Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing entered the Starsea Secret Realm to restore his damaged Nascent Soul and grew stronger by fighting its monsters. He eventually reached a bottleneck near Spirit Transformation and began seeking a safe place to cultivate in seclusion.

• In Year 22, the Spirit Transformation patriarchs found the Star Cloud Sect's Starsea Secret Realm, and Xu Changxing entered it with Li Changge and six other Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Xu Changxing's group fought the realm's powerful monsters, and five cultivators chose to leave after their injuries worsened.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge continued exploring until Xu Changxing's Nascent Soul revived, then escorted their last companion to the exit.
• When the exit began closing, Xu Changxing stayed behind to keep fighting, while Li Changge escaped.
• Over the next several years, Xu Changxing formed 108 Astral Force apertures in his Nascent Soul, healed, and became strong enough to contend with Spirit Transformation-level Astral Monsters.
• After reaching a bottleneck, Xu Changxing decided to find a safe place and enter seclusion to pursue Spirit Transformation.

Xu Changxing’s simulation ended after he broke through to Spirit Transformation, helped defeat the Corpse Ancestor, and cleaved his way into the Demon Realm, where a great demon killed him. The system offered five rewards, and Xu Changxing considered them while questioning why ascension had led to the Demon Realm.

• Xu Changxing broke through to Spirit Transformation in the Secret Realm, survived nine bolts of Tribulation Lightning, and slew a Spirit Transformation Star Monster.
• After escaping the Secret Realm, Xu Changxing joined Li Changge and the Righteous Path cultivators in killing the Corpse Ancestor and his allies.
• Xu Changxing cultivated in seclusion for decades, reached Late Spirit Transformation, and spent more than fifty years preparing a strike to cleave the world open.
• Xu Changxing cut through the Tribulation Clouds and entered a world filled with demonic qi, where a great demon pursued and killed him.
• Xu Changxing read the simulation’s evaluation and five reward options, then focused on rewards beyond the Late Spirit Transformation cultivation option.

Xu Changxing chose the Star Spring reward and formed a star-thunder sword nascent soul with 108 astral acupoints, then spent two months mastering Star-Thunder Sword Escape. When Li Changge arrived to ask for his aid against the Yin Corpse Sect, he was astonished to discover Xu Changxing had reached the nascent soul middle stage.

• Xu Changxing rejected the heavenly demon blood and sword spirit remnant thought, choosing the Star Spring to strengthen himself.
• Astral power formed 108 acupoints in Xu Changxing's nascent soul, and he tested the resulting power by cleaving open the clouds with a sword strike.
• Xu Changxing planned to earn spirit stones by aiding the Star Cloud Sect and spent two months studying sword escape techniques.
• Xu Changxing incorporated astral power into Thunderlight Sword Escape and mastered Star-Thunder Sword Escape before Li Changge's message arrived.
• Xu Changxing agreed to help the Star Cloud Sect against the Yin Corpse Sect and met Li Changge on Flying Stream Peak.
• Li Changge congratulated Xu Changxing on his earlier tribulation feat, then reacted with astonishment when he learned Xu Changxing had reached the nascent soul middle stage.

Xu Changxing joined Li Changge in a raid on a prosperous Yin Corpse Sect market, where they planned to rob the sect’s shops and confront its Nascent Soul elder, Lü Tong. The chapter ended with Li Changge stripping the first magic artifact shop and urging Xu Changxing to hit more shops before Lü Tong reacted.

• Xu Changxing revealed his breakthrough to Liu Chenyu, then agreed to follow Li Changge to attack a Yin Corpse Sect stronghold.
• Li Changge took Xu Changxing to a market controlled by the Yin Corpse Sect and explained that Lü Tong, a late-stage Nascent Soul elder with three yin corpses, was stationed there.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge agreed that Xu Changxing would occupy Lü Tong while Li Changge collected the market’s wealth.
• Li Changge tore open the largest magic artifact shop, threatened its occupants into surrendering their storage bags, and swept up valuable goods.
• Li Changge beckoned Xu Changxing toward the next shop so they could rob more before Lü Tong reacted.

Li Changge and Xu Changxing raided Yin Corpse Sect shops until Xu Changxing killed Lü Tong, a Nascent Soul late stage cultivator, in a single exchange. Li Changge then claimed control of the city for the Setting Sun Sect and ordered everyone to stay put.

• Li Changge and Xu Changxing raided another Yin Corpse Sect shop, where Li Changge forced the shopkeeper to lead him to the storeroom.
• When Lü Tong arrived, Xu Changxing flew out to confront him while Li Changge looted the shop.
• Li Changge discovered that Xu Changxing had killed Lü Tong with one sword strike and was stunned by his junior brother's strength.
• Xu Changxing urged Li Changge to act before the fleeing Yin Corpse Sect cultivators could take the market's treasures.
• Li Changge announced Lü Tong's death and declared the city under the Setting Sun Sect's control, threatening to kill anyone who moved.

