Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing’s simulation showed him searching Small Worlds for the Seven Star Island patriarch’s legacy and finding a Life Crystal that slowed the Heavenly Demon Blood Essence’s corrosion before he died in an ambush. Back in reality, he chose the Life Crystal over a cultivation increase because he lacked time to stabilize his cultivation before the Apprenticeship Ceremony.

• In the simulation, Xu Changxing explored a Small World corrupted by killing intent but found no trace of the Seven Star Island patriarch and left.
• Xu Changxing entered a life-filled world, took the Elves’ Sacred Relic, and discovered that its Life Crystal slowed the Heavenly Demon Blood Essence’s corrosion.
• Xu Changxing detected the patriarch’s aura in another Small World and found Legacy Ruins, but a black shadow shattered his Sword Light and killed him.
• After the simulation ended, Xu Changxing rejected the cultivation reward because he could not stabilize his increased cultivation before the Apprenticeship Ceremony.
• Xu Changxing chose the Life Crystal as his reward.

After a surge of life force strengthened Xu Changxing’s immortal body, he asked Ke Xingrong about flesh cultivation methods and arts for concealing his aura. He learned that Purple Cloud Mountain might hold powerful body-tempering arts, while Seven Star Island’s best concealment technique was not what he needed.

• A surge of life force broke Xu Changxing’s flesh cultivation through a realm and greatly increased his body’s strength and capacity to bear immortal essence.
• Ke Xingrong arrived with a Storage Ring containing a thousand middle-grade immortal essence stones and pill-refining materials, and was astonished by Xu Changxing’s rapid breakthrough.
• Xu Changxing asked Ke Xingrong about flesh cultivation methods, and Ke Xingrong said Purple Cloud Mountain specialized in flesh cultivation and possessed a Heavenly Demon Inheritance.
• Xu Changxing asked about arts to conceal his cultivation and aura, and Ke Xingrong introduced the difficult Heaven and Earth Star Art.
• Xu Changxing decided the Heaven and Earth Star Art did not suit his needs because he wanted an art devoted purely to concealing his aura.

Xu Changxing used a special simulation to enter the Tianyan Sect and discovered the origin of the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art and the Stele-Guarding Swords. Before he could gain access to the sect’s cultivation techniques, an enormous finger destroyed the sect, and Xu Changxing considered the simulation’s purpose and duration.

• Xu Changxing activated a special simulation after the Tianyan Pearl sensed his need for spell arts.
• The simulation placed Xu Changxing in the Tianyan Sect, where he found the first volume of the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art guarded by Tian Zhu and Wan Ren.
• Xu Changxing learned that Tian Zhu had known the cultivation technique from his time in the Tianyan Sect and questioned why Tian Zhu had been left behind.
• Unable to enter the Scripture Repository without merit, Xu Changxing earned merit by refining pills for a sect member.
• On the fourth day, an enormous finger descended and destroyed Xu Changxing and the Tianyan Sect.
• Xu Changxing received the simulation results and concluded that the Tianyan Pearl had offered him a chance to obtain the sect’s legacy.

Xu Changxing used special simulations to observe the Tianyan Sect and acquire its complementary cultivation techniques, while repeatedly witnessing the Immortal Venerable's attack that erased the sect. He obtained the upper volumes of the Essence-Binding Art and Heaven and Earth Shift, but still could not afford the lower volumes of the techniques he sought.

• Xu Changxing chose to view the first simulation and confirmed that the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art he possessed was only its upper volume.
• On the simulation's fourth day, Xu Changxing saw an Immortal Venerable's finger destroy the Tianyan Sect and realized how vast the gap in power was.
• Xu Changxing simulated earning merit through pill refining, exchanged it for the upper volume of the Essence-Binding Art, and died even after leaving the sect.
• Xu Changxing viewed the simulation images, obtained the Essence-Binding Art, and learned it could conceal his aura and prevent immortal sense from locking onto him.
• Xu Changxing ran more simulations and exchanged his merit for the upper volume of Heaven and Earth Shift after finding the lower volumes too costly.
• Xu Changxing ran several additional simulations and exchanged for several more spell arts.

