Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan and the other cultivators reached the Myriad Treasures Tower and joined the three sects in an effort to break the third-floor ward. As the groups prepared to cooperate, Shi Xuan spotted the Yin-Yang Jade Tablet and powerful Spirit Artifacts among the treasures sealed inside.

• Liang Qingqing tried to explain her escape from the formation to Shi Xuan, but he rejected her appeal and walked on with Jin Shijie and Hu Xingwu.
• Zhao Jinyu showed the group a Forbidden Breaking Talisman and said their formation could give them a thirty percent chance of breaking the third-floor ward.
• Shi Xuan's group entered the Myriad Treasures Tower and found Yellow Maple Valley and Thick Earth Sect cultivators already trying to breach the third-floor crystal wall.
• Dong Yiyi proposed that all four groups cooperate, and Old Man Cao identified the ward's weak point and explained how to focus their attacks.
• Shi Xuan recognized the Yin-Yang Jade Tablet among the Artifact Refining materials and saw six sealed Spirit Artifacts on the other side of the wall.

Shi Xuan used the chaos of the broken Crystal Wall to reach the hall’s treasures while the other cultivators fought over them. In the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, the Nine Revolutions Jade Elixir Divine Pills changed hands amid a deadly battle, and the chapter ended with the jade bottle beside Qu Tongxuan’s headless corpse.

• Old Man Cao and the cultivators broke the Crystal Wall’s restrictions, but Liang Qingqing, Gu Yun, and several other disciples died in the bursts of golden light.
• Shi Xuan trapped the surviving cultivators in his Inverted Bewitching Soul Filth Qi Great Formation and headed for the white jade table holding the Chaos Fish Skin.
• Lu Lingxiao used Sword Qi Thunder Sound to break the Hundred Herbs Pavilion’s Crystal Wall, and the cultivators rushed toward the Nine Revolutions Jade Elixir Divine Pills and nearby herbs.
• Tan Wangxian seized the jade bottle but was killed by the flying swords of Yue Dingyi, Ning Shouyi, and Zuo Kongtu; Zhao Jingding took the bottle from his corpse and fled.
• Zhao Jingding threw the jade bottle to Qu Tongxuan while escaping, and Lu Lingxiao killed Qu Tongxuan before the other cultivators resumed fighting over the remaining pills.

Shi Xuan broke through the Foul Qi formation, seized the Two Realms Divine Stone, and fought Li Wannian and Old Man Cao over the Immortal Abode’s treasures. Outside the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, Zhao Jingding exposed and killed Luo Xing, while Hu Xingwu continued fighting for the violet-red twin swords.

• Shi Xuan burned through the crystal box with Qianyang True Fire, took the Chaos Fish Skin, and escaped the Foul Qi formation after Old Man Cao broke it with a golden sphere.
• Shi Xuan endured Li Wannian’s sword strike to seize the Two Realms Divine Stone, then killed Li Wannian with a combined assault of wind, fire, and sword techniques.
• Shi Xuan used his flying sword to hold Old Man Cao back from the Yin-Yang Jade Tablet, but Old Man Cao countered the Qianyang True Fire with a drop of water from a porcelain bottle.
• Luo Xing paralyzed Ling Hong with Numbing Wind and confronted Zhao Jingding over the killing of the Luo Brothers, but Zhao revealed his injuries were minor and killed him.
• Zhao Jingding used Luo Xing’s antidote to revive Ling Hong, then continued onward with him as Hu Xingwu suppressed Dong Yiyi and Cai Zhengdong in the fight for the violet-red twin swords.

The cultivators fought over the Spirit Artifacts in the Immortal Abode as its restrictions began to restore, while Shi Xuan obtained the materials he needed and continued deeper into the main hall. In the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, Yue Dingyi and Ning Shouyi seized the Divine Pill and escaped, pursued by Zuo Kongtu and Gu Yizhen.

