Chapter Summaries

Chen Yu defeated the Peacock King in a contest of strength and revealed power that reminded onlookers of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, though the Crow Daoist believed his physique was something different. After the Peacock King conceded, he and Chen Yu discussed striking the Yaoguang Holy Land, while Chen Yu considered traveling to the Northern Region.

• Chen Yu overpowered the Peacock King in physical combat and suppressed his Stars Illuminate the Nine Heavens phenomenon with his immense blood Qi.
• The Peacock King abandoned his attacks, conceded defeat, and praised Chen Yu as the demon race's imperial son-in-law.
• Pang Bo reunited with Chen Yu, and the Peacock King proposed striking the Yaoguang Holy Land before retreating to the Northern Region if necessary.
• Chen Yu listened to the preparations and thought about the Northern Region's promising destinations.
• Chen Yu strolled with Yan Ruyu and told her that Ye Fan was being hunted; he predicted that Ye Fan would survive.

Ye Fan hid in the Fire Domain while the Yaoguang Holy Land ambushed the Peacock King and his allies to seize the Azure Emperor Weapon. Chen Yu awakened the Void Mirror to break the trap, allowing Yan Ruyu and the others to escape as Yaoguang’s forces were left behind.

• Ye Fan hid deep in the Fire Domain after the source root of mother Qi of all things was exposed, and worried that he could not leave safely to seek Chen Yu’s help.
• The Peacock King killed a third Yaoguang supreme elder, then returned to the small world to evacuate Yan Ruyu and the others.
• Yaoguang elders revealed they had sealed the small world and confronted the Peacock King with two younger Mighty Figures and the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.
• The Peacock King and Crow Daoist used the Chaos Green Lotus to oppose the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, but Yaoguang’s greater numbers threatened to overwhelm them.
• Chen Yu activated the Void Mirror and broke Yaoguang’s sealing formations with a single strike.
• The Peacock King and Crow Daoist opened a Domain Gate and teleported Yan Ruyu and the others away before Yaoguang could stop them.

The Peacock King and Crow Daoist raided Yaoguang Holy Land’s Source mines in the Northern Region while Chen Yu demonstrated his Source Arts and met with Yan Ruyu to negotiate with the Azure Flood Dragon King. The Azure Flood Dragon King welcomed them and led Chen Yu and the others to his treasury to see the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

• The Peacock King and Crow Daoist traveled to the Northern Region and plundered several of Yaoguang Holy Land’s Source mines before contacting the Azure Flood Dragon King.
• Chen Yu found variant Source with ease, impressed Pang Bo and Qin Yao with his Source Arts, and split the valuable find between them.
• Yan Ruyu and Chen Yu discussed the Azure Flood Dragon King’s interest in their Emperor Weapons and the Thirteen Great Bandits’ reasons for accepting their alliance.
• The Azure Flood Dragon King welcomed Chen Yu and Yan Ruyu to his small world, treating Chen Yu with particular respect as an Emperor’s son.
• At Chen Yu’s request, the Azure Flood Dragon King took the group to his treasury to see the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

Chen Yu traded a lesser Medicine King and great Luo gold essence to acquire the remains of a Saint-level Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, intending to help Hua Yunfei cultivate the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art. After advancing to the Dao Palace Fourth Stage, he discussed cultivation with Yan Ruyu and revealed that he planned to make another journey soon.

• Chen Yu resonated with the Sacred Body remains in the Azure Flood Dragon King's treasury and asked to obtain them.
• Chen Yu offered great Luo gold essence and a lesser Medicine King, and the Azure Flood Dragon King agreed to trade the remains.
• Chen Yu stored the remains for Hua Yunfei, hoping they would strengthen his progress toward forming an embryonic Chaos Body.
• After half a month of seclusion, Chen Yu advanced to the Dao Palace Fourth Stage, while Yan Ruyu noted that Little Tingting had reached the Other Shore at age six.
• Yan Ruyu said she planned to enter seclusion, and Chen Yu told her he was also preparing to make a trip soon.

Chen Yu used the Sacred Body Origin he obtained from the Sacred Body remains to strengthen his physique, then traveled the Northern Region under the alias Jiang Yu to practice Source Arts and check in at unusual sites. At a banquet, Weiwei recognized clues in his disguise, and Chen Yu obtained thirty percent of her Immortal Spirit Eye Origin by touching her shoulder.

