Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xinghuai and Elder Shi searched Jiang Mountain for Liang Yuanzheng’s cave residence, uncovering it after Elder Shi’s strike collapsed a cliff. After exploring the residence, Xiao Xinghuai discovered a hidden message on its Cushion: “Overlord Heaven-Defying Art.”

• Xiao Xinghuai and Elder Shi searched Jiang Mountain for Liang Yuanzheng’s cave residence while Shi Xuan observed them from afar.
• Elder Shi’s sword strike split a cliff and caused it to collapse, exposing the cave residence hidden inside.
• Xiao Xinghuai and Elder Shi broke through the cave’s restrictions and found medicinal pills, Spirit Artifacts, cultivation arts, and jade slips.
• Elder Shi left Xiao Xinghuai alone in Liang Yuanzheng’s living quarters after finding no Human Immortal cultivation art among the jade slips.
• Xiao Xinghuai kowtowed nine times to the Cushion, which revealed the words “Overlord Heaven-Defying Art.”

Xiao Xinghuai discovered the Overlord Heaven-Defying Art in Liang Yuanzheng’s cave and believed its guidance on refining Dragon Veins could help him reach Human Immortal. Meanwhile, Huiyuan secretly approached Feilai Academy’s back mountain, survived its ghostly Killing Intent, and waited for a response as someone watched from afar.

• Xiao Xinghuai memorized the Overlord Heaven-Defying Art and became excited by its methods for strengthening Fist Intent and refining Dragon Veins.
• Xiao Xinghuai let Elder Shi’s group divide most of the cave’s treasures, concealing the cultivation art he had found.
• Shi Xuan resumed Body Tempering and revealed that he had fabricated the art’s Human Immortal teachings and Dragon Vein secret method to mislead Xiao Xinghuai.
• Huiyuan infiltrated Feilai Academy as a handyman after traveling back to Dongjun Province with Jici’s help.
• Huiyuan approached the back mountain and overcame its vision of hungry ghosts by recalling the Infinite Starlight Buddha Image and chanting his Buddha name.
• Huiyuan reached within a hundred zhang of the mountain, but received no answer, while a tall figure watched from a secluded courtyard.

Xiao Chuhe chose not to pursue Huiyuan and learned that Qing Lang and Xiong Pi were gathering strength in the Western Frontier. Qing Lang’s Immortal Array survived Xiao Chuhe’s attack, but the two demons found the western conflict deadlocked and considered asking Qing Lang’s mysterious Master for help.

• Yao Jiang apologized to Xiao Chuhe for failing to detect Huiyuan, but Xiao Chuhe told him to leave the monk alone and prepare King Zhen Dong to move west.
• Xiao Chuhe revealed that the Immortal Talisman was made by the Liuli Buddha Lord and spoke to the imprisoned Brother Sword, who answered with a cold snort.
• Huiyuan stopped reciting the Buddha mantra when the Immortal Talisman showed no response, then steeled himself to continue facing his trials.
• Qing Lang and Xiong Pi activated the Cold Light Heaven-Splitting Earth-Cracking Immortal Array and froze Xiao Chuhe’s Blue Sky Fist Intent, forcing him to leave.
• Qing Lang and Xiong Pi returned frustrated after King Zhen Dong joined the Western Frontier conflict, and Xiong Pi suggested Qing Lang ask his mysterious Master for help.

Qing Lang prayed to Shi Xuan for a way to conceal Heaven’s workings so he and Xiong Pi could break the military deadlock. Shi Xuan agreed to send his External Incarnation to help, and Xiong Pi learned that their powerful ally would assist them.

• Qing Lang accepted Xiong Pi’s advice and fasted for seven days before praying to his master on White Sand Mountain.
• Shi Xuan answered Qing Lang’s prayer after finishing his fist training and heard how King Zhen Dong’s arrival had stalled Qing Lang’s campaign against King Dingxi.
• Shi Xuan said Qing Lang could not learn a secret art to conceal Heaven’s workings at his current cultivation, but promised to send his Primordial Spirit-stage External Incarnation to assist him.
• Shi Xuan warned Qing Lang against repeatedly troubling him with requests, then withdrew his will and hurried toward Xijiang Province.
• Qing Lang told Xiong Pi that Shi Xuan would send his External Incarnation, and Xiong Pi reacted with shock and delight.

Shi Xuan arrived at White Sand Mountain in an External Incarnation and agreed to help Qing Lang and Xiong Pi ambush King Dingxi, Ke Mingxu, by concealing his sense of danger. The attack began at Crimson Thunder Peak, where Ke Mingxu faced the demons’ combined assault and countered the giant wolf directly.

