Arc 18The Redflame Campaign

Li Xian helped Ziyuan uncover and sell a Crimson Flame Crystal deposit, then advanced his cultivation and fought the Undying Clan alongside Purple Flame Immortal King. After leaving the battlefield with enormous spoils, he studied the Dao and attended Gu Qingxian's lecture.

  • Li Xian joined Ziyuan, Yushan, and Yunrang to mine a Crimson Flame Crystal deposit, killed its Undying Clan defenders, and sold the ore for trillions of Immortal Yuan.
  • Li Xian earned Grandmaster rank for his research, joined the Purple Empyrean Virtual Heaven Dao Academy, and evolved his Grotto-Heaven into that of a Grotto-Heaven True Immortal.
  • Li Xian killed Titan and the Ming Shuo Squad's commanders, saving Long Xiang's squad and learning that his whereabouts had been leaked.
  • Li Xian challenged the Sharpened Edge Tower, studied with Leng Qishuang, created the defensive art Primordial Disk, and agreed to help Purple Flame Immortal King fight Blood Wheel Nether King.
  • Li Xian killed an Undying Ghost Soul assassin and helped Purple Flame defeat Blood Wheel Nether King, using Infinite Void to swallow the Blood Moon World.
  • Li Xian transformed Infinite Void into a Taiyi Secret Art, received 12.06 trillion from the spoils, gave Ziyuan a Red Crystal, and studied the stages leading toward Dao Master Will.
  • Li Xian advanced Heavenly Pole Thread to its ninth level, then attended Gu Qingxian's lecture on how a chaos hole distorted space-time.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Urgency

Li Xian hunted Undying Clan forces on the Redflame Battlefield, defeating several squads and proving himself to be a three-star Celestial Immortal. After learning about the dangerous Ming Shuo Squad, he chose to remain in the area, and Ziyuan ended the chapter by proposing a major operation with potentially trillions in proceeds.

  • Li Xian returned to the Immortal Boat after killing the Netherworld Marshal and the remaining War Generals, earning two billion merit points for the Marshal.
  • Yushan suggested Li Xian join the Star River Squad, but he declined and told her to continue toward the City of the Sleepless.
  • Ziyuan explained the battlefield bounty lists and warned that the Ming Shuo Squad, led by a high-bounty Marshal, was nearby, but Li Xian chose to search the area.
  • Li Xian detected concealed reinforcements and fought the Netherworld Twin Star, defeating a three-star Ghost Soul Marshal and later catching and killing a two-star Underworld Clan Marshal.
  • Ziyuan approached Li Xian after the battle and proposed an operation that could earn at least a trillion, possibly several trillion or even ten trillion.

Ch. 427Refusal

Li Xian joined Ziyuan’s plan to mine a Crimson Flame Crystal deposit near the City of the Sleepless, then rejected the Sharpened Edge Tower’s offer to enter its Marquis Training Camp. After preparing and traveling with Yushan and Yunrang Celestial Immortal, the group reached the mine and found it guarded by far more Undying Clan Marshals than expected.

  • Ziyuan revealed that a Crimson Flame Crystal mine could yield at least a trillion and asked Li Xian to help excavate it; he agreed and negotiated their shares and the merit from slain enemies.
  • Li Xian and Ziyuan recruited Yushan, who requested extra payment and proposed modifying the Netherworld Twin Star Immortal Boat for the dangerous trip.
  • Li Xian stocked up on restorative pills and supplies, while Yushan arranged the boat’s modification in Redflame City.
  • Immortal Marquis Tie Rong offered Li Xian a place in the Marquis Training Camp, but Li Xian refused and ended his wager with the Sharpened Edge Tower.
  • Nearly half a month later, Li Xian, Ziyuan, Yushan, and Yunrang Celestial Immortal traveled in the modified boat to the deposit without being detected.
  • The group found eight Undying Clan Marshals guarding the mine, and Ziyuan realized the Undying Clan had discovered the vein and heavily fortified it.

Ch. 428Frontal assault

Li Xian decided to attack the crimson flame crystal mine and keep its Undying Clan defenders occupied while his allies mined the deposit. After persuading Ziyuan, Yushan, and Yunrang to help, he charged ahead alone and killed Captain Mo Yan with a single strike, leaving the other marshals stunned.

