Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Zhang led Shi Xuan to meet True Lord Xu, who assessed Shi Xuan’s past and advised him about his cultivation and future Primordial Spirit path. Shi Xuan learned that True Lord Xu’s formation had created Yin Feng Cave, then set his Golden Core Ceremony for half a year later.

• Sect Master Zhang tested Shi Xuan’s defenses against the Chaos Cold Ice and led him through the Cold Light Heaven-Splitting Earth-Cracking Immortal Array to True Lord Xu.
• True Lord Xu revealed that he, like Shi Xuan, had seized another’s body and warned that Shi Xuan would need to remedy the discord between his spirit and flesh before the Heavenly Tribulation.
• True Lord Xu asked Shi Xuan to recount his previous life, then told him to return after achieving Yin Spirit for guidance on choosing a Great Thousand World.
• Sect Master Zhang explained that True Lord Xu’s formation had caused the cold air to form Yin Feng Cave, which the sect kept because it aided Body Tempering.
• Sect Master Zhang granted Shi Xuan one million Merit Points and told him to obtain Daoist arts from True Person Jiang; Shi Xuan scheduled his Golden Core Ceremony for half a year later and planned to enter seclusion and return to the Central Lands.

After achieving a high-grade Golden Core, Shi Xuan thanked True Person Jiang and learned ten Daoist Magics before spending four months cultivating them and studying the Heaven and Earth Grinding Disc True Interpretation Diagram. He emerged to find that Ao Gu could not control the monkey, which had ravaged Shi Xuan’s spirit field and trespassed into Elder Yue’s.

• Shi Xuan visited True Person Jiang, who explained how he intercepted the Heavenly Spirit Sword and planned to give it to Lin Luo.
• True Person Jiang told Shi Xuan that he could learn ten compatible Daoist Magics, and Shi Xuan accepted the selections.
• Shi Xuan returned to his cave residence, confirmed that the Blood and Flesh Regeneration Pill had helped Ao Gu, and began cultivating in seclusion.
• Over four months, Shi Xuan learned Innate Wind Thunder Escape and many other techniques, and made a small accomplishment in visualizing the Heaven and Earth Grinding Disc True Interpretation Diagram.
• Ao Gu told Shi Xuan that the monkey had eaten the spirit fruits in Shi Xuan’s field and trespassed into Elder Yue’s field, prompting Elder Yue to request an audience.

Shi Xuan visited Granny Yu and learned why Li Huaiyuan had tried to kill him: a powerful Half-step Golden Immortal had used secret methods to recruit oath-bound assassins targeting cultivators favored by fortune. Granny Yu explained the wider history behind the plot, while Shi Xuan’s questions about his own fortune left the danger’s origins clearer but its larger threat unresolved.

• Yue Yinxin visited Shi Xuan, apologized for the spirit beast’s theft of her spirit fruits, and asked whether he intended to lead Tian Ji Peak again; Shi Xuan said he preferred to remain idle.
• Ao Gu told Shi Xuan that Ming Qingyue had left seclusion, and Shi Xuan took the monkey with him to visit Granny Yu at Huilong Temple.
• Granny Yu revealed that Azure Star had chosen Shi Xuan because he carried a trace of her aura, then confirmed that Li Huaiyuan’s attack was connected to an old scheme.
• Granny Yu explained that a Half-step Golden Immortal, seeking to curry favor with a powerful Dao Ancestor, tempted people with Primordial Spirit Secret Methods and bound them to kill cultivators blessed by fortune.
• Granny Yu told Shi Xuan that, as an outsider who had taken another body, he was rejected by the Great Thousand World’s fortune and had gained only a small measure of it.

Shi Xuan consulted Granny Yu about repairing his swords and perfecting the Divine Firmament True Law, learning that she planned to give up her immortality and reincarnate to pursue a new supreme cultivation method. He left with instructions to bring Chu Wan'er back to the Penglai Sect and to conceal his origins when traveling to other worlds.

• Granny Yu repaired the Azure Morning Sword enough for its artifact spirit to restore it over time and taught Shi Xuan how to nourish the Purple Firmament Sword until it formed a new artifact spirit.
• Granny Yu revealed that she intended to disperse her cultivation and reincarnate so she could pursue a Dao Seed of destruction, creation, or time, and said she would wait until Shi Xuan achieved Primordial Spirit.
• Granny Yu told Shi Xuan that she had taught Chu Wan'er her new cultivation method, and instructed him to take Wan'er back to the Penglai Sect to travel and gain experience.
• Granny Yu agreed to explain and conceal Shi Xuan's origins, flying swords, and cultivation methods, and told him to use the Treasure Record to perfect the Divine Firmament True Law.
• Granny Yu warned Shi Xuan never to reveal his Great Yuyu World origins in the Divine Emperor Great World and planned for him to travel to distant worlds after strengthening his Daoist magic.

