Chapter Summaries

Zhou Xun tested the power of his Spirit Wood Boundary, then traveled in disguise to Twin Rivers Market to locate the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit. After divining its position at a secluded talisman shop, he and his incarnation attacked its elderly owner, Zhao Lao Nian.

• Zhou Xun used his Spirit Wood Boundary to create regenerating Wooden Puppets and a giant that fought the Bloodfiend Spawns on equal terms.
• Zhou Xun and his incarnation traveled in disguise to Twin Rivers Market, where he divined that the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit was nearby.
• After three days of meditation, Zhou Xun and his incarnation followed the divination to Thousand Talisman Shop and found Zhao Lao Nian inside.
• Zhou Xun recognized the seemingly frail Zhao Lao Nian as dangerous and attacked him alongside his incarnation.

Zhou Xun and his incarnation battled a Peak Core Formation Elder in Twin Rivers Market, using coordinated techniques to kill him in just over twenty breaths. The Meng Family ancestors watched in terror as Zhou Xun collected the corpse and left, while the First Elder warned against getting involved.

• Zhou Xun used the Spirit Wood Boundary as his incarnation attacked the Elder with the Mystic Thunder Sword, destroying the Elder's shop and driving the fight into the air.
• The Elder evaded Zhou Xun's attacks with a shifting technique and a deadly black blade, while Zhou Xun escaped a strike by switching places with a spirit wood tree.
• Zhou Xun surrounded the Elder with Lightning Seeds and a contracting vine net, concealing Yin Lightning in the vines to paralyze him as he tried to escape.
• Zhou Xun's incarnation stabbed the paralyzed Elder through the head with the Edge of Utmost Sharpness, killing him in only a little over twenty breaths.
• The Meng Family ancestors raised their protective formation but feared Zhou Xun after witnessing the kill; Zhou Xun collected the Elder's corpse and Storage Pouch and departed.
• The Meng Family First Elder told the Second Elder not to report the fight, advising that their family should avoid powerful figures and seek safety.

After killing Elder, Zhou Xun examined his spoils and discovered a mask that merged with his Thousand Faces, a deadly black blade, and the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit. He also found Mystic Gold Wood and an unidentified pill, whose record he began searching for before the chapter ended.

• Zhou Xun removed Elder's disguise and refined his spatial mask, which merged with his Thousand Faces and granted it a fourth identity and the power to teleport.
• Zhou Xun examined Elder's black blade and decided to merge it with his Edge of Utmost Sharpness.
• Zhou Xun found bloodstained robes and realized Elder had likely been connected to the Meng family's recent deaths.
• Zhou Xun discovered the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit, giving him two of the four main ingredients for the Nascent Soul Pill.
• Zhou Xun identified a piece of Tier 4 Upper-Grade Mystic Gold Wood as the fourth primary material needed for his Azure Emperor Seal.
• Zhou Xun found a powerful white pill, searched his Jade Slips for its identity, and located a record of it in the third slip.

After returning to the Eastern Wasteland, Zhou Xun told True Person Tian Ci and the other Heaven Han City elders that he had found a Teleportation Array leading to the Central Continent Cultivation World. He left them eager to learn how they could escape the Eastern Wasteland.

• Zhou Xun decided to send his true body back to the Eastern Wasteland while his incarnation stayed in the Central Continent and traveled toward a newly discovered secret realm, leaving the Tier 4 Human Puppet with his incarnation.
• Zhou Xun's true body used the Teleportation Array near the Spirit Mastery Sect to return safely to the Eastern Wasteland, then went to Heaven Han City to visit True Person Tian Ci.
• Zhou Xun summoned South Peak True One, True Person Pill Cauldron, and True Person Iron Mountain, then told them he had discovered a Teleportation Array leading out of the Eastern Wasteland.
• Zhou Xun explained that the array led to the Central Continent Cultivation World, a larger land with hundreds of Nascent Soul Cultivators, and confirmed he would share the route with them.
• True Person Tian Ci and the other elders reacted with shock and hope, and True Person Tian Ci apologized for doubting Zhou Xun's willingness to reveal the method.