  • Li Xian judged that the mine held a valuable crimson flame crystal deposit and ordered Ziyuan, Yushan, and Yunrang to use destructive mining while he held off the Undying Clan.
  • Ziyuan agreed to trust Li Xian, and Yushan accepted fifty billion to help defend the miners while Yunrang pledged to follow Li Xian's orders.
  • Li Xian told Yushan to bring the Netherworld Twin Star close to the mine, then crossed nearly sixty thousand li to attack its entrance alone.
  • A ghost soul marshal shrieked at Li Xian, but he resisted the attack and struck Captain Mo Yan with the Voidflow Sword and Heavenly Pole Thread.
  • The Heavenly Pole Thread tore through Mo Yan's immortal body and grotto-heaven, killing him as the other seven marshals watched in shock.

Ch. 429Sudden riches

Li Xian slaughtered the Undying Clan commanders guarding the Crimson Flame Crystal mine and led Ziyuan, Yushan, and Yunrang in rapidly mining its deposits. The first reinforcements arrived with thirty-one commanders, setting up the next battle.

  • Li Xian killed all eight Undying Commanders guarding the mine entrance, while Yushan, Yunrang, and Ziyuan hurried to join him.
  • Li Xian fought through the mine, killing another commander and dozens of Undying Battle Generals before reaching the Crimson Flame Crystal deposits.
  • Li Xian chose to leave the Undying Clan commanders sealed inside their formation while Yushan set up warning formations and a Void Space Guiding Formation.
  • Yunrang used the Burial Heaven Wheel to excavate the ore, and Li Xian and Ziyuan joined him, mining a million cubic units in less than an hour.
  • Thirty-one Undying Clan commanders arrived as the first wave of reinforcements and charged into the mine.

Ch. 430Trap and Slaughter

Li Xian and his companions mined a Crimson Flame Crystal deposit until Yushan detected thirty-one approaching Undying Commanders. Li Xian lured the commanders into prepared formations and began killing them, but after they broke one formation, they found themselves isolated in eerie silence.

  • Li Xian, Ziyuan, and Yunrang mined the Crimson Flame Crystal deposit while Yushan warned that the outer formation had been triggered.
  • Yushan detected thirty-one Undying Commanders approaching, and Li Xian ordered her to seal the entrance and prevent their escape.
  • Li Xian entered the commanders’ ranks, killed two of them with Heavenly Pole Thread, and evaded their attacks.
  • The Wanxiang Mirror-Void Formation separated the Undying Commanders, and several of them destroyed its foundations to escape.
  • After the formation vanished, Xuansha found himself alone in a silent space and wondered whether he was still trapped.

Ch. 431Calm

Li Xian annihilated the Undying Commanders guarding the mine and led his companions to excavate 5.6 million cubic units of Crimson Flame Crystal Ore before deciding to leave. As Yugu and his remaining forces charged after them, Li Xian stepped out to intercept them.

  • Xuansha realized Li Xian had killed the thirty-one Undying Commanders, while Yushan learned the battle had ended and reset the formation.
  • Li Xian returned to the mine, told Ziyuan and Yunrang that the enemy was dealt with, and resumed excavating the ore.
  • Yugu and the other Undying Commanders mistook the disaster for a human ambush and sent reports that prompted Ming Ya to issue bounties and mobilize forces.
  • Li Xian and his companions mined about 5.6 million cubic units of Crimson Flame Crystal Ore, then left the mine early as the remaining ore grew scarce.
  • Yugu's group saw the humans leaving and, encouraged by battle fluctuations they believed came from reinforcements, opened their formation and charged after them.
  • Li Xian appeared inside Yushan's outer formation to intercept Yugu, the two Marshals, and their War Generals.

Ch. 432Passed

Li Xian and his companions returned safely to Redflame City with a vast haul of crimson flame crystal ore and sold it to Myriad Things Commerce for over 4.4 trillion Immortal Yuan. After completing the sale, Li Xian learned that his research project had passed its third review.

  • Li Xian killed Yugu and the other Celestial Immortals, collected their spoils, and discovered nearly two million cubic units of crimson flame crystal ore in Yugu's Storage Ring.
  • Li Xian and his companions avoided Undying Clan squads aboard the Netherworld Twin Star and returned safely to Redflame City.
  • Ziyuan and the others agreed to sell their crimson flame crystal ore, and Li Xian led the group to Myriad Things Commerce.
  • President Lanfei examined the ore and completed the transaction, depositing over 4.4 trillion Immortal Yuan into Li Xian's account.
  • Deep Blue told Li Xian that his research project, “Fully Comprehending the True Self Method as a Loose Immortal,” had passed its third review.