• Chen Yu told Yan Ruyu that he had divined the approximate location of Great Emperor Wushi's cultivation grounds and planned to explore them and the Holy City.
• Chen Yu checked in with the Sacred Body remains, received thirty percent of a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body's origin, and used it to strengthen his Divine Sacred Body.
• Chen Yu left the Azure Flood Dragon King's small world and traveled the Northern Region, practicing Source Arts, gathering treasures, and checking in at unusual sites.
• Under the alias Jiang Yu, Chen Yu accepted commissions from holy lands and became known as a skilled Source Arts master.
• At a banquet, Weiwei recognized Chen Yu's connection to Ye Fan and questioned whether he belonged to the Source Heavenly Master Lineage, privately identifying his disguise through her Immortal Spirit Eye.
• Chen Yu touched Weiwei's shoulder under the pretext of swatting a fly and checked in to obtain thirty percent of Immortal Spirit Eye Origin.

Chen Yu, disguised as Jiang Yu, used his gifts to win Weiwei’s help in locating Ye Fan, who was working as a mining slave in Yaoguang’s mine. After refusing to reveal his real name, Chen Yu left Weiwei behind as Ye Fan sensed someone nearby and turned to face the newcomer.

• Weiwei told Chen Yu that Ye Fan was hiding as a mining slave in Yaoguang’s mine after she had seen through his disguise with her Immortal Spirit Eye.
• Chen Yu gave Weiwei a piece of Divine Source and a Golden Spirit Flower in public, prompting the Yaoguang disciples to speculate about their relationship.
• Chen Yu asked Weiwei to guide him to the mine, and she agreed despite recognizing that his public gifts would cause her trouble.
• Chen Yu and Weiwei watched Ye Fan work while he secretly surveyed the mine, and Weiwei joked that he seemed to be plotting to steal its ore.
• Weiwei asked Chen Yu to tell her his real name, but he refused and walked away.
• Ye Fan sensed someone watching him in the mining tunnel, then saw a figure appear before him.

Chen Yu rescued Ye Fan from a Yaoguang Holy Land mine, revealed himself, and began teaching him Source Arts. While traveling openly as Source Masters, they rescued a village from bandits and learned the bandits were extorting its villagers for Source.

• Chen Yu disguised himself as Jiang Yu, took Ye Fan from the mine, and revealed his identity before Ye Fan could attack him.
• Ye Fan resumed his appearance, then followed Chen Yu under the name Gu Feng and studied Source Arts as they visited holy land mines.
• Ye Fan drove off bandits attacking a village and marked them so he could track them to their lair if needed.
• Ye Fan recognized the village elder, Fifth Master Zhang, as a Source Master, while Chen Yu introduced them as Source Masters from the Eastern Wasteland.
• Fifth Master Zhang explained that bandits forced nearby villages to mine Source and pay them, then warned Chen Yu and Ye Fan to leave before disaster struck.

Chen Yu persuaded Fifth Master Zhang to help him enter Purple Mountain in search of Great Emperor Wushi’s token and the Source Heaven Book. He awakened the Silver-Blooded Imperial Clan bloodlines of Wang Shu and Lei Bo, leaving them powerful enough to begin cultivation.

• Chen Yu sent Ye Fan to deal with the bandits, saying he had divined an opportunity nearby.
• Chen Yu revealed his identity to Fifth Master Zhang and offered to return the Source Heaven Book’s inheritance to the Zhang family in exchange for help entering Purple Mountain.
• Fifth Master Zhang learned that Chen Yu knew Purple Mountain was Great Emperor Wushi’s tomb and stopped trying to dissuade him.
• Chen Yu identified Wang Shu and Lei Bo as youths with especially strong Primordial Royal Clan bloodlines and asked them to follow him.
• Chen Yu baptized Wang Shu and Lei Bo with refined spiritual medicines and Source, awakening their Silver-Blooded Imperial Clan bloodlines and granting them power comparable to Divine Bridge Realm cultivators.

Chen Yu founded the Heavenly Source Palace and recruited Ye Fan, Wang Shu, Lei Bo, and the villagers as its first members. He then went to the Azure Cloud Sect to seek another piece of Great Emperor Wushi’s jade token, where a clash with the sect began.

