Vol. 5Refuge Before the Final Tribulation

Xu Changxing strengthened the Tianyan Pearl, explored the Abyss and the Eye of the Great Dao, and fought the Myriad Immortals Alliance while preparing for the Final Tribulation. After attaining Daluo and obtaining the Heavenly Dao Painting, he relocated the Tianyan Sect to his Grotto-Heaven and ordered its defenses expanded.

  • Xu Changxing strengthened the Tianyan Pearl and learned that the Eye of the Great Dao might offer a way to survive the Final Tribulation.
  • Xu Changxing rescued Jiang Yao, but Immortal Monarch Jingting blocked their journey to the Abyss and demanded her surrender.
  • Xu Changxing defeated Zhongji Daoist and accepted the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor’s charge to guard a grotto-heaven at the Bottom of the Abyss.
  • Li Changge attained the Dao of Taiyi in the grotto-heaven and promised to guard it from demonic beasts.
  • Xu Changxing explored the Eye of the Great Dao, guided Wuyou to ascension, and helped Li Changge expand the Grotto-Heaven.
  • Xu Changxing returned to find the Tianyan Sect ruined and attacked the Myriad Immortals Alliance, leaving both sides depleted and at war over the imprisoned disciples.
  • Xu Changxing entered the Gate of Samsara with Jiang Yao, attained Daluo, and received the Heavenly Dao Painting from Tianyuan Immortal Venerable.
  • Xu Changxing and Daoist Wuchen relocated the Tianyan Sect to the Grotto-Heaven, and Xu Changxing ordered its defenses and territory expanded.
Chapters 401–500 Read from Ch. 401

Arc 17The Star River Pendant

Xu Changxing strengthened the Tianyan Pearl, fought the Myriad Immortals Alliance, and learned that the Eye of the Great Dao might offer a way to survive the Final Tribulation. On his way to the Abyss, he rescued Jiang Yao, whose Star River Pendant drew the Alliance’s attention, and Immortal Monarch Jingting blocked their escape.

  • Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to absorb Immortal Monarch memories and Origin Crystals, then tested its power by extracting Great Daos from Small Worlds and the Abyss.
  • Xu Changxing repeatedly evaded and fought the Myriad Immortals Alliance, while the Tianyan Sect battled its forces and he advanced to the late stage of Taiyi.
  • Xu Changxing learned from Daoist Wuchen that the Eye of the Great Dao might let him reshape the damaged world and prepare for the Final Tribulation, though entering it required great strength and luck.
  • Xu Changxing set out for the Abyss and encountered Li Changge fighting Golden Immortals who sought Jiang Yao and her pendant.
  • Xu Changxing rescued Jiang Yao and discovered that her Star River Pendant could form great formations and rapidly increase her cultivation.
  • Xu Changxing proposed that he, Li Changge, and Jiang Yao travel to the Abyss, but Immortal Monarch Jingting arrived with the Golden Immortals and demanded that Li Changge surrender Jiang Yao.
Chapters 401–42525 summaries Read

Arc 18The Grotto-Heaven Guardian

Xu Changxing defeated Zhongji Daoist in the Ninety-Ninth Abyss Layer, found a grotto-heaven at the Bottom of the Abyss, and became its guardian under the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor. He brought Li Changge there to establish his Dao and become a Taiyi Immortal Lord, then prepared to return to the Tianyan Sect to discuss the Final Tribulation.

  • Xu Changxing sealed Immortal Monarch Jingting in a jade talisman after Jingting tried to capture Li Changge and Jiang Yao, then took them into the Abyss.
  • Xu Changxing explored the Ninety-Ninth Abyss Layer, uncovered the Great Overlord Kalen’s deception, and fought Zhongji Daoist, who had absorbed Zhongji’s soul and memories.
  • Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to drain the Ninety-Ninth Abyss Layer’s Great Dao, then entered the Bottom of the Abyss through a Spatial Rift with Kalen.
  • Xu Changxing discovered a grotto-heaven in the Bottom of the Abyss and accepted the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor’s charge to care for it and spread its blue sky.
  • Xu Changxing rewarded Kalen with the corpses of Abyss Overlords, then reunited with Li Changge and Jiang Yao and offered Li Changge a place in the grotto-heaven to attain the Dao of Taiyi.
  • Li Changge chose to break through in the grotto-heaven, and the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor sent the Seven-Colored Divine Stone to help him become a Taiyi Immortal Lord.
  • Li Changge promised to guard the grotto-heaven from demonic beasts, and Xu Changxing said he would return to the Tianyan Sect to discuss preparations for the Final Tribulation.
Chapters 426–45025 summaries Read

