Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren visited Dust Heaven Void Immortal on Dust Heaven Star and impressed him with his mastery of formations, artifact refining, and runes. After half a year of study and discussion, Chu Kuangren prepared to leave with Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s jade token, backed by the favors and connections it represented.

• Chu Kuangren left his name before the other Immortal Seeds and flew to Cloud Palace to meet Dust Heaven Void Immortal.
• Chu Kuangren and Dust Heaven Void Immortal discussed formations and artifact refining, and Dust Heaven Void Immortal was astonished by Chu Kuangren’s skill.
• Chu Kuangren showed Dust Heaven Void Immortal the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman, then studied the elder’s runes and shared his own knowledge.
• Over half a year, Chu Kuangren and Dust Heaven Void Immortal studied together, discussed the Dao, and grew close.
• When Chu Kuangren prepared to leave, Dust Heaven Void Immortal gave him a Dust Heaven Jade Token and said he might become an Immortal in the future.

Dust Heaven Void Immortal gave Chu Kuangren a Dust Heaven Jade Token and told him about the coming Remnant Immortal Realm and an Inheritance Ancient Star. Chu Kuangren traveled to Purple Blood Star, where other Heavenly Prides gathered to seek Purple Blood Void Immortal's inheritance, and the jade token secured his entry.

• Dust Heaven Void Immortal gave Chu Kuangren the Dust Heaven Jade Token and explained that a Remnant Immortal Realm might appear near the Purple-Gold Star System.
• After an Inheritance Ancient Star appeared, Chu Kuangren left Dust Heaven Star to investigate it.
• Cultivators and Heavenly Prides from across the Purple-Gold Star System gathered at Purple Blood Star to compete for Purple Blood Void Immortal's inheritance.
• A sword-wielding young man, the Purple Star Civilization's Third Highness, and a blue-robed woman each headed toward Purple Blood Star.
• When Chu Kuangren arrived, the gathered powerhouses recognized the Dust Heaven Jade Token and allowed him to enter rather than risk offending Dust Heaven Void Immortal.

Chu Kuangren searched Purple Blood Star for treasures, defeated a black ape and Purple Star cultivators who challenged him, and refined a massive piece of Dao Source. A pillar of light then revealed a trove of treasures, drawing the star’s cultivators toward it.

• Chu Kuangren used the Treasure-Seeking Art to find Dao Medicines and two Dao Weapons across Purple Blood Star.
• A wounded black ape carrying a huge piece of Dao Source charged at Chu Kuangren, who shattered its arm and claimed the treasure.
• Purple Star cultivators demanded the Dao Source, but Chu Kuangren killed a burly attacker and let the others retreat.
• The black ape secretly resented Chu Kuangren as it fled, and Chu Kuangren let it go, hoping it would bring him amusement.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Dao Source in half a day, then searched Purple Blood Star for more opportunities.
• A purplish-red pillar of light appeared, revealing a trove of treasures and prompting cultivators across Purple Blood Star to rush toward it.

The Immortal Seeds gathered at the Purple Blood Dao Palace and challenged its Four Blood Guards for entry. Zi Feng and three other Immortal Seeds entered, while the Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed was left outside, furious at his defeat.

• Four Blood Guards emerged from the Purple Blood Dao Palace and blocked cultivators from entering, while the treasures in a pillar of light drew a crowd.
• Zi Feng and other Immortal Seeds from Purple Star, Gold Star, Weak Water Palace, the Heavenly Emperor Sword Sect, and the Black Wind Ape clan arrived and faced off over the treasures.
• Jin Jie challenged the Four Blood Guards and was defeated, but Zi Feng destroyed all four with Star River Annihilates the World and entered the palace.
• More Blood Guards appeared, and Jian Sanjue, Jin Feiyi, and Shui Qianhua also passed the trial and entered the palace.
• The Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed failed to defeat the guards and raged outside, resentful that Zi Feng and the others had succeeded.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Purple Blood Dao Palace and collected every treasure from the pillars of light, provoking the Immortal Seeds gathered there. He defeated them with two techniques and continued toward the Dao Palace, leaving the onlookers stunned by his strength.

• Chu Kuangren used Spatial Techniques to collect all the treasures in the pillars of light while ignoring the other cultivators.
• A Black Wind Ape accused Chu Kuangren of stealing his clansman's Dao Source and attacked him, but Chu Kuangren easily split the ape's demonic storm with Sword Qi.
• Zi Han and Zi Jingfeng joined the Immortal Seeds in targeting Chu Kuangren after learning that he had killed Lu Rong and taken their Dao Sources.
• Chu Kuangren defeated Zi Han with A Thought Arises, Myriad Gods Calamity Fire Lotus, then repelled the other Immortal Seeds' combined attack with A Thought Arises, All Sounds Fall Silent, Heaven and Earth Mourn.
• After declaring the Immortal Seeds insignificant, Chu Kuangren walked toward the Purple Blood Dao Palace.