Ch. 433Gathering everything

Li Xian accepted appointments as an instructor and researcher at the Purple Heavens Dao Palace, then secured a five-hundred-billion subsidy by proving he had formed immortal spirit as a True Immortal. As he continued seeking funds to advance his cultivation, Ziyuan offered to lend him her available wealth, revealing that she had chosen him as an anchor against losing herself to the Way of Limitlessness.

  • Zhijin informed Li Xian that his research proposal had earned him Grandmaster rank, two trillion Immortal Yuan, and invitations to teach at the Purple Empyrean Virtual Heaven Dao Academy and research at Laboratory 1024; Li Xian accepted both.
  • Li Xian paid Yushan and Yunrang the rest of their fees, then agreed to sell Yushan the Netherworld Twin Star for twenty billion and have it refitted within a month before returning to the battlefield.
  • At the academy, Huo Xin Immortal King welcomed Li Xian to the True Soul Division and explained how he could seek resources through research and funding programs.
  • Li Xian applied for a level-three subsidy by claiming he had formed immortal spirit as a True Immortal, passed the Virtual Heaven Immortal Realm test, and received five hundred billion.
  • Ziyuan visited Li Xian and offered him her full 1.1 trillion in available funds as a loan, while privately resolving to make him her anchor against losing herself to the Way of Limitlessness.

Ch. 434Cultivation

Li Xian borrowed a trillion from Ziyuan and sold his spoils to gather the funds for a Xiantian Two Forms Diagram. While waiting for his purchase to be verified, he discovered that Ziyuan might want his help with her flawed Great Dao through dual cultivation.

  • Ziyuan lent Li Xian one trillion and asked him to help with problems in her cultivation, and Li Xian agreed.
  • Li Xian sold Crimson Flame Crystal ore and spoils from Undying Clan commanders to Lanfei for a total that gave him enough money for his plans.
  • Li Xian ordered a Xiantian Two Forms Diagram, but Myriad Things Commerce required him to pass an in-person eligibility review.
  • Li Xian searched the Purple Empyrean Dao Academy database for ways to help Limitlessness True Immortals avoid becoming Lost in the Void and found dual cultivation recommended.
  • Li Xian realized Ziyuan might be asking him to help her cultivate through dual cultivation.

Ch. 435Celestial Immortal

Li Xian passed Myriad Things Commerce’s verification and received the Xiantian Two Forms Diagram, while learning that a mysterious token belonged to the long-missing Lord of Kindling. After turning an encounter with a powerful delivery envoy into a new escape art, Li Xian used the diagram to evolve his grotto-heaven and became a Grotto-Heaven True Immortal.

  • Li Xian considered writing papers about the Way of Limitlessness and True Immortal cultivation before Lanfei and Biying verified that he had condensed his True Self.
  • Biying invited Li Xian to Myriad Things Commerce’s Immortal-Fate Gathering, and Li Xian learned it screened cultivators favored by fortune.
  • Li Xian discovered that his token bore the writing of the Lord of Kindling, a powerful Purple Heavens Dao Palace figure missing for a hundred million years.
  • Li Xian wrote and submitted a paper on a True Immortal attaining an Immortal Spirit, then received the Xiantian Two Forms Diagram from the envoy Fengya.
  • Li Xian combined Fengya’s mastery of Space-Time and Karma with his own techniques to create Space-Time Sword Escape.
  • Li Xian used the Xiantian Two Forms Diagram to evolve his Upper Origin Grotto-Heaven and, after years of cultivation, became a Grotto-Heaven True Immortal.

Ch. 436Strength

Li Xian tested the strength and abilities of his newly reached Celestial Immortal realm, then responded to an emergency distress signal near Redflame City. He caught Flesh Demon King Titan attacking Redflame City’s fighters and struck him down.

