Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan searched the Time Secret Cave and found Meng Nishang and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign, while the group learned that the cave’s deepest region was dominated by a terrifying Candle Dragon. They decided to leave the dangerous cave and take the Myriad Ancient Time Tree with them.

• Shi Xuan rejected Lian Yu’s renewed offer to cooperate and departed, leaving Lian Yu furious.
• Shi Jingren and the Fuxi Xiantian Disk retreated from a powerful Candle Dragon so Shi Jingren could cultivate in seclusion and prepare to strike at the Heavenly Human Second Decay.
• Shao Zhuoran and the Shattering Universe Seal drove back a Three Tribulation Candle Dragon, then chose to explore the cave without venturing into its deepest region.
• A gigantic crimson Candle Dragon occupied the deepest region of the Time Secret Cave, where time flowed nearly a thousand times faster than outside.
• Shi Xuan followed the traces of Meng Nishang and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign to a hidden cave, where Cold Mirror’s attack was brushed away by the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Shi Xuan reunited with Meng Nishang and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign, exchanged news with them, and agreed that they should leave the cave and collect the Myriad Ancient Time Tree.

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign, and the Five Elements Attendant fought two Candle Dragons near the Myriad Ancient Time Tree, gradually pressing them back despite the dangerous time-warping terrain. Elsewhere, Star Emperor Taiwei, True Lord Six-Eared, and Grandmother Taiyin followed the sounds of the battle, hoping to take advantage of the conflict.

• Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign proposed concentrating their strength against a Candle Dragon, and Meng Nishang warned that the dragons might sense danger and attack together.
• Shi Xuan advanced toward the Myriad Ancient Time Tree with the Five Elements Attendant while Meng Nishang and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign concealed themselves for a surprise attack.
• Two Candle Dragons ambushed Shi Xuan, but Meng Nishang blocked one with the Yuan Gui Xuan Bing Mirror while Shi Xuan and the Five Elements Attendant countered the other.
• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang gradually restricted the Candle Dragons’ movements as they pressed toward the Myriad Ancient Time Tree.
• Star Emperor Taiwei, True Lord Six-Eared, and Grandmother Taiyin heard the distant battle and headed toward it to seize an opportunity amid the fighting.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang captured the two Three Tribulation Candle Dragons and planned to tame them, while True Lord Six-Eared, Grandmother Taiyin, and Star Emperor Taiwei rushed to seize the Myriad Ancient Time Tree. Deep in the Time Secret Cave, the Four Tribulation Candle Dragon began to stir.

• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang exploited the Candle Dragons’ hesitation to freeze one and suppress the other, then decided to subdue both as guardians for their sects.
• Meng Nishang finished sealing one Candle Dragon while Shi Xuan prepared to release the one held by his Five-Colored Divine Light so they could subdue it together.
• True Lord Six-Eared overheard the battle and identified the Myriad Ancient Time Tree and the possible Momentary Forgetfulness Fruits as their targets.
• True Lord Six-Eared transformed into Di Jiang and told Grandmother Taiyin and Star Emperor Taiwei that both Candle Dragons had been captured and Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang were about to leave.
• Grandmother Taiyin and Star Emperor Taiwei followed True Lord Six-Eared toward Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang, intending to drive them away and take the Myriad Ancient Time Tree.
• The Four Tribulation Candle Dragon stirred in the deepest part of the Time Secret Cave as faint crimson light appeared in its eyes.

Shi Xuan was trapped by Star Emperor Taiwei, True Lord Six-Eared, Candle Dragon, and Grandmother Taiyin, but he gained a breakthrough in his sword art while resisting the Myriad Stars Array. Meng Nishang’s intervention turned the battle around just as Shi Xuan and his allies faced another attack.