• Qing Lang and Xiong Pi prepared a ceremonial welcome for Shi Xuan and secretly erased the lesser demons’ memories afterward.
• Shi Xuan agreed to help them target Ke Mingxu and carried Qing Lang and Xiong Pi through the void toward his residence.
• Ke Mingxu practiced refining heavenly thunder into fist intent and worried that his limited cultivation art had left him unable to advance.
• Qing Lang and Xiong Pi launched a coordinated ambush as Ke Mingxu opened Crimson Thunder Peak’s formation.
• Ke Mingxu realized his danger sense had been concealed, transformed his lower body into a Crimson Flame Thunder dragon, and charged at the giant wolf while ignoring the other attacks.

Shi Xuan helped Qing Lang and Xiong Pi kill He Mingxu, breaking the stalemate in the Yuanmang Great World. As the rival factions struggled to respond and Xiao Chuhe crushed Yue Qian’s attempt to flee, Shi Xuan learned of the changing situation and sent his will to Qing Lang.

• He Mingxu’s desperate secret art pushed back Qing Lang and Xiong Pi, but Shi Xuan used the Other Shore Golden Bridge to immobilize him long enough for their attacks to destroy his thundercloud form.
• Guo Yuquan sensed that He Mingxu might be trapped, chose not to rush to his aid, and notified Xiao Chuhe after returning to his residence.
• Shi Xuan reprimanded Qing Lang and Xiong Pi for underestimating He Mingxu, then departed while the two demons returned to White Sand Mountain.
• After He Mingxu’s death broke the stalemate, Xiao Chuhe failed to breach White Sand Mountain, while Guo Yuquan searched the Tongtian Great World for help and Yue Qian attempted to relocate from Huo Tong Mountain.
• Xiao Chuhe intercepted Yue Qian, killed the Purple Dragon King and two other Great Demons, and forced the injured Yue Qian to flee to Moyun Ridge.
• After learning of these events, Shi Xuan sent his will to Qing Lang, who immediately prostrated himself and asked what his Master wanted.

Shi Xuan had Qing Lang and Xiong Pi redirect a Dragon Vein toward White Sand Mountain, then completed the initial tempering of his blood and body. Meanwhile, Xiao Xinghuai refined the Capital Dragon Vein, and Guo Yuquan waited for Bodhisattva Wuqi to finish his affairs before they returned to the Yuanmang Great World.

• Shi Xuan gave Qing Lang Gu Canghai’s aura and a Dragon Vein secret art, instructing him to help Gu Canghai only in a situation of certain death without disrupting his tempering.
• Qing Lang and Xiong Pi used the secret art to redirect a Dragon Vein toward White Sand Mountain, making the mountain’s spiritual energy and vitality grow stronger.
• Nine years later, Shi Xuan used the Dragon Emperor Blood Refining Pill and the Ten Dragons Subduing Demons Fist to refine his blood until it became dense as mercury, then tempered his body with lightning.
• Xiao Xinghuai defeated First Prince Xiao Xingyan, caused him to kneel before the onlookers, and then continued refining the Capital Dragon Vein underground.
• Guo Yuquan agreed to wait a few more days while Bodhisattva Wuqi handled several matters before they departed for the Yuanmang Great World.

Wu Qi planned to use Guo Yuquan’s invitation to reach the Immortal Talisman and help his Martial Uncle revive Dragon Tree Temple, while Shi Xuan moved to redirect Beining Province’s Dragon Vein. The chapter ended with Shi Xuan approaching Moyun Ridge to secretly alter the vein’s course.

• Wu Qi told his Martial Uncle that Guo Yuquan planned to bring him back to the Yuanmang Great World, and they discussed using the Immortal Talisman to revive Dragon Tree Temple.
• Wu Qi accepted Guo Yuquan’s invitation, and the two set off for the Tongtian Great World three days later.
• Huiyuan continued practicing at Feilai Academy, but he still received no response from the Future Star Constellation Buddha’s first test.
• Shi Xuan decided to alter Beining Province’s Dragon Vein after assessing the risks posed by Xiao Chuhe and Yue Qian.
• Shi Xuan chose to use the Four Symbols World Destroying Sword to temporarily suppress the Dragon Vein and guide its fortune toward Moyun Ridge.

