Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan arrived in an unfamiliar world, fought off cultivators who mistook him for a remnant of the Yin Yang Divine Cult, and learned of Canglan City and its treasure hunt. He entered the city on a black bear and was approached by a cultivator offering news.

• Shi Xuan shattered the grizzled cultivator's Five Elements Wheel, trapped the attackers, and destroyed four of them after a soul-searching attempt triggered a distant Golden Core cultivator's curse.
• Two black-robed cultivators investigated the wilderness and suspected Shi Xuan was a powerful Golden Core grandmaster connected to the Heaven and Earth Furnace Ascension Method.
• Shi Xuan questioned Guo Kai, Yu Lan, and Zhuang Bieqing, learned the direction of Canglan City, and left them behind as they discussed protecting the young heirs of the fallen Yin Yang Divine Cult.
• Guo Kai and Yu Lan planned to warn Zhuang Bieqing's aunt in Canglan City and seek treasures from the underground caverns.
• Shi Xuan reached Canglan City, subdued a black bear and rode it toward the gates, then met a Soul Departure Stage cultivator who offered him news about the treasure hunt.

Shi Xuan entered Canglan City and learned that Earth Extreme True Person’s cave would open in half a month, drawing powerful cultivators from across the Great Thousand World. After forcing a Fire Wood Sect disciple to apologize and erasing the witnesses’ memories of his aura and appearance, Shi Xuan left the tavern with Qian Desan, who warned him about the sect’s strength and called him the Heaven Seizing Young Master.

• Shi Xuan paid Qian Desan for information and learned that Earth Extreme True Person’s cave would open in half a month, attracting six of the twelve Dharma Aspect True Persons, including representatives of all Four Great Sects.
• Qian Desan explained that the Four Great Sects sought Earth Extreme True Person’s Primordial Spirit secret method and had joined forces to destroy the Yin Yang Demonic Cult after it revealed its own inheritance.
• A Fire Wood Sect disciple confronted Qian Desan for criticizing the sect and demanded that Shi Xuan slap himself in apology.
• Shi Xuan used his gaze to make the disciple and his followers apologize and leave, then used the Sky-Peering Earth-Measuring Yin Yang Divine Realm to erase the witnesses’ memories of his aura and appearance.
• Shi Xuan left the tavern with Qian Desan, who warned that Fire Wood Sect might send a Golden Core grandmaster after him and called him the Heaven Seizing Young Master.

Shi Xuan learned about the Heaven Seizing Young Master Fang Qi and the cultivation ranks and powers of the Great Thousand World while refusing Qian Desan’s advice to apologize to the Fire Wood Sect. As they went to browse cultivation-method jade slips, they encountered Zhong Qingqing and the arrival of the Moon Water Saintess, Wen Nianxi.

• Qian Desan told Shi Xuan how Fang Qi rose from a scorned, weak cultivator to a Golden Core Grandmaster and survived the Seven Mountains Alliance’s pursuit.
• Shi Xuan considered the Great Thousand World’s cultivation path and checked his luck, finding it diminished by more than a tenth.
• Qian Desan urged Shi Xuan to appease the Fire Wood Sect, but Shi Xuan instead went with him to look for cultivation-method jade slips.
• Shi Xuan and Qian Desan saw Zhong Qingqing ride through Canglan City as she disparaged Wen Nianxi.
• White petals drifted through the street, and Qian Desan recognized the Moon Water Saintess, Wen Nianxi.

Shi Xuan watched Wen Nianxi and Heaven Seizing Young Master Fang Qi arrive in the city, then studied local cultivation methods and assessed their weaknesses. As night fell, two familiar auras approached his room through the inn’s restrictions.

• Shi Xuan watched the four lotus-adorned carriages enter the city and saw Fang Qi’s overwhelming fortune nearly affect him before his treasures steadied his Spirit Soul.
• Wen Nianxi politely departed from Fang Qi, who confidently said he would enjoy winning her over, then left with his followers.
• Shi Xuan bought cultivation-method jade slips and kept Qian Desan nearby to handle errands and gather information.
• Shi Xuan studied the Technique-to-Dao Method, identified weaknesses in its cultivators’ Spiritual Sense, souls, and defenses, and considered how to counter them.
• Shi Xuan watched colorful treasure lights rise over the Canglan River, then sensed two familiar auras passing through the inn’s restrictions toward his room.