• Grandmother Taiyin, Star Emperor Taiwei, and True Lord Six-Eared ambushed Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang as Candle Dragon recovered.
• True Lord Six-Eared and Star Emperor Taiwei battered Shi Xuan’s Five Elements Divine Light Shield, forcing him to counterattack with the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Needle.
• Candle Dragon slowed Shi Xuan’s escape with the Time Cage, and Star Emperor Taiwei trapped him inside the Myriad Stars Array.
• Facing the descending array, Shi Xuan realized the true nature of the Myriad Stars Array Sword Formation and manifested a Void Universe that bought him a moment to act.
• The Five Elements Attendant annihilated the Myriad Stars Array with its needles, but True Lord Six-Eared struck as Candle Dragon attacked his staff.
• True Lord Six-Eared saw Meng Nishang battling Grandmother Taiyin while a woman in white held an amber block of ice beyond the Myriad Ancient Time Tree.

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Candle Dragon overwhelmed True Lord Six-Eared and Star Emperor Taiwei while Meng Nishang claimed the Myriad Ancient Time Tree. As True Lord Six-Eared fell into a Time Cage and appeared doomed, a terrifying howl slowed time throughout the Time Secret Cave.

• Shi Xuan used the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Needle to suppress Star Emperor Taiwei while True Lord Six-Eared battled Candle Dragon.
• Meng Nishang began shrinking the Myriad Ancient Time Tree, and True Lord Six-Eared sent hair avatars and two Second Tribulation avatars to stop her.
• Meng Nishang used the Yuan Gui Xuan Bing Mirror avatar to freeze the attackers and took the Myriad Ancient Time Tree.
• Shi Xuan suppressed True Lord Six-Eared with the Five-Colored Divine Light, then turned his attack on Star Emperor Taiwei as Candle Dragon trapped True Lord Six-Eared in a Time Cage.
• A terrifying howl shattered the Time Vortices and slowed the flow of time throughout the Time Secret Cave.

Shi Xuan and the others faced a Four Tribulation Candle Dragon whose Heavenly Human Fifth Decay had driven it into a murderous frenzy. After it killed Grandmother Taiyin and trapped the escaping mighty ones, Shi Xuan led a group toward the depths of the Time Secret Cave, seeking the object he believed could offer a way to survive, while Candle Dragon pursued them.

• Time suddenly slowed and solidified around Shi Xuan, but a roar shattered it, allowing Shi Xuan's Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Needle to badly wound True Lord Six-Eared.
• Grandmother Taiyin and the other mighty ones fled when a Four Tribulation Candle Dragon emerged, and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign warned Shi Xuan that it was undergoing the Heavenly Human Fifth Decay.
• Shi Xuan realized the situation was too coincidental and warned Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign and Meng Nishang not to flee toward the exit.
• Candle Dragon killed Grandmother Taiyin with its Flame of Time, then sealed the exit behind a Time Barrier and killed several other Three Tribulation Mighty Ones.
• Shi Xuan turned toward the depths of the cave, saying they needed to obtain something there to survive; Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign, Meng Nishang, Star Emperor Taiwei, and True Lord Six-Eared followed him.
• Shao Zhuoran and Lian Yu escaped using life-saving treasures, while Candle Dragon slowed the others and chased them toward the depths.

Shi Xuan escaped Candle Dragon’s Flame of Time by using the Taixu Dao Fruit to postpone his Heavenly Human Second Decay, while Shi Jingren reached the protected area around the Innate Spirit Treasure and Star Emperor Taiwei fell into his tribulation. Shi Xuan then saved Meng Nishang by drawing her into the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, and she also postponed her decay tribulation by two thousand years.