Xu Changxing cultivated the Essence-Binding Art and Heaven and Earth Shift before attending his Apprenticeship Ceremony as a disguised True Immortal First Level cultivator. After becoming a second-generation ancestral master of Seven Star Island, he started a simulation that showed him continuing to cultivate while conflict with Purple Cloud Mountain erupted.

• Xu Changxing learned the basics of the Essence-Binding Art and used it to conceal his cultivation as a True Immortal First Level.
• Xu Changxing cultivated Heaven and Earth Shift enough to tear open space and travel several dozen li.
• At the Apprenticeship Ceremony, Bu Yufeng failed to see through Xu Changxing's disguised cultivation, and Xu Changxing formally became a second-generation ancestral master of Seven Star Island.
• Xu Changxing returned to his room and began a simulation, where Purple Cloud Mountain and Seven Star Island entered open conflict while he continued cultivating the Essence-Binding Art.
• In the simulation's sixth year, Xu Changxing brought the Essence-Binding Art to the limit of his cultivation and began cultivating Heaven and Earth Shift.

Xu Changxing’s simulation followed his rise to the fifth level of True Immortal and his battles against Purple Cloud Mountain, which brought him into conflict with Hundred Calamities Valley. He was cornered in a small world by a ninth-stage True Demon, so Xu Changxing paused the simulation and activated the Tianyan Pearl.

• Xu Changxing mastered the Skylord Art, broke through to the fifth level of True Immortal, and reforged the Greenwood Sword.
• He joined Bu Yufeng’s assault on Purple Cloud Mountain’s lair and later killed a second-stage True Demon during the sect’s counterattack.
• Bu Yufeng warned Xu Changxing that Hundred Calamities Valley was targeting him, so Xu Changxing hid in a desolate small world.
• A ninth-stage True Demon found Xu Changxing and forced him onto the defensive despite his evasive movement and Greenwood Sword.
• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and activated the Tianyan Pearl.

Xu Changxing reached the True Immortal Fifth Stage, mastered two defensive Spell Arts, and learned that Purple Cloud Mountain had repeatedly challenged him while he was in seclusion. The chapter left him facing the long-awaited challenge after emerging from seclusion.

• Xu Changxing traced the pursuer's aura to a True Demon from Hundred Calamities Valley and learned that his simulated self had survived two days before a Celestial Demon Magic Artifact struck his Primordial Spirit.
• Xu Changxing chose the cultivation reward, reached the True Immortal Fifth Stage, and spent two years assimilating his Immortal Essence.
• Xu Changxing cultivated the Essence-Binding Art and Heaven and Earth Shift to minor accomplishment during three years of seclusion.
• Yang Shu visited Xu Changxing and explained that Purple Cloud Mountain had attacked Seven Star Island and sent him written challenges seeking a duel.

Xu Changxing reflected on his slow cultivation and the threat posed by the Hundred Calamities Valley, then began another simulation after learning about Seven Star Island’s conflict with Purple Cloud Mountain. In the simulation, he visited a Small World and settled at Knowing Fate Mountain to study star-gazing.

• Xu Changxing rejected a stack of challenges and asked Yang Shu about Seven Star Island’s conflict with Purple Cloud Mountain.
• Yang Shu said Seven Star Island had beaten back Purple Cloud Mountain, while the Supreme Elder searched for its hidden stronghold and Xuanqiu Valley was rumored to support it.
• Xu Changxing used sixteen middle-grade immortal essence stones to begin a simulation.
• Xu Changxing joined Seven Star Island’s True Immortals in defending a Small World, where they destroyed a True Demon puppet.
• Xu Changxing discovered the divination practitioners of Knowing Fate Mountain and settled there to learn from their star-gazing guidance.

Xu Changxing learned the Star-Gazing Art at Knowing Fate Mountain, then advanced his cultivation and helped Seven Star Island confront Purple Cloud Mountain. After his warning led Bu Yufeng to investigate further, Bu Yufeng confirmed that Purple Cloud Mountain was secretly allied with Hundred Calamities Valley.