Li Changge seized control of the city after killing Lü Tong, but his looting drew Pei Honglie, a Yin Corpse Sect Spirit Transformation patriarch. Xu Changxing charged Pei Honglie, and the chapter ended with him facing the patriarch’s Corpse-Soul Formation.

• Li Changge restored order, drove out identified Yin Corpse Sect cultivators after taking their Storage Bags, and raided the sect’s shops.
• Pei Honglie arrived, and Xu Changxing recognized him as one of the Yin Corpse Sect’s two Spirit Transformation patriarchs.
• Xu Changxing flew to challenge Pei Honglie, and Li Changge overcame his urge to flee and followed him.
• Pei Honglie attacked Xu Changxing with corpse insects and his Corpse-Driving Whip, but Xu Changxing’s Star-Thunder Sword Light broke through both attacks.
• Pei Honglie summoned nine Corpse Yin to form a Corpse-Soul Formation around Xu Changxing, who immediately unleashed an even brighter Sword Light.

Pei Honglie unleashed his Ghost Domain City against Xu Changxing, but Xu’s sword light pierced through the domain and forced the Spirit Transformation cultivator to transform into a corpse ghost. The chapter ended as Pei Honglie met Xu’s descending sword strike after Li Changge disrupted his defense.

• Pei Honglie trapped Xu Changxing in a corpse formation, but Xu broke free almost immediately with a ray of sword light.
• Pei Honglie created a Ghost Domain City and sent torrents of deathly energy against Xu Changxing while Li Changge fought his yin corpses.
• Xu Changxing unleashed his star-thunder sword nascent soul, sending a powerful sword strike down through Pei Honglie’s ghost domain.
• Pei Honglie transformed into a corpse ghost and charged toward Xu Changxing’s sword light.
• Li Changge struck Pei Honglie from the side, disrupting his ascent, and Pei Honglie crushed Li Changge’s flying sword before turning back to face Xu’s attack.

Xu Changxing killed Pei Honglie, the Yin Corpse Sect’s Spirit Transformation ancestor, in Ghost Domain City and left with Li Changge for the Setting Sun Sect. News of Pei Honglie’s death reached Shi Haoyan, who asked how it had happened.

• Xu Changxing pierced Pei Honglie’s skull with a final lightning Sword Light, killing him after his Primordial Spirit became trapped in his corpse.
• Xu Changxing reflected on the battle’s gains, put away Pei Honglie’s Storage Ring, and agreed to spar with Li Changge after recovering.
• Xu Changxing took Pei Honglie’s corpse so the Yin Corpse Sect could not turn it into a Corpse Yin, then flew toward the Setting Sun Sect with Li Changge.
• Cultivators spread news through their Message Jade Pendants that a Yin Corpse Sect Spirit Transformation ancestor had fallen.
• A Dao Attendant told Shi Haoyan that Pei Honglie had died, and Shi Haoyan asked how he had fallen.

After Xu Changxing killed Pei Honglie, news of his victory shocked the Setting Sun Sect and the Yin Corpse Sect. Bai Yuanju realized Xu Changxing had become powerful enough to threaten his plans, while Liu Chenyu struggled to believe his third disciple had slain a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

• Shi Haoyan heard that Xu Changxing had killed Pei Honglie and ordered a Dao Attendant to alert him when Xu Changxing returned to Flying Stream Peak.
• Bai Yuanju learned that Xu Changxing and Li Changge had attacked Mingkang City and killed Pei Honglie.
• A young disciple described how Xu Changxing's Sword Light broke Pei Honglie's ghost eye and defeated his Ghost Domain City, convincing Bai Yuanju the report was true.
• Bai Yuanju realized Xu Changxing could kill a Spirit Transformation cultivator and was overcome by shock and despair.
• Liu Chenyu heard from three Dao Attendants that Xu Changxing had killed a Spirit Transformation Ancestor, but could hardly believe it.

After recovering from the battle with Pei Honglie, Xu Changxing cultivated through a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul late stage, then opened Pei Honglie’s storage ring and discovered a large stash of spirit stones. The chapter ended as he found twenty-six high-grade spirit stones inside.

• Li Changge entered seclusion to heal the corpse qi contaminating him, while Xu Changxing cleared the remaining poison from his own body.
• After his injuries healed, Xu Changxing cultivated with a surge of spiritual energy, astral force, and lightning, advancing to the Nascent Soul late stage.
• Liu Chenyu and a young Dao attendant watched the spectacle on Xu Changxing’s peak and wondered whether he was merely cultivating.
• Xu Changxing discovered that the points needed for a simulation had risen from two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand.
• Xu Changxing broke the weakened restriction on Pei Honglie’s storage ring and found hundreds of thousands of low- and medium-grade spirit stones, along with twenty-six high-grade spirit stones.