• Jiang Zonghan took the Star Robe, Cai Zhengdong seized the Bronze Shield, and Hu Xingwu killed Dong Yiyi before taking the Purple Flying Sword.
• Wen Zhihong used a blood-fueled secret technique to seize the Jade Seal and flee, while Zhao Jinyu stopped Lei Guangyao from pursuing him and left with her senior brother.
• Shi Xuan broke Old Man Cao's illusion array with the Qianyang Green Lamp and used Minor Clear Wind Escape to take the Yin-Yang Jade Tablet.
• Zhao Jinyu warned Shi Xuan that the crystal wall's restriction was restoring, and Shi Xuan headed deeper into the main hall.
• Yue Dingyi and Ning Shouyi merged the Male Female Flying Swords, seized the Divine Pill, and escaped the Hundred Herbs Pavilion as Zuo Kongtu and Gu Yizhen pursued them.
• Lu Lingxiao took the remaining demon beast inner core and escaped through the shrinking hole in the crystal wall.

Shi Xuan searched the fourth floor of the Myriad Treasures Tower for Songhezi’s belongings but found no trace of them, then escaped as the tower’s restrictions closed. Elsewhere, Fang Xuan killed Jiang Zonghan and the surviving cultivators gathered before True Person Guangyang’s Residence, where Zhao Jingding blocked their route to the exit.

• Shi Xuan found only Jin Shijie and the Nine Golden Flowers on the fourth floor; Jin Shijie attacked him, then was killed by the hall’s restrictions when he charged at the Dharma Treasure.
• Shi Xuan retrieved Jin Shijie’s storage bag and escaped the third floor through the shrinking opening, while Li Yu was trapped inside with the Spirit Artifact mirror.
• Jiang Zonghan killed Wen Zhihong and tried to force Fang Xuan to follow him, but Fang Xuan wounded him with a talisman and finished him with Wind Slashes before leaving with two Storage Bags.
• Zhao Jingding told Ling Hong that the courtyard before True Person Guangyang’s Residence led to the formation’s core on the left and the exit on the right, then waited there.
• Wang Hun and the remaining cultivators from the three sects stopped when they saw Zhao Jingding blocking the courtyard, and one Purple Cloud Sect disciple suggested they rush him together.

Old Man Cao tried to unite the cultivators against Zhao Jingding, while Zhao Jingding revealed that the courtyard’s extreme-yin soil concealed a treasure. Shi Xuan searched for Songhezi’s relics and asked Zhao Jinyu for help, leaving his request unstated.

• Old Man Cao arrived with Cai Zhengdong, Yu Hua, Yin Ze, and Hu Xingwu, learned that Zhao Jingding blocked the exit, and urged the cultivators to work together.
• Old Man Cao found the gathered sects hesitant to act, with the Purple Cloud Sect still hoping its leaders might arrive.
• Ling Hong worried that Zhao Jingding could not hold off the cultivators, but Zhao Jingding explained his natal Magic Tool’s strength and pointed out the courtyard’s extreme-yin soil as its overlooked treasure.
• Shi Xuan searched the road for Songhezi’s remains after finding no relics in Myriad Treasures Tower, hoping to recover the Star Gazing Plate.
• Shi Xuan told Zhao Jinyu why he needed the Star Gazing Plate, then solemnly asked her to grant him a request, prompting Lei Guangyao to warn him not to demand that she marry him.

Shi Xuan searched the road for Senior Songhezi’s belongings while Zhao Jinyu and Lei Guangyao joined him, and they found two dead cultivators. At the courtyard, Zhao Jingding captured the Divine Pill Jade Bottle, then unleashed the Profound Yin Corpse Controlling Banner as the battle turned deadly.