Zhou Xun and the Eastern Wasteland cultivators agreed on safeguards for the Teleportation Array leading to the Central Continent. True Person Tian Ci handed Zhou Xun control of Heaven Han City, and Zhou Xun prepared to announce his succession despite his Early-Stage Core Formation cultivation.

• True Person Tian Ci explained that anyone seeking the Teleportation Array's location must swear a Heart Demon Oath, protect the array, and conceal their Eastern Wasteland origins after reaching the Central Continent.
• True Person Iron Mountain, South Peak True One, and True Person Pill Cauldron agreed to Tian Ci's conditions for sharing the array's location.
• Zhou Xun said he would remain in the Eastern Wasteland until reaching Peak Core Formation before returning to the Central Continent.
• True Person Tian Ci gave Zhou Xun Heaven Han City's Mountain Protection Grand Formation token and asked South Peak True One and True Person Pill Cauldron to assist him in managing the city.
• True Person Tian Ci promised Zhou Xun a Tier 4 Human Puppet, and Zhou Xun declared that he was ready to face the world's cultivators and take up leadership of Heaven Han City.

As Heaven Han City prepared for True Person Tian Ci to step down, Zhou Xun remained confident while speculation over the successor spread. True Person Qian Chuan secretly allied with Heaven Han City's rivals, who plotted to use his betrayal to attack Tian Ci and seize the city.

• True Person Tian Ci announced that Heaven Han City's succession ceremony would take place in three months, prompting speculation over whether True Person Iron Mountain, True Person Pill Cauldron, or True Person Qian Chuan would succeed him.
• True Person Qian Chuan, frustrated that his master's early resignation would cost him the First Elder position, sent a strange talisman after vowing not to accept his fate.
• True Person Xing Yue met with the First Elders of Taihe Gate, Fengyang Sect, and Shenye Sect to discuss how Tian Ci's departure could weaken Heaven Han City.
• True Person Tai Feng revealed a message in which True Person Qian Chuan agreed to cooperate with the rival sects in exchange for half of Heaven Han City's treasures and a Heart Demon Oath.
• True Person Tai Feng proposed using the sects' Soul-Devouring Lure for a close-range sneak attack on True Person Tian Ci, then seizing Heaven Han City while it was without a leader.

True Person Qian Ye agreed to cooperate with True Person Qian Chuan against Heaven Han City, prompting Forgetful River Lake to consider how to respond while Zhou Xun was away. At the succession ceremony, True Person Tian Ci presented Zhou Xun as his successor to the assembled powers.

• True Person Qian Ye agreed to cooperate with True Person Qian Chuan, and they swore a Heart Demon Oath with True Person Xing Yue and others to deal with Heaven Han City.
• Wei Qiuxin reported the impending change of power in Heaven Han City, and Song Yiqing revealed that Zhou Xun had left Forgetful River Lake.
• Xing Huaian decided to represent Forgetful River Lake at the succession ceremony and set out with a nephew-disciple.
• Three months later, Zhou Xun left True Person Tian Ci's cave dwelling and joined him and South Peak True One on the way to Heaven Han Hall.
• True Person Tian Ci introduced Zhou Xun to True Person Yu Yuan and True Person Qing He as his successor, noting that Zhou Xun had slain a Late-Stage Core Formation cultivator.

True Person Tian Ci announced that Zhou Xun would succeed him as Heaven Han City’s First Elder, shocking the gathered cultivators. True Person Yu Yuan challenged Zhou Xun to test his strength, and the chapter ended as Yu Yuan’s Black Tortoise Seal descended on him.

• True Person Tian Ci welcomed Zhou Xun and the other guests as cultivators gathered for his succession ceremony.
• True Person Xing Yue arrived, and Xing Huaian and Zhou Jinsong were surprised to see Zhou Xun seated beside True Person Tian Ci.
• Grand Steward Huang An praised True Person Tian Ci’s centuries of service before Tian Ci announced Zhou Xun as his successor.
• Zhou Xun accepted the responsibility, but True Person Yu Yuan interrupted and offered to test whether he was strong enough to lead Heaven Han City.
• Zhou Xun and True Person Yu Yuan rose into the air, where Yu Yuan warned him about the weight of his Black Tortoise Seal and sent it crashing down.