Arc 19The Eye and the Abyss

Xu Changxing explored the Eye of the Great Dao, built up the Grotto-Heaven at the Bottom of the Abyss, and tried to prepare for the Final Tribulation while navigating conflict with the Myriad Immortals Alliance. The Alliance attacked the Tianyan Sect while Xu Changxing was away, leaving both sides depleted and at war, with the sect’s prisoners still held.

  • Xu Changxing suppressed the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s Immortal Monarchs and secured its oath of reconciliation and one million Origin Crystals.
  • Xu Changxing used simulations to explore the Eye of the Great Dao with Jiang Yao and expand the Grotto-Heaven, while keeping Jiang Yao’s origins secret from the Alliance.
  • Xu Changxing entered the Eye of the Great Dao and studied its shifting laws, discovering a small world where he secretly watched the anomalous disciple Wuyou.
  • Xu Changxing guided Wuyou to ascension, then returned to the Immortal Realm and helped Li Changge expand the Grotto-Heaven to a hundred thousand li.
  • Xu Changxing recruited Daoist Tianlu and other immortals to defend the Grotto-Heaven as demonic beasts poured in, while the Alliance awakened more Half-Step Immortal Venerables.
  • Xu Changxing’s simulation showed that killing Immortal Lord Zihao could hasten the Final Tribulation, so he explored a cautious settlement with the Alliance before entering the Eye with Jiang Yao.
  • Xu Changxing returned from the Eye to find the Tianyan Sect in ruins, learned the Alliance had imprisoned its disciples in a Small World, and ambushed the Alliance’s expedition in the Abyss.
  • Xu Changxing killed Immortal Lord Zihao and defeated the Alliance’s reinforcements, but both sides were left depleted and the Tianyan Sect and Alliance declared war over the prisoners.
Chapters 451–47525 summaries Read

Arc 20The Grotto-Heaven Refuge

Xu Changxing entered the Gate of Samsara with Jiang Yao, attained Daluo, and returned with the Heavenly Dao Painting. He relocated the Tianyan Sect to his Grotto-Heaven as the Myriad Immortals Alliance prepared for a possible attack.

  • Xu Changxing killed Immortal Lord Zihao in three breaths, then forced Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu to sign a Peace Treaty and swear not to seek revenge.
  • Xu Changxing took Jiang Yao through the Eye of the Great Dao to find Wuyou Immortal Venerable, who revealed the Gate of Samsara and gave Xu Changxing an Immortal Jade to help him perceive its laws.
  • Xu Changxing and Jiang Yao entered the Gate of Samsara, where Jiang Yao regained her memories and Xu Changxing attained Daluo before escaping with her as the Great Dao Crystal shattered.
  • Xu Changxing encountered Tianyuan Immortal Venerable and received the Heavenly Dao Painting, then returned through the Gate and stabilized his Daluo cultivation.
  • Xu Changxing returned to the Immortal Realm with Jiang Yao and used the Heavenly Dao Painting and Tianyan Pearl to conceal his cultivation and obscure heavenly secrets.
  • Xu Changxing and Daoist Wuchen arranged for the Tianyan Sect to move into Xu Changxing’s Grotto-Heaven, and the sect relocated after dismantling its Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation.
  • Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu prepared to seek Innate Spirit Treasures, while Daoist Wuchen deduced that the Alliance might have two more of them.
  • Xu Changxing ordered the Tianyan Sect to prepare basic defenses and expand the Grotto-Heaven, while Daoist Wuchen set rules against mistreating local cultivators or provoking spirit beasts.
Chapters 476–50025 summaries Read
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