• Xu Changxing spent over half a year learning the basics of the Star-Gazing Art at Knowing Fate Mountain and realized its flawed divination method brought severe backlash.
• Xu Changxing returned to Seven Star Island, reached the True Immortal Sixth Stage, and reforged the Greenwood Sword while Purple Cloud Mountain’s search for him continued.
• After reaching the True Immortal Seventh Stage, Xu Changxing agreed to act as bait so Bu Yufeng could use his written challenges to investigate Purple Cloud Mountain’s lair.
• Xu Changxing defeated and killed a True Demon Third Stage opponent while publicly displaying the True Immortal Second Stage, earning renown and making Purple Cloud Mountain target him.
• Xu Changxing warned Bu Yufeng that Hundred Calamities Valley might be supporting Purple Cloud Mountain, so Bu Yufeng suspended the planned attack and investigated.
• Bu Yufeng later confirmed Purple Cloud Mountain was colluding with Hundred Calamities Valley and told Xu Changxing, who kept his divination method unexplained.

Xu Changxing helped Seven Star Island and Xuanqiu Valley defeat Purple Cloud Mountain, then cultivated until he reached the True Immortal Eighth Stage and welcomed Li Changge to the Immortal Realm. When Hundred Calamities Valley launched a new attack by triggering the Seven Killing Intent Eyes beneath Seven Star Island, Xu Changxing faced its young True Demon Ninth Stage elder.

• Bu Yufeng exposed Purple Cloud Mountain’s collusion with Hundred Calamities Valley to Xuanqiu Valley, which allied with Seven Star Island to attack Purple Cloud Mountain.
• Xu Changxing helped slay a first-level True Demon, and Seven Star Island and Xuanqiu Valley jointly accused Hundred Calamities Valley of instigating the attack on righteous immortals.
• Xu Changxing reached the True Immortal Eighth Stage, traveled briefly, and returned to Seven Star Island.
• Li Changge ascended to the Immortal Realm, joined Seven Star Island as Xu Changxing’s peer, and was astonished when the immortals bowed to him.
• The Seven Killing Intent Eyes erupted beneath Seven Star Island, forcing Bu Yufeng to use the Seven Star Bell to suppress them as Purple Cloud Mountain’s survivors and Hundred Calamities Valley attacked.
• A young True Demon Ninth Stage elder from Hundred Calamities Valley targeted Xu Changxing, who drew the Greenwood Sword to face him.

Xu Changxing's simulation showed him killing a True Demon Ninth Stage Elder and another true demon before a heavenly demon arrived and killed him. After seeing the Skylord Art severely wound the heavenly demon, Xu Changxing received three reward choices.

• Xu Changxing killed Hundred Calamities Valley's True Demon Ninth Stage Elder and shattered his primordial spirit, frightening the demons and raising Seven Star Island's morale.
• Xu Changxing seized the Heavenly Demon Magic Artifact and slew another true demon as the attackers fled.
• A heavenly demon arrived and attacked Xu Changxing after Bu Yufeng's Seven Star Bell failed to stop him.
• Xu Changxing burned his primordial spirit and used the Skylord Art to severely wound the heavenly demon, but died in the attack.
• The simulation ended, and Xu Changxing was offered scenes from the simulation, true immortal eighth stage cultivation, or the Killing Intent Core.

After stabilizing his cultivation at the True Immortal Eighth Stage, Xu Changxing suspected killing intent was connected to the Skylord Art’s power and began a special simulation to seek guidance. In the simulation, he attended a Tianyan Sect elder’s lecture and entered an epiphany while listening to the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art explained.

• Xu Changxing chose cultivation as his reward, advancing from the True Immortal Fifth Stage to the True Immortal Eighth Stage and spending five years stabilizing it.
• Xu Changxing practiced the Skylord Art and suspected the killing intent beneath Seven Star Island had contributed to its strength in his earlier simulation.
• Xu Changxing began a special simulation after paying 128 middle-grade immortal essence stones.
• Xu Changxing refined pills for the Pill Workshop for a month and a half and earned double points from the elder.
• Xu Changxing attended a Tianyan Sect elder’s lecture on the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art and entered a wondrous state of epiphany.