Shi Xuan agreed to rescue Zhuang Bieqing in exchange for Wen Nianxi lending him the Great Method of Ascending Immortals. After tracing the boy’s aura with the Yin Yang Divine Mirror, Shi Xuan found a way to see beyond the captors’ efforts to conceal their location.

• Yu Lan and Guo Kai told Shi Xuan that a Golden Core Grandmaster had seized Zhuang Bieqing and demanded the Divine Cult’s great method as ransom.
• Shi Xuan warned them that their pursuers might be watching and said he would help if Wen Nianxi swore a Dao Heart oath and lent him the Great Method of Ascending Immortals.
• Wen Nianxi agreed to Shi Xuan’s terms, and Yu Lan gave him clothing carrying Zhuang Bieqing’s aura.
• Shi Xuan used the Heaven-Peeking Earth-Measuring Yin-Yang Divine Mirror to view Zhuang Bieqing in a hidden stone chamber, but the captors’ precautions obscured the location.
• Shi Xuan closed his hand into a fist, causing the mirror’s image to rise from the chamber and reveal the mountain around it.

Shi Xuan rescued Wen Nianxi and Zhuang Bieqing from a cave on Langan Mountain, where they discovered that Nian Ci had orchestrated the plot against them. Nian Ci’s hidden power triggered a clash with Shi Xuan, who escaped with Wen Nianxi and Zhuang Bieqing as Canglan City’s City Lord arrived to investigate.

• Shi Xuan and Wen Nianxi entered the cave dwelling without alerting its guards and found Zhuang Bieqing bound by a restriction linked to Nian Ci’s life.
• Shi Xuan subdued the masked Golden Core Grandmaster and broke the restriction while Wen Nianxi watched over Zhuang Bieqing.
• The captured Grandmaster was revealed as Wen Nianxi’s Senior Sister Nian Ci, who admitted she had plotted against Wen Nianxi out of resentment and greed.
• Nian Ci broke free of Shi Xuan’s seal and unleashed a powerful green-light hand, but Shi Xuan used the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler’s power to defeat it.
• Shi Xuan erased their traces and fled with Wen Nianxi and Zhuang Bieqing, while Chu Taigao arrived and learned that two Dharma Aspect True Persons had clashed.

Shi Xuan established his authority over Wen Nianxi, then studied the Water Moon Sect’s cultivation methods to understand how Dharma Aspect True Persons were made. He discovered the strengths and weaknesses of their realm and was shocked by the Great Method of Ascending Immortals’ path to Primordial Spirit.

• Shi Xuan told Wen Nianxi to call him Daoist Priest Shi or Senior Shi, while letting her believe he was a Dharma Aspect True Person.
• Wen Nianxi offered to serve Shi Xuan for life if he restored the Divine Cult, but he rebuked her for relying on her beauty and urged her to cultivate her own strength.
• Shi Xuan explained that Dao Heart tempering began throughout cultivation, and Wen Nianxi gave him jade slips containing the Great Method of Ascending Immortals and the Water Moon True Explanation.
• Shi Xuan learned that Dharma Aspect True Persons formed a Dao Fruit by merging their souls and True Qi into a Divine Ability Golden Core, and he assessed their combat strengths and weaknesses.
• Shi Xuan read the Primordial Spirit method in the Great Method of Ascending Immortals and was shocked that it could lead to Primordial Spirit.

Shi Xuan questioned the flaws in the Great Method of Ascending Immortals, advised Wen Nianxi on cultivating her Dao heart, and learned key facts about the Four Great Sects and their Primordial Spirit True Persons. As Canglan City grew tense ahead of the underground cavern opening, the Four Great Sects drove weak cultivators away from the river.

• Shi Xuan suspected that grinding a soul down to its True Spirit Spark would leave a grave flaw, and he resolved to compare other Outer Dao methods while observing Wen Nianxi's path to the Dharma Aspect.
• Shi Xuan gave Wen Nianxi methods for strengthening her control over her soul and advised her to conceal her identity while traveling; she chose to follow his guidance.
• Wen Nianxi told Shi Xuan that the Four Great Sects each had a Primordial Spirit True Person, that the Water Moon Sect's was burdened by a flaw, and that the sect owned only one Dharma Treasure, the Moonlight Reflecting Water Sword.
• Shi Xuan returned Zhuang Bieqing to Guo Kai and Yu Lan, then learned that rumors of a fight between two Dharma Aspect True Persons had unsettled Canglan City.
• On the fifth day of the third month, the Four Great Sects ordered low-level cultivators away from the Canglan River and used a wave of water to drive them off.