• Shi Xuan asked Zhao Jinyu to speak to her father about Senior Songhezi’s belongings, and she agreed to help him search.
• Shi Xuan identified Jiang Zonghan and a Yellow Maple Valley elder among the corpses, whose wounds suggested Shi Xuan’s Golden Blade Divine Wind Slash had killed them.
• Old Man Cao and the other Qi Induction Stage cultivators followed five Spirit Soul Stage cultivators into the courtyard, where Yue Dingyi and Ning Shouyi were cornered.
• Zhao Jingding captured the Divine Pill Jade Bottle after Lu Lingxiao, Zuo Kongtu, and Gu Yizhen killed Yue Dingyi, while Ning Shouyi attacked them in grief.
• Zhao Jingding released the Profound Yin Corpse Controlling Banner and filled the courtyard with deathly black fog.
• Golden corpses emerged from the fog, killed Old Man Cao and Ning Shouyi, and attacked the other cultivators as Zuo Kongtu vowed they would not be defeated.

Zhao Jingding used his Golden Corpses to trap Zuo Kongtu, Gu Yizhen, and Lu Lingxiao while the corpses slaughtered the Qi Induction Stage cultivators. Ling Hong killed the exhausted Hu Xingwu in a sword duel, and as the survivors dwindled, Zuo Kongtu finally launched an all-out attack.

• Zhao Jingding directed his Golden Corpses to hold off Zuo Kongtu, Gu Yizhen, and Lu Lingxiao while two others attacked the Qi Induction Stage cultivators.
• The Golden Corpses killed Hong Dingyuan, Ye Yangchuan, Yu Hua, and many other cultivators, while a fleeing Yellow Maple Valley disciple was struck by the Immortal Abode's heavenly lightning.
• Ling Hong challenged the exhausted Hu Xingwu and killed him with the Flowing Water Sword after their swords fought to a draw.
• Ling Hong retrieved Hu Xingwu's storage bag and found two matched Spirit Artifact flying swords, which he planned to give to his junior sister.
• After most of the Qi Induction Stage cultivators had died, Zuo Kongtu launched an all-out attack on the Golden Corpse fighting him.

Zhao Jingding used the Golden Corpses’ self-detonations and ambushes to kill Gu Yizhen and badly wound Lu Lingxiao, forcing Zuo Kongtu and the remaining cultivators toward surrender. As Zhao Jinyu and the others arrived outside the courtyard, Zhao Jingding still had Lu Lingxiao and Zuo Kongtu engaged, while Ling Hong offered Zhao Jinyu a Spirit Artifact flying sword.

• Zhao Jingding secretly recalled the Golden Corpses and sent them to ambush Gu Yizhen, who died after one exploded and another seized her from beneath the soil.
• A Golden Corpse exploded in front of Lu Lingxiao, badly injuring him before two more attacked; Zuo Kongtu recognized the danger and began considering escape.
• He Chong, Cai Zhengdong, Yin Ze, and Yi Jiaojiao offered Zhao Jingding treasures and pledged to join his future sect, and Zuo Kongtu also claimed he would surrender.
• Shi Xuan, Zhao Jinyu, and Lei Guangyao reached the courtyard and heard Zhao Jingding’s triumphant laughter, while Zhao Jinyu and Ling Hong greeted each other through the black mist.
• Zhao Jingding continued fighting Lu Lingxiao and Zuo Kongtu while thinking about his family’s future, and Ling Hong tossed Zhao Jinyu a storage bag containing the Spirit Artifact flying sword she wanted.

Shi Xuan and the others discovered that Songhezi had awakened as a nearly complete Corpse King inside the black mist. As Zhao Jingding, Zuo Kongtu, and Lu Lingxiao prepared to fight him, Shi Xuan focused on Songhezi’s storage bag and calculated a desperate chance to act before the Corpse King regained his intelligence.

• Zhao Jinyu found the Male Female Thunder Swords and a Minor Teleportation Talisman in Hu Xingwu’s storage bag, and Shi Xuan recognized what the talisman might do.
• Lei Guangyao entered the black mist to collect treasures, but a corpse seized him and tore him apart.
• Zhao Jingding and the others were forced out of the black mist as Corpse Qi erupted into the sky, and Lei Guangyao’s fate became clear.
• Yin Ze entered the shrinking black mist to escape, but something inside killed and devoured him.
• Songhezi emerged from the mist with the four Golden Corpses kneeling before him, and Zuo Kongtu recognized him from his sect’s portrait.
• Zhao Jingding, Zuo Kongtu, and Lu Lingxiao agreed to join forces against Songhezi, while Shi Xuan prepared to act on his one chance to seize the initiative.