Zhou Xun defeated True Person Yu Yuan in their duel, winning support to become Heaven Han City's First Elder. After True Person Qian Chuan accused them of staging the fight, Zhou Xun agreed to face True Person Xing Yue and opened his Spirit Wood Boundary.

• Zhou Xun trapped True Person Yu Yuan's Black Tortoise Seal in a growing vine net, weakening Yu Yuan's control over his Natal Treasure.
• True Person Yu Yuan conceded the duel and endorsed Zhou Xun as Heaven Han City's First Elder, shifting the crowd's support toward him.
• True Person Qian Chuan accused Zhou Xun and Yu Yuan of putting on an act, prompting True Person Tian Ci to rebuke him and True Person Xing Yue to offer to test Zhou Xun.
• Zhou Xun accepted True Person Xing Yue's challenge and met him in the sky above the venue.
• Zhou Xun unleashed his Spirit Wood Boundary, surrounding True Person Xing Yue with spirit wood.

Zhou Xun demonstrated overwhelming power in a duel with Peak Core Formation cultivator True Person Xing Yue. He defeated Xing Yue without killing him, leaving the watching cultivators stunned by the strength of the newly advanced Forgetful River True One.

• True Person Xing Yue used a defensive water-attribute treasure as Zhou Xun summoned thousands of Wooden Puppets to attack him.
• Xing Yue released his Mystic Ice Staff, but the Wooden Puppets trapped it in a giant sphere of vines and reassembled their shattered whips.
• Zhou Xun combined the Wooden Puppets into a giant armored puppet and sent its whip through Xing Yue’s water mist, stopping just above his head.
• Xing Yue withdrew his spiritual power, bowed to Zhou Xun, and thanked him for showing mercy.
• The watching cultivators were stunned that Zhou Xun had defeated a Peak Core Formation cultivator while at Early-Stage Core Formation.

Zhou Xun defeated True Person Xing Yue and was formally appointed Heaven Han City's First Elder. After the ceremony, True Person Tian Ci confronted Ji Wujiu for betraying the city, and Ji Wujiu launched a vicious surprise attack as the chapter ended.

• Zhou Xun defeated True Person Xing Yue, impressing the assembled cultivators and confirming his appointment as First Elder.
• True Person Tian Ci presented Zhou Xun with the First Elder Token, and Heaven Han City's leaders saluted him.
• True Person Tian Ci confronted Ji Wujiu over colluding with outsiders and ordered him to destroy his Dantian.
• Ji Wujiu refused, blamed Zhou Xun for taking the position he believed was his, and attacked True Person Tian Ci with the Soul-Devouring Lure.
• True Person Tian Ci evaded the attack and covered himself in blue-gray armor.

Zhou Xun witnessed True Person Tian Ci reveal the power of his Human Puppet fusion and execute his traitorous disciple. Later, Zhou Xun rewarded Zhou Jinsong and Yuan Pan'er with Essence Crystallization Pills before Lu Qingyuan and three other White Cloud Immortal City disciples arrived to see him.

• True Person Tian Ci's spiritual armor erased the Soul-Devouring Lure, and Ji Wujiu exposed True Person Xing Yue and True Person Qian Ye as conspirators.
• True Person Tian Ci killed Ji Wujiu with a massive hand of mana and yellow flames, leaving the assembled cultivators shaken.
• Zhou Jinsong visited Zhou Xun, who praised his progress and promised Essence Crystallization Pills to his disciples once they reached Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Zhou Xun gave Xing Huaian an Essence Crystallization Pill for Yuan Pan'er, and Xing Huaian gratefully accepted it.
• Lu Qingyuan, Zuo Qifan, Ding Jihe, and Tian Yu arrived at Zhou Xun's cave abode and greeted him as First Elder.