Shi Xuan waited for Earth Extreme True Person’s seal to break, planning to use Fang Qi’s exceptional fortune to track the most important treasures. When the treasures erupted and the Dharma Aspect True Persons fought over them, Fang Qi reached for a cluster of streams but was interrupted by a threatening purple light.

• Fang Qi provoked Song Yan, but Zhong Qiuping warned Song Yan through his Spirit Soul, and Song Yan left without attacking.
• Shi Xuan watched Canglan City and focused on Fang Qi, expecting important treasures to fly toward the Heaven Seizing Young Master because of his extraordinary fortune.
• Thunder announced the seal’s change, and a pillar of green light rose from the cavern before treasures burst into the sky as torrents of rain fell.
• The six Dharma Aspect True Persons fought to keep one another from gaining control of the flying treasures.
• Fang Qi summoned a black hand to seize a dozen streams of light, but a sudden sense of danger made him hesitate as purple light surrounded by Nine Golden Flowers swept toward them.

Fang Qi and several Dharma Aspect True Persons fought over the treasures swept up by the purple light, while Shi Xuan escaped with the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler. Yun Congyue and Cang Fufeng failed to track him, and the battle for the remaining banner continued at the Canglan River.

• Fang Qi used his Heavenly Xin Seven Sha Sword and a talisman to seize the treasures, but a Five-Colored Sword Light wasted his talisman and the purple light gathered the items.
• The six Dharma Aspect True Persons attacked the purple light, which sent the little black banner and other treasures toward the White Lotus Dharma Aspect and drew several pursuers into a fight over them.
• The Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler revealed itself, drove back the starlight and purple ribbon, then carried the Purple Jade Treasure Slip south as the noble purple glow and brilliant starlight pursued it.
• Shi Xuan took the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler and escaped with his purple and green wings, leaving Yun Congyue and Cang Fufeng behind.
• Cang Fufeng and Yun Congyue tried to track Shi Xuan, but his Golden Bridge blocked Yun Congyue's tracking attempt and the ruler struck her; Cang Fufeng then left the city.
• Yun Congyue returned to the Canglan River, where the Dharma Aspect True Persons and other cultivators continued fighting over the remaining treasures.

Shi Xuan returned to Canglan City and watched Fang Qi escape with the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner after the Dharma Aspect True Persons fought to a draw. Fang Qi hid in a collapsed cave, but Shi Xuan tracked him down and launched a surprise attack, leaving Fang Qi trapped and panicked.

• Shi Xuan suppressed a spying connection with the Taiji Diagram and counterattacked with the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler before rushing back to the Canglan River.
• The five Dharma Aspect True Persons' attacks collided and canceled each other out, sending the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner drifting toward Fang Qi.
• Fang Qi seized the banner and escaped using a talisman, while the Dharma Aspect True Persons searched for him and Shi Xuan tracked his distinctive Fortune Brocade Cloud.
• Fang Qi hid in a collapsed cave near the Canglan River and waited for the Dharma Aspect True Persons to leave before planning to rejoin his subordinates.
• Shi Xuan attacked Fang Qi with the purple radiance, the Five-Colored Flying Sword, and the Five-Colored Thunder Light Great Hand, trapping him before he could escape.

Shi Xuan nearly killed Fang Qi in a battle, but an earthquake let Fang Qi escape with help from a space Dao arts talisman. Fang Qi resolved to treat Shi Xuan as his lifelong enemy and pursue ways to reach the Dharma Aspect Realm, while Shi Xuan returned to Canglan City to search Fang Qi’s storage bag for the heritage Jade Slip.

• Shi Xuan’s Five-Colored Thunder Light Great Hand and Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Ruler overwhelmed Fang Qi, but an earthquake disrupted the fight and let Fang Qi escape after losing his Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner and storage bag.
• Shi Xuan retrieved the banner and storage bag, but could not track Fang Qi after the Heaven Seizing Young Master fled beyond his range and someone or something obscured his pursuit techniques.
• Fang Qi met a cultivator ten thousand miles away, recovered his composure, and declared Shi Xuan his lifelong enemy after deciding his defeat had exposed his arrogance and complacency.
• Fang Qi resolved to explore an Ancient Era Dharma Aspect True Person’s cave abode and seek a mirror in the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts to hasten his breakthrough, then departed to meet Xiao Ning and the others.
• After the earthquake devastated Canglan City, Shi Xuan found shelter and opened Fang Qi’s storage bag to search for the heritage Jade Slip.