Shi Xuan agreed to take Chu Wan'er away and helped her seek justice for her friend Bai Cui'er’s family. At Bai Cui’er’s home, he learned that Guizhen Sect priests were expected to perform a costly rite, while her family discussed how the Xu Family Uprising had changed their fortunes.

• Shi Xuan explained the time needed to cultivate Daoist Magic and refine Spirit Tools before going to collect Chu Wan'er.
• Chu Wan'er asked Shi Xuan to help capture the clan uncle who had colluded with bandits and robbed Bai Cui’er’s family, and Shi Xuan agreed.
• Chu Wan'er introduced Shi Xuan to Bai Cui’er, who asked him to fulfill her grandmother’s wish for justice.
• Shi Xuan sensed Bai Cui’er’s family inside and learned that they lacked the silver to pay Guizhen Sect priests for a rite.
• Bai Ning and Madam Bai recalled how the Xu Family Uprising and the chaos of the previous dynasty had brought hardship upon their family.

Shi Xuan agreed to help the Bai Family find a thief without payment and learned about the histories of Nanguang and Xu Jinyi. When Guizhen Sect priests arrived to watch and judge him, Shi Xuan began a chilling ritual that left them uneasy.

• Bai Ning doubted Shi Xuan’s abilities and suspected he would demand payment, but Madam Bai accepted his offer to help find the thief, Bai Lang.
• Shi Xuan asked about Demonic Daoist Nanguang and Fairy Xu Jinyi, and Bai Ning recounted their battle, Nanguang’s imprisonment, and Xu Jinyi’s later death.
• Madam Bai gave Shi Xuan a scrap of Bai Lang’s clothing, but Xu Yuan and Junior Brother Bi arrived with a procession of Daoist Children.
• Xu Yuan said he would observe Shi Xuan’s methods, while Junior Brother Bi challenged him and hoped to see him fail.
• Shi Xuan shaped straw into a human figure, tied Bai Lang’s clothing to it, let his hair down, and began chanting as a chilling wind filled the room and unsettled the Guizhen Sect priests.

Shi Xuan used the Heaven and Earth Soul-Reaping Technique to capture Bai Lang’s soul, then returned to the Penglai Sect with Chu Wan'er. Zhang Zhengyan accepted Wan'er as a registered disciple, and Shi Xuan formally took her as his apprentice and gave her the Qianyang Green Lamp.

• Shi Xuan bound Bai Lang’s soul to a straw effigy, allowing the White Family to interrogate him and learn where their possessions were.
• Shi Xuan took Chu Wan'er away, while Junior Brother Bi fled and Xu Yuan later wandered into Guizhen Temple’s Ancestor Hall, still shaken by the ritual.
• Shi Xuan brought Chu Wan'er to Zhang Zhengyan, who made her a registered disciple until she could complete the recruitment ceremony nine years later.
• Zhang Zhengyan gave Shi Xuan the Leifu Gate to oversee after Hong Zhishan exchanged it for the world Shi Xuan had expected to receive.
• At the ceremony in Heaven-Connecting Hall, Chu Wan'er bowed to Shi Xuan and became his disciple, and he gave her the Qianyang Green Lamp as her inherited treasure.

Shi Xuan prepared to attend the Penglai Sect’s ceremony celebrating his high-grade Golden Core, receiving congratulations from friends and powerful cultivators. After helping Zhou Dielan regain confidence in her cultivation, he arrived at Heaven-Connecting Hall, where the gathered guests congratulated him.

• Ming Qingyue told Shi Xuan that witnessing his aura of Creation had helped her approach the second realm of the Spirit Soul Stage.
• Zhou Dielan visited to congratulate Shi Xuan, and he gave her a lifespan-extending tree fruit to help ease her worries about advancing to the Spirit Soul Stage.
• Xie Fangwei invited Shi Xuan to the ceremony, and Shi Xuan teased Azure Star by declaring that its new name would be Qing Suo.
• Penglai Sect disciples welcomed Shi Xuan at Tian Shu Peak as nine Bell Sounds announced his Golden Core achievement.
• King of Reincarnation and the assembled Golden Core Grandmasters and Spirit Soul experts congratulated Shi Xuan, who thanked them and invited them to sit.