  • Li Xian found that his thousand-Li Grotto-Heaven held vastly more Immortal Power than his former immortal body, and he replenished it with a hundred thousand Pure Yang Immortal Pills.
  • Li Xian tested Myriad Heavens Sword Escape and Space-Time Sword Escape, discovering that his Grotto-Heaven let him mobilize Immortal Power faster and travel enormous distances.
  • Li Xian burned Immortal Power to amplify Heavenly Pole Thread, tearing open Void Space into the inner-layer space, but found the attack too costly for practical combat.
  • Li Xian sensed an emergency distress signal less than thirty million Li from Redflame City and rushed toward it.
  • Flesh Demon King Titan attacked a Redflame City Immortal Boat, and Li Xian used Space-Time Sword Escape and Heavenly Pole Thread to tear apart Titan’s head and hidden Grotto-Heaven.

Ch. 437Provocation

Li Xian killed Flesh Demon King Titan and learned that Yingsha’s stealth ability had enabled the Undying Clan to attack Redflame City’s forces. He tracked Yingsha and the Ming Shuo Squad, found their hidden gathering, and unleashed Infinite Void on Lord Yu Lei, whose protective jade shattered as his consciousness fell into nothingness.

  • Li Xian killed Titan and the three Undying Commanders pursuing the Human Race boat, then captured their immortal boat and spoke with Long Yan.
  • Long Yan told Li Xian that Yingsha’s Stand Upright, Shadowless ability had helped the Undying Clan ambush Human Race squads near Redflame City.
  • Li Xian learned that Yingsha had attacked Long Xiang’s squad and joined Long Xiang in pursuing the Ming Shuo Squad.
  • Yu Lei and the Undying Commanders planned to ambush Long Xiang’s squad while waiting for a Human informant to provide information about Li Xian.
  • Li Xian entered Yingsha’s concealed area, and the Undying Commanders recognized him and discovered he had penetrated their divine ability.
  • Yu Lei challenged Li Xian’s Spirit Refining Secret Art, but Li Xian’s Infinite Void shattered Yu Lei’s protective jade and left his consciousness blank.

Ch. 438Total annihilation

Li Xian shattered Yu Lei’s Nether Divine Jade and overwhelmed the Undying Commanders, revealing the Great Luo power behind his attack. He killed nearly all of them, then caught the final fleeing commander after the Long Xiang Squad failed to stop the escape.

  • Li Xian used Infinite Void to shatter Yu Lei’s Nether Divine Jade and plunge his true intent into nothingness.
  • The Undying Commanders attacked Li Xian, but he absorbed and dismantled their abilities with primordial unity power.
  • Li Xian used Space-Time Sword Escape and Heavenly Pole Thread to kill the commanders, prompting Yingsha and Ming Shuo to realize he was a primordial unity great luo celestial immortal.
  • Ming Shuo detonated his grotto-heaven, but Li Xian escaped the blast and killed Yingsha with Heavenly Pole Thread.
  • Two commanders fled toward the Long Xiang Squad; one detonated his grotto-heaven to break through, and the other escaped with him.
  • Li Xian caught the surviving commander and killed him, ending the battle.

Ch. 439Coming clean

Li Xian returned to Redflame City, used the War Temple to identify and confront Ji Chunjun, and revealed that he had already advanced to Celestial Immortal, warning the Nine Heavens Immortal King through him. He then entered the Heavenly Venerable Tower rankings, where he examined the formidable masters on its highest floor.

  • Long Xiang realized the Long Xiang Squad had nearly walked into an ambush by the Ming Shuo and Black Crow Squads, thanked Li Xian for saving them, and heard that he planned to leave the Redflame Battlefield.
  • Li Xian reported that his whereabouts had been leaked and asked Crimson Flame to investigate people connected to the Nine Heavens Immortal King; the War Temple identified Ji Chunjun as a suspect and arranged a confrontation.
  • Li Xian privately confronted Ji Chunjun, revealed that he had already reached Celestial Immortal, and told him to warn the Nine Heavens Immortal King that he would kill her if she did not act against him first.
  • Li Xian returned to his cave abode, resolved to challenge the Heavenly Venerable Tower, and reviewed the achievements of its hundred-and-eighth-floor masters.

Ch. 440Karma and reincarnation

Li Xian entered the Sharpened Edge Tower to certify his strength and challenge the experts in the Heavenly Venerable Tower. After defeating a six-star opponent modeled on Leng Qishuang, he grasped how karma, reincarnation, and space-time worked together in the great luo dao fruit.