Xu Changxing learned to disperse and coalesce his primordial spirit after watching a Tianyan Sect elder demonstrate the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art in the simulation. He decided to keep the new technique hidden and began another Special Simulation to seek guidance on the Skylord Art.

• Xu Changxing viewed the Tianyan Sect elder's demonstration and saw him project the Heavens and Myriad Worlds onto a primordial spirit that dispersed into countless particles and coalesced again.
• Xu Changxing followed the demonstration, entered sudden enlightenment, and learned to transform his primordial spirit into mist and perceive spiritual qi as tiny particles.
• Xu Changxing realized that the Tianyan Sect elder's mastery far exceeded his own and wondered about the Immortal Venerable who had destroyed the sect.
• Xu Changxing resolved to hide the Primordial Spirit Mist-Transformation Art from outsiders, then deposited another hundred and twenty-eight middle-grade immortal essence stones into the system.
• Xu Changxing started another Special Simulation and headed to the Pill Workshop in the Tianyan Sect plaza.

Xu Changxing learned from Elder Lin’s annotations that the Skylord Art’s original power came from killing intent, and he went to ask Bu Yufeng for some. Before making his request, Xu Changxing revealed that he had reached the True Immortal Fifth Stage, leaving Bu Yufeng stunned.

• Xu Changxing studied the simulation scenes and learned that Elder Lin’s annotated Skylord Art described using killing intent to unleash its original power, though the method risked the practitioner’s life.
• Xu Changxing decided to seek pure killing intent from the seven Killing Intent Eyes beneath the forbidden grounds.
• Bu Yufeng let Xu Changxing into the formation and asked what realm he had reached.
• Xu Changxing revealed his True Immortal Fifth Stage cultivation, and Bu Yufeng was shocked that he had advanced so quickly.

Xu Changxing told Bu Yufeng about his True Immortal fifth-stage cultivation and asked for help tempering his body with killing intent. After receiving his identity jade pendant and control of the Immortal Marketplace, he learned that Purple Cloud Mountain was escalating its moves against Seven Star Island.

• Xu Changxing explained that he was hiding his cultivation, and Bu Yufeng revealed that Seven Star Island had been founded over seven suppressed Killing Intent Eyes.
• Xu Changxing asked Bu Yufeng to draw out killing intent so he could temper his body, and Bu Yufeng agreed to prepare for two months.
• Xu Changxing showed Bu Yufeng his remarkably powerful body, which had flesh strength comparable to an Origin Immortal.
• Xu Changxing visited Ke Xingrong, received his identity jade pendant, and learned that the Immortal Marketplace now belonged to him.
• Ke Xingrong told Xu Changxing that Purple Cloud Mountain had been making increasingly frequent moves against Seven Star Island.

Xu Changxing learned about Purple Cloud Mountain’s raids, exchanged for two thousand Middle-Grade Immortal Essence Stones, and spent several months condensing a Killing Intent Core. He left the forbidden grounds with his Skylord Art greatly strengthened and planned to focus on raising his Primordial Spirit realm before attempting a Heavenly Immortal breakthrough.

• Xu Changxing questioned Ke Xingrong about Purple Cloud Mountain’s raids and exchanged for two thousand Middle-Grade Immortal Essence Stones.
• Xu Changxing spent two months familiarizing himself with the reforged Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art before visiting Bu Yufeng.
• Bu Yufeng prepared a Formation Core that drew killing intent, and Xu Changxing safely absorbed the killing intent with his powerful qi and blood.
• Xu Changxing condensed a Killing Intent Core after several months, which he estimated could at least double the power of his Skylord Art.
• Xu Changxing decided to raise his Primordial Spirit realm first, anticipating another tribulation before reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Xu Changxing simulated a rapid breakthrough to Heavenly Immortal, only to face two Heavenly Demons while badly injured. He used the Seven Killing Intent Eyes to help defeat them, but died amid karmic flames.

