Chapter Summaries

Li Xian fought the Red-Scaled Fish Demon, whose awakened bloodline let it drive a strange force through his defenses, while its elite followers repeatedly disrupted his attacks. Zhao Xuantong and the others arrived as Li Xian was blasted toward them, and Mo Qingyu and Wang Quan attacked him before Zhao could act.

• The Red-Scaled Fish Demon abandoned Qin Wuyi and led its elite Fish Demons in attacking Li Xian after he killed An Jing.
• Li Xian endured the elites’ attacks with Crimson Extreme True Body, but the Red-Scaled Fish Demon’s strange force shook him and nearly broke through his defense.
• Li Xian used Sword Shakes the Cosmos to withstand the Red-Scaled Fish Demon, then counterattacked while the Fish Demons sacrificed themselves to obstruct him.
• The Red-Scaled Fish Demon struck Li Xian into the ground, and Zhao Xuantong arrived with Ning Qingshu, Mo Qingyu, He Jianshan, Wang Quan, and the others.
• Li Xian killed four elite Fish Demons but was blasted toward the newcomers by the Red-Scaled Fish Demon’s crushing blow.
• Mo Qingyu and Wang Quan rushed at the airborne Li Xian, shouting that he would pay for Mo Qingyu’s elder brother and for their humiliation.

Li Xian survived the ambush by Zhao Xuantong, Wang Quan, and Mo Qingyu, then pursued the fleeing Red-Scaled Fish Demon. He killed the demon with Sword Qi Heaven and Earth and turned his attention to Zhao Xuantong and the others.

• Li Xian’s Crimson Extreme True Body repelled Wang Quan and Mo Qingyu’s ambush, and his collision sent them crashing to the ground.
• Li Xian broke through Zhao Xuantong’s saber attack and landed unharmed.
• The Red-Scaled Fish Demon fled into the fog, and Li Xian chased it through the Elite Fish Demons trying to block him.
• Zhao Xuantong urged Qin Wuyi to join him in killing Li Xian, but Qin Wuyi refused to cooperate with Fish Demons against a fellow disciple.
• Li Xian unleashed Sword Qi Heaven and Earth and killed the Red-Scaled Fish Demon, leaving no intact corpse.
• Li Xian turned toward Zhao Xuantong and the others and declared that they were next.

Li Xian unleashed the perfected Sword Qi Heaven and Earth, killing the Red-Scaled Fish Demon and terrifying the gathered fighters. When Ning Qingshu rallied the Three Great Forces to attack, Li Xian revealed his full strength and crushed Zhao Xuantong and the other experts with the same sword art.

• Li Xian's single strike killed the Red-Scaled Fish Demon, making Zhao Xuantong and the other fighters realize how powerful he was.
• Ning Qingshu urged the assembled experts to fight, citing their standing and the wrath of the true inheritors if they retreated.
• Chen Jianghai claimed he had a lethal secret art from Yan Cailian and stayed aside to prepare while the others formed up against Li Xian.
• Li Xian dismissed their reliance on formations and swept the attackers with Snow Fills Heaven and Earth, then intensified his power and invoked Sword Qi Heaven and Earth.
• Zhao Xuantong's blade force broke against Li Xian's sword domain, and he was crushed to bloody mist as the attack rolled on to kill He Jianshan, Wang Quan, Mo Qingyu, and the other experts.

Li Xian killed the three societies’ leaders in the Cloudmist Swamp, but Ning Qingshu survived and Chen Jianghai helped frame him for indiscriminate slaughter. Yuan Xing arrived to arrest or execute Li Xian, who warned the Dao Foundation cultivator that he might kill him as well.