Songhezi attacked the cultivators in the courtyard, and Shi Xuan, Zuo Kongtu, and Lu Lingxiao struggled to hold him back while Zhao Jingding regained control of the Golden Corpses. The chapter ended as Zhao Jingding sent the corpses against Songhezi, leaving the group’s survival to a desperate gamble.

• Songhezi’s Black Qi killed He Chong, while Cai Zhengdong and Yi Jiaojiao fled; Zhao Jingding and Zuo Kongtu planned to use the Golden Corpses against him.
• Zuo Kongtu and Lu Lingxiao attacked Songhezi, but his hard body and terrifying speed overwhelmed them, and Shi Xuan’s sword strikes could only distract him.
• Zuo Kongtu returned to the fight after Songhezi stopped his escape, while Songhezi killed Cai Zhengdong and mortally wounded Yi Jiaojiao.
• Shi Xuan found that his attacks and Qianyang True Fire could barely harm Songhezi, whose intelligence gradually began to return as the battle continued.
• Zhao Jingding regained control of the Golden Corpses and sent four of them to attack Songhezi while Lu Lingxiao and Zuo Kongtu held him back.

Shi Xuan and the others pinned Songhezi down and destroyed the four Golden Corpses in an explosion, believing they had killed him. Songhezi survived, ambushed Zuo Kongtu, and killed him and Ling Hong, leaving Zhao Jingding to despair as Songhezi faced the remaining cultivators.

• Lu Lingxiao, Zuo Kongtu, Zuo Kongtu, Ling Hong, Zhao Jinyu, Shi Xuan, and Zhao Jingding restrained Songhezi long enough for Zhao Jingding’s four Golden Corpses to explode around him.
• Zuo Kongtu, Zhao Jingding, and Lu Lingxiao believed Songhezi was dead, but Shi Xuan warned them to remain cautious and wait for the smoke to clear.
• Zuo Kongtu rushed to the crater to search for Songhezi’s storage bag, and Songhezi burst from the soil and attacked him.
• Songhezi froze Zuo Kongtu with his gaze, shattered his defenses, and bit into his throat while Shi Xuan’s sword failed to pierce Songhezi’s black Qi.
• Songhezi’s black spheres killed Ling Hong and corroded the ground, while Zhao Jingding and Lu Lingxiao dodged them and Zhao Jinyu was pulled to safety.
• Zhao Jingding watched Songhezi block the doorway and lamented that he could not defy fate.

Shi Xuan and the others fought Songhezi, using Zhao Jingding’s Green Qi and Lu Lingxiao’s sword strike to expose him to Shi Xuan’s Southern Ming Li Fire. After escaping through the Blood River Great Array, the group reached the Immortal Abode’s exit and smelled seawater.

• Shi Xuan rallied Zhao Jingding and Lu Lingxiao with a plan to restrain Songhezi while he attacked with Southern Ming Li Fire.
• Zhao Jingding used his blood to empower the Green Wood Small Cauldron and bind Songhezi, while Xue Yingzhen shielded Shi Xuan with the Seven-Colored Canopy.
• Lu Lingxiao burned his life source to slash through Songhezi’s black qi, and Shi Xuan poured Southern Ming Li Fire into the wound.
• Songhezi became engulfed in flames, but his wild flailing struck Shi Xuan and shattered the canopy’s seven layers of radiance.
• Shi Xuan activated the Minor Teleportation Talisman, escaped with Songhezi’s storage bag, and carried Lu Lingxiao toward the entrance as Zhao Jinyu helped her father flee.
• Zhao Jinyu used the Heavenly Revelation Array Probing Disk to find the Blood River Great Array’s exit, and the group passed through its black vortex into the Immortal Abode’s radiance.