Shi Xuan completed his Golden Core Ceremony, thwarted King of Reincarnation’s attempt to probe his Spirit Soul, and learned that they would face each other at the Cangmang Dharma Assembly. He then visited Dipper Wood Peak to choose two Daoist Children who could help him perfect the Divine Firmament True Law, narrowing his candidates by examining their fortune and temperament.

• King of Reincarnation secretly probed Shi Xuan during the ceremony, but Shi Xuan suppressed the intrusion with the Taiji Diagram and discerned the nature of King of Reincarnation’s Yellow Springs Divine Light.
• King of Reincarnation withdrew and challenged Shi Xuan to seek his guidance at the Cangmang Dharma Assembly, where high-grade Golden Core Grandmasters would compete for Lesser Thousand Worlds.
• The Golden Core Ceremony concluded, and Shi Xuan hosted visiting cultivators, including Qiao Mubai, Xu Yu, Lou Yizhi, and Ying Jiaoxiao, for several days.
• Shi Xuan went with Lu Yunting to Dipper Wood Peak to select two Daoist Children to assist him as he worked to perfect the Divine Firmament True Law.
• Shi Xuan watched the children attend an Inner Disciple’s lecture and used the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to examine their fortunes, excluding those with exceptionally strong or poor fortune.
• Shi Xuan narrowed the candidates to seven or eight children and began judging their perseverance and temperament.

Shi Xuan recruited Liu Xi and Chen Ran as Daoist Children and began preparing to perfect the Divine Firmament True Law and forge the Four Symbols World Destroying Sword. Three and a half years later, Liu Xi told him that the sect would depart for Cangmang Mountain in three days for the Cangmang Dharma Assembly.

• Shi Xuan selected Liu Xi and Chen Ran as Daoist Children and warned them that helping perfect the Divine Firmament True Law carried risks; both agreed to take part.
• Shi Xuan brought Liu Xi and Chen Ran to Tian Ji Peak, where Chu Wan'er welcomed Chen Ran and Qing Suo teased Liu Xi about his Zombie Face.
• Shi Xuan went to exchange for heavenly treasures needed to form the Four Symbols World Destroying Sword, including the Nine Thunder Divine Wind.
• Over three and a half years, Shi Xuan inscribed incomplete red and green runes in his Spirit Soul using Phoenix Blood and Nine Thunder Divine Wind.
• Liu Xi informed Shi Xuan that the sect would set out for Cangmang Mountain in three days.

Shi Xuan and Penglai Sect attended the Cangmang Dharma Assembly, where the sect competed for secret realms and prizes. After Penglai Sect’s mixed results in the preliminary contests, the High-grade Golden Core Grandmasters’ main contest began with Penglai Sect drawn against Netherworld Sect.

• Shi Xuan told Liu Xi that his meditation method’s illusions had stopped after he revised the cultivation art, and he judged that twenty years should be enough to refine the Divine Firmament True Law.
• Shi Xuan revealed to Xie Fangwei and Ling Ri that his sixth-rank Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword came from combining five external divine abilities.
• Sect Master Zhang led Penglai Sect to Cangmang Mountain, where Yan Qianying welcomed them and opened the Cangmang Dharma Assembly.
• Shi Xuan advised Chu Wan'er and the other disciples as Penglai Sect lost the Qi Induction Stage contest to Luofu Sect, then won the Spirit Soul Stage contest and placed third in the low- and mid-grade Golden Core contest.
• Yan Qianying drew Penglai Sect as the first sect in the High-grade Golden Core contest and selected Netherworld Sect as its opponent.

Shi Xuan arranged to face King of Reincarnation so Ling Ri and Xie Fangwei could take on the Corpse Emperor, and the Netherworld Sect accepted the matchup. On the Battle Stage, Shi Xuan and King of Reincarnation exchanged sword attacks and Daoist Magics, with their competing Void Illusions filling the arena as the battle continued.