Xu Changxing inventoried Pei Honglie’s Storage Ring, shared sword-tempering materials and spoils with Li Changge, and exchanged his spirit stones for simulation points. He began another simulation and headed to Blazing Fire Peak to temper the Greenwood Sword.

• Xu Changxing discovered that Pei Honglie’s Storage Ring held high-grade spirit stones, Corpse Yin, Corpse Worm Eggs, medicinal herbs, and valuable sword-tempering materials.
• Li Changge arrived after breaking through to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, and Xu Changxing gave him top-grade stardust sand and other materials to reforge the God-Slaying Sword.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge divided the Mingkang City spoils, with Li Changge taking one-tenth and Xu Changxing keeping the rest.
• Xu Changxing exchanged the low-grade spirit stones from his haul for points and started another simulation with four hundred thousand points.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing sorted his haul, selected materials to temper the Greenwood Sword, and went to Blazing Fire Peak.

Xu Changxing gained status and a new cave abode from Shi Haoyan, then watched the Yin Corpse Sect retreat before pursuing battles to reach Spirit Transformation. After he broke through and faced the revived Corpse Ancestor, the sect stayed at bay until Li Changge also entered Spirit Transformation and drove it to relocate again.

• Shi Haoyan made Xu Changxing the Setting Sun Sect's third ancestor and gave him a lavish cave abode.
• Xu Changxing found that the Yin Corpse Sect had fled its territory, then returned to the Setting Sun Sect disappointed.
• Xu Changxing trained for over a year, fought the Blood Shadow Sect's Spirit Transformation ancestor, and later entered seclusion to break through.
• Xu Changxing condensed his primordial spirit and reached Spirit Transformation after cleaving through nine layers of tribulation lightning.
• The revived Corpse Ancestor breached the Star Cloud Sect, but Xu Changxing fought him off and deterred the Yin Corpse Sect from advancing.
• Li Changge entered Spirit Transformation after enduring eight layers of tribulation lightning, and the Yin Corpse Sect relocated to the Wilderness.

After a simulation showed Xu Changxing dying in a Demon Realm despite slaying a Demon King, he chose a sword spirit remnant thought as his reward. The Greenwood Sword gained a spark of sentience, but its quality could not withstand the remnant thought’s power, so Xu Changxing flew to Blazing Fire Peak to reforge it.

• In the simulation, Xu Changxing killed the revived Corpse Ancestor, ascended, and died after the Demon King swallowed him and the surrounding world.
• Xu Changxing concluded that with greater cultivation and more means, he might survive and cultivate in the Demon Realm.
• Xu Changxing chose the sword spirit remnant thought over early Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• The Greenwood Sword fused with Xu Changxing’s spiritual sense, gained independent sentience, and shared the accumulated essence of its battles with him.
• Xu Changxing realized the Greenwood Sword could not bear the remnant thought and flew to Blazing Fire Peak to reforge it.

Xu Changxing reforged the Greenwood Sword, then received a Spirit Transformation Ancestor’s jade pendant and cave abode from Shi Haoyan. Meditating with the sword in his new home brought him sudden enlightenment, leaving his nascent soul on the verge of Spirit Transformation.

• Xu Changxing used the Heavenly-Rank Earthfire Furnace to reforge the Greenwood Sword, feeding it nearly all of his finest materials until it was satisfied.
• A Dao attendant escorted Xu Changxing to Shi Haoyan, who praised his sword intent and gave him an Identity Jade Pendant and a cave abode reserved for Spirit Transformation Ancestors.
• Xu Changxing settled into his new cave abode and began cultivating with the Greenwood Sword, which opened its sword intent to him.
• Xu Changxing entered sudden enlightenment as spiritual energy and starlight flooded the cave, then awoke with his nascent soul at the peak of its cultivation and nearing Spirit Transformation.

After Xu Changxing’s three-month enlightenment, he reached the peak of the Nascent Soul late stage and began his Spirit Transformation tribulation. The immense thunderclouds suggested he faced legendary ninefold tribulation lightning, while those around the Setting Sun Sect gathered to watch.

• Xu Changxing left his cave abode, released his Nascent Soul into his sea of consciousness, and summoned a heavenly tribulation.
• Shi Haoyan sensed Xu Changxing’s breakthrough and realized the tribulation clouds covered the Setting Sun Sect and were still spreading.
• Shi Haoyan told his Dao Attendant that Xu Changxing likely faced ninefold tribulation lightning, then went outside with him to watch.
• Liu Chenyu saw the storm clouds gather and suspected Xu Changxing was undergoing a Spirit Transformation tribulation.
• Li Changge’s Sword Intent erupted in disarray, and Liu Chenyu realized Xu Changxing’s tribulation had unsettled him.
• Liu Chenyu looked up at the boundless thunderclouds and felt the heavenly tribulation’s overwhelming pressure.

