Chapter Summaries

Wang Ba subdued the Mystic Sensation Realm beast on the Great Sea Market’s steps, astonishing Li Zhongping and Lu Shifu, before it fled toward the summit. He then led his companions upward to find Chen Xuan’s clone, where they discovered an unmistakable immortal palace.

• Lu Shifu struck the white-headed, horse-bodied beast with the Hidden Dragon Cauldron, and Li Zhongping weakened it with cursecraft.
• Wang Ba fought the beast with casual finger strikes, leading Li Zhongping and Lu Shifu to realize he was in the Mystic Sensation Realm.
• The beast fled toward the mountaintop, and the surrounding cultivators rushed up the newly cleared steps.
• Wang Ba asked Chen Xuan where his clone was and learned it was among the pavilions at the summit.
• Wang Ba and his companions reached the summit, where they found a collection of buildings wreathed in immortal Qi.

Wang Ba reached Lu Garden, where a deadly gate restriction kept the gathered cultivators out, and used Dao Treasures to help wear it down. As the cultivators rushed inside, an ancient voice challenged them for trespassing in the immortal estate.

• Wang Ba descended through the crowd to Lu Garden’s gate after Li Zhongping and Lu Shifu asked him to deal with its restriction.
• Wang Ba tested the gate with Li Zhongping’s Dao Treasure and learned that triggering the restriction weakened its rules.
• Lu Shifu and Li Zhongping demanded Dao Treasures from the gathered cultivators, while Wang Ba searched around the courtyard and wondered whether it had belonged to an immortal surnamed Lu.
• After more Dao Treasures were sacrificed, the restriction nearly vanished and the cultivators charged through the gate amid a scramble to get inside.
• Wang Ba strolled into the courtyard as an ancient voice roared, demanding to know who had trespassed in the immortal estate.

Wang Ba and the others survived the burly guardian’s devastating attack after he faded away, then cautiously explored the immortal residence. At the pavilion, they heard a familiar voice and saw the same burly man alive again, serving a master called Brother Tibo.

• The burly man attacked the intruders, killing many cultivators before Li Zhongping, Lu Shifu, Zu Wenqiu, and a few others escaped; he then vanished as he recognized something about Wang Ba.
• Lu Shifu guessed the burly man had been a lingering thought awakened by their entry, and the surviving cultivators decided to explore the residence despite their losses.
• Wang Ba led Yu Wuhen and the others past a lotus pond and a rockery containing seventh-tier spirit ore, while other cultivators gathered the residence’s remaining treasures.
• Wang Ba heard game pieces and voices coming from a mist-shrouded pavilion, then approached it with the Wu Ape King and the others.
• A voice in the pavilion addressed someone as Brother Tibo and called for Big Yellow to fetch wine; the same burly man ran out cheerfully past Wang Ba and the others.

Wang Ba witnessed an ancient scene of two Immortals, Tibo and Lu, playing a game with World Domains as pieces on the Boundary Sea, and the dying Immortal Lu seemed to look directly at him. Afterward, Wang Ba and his companions questioned Chen Xuan about his avatar’s presence in Lu Garden, then continued exploring and heard a zither from another pavilion.

• Wang Ba followed the afterimage of Big Yellow to a pavilion, where he saw Tibo and the white-robed Immortal surnamed Lu playing with World Domains as pieces.
• Immortal Lu turned his golden Double Pupils toward Wang Ba before the scene vanished, and Wang Ba realized Lu was the Immortal who had died in the ancient battle.
• Wang Ba learned that Wu Ape King had also seen the Immortals, while Yu Wuhen and the others had not; Chen Xuan’s reaction made Wang Ba and Yu Wuhen suspect something was wrong.
• Chen Xuan pointed toward three buildings as the location of his avatar and swore that he would never harm Wang Ba’s group; Wang Ba said Chen Xuan was not a reincarnated Immortal.
• Wang Ba led his group onward to search Lu Garden, and they heard a zither from an open pavilion that everyone could hear.