• Li Xian’s Sword Qi Heaven and Earth killed more than a dozen Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking experts, while Ning Qingshu survived behind a Diamond Talisman.
• Li Xian confronted Ning Qingshu, offered to let her live to see whether Senior Brother Cheng would defeat him, and reminded her to transfer 100,000 Merit Points for the Shadowless Sword.
• Ning Qingshu tried to recruit Qin Wuyi against Li Xian, but Qin denied being on her side and pleaded that he was only an erhu player.
• Yuan Xing, an Executive of Xingtian Hall, arrived after Chen Jianghai presented an Image-Recording Stone and accused Li Xian of slaughtering fellow disciples.
• Ning Qingshu realized Senior Sister Yan had arranged for Yuan Xing to deliver a killing blow, while Chen Jianghai understood that the deaths of the three societies’ elites had been used to frame Li Xian.
• Yuan Xing prepared to execute Li Xian, who warned him that he could meet the same fate as a Xingtian Hall disciple Li Xian had killed before.

Li Xian fought Yuan Xing, a Dao Foundation cultivator, and was repeatedly battered despite meeting each attack with his strongest sword techniques. As his injuries mounted, his momentum and Sword Force continued to rise until Yuan Xing could no longer suppress him by strength alone.

• Yuan Xing dismissed Li Xian's challenge and charged him with his sword.
• Li Xian's Sword Qi Heaven and Earth collided with Yuan Xing's Sword Astral Force, and Yuan Xing overwhelmed him and sent him flying, badly wounded.
• Yuan Xing pressed his advantage with another strike, but Li Xian intercepted it and forced Yuan Xing's charge to falter.
• Li Xian laughed through his injuries as his Sword Force grew stronger and he formed Sword Qi Heaven and Earth again.
• Yuan Xing unleashed another attack empowered by heaven and earth, but Li Xian's renewed strike still left him standing, bloodied and growing stronger.
• Yuan Xing realized he could no longer suppress Li Xian through force alone and cursed.

Li Xian pushed his body and swordsmanship beyond their limits during his battle with Yuan Xing, transforming into the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Undying Body and gaining the upper hand. He killed Yuan Xing with Passing on the Torch, triggering an urgent high-clearance review by the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s assessment system.

• Li Xian shattered Yuan Xing’s Sword Force and wounded him, stunning Ning Qingshu, Chen Jianghai, and Qin Wuyi.
• As their battle continued, Li Xian’s body transformed into the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Undying Body, while his swordsmanship began to develop a path of its own.
• Li Xian overwhelmed Yuan Xing with Recreate Heaven and Earth, breaking his defenses and driving him into fear.
• Li Xian unleashed Passing on the Torch, and its sun-like Sword Astral Force tore Yuan Xing apart.
• The Haotian Mirror Spirit’s system reported Li Xian’s improved assessment results, a top-one-thousand ranking, and an urgent high-clearance review.

Li Xian killed Yuan Xing, then defeated Chen Jianghai and Ning Qingshu when they tried to attack him. After sparing Qin Wuyi, he resumed tending to his injuries.

• Li Xian killed Yuan Xing with a sword strike, leaving Ning Qingshu, Chen Jianghai, and Qin Wuyi stunned.
• Li Xian swallowed a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill and sat down to heal, but Ning Qingshu moved to attack him while Chen Jianghai blocked Qin Wuyi.
• Chen Jianghai launched a desperate sword strike at Li Xian, who deflected it with one finger and killed him with a sword-finger thrust.
• Ning Qingshu begged Li Xian for mercy, but he hurled Chen Jianghai's sword through her skull and killed her.
• Li Xian nodded to Qin Wuyi, showing he would not hold him accountable, then closed his eyes and returned to healing.

After Li Xian recovered from battle, the Haotian Mirror Spirit revealed that the Red-Scaled Fish Demon and Yuan Xing had been part of a sect assessment, which Li Xian passed with an excellent rating. His place among the sect’s top thousand historical prodigies earned him four special training options, and he chose expanded access to cultivation methods and secret arts.

• Qin Wuyi guarded Li Xian while he regulated his breathing and cleared nearby Fish Demons.
• The Haotian Mirror Spirit introduced itself to Li Xian and explained that the Red-Scaled Fish Demon and Yuan Xing had been stages of an assessment.
• Xuanling revealed that Li Xian had earned an excellent rating and ranked among the top thousand prodigies in the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s history.
• Xuanling presented four training plans: recommendation to Yue Jiuxiao, instruction from a sect elder, a property and Dao protector, or expanded privileges to browse and exchange for resources.
• Li Xian chose expanded privileges so he could study the sect’s cultivation methods and secret arts.