• Shi Xuan remembered the Taixu Dao Fruit and used it to postpone his Heavenly Human Second Decay, then fled with Meng Nishang toward the one-mile boundary.
• Star Emperor Taiwei used the Cosmic Light Divine Thunder to break Candle Dragon’s time suppression, but Candle Dragon struck him with the Flame of Time and his Heavenly Human Fourth Decay descended.
• Candle Dragon shattered Shi Jingren’s Fuxi Xiantian Disk, but Shi Jingren used the Minor Destiny Art to teleport into the protected area and enter the Time Barrier.
• As Candle Dragon attacked Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang, Meng Nishang pushed Shi Xuan across the boundary and stayed behind to block the Flame of Time.
• Shi Xuan established a karmic connection with Meng Nishang and pulled her into the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, where she postponed her Heavenly Human Second Decay by two thousand years.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang escaped Candle Dragon, but Meng was badly wounded and Shi Xuan entered the Time Barrier alone to reach the Innate Spirit Treasure. There, he confronted Shi Jingren, now a second-tribulation Mighty One, and their battle left Shen Yimo gravely injured, Qing Suo incapacitated, and the Destiny World shattered.

• Meng Nishang used the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle to escape Candle Dragon, whose Temporal Reversal failed to stop her, and Shi Xuan brought her into the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram to recover.
• Shi Xuan entered the Time Barrier, adapted to its distorted flow of time over forty years, and reached the pale mist surrounding the Innate Spirit Treasure.
• Shi Jingren appeared and revealed that he had passed the Heavenly Human Second Decay and strengthened the Minor Destiny Art with Grotto-heaven power.
• Shi Xuan and Shen Yimo attacked Shi Jingren, but his Destiny World bound them and his strike severely injured Qing Suo while Shen Yimo's sword light was also broken.
• Shen Yimo and Shi Xuan launched a combined, all-out attack; Shen Yimo fell gravely injured, Shi Xuan was wounded, and their strike shattered the Destiny World while leaving Shi Jingren only lightly injured.

Shi Xuan discovered how the Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light could split Shi Jingren’s Grotto-heaven protection and struck through the opening, killing him. Shi Jingren’s memories ended with his regret that he had failed to avenge his Junior Uncle.

• Shi Jingren survived the backlash from the interrupted Supreme Eulogy and used the Minor Destiny Art to repel Shi Xuan’s attacks.
• Purple Ying and the Seventh-grade Calamity-Transforming White Lotus briefly disrupted Shi Jingren, but his Grotto-heaven power withstood Shi Xuan’s strikes.
• Shi Xuan realized that the Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light could divide Shi Jingren’s still-chaotic Lesser Thousand World and weaken his protection.
• Shi Xuan’s light opened a gap in the Grotto-heaven power, and his sword light passed through it into Shi Jingren’s Primordial Spirit.
• Shi Jingren’s memories replayed before he died, and he regretted that he had failed to avenge his Junior Uncle.

After killing Shi Jingren, Shi Xuan tested whether his Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light could penetrate the mist surrounding the Innate Spirit Treasure, the Cosmic Light Bell. When he struck the bell, its power froze time across tens of millions of miles, while beings throughout the Myriad Worlds felt its chime.

• Shi Xuan killed Shi Jingren, whose Primordial Spirit shattered and whose River Chart decayed into dust, leaving behind the Pure Qi Spirit Transformation Gourd.
• Shi Xuan realized the time distortion could let him cultivate for thousands of years, then tested his Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light against the pale mist.
• The Divine Light split the mist into a vortex of fast and slow time, revealing the Cosmic Light Bell as Candle Dragon broke through the Time Barrier and attacked.
• Shi Xuan charged into the vortex and struck the Cosmic Light Bell, triggering a tide of time that froze him, Candle Dragon, and everything within tens of millions of miles.
• Xu Zhifei, Pan Zikai, Chu Wan'er, Granny Yu, and beings throughout the Myriad Worlds sensed the bell and a disturbance in time.

After interrupting an Innate Spirit Treasure’s evolution, Shi Xuan was caught in a temporal upheaval that made roughly fifteen hundred years pass in an instant. He and his companions prepared to cultivate through the brief phenomenon and face their Decay Tribulations, while Ancestor Dragon realized the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and others had thwarted his chance to obtain the Time Dao Seed.