Yingyuan Dao Master and Vajra Realm Lord entered the Great Sea Market as the Mirage drew powerful cultivators, while Wang Ba claimed the masterless supreme-grade Primordial Dao Treasure, the ancient zither Lone Wild Goose. The pavilion collapsed, and Chen Xuan warned that his avatar held the key to one of three rooms, putting it at risk if the Jade Pot Realm or Twin Body Realm found it first.

• Yingyuan Dao Master arrived at the Great Sea Market, confirmed the Mirage's location, and entered after learning that an Immortal's estate might be inside.
• Vajra Realm Lord arrived and entered the market after exchanging remarks with Yingyuan Dao Master about Changying Dao Master.
• Li Zhongping and Lu Shifu rushed toward the ancient zither, but Wu Ape King blocked them while Wang Ba asserted that they would have to bring Changying Dao Master in person to challenge him.
• Lu Shifu withdrew with the Twin Body Realm cultivators, and Li Zhongping followed with the Jade Pot Realm cultivators rather than confront Wang Ba.
• Wang Ba identified the masterless supreme-grade Dao Treasure as Lone Wild Goose, took it, and caused the pavilion to collapse.
• Chen Xuan warned Wang Ba that his avatar held the key to one of three rooms and could be in danger if the other realms found it first.

Wang Ba and his companions entered the misty courtyard, where cultivators from beyond the boundary fought the Jade Pot Realm and Twin Body Realm over supreme-grade treasures. The arrival of Yingyuan Dao Master and Vajra Realm Lord ended the battle, but when Wang Ba opened the right-hand building, Chen Xuan found his clone dead inside.

• Chen Xuan told Wang Ba and Yu Wuhen that the jade steps and the chess players in the gazebo had stirred an unfamiliar sense of recognition, while Wang Ba suspected a connection to an Immortal.
• Wang Ba led the group toward the three buildings, where they found Wei Shucheng fighting Lu Shifu and Li Zhongping while cultivators from beyond the boundary attacked the two realms.
• Li Zhongping revealed that Wei Shucheng had obtained a supreme-grade Primordial Dao Treasure, and Wei Shucheng tried to persuade Wang Ba to help eliminate the Jade Pot Realm and Twin Body Realm cultivators.
• Yingyuan Dao Master and Vajra Realm Lord arrived, and Yingyuan killed the fleeing Wei Shucheng while Vajra claimed his sword sheath; Lu Shifu handed Yingyuan another treasure.
• Wang Ba opened the right-hand building despite Yingyuan's attack, which Yu Wuhen blocked with a supreme-grade Dao treasure, and Chen Xuan discovered his clone's corpse inside.

Wang Ba and the realm lords fought over access to the Immortal Estate before Chen Xuan’s dead avatar awoke and absorbed Chen Xuan, revealing itself as a sealed Immortal. The chapter ended with Wang Ba recognizing the figure as Man Daoist.

• Chen Xuan found his avatar’s corpse and could not understand why he remained alive, while Wang Ba discovered that the Talisman Paper in the corpse’s hand could not be moved.
• Wang Ba confronted the Yingyuan Dao Master and the Vajra Realm Lord, then agreed that they would explore the Immortal Estate separately; the two realm lords attacked his group anyway.
• The Vajra Realm Lord struck at the Corpse-Cooking Ghost King, but Yu Yu intervened and was sent flying, prompting Yu Wuhen to attack the Vajra Realm Lord.
• Wang Ba held off the Yingyuan Dao Master and gained insight into rules, while the two realm lords eventually agreed to let each side pursue its own opportunities.
• The Yingyuan Dao Master tore the Talisman Paper from Chen Xuan’s avatar, causing the corpse to awaken, seize Chen Xuan, and absorb him into its golden Double Pupils.
• The awakened avatar evaded the realm lords and addressed Wang Ba, who recognized him as Man Daoist.