After escaping the Immortal Abode, Shi Xuan received a Star Ironclad Beast Core from Zhao Jingding, who soon died from his injuries. Zhao Jinyu kept the Nine Revolutions Jade Elixir Divine Pills, while Shi Xuan considered refining the beast core into an External Core and the survivors parted with their debts and promises unresolved.

• Xue Yingzhen left after the Immortal Abode vanished, and Zhao Jingding gave Shi Xuan a Star Ironclad Beast Core in thanks for saving Zhao Jinyu.
• Lu Lingxiao drove away cultivators waiting nearby, and Zhao Jingding announced that Yue and five others had perished.
• Zhao Jingding collapsed and died while envisioning the sect he had hoped to build, leaving Zhao Jinyu grieving.
• Shi Xuan considered exchanging the beast core for Merit Points or using it to refine an External Core.
• Lu Lingxiao refused the Nine Revolutions Jade Elixir Divine Pill and promised to claim it later if Zhao Jinyu had not achieved the Golden Core.
• Zhao Jinyu thanked Shi Xuan and invited him to seek her help in Guanhai City, while Shi Xuan said the beast core was enough.

After returning Zhao Jinyu safely to Guanhai City, Shi Xuan parted ways with her and learned that her mother Shen Xiaojin was also a powerful cultivator. Zhao Jinyu mourned her father and brothers while preparing the city’s defenses, and Shi Xuan headed to Black Dragon Marsh to refine natal Magic Tools before attempting to cross the spatial mist.

• Shi Xuan and Lu Lingxiao escorted Zhao Jinyu, who carried Zhao Jingding’s body, to Guanhai City; Lu Lingxiao gave Shi Xuan a jade slip of his swordsmanship insights in repayment for being saved.
• At Guanhai City, Shi Xuan warned Zhao Jinyu to prepare for opportunists, but she explained that her mother, the city’s formations, and the remaining defenses could protect them.
• Zhao Jinyu brought Zhao Jingding’s body home, told Shen Xiaojin what had happened in the Immortal Abode, and followed her mother’s order to strengthen the city’s formations.
• Zhao Jinxiu told Zhao Jinyu that their cousin Shen Yunyan had dreamed of being captured by Sun Bufan and then rescued by a man transformed into a Clear Wind, leaving Zhao Jinyu staring blankly.
• Shi Xuan examined his gains at an inn in Black Dragon Marsh and prepared to use a nearby Earth Fire eruption point to refine natal Magic Tools before crossing the spatial mist.

Shi Xuan practiced refining Dharma Artifacts before beginning his second attempt at creating the Taiji Diagram, using rare materials recovered from several storage bags. As the final runes settled onto the artifact, its restrictions flared and a sudden storm darkened the sky, leaving its completion uncertain.

• Shi Xuan inspected the treasures in Jin Shijie’s and Songhezi’s storage bags, finding rare Bi Fang and Qing Luan feathers, the Star Gazing Plate, and materials for practice.
• Shi Xuan broke Songhezi’s storage bag restrictions and transferred its contents into the spatial bag.
• Shi Xuan rented Room Jia No. 2 at Serpent-Coiled Hill for a year and asked Xiao Wu to sell the Dharma Artifacts he refined.
• Over five months, Shi Xuan practiced refining Dharma Artifacts, improved his success rate, and advanced his True Qi to the Third Transformation.
• Shi Xuan began a second attempt at refining the Taiji Diagram after his first attempt failed.
• Shi Xuan placed the Heaven Opening Yang Script and World Creation Yin Script onto the Taiji Diagram, causing its restrictions to blaze as clouds gathered and torrential rain fell.

