Chapter Summaries

At a Mount Tai class reunion, Chen Yu amazed Ye Fan and his companions by accurately divining their pasts and predicting that they would leave home and face near-certain death that very day. After they dismissed his prediction, Chen Yu revealed his identity as a transmigrator in the world of Shrouding the Heavens and saw that checking in with Ye Fan had granted him a wisp of Sacred Body Origin.

• Ye Fan approached the young Daoist Chen Yu, whose sign advertised divine divination, and asked for a free reading.
• Chen Yu accurately recounted Lin Jia’s past and then revealed the backgrounds of the others, including Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan asked about their futures, and Chen Yu predicted they would leave their homeland and face nine deaths for one chance at life that day.
• Ye Fan and the others doubted Chen Yu’s prediction but remained impressed by his readings of their pasts.
• Chen Yu left the gathering and reflected that people rarely believed him when he told the truth.
• Chen Yu recalled that he was a transmigrator from a declining cultivator family and saw a system notification granting him a wisp of Sacred Body Origin after checking in with Ye Fan.

Chen Yu used his check-in panel on Mount Tai and obtained Void Emperor Blood, awakening his bloodline and strengthening his potential. As the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin neared, he sensed changes in his Bitter Sea while warning tourists to leave the mountain.

• Chen Yu considered saving the Sacred Body Origin for a future attempt to create an innate sacred body dao embryo.
• Chen Yu climbed Mount Tai ahead of Ye Fan and the others and checked in at the summit.
• Chen Yu received Void Emperor Blood, which could awaken his bloodline to the level of a second-generation Emperor descendant.
• Chen Yu used the blood and gained an ethereal bearing that drew the attention of nearby tourists.
• Chen Yu advised the tourists to leave before the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin arrived, while some heeded his warning.
• Chen Yu discovered that awakening his Emperor blood had consumed his divine power, expanded his Bitter Sea, and stirred a strand of vitality within it.

After reviving his imperial blood, Chen Yu met Ye Fan and the others atop Mount Tai and offered to teach them cultivation methods. When Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin arrived and the group was drawn inside, Chen Yu examined the ancient coffin within and tried to check in.

• Chen Yu reflected on the strength his revived imperial blood gave him despite his unchanged cultivation.
• Chen Yu greeted Ye Fan and the others on Mount Tai and agreed to teach Ye Fan and Zhou Yi cultivation methods.
• Chen Yu sensed Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin approaching Mount Tai, and the nine True Dragons crashed into the mountain near the Five-Colored Altar.
• Chen Yu flew into the bronze coffin, while the Five-Colored Altar pulled Ye Fan and the others inside as well.
• Chen Yu examined the ancient coffin within the bronze coffin, placed his hand against it, and tried to check in.

Chen Yu used his check-in at the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin to obtain a Ten Thousand Longevity Divine Flower, then explained their journey and lack of an easy route back to Earth. The coffin reached Mars, where Chen Yu prepared to seek another check-in at Great Thunderclap Temple.

• Chen Yu received a Ten Thousand Longevity Divine Flower and considered returning to the coffin later for another check-in.
• Chen Yu confirmed that the newly arrived Pang Bo was alive, ending the others’ argument about him.
• Chen Yu told the group that the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin carried them to other life-bearing planets and that returning to Earth would likely require a Saint.
• The coffin stopped at a desolate place, and the group realized they had arrived on Mars.
• Chen Yu stepped out of the coffin and thought about checking in at Great Thunderclap Temple.

Chen Yu checked in at the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple on Mars, gaining a brief burst of Saint King power and collecting ancient artifacts. Beneath the bodhi tree, he obtained a rare Bodhi Heart and dug up a Bodhi Seed, while Ye Fan watched.

• Chen Yu entered the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple and checked in, receiving one wisp of Saint King's Power that could grant him Saint King strength for ten breaths.
• Chen Yu told Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others to search for ancient Buddhist artifacts, then collected several well-preserved objects himself.
• Chen Yu found the withered bodhi tree and explained to Ye Fan that it was undergoing nirvana and preparing to be reborn.
• Chen Yu checked in beneath the bodhi tree and received a Bodhi Heart, which could improve comprehension and help its bearer live another lifetime.
• Chen Yu dug beside the bodhi tree in front of Ye Fan and unearthed a Bodhi Seed.