• Ye Fan gave Chen Yu an ancient jade piece found on Chen Big Beard, and Chen Yu revealed it was a token linked to Great Emperor Wushi’s inheritance and could help them leave Purple Mountain safely.
• Chen Yu told Ye Fan that another piece was at the Azure Cloud Sect, and Ye Fan chose to cultivate in the village instead of joining the trip.
• Chen Yu founded the Heavenly Source Palace, gave Ye Fan a hundred thousand jin of Source, and named him its Holy Son.
• Chen Yu made Wang Shu and Lei Bo provisional Holy Sons and invited the villagers to join the Heavenly Source Palace.
• Chen Yu reached the Azure Cloud Sect, killed the rude gatekeeping disciples, and fought his way into the sect until its higher-ups noticed him.

Chen Yu destroyed the Azure Cloud Sect and several other sects that had supported murderous bandits, sparing only those without blood debts and putting survivors to work for the Heavenly Source Palace. At the Lihuo Sect, he faced its powerful sect master, while his search for treasures had already brought him Wushi’s Dao insights, an Earth Life Fruit, and another piece of Emperor Jade.

• Chen Yu killed the Azure Cloud Sect’s blood-debt-bearing cultivators, then placed restrictions on the survivors and assigned them ten years of service to the Heavenly Source Palace.
• After the Mysterious Moon Cave demanded the Azure Cloud Sect’s annexation, Chen Yu went there, destroyed the sect, and used the Emperor Jade and Bodhi Heart to comprehend Wushi’s Dao traces.
• Chen Yu checked in at the ancient cave and obtained an Earth Life Fruit, then followed the Emperor Jade’s guidance to find another piece among nearby ruins.
• Chen Yu wiped out the Seven Stars Pavilion and the Luoxia Sect, sparing a few disciples who had committed no slaughter.
• Chen Yu attacked the Lihuo Sect, where its sect master wielded the Mountain-Embracing Seal, but Chen Yu remained overwhelmingly stronger.

Chen Yu destroyed the Lihuo Sect, claimed its Lihuo Divine Furnace, and gained a fragment of Emperor Hengyu’s formation. After returning to the Source Heavenly Master's village, he perfected his Dao Palace cultivation and stopped short of advancing to the Four Extremes until he could prepare for possible obstacles.

• Chen Yu shattered the Lihuo Sect master's Mountain-Embracing Seal, killed him, and defeated the sect's elders despite their use of the Lihuo Divine Furnace.
• Chen Yu slaughtered the Lihuo Sect, claimed the furnace, and checked in to obtain a fragment of the Hengyu Emperor Formation.
• Chen Yu returned to the Source Heavenly Master's village, where Wang Shu and Lei Bo had opened their Bitter Seas and Ye Fan had reached the Other Shore.
• Chen Yu put Ye Fan in charge of the Heavenly Source Palace's people and entered seclusion to cultivate with Divine Source.
• Chen Yu illuminated his final Dao Palace repository and reached perfection, then postponed advancing to the Four Extremes until he could prepare for a possible Sacred Body curse.

Chen Yu and Ye Fan entered Purple Mountain and found the imprisoned Godking Jiang Taixu, whom Chen Yu revived with a Medicine King. After Jiang Taixu passed on the Hengyu Scripture and the Nine Secrets: Dou, Chen Yu used the Void Mirror with the Lihuo Divine Furnace to break the formation and free him.

• Fifth Master Zhang gave Chen Yu and Ye Fan Stone Garments, and they entered Purple Mountain together.
• Chen Yu and Ye Fan crossed the dangerous ancient mine and found the names of Jiang Taixu and Gu Tianshu at Purple Mountain's gateway.
• Chen Yu and Ye Fan heard Jiang Taixu's voice behind a stone wall and discovered that he was trapped and near death.
• Chen Yu gave Jiang Taixu a Medicine King, allowing him to recover enough to teach Chen Yu the Hengyu Scripture and pass the Nine Secrets: Dou to Ye Fan.
• Chen Yu and Jiang Taixu joined the Void Mirror and the Lihuo Divine Furnace to break the formation, freeing Jiang Taixu.
• Jiang Taixu returned the Lihuo Divine Furnace to Chen Yu and began absorbing essence Qi to restore himself.