Man Daoist recruited Wang Ba, the Yingyuan Dao Master, and the Vajra Realm Lord to join forces in the central room, claiming its treasure could help them break through the Sea of Boundary Turmoil’s barrier to Tribulation Crossing. When they opened the room, a seemingly living Big Yellow charged out and recognized Chen Xuan, leaving Wang Ba stunned.

• Man Daoist told the Yingyuan Dao Master and the Vajra Realm Lord that the Sea of Boundary Turmoil’s sky had been locked, preventing cultivators from reaching Tribulation Crossing.
• Man Daoist offered to lead them to an opportunity in the central room and warned that its danger required their combined strength.
• Wang Ba questioned Man Daoist about Chen Xuan and his cultivation, then agreed to cooperate after Man Daoist threatened to recruit others.
• Man Daoist gave talisman paper to Wang Ba, the Yingyuan Dao Master, and the Vajra Realm Lord, and led them to the central room with the Wu Ape King.
• Man Daoist opened the doors and immediately retreated as Big Yellow rushed out, called Chen Xuan by name, and accused him of returning.

Big Yellow attacked Man Daoist, and Wang Ba, the Yingyuan Dao Master, and the Vajra Realm Lord used Soul-Suppressing Talismans to immobilize him. They entered the central abode and found a Pill Furnace and an offering table bearing tablets for Lu He and Tibo.

• Big Yellow emerged from the central Main House and attacked Man Daoist and the surrounding cultivators with his Dao Domain, killing those who could not escape.
• Man Daoist resisted Big Yellow and urged Wang Ba, the Yingyuan Dao Master, and the Vajra Realm Lord to use their Soul-Suppressing Talismans while Big Yellow's physical body was absent.
• Wang Ba connected clues about Man Daoist and Chen Xuan, while the Yingyuan Dao Master and the Vajra Realm Lord joined Man Daoist in confronting Big Yellow.
• Big Yellow's golden dogs attacked the three cultivators, but Wang Ba used the Wind-Driving Staff to turn the suction against one of them and draw Big Yellow's attention.
• Man Daoist and the two Realm Lords pressed four talismans onto Big Yellow, freezing him, then rushed into the central abode with Wang Ba close behind.
• Wang Ba entered the abode and found a Pill Furnace, four meditation cushions, and spirit tablets bearing the names Lu He and Tibo.

Wang Ba and Man Daoist discovered a Pill Furnace that drew in vast torrents of Rules, but none of them could open it. After questioning Man Daoist about the courtyard’s past and learning that the Great Sea Market was an immortal’s Sea of Consciousness, Wang Ba deduced that the four meditation cushions were the key to the furnace’s condition.

• Wang Ba saw spirit tablets for Lu He and Tibo and realized Man Daoist did not know why Tibo’s tablet was there.
• Man Daoist, the Yingyuan Dao Master, the Vajra Realm Lord, and the Wu Ape King struggled to reach the Pill Furnace, but Man Daoist could neither move nor open it.
• Wang Ba questioned Man Daoist, who confirmed that Chen Xuan had betrayed Lu He and that Big Yellow and Chen Xuan had died long ago.
• Man Daoist revealed that the Great Sea Market was an immortal’s Sea of Consciousness, and Wang Ba learned that Lu He had been skilled at divination.
• Wang Ba pointed out that the room held four meditation cushions despite Man Daoist claiming only two people had served Lu He, leading Man Daoist to suspect Lu He had foreseen their arrival.

Wang Ba and the others opened Immortal Lord Lu He's Pill Furnace by bowing, revealing four elixirs whose rules sustained the Great Sea Market. As the market collapsed, Man Daoist betrayed the others and seized the elixirs, but Wang Ba escaped with the Vajra Realm Lord's gift and valuable finds before reaching the exit with his companions.