Shi Xuan completed the Taiji Diagram as his natal Magic Tool, gaining a major increase in power and transforming his True Qi. After emerging from seclusion, he learned that the three great sects had fractured and that Guanhai City had defeated an alliance of cultivators; the account ended as Xiao Wu began explaining Lu Lingxiao’s role in the upheaval.

• Shi Xuan bonded the completed Taiji Diagram to his blood, and it became a Fifth Heaven Perfection natal Magic Tool that transformed his True Qi and strengthened his ability to face Spirit Soul Stage experts.
• The storm outside stopped as Shi Xuan emerged from seclusion, and Xiao Wu and Yun Yue greeted him and described the strange weather.
• Xiao Wu told Shi Xuan that the surviving Elders of Yellow Maple Valley, Thick Earth Sect, and Purple Cloud Sect had split their sects into competing factions.
• Xiao Wu reported that twelve Qi Induction Stage cultivators besieged Guanhai City, where Zhao Jinyu and Shen Xiaojin defeated them and only three attackers escaped.
• Yun Yue explained that Zhao Jinyu’s forces occupied Thick Earth Sect’s mountain gate, while Lu Lingxiao drove the faction at Yellow Maple Valley from its home.

Shi Xuan finished refining the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, learned of Lu Lingxiao’s Golden Core breakthrough, and prepared to leave the artifact-refining rooms in search of Killing Intent. He entered the spatial mist and, after becoming trapped among moving spatial rifts, used the Taiji Diagram’s Golden Bridge to cross safely.

• Yun Yue told Shi Xuan that Lu Lingxiao had achieved the Golden Core and was planning to take disciples, while Xiao Wu explained how the Purple Cloud Sect’s mountain gate had been divided.
• Shi Xuan rested for eight days, studied Lu Lingxiao’s swordsmanship insights, and continued cultivating as his True Qi progressed.
• Two months later, Xiao Wu and Yun Yue saw two rainbows appear during a drizzle as Shi Xuan completed refining the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle and drew it into his dantian.
• Shi Xuan emerged from seclusion, settled his eleven-month bill with Xiao Wu, and prepared to leave in search of Killing Intent.
• Shi Xuan entered the spatial mist using the Star Gazing Plate, but after five days became trapped among moving spatial rifts.
• Shi Xuan used the Taiji Diagram to form a Golden Bridge that fixed the rifts beneath it, then crossed the mist safely.

Shi Xuan emerged from the Spatial Mist into the Storm Sea and boarded Ma Ping’s ship, which was bound for the Southern Barbarians. After agreeing to treat Ma Yuanheng’s illness as payment for passage, Shi Xuan demonstrated his power by turning a giant octopus into blood inside a jade bottle.

• Ma Ping reassured his son Ma Yuanheng that he was taking him to the Southern Barbarians to seek a cure, while the ship battled a storm.
• A giant octopus appeared offshore, but black and white currents bound it and drew it into something unseen.
• Shi Xuan flew onto the ship and asked Ma Ping for a ride to the Southern Barbarians.
• Ma Ping begged Shi Xuan to cure Ma Yuanheng, and Shi Xuan agreed after diagnosing damage to the boy’s origin.
• Shi Xuan shook a jade bottle, turning the giant octopus inside it into foul blood.

Shi Xuan gave Ma Yuanheng diluted Sweet Dew, quickly restoring the child’s strength and revealing that Shi Xuan was a disciple of the Penglai Sect. After the remaining water spilled onto the deck, it caused an orchid to sprout and bloom within moments.

• Shi Xuan learned that Ma Ping’s ship was bound for Pingbo Port and chose to travel there toward the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Shi Xuan diluted a drop of Sweet Dew in water and gave it to Ma Yuanheng, who soon regained his strength and ran around the deck.
• Shi Xuan told Fan Yu that he belonged to the Penglai Sect, stunning Fan Yu and impressing the crew.
• Ma Yuanheng dropped the jade bowl, spilling the remaining Sweet Dew across the deck.
• A sprout emerged from the deck and rapidly grew into a fragrant Five-Petaled Orchid.