• Ao Li returned to the Dragon Realm after failing to capture Qianxuzi, and Ancestor Dragon told her that Old Peacock’s interference had thwarted his discovery of an Innate Spirit Treasure containing the Time Great Dao.
• Shi Xuan found himself trapped as time surged around him and realized that interrupting the treasure’s evolution might cost him thousands of years before his remaining Decay Tribulations.
• Shi Xuan opened the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram, confirmed that Shi Jingren and True Lord Yuntu had fallen, and explained the temporal upheaval to Meng Nishang, Shen Yimo, Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign, and the Five Elements Attendant.
• The group estimated that the phenomenon would last only a few instants, though each instant brought about fifteen hundred years, and Meng Nishang and Shen Yimo discussed their chances of surviving their Decay Tribulations.
• Shi Xuan gave Meng Nishang a Second Tribulation Buddha’s relic to improve her chances, and the group began cultivating while they awaited the Decay Tribulations.

Shi Xuan used his accumulated insight into Creation to advance the Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light and cultivate an illusory Grotto-Heaven within his Primordial Spirit. After triggering the Heavenly Human Second Decay, he endured the loss of his Dharma Power and completed a visualization of Creation, leaving him with a newly formed Grotto-Heaven that sustained his Primordial Spirit.

• Shi Xuan inscribed the Yin Yang Great Dao true meaning into the Yin-Yang Chaotic Divine Light, advancing it to the Seventh Tier and causing an aura of Creation to emerge from him.
• Meng Nishang explained Shi Xuan’s deep accumulation in Creation to Shen Yimo, while Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign predicted he could soon undergo Dharma Power Decay.
• Shi Xuan discussed his progress with the others and completed his preparations after learning tales of ancient Dao Ancestors from Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign and Five Elements Attendant.
• Five hundred years after the Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light reached the Seventh Tier, Shi Xuan triggered the Heavenly Human Second Decay, and the backlash stripped away his Dharma Power while rapidly aging him.
• Shi Xuan visualized the full process of Creation within his Primordial Spirit, forming an illusory Grotto-Heaven whose power supported him through the Second Decay.

Shi Xuan overcame the Heavenly Human Second Decay and opened a Lesser Thousand World within his sleeve, then gave Meng Nishang his tribulation-crossing treasure. After Meng Nishang crossed her own decay tribulation and another eight hundred years passed, Shi Xuan’s abnormal flow of time ended, revealing that nearly twenty-eight hundred years had elapsed.

• Shi Xuan resisted the final surge of Great Dao backlash with his Grotto-Heaven power and Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light, overcoming the Heavenly Human Second Decay.
• Shi Xuan recovered, found that Grotto-Heaven intent had strengthened his Dharma Power, and opened a Lesser Thousand World inside his sleeve.
• Shi Xuan released the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram’s restrictions, received congratulations from his companions, and gave the Three Phases Spirit-Evading Transformation Wheel to Meng Nishang.
• Meng Nishang comprehended the Creation True Intent and used the Three Phases Spirit-Evading Transformation Wheel to overcome the Dharma Power Decay.
• After another eight hundred years, Shi Xuan felt the abnormal flow of time disperse and realized that nearly twenty-eight hundred years had passed.

After escaping the Chaotic Primordial Era, Shi Xuan and his companions discussed the Cosmic Light Bell and their unexpected gains before departing for their sects. Shi Xuan reflected on how the pursuit of survival and tribulation treasures could bind a cultivator’s heart, then returned home with the others.