Shi Xuan found Fang Qi’s inheritance and valuable materials in his storage bag, then studied the Primordial Spirit methods and gained the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner. He left the battle’s aftermath behind as Qian Desan told a tavern crowd a mistaken account of the jade ruler’s owner.

• Shi Xuan found the Profound Sun Dominion True Spirit Jade Tome and Extreme Dao Destroying Profound Earth among Fang Qi’s belongings, along with other valuable materials.
• Shi Xuan studied the Earth Extreme Soul Refining Immortal Ascension Jade Book and Profound Sun Dominion True Spirit Jade Tome, comparing their paths to Primordial Spirit with orthodox cultivation.
• Shi Xuan decided to find a cave abode and refine the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner, while noting that obtaining the remaining Primordial Spirit methods would be difficult.
• Shi Xuan heard Qian Desan recount the battle, claiming that a purple jade ruler had taken Earth Extreme True Person’s heritage while the Dharma Aspect True Persons fought over it.
• Qian Desan said the Four Great Sects suspected the jade ruler belonged to an opposing Dharma Aspect True Person, and Shi Xuan felt relieved that their attention was diverted.

Shi Xuan questioned Wen Nianxi about the Water Moon True Explanation and suppressed the fortune that drew unwanted attention to her. He settled in Chiyang City to choose a Fire Wood Sect disciple for his covert plan, while Song Renjie arrived bitter and resentful after losing his chance to enter the inner sect.

• Qian Desan revealed that Fang Qi had escaped several Dharma Aspect True Persons and become the Four Great Sects’ chief target, easing some of the attention on Shi Xuan.
• Shi Xuan rescued Wen Nianxi from cultivators pursuing her, then asked whether she could reveal the Water Moon True Explanation’s method for achieving Primordial Spirit despite its Dao Heart oath.
• Shi Xuan used the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to suppress Wen Nianxi’s Fortune Brocade Cloud, and she discovered that men no longer pestered her.
• Shi Xuan rented a cave residence in Chiyang City and began mastering the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner while searching among Fire Wood Sect disciples for candidates for his plan.
• Song Renjie entered Chiyang City consumed by despair and hatred because Xia Feng had entered the inner sect and become a Golden Core Realm master’s disciple.

After failing to enter the inner sect, Song Renjie despaired over his stagnant cultivation and his family’s expectations. Shi Xuan lured him into a bargain by offering the resources he needed to reach the Spiritual Power Realm, and Song Renjie agreed to make a Dao Heart oath without knowing the request.

• Song Renjie returned home after failing to enter the inner sect, and Madam Song comforted him while Song Hao and Song Jie proudly praised his supposed progress.
• Ashamed and despairing, Song Renjie left his family and accidentally knocked Shi Xuan’s bundle off a bridge.
• Shi Xuan offered Song Renjie rare cultivation manuals in exchange for one request, but Song Renjie initially dismissed them as fakes.
• Shi Xuan’s words about a hopeless future drove Song Renjie to chase him, and Shi Xuan led him into a dark void.
• Shi Xuan offered Song Renjie Azure Fire Black Iron, Crimson Dragon Grass, and other resources in exchange for a future request, and Song Renjie agreed to make a Dao Heart oath.

Song Renjie advanced to the Spiritual Power Realm after receiving mysterious guidance, while Shi Xuan spent fifty years cultivating and reached Yin Spirit. Shi Xuan heard a rumor about a late-blooming Golden Core Grandmaster from the Fire Wood Sect, and the chapter left the identity of that cultivator unclear.

• After Song Renjie swore a Dao Heart oath, a mysterious old daoist sent insights into his mind, and Song Renjie hurried home before returning to his sect to cultivate.
• One year later, Song Renjie emerged from seclusion as a Spiritual Power Realm cultivator, and Junior Brother Huang and Junior Brother Ai congratulated him.
• Song Renjie went to Zhou Yuan to register as an Inner Disciple, but Zhou Yuan dismissed him and told him to return in seven days.
• After fifty years of cultivation, Shi Xuan merged spirit and qi, overcame the illusions with his Taiji Diagram, and advanced to Yin Spirit.
• Shi Xuan assessed the increased power of his spells and spirit artifacts, then went to a restaurant and overheard a Seven Mountains Alliance cultivator ask about a late-blooming Golden Core Grandmaster from the Fire Wood Sect.