  • Li Xian learned that challengers to the Heavenly Venerable Tower needed seven-star celestial immortal certification, so he went to the Sharpened Edge Tower to raise his rating.
  • Li Xian defeated a four-star opponent who used the Destruction Black Lotus, then beat a stronger five-star opponent using Heavenly Pole Thread and Space-Time Sword Escape.
  • Li Xian chose a six-star great luo celestial immortal as his opponent and recognized the recording as resembling Leng Qishuang.
  • Leng Qishuang's sword struck through karma and threatened to drag Li Xian's mind and perceptions into reincarnation, prompting him to understand karma and reincarnation as a unified Great Dao.
  • Li Xian resisted the sword qi with his grotto-heaven, then used Three Lives Limitlessness Attraction to unleash triple Heavenly Pole Threads and defeat Leng Qishuang's recording.

Ch. 441Immortal Arts

Li Xian commissioned Leng Qishuang’s Seven-Star Celestial Immortal self as an opponent, but his Immortal Will broke out of the Virtual Heaven Immortal Realm during their battle and his certification failed. Leng Qishuang later paid for a High-Grade Login Device so they could spar again, then learned that Li Xian had no master and followed his own path.

  • Li Xian commissioned Leng Qishuang at her Seven-Star Celestial Immortal stage and learned that she had created a Golden Immortal-level Secret Art and wielded a supreme-grade Immortal Sword.
  • Leng Qishuang’s tenth-heaven Immortal Art overwhelmed Li Xian’s attacks, but her lethal counterstrike forced him to unleash Immortal Will Absolute Control and break out of the Virtual Heaven Immortal Realm.
  • Li Xian’s Seven-Star Celestial Immortal certification failed, and he reflected that his Immortal Art realm was too weak to overcome Leng Qishuang’s defenses.
  • Leng Qishuang appeared, recognized that Li Xian had condensed Immortal Will, and asked him to spar again using a Login Device that could simulate Immortal Spirit.
  • Leng Qishuang paid for a High-Grade Login Device and proposed that they train together, while Li Xian told her he had no master and wanted to follow his own path.

Ch. 442Secret Art

Leng Qishuang explained the knowledge and secret arts Li Xian would need to advance, then offered him a place as her adviser, but he refused while agreeing to spar with her every hundred years. After studying the three Primordial Unity Great Luo Immortal Arts she provided, Li Xian developed a defensive secret art called Primordial Disk.

  • Leng Qishuang explained that Li Xian would need to study many secret arts and create a Primordial Unity Great Luo Golden Immortal secret art to advance safely.
  • Li Xian said he would broaden his knowledge by challenging the Heavenly Venerable Tower, while Leng Qishuang warned him about the risks of relying on it.
  • Leng Qishuang offered Li Xian a position as her adviser, access to secret arts, and help with resources, but Li Xian declined and offered to help her understand the immortal spirit through sparring.
  • Leng Qishuang gave Li Xian three Primordial Unity Great Luo Immortal Arts and arranged for them to spar once every hundred years.
  • Li Xian studied Wuliang Sword Qi, Space-Time Annihilation, and Universe Reincarnation, then refined a defensive secret art within his Grotto-Heaven and named it Primordial Disk.

Ch. 443Resources

The Nine Heavens Immortal King ordered Ji Chunjun to watch Li Xian in Redflame City and planned to ambush him after he left, while Li Xian earned Seven-Star Celestial Immortal certification and prepared to cultivate Heavenly Pole Thread. After selling his spoils and buying resources, Li Xian received an invitation from Purple Flame to discuss driving the Undying Clan from the Crimson Flame Mountain Range.

  • The Nine Heavens Immortal King decided to kill Li Xian outside Redflame City and gave Ji Chunjun a thousand-year deadline to report when Li Xian departed.
  • Li Xian used the Primordial Disk and his other techniques to defeat the Seven-Star Celestial Immortal Leng Qishuang in Sharpened Edge Tower and obtained level-thirteen clearance.
  • Leng Qishuang offered Li Xian an Immortal Artifact and arranged to spar with him after her ancestor's lecture, within a hundred years.
  • Li Xian sold his spoils to Lanfei for 180 billion, bought fifteen Dao Comprehension Lotus Seeds, and exchanged his War Temple merit for cultivation materials.
  • Li Xian asked Deep Blue to plan how to complete his Grotto-Heaven and learned it would cost 640 trillion; then Purple Flame invited him to discuss driving the Undying Clan from the Crimson Flame Mountain Range.