• Meng Nishang gave Shi Xuan the Myriad Ancient Time Tree and the method to plant it with the time water, while the others accepted that the Cosmic Light Bell belonged to him.
• Shi Xuan examined the Cosmic Light Bell, and the Five Elements Attendant explained its time-controlling power and offered to help refine it into a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure; Shi Xuan declined for now.
• The group left the Chaotic Primordial Era and reached a lively marketplace where their Immortal Awareness and perception of heavenly secrets returned to normal.
• The Five Elements Attendant departed after Shi Xuan erased his imprint, and Shi Xuan told Meng Nishang he remained uneasy about the Dao Ancestors’ intentions behind their journey.
• A Three Tribulation Heavenly Sovereign failed to persuade Shi Xuan to trade the Cosmic Light Bell, and Shen Yimo and Meng Nishang discussed how tribulations and the need for treasures could constrain cultivators.
• Shi Xuan recited a line about making the heart a slave to the body, prompting the group to reflect before they used the marketplace’s teleportation array and returned to their sects.

Chu Wan'er and the Penglai Sect cultivators worried that Shi Xuan had disappeared, but learned he had gone to a mysterious banquet and returned safely. His disciples and fellow cultivators gathered to congratulate him on passing the Heavenly Human First Decay, only for Qing Suo to reveal that Shi Xuan had actually passed the Second Decay as well.

• Chu Wan'er told True Lord Xu that Shi Xuan had been unreachable, and True Lord Xu recalled a vague memory of Shi Xuan leaving for a special banquet.
• Lin Luo returned and confirmed that Shi Xuan's Sect Jade Slip showed he was safe; True Lord Xu also learned that Nishang and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign had gone to the same banquet.
• Lin Luo said she had returned to prepare for the Nine Fires Burning Heart Tribulation and reported that Mo Yuan was also making final preparations to return.
• Xie Fangwei arrived with Tang Yaye, and the group exchanged cultivation experiences while waiting for Shi Xuan.
• Shi Xuan returned, and Chu Wan'er, Lin Luo, and Xie Fangwei began congratulating him on passing the Heavenly Human First Decay.
• Qing Suo announced that both she and Shi Xuan had passed the Heavenly Human Second Decay, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

Shi Xuan returned to the Penglai Sect after passing the Heavenly Human Second Decay and recounted his extraordinary experiences to his fellow cultivators. As he introduced his new disciple, Xia Jing underwent her second Heavenly Tribulation at the Bamboo Mountain Penglai Lower Courtyard.

• Shi Xuan revealed his Grotto-Heaven aura, prompting True Lord Xu to guess that he had experienced something like Dreaming a Thousand Years.
• Shi Xuan told True Lord Xu, Xie Fangwei, Lin Luo, Chu Wan'er, and the others about the Dream Universe, his battles, his time in the Chaotic Primordial Era, and his passage through the Heavenly Human Second Decay.
• Shi Xuan planted the Myriad Ancient Time Tree at the End of the World Pavilion, displayed the Cosmic Light Bell, and joined the sect members in discussing Daoist magic.
• Mo Yuan returned to the sect, and Shi Xuan announced that he would bring over Xia Jing as Chu Wan'er's genuine Junior Sister.
• At the Bamboo Mountain Penglai Lower Courtyard, Xia Jing began her second Heavenly Tribulation as True Person Haori, Wen Nianxi, and other cultivators watched.

Xia Jing passed her second Heavenly Tribulation and ascended through a celestial opening, proving the Immortal Realm existed to those who witnessed it. After Shi Xuan gave Le Xiangqi a talismanic decree for the Netherworld, King Yama recognized a trace of the Imperial Sovereign’s aura in it.

• Xia Jing repelled eight levels of Heavenly Tribulation, then ascended through a vast opening amid celestial signs and purple thunder as True Persons and Grandmasters watched.
• Le Xiangqi learned from Shi Xuan that Xia Jing’s ascension had been arranged by Ancestor Zhushan and that the so-called Immortal Realm was Yuyu Heaven.
• Shi Xuan gave Le Xiangqi a Nine Qi Wuji Immortal Talisman and a talismanic decree addressed to King Yama, allowing the sect to handle reincarnation through the Netherworld.
• King Yama planned to punish Penglai Lower Courtyard disciples who died in the next five hundred years, but changed his attitude after Le Xiangqi presented Shi Xuan’s decree.
• King Yama sensed a trace of the Imperial Sovereign’s aura in the decree and reacted with shock and delight.