Chen Yu, Ye Fan, and Jiang Taixu explored Purple Mountain, where Chen Yu obtained the Wushi Technique and Ye Fan found the Source Heaven Book. After they escaped, Jiang Taixu departed, and Chen Yu stayed behind to confront Yao Xi, who attacked a young man from the Azure Emperor Lineage.

• Jiang Taixu recovered with Chen Yu's divine source, learned that Fairy Caiyun was alive, and left the Lihuo Divine Furnace with Chen Yu.
• The three found the Source Heaven Book, which Ye Fan handed to Chen Yu to study and copy.
• At the heart of Purple Mountain, Chen Yu checked in at the Wushi Scripture and obtained the Wushi Technique, while Ye Fan failed to unlock the scripture with two pieces of Emperor Jade.
• The Emperor Jade activated an arrangement that teleported Chen Yu, Ye Fan, and Jiang Taixu out of Purple Mountain; Jiang Taixu gave Chen Yu his token and left to settle worldly affairs.
• Chen Yu asked Ye Fan to look after Heavenly Source Palace disciples, then stayed to deal with Yao Xi as she arrived seeking the source of the disturbance.
• Yao Xi confronted a young man bearing traces of the Azure Emperor Lineage and attacked him with a palm strike.

Chen Yu captured Yao Xi after defeating her and spent the next few days beating back prodigies who came to Purple Mountain. He then faced the Yaoguang Holy Son, whose attacks struggled against Chen Yu’s power and Azure Emperor Scripture techniques.

• Yao Xi attacked Chen Yu, but he overwhelmed her defenses and sealed her inside the Lihuo Divine Furnace.
• After learning why Yao Xi had come, Chen Yu anticipated more challengers and defended his territory, defeating more than a dozen prodigies from nearby great sects.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son arrived after hearing that Yao Xi had disappeared and confronted Chen Yu, identifying him as a mysterious highness of the Azure Emperor Lineage.
• Chen Yu and the Yaoguang Holy Son clashed, and the Holy Son was shocked by Chen Yu’s immense divine power, blood and Qi, and unusual physique.
• Chen Yu used Spirit Wound and then Form Annihilation from the Demon Emperor’s Nine Slashes, forcing the Yaoguang Holy Son to retreat and reconsider whether he could defeat him.

Chen Yu killed a Yanyun Sect supreme elder in battle, while the Yaoguang Holy Son withdrew rather than risk fighting him again. He then went to the Heavenly Source Palace’s base, where he met the Black Emperor after watching him spar with Ye Fan.

• The Yaoguang Holy Son hesitated to reveal his full strength as Chen Yu pressed him, and a furious Yanyun Sect elder arrived demanding to know what had happened to his disciple Situ Ming.
• Chen Yu used the Demon Emperor's Nine Slashes, Form Annihilation, to shatter the elder’s cane and kill the Dragon Transformation cultivator, while the Yaoguang Holy Son retreated from their confrontation.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son warned that a Mighty Figure of Yaoguang would come for the Yaoguang Holy Maiden, and Chen Yu left after sensing Ye Fan’s advance toward the Dao Palace realm.
• Chen Yu visited the Heavenly Source Palace’s base and saw Ye Fan fighting a large black dog, which he recognized as the Black Emperor from Purple Mountain.
• The Black Emperor recognized that Chen Yu knew his origins and taunted Ye Fan, demanding that he kowtow and become the Black Emperor’s human pet.

Chen Yu uncovered petrified Immortal Medicine seeds among the stone implements left by the fifth Source Heavenly Master and decided to try reviving one with Fortune Jade Liquid. He left Ye Fan with the other recovered treasures and began his experiment with the tree-shaped seed.

• Chen Yu stopped Ye Fan and the Black Emperor from fighting, then revealed that the village’s stone implements held another opportunity.
• Chen Yu and the others cut open the stone implements and found mostly hollow Divine Source, ruined treasures, and two petrified Immortal Medicine seeds.
• The group found a Human Origin Fruit, but the Black Emperor bit off a large portion and was knocked unconscious by its poison.
• Chen Yu gave the remaining treasures to Ye Fan and took the two petrified seeds, which Ye Fan believed had no vitality left.
• Chen Yu brought out Fortune Jade Liquid and placed the tree-shaped seed before him to test whether he could restore its vitality.