Shi Xuan redirected the Dragon Vein near Moyun Ridge and fled before Yue Qian could investigate, while a hidden monk recognized his power and reconsidered his plans. At Feilai Academy, Xiao Chuhe killed Wuqi after learning he cultivated the Future Star Constellation Dao; Shi Xuan then waited for Xiao Chuhe to leave so he could alter Dongjun Province’s Dragon Vein, while beneath the capital a figure trained with the Dragon Vein’s energy.

• Shi Xuan used the Four Symbols World Destroying Sword to bind the Dragon Vein near Moyun Ridge and redirect its fortune toward the ridge, then escaped before Yue Qian arrived.
• A gaunt monk inspected the site, recognized that Shi Xuan had not damaged the Dragon Vein and that his flying sword held extraordinary power, and decided to change his plan.
• At Feilai Academy, Guo Yuquan introduced Bodhisattva Wuqi to Xiao Chuhe, who killed Wuqi after hearing that he cultivated the Future Star Constellation Dao.
• Guo Yuquan suspected that Qing Lang and Xiong Pi had gathered Dragon Vein fortune at White Sand Mountain and decided to stay and help Xiao Chuhe deal with the coming trouble.
• Shi Xuan discovered that Feilai Peak was Dongjun Province’s Dragon Vein convergence point and secluded himself nearby to await Xiao Chuhe’s departure.
• Two years later, beneath the capital, a bare-chested figure practiced fist techniques as the Dragon Vein’s energy flowed into his fist intent.

Xiao Xinghuai’s cultivation disturbed the Capital City Dragon Vein, drawing Xiao Chuhe away from Feilai Academy. Shi Xuan used the opening to restrain the Dragon Veins and sever the five dragons guarding Ancient Buddha Yuantong’s secret art, revealing the golden Buddha mantra talisman.

• Xiao Xinghuai’s final punch shook the Dragon Vein and caused an earthquake that collapsed his underground tunnel and damaged the Capital City.
• Shi Xuan detected the Dragon Vein’s movement and headed toward Feilai Academy, while Xiao Chuhe decided to return to the Capital City to investigate.
• After Xiao Chuhe departed, Shi Xuan confirmed his location, restrained the Dragon Veins near Feilai Academy, and flew to the rear mountain.
• Shi Xuan struck the five dragons of dynastic fortune with the Four Symbols World Destroying Sword, cutting them apart and breaking Ancient Buddha Yuantong’s secret art.
• The severed dragons flew toward the cardinal directions and the Capital City, revealing a golden talisman bearing the six characters “Om Mani Padme Hum.”

Shi Xuan resisted the monk in jade-green kasaya’s attempt to convert him, using the All Beings Pagoda and the empowered Six Paths of Reincarnation to escape the monk’s attacks. The monk finally removed the golden talisman, while Shi Xuan vanished to an unknown location.

• The monk in jade-green kasaya trapped Shi Xuan in Dharma-Crossing Zen Light and sent a Seven-Story Golden Stupa down to seal his surroundings.
• Shi Xuan resisted the conversion, then used the All Beings Pagoda to block it and flew out of the Buddha light.
• Shi Xuan used the Jade Shattering Art and the Heavenly Human Path to drive the stupa back, then attacked the monk with the Hell Path.
• The monk countered Shi Xuan’s attack with a Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, and Shi Xuan used the Taiji Diagram to vanish.
• The monk reached the golden talisman, causing its six Buddhas to disperse and its Buddha light to withdraw.

Ku Ye removed the Vajra Glazed Immortal Talisman, but Jian Tonghui and Shi Xuan joined forces to kill him before he could escape. Shi Xuan claimed the talisman, and he and Jian Tonghui fled as Xiao Chuhe approached.

• Ku Ye took the Vajra Glazed Immortal Talisman from the mountain, causing the peak to collapse and revealing Jian Tonghui.
• Jian Tonghui attacked Ku Ye, who countered with the Myriad Buddhas Star River and the Eight Divisions Pagoda.
• Shi Xuan struck Ku Ye with the Heavenly Human Path, causing his body and golden Buddha statue to wither as Jian Tonghui finished him.
• Jian Tonghui gave Shi Xuan the storage bag and claimed Ku Ye's golden body and Buddhist treasures, while Shi Xuan stored the Immortal Talisman in the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle.
• When Jian Tonghui sensed Xiao Chuhe approaching, Shi Xuan escaped into the void using the Taiji Diagram, and Jian Tonghui vanished with a secret art.