Chen Yu lent Ye Fan the Bodhi Seed and took the nearly lifeless Ancient Bodhi Tree before returning with him to the Great Thunderclap Temple. When the temple collapsed and Divine Crocodiles attacked, Chen Yu used an ancient bronze lamp to protect the mortals as they fled toward the Bronze Coffin.

• Chen Yu offered Ye Fan the Bodhi Seed as a loan, and Ye Fan accepted it, promising to return it whenever Chen Yu asked.
• Chen Yu put away the Ancient Bodhi Tree, intending to find a way to revive it, then left with Ye Fan for the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Pang Bo took down the temple's plaque, causing the Great Thunderclap Temple to collapse into dust.
• Chen Yu warned the group that ominous creatures would emerge, and the mortals hurried toward the Bronze Coffin.
• Divine Crocodiles attacked the mortals, so Chen Yu activated an ancient bronze lamp to shield them while they gathered behind him.

Chen Yu faced the Crocodile Ancestor, who initially let him and the others pass after sensing his concentrated imperial blood. The Crocodile Ancestor then attacked to seize Chen Yu, forcing him to activate a Saint King Experience Card and meet the assault with Saint King power.

• The Crocodile Ancestor appeared before Chen Yu and his companions as they approached the ancient bronze coffin.
• Chen Yu claimed descent from the Void Emperor, and the Crocodile Ancestor sensed his concentrated imperial blood and allowed the group to leave.
• As Chen Yu led the others toward the coffin, the Crocodile Ancestor struck to capture him, drawn by the value of his bloodline and body.
• Chen Yu activated a Saint King Experience Card, but his newly acquired presence injured several companions before he brought it under control.
• Chen Yu faced the Crocodile Ancestor and slashed his sword horizontally.

Chen Yu used a temporary Saint King cultivation to force Crocodile Ancestor back and escape with Ye Fan and the others aboard the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. After the trial card expired, he turned ancient artifacts into Forbidden Artifacts and prepared for the journey to Big Dipper.

• Chen Yu struck Crocodile Ancestor with his Saint King power, then swept Ye Fan and the others into the ancient bronze coffin.
• Chen Yu activated the Five-Colored Altar, and the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin carried them into the starry sky as a dragon knocked Crocodile Ancestor away.
• Chen Yu killed several Divine Crocodiles that had slipped into the coffin but could not search for deeper threats before his trial card ran out.
• Before his Saint King power expired, Chen Yu refined the ancient artifacts he had taken from the Great Thunderclap Temple into three King-level and one Saint-level Forbidden Artifact.
• Chen Yu returned to the Bitter Sea Realm and looked ahead to Big Dipper as Ye Fan and the others began to calm down beside him.

After failing to decipher the bronze coffin’s characters, Chen Yu used the Bodhi Heart to comprehend and record an ancient scripture, then taught a sage’s Sea of Bitterness scripture to the people from Earth. Ye Fan and the others tried to become his disciples, but Chen Yu declined and said they could call him teacher when they met again.

• Chen Yu failed to comprehend the characters inside the bronze coffin, then used the Bodhi Heart to hear and record a mysterious scripture.
• Ye Fan used the Bodhi Seed to comprehend the scripture alongside Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu offered to teach the group and expounded a sage’s complete Sea of Bitterness scripture.
• The group showed promising aptitude, with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Zhou Yi, Lin Jia, and Li Xiaoman standing out.
• Ye Fan and the others bowed and asked Chen Yu to accept them as disciples.
• Chen Yu lifted them with divine power, declined to take disciples, and said they could call him teacher in the future.

Chen Yu and the others arrived in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, where they found divine fruit and a Divine Spring. After sharing the fruit and collecting spring water, Chen Yu prepared to leave with supplies while the danger of the forbidden land remained.

• Ye Fan and the others emerged into an ancient forest and learned from Chen Yu that they had arrived in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Chen Yu led Ye Fan and Pang Bo to a mountain peak, where they discovered thirteen divine fruits and a Divine Spring.
• Chen Yu split the fruits among them, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo each ate four while Chen Yu ate two and stored the remaining three in his Bitter Sea.
• Chen Yu filled a glazed glass bottle with Divine Spring Water until its capacity was exhausted.

After gathering divine fruits, spring water, and herbs in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Chen Yu checked in at a stone stele and obtained a source of the Eastern Wasteland Divine Body. He used it immediately, beginning a powerful transformation that left his Bitter Sea tinged with silver.