After Xuanling explained the sect’s prodigy rankings and warned that Li Xian’s recognition brought resources rather than special privileges, Li Xian prepared to leave the Cloudmist Swamp Trial. Qi Huo and the Qi Family Elites discovered that he had killed prominent members of the Immortal Light Society, Mysterious Radiance Society, and Taiyi Pavilion, leaving their groups seemingly ruined.

• Xuanling explained the ranks from Crouching Dragon in the Abyss to Shining Across the Heavens and encouraged Li Xian to keep advancing.
• After Xuanling departed, Li Xian recovered and gathered the Magic Artifacts from the battlefield, while Qin Wuyi left and reflected on Li Xian’s strength.
• Li Xian told Qi Huo to appraise and sell the Magic Artifacts, offered her one percent as payment, and headed deeper into the mist to leave the trial.
• Qi Huo and the Qi Family Elites identified the corpses and weapons of Wang Quan, Ning Qingshu, Chen Jianghai, He Jianshan, Zhao Xuantong, and other prominent disciples.
• The Qi Family Elites concluded that the Immortal Light Society, Mysterious Radiance Society, and Taiyi Pavilion had been finished.

Li Xian remained in seclusion while news of his slaughter of the Three Great Forces caused the Immortal Light Society, Mysterious Radiance Society, and Taiyi Pavilion to disband. As his allies discussed a proposed reconciliation with Yan Cailian, Nangong Zhaoying arrived seeking confirmation of a rumor that Li Xian had killed a Dao Foundation cultivator.

• Li Xian ignored the aftermath of the Cloudmist Swamp Trial and immersed himself in the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s cultivation methods and secret arts.
• Yun Tiankuo told Hua Siyu that Li Xian had killed Wang Dao and wiped out the leaders and elites of the three societies after they attacked him, leaving their organizations broken apart.
• Hua Siyu decided to remove herself from the ranking after Yun Tiankuo warned her to keep a low profile.
• Xu Changan demanded that Xiang Yangsheng and the others summon Li Xian, claiming Li Xian should meet with Yan Cailian’s people and apologize to protect Nangong Feixu from political trouble.
• Nangong Zhaoying told Xiang Yangsheng that Li Xian was refusing visitors and asked whether the rumor that he had killed a Dao Foundation cultivator during the trial was true.

After Li Xian confirmed that he had killed a Dao Foundation cultivator from Xingtian Hall, Nangong Zhaoying’s circle pledged to support him, while Xu Changan feared Li Xian’s strength and faced scrutiny for acting without permission. A year later, An Jing visited Li Xian, who remained determined to test whether a legend beyond Shining Across the Heavens could be written.

• Nangong Zhaoying told Xiang Yangsheng and the others that rumors claimed Li Xian had defeated an Entering the Dao expert and killed a Dao Foundation cultivator from Xingtian Hall.
• Xiang Yangsheng messaged Li Xian, who confirmed the rumor with the single word, “Yes.”
• Zhang Yue concluded that Yan Cailian and her allies had sought peace because they feared Li Xian’s potential, and Nangong Zhaoying reprimanded Xu Changan for acting on his own authority.
• Nangong Zhaoying instructed Xiang Yangsheng and the others to follow Li Xian’s directions and protect his seclusion.
• Over the following year, rumors about Li Xian’s feat faded among the sect’s higher ranks, while Yan Cailian, Cheng Wanli, and Wang Xiangdong received no reply to their invitation to Li Xian.
• One year later, An Jing spoke with Li Xian about cultivation and the limits of talent, and Li Xian resolved to pursue a legend beyond Shining Across the Heavens.

After An Jing warned Li Xian about delaying his breakthrough and the dangers facing prodigies, Li Xian reconsidered his scattered cultivation and resolved to forge the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body. As the ranking’s strongest candidates advanced with weaker Dao Foundations to avoid being overshadowed, Li Xian found himself without rivals and received an invitation to Yan Shui Rou’s Dao Foundation celebration.