Zhou Xun received his former fellow disciples after taking charge of Heaven Han City, hearing their requests for support and Core Formation resources. Before departing for the Central Continent, True Person Tian Ci passed him the secret control art for the Mystic Heaven Spirit Armor and revealed Heaven Han City's quest to gather all seven.

• Zhou Xun stopped Lu Qingyuan and the others from bowing, accepted their congratulations and gifts, and told them he might consider employing their descendants in the future.
• Zuo Qifan, Tian Yu, and Ding Jihe asked Zhou Xun for Core Formation spiritual items, and he said they could obtain them by offering sufficient treasures in exchange.
• Zhou Xun visited True Person Tian Ci, who said he planned to depart for the Central Continent in two days.
• True Person Tian Ci gave Zhou Xun the control art for the Human Puppet, revealing that it was actually the Mystic Heaven Spirit Armor, which could greatly amplify its wearer’s combat strength.
• True Person Tian Ci revealed that seven Mystic Heaven Spirit Armors existed, only three remained, and Heaven Han City’s First Elders had been tasked with gathering them.

Zhou Xun saw True Person Tian Ci and True Person Pill Cauldron off through the hidden Teleportation Array to the Central Continent, then returned to Heaven Han City to retrieve the Spirit Void Divine Bamboo for his Natal Treasure. He found the precious Tier 4 spirit wood in the city’s innermost secret vault and prepared to begin refining.

• Zhou Xun taught True Person Tian Ci how to wield the Mystic Heaven Spirit Armor, and Tian Ci handed over responsibility for Heaven Han City.
• Zhou Xun escorted True Person Tian Ci and True Person Pill Cauldron to the hidden Teleportation Array and gave them Jade Slips about the Central Continent.
• True Person Tian Ci and True Person Pill Cauldron activated the array and teleported away, intending to pursue Nascent Soul breakthroughs in the Central Continent.
• Zhou Xun used the First Elder Token and a short-distance Teleportation Array to enter Heaven Han City’s innermost secret vault.
• Zhou Xun located the Spirit Void Divine Bamboo, a precious Tier 4 Peak-Grade spirit wood, as the material for his Natal Treasure.

Zhou Xun found the Spirit Void Divine Bamboo and the final Human Puppet, Yaoguang, then began preparing to refine his Natal Treasure, the Azure Emperor Seal. After Zhou Jinsong brought him materials from the treasure vault, Zhou Xun lit Spirit Soothing Incense and settled into meditation to begin the work.

• Zhou Xun identified the Spirit Void Divine Bamboo and stored it, then claimed the Tier-4 Human Puppet Yaoguang from its barrier.
• Xing Huaian returned to Forgetful River Lake while Zhou Jinsong stayed in Heaven Han City as steward of Zhou Xun's treasure vault.
• True Person Xing Yue hosted Zhou Jinsong at a banquet with other True Persons and gave him gifts, including an Essence Crystallization Pill.
• Zhou Jinsong reported the banquet and presented its gifts to Zhou Xun, who let him keep them and gave him a list of Azure Emperor Seal materials to collect.
• Zhou Jinsong quickly gathered duplicate sets of the materials from the treasure vault, and Zhou Xun began refining the Azure Emperor Seal in his cultivation chamber.
• Zhou Xun lit Spirit Soothing Incense, calming his mind and sharpening his six senses.

Zhou Xun refined the five rare spirit woods into the Azure Emperor Seal, which reached the peak of the mid-grade treasure level. He confirmed that it inherited several of the woods’ abilities, but had not yet tested all of them.

• Zhou Xun used Tier 3 Spirit Soothing Incense and raised the cave residence’s Spiritual Qi concentration to Tier 4 before beginning his refinement.
• Zhou Xun removed the seals from five boxes and prepared Jade Heartwood, Soul Nurturing Wood, Soulshock Wood, Mystic Gold Wood, and Spirit Void Divine Bamboo.
• Zhou Xun spent several weeks refining the five spirit woods into liquid, then shaped and combined them with auxiliary materials into the Azure Emperor Seal.
• Zhou Xun fused a drop of essence blood and wisps of divine sense into the seal, completing the treasure at the peak of the mid-grade level.
• Zhou Xun tested the seal and confirmed that it broke illusions, resisted damage, and could shock souls, while its other abilities remained untested.