Chu Kuangren killed the Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed and destroyed four blood guards with a single move as he made his way into the Purple Blood Dao Palace. His overwhelming strength alarmed the other Immortal Seeds, who wondered whether he could claim the palace's greatest opportunity and escape the powerful forces waiting outside.

• The Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu blocked his blows and endured his Black Baleful Demon Wind with his defensive Dao Weapon.
• Chu Kuangren crushed the Black Wind Ape Immortal Seed with one punch, then killed the one-armed Black Wind Ape who challenged him.
• Chu Kuangren continued toward the Purple Blood Dao Palace and confronted four blood guards blocking the entrance.
• Chu Kuangren used A Thought Arises to destroy all four blood guards in one move and entered the Dao Palace.
• Onlookers compared Chu Kuangren's strength to that of Zi Feng, Jian Sanjue, Shui Qianhua, and Jin Feiyi, and questioned whether he could leave the Purple Blood Star safely.

Chu Kuangren entered the Spirit Illusion Realm to face the Purple Blood Void Immortal’s final trial. He challenged the four Immortal Seeds at once, then knocked Jin Feiyi from the arena with a single punch.

• Chu Kuangren met the Purple Blood Void Immortal, learned that the four Immortal Seeds were undergoing the final trial, and agreed to enter it.
• Chu Kuangren used his Emperor Thought to enter the Spirit Illusion Realm, where souls could fight as if they had physical bodies.
• Shui Qianhua and Jian Sanjue explained the trial, and Jian Sanjue expressed interest in fighting Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren entered the arena and challenged Jin Feiyi, Zi Feng, Shui Qianhua, and Jian Sanjue to attack him together.
• Jin Feiyi struck at Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren countered with one punch and sent him out of the arena, depleting his soul energy.

In the Spirit Illusion Realm, Chu Kuangren fought off three Immortal Seeds before Jian Sanjue challenged him with the Heavenly Emperor Three Talents Sword Art. Their final sword strikes split the arena, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Jin Feiyi and Zi Feng with his techniques and Venerable Emperor Sword Art, defeating their combined attacks.
• Chu Kuangren froze Shui Qianhua’s watery attacks, while Zi Feng unleashed his Seven Stars Divine Art and Chu Kuangren shattered all six stars.
• Jian Sanjue entered the fight and attacked Chu Kuangren with the sun, moon, and star swords of the Heavenly Emperor Three Talents Sword Art.
• Jian Sanjue unleashed Heavenly Emperor’s One Sword, and Chu Kuangren answered with Sole Sovereign of the Universe.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword strike collided with Jian Sanjue’s, splitting the arena and unleashing a storm of Sword Qi.

Chu Kuangren defeated Jian Sanjue and the other Immortal Seeds, then accepted Purple Blood Void Immortal’s inheritance and was trapped on a Soul Refining Sacrificial Altar. He exposed Purple Blood Void Immortal’s plan to possess an Immortal Seed, but the remnant soul began devouring Chu Kuangren’s soul.

• Chu Kuangren defeated Jian Sanjue, who admitted defeat and vowed to challenge him again.
• The Spirit Illusion Realm formed a purplish-red altar, and Purple Blood Void Immortal offered Chu Kuangren his inheritance.
• The altar bound Chu Kuangren with chains, and Purple Blood Void Immortal appeared before the Immortal Seeds.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that Purple Blood Void Immortal was a remnant soul seeking to possess an Immortal Seed’s body.
• Purple Blood Void Immortal attacked Chu Kuangren and used the Soul Refining Sacrificial Altar to consume his soul power.

Chu Kuangren revealed that his soul was divided into three, and his Heaven Soul and Earth Soul joined his Human Soul to break the Soul Refining Sacrificial Altar. The three souls attacked the Purple Blood Void Immortal together, leaving him at a disadvantage.

• Jian Sanjue, Shui Qianhua, Jin Feiyi, and Zi Feng attacked the altar barrier after realizing the Purple Blood Void Immortal had deceived them, but their Immortal Arts could not damage it.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that his Heaven Soul and Earth Soul were also present, and the two identical figures arrived on lotus thrones.
• The Earth Soul and Heaven Soul struck the altar barrier with Heaven and Earth Reversed and Venerable Emperor Sword Art, tearing it open.
• The Earth Soul broke the chains binding the Human Soul, freeing him from the sacrificial altar.
• Chu Kuangren's three souls attacked the Purple Blood Void Immortal together, overwhelming him with their soul techniques.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Purple Blood Void Immortal in the Spirit Illusion Realm, absorbed his soul energy, and completed the fifth turn of the Nine-Turn Three-Origin Soul Refining Art. He left the Purple Blood Dao Palace with the Spirit Illusion Realm and its treasures, while the other Immortal Seeds debated stopping him.