Chen Yu used Fortune Jade Liquid to revive two petrified Immortal Medicine seeds, which grew into affectionate seedlings and entered his Bitter Sea. When he considered using the remaining liquid to save the Bodhi Divine Tree, the two seedlings instead nourished it themselves, restoring its vitality and producing a fresh shoot.

• Chen Yu poured Fortune Jade Liquid onto a petrified Immortal Medicine seed and sensed its dormant vitality begin to revive.
• He used additional drops to remove the seed’s remaining petrification, and it grew into a seedling that willingly approached him.
• Chen Yu spent three more drops reviving the second Immortal Medicine seed, then placed both seedlings in his Bitter Sea.
• He considered using the remaining Fortune Jade Liquid to restore the withering Bodhi Divine Tree.
• The two Immortal Medicine seedlings released their essence to nourish the Bodhi Tree, halting its decline and producing new leaves on a fresh shoot.

Chen Yu revived the Bodhi Tree in his Bitter Sea by joining it with the Bodhi Divine Heart, creating a nascent divine medicine alongside his two other Immortal Divine Medicines. After Ye Fan used Source Heaven Divine Sense to reveal all three, the Black Emperor tried to claim one, while Ye Fan took out the Bodhi Seed.

• Chen Yu fused the Bodhi Divine Heart with the reviving Bodhi Tree, restoring its origin and strengthening its aid to his Dao enlightenment.
• Chen Yu left his seclusion as cultivators approached, then encountered Ye Fan and the Black Emperor on their way to investigate the disturbance.
• The Black Emperor questioned Chen Yu about the commotion, and Chen Yu casually claimed he had obtained several Immortal Medicines.
• Ye Fan used Source Heaven Divine Sense and revealed three Immortal Divine Medicines in Chen Yu's Bitter Sea, shocking him and the Black Emperor.
• The Black Emperor lunged at Chen Yu and demanded an Immortal Medicine, but Chen Yu pinned him down and the medicines evaded the Black Emperor.
• Ye Fan took the Bodhi Seed out of his Bitter Sea.

Chen Yu returned to the Azure Flood Dragon King’s small world after sharing the Bodhi Divine Tree’s benefits with Ye Fan and discussing future Immortal Divine Medicine with him and the Black Emperor. He reunited with Yan Ruyu and their companions, gave Yan Ruyu a branch of the Bodhi Divine Tree, and stayed to spend time with her.

• The Bodhi Seed in Ye Fan’s hand reacted to the Bodhi Divine Tree, but Chen Yu told Ye Fan to keep it until he no longer needed it.
• The Black Emperor asked Chen Yu to reserve an Immortal Divine Medicine fruit for him, and Chen Yu said Ye Fan would have a share while the Black Emperor’s depended on his performance.
• Chen Yu returned to the Azure Flood Dragon King’s small world and altered his presence to display the Azure Emperor’s bloodline and demonic traits.
• The Azure-Robed Little Flood Dragon King welcomed Chen Yu, and Chen Yu reunited with Pang Bo, Little Tingting, Old Uncle Jiang, Yan Ruyu, and the others.
• Chen Yu told Yan Ruyu he would stay for a while and gave her a branch of the Bodhi Divine Tree.
• Chen Yu stayed in the small world with Yan Ruyu.

Chen Yu explained to Yan Ruyu why he had delayed entering the Four Extremes Secret Realm, then prepared to seek a Saint’s protection before his breakthrough. Their peaceful stay was interrupted when the Golden-Winged Little Peng King insulted Chen Yu and Yan Ruyu, and Chen Yu struck back, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Yan Ruyu questioned Chen Yu’s delayed breakthrough, and Chen Yu revealed that his Divine Sacred Body might draw heaven-and-earth punishment during tribulation.
• Chen Yu told Yan Ruyu he wanted a Saint in the Holy City to protect him when he advanced to Four Extremes.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King arrived, insulted Chen Yu’s cultivation and marriage to Yan Ruyu, and attacked Pang Bo.
• Yan Ruyu stopped the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s strike, but he continued taunting her and challenged Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu slapped the Golden-Winged Little Peng King away and mocked his bloodline, prompting the Peng King to unleash One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords and the Heavenly Peng Fighting Dragon Diagram.
• Chen Yu answered with the Void Great Hand Seal, shattering the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.