Xu Changxing endured the Immortal Tribulation’s first seven bolts with his primordial spirit and Greenwood Sword, stunning the Setting Sun Sect’s Spirit Transformation ancestors. He then split the devastating eighth bolt with a sword strike, leaving the tribulation still underway.

• Xu Changxing faced the first three bolts of heavenly lightning with his primordial spirit before withdrawing it and releasing his Greenwood Sword.
• Xu Changxing’s Greenwood Sword easily cleaved apart the fourth, fifth, and sixth bolts, astonishing Shi Haoyan.
• Xu Changxing withstood the seventh bolt, while Shi Haoyan and Chen Xingyan recognized his extraordinary strength and potential.
• Xu Changxing met the eighth bolt with a heaven-shaking streak of sword light and cleaved it in two.

Xu Changxing survived the ninth bolt of his Immortal Tribulation and returned to Spirit Transformation, shifting the balance of power between the sects. The Corpse Ancestor learned of Xu Changxing’s breakthrough and began gathering intelligence to verify the news.

• Xu Changxing merged with the Greenwood Sword and cleaved through the ninth tribulation bolt and the thunderclouds, completing his Immortal Tribulation.
• Shi Haoyan and Chen Xingyan recognized that Xu Changxing’s return to Spirit Transformation would change the balance of power and could threaten the Yin Corpse Sect.
• Wen Yan warned the Corpse Ancestor that Xu Changxing might become a threat, but the Corpse Ancestor expected to regain his peak within ten years and turn Xu Changxing into a corpse yin.
• Wen Yan received news that Xu Changxing had survived his tribulation and returned to Spirit Transformation, shocking the Corpse Ancestor.
• The Corpse Ancestor activated the hidden half-corpses to gather news and set out to verify the report.

Xu Changxing’s return to Spirit Transformation drove the Yin Corpse Sect’s Corpse Ancestor to flee and shifted the balance of power in favor of the Setting Sun Sect. After two years of secluded cultivation, Xu emerged stronger and collected his sect share, then headed to Liu Chenyu’s study.

• The Corpse Ancestor decided to flee to the Savage Wasteland, fearing Xu Changxing’s rapid return to Spirit Transformation.
• Demonic and righteous sects withdrew from the Yin Corpse Sect’s former territory, allowing the Setting Sun Sect to take control without resistance.
• Xu Changxing spent two years consolidating his cultivation and focused on perfecting his flying sword rather than studying thunder techniques.
• Xu Changxing decided to keep striving toward the Demon Realm and emerged from seclusion to gather spirit stones for a system simulation.
• Jiang Duolu presented Xu Changxing with more than two and a half million spirit stones’ worth of sect resources, much of it in materials.
• Xu Changxing surveyed the transformed Setting Sun Sect, including Sword God Peak, then flew to Liu Chenyu’s study.

After Xu Changxing reached Spirit Transformation, Liu Chenyu received better treatment and was stunned when his disciple entrusted him with a vast trove of materials to sell. Back in his cave abode, Xu Changxing found that his system now offered a new option called Continue the Legend, priced the same as a normal simulation.

• Liu Chenyu celebrated the benefits of having a Spirit Transformation disciple, then was startled when Xu Changxing arrived at his courtyard gate.
• Xu Changxing gave Liu Chenyu a Storage Ring full of materials and asked him to sell them for spirit stones, offering him anything useful inside.
• Liu Chenyu agreed to sell the materials and listened intently as Xu Changxing shared cultivation insights.
• Xu Changxing returned to his cave abode and discovered the system had added a Continue the Legend option alongside normal simulation, with both costing one million points.

Xu Changxing used the new “Continue the legend” option and sent a wisp of divine sense into the world of an earlier simulation, where he discovered his descendants and their ancestral tablets. He began protecting the Xu Household by guiding a promising descendant in dreams, and decided to visit more of them.

• Xu Changxing chose “Continue the legend” and sent a wisp of divine sense through a spatial vortex.
• He found an ancestral hall bearing tablets for himself, Yun Yanwan, and his son Xu Yunhai, and realized he had entered a simulation world.
• Xu Changxing discovered that the Xu Household faced danger from the expanding Yin Corpse Sect and decided to protect his bloodline.
• He identified Xu Yuansi as a promising talent and taught him the modified “Spring Renewal Art” and “Yi Wood Sword Art” through a dream.
• Xu Yuansi quickly reached the introductory stage of the “Spring Renewal Art,” and Xu Changxing decided to extend his dream visitations to more descendants.