Shi Xuan reunited Xia Jing with the Penglai Sect and discussed the dangers of losing sight of the Great Dao while pursuing tribulations with Mo Yuan. He later consulted Granny Yu about the Dao Ancestors behind recent events, who identified the Nirvana Dao Ancestor as the one Shi Xuan had been trying to uncover.

• Shi Xuan introduced Xia Jing to Mo Yuan, True Lord Xu, and the other Penglai Sect members, and Chu Wan'er welcomed her as a fellow disciple.
• Mo Yuan told Shi Xuan to keep his original purpose in mind and pursue the Great Dao rather than undergo tribulations for their own sake.
• Shi Xuan reflected with Mo Yuan on how time had changed their disciples and returned to his cave dwelling, leaving Xia Jing in Chu Wan'er's care before her formal entry into the sect.
• Shi Xuan contacted Granny Yu and recounted how he had interrupted the evolution of a time-related Innate Spirit Treasure and passed the Heavenly Human Second Decay.
• Granny Yu discussed the likely roles and motives of several Dao Ancestors, and Shi Xuan resolved to thank Kong Ran in person.
• Granny Yu named the Nirvana Dao Ancestor as the hidden figure Shi Xuan wanted to identify.

Shi Xuan received Granny Yu’s warnings about Dao Integration and learned that Wei Peining had died while attempting to enter the Life-and-Death Profound Pass. He returned to the Daohua Sect, where he killed Xiao Ziyuan, but Gu Minzhi again asked whether he could bring their mother back to life.

• Granny Yu confirmed that Nirvana Dao Ancestor was one of the figures Shi Xuan had identified and warned him to be cautious around the Ancestor’s disciples without plotting against the Ancestor.
• Granny Yu advised Shi Xuan that cultivation’s great thresholds depended on each person’s own path and told him to return to his foundations when he found no road ahead.
• Qing Lang told Shi Xuan that Wei Peining had died while attempting to break through the Life-and-Death Profound Pass, and Shi Xuan went to the Daohua Sect to mourn with Gu Canghai and meet Gu Minzhi and Gu Liuzhi.
• Gu Liuzhi asked Shi Xuan to bring Wei Peining back to life, while Gu Minzhi expressed resentment over how little time he had spent with their mother.
• Xiao Ziyuan arrived to attack the Daohua Sect after surviving the third Heavenly Tribulation, but Shi Xuan trapped and killed him with the Taiji Diagram.
• Gu Minzhi asked Shi Xuan again whether he could bring Wei Peining back to life.

Shi Xuan gave Gu Minzhi a vision of the miserable life awaiting him, then left the Daohua Sect for the Five Elements Sect with Qing Lang as his mount. After awakening from the vision, Gu Minzhi believed he had been reborn and resolved to change his fate and protect his family and sect.

• Gu Canghai confined Gu Minzhi and Gu Liuzhi after Gu Minzhi insulted Shi Xuan, then asked Shi Xuan for a way to reform his son.
• Shi Xuan sent Gu Minzhi a vision of a future in which Gu Canghai died, Gu Liuzhi sacrificed herself, and Gu Minzhi lost everything before dying in misery.
• Shi Xuan accepted Qing Lang as his mount and departed for the Five Elements Sect, leaving Gu Canghai behind.
• Gu Minzhi awoke in the quiet room and recognized the events around him from the life he had just experienced.
• Gu Minzhi resolved to change his future, help Gu Liuzhi attain the Golden Core, preserve the Daohua Sect, and stop Gu Canghai from triggering his third Heavenly Tribulation early.