• Wang Ba persuaded Man Daoist, Yingyuan Dao Master, and the Vajra Realm Lord to bow before the spirit tablets, and the Wu Ape King gnawed on one tablet as the Pill Furnace opened.
• The furnace released four elixirs and shattered, causing the Great Sea Market to collapse; the four cultivators agreed to divide the elixirs, but Man Daoist stole Yingyuan Dao Master's share and demanded the others' pellets.
• The Vajra Realm Lord gave his elixir to Wang Ba and fought Man Daoist, while Wang Ba threatened Man Daoist with Soul-Suppressing Talismans; Man Daoist withdrew, and the Vajra Realm Lord revealed his name was Gan Xiong before disappearing as a Blood-Droplet Avatar.
• Wang Ba collected the fallen Dao Treasures, rescued the White-Headed, Horse-Bodied Beast and its Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid, and retrieved the Lu He and Tibo spirit tablets from the Wu Ape King.
• Wang Ba gathered Yu Wuhen and the others, and they fought off Treasure Hunters while fleeing the collapsing Great Sea Market and escaped through its entrance.

As the Great Sea Market began collapsing, Wang Ba arranged to trade for the Little Cang Realm’s needed resources, repaired the Immortal Essence Treasure Basin, and advanced his plans for merging with the Yuan Magnetism Rail Man. The merger failed because the Rail Man could not let go of a woman who had sacrificed herself for him, and Wang Ba ended the chapter agreeing to receive Yan Zhi, who had come to apologize.

• Yu Wuhen and Wang Ba recognized that the Great Sea Market’s collapse would trigger turmoil among the factions of the Sea of Boundary Turmoil, and Wang Ba ordered his followers to trade for scarce resources while concealing anything that might expose the Little Cang Realm.
• Wang Ba released the white-headed beast, named it Fugui, and used its power together with the Wind-Driving Staff to repair the Immortal Essence Treasure Basin.
• The repaired basin allowed its Sixth-Tier Sea Pearl to become a seventh-tier sea pearl, whose revealed method Wang Ba used to attempt merging with the Yuan Magnetism Rail Man.
• The merger failed because the Yuan Magnetism Rail Man remained attached to the woman who had borne the calamity in his place, so Wang Ba put the matter aside and examined his Immortal Elixirs and Dao Treasures.
• As the Great Sea Market’s entrance continued to collapse, Wang Ba refused most visiting faction leaders but agreed to receive Yan Zhi of the Great People Country, who had come to apologize.

Wang Ba recruited Yan Zhi to sell a vast stock of low-tier resources and inspected the Great People Country’s shops, learning about the Immortal Pass and discovering Qin Lingxiao among enslaved cultivators. Yuan Magnetism Rail Man let go of his obsession after learning Qin Lingxiao had reincarnated, allowing him to merge with Wang Ba as Wang Ba’s Primordial Spirit and Dao Domain began to change violently.

• Wang Ba told Yan Zhi to sell his low-tier spirit herbs and materials, and Yan Zhi offered the Great People Country’s shop inventory in exchange.
• Wang Ba inspected the Great People Country’s shops, encountered Master Zheyang, and learned that the Immortal Pass was impossible for cultivators to cross.
• Yan Zhi showed Wang Ba the cultivators held for sale, where Wang Ba recognized Qin Lingxiao as Yuan Magnetism Rail Man’s reincarnated beloved.
• Yuan Magnetism Rail Man declined Wang Ba’s offer to awaken Qin Lingxiao, released his lingering obsession, and removed the last obstacle to merging with Wang Ba.
• Wang Ba’s Primordial Spirit and Dao Domain began undergoing violent changes.

After advancing into early Body Integration and gaining an initial grasp of rules, Wang Ba discovered that Qin Lingxiao’s reincarnated True Spirit likely came through a Boundary Sea Vortex. He left the Great Sea Market with his people and the resources he had gathered, determined to investigate the Shiqiong Realm and find a way out of the Sea of Boundary Turmoil.