• Chu Kuangren and his three souls overwhelmed the Purple Blood Void Immortal, who revealed his failed attempt to possess Chu Kuangren and tried to escape.
• Chu Kuangren bound the Purple Blood Void Immortal with World Locks, shattered his soul, and absorbed its energy to complete the fifth turn of his soul-refining art.
• Chu Kuangren tore open a rift in the Spirit Illusion Realm, and Jian Sanjue, Shui Qianhua, and the other Immortal Seeds escaped with him.
• Chu Kuangren awoke in the Purple Blood Dao Palace, took the diamond-shaped crystal containing the Spirit Illusion Realm, and left with the treasures.
• Zi Feng told the other Immortal Seeds that the inheritance was fake and Chu Kuangren had taken the treasures, prompting some to insist that he should not be allowed to leave.

After Chu Kuangren took the treasures from Purple Blood Star, the forces gathered to demand them and threaten his home world. He killed a Great Dao Lord in one strike and warned everyone that he would avenge any attack on Firmament Star for as long as he lived.

• The forces learned that Purple Blood Void Immortal's inheritance was fake, and a Purple Star expert shattered more than half of Purple Blood Star.
• The Black Wind Ape Clan and other forces found Chu Kuangren as he prepared to leave and demanded the treasures from his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• A Black Wind Ape expert threatened to destroy Firmament Star, and Chu Kuangren activated the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman to raise his cultivation to the Great Dao Lord realm.
• Chu Kuangren killed the Black Wind Ape expert with one sword strike and vowed to destroy anyone who attacked Firmament Star or its civilization.
• The gathered experts feared Chu Kuangren's strength and recognized that attacking Firmament Star could invite his future revenge.

Shenyue Dao Lord protected Chu Kuangren from the Black Wind Ape Clan and invited him to Shenyue Ancient City, where he met Shenyue Dao Lord’s daughter, Tang Haitang. Xiao Ai analyzed her and identified her as having an unawakened Immortal Physique.

• The Black Wind Ape Clan threatened to kill Chu Kuangren, but Shenyue Dao Lord arrived and declared he would protect him because Dust Heaven Void Immortal had once helped him.
• The Black Wind Apes withdrew, and the other forces left after issuing threats about Purple Star’s and Gold Star’s First Sequences.
• Shenyue Dao Lord invited Chu Kuangren to Shenyue Ancient City and told him that its Lunar Wheel Secret Realm was about to open.
• Tang Haitang entered the city lord’s residence, met Chu Kuangren, and recognized him as the Immortal Seed who had defeated several Immortal Seeds on Dust Heaven Star.
• Chu Kuangren noticed the Book of Physiques react to Tang Haitang, and Xiao Ai identified her as having an unawakened Immortal Physique.

Chu Kuangren offered to awaken Tang Haitang’s unawakened Immortal Physique, and Shenyue Dao Lord agreed to trust him after consulting Dust Heaven Void Immortal. While waiting for the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm, Chu refined his gains, reached Minor Dao Lord Peak, and trained his souls in the Spirit Illusion Realm; after leaving seclusion, he met Tang Haitang, who invited him to a trading gathering.

• Chu Kuangren recognized Tang Haitang’s unawakened Immortal Physique and offered to help awaken it.
• Shenyue Dao Lord consulted Dust Heaven Void Immortal, who vouched for Chu Kuangren, and agreed to leave Tang Haitang’s awakening to him.
• Chu Kuangren refined his gains from Purple Blood Star and advanced to Minor Dao Lord Peak.
• Chu Kuangren refined the crystal containing the Spirit Illusion Realm and used it to make his Earth Soul and Human Soul battle repeatedly.
• Chu Kuangren realized A Thought Arises and the Invincible Law could improve further, then left seclusion and met Tang Haitang.
• Tang Haitang invited Chu Kuangren to join a trading gathering.

Chu Kuangren accompanied Tang Haitang to a trading market, where he exchanged several Dao Weapons for an upcoming auction through the Three Thousand Trade Company. At the auction, Tang Haitang introduced him to representatives of Shenyue Ancient City, who admired his appearance but did not recognize him.

• Tang Haitang explained the trading market to Chu Kuangren, and they went there together.
• Chu Kuangren found the market stalls unimpressive, so Tang Haitang led him to the Three Thousand Trade Company.
• Shopkeeper Li offered two billion catties of Spiritual Marrow for Chu Kuangren's Dao Weapons but advised him to auction them instead, and Chu Kuangren agreed.
• Tang Haitang and Chu Kuangren joined the company's auction, where Tang Haitang greeted the representatives of prominent powers.
• Fellow Daoist Wang addressed Tang Haitang familiarly, so she asked him to use a more formal name and introduced Chu Kuangren as her friend.