Ch. 444Accepting the invitation

Li Xian accepted the Purple Flame Immortal King's offer to fight on the Redflame Battlefield, where he would face the threat of the Blood Wheel Nether King and a possible seven-star Undying Commander. With three to five years before the offensive, Li Xian returned to his Cave Abode to prepare and focus on improving Heavenly Pole Thread.

  • The Purple Flame Immortal King invited Li Xian to help drive the Blood Wheel Nether King from the Redflame Battlefield in exchange for five percent of its proceeds.
  • Li Xian agreed after learning the Purple Flame Immortal King could rapidly reach him and that Blood Wheel's strongest likely ally was a seven-star Marshal; he asked to see Purgatory Purple Flame and heard about Blood Moon World.
  • The Purple Flame Immortal King gave Li Xian detailed information on Blood Wheel and a Divine-Viewing Jade Pendant, and they signed a contract witnessed by the War Temple's Crimson Flame Spirit.
  • The Purple Flame Immortal King said the offensive would be ready in three to five years, and Li Xian returned to his Cave Abode to turn his resources into strength.
  • Li Xian reviewed rankings for the Immortal Venerable Tower and Ascending to Immortality Peak, received Leng Qishuang's Peerless Immortal Sword, wrote his paper on the Limitlessness Dao, and began cultivating Heavenly Pole Thread.

Ch. 445The decisive battle

Li Xian perfected Heavenly Pole Thread, defeated Rainbow Light to claim the Heavenly Venerable Tower’s tenth floor, and joined the Purple Flame Immortal King’s advance toward the City of the Sleepless. As the two armies prepared for battle, Blood Wheel Nether King’s hidden attack struck at Li Xian.

  • Li Xian used Heavenly Pole Thread to defeat Rainbow Light and became the tenth-floor master, earning one hundred billion merit points.
  • Li Xian accepted Purple Flame Immortal King’s call to join the campaign and invited Ziyuan and Yushan to fight alongside him.
  • Purple Flame Immortal King gathered his forces and led hundreds of Celestial Immortals and thousands of True Immortals toward the City of the Sleepless.
  • The Heavenly Flame Immortal Dynasty’s fleet met the Undying Clan’s army near a vast mine, and Purple Flame Immortal King agreed to watch the battle from a million li away with Blood Wheel Nether King.
  • As Li Xian watched Blood Wheel Nether King, a hidden attacker’s cold gleam closed to within inches of him, and Blood Wheel laughed at Purple Flame Immortal King.

Ch. 446Assassination

Li Xian killed the Undying Ghost Soul assassin Starshine and helped drive Blood Wheel Nether King from the battlefield. After Purple Flame Immortal King ordered a campaign against the remaining Undying Clan forces, Li Xian proposed pursuing Blood Wheel Nether King and ending the battle for good.

  • Purple Flame recognized the attacker as an Undying Ghost Soul assassin equipped with two Peerless Immortal Artifacts, but Li Xian evaded his first strike with Space-Time Sword Escape.
  • The assassin vanished, then attacked Li Xian again; Li Xian used Three Lives Limitlessness Attraction and Heavenly Pole Thread to disrupt his concealment and shatter his Immortal Body and Grotto-Heaven.
  • Blood Wheel Nether King attacked Li Xian with a blood moon illusion, but Li Xian resisted it while Purple Flame confronted Blood Wheel and forced him to retreat.
  • Purple Flame ordered the Celestial Immortal teams to sweep the Redflame Battlefield, then told Li Xian they would besiege the City of the Sleepless for centuries.
  • Li Xian questioned whether the battle was truly over and asked Purple Flame to join him in pursuing Blood Wheel Nether King.

Ch. 447Joining Forces to Kill

Li Xian agreed to draw out Blood Wheel Nether King’s Blood Moon World, then used Infinite Void to overwhelm the Nether King’s soul while Purple Flame Immortal King destroyed his world with Purgatory Purple Flame. After Blood Wheel Nether King fell, Li Xian left for Redflame City to study what he had learned from the battle.