• Shi Xuan asked to fight King of Reincarnation, explaining that the matchup would let Ling Ri and Xie Fangwei defeat the Corpse Emperor.
• Shi Xuan invoked King of Reincarnation’s old challenge at his Golden Core Ceremony, and the Netherworld Sect agreed to the match.
• Yan Qianying announced Shi Xuan against King of Reincarnation as the first contest between the Penglai Sect and Netherworld Sect.
• Shi Xuan defended himself with the Taiji Diagram and attacked with the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword as King of Reincarnation countered with the Life and Death Impermanence Sword and Yellow Springs.
• Shi Xuan’s and King of Reincarnation’s Void Illusions overlapped across the Battle Stage, where thunderbolts struck the ghosts and soldiers in King of Reincarnation’s hellscape.

Shi Xuan fought King of Reincarnation in a magic combat, using his sword arts and Other Shore Golden Bridge to weaken his opponent’s fortune before conceding. Though Shi Xuan was declared the loser, he returned to the Penglai Sect pleased with what he had achieved and learned.

• King of Reincarnation defended against Shi Xuan’s Two Forms Evil Slaying Sword Qi and sent tens of thousands of ghosts against him, but Shi Xuan absorbed them into his sleeve with black-and-white pillars of Qi.
• King of Reincarnation attacked with the Mother and Child Ghost Claw, the Life and Death Impermanence Sword, and a Yellow Springs Evil Ghost while Shi Xuan countered with his Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Shi Xuan used the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to break through King of Reincarnation’s defenses and strike his Fortune Brocade Cloud, reducing it by thirty percent despite the battle stage failing to account for fortune.
• Shi Xuan conceded as King of Reincarnation’s attacks closed in, and Yan Qianying declared him the loser.
• Other cultivators credited Shi Xuan’s ranking to his flying sword, while Shi Xuan returned to the Penglai Sect smiling and left Chu Wan'er puzzled.

Shi Xuan and Xie Fangwei watched the Cangmang Dharma Assembly’s contests, where the Penglai Sect secured a victory over the Netherworld Sect before drawing the Guanghan Sect. Ling Ri narrowly defeated Yan Qianying, and Shi Xuan’s duel with Lou Yizhi began with his Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword overpowering her Ice Soul Cold Light Sword until she unleashed a storm of divided cold lights.

• Shi Xuan explained his insights into King of Reincarnation’s Void Illusion to Xie Fangwei, while the Penglai Sect defeated the Netherworld Sect two matches to one.
• Xu Yu lost to Qiao Mubai but later narrowly defeated Nianhua in a sparring match, while Yan Qianying and Lou Yizhi defeated the Heavenly Fire Gate.
• The Penglai Sect drew the Guanghan Sect, and Ling Ri narrowly defeated Yan Qianying after their Void Illusions clashed for half an hour.
• Shi Xuan faced Lou Yizhi and used his Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to drive back her Ice Soul Cold Light Sword.
• Lou Yizhi split her sword into tens of thousands of cold lights and sent them sweeping toward Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan swiftly defeated Lou Yizhi, and Penglai Sect and Luofu Sect advanced to the final contest for first place at the Cangmang Dharma Assembly. Qiao Mubai narrowly beat Ling Ri in the opening match, leaving Shi Xuan and Xie Fangwei to fight for Penglai Sect’s chance to recover.

• Shi Xuan broke through Lou Yizhi’s defenses and forced her to concede, then shared his observations of her techniques with Xie Fangwei.
• Xie Fangwei defeated Lou Yizhi after a prolonged battle, while Qiao Mubai beat Dongmingzi and Nianhua’s win over Dongyuanzi secured Luofu Sect’s place in the final.
• Shi Xuan and Xie Fangwei assessed their chances against Nianhua, and Ling Ri warned them not to underestimate him.
• Guanghan Sect defeated Yingzhou Sect for third place, and Yan Qianying announced the final between Penglai Sect and Luofu Sect.
• Qiao Mubai narrowly defeated Ling Ri with the Great Freedom Sword Intent after a long battle.
• Ling Ri entrusted the next matches to Shi Xuan and Xie Fangwei, and they prepared for Shi Xuan to face Nianhua first.

Shi Xuan defeated Nianhua with a single sword stroke, helping the Penglai Sect secure first place at the Cangmang Dharma Assembly. A year later, Shi Xuan sent Chu Wan'er out to temper herself while he prepared for his next undertaking.

• Shi Xuan used Huohuo Shines Bright and the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to defeat Nianhua before he could escape.
• Xie Fangwei won the final match, and the Penglai Sect claimed first place and two Lesser Thousand Worlds.
• The Netherworld Sect challenged the Yingzhou Sect; after unexpected setbacks, it secured fourth place when Corpse Emperor narrowly defeated Dongyuanzi.
• Shi Xuan chose the Lei Mansion World and the Zhenshui World as the Penglai Sect's rewards, and the Cangmang Dharma Assembly ended.
• A year later, Shi Xuan advised Chu Wan'er before she left to travel and temper herself, then began preparing for his next undertaking.