• Xu Changxing cultivated to the True Immortal ninth layer, joined Seven Star Island’s campaign to reclaim Small Worlds, and later reached the peak of his realm.
• Xu Changxing broke through to Heavenly Immortal and endured seven strikes of tribulation lightning as Bu Yufeng and the immortals on Seven Star Island watched.
• Two Heavenly Demons attacked before Xu Changxing could recover, and he used the Killing Intent Core and Skylord Art to fight one while Bu Yufeng held off the other.
• Bu Yufeng detonated the Seven Killing Intent Eyes but could not defeat his opponent, so Xu Changxing gathered their killing intent and killed one Heavenly Demon outright.
• Xu Changxing killed the second Heavenly Demon with another strike, but karmic flames reduced him to ashes as the demon’s remnant soul escaped.

Xu Changxing reached the peak of the True Immortal Ninth Layer and began studying divination to prepare for becoming a Heavenly Immortal. In a Special Simulation, he became True Person Wuchen’s disciple, and the system’s unusual evaluation suggested the connection might help him uncover the Tianyan Sect’s past.

• Xu Changxing chose the True Immortal Ninth Layer reward and stabilized his cultivation at its peak over two years.
• Xu Changxing used the Star-Gazing Art and the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art to grasp the basics of divination.
• Xu Changxing began a Special Simulation, earned points through pill refining, and sought guidance at the Star-Gazing Hall.
• Daoist Wuchen accepted Xu Changxing as his disciple and taught him divination, drawing attention within the Tianyan Sect.
• Xu Changxing sensed danger while observing the stars, then died when a Heaven-Shrouding Finger descended the next day.
• Xu Changxing noticed the system’s unusual evaluation and concluded that the Tianyan Sect Illusion’s destruction occurred later as his cultivation rose.

Xu Changxing used a Special Simulation to learn the Thick Earth Golden Body Art from Daoist Wuchen, then began cultivating it in reality. An ordinary simulation showed him making rapid gains in body tempering and advancing his Skylord Art before he returned to seclusion.

• Xu Changxing chose to seek Daoist Wuchen in the Tianyan Sect illusion, and Wuchen accepted him as a disciple and taught him the Thick Earth Golden Body Art.
• Xu Changxing watched the simulation scenes and learned that he had quickly grasped the body-tempering art before dying to a Heaven-Shrouding Finger.
• Xu Changxing studied the Thick Earth Golden Body Art and began cultivating it, strengthening his already sturdy physical body.
• Xu Changxing activated an ordinary simulation and advanced several physical cultivation realms over twenty-three years of seclusion.
• Xu Changxing strengthened his Killing Intent Core, advanced his Skylord Art, and later returned to seclusion to keep cultivating the Thick Earth Golden Body Art.

Xu Changxing used a simulation to advance his flesh realm to the origin immortal ninth stage and learned that divination could partly counteract the ill fortune caused by interference. The simulation ended with him dying in battle on Seven Star Island, and he was offered a reward of either viewing its scenes or gaining the simulated flesh realm.

• Xu Changxing paused the simulation to learn the location of a thick-earth-energy valley in a small world controlled by Purple Cloud Mountain, then resumed it.
• After reaching the peak of the origin immortal ninth stage, Xu Changxing used divination to steady his chaotic primordial spirit projection and continued cultivating in the valley.
• Bu Yufeng attacked Purple Cloud Mountain's stronghold, triggering a battle on Seven Star Island, so Xu Changxing abandoned his breakthrough attempt and returned to fight.
• Xu Changxing killed several true demons and joined Bu Yufeng in defeating a young man, but a heavenly demon arrived and gravely wounded Bu Yufeng.
• Xu Changxing detonated his Killing Intent Core, killed the heavenly demon with a giant stomp, and died in karmic fire.
• The system offered Xu Changxing the choice to view the simulated scenes or receive a flesh realm at the origin immortal ninth stage.