• Wang Ba sensed his transformed Primordial Spirit and Dao Domain, recognized his new ability to interfere with rules, and learned that the Shiqiong Realm lay near the Immortal Severance Land.
• Wang Ba questioned a Shiqiong Realm cultivator and concluded that Qin Lingxiao’s True Spirit had arrived through a Boundary Sea Vortex, giving him a possible route to the outside.
• Wang Ba returned to the shop, left Qin Lingxiao’s reincarnation undisturbed, and began stabilizing his cultivation while Ghost King Tengmo and the others completed their transactions.
• Wang Ba gathered the resources and companions from the shop, spread rumors that the Great Sea Market might vanish, and departed aboard the Tribulation-Crossing Treasure Raft.
• Li Zhongping asked Wang Ba to wait for Changying Dao Master, but Wang Ba declined and continued into the void as the Great Sea Market entrance collapsed.

The Jade Pot Realm's Dao Master learned that Wang Ba had returned with an Immortal Elixir and believed his arrival might stir the Sea of Boundary Turmoil. Wang Ba came home to the Little Cang Realm, where his return triggered Body Integration tribulation lightning and revealed that the Dao outside the realms had been altered.

• The Jade Pot Realm's Dao Master discussed Man Daoist's strength and the Immortal Elixir, then declared that the Sea of Boundary Turmoil was about to stir.
• Wang Ba brought Master Zheyang and the others through the Immortal Severance Land and revealed that Primordial Demon Mountain was the Little Cang Realm, the Sea of Boundary Turmoil's fourth realm.
• Yi and the Witch Tribe greeted Wang Ba, and Yao Wudi welcomed his return before they entered the Little Cang Realm.
• Cang Fuzi warned Wang Ba that tribulation lightning was coming as he crossed the Little Cang Realm's boundary.
• Wang Ba realized that cultivators followed different Daos inside and outside the realms and suspected that someone had altered the Dao of the Sea of Boundary Turmoil.

After surviving the lightning tribulation and reaching Body Integration, Wang Ba planned how to strengthen the Little Cang Realm and prepare for the dangers of the Sea of Boundary Turmoil. He then fulfilled Qin Lingxiao’s lingering wish by sending her True Spirit, accompanied by a tiny wisp of his own, into the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.

• Wang Ba realized the lightning tribulation had purged foreign rules from his body, Primordial Spirit, and Dao Domain, and he resolved to seek answers in the Sacred Defilement Realm and Shiqiong Realm.
• Cang Fuzi told Wang Ba that advancing the Little Cang Realm beyond Body Integration would be difficult, even if it absorbed other World Domains.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng arranged to preserve resources, learn from experts brought back from the Great Sea Market, and cultivate more Body Integration cultivators for the Little Cang Realm.
• Wang Ba lent Ghost King Xicai a seventh-tier Sea Pearl and tasked him with finding a way to reduce the first stage of Threefold Suffering so cultivators could strengthen their Primordial Spirits.
• Wang Ba met Bu Chan, resumed his cultivation, and later found an elderly Shiqiong Realm cultivator who had awakened her past-life wisdom; he told her he had come to fulfill his own lingering obsession and see her off.
• Wang Ba placed a tiny wisp of his True Spirit beside Qin Lingxiao’s and watched both wisps descend into the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.

Wang Ba refined his cultivation and used Dao liquids to rapidly strengthen and rebalance his Xuanhuang Dao Domain. After Ghost King Xicai brought him a safer version of Threefold Suffering, Wang Ba tested it on Xicai and discovered that it might change the rules from beyond the boundary that had tainted him.

• Wang Ba summoned Ghost King Tengmo and arranged for him to take A Da outside the Little Cang Realm to exchange information with Yan Zhi.
• Wang Ba used the Azure Cloud Seal to nourish his Primordial Spirit, then consumed Dao liquids to improve his Dao Intent and restore balance to his Xuanhuang Dao Domain.
• Ghost King Xicai brought Wang Ba a refined version of Threefold Suffering and asked to test it because his Dao Domain kept advancing toward Dao Transformation.
• Wang Ba cast the refined Threefold Suffering on Ghost King Xicai, who passed all three sufferings and swallowed the resulting Dao fruit with A Er's help.
• Wang Ba noticed a dark cloud forming over Ghost King Xicai and realized that the refined Threefold Suffering might have altered the rules from beyond the boundary that tainted him.

