Chapter Summaries

Li Xian confronted Silver Frost City’s corrupt steward Lü Bing, revealed the power of his True Self, and left the city while its lord moved against the local families. Sharpened Edge Tower’s deputy tower master caught up with Li Xian aboard an Immortal Boat and invited him to join, offering elite training and an Immortal King-level teacher.

• Lü Bing threatened Li Xian, but Li Xian summoned Silver Frost City Lord Ye Wushuang, who ordered Lü Bing seized and pledged to punish the local powers.
• Li Xian trapped Lü Bing’s consciousness with a Spiritual Secret Art guided by true intent, leaving him to die as his mental strength ran out.
• Ye Wushuang learned Li Xian was an Eight-Star True Immortal and resolved to mobilize the Qianyuan Ye Family to purge Silver Frost City’s corrupt clans.
• Li Xian boarded an Immortal Boat toward Chixia Prefecture’s capital, and Sharpened Edge Tower Master Li Fenglei and two companions hurried after him.
• Li Fenglei found Li Xian aboard the Immortal Boat and invited him to join Sharpened Edge Tower, offering top training and a teacher no lower than the Immortal King realm.

Li Xian rejected Sharpened Edge Tower’s ordinary training system but proposed earning its support for ten trillion immortal yuan by proving himself on the Crimson Flame Mountain Range battlefield. He enlisted under the title Aurora and prepared to fight the Undying Clan.

• Li Xian told Li Fenglei that Sharpened Edge Tower’s usual training did not suit him and asked whether it could fund the treasures he needed to break through to Celestial Immortal.
• Li Xian proposed killing a hundred foreign-race Celestial Immortals on the battlefield to prove his potential, and Li Fenglei warned him of the dangers before promising to seek approval for the ten trillion in resources.
• Li Xian openly gave his name as Li Xian, and Li Fenglei agreed to submit his request through Sharpened Edge Tower’s senior leadership.
• Li Xian traveled to the Crimson Flame Mountain Range battlefield and arrived at Redflame City after a series of transfers.
• Li Xian applied to enlist at the War Temple’s Redflame Sacred Hall and chose Aurora as his battlefield title.

Li Xian entered the Redflame Battlefield alone, learned about the dangers and logistics from the Golden Sword Squad, and continued hunting for Undying Clan opponents. He killed Marshal Black Jade and the accompanying War Generals, then stayed behind to lure stronger enemies and test Infinite Void.

• Li Xian declined the Crimson Flame Spirit's squad recommendations, took a detection compass, and chose to operate alone on the battlefield.
• Jin Nan gave Li Xian a ride aboard the Golden Sword Squad's immortal boat to Claw Peak, where Frostblade suspected that Li Xian was concealing extraordinary strength.
• Li Xian detected six Undying War Generals and pursued them, only to discover that thirteen more were waiting in an immortal boat; the nineteen enemies later turned back to attack him.
• Li Xian used Heavenly Pole Thread to kill four War Generals and wound Marshal Black Jade, then slew Black Jade and the remaining War Generals as they tried to flee.
• Li Xian gathered the spoils but remained near the battlefield, intending to use the distress signal to draw out a stronger Undying Marshal and test Infinite Void.

Qin Huang discovered that Li Xian had become an eight-star True Immortal who had attained the True Self, and decided to weaken his support and expose him to danger. She sent Ji Chunjun to the Redflame Battlefield to alert the Undying Clan, leaving Li Xian facing a coming threat.

• The Hangkong Holy Lord reported that tracing Four Symbols Hall's funds had revealed Li Xian's location and his application for support through Sharpened Edge Tower.
• Qin Huang confronted Ji Chunjun over using the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree to make an enemy of Li Xian, then learned that Li Xian had earned eight-star True Immortal certification.
• Qin Huang contacted Immortal Marquis Tie Rong and persuaded him to withdraw Li Xian's support application and enroll him in Sharpened Edge Tower's strict Marquis Training Camp.
• Qin Huang ordered Ji Chunjun to go to the Redflame Battlefield and spread word among the Undying Clan that an eight-star True Immortal who had attained the True Self was there.

After returning to Redflame City, Li Xian hired Yushan and Ziyuan and pursued an Undying Clan squad that Ziyuan warned was bait. He killed the hidden Undying Commander and left Ziyuan stunned by the strength he had reached.

• Li Xian returned to Redflame City, exchanged his spoils for a top-tier detector, and rented a top-tier immortal vessel.
• Li Xian hired Yushan, a top-tier formation master, and Ziyuan, a scout he recognized from the lower world, then set out for Crimson Flame Mountain.
• The team detected an Undying Battle General squad, and Ziyuan warned that it was bait because she sensed an approaching danger.
• Li Xian ordered Yushan to keep pursuing, then crossed the distance and killed six Undying Battle Generals while damaging their vessel.
• A concealed Undying Commander attacked Li Xian, but he saw through the commander's Nine Yin True Body and killed him with Heavenly Pole Thread.
• Ziyuan realized Li Xian had reached the level of an eight-star True Immortal and felt a new competitive spirit toward him.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.