• Chen Yu drank the Divine Spring water, replenishing and more than doubling the divine power in his Bitter Sea while improving his physique.
• Chen Yu checked in at the divine-fruit trees and obtained a block of great Luo essence gold.
• Chen Yu pruned the trees for branches and leaves, then searched the surrounding area and collected aged spiritual herbs and several medicine kings.
• Chen Yu returned to find Ye Fan and the others gone, while Liu Yunzhi and his companions cried for help near a tiger's den; Chen Yu chose not to intervene.
• Chen Yu checked in at the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land's stone stele and obtained a wisp of Eastern Wasteland Divine Body Source.
• Chen Yu used the source, and his body began transforming as a faint silver trace appeared in his Bitter Sea.

Chen Yu left the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and reached Qingfeng Town, where he found Jiang Tingting and her grandfather. After a gang of bullies wrecked the inn and hurt Old Uncle Jiang, Chen Yu helped him up.

• Chen Yu gained a partial Divine Body, then endured the forbidden land’s lifespan-draining force as he left it.
• Chen Yu reached Qingfeng Town and met Old Uncle Jiang and his granddaughter Jiang Tingting, whom he had come to find for her Taiyin Physique.
• Chen Yu learned that Jiang Tingting’s parents were dead and confirmed he had found the place he sought.
• A group of people stormed the inn, demanded food and wine, and trashed the place while Jiang Tingting cried.
• Chen Yu helped Old Uncle Jiang up and asked whether the bullies often caused trouble.

Chen Yu learned how the Li Family had ruined Old Uncle Jiang’s family and convinced him to let Jiang Tingting become his disciple. After discovering her rare Taiyin Body and its fatal drawback, Chen Yu accepted her and prepared to deal with the Li Family under cover of night.

• Old Uncle Jiang told Chen Yu that his son and daughter-in-law had been cultivators who died after offending the Li Family’s cultivator, leaving him and Jiang Tingting vulnerable to the family’s oppression.
• Chen Yu warned Old Uncle Jiang that the Li Family might target Jiang Tingting as she grew up, then offered to take her as his disciple.
• Chen Yu identified Jiang Tingting as having a Taiyin Body that would likely keep her from living past twenty unless she cultivated, persuading Old Uncle Jiang to agree.
• Jiang Tingting accepted Chen Yu as her master after asking whether she would get enough to eat, and Chen Yu obtained a wisp of her Taiyin Body origin.
• Chen Yu considered the Li and Wang Families’ local power and decided to act against the Li Family under cover of night to avoid attracting trouble from Yanxia Cave Heaven.

Chen Yu destroyed the Li Family’s corrupt main line, then broke through to the Life Spring realm. He began teaching Jiang Tingting, whose exceptional Taiyin Body impressed him, but he worried that he lacked an emperor scripture for her cultivation.

• Chen Yu investigated the Li Family, killed its evildoing members, and left survivors so the returning family cultivator would come to him.
• Chen Yu used the Heavenly Secrets Technique to learn that the Li Family’s cultivator would return in ten days, then decided to advance his cultivation.
• Chen Yu formed a distinctive Life Spring in a cave outside town and returned to Old Uncle Jiang’s inn able to fly on a long rainbow.
• Chen Yu reassured Old Uncle Jiang that he had spared those who had done no evil and gave him silver to cover his expenses.
• Chen Yu began teaching Jiang Tingting and recognized her extraordinary cultivation talent, while resolving to find a way to address the Taiyin Body’s shortened lifespan.
• Chen Yu considered the scriptures he possessed and worried that none of them was an emperor scripture suitable for Jiang Tingting.

Chen Yu considered which imperial scriptures would best suit him and Jiang Tingting, while weighing how to obtain them without getting entangled in the Ji Family. After divining the Azure Emperor’s struggling descendants, he saw an opportunity to approach them before Qing Emperor’s Tomb opened, but the Heavenly Secrets Technique left him badly drained.

• Chen Yu reasoned that Jiang Tingting needed the Taiyin Ancient Scripture and that the Void Scripture best suited his awakened Void Emperor blood.
• Chen Yu considered bypassing the Ji Family by gaining the Void Mirror’s recognition and planned to use other scriptures until imperial scriptures became available.
• Chen Yu thought about Yan Ruyu and the impoverished descendants of the Azure Emperor, who would soon gain the Azure Emperor Weapon and Qing Emperor’s Heart from Qing Emperor’s Tomb.
• Chen Yu used the Heavenly Secrets Technique to divine the Azure Emperor’s descendants and suffered severe exhaustion from the backlash.