Shi Xuan learned that Heaven Seizing Young Master had been seen near the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts and began forming a plan. He met Wen Nianxi, learned what she knew, and promised that his revised guidance could lead her to Dharma Aspect after she mastered her Daoist arts to the fifth tier.

• Shi Xuan overheard Seven Mountains Alliance cultivators discuss Heaven Seizing Young Master's return and his possible connection to the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts.
• The cultivators discussed Wen Nianxi's Golden Core breakthrough and her growing reputation, while Shi Xuan reflected on her cultivation and his plans.
• Wen Nianxi met Shi Xuan outside Chiyang City and congratulated him on his recent cultivation breakthrough.
• Shi Xuan asked Wen Nianxi about Heaven Seizing Young Master's whereabouts, and she said he had been seen emerging from the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts before disappearing again.
• Shi Xuan told Wen Nianxi that his revisions to the Water Moon True Explanation could let her achieve Dharma Aspect once her Daoist arts reached the fifth tier, though her strength would initially be inferior to others at that level.

Wen Nianxi accepted Shi Xuan’s revised Water Moon True Explanation and received a jade pendant to suppress her charm, while Shi Xuan learned which powerful cultivators and treasures had arrived. In the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts, Rogue Cultivators witnessed Earth Sha Yin Fire destroy a Three-Nosed Elephant Yin soul and concluded Heaven Seizing Young Master was nearby, prompting the Four Great Sects to learn of his hiding place.

• Wen Nianxi swore to reveal the rest of the Water Moon True Explanation after reaching the Dharma Aspect Realm, and Shi Xuan taught her his revised method.
• Wen Nianxi told Shi Xuan which Dharma Aspect True Persons and Dharma Treasures had arrived, then asked him for help suppressing the charm that attracted unwanted attention.
• Shi Xuan made Wen Nianxi a jade pendant with three uses to seal and release her charm, and she returned to her sect encampment.
• Yu Ping and Sun Bo led Rogue Cultivators through the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts toward a remote Three-Nosed Elephant Pit.
• The group saw Earth Sha Yin Fire burn away a Three-Nosed Elephant Yin soul, and Yu Ping and the others identified it as the work of Heaven Seizing Young Master and his Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner.
• Sun Bo and the other Rogue Cultivators retreated, and two days later the Four Great Sects learned that Heaven Seizing Young Master was hiding in the tomb.

The Four Great Sects’ Dharma Aspect True Persons agreed to enter the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts at dawn to capture Fang Qi, while Shi Xuan prepared to exploit their search for his own scheme. Fang Qi planned to act as a hidden observer, and Shi Xuan recruited Wen Nianxi and Song Renjie to relay information.

• Huitong and Zhong Qiuping persuaded Miao Yin and Pu Yannian to enter the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts in pairs at dawn, despite concerns about Fang Qi’s suspicious appearance and possible allies.
• Fang Qi learned from an informant that the Four Great Sects would come after him and decided to act as the yellow sparrow in his rival’s scheme.
• Wen Nianxi warned Shi Xuan that the Four Great Sects would enter the tomb after daybreak, and Shi Xuan instructed her to pass him information from inside.
• Shi Xuan searched the area with the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword and confirmed Fang Qi had not left Chiyang City.
• Shi Xuan offered Song Renjie a Spirit Artifact in exchange for information from the tomb, but Song Renjie asked for Shi Xuan’s guidance and resources instead.

Yun Congyue followed the Four Great Sects into the Ancient Tomb of Desolate Beasts as they used a powerful formation to track Heaven Seizing Young Master Fang Qi. After fighting their way through dangerous Yin Souls, the sect leaders reached the valley and found an unfamiliar cultivator waiting with the storage bag that carried Fang Qi’s aura.

• Yun Congyue joined the Four Great Sects at the tomb entrance, then watched as they established formations to track Fang Qi’s aura.
• Zhong Qiuping and Miaoyin took a side route while Huitong and Puyan Nian followed the main road, and Wen Nianxi and Song Renjie relayed the situation to Shi Xuan.
• The Four Great Sects’ cultivators fought a Three-Nosed Elephant Yin Soul at the peak of the Dharma Aspect Realm, delaying Zhong Qiuping and Miaoyin for an hour.
• The four Dharma Aspect True Persons reunited in a valley where extreme Yang arose from extreme Yin and cautiously searched for formations before proceeding.
• An unfamiliar young cultivator appeared on a hill with the storage bag carrying Fang Qi’s aura, despite the sect leaders’ Spiritual Consciousness having failed to detect him.