Shi Xuan fled Xiao Chuhe after disrupting the Immortal Talisman's fate fortune, but Xiao Chuhe tracked his movements through intuition and followed him into the Earth Lung. Shi Xuan hid among its Earth Sha Yin Fire, and Xiao Chuhe eventually suspected he had doubled back toward the surface.

• Xiao Chuhe realized someone had broken the Immortal Talisman's fate fortune without damaging the Dragon Veins, then used his intuition to pursue Shi Xuan and Jian Tonghui.
• Shi Xuan fled toward the Void Universe, but Xiao Chuhe followed him into the Qi Layer and repeatedly anticipated his changes of direction.
• Unable to escape beneath the Earth Membrane before the Jade Shattering Art faded, Shi Xuan abandoned his plan and plunged underground while Xiao Chuhe pursued him with Blue Sky Fist Intent.
• Shi Xuan entered the Earth Lung and used the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner and Taiji Diagram to conceal himself among the flames.
• Xiao Chuhe extinguished many Earth Sha Yin Fires while searching, then concluded Shi Xuan might have secretly returned to the surface and flew back up the fissure.

Shi Xuan escaped Xiao Chuhe by using the Earth Lung and the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner, then recovered on a distant island and connected with the Vajra Glazed Immortal Talisman. He confirmed the talisman’s profound use and remained pleased with his gains despite the damage to his banner and the weakness caused by the Jade Shattering Art.

• Shi Xuan lured the sentient flames away with eighty-one emerald flames, escaped the Earth Lung, and fled through the East Sea to a remote island.
• Shi Xuan set up an array to conceal himself and discovered that the Jade Shattering Art had weakened his Primordial Spirit and advanced his first Heavenly Tribulation by thirty years.
• Shi Xuan drank the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle’s Sweet Dew to recover, then reflected that fighting Xiao Chuhe alongside Jian Tonghui would likely have ended in their deaths.
• Shi Xuan judged that the Earth Sha Yin Fire Banner’s Artifact Spirit had been badly injured and would need one or two hundred years of nurturing.
• Shi Xuan connected with the Vajra Glazed Immortal Talisman’s spirituality and confirmed the profound use Jian Tonghui had described.

Shi Xuan and Jian Tonghui exchanged insights on the Six Paths of Reincarnation while Jian Tonghui recovered enough to offer support. At Feilai Academy, the back mountain was destroyed in the battle, Huiyuan searched for the lost Immortal Talisman, and Xiao Chuhe prepared to flee before Jian Tonghui could recover.

• Shi Xuan examined Ku Ye’s storage bag, found a Pure Yang green banner he wanted, and set it aside because he had nothing suitable to trade for it.
• Jian Tonghui found Shi Xuan, accepted Ku Ye’s storage bag, and discussed the Six Paths of Reincarnation with him.
• A battle’s upheaval shook Feilai Academy, and Huiyuan witnessed visions of Buddhist light, sword energy, and the destruction of the back mountain.
• Huiyuan resolved to cultivate and revive Buddhism, searched the ruined back mountain for the Immortal Talisman, and left after groundwater filled the crater.
• Xiao Chuhe returned to Feilai Academy, let Huiyuan go, and gathered his belongings to flee before Jian Tonghui could recover and seek revenge.

Shi Xuan severed the fortune ties on the Vajra Glazed Immortal Talisman, freeing Jian Tonghui and securing the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Art. Xiao Chuhe fled to seek other tribulation-crossing methods, while Qing Lang and Xiong Pi began to suspect that Shi Xuan had used them to help rescue Jian Tonghui.

• Xiao Chuhe admitted his misjudgment to Yao Jiang, then left to seek tribulation-crossing secret arts and avoid Jian Tonghui's revenge.
• Shi Xuan's severing of the five fortune dragons caused strange sensations among cultivators and others across the Yuanmang Great World.
• Shi Xuan reunited Jian Tonghui with Kong Ran, who gave him the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Art and offered to help find cultivation methods he needed.
• Shi Xuan left the Tongtian Great World for Penglai Sect after spotting a familiar, bald, fat figure entering it.
• Xiong Pi told Qing Lang that Feilai Academy's back mountain had vanished and Xiao Chuhe had likely gone into hiding.
• Qing Lang and Xiong Pi connected Shi Xuan's Dragon Vein Secret Art and Heavenly Being's Single Finger to Jian Tonghui's escape, though Qing Lang resisted believing their master had engineered it.