Wang Ba arranged for the improved Threefold Suffering curse technique to refine cultivators’ Dao Domains and Primordial Spirits, then investigated the fusion of Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid and Immortal Blood. The resulting golden mist transformed several spirit plants and triggered Bu Chan’s sudden Void Refinement tribulation.

• Wang Ba ordered Ghost King Xicai to further improve Threefold Suffering and asked Zhao Feng and Jiying to organize its use among suitable cultivators.
• Wang Ba tested the curse technique on Zhao Feng and Jiying, whose Dao Domains and Primordial Spirits were refined; he also discovered that Fugui could consume fragments of rules from beyond the boundary.
• Wang Ba returned to the Bead Secret Realm and brought Immortal Blood into contact with Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid, producing pale golden mist that strengthened his body and Dao Domain and left a mysterious pattern on his palm.
• The golden mist flowed into the Jade Fire Parasol Tree Tree, Emperor Willow, and nine-colored gourd vine, rapidly growing the plants and enlarging the vine’s gourd.
• Wang Ba sensed Void Refinement-level tribulation clouds gathering around Bu Chan and hurried out of the Secret Realm to find her facing an unexpectedly rapid breakthrough.

Bu Chan unexpectedly advanced to Void Refinement after the Nine-Colored Gourd Vine absorbed Immortal Blood and Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid, and Wang Ba discovered the mixture could empower spirit plants and spirit beasts. After nurturing his companions and naming the resulting substance Immortal Power, Wang Ba received a grave report about escalating conflicts and decided to visit the Shiqiong Realm.

• Bu Chan endured the Void Refinement Tribulation with help from the Nine-Colored Gourd Vine, and Wang Ba learned that the vine’s sudden growth followed its absorption of Immortal Blood and Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid.
• Wang Ba used the mixture to advance the Emperor Willow and Jade Fire Parasol Tree Tree; the Emperor Willow attained the sixth tier, formed a green-haired boy named Wang Liu, and accepted Wang Ba as Teacher.
• Wang Ba tested the pale golden mist on his Spirit Beasts, helping Jia Ten Five reach the sixth tier and advancing several others, including the Four Spirits.
• Wang Ba named the pale golden mist Immortal Power and returned to studying Dao Intent and expanding his Dao Domain.
• More than ten years later, Wang Ba read a secret letter from Ghost King Tengmo about factional fighting and unexplained disappearances, then decided to travel to the Shiqiong Realm.

Wang Ba decided to move Little Cang Realm toward Shiqiong Realm to learn where Qin Lingxiao’s true spirit entered the Sea of Boundary Turmoil, while preparing for possible danger from Man Daoist. At Shiqiong Realm, Realm Lord Gao Yu struggled to protect his people amid growing threats, until a strange dwarf and a many-eyed lizard appeared before him.

• Wang Ba learned that Shiqiong Realm was impoverished and that its fifth-tier Dao Domain cultivator might know where Qin Lingxiao’s true spirit entered the Sea of Boundary Turmoil.
• Wang Ba found that the Zhebi Corpse had reached initial completion and decided to bring Little Cang Realm with him toward Shiqiong Realm.
• Wang Ba arranged for Little Cang Realm to move, then used the Wind-Driving Staff to propel it along the edge of the Immortal Severance Land.
• Realm Lord Gao Yu rejected the idea of seeking refuge with the Three Realms and resolved to preserve Shiqiong Realm’s legacy by moving it farther toward the Immortal Severance Land if necessary.
• Gao Yu sent a young cultivator to the Demon-Seizing Dao with a letter proposing an alliance among nearby factions.
• A dwarf cultivator and a many-eyed lizard appeared before Gao Yu, and the dwarf offered him a clear path forward.