Chu Kuangren and Tang Haitang attended an auction, where Wang Hang repeatedly tried to outbid and provoke Chu. Wang Hang spent 3.2 billion Spiritual Marrow on a Great Dao Weapon before learning it was the armor Chu Kuangren had consigned for auction.

• Wang Hang introduced himself to Chu Kuangren and grew resentful as Chu sat and chatted with Tang Haitang.
• Wang Hang outbid Chu for Heaven and Earth Purple Gold, then taunted him after Tang Haitang offered to pay for Chu's purchases.
• Wang Hang tried to deter the other bidders from competing for a black defensive Great Dao Weapon by invoking the Wang Family's influence.
• Chu Kuangren raised the bids, and Tang Haitang said the City Lord's Manor would cover his purchases.
• Wang Hang bid 3.2 billion Spiritual Marrow for the armor, and Elder Li declared the Wang Family the winner.
• Tang Haitang recognized the armor as the one Chu Kuangren had consigned, leaving Wang Hang to realize Chu had made him buy it.

At the auction, Chu Kuangren outmaneuvered Wang Hang and bought a seemingly worthless stone that Xiao Ai had identified as containing Heaven and Earth Purple Gold Source. He planned to refine it into the Kunwu Sword, while Wang Hang regretted missing the treasure.

• Wang Hang seethed after realizing Chu Kuangren had made him pay 3.2 billion Spiritual Marrow for the Black Armor.
• Chu Kuangren and Wang Hang bid on a mysterious black stone, and Chu Kuangren finally bought it for 210 million Spiritual Marrow.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the stone with Emperor Qi, revealing a palm-sized piece of Heaven and Earth Purple Gold Source.
• Elder Li and the auction attendees recognized the crystal as an extraordinarily valuable weapon-forging material, and Wang Hang regretted not securing it.
• Chu Kuangren accepted the auction proceeds and returned to the city lord's residence, where he said he would use the purple gold source to improve the Kunwu Sword.

As the Lunar Wheel Gathering began, the Cold Fairy and Purple Star's Fourth Seat, Ziying, drew attention with their literary reputations. Chu Kuangren arrived with Tang Haitang, and Wang Hang pointed him out to Ziying as the man who had obtained the Purple Gold Source.

• Tang Haitang told Chu Kuangren that the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm's spirit favored poetry composed on the spot, and he said he could recite poems from memory.
• The Lunar Wheel Gathering began at the Moon-Watching Platform, where the Cold Fairy of the Moon Palace arrived and received praise for her cultivation and poetry.
• Wang Hang arrived with Ziying, Purple Star's Fourth Seat, and introduced him to the Cold Fairy, whose literary talent impressed him.
• Chu Kuangren arrived alongside Tang Haitang, drawing attention from the crowd and admiration from the Cold Fairy.
• Wang Hang told Ziying that Chu Kuangren had obtained the Purple Gold Source, and Ziying's gaze sharpened.

Chu Kuangren rebuffed Ziying’s attempt to buy his Purple Gold Source and revealed his overwhelming strength, prompting Ziying to recognize him. At the Lunar Wheel Gathering, cultivators drew moonlight by reciting poetry, and Chu Kuangren began a poem after Ziying challenged him to compete.

• Ziying offered Chu Kuangren twice the purchase price for his Purple Gold Source, but Chu Kuangren mocked him for expecting to buy it cheaply.
• Ziying tried to intimidate Tang Haitang, but Chu Kuangren shielded her and overwhelmed Ziying with his pressure.
• Ziying recognized Chu Kuangren, and the gathered cultivators reacted with surprise at the identity of the supreme Immortal Seed.
• The Lunar Wheel Secret Realm appeared, and cultivators drew moonlight by reciting poems; Fairy Leng, Wang Hang, Tang Haitang, and Ziying formed pillars of light of varying heights.
• Ziying and Wang Hang challenged Chu Kuangren to recite a poem, and Chu Kuangren rose into the air and began, “When did the bright moon first appear...”

Chu Kuangren’s poem drew all the moonlight in the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm, helping him break through to the Great Dao Lord realm and bringing him the legendary Moonlight Essence. Ziying attacked to seize the treasure, while Wang Hang hesitated over whether to help him.

• Chu Kuangren recited a poem that resonated across the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm and drew its moonlight into a vast pillar around him.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed the moonlight, broke through to the Great Dao Lord realm, and stored the remaining moonlight in his body.
• The moon representing the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm shattered, and Chu Kuangren caught the Moonlight Essence that flew from it.
• Ziying demanded the Moonlight Essence, attacked Chu Kuangren, and was sent flying when Chu Kuangren shattered his sword with Sword Qi.
• Ziying called on Wang Hang to help seize the Moonlight Essence, but Wang Hang hesitated because he feared Chu Kuangren’s strength.