Chen Yu recovered in Qingfeng Town while training Jiang Tingting, who opened her Bitter Sea with his help. When a Li Family cultivator returned to avenge his clan, Chen Yu defeated and killed him.

• Chen Yu stayed in the town to recover, teach Jiang Tingting, and cultivate after divining the whereabouts of the Demon Emperor's descendants.
• Jiang Tingting opened her Bitter Sea, and Chen Yu gained insight from observing the Taiyin Body's cultivation.
• The Li Family cultivator returned to find his household devastated and searched for the attacker.
• The Li Family cultivator tracked Chen Yu into the wilderness and attacked him with a borrowed weapon.
• Chen Yu caught the weapon, grievously injured the Li Family cultivator, and killed him when he tried to submit.

After defeating the Li Family cultivator, Chen Yu reassured Jiang Tingting and traveled to the Profound Origin Sect to seek cooperation with the Azure Emperor's descendants. The sect's elders confronted him as he was brought to meet the young lady.

• Chen Yu killed the Li Family cultivator and returned to Jiang Tingting, assuring her that her troubles were over.
• Chen Yu left Jiang Tingting with a King-level Forbidden Artifact for protection and departed on a journey.
• Chen Yu reached the weak Profound Origin Sect in the Wei Kingdom and asked to meet the Azure Emperor's descendants about a transaction.
• A sect cultivator denied that the descendants were there, but Chen Yu appeared behind him without warning and asked him to announce his arrival.
• A voice ordered the cultivator to let Chen Yu in, and several powerful old women confronted Chen Yu, asking whether he had come to see the young lady.

Chen Yu used a forbidden artifact to reveal his true power and defeat the Azure Emperor Lineage’s guards, then explained to Yan Ruyu that he wanted their lineages to cooperate. Yan Ruyu listened warily as he claimed to come from an Imperial Clan beyond the starry sky.

• Chen Yu asked to meet Yan Ruyu and proposed cooperation, but the old demon women mocked him and one attacked.
• The attacker’s divine power failed to harm Chen Yu, who secretly relied on a forbidden artifact to reclaim some of his former strength.
• Chen Yu unleashed the artifact’s power, defeated and sealed the old demon women, then exposed Yan Ruyu’s hidden position.
• Yan Ruyu questioned Chen Yu’s identity and motives, wary that he might be an enemy seeking revenge.
• Chen Yu said he came from beyond the starry sky and belonged to an Imperial Clan, and proposed that his lineage support the declining Azure Emperor Lineage.
• Yan Ruyu was stunned by Chen Yu’s claims and considered how their two lineages might cooperate.

Chen Yu proved that he possessed genuine, exceptionally powerful Imperial Clan blood and asked Yan Ruyu to form an alliance with him. Yan Ruyu recognized the opportunity to strengthen the weakened Azure Emperor Lineage, but had not yet answered.

• Chen Yu offered his blood, and Yan Ruyu used a secret art to confirm that it carried genuine Imperial Clan power.
• Yan Ruyu wondered whether Chen Yu was the direct son of a Great Emperor, and Chen Yu neither confirmed nor denied her suspicion.
• Chen Yu said he had come alone from the other shore of the starry sky seeking cooperation, then expressed disappointment at the Azure Emperor Lineage’s decline.
• Chen Yu proposed an alliance with Yan Ruyu, and she and the elderly demon women considered the opportunity to revitalize their lineage.

Yan Ruyu consulted Elder Qing about Chen Yu’s offer to ally with the Azure Emperor Lineage, and they accepted after confirming his imperial bloodline. The alliance was concluded with the Demon Emperor’s Nine Slashes, Spirit Wound, as their return gift, which Chen Yu discovered was an inheritance from the Azure Emperor Scripture.

• Chen Yu offered Yan Ruyu a ten-thousand-year medicinal herb as an apology and gift.
• Yan Ruyu brought Chen Yu’s blood to Elder Qing, who confirmed its imperial might and urged Yan Ruyu to accept his proposal.
• Yan Ruyu gave the precious herb to Elder Qing, who decided the Azure Emperor Lineage needed to offer a worthy return gift.
• Elder Qing concluded the alliance with Chen Yu on behalf of the Azure Emperor Lineage and presented him with a wooden inheritance token.
• Chen Yu examined the token and received the forbidden technique Demon Emperor’s Nine Slashes, Spirit Wound.