenly Evolution Sect for Gong Tiandao, learned he had escaped, and deduced that he was heading for the southeastern coast.
• Gong Tiandao reached the coast and flew toward the Endless Sea, but Li Dalong detected his aura and caught up with him.
• Li Dalong attacked Gong Tiandao, shattered his weapons, destroyed his dantian, and bound him before he could fall into the sea.
• Li Dalong openly paraded the captured Gong Tiandao toward the Righteous Qi Sect, making his return known throughout the Cultivation World.
• The Righteous Qi Sect’s surviving disciples emerged from hiding and followed Li Dalong back, while others stopped obstructing them.

Zhou Tianlong executed Gong Tiandao and led the Righteous Qi Sect into a campaign of vengeance against the Dao Alliance. They attacked the Dao Alliance headquarters at the Heavenly Evolution Sect, where Li Dalong began cutting down its powerful disciples.

• Li Dalong brought Gong Tiandao to the Righteous Qi Sect and handed him over to Zhou Tianlong, who struck him and gathered the disciples to witness his execution.
• Zhou Tianlong addressed the assembled disciples, then killed Gong Tiandao with his flying sword as they called for revenge.
• Zhou Tianlong vowed to punish the Dao Alliance’s accomplices, and Li Dalong agreed to support the campaign and restrain its strongest opponents.
• Yun Yao and Zhou Xue joined the expedition, and Li Dalong secretly watched over them and Zhou Tianlong.
• Zhou Tianlong led the Righteous Qi Sect to the Dao Alliance headquarters at the Heavenly Evolution Sect, where Li Dalong’s Azure Cloud Sword attacked its powerful disciples and the remaining Dao Alliance members began fleeing.

The Righteous Qi Sect avenged itself by wiping out the Dao Alliance forces at the Heavenly Evolution Sect Residence, then returned to rebuild and recover. Li Dalong began planning how to strengthen the sect, recognizing that time was now its greatest obstacle.

• Li Dalong killed the Dao Alliance's Mahayana Realm experts while Zhou Tianlong, Yun Yao, Zhou Xue, and the Righteous Qi Sect disciples fought the remaining forces.
• The Righteous Qi Sect killed every Dao Alliance disciple at the Heavenly Evolution Sect Residence, losing four to five hundred disciples and leaving over two thousand injured.
• Zhou Tianlong assigned elders to collect resources, organize defenses, and treat the wounded, while Li Dalong warned other factions not to shelter Dao Alliance survivors.
• Li Dalong invited the sects that had helped the Righteous Qi Sect to an Appreciation Assembly and planned to support them by cultivating Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts.
• Zhou Tianlong returned with the disciples to restore the sect and sent Yun Yao and Zhou Xue to cultivate in the Creation Cultivation Tower.
• Li Dalong returned to the Creation Cultivation Tower and planned the sect's growth, concluding that it had sufficient methods and resources but lacked time to turn them into strength.

Li Dalong obtained the Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Formation and prepared it alongside Enlightenment Tea to speed the Righteous Qi Sect’s cultivation. He summoned Yun Yao and her children to the Forbidden Grounds and told them to cultivate in the tower while keeping his new resources secret.

• Li Dalong gathered Enlightenment Tree leaves, brewed Enlightenment Tea, and divided it into jade bottles for selected members of the Righteous Qi Sect.
• Li Dalong checked in and received the Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Formation, which could accelerate time depending on the materials used.
• Li Dalong established two tenfold time-acceleration formations inside the Creation Cultivation Tower, reserving one for himself and one for Yun Yao, her children, and selected elders.
• Li Dalong summoned Yun Yao, Zhou Xue, and Zhou Tianlong to the Forbidden Grounds and explained the formation’s benefits.
• Li Dalong instructed Yun Yao and her children to cultivate in the tower and told Zhou Tianlong to choose loyal late-Mahayana elders to join them.
• Li Dalong told them that he had obtained an immortal medicine to aid cultivation and that its use must remain secret.