• An Jing told Li Xian about his assignment to the White Rock Rift Valley and advised him to focus on strength rather than spending too long pursuing a peerless Dao Foundation.
• Li Xian realized that his pursuit of too many physiques and cultivation methods had kept him from sensing the Heavenly Gate, so he decided to unify his physique traits around the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body.
• Li Xian refined the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body over time as the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking changed and its former top candidates advanced with lower-grade Dao Foundations.
• Li Xian discovered that no familiar figures remained in the ranking’s top ten and regretted that his victory had driven potential challengers to break through.
• Xiang Yangsheng brought Li Xian an invitation from Yan Shui Rou to attend her Dao Foundation celebration.

Li Xian accepted Yan Shui Rou’s invitation after learning it might explain Liu Yanran’s past choices, then attended Yan Shui Rou’s Dao Foundation celebration. Yan Shui Rou revealed that she had schemed to bring about Li Xian’s earlier disgrace, leaving their confrontation poised to continue.

• Li Xian initially refused Yan Shui Rou’s invitation but changed his mind after reading her message about Liu Yanran.
• Qi Huo told Li Xian that the sect’s minor tournament would offer a Heavenly Gate Dao-Comprehension Pill as its first-place prize.
• Xiang Yangsheng brought Li Xian to Yan Shui Rou’s celebration, where Qi Liang and Jiang Xiaoyu reacted with surprise and tried to turn him away.
• Yan Shui Rou said she had invited Li Xian to prove she could surpass him and finally put her resentment at ease.
• Li Xian asked whether Yan Shui Rou had been behind his earlier misfortune, and she admitted that she had schemed against him.

Yan Shui Rou publicly accused Li Xian of betraying his loved ones and teachers, then accepted his challenge to kill him. When she attacked with her Dao Foundation Realm strength, Li Xian stopped her sword with one finger, leaving the outcome of the duel unresolved.

• Yan Shui Rou denounced Li Xian before the guests, while Xiang Yangsheng argued that she had exploited her power against an ordinary person.
• Li Xian asked Jiang Xiaoyu whether she was the childhood sweetheart in Yan Shui Rou's story, and Jiang Xiaoyu replied that it did not matter.
• Li Xian challenged Yan Shui Rou to kill him, and she accepted, boasting that she had waited until her Dao Foundation was strong enough to suppress him.
• Yan Shui Rou attacked Li Xian with a powerful sword strike, but Li Xian met it with his Chaos Heavenly Demon Body and Sword Force.
• Li Xian stopped Yan Shui Rou's blade with one finger, absorbing the force and true qi behind her attack.

Li Xian defeated Yan Shui Rou at the Foundation Establishment celebration and destroyed her cultivation after she realized Yan Cailian had used her as a pawn. He refused to kill Yan Shui Rou, but threw her into a lotus pond with shattered meridians and left her to try to crawl out.

• Yan Shui Rou repeatedly attacked Li Xian, but he blocked her sword with one finger and overwhelmed her.
• Li Xian explained that Yan Cailian had used Yan Shui Rou as a pawn, and he charged forward to disarm and seize her.
• Li Xian slammed Yan Shui Rou into the ground until Jiang Xiaoyu pleaded with him to spare her.
• Li Xian said he should be punished too, then destroyed Yan Shui Rou's cultivation and meridians.
• Li Xian dragged Yan Shui Rou to a lotus pond and threw her in, saying he would not kill her if she could crawl out herself.

Li Xian killed Yan Shui Rou after she repeatedly plotted against him, then realized his cultivation arts had merged into a new method called the Primordial Unity Wuji Art. He left with Xiang Yangsheng and met Nangong Feixu, who offered him a cultivation guide, while her vassal state’s unrest remained unresolved.

• Li Xian left Yan Shui Rou to drown in the lotus pond, and Jiang Xiaoyu retrieved her corpse after the guests departed.
• Li Xian sensed the Heavenly Gate, recognized that his integrated cultivation arts had merged, and named the new method the Primordial Unity Wuji Art.
• Li Xian warned Jiang Xiaoyu not to let others use her, then departed with Xiang Yangsheng.
• Nangong Feixu summoned Li Xian to Snow Moon Peak and gave him a booklet documenting the cultivation paths of the sect’s past prodigies.
• Li Xian offered to help resolve the unrest in Nangong Feixu’s vassal state, but she told him to focus on cultivation.