Xiong Pi persuaded Qing Lang that the old master might not be a Heavenly Immortal, but Qing Lang chose to wait rather than risk provoking him. Shi Xuan returned to the Penglai Sect with the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Art, where True Lord Xu explained Sect Master Zhang’s punishment and the failed attempt to break his obsession with the sect.

• Xiong Pi argued that the old master’s Heavenly Human aura could have been imitated, but Qing Lang refused to act without certainty and agreed to let Xiong Pi test the old master if they met again.
• Shi Xuan returned to the Penglai Sect with the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Art and found Zhang Zhengyan frozen into an ice wall for a hundred years after violating sect rules.
• Shi Xuan admitted that he had given Qing Lang the Cold Light Heaven-Splitting Earth-Cracking Immortal Array to obtain the sword art, and True Lord Xu sentenced him to guard the End of the World Pavilion for twenty years.
• True Lord Xu explained that he had hoped the pressures of sect leadership and the temptation of an external Primordial Spirit would help Zhang Zhengyan overcome his obsession with putting the sect first.
• True Lord Xu revealed that Zhang Zhengyan had broken his obsession but destabilized his foundation, while the sect had also been preparing for the Heavenly God Thunder Mirror’s coming third Heavenly Tribulation.

Shi Xuan returned to the Penglai Sect, learned how the sect planned to handle the Heavenly God Thunder Mirror and Sect Master Zhang, and took charge of guarding the End of the World Pavilion. After exchanging sword-art insights with Lin Luo, he settled into his new post with the mirror in his care.

• True Lord Xu explained that Sect Master Zhang had been given an opportunity to save himself but failed, and ordered Shi Xuan to guard the Heavenly God Thunder Mirror while serving at the End of the World Pavilion.
• Ling Xing asked Shi Xuan to plead for Sect Master Zhang, but Shi Xuan said True Lord Xu would not change the punishment and offered hope that Zhang could still pursue an external Primordial Spirit or reincarnate.
• Shi Xuan met Lin Luo at the End of the World Pavilion and shared the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Art with her for discussion.
• Lin Luo handed Shi Xuan the Heavenly God Thunder Mirror and Heavenly Spirit Sword, keeping the sword temporarily for her own use.
• Shi Xuan took his seat on the pavilion's second floor and reflected that he had become a librarian guarding its records.

Shi Xuan, guarding the End of the World Pavilion, met newly promoted inner disciple Dou Tianfeng, who traded the Daoist art Thousand Illusions Ten Thousand Shadows Escape for the Jade Shattering Art. As Dou Tianfeng prepared to leave, he turned back to ask Shi Xuan’s name.

• Shi Xuan reflected on the difficulty of mastering the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Art before sensing a new Qi Induction disciple approaching.
• Dou Tianfeng entered the End of the World Pavilion, pleased that he had reached Qi Induction in thirteen years and that Tang Mo planned to accept him as a nominal disciple.
• Shi Xuan verified Dou Tianfeng’s identity and gave him a copy of the Lesser Heavens Lightning Magic True Transmission, echoing the words True Person Jiang had once spoken to Shi Xuan.
• Dou Tianfeng offered his Thousand Illusions Ten Thousand Shadows Escape Daoist art in exchange for one he could cultivate at Qi Induction Stage.
• Shi Xuan confirmed the Daoist art and described seven eligible choices; Dou Tianfeng chose the Jade Shattering Art.
• As Dou Tianfeng was leaving, he returned to ask Shi Xuan’s honored name.

Shi Xuan spent forty-one years cultivating at the End of the World Pavilion, mastered the Divine Firmament True Law, and refined his understanding of other immortal techniques. Dou Tianfeng learned that Shi Xuan was a Primordial Spirit True Person and completed his true disciple ceremony by choosing his inheritance.

• Shi Xuan introduced himself to Dou Tianfeng, who recognized his name from the sect records and thanked him for his earlier guidance.
• After forty-one years, Shi Xuan completed the Divine Firmament True Law and used his Karma Dan Book to produce a brief, unexpected downpour over the Penglai Sect.
• Shi Xuan connected the Taiji Diagram to his Innate Eight Trigrams, gaining intuitive perceptions and a sense of danger before his first Heavenly Tribulation.
• Sect Master Ling Xing told Dou Tianfeng that Shi Xuan was the Primordial Spirit True Person currently guarding the sect and brought him to the End of the World Pavilion.
• Dou Tianfeng paid respects to Shi Xuan and chose the Divine Firmament True Law, Heavenly Thunder Escape, and Thunder God Stab as his true transmission and Daoist magics.