  • Li Xian revealed that his True Self had nurtured immortal intent and offered to withstand Blood Wheel Nether King’s Blood Moon World so Purple Flame Immortal King could attack.
  • Li Xian carried Purple Flame Immortal King across more than a million li with Space-Time Sword Escape, and they caught up to Blood Wheel Nether King’s warship.
  • Blood Wheel Nether King ordered his commanders to hold Purple Flame Immortal King back, then attacked Li Xian with Blood Moon World and Blood Demon’s Touch.
  • Li Xian used Infinite Void to swallow Blood Wheel Nether King’s blood moon, while Purple Flame Immortal King burned away the Nether King’s blood-red threads and shattered his world with Purgatory Purple Flame.
  • Purple Flame Immortal King gathered the spoils and offered to sell them for Li Xian, who sensed that Infinite Void had swallowed the crystal sustaining the blood moon and departed for Redflame City.

Ch. 448Taiyi Secret Art

After killing Xingzhao, Li Xian returned to Redflame City and transformed Infinite Void into a Taiyi Secret Art that combined nihility and the soul. As he considered how to advance it further and balked at the cost of research papers, he received word that his spoils had been sold.

  • Li Xian left the battlefield, while Yushan, Ziyuan, and others aboard the Aurora marveled at his strength and imagined how powerful he might become.
  • You Wanxin told Ji Chunjun that Li Xian had killed Xingzhao and was nearing the strength of an Eight-Star Celestial Immortal, prompting Ji Chunjun to report the news to Empress Qin Huang and urge her to act.
  • Li Xian ignored the rumors and studied how the Blood Moon World's soul path could transform Infinite Void.
  • Li Xian completed the transformation, making Infinite Void a Taiyi Secret Art that could slowly infiltrate and devour an opponent's soul, consciousness, and thoughts.
  • Li Xian considered advancing the art into a Limitlessness Secret Art by transforming his will, but found the Purple Heavens Dao Palace's relevant papers cost at least a trillion.
  • A Divine Sense informed Li Xian that the batch of spoils had been sold and that Myriad Things Commerce should have transferred the money.

Ch. 449Dao Master

After securing a share of the Redflame Battlefield’s profits, Li Xian bought cultivation resources and discovered that the Red Crystal could help Ziyuan understand the True Self. He studied a Dao Master reference tome, recovered from its overwhelming revelations, and began rapidly advancing Heavenly Pole Thread.

  • Li Xian received 12.06 trillion from the Blood Wheel Nether King’s spoils, and the Purple Flame Immortal King gave him an annotated copy of Purgatory Purple Flame.
  • The Purple Flame Immortal King asked to claim credit for killing Blood Wheel and offered Li Xian an additional five percent of the Redflame Battlefield’s proceeds; Li Xian agreed and arranged a loan of at least forty trillion against his share.
  • Li Xian moved to a better Cave Abode, bought cultivation supplies, and discovered that the Red Crystal could amplify spiritual will and help someone comprehend the True Self, so he gave it to Ziyuan.
  • Li Xian read A Detailed Explanation of the Evolution from Immortality to Dao Master Will and experienced a vision of the great Dao origins and the enduring flame of the Dao Master realm.
  • After sleeping for ten days and nights, Li Xian recovered and understood the tome’s outline of the stages between Immortal Spirit and Dao Master.
  • Li Xian cultivated Heavenly Pole Thread and reached its ninth level in eight years, with resources remaining and further progress ahead.

Ch. 450First among Mysterious Immortals

Li Xian received notice that Gu Qingxian would lecture on the Way of Space-Time and brought Lingxu hope of reuniting with its master. After attending the lecture, he tried to contact Gu Qingxian, but Fairy Shuyu directed everyone to send their questions through her.

  • Deep Blue told Li Xian that Gu Qingxian would lecture in three days, and Li Xian reserved a place.
  • Li Xian reassured Lingxu that its shared past with Gu Qingxian made it irreplaceable, renewing Lingxu's confidence about their reunion.
  • Li Xian attended Gu Qingxian's lecture at the Space-Time Dao Academy, where Huo Xin Immortal King introduced him to Fu Yun, Jun Yan, and Kunlun.
  • Gu Qingxian demonstrated how a chaos hole interfered with and distorted space-time over the ten-day lecture.
  • Li Xian and other attendees tried to send Gu Qingxian questions, but Fairy Shuyu told them to send their questions to her one at a time.
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