Shi Xuan prepared to retrieve the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler and secured True Person Jiang’s help to keep White Bone True Person away. As Shi Xuan entered the Inner Sea of Falling Star, Zhao Jinyu returned to her old home and sensed a familiar aura passing by.

• Shi Xuan asked True Person Jiang to block White Bone True Person for ten days while he retrieved the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler, and agreed to give Jiang ten percent of his reward for perfecting the Divine Firmament True Law.
• Shi Xuan exchanged for protective talismans and, eleven days later, emerged from the Spatial Mist into the Inner Sea of Falling Star.
• Zhao Jinyu praised Elder Duan’s work and rewarded him, then urged her younger sister Zhao Jinxiu to advance her cultivation.
• Zhao Jinyu and Zhao Jinxiu set out for their old residence in Guanhai City, while Zhao Jinyu wondered whether Shi Xuan had formed a high-grade Golden Core.
• Zhao Jinyu sensed a familiar aura pass nearby but could not detect it again.

Shi Xuan returned to the Immortal Abode and used the Taiji Diagram to pass the decayed Four Symbols Inversion Formation. After waiting for True Person Jiang to occupy White Bone True Person, he reached the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler and began breaking through its defenses.

• Shi Xuan found the hidden entrance beyond the vortex, broke its restrictions, and crossed the Four Symbols Inversion Formation safely with the Other Shore Golden Bridge.
• Shi Xuan waited outside Myriad Treasures Tower until True Person Jiang had blocked White Bone True Person for nearly half a day.
• Shi Xuan broke through the third-floor Crystal Wall and found the remains of a Thick Earth Sect cultivator, then took her Demon Mirror Spirit Artifact.
• Shi Xuan reached the fourth floor, studied the Crystal Wall’s restrictions, and used the Other Shore Golden Bridge and a Forbidden Breaking Talisman to open a passage.
• Shi Xuan endured the formation’s golden light and blue-white lightning, entered the Crystal Wall, and froze the weaker restrictions around the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler.

Shi Xuan seized the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler from the Guangyang Immortal Mansion, returned to Penglai Sect, and completed its initial sacrificial refinement. He learned that Zhou Dielan had advanced to Spirit Soul and planned to congratulate her.

• Shi Xuan used the treasure-seizing formula to take the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler, then escaped the third level of the Guangyang Immortal Mansion with its refinement methods.
• Shi Xuan killed Songhezi, took the Silver Thread Net and Male-Female Twin Swords, and left the remaining treasures for others to collect.
• Shi Xuan met Lu Lingxiao near the Deep Sea Abyss, revealed his identity and Sword Light Differentiation, and shared insights with him before departing.
• Shi Xuan returned to Penglai Sect and spent a month refining the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler until it entered his dantian.
• Chen Ran told Shi Xuan that Zhou Dielan had advanced to Spirit Soul, and Shi Xuan decided to congratulate her.

After thirteen years of cultivation, Shi Xuan perfected the Divine Firmament True Law and prepared to leave for the Seven Immortals Great World, where Granny Yu tasked him with observing seven Outer Dao methods for achieving Primordial Spirit. He arrived in a wilderness amid a battle, where disguised cultivators attacked a group protecting a young boy, and the chapter ended as their leader sent his Five Elements Wheel toward Shi Xuan.

• Shi Xuan summoned Liu Xi, Chen Ran, Ao Gu, and Qing Suo, arranged their future responsibilities, and accepted Liu Xi and Chen Ran as registered disciples.
• Shi Xuan gave Liu Xi and Chen Ran flying swords and cultivation insights, rewarded Ao Gu with cultivation methods and a sword, and asked him to pass Chu Wan'er two Spirit Artifacts.
• Shi Xuan bid farewell to his sect and visited Granny Yu, who sent him to the Seven Immortals Great World to study its seven Outer Dao methods for achieving Primordial Spirit.
• In a desolate wilderness, disguised cultivators led by a grizzled old man attacked Wen Nianxi's companions and demanded the Heaven and Earth Furnace Ascension Method.
• Shi Xuan appeared near the battle, and the old man hurled his Five Elements Wheel at him.