After Zhou Xun became Heaven Han City's First Elder, news of his victory over True Person Xing Yue frightened a surviving Heaven Feather Sect elder into abandoning the sect. Xing Huaian prepared to send Zhou Xun trusted aides from Forgetful River Lake and gave Yuan Pan'er an Essence Crystallization Pill that Zhou Xun had provided.

• News that Zhou Xun had become Heaven Han City's First Elder and defeated True Person Xing Yue reached the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World.
• A Heaven Feather Sect elder feared Zhou Xun's revenge for the sect's invasion of Xu Nation, handed sect affairs to Pseudo-Core cultivators, and secretly fled.
• Xing Huaian told Zhou Xun's followers of his new position and selected Shi Wanrong, Wei Qiuxin, Song Yiqing, and other disciples to go to Heaven Han City.
• Xing Huaian gave Yuan Pan'er an Essence Crystallization Pill from Zhou Xun, and she resolved to guard Forgetful River Lake for him.
• Xing Huaian escorted Song Yiqing and the others on their journey to Heaven Han City.

Lin Xueying received Zhou Xun’s news of becoming Heaven Han City’s First Elder, prompting the Lin Family to send Wang Erniu and a party of cultivators to congratulate him. Meanwhile, Zhou Xun’s avatar traded at a market near a newly opened Central Continent secret realm, then learned it might be fourth tier.

• Lin Xueying read Zhou Xun’s letter about his victory and new position, resolved to cultivate toward Core Formation, and wrote him a reply.
• Lin Anshu told Wang Erniu that Zhou Xun had become Heaven Han City’s First Elder and asked him to lead Lin Family cultivators there.
• Wang Erniu agreed, and the Lin Family selected more than thirty descendants, including Lin Zhenyun, to travel with him to Heaven Han City.
• Zhou Xun’s avatar earned spirit stones and traded for useful materials while selling goods at the market near the new secret realm.
• Zhou Xun’s avatar heard from fellow cultivators that the secret realm was likely fourth tier, making its treasures valuable even to Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Zhou Xun decided to enter the secret realm to seek rare Tier 4 Spirit Herbs and hurried to the Three Alliances Hall after learning that more entry slots were available. The chapter ended as he and Su Qi volunteered to defend arenas in duels for forty slots.

• Zhou Xun received Su Qi’s message about new secret realm slots and flew to the Three Alliances Hall.
• An Yudao announced that the three major powers would grant Rogue Cultivators forty slots, assigned through duels, and expelled those who protested.
• The Crimson Nether Old Demon questioned the duel rules, and An Yudao warned contestants not to kill their opponents.
• Zhou Xun and Su Qi volunteered to defend arenas, and six more cultivators stepped forward to fill all forty positions.

Zhou Xun began the arena matches by defeating Fan Peng in a few moves, revealing his formidable strength as a lightning cultivator. With challengers avoiding him, he watched the other battles and noticed that his friend Su Qi was struggling.

• The middle-aged man announced that the matches would take place in arenas spaced five thousand zhang apart, and Zhou Xun took his position.
• Fan Peng challenged Zhou Xun and opened with an instantly activated Gold Blade Talisman, but Zhou Xun stopped it with the Lightning Fall Technique.
• Zhou Xun summoned the Mystic Thunder Sword, overwhelmed Fan Peng's sword and golden barrier, severed his left arm, and took his Storage Pouch before sparing his life.
• The nearby cultivators retreated from Zhou Xun's arena, while the referee backed away and the middle-aged man considered recruiting Zhou Xun after the matches.
• No one else challenged Zhou Xun, so he surveyed the other arenas and saw that Su Qi was having a difficult battle.