After killing Yan Shui Rou, Li Xian became famous across the sect, while Yan Cailian accepted that their conflict would be settled by strength. Li Xian then broke through the Heavenly Gate and completed his primordial unity Dao foundation.

• News of Li Xian killing Yan Shui Rou spread through the Inner Sect, drawing attention from disciples and elders and leaving Ren Shanhe regretting that he had not invested in him.
• Yan Cailian refused to send Yan Yu to Li Xian, declaring that their feud could only be resolved within the sect’s rules and that she did not fear him despite his talent.
• Li Xian won the year-end minor tournament by default, received a Heavenly Gate Dao-Comprehension Pill, and sent it to Zhong Lingxiu to repay his debt.
• After consolidating his cultivation, Li Xian struck the Heavenly Gate with his gathered spirit and will, shattered it, and drew an unprecedented flood of vital energy into his body.
• Li Xian used the Chaos Heavenly Demon Body and his sword force to reshape himself under the flood of vital energy, completing his primordial unity Dao foundation.

Li Xian forged a peerless Dao foundation, greatly surpassing the limits of the human body. After adapting to his new strength, he learned that his rating remained provisional and received guidance on choosing his next cultivation path.

• Li Xian opened the Heavenly Gate and drew in vital energy, prompting Qi Huo, Qi Xi, Zhao Guihai, and others to secure the area as he established his Dao foundation.
• Li Xian completed the breakthrough smoothly, and Qi Xi declared that his vast reserves indicated a peerless Dao foundation.
• Li Xian experienced his body's dramatic increase in strength, speed, defense, and other abilities, then spent three days adapting to the changes.
• Xuanling explained that Li Xian's rating remained Brilliant Scorching Sun until he proved himself in combat, and advised him to choose his next spell according to his own path.
• Li Xian received core disciple access and an invitation to choose a fief, then found a message from Yan Cailian congratulating him and asking whether he was ready.

Li Xian chose Fuli True Body to complement his Primordial Unity Dao Foundation and began cultivating it, but the slow, costly process drove him to seek more Merit Points. After forging his Dao Foundation, he left to claim a fief, accompanied by Zhao Guihai and congratulated by fellow disciples.

• Li Xian considered the difficulty of killing a core disciple under a sect elder’s watch, then studied the spells and supreme wondrous arts in the Transmission Hall.
• Li Xian chose Fuli True Body because its requirements suited the devouring, chaos, limitlessness, and undying traits of his Primordial Unity Dao Foundation.
• Li Xian spent nearly a month refining adamantine metal and Nine Nether Iron, suffering severe strain while progressing only one-tenth of the first layer.
• Li Xian realized that cultivating Fuli True Body would require vast Merit Points and decided to claim a fief to earn more.
• Li Xian replied to congratulatory messages, prepared to visit the Garrison Hall, and left with Zhao Guihai as Qi Huo, Qi Xi, Xiang Yangsheng, Zhang Yue, Xun Dao, and Nangong Zhaoying congratulated him.

Zhong Lingxiu received a Heavenly Gate Dao-Comprehension Pill from Li Xian and learned he had forged a peerless Dao Foundation, while Zhou Juechen chose to recommend Hongyu to join him. Li Xian selected Jade Dragon Island in the dangerous Falling Star Sea as his fief, and Nangong Feixu offered to accompany him there.

• Tang Yi delivered Zhong Lingxiu a Heavenly Gate Dao-Comprehension Pill from Li Xian and told her Li Xian had already forged a peerless Dao Foundation.
• Tang Yi suggested Zhong Lingxiu and her people join Li Xian to help develop his fief, and Zhou Juechen chose to give Hongyu that opportunity instead of taking it himself.
• Nangong Feixu congratulated Li Xian on his breakthrough and gave him a flying sword.
• Li Xian chose Jade Dragon Island in the Falling Star Sea as his fief despite the danger and high death toll there.
• Nangong Feixu said she had a fief in the Falling Star Sea and offered to travel with Li Xian.