Chapter Summaries

After securing half of Su Jin’s benefits, Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect and gave Sushang weapons, cultivation methods, and land-use rights. They interrogated the snowy peak’s captured guardian, who revealed that the Peak of Heaven was in the Fifth Universe and that its entrance was the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, but he knew little else.

• Xie Feng negotiated with Su Jin and took half of the benefits they had discussed.
• Xie Feng gave Sushang five thousand Dao Grade weapons, five thousand Dao Grade cultivation methods, and rights to Dao Crystal veins and five hundred thousand in land.
• Xie Feng released the snowy peak’s guardian’s soul and questioned him with Sushang while Little Sword watched.
• The guardian said the Peak of Heaven was in the Fifth Universe and named the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road as its entrance.
• The guardian denied knowing Kong Qiusu or how to reach the entrance, and Xie Feng concluded that the soul had no further value to him.

Xie Feng killed a soul entity and helped Sushang break through, while Jiang Fei pursued the silver lightning that had injured Ge Ya and was nearly killed by a stronger one. She reached the Xuanji Sect for shelter and treatment, where she revealed that two silver lightning beings were involved.

• Xie Feng killed the soul entity with Eternity Sword Qi and gave its refined power to Sushang, who advanced to the first stage of Indestructible Saint.
• Jiang Fei killed a streak of lightning in the Third Universe, but a stronger silver lightning attacked her and blasted her into the depths of the universe.
• Jiang Fei arrived at the Xuanji Sect gravely injured, and Ge Ya let her enter and sit with him while she recovered.
• Xie Feng, Sushang, and Yue Heng found Jiang Fei in Ge Ya's courtyard, and Xie Feng gave her healing pills.
• Jiang Fei told Xie Feng and the others that one silver lightning had injured Ge Ya and a second, stronger one had attacked them both.

Xie Feng learned that Mu Bingxing wanted him to grow stronger before revealing his origins, then was struck by a meteorite that introduced itself as the Nether Dao. The Nether Dao claimed it had accidentally attached its Cross-Dimensional Converter to Xie Feng, leaving him to deal with the strange visitor and its stolen device.

• Xie Feng called for Mu Bingxing, but Mu Bingxing ignored him while fishing, and Long Cangxue explained that he needed three years to recover.
• Mu Bingxing admitted he feared sending Xie Feng further into danger, but agreed not to give up and decided to wait until Xie Feng reached the Fifth Universe before revealing his origins.
• Long Cangxue said the Empress had survived because of her extraordinary fate, and Mu Bingxing joked about passing his power to Xie Feng before catching a silver fish.
• A blazing black meteorite struck Xie Feng outside the Xuanji Sect, but his defensive barrier stopped it from seriously injuring him.
• The meteorite identified itself as the Nether Dao, said the Dao of Time was hunting it for its Cross-Dimensional Converter, and claimed it had accidentally attached the converter to Xie Feng.

Xie Feng and the Nether Dao fled across universes from the pursuing Dao of Time using the Cross-Dimensional Converter, which had fused with Xie Feng and drained his energy. They reached the Second Universe and hid on a remote planet, but the Nether Dao warned that the Dao of Time could still sense them.

• Xie Feng discovered the Cross-Dimensional Converter inside his mind, learned it had fused with him, and angrily confronted the Nether Dao for bringing it to him.
• The Dao of Time appeared above Eastern Dawn Valley and pursued Xie Feng and the Nether Dao, draining the vitality of everything in his path.
• Xie Feng activated the converter and escaped with the Nether Dao to the Third Universe, where they realized the Dao of Time could still track them.
• After the Dao of Time caught up again, Xie Feng used the converter to flee with the Nether Dao to the Second Universe.
• Xie Feng chose a desolate, red-soiled planet as a hiding place, but the Nether Dao warned that their strong presence would still reveal them.

Xie Feng used the Double Pupils Ye Yuan had given him to cultivate the power of space, hoping to counter the Dao of Time’s pursuit. He mastered the Double Pupils of the Nine Heavens and broke through from the third to the eighth tier of Indestructible Saint.

• Xie Feng decided that spatial power was his only possible way to resist the Dao of Time, and Kong Qiusu reminded him that he had the Double Pupils.
• The Nether Dao told Xie Feng to sit and comprehend the Double Pupils, while Kong Qiusu confirmed that understanding them was essential to mastering them.
• Xie Feng accidentally sent the pupil into his eye socket, received its cultivation method, and began practicing its manifestations and skills.
• The Double Pupils formed a world within Xie Feng as spatial tremors and powerful energy spread through the surroundings.
• The Nether Dao realized Xie Feng had reached the Double Pupils of the Nine Heavens, and Xie Feng opened one black eye and one purple eye.
• Xie Feng’s cultivation surged from the third tier of Indestructible Saint to the eighth tier.

Xie Feng used the Double Pupils to trap the Dao of Time across nine worlds, then set out for the Fifth Universe despite the Nether Dao’s warning. At Xuanji Sect, Feng Changyan abducted Ge Ya into a domain, but Jiang Fei killed him and Ge Ya absorbed his Netherworld Qi before Leng Ruoshuang arrived and noticed their joined hands.

• Xie Feng trapped the Dao of Time with the Double Pupils and announced he was going to the Fifth Universe.
• Feng Changyan isolated Ge Ya inside a domain at Xuanji Sect and tried to capture him.
• Ge Ya used smoke bombs to flee, but Feng Changyan’s energy spikes overwhelmed his Devil Qi.
• Jiang Fei broke through the domain and killed Feng Changyan with Crimson Moon.
• Ge Ya absorbed Feng Changyan’s Netherworld Qi, then took Jiang Fei’s hand and said he was sleepy.
• Leng Ruoshuang arrived by starship, handed Jiang Fei an object, and noticed her holding Ge Ya’s hand.

Jiang Fei healed herself with Leng Ruoshuang’s medicine, but Ge Ya’s dose unleashed dangerous poison, forcing her to take him away from Eastern Dawn Valley. Meanwhile, Cheng Hao investigated the Xuanji Sect’s unusual physiques, and Ze Ling awakened a golden dragon phantom that revealed another part of her mysterious identity.

• Leng Ruoshuang gave Jiang Fei two healing pills from the lord, and Jiang Fei healed herself with one.
• Jiang Fei gave the other pill to Ge Ya, whose body released a devastating poison after he absorbed its power; she carried him away from Eastern Dawn Valley.
• Cheng Hao and Chiyu identified Sushang and another mysterious Earthborn Devil Creature within the Xuanji Sect as the physiques they sought.
• Chiyu reported that the Imperial Evil Realm had defeated the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan, and Cheng Hao refused to answer Yan Ze’s distress signal.
• Ze Ling cultivated with a Dao Grade technique, and a golden dragon phantom formed in her dantian, revealing a mysterious aspect of her identity.

Cong Yun sensed the Taiyin Imperial Dragon’s presence near the Xuanji Sect and hurried toward it, while Xie Feng and Nether Dao entered the Fifth Universe to escape the pursuing Dao of Time. They reached Falling Snow City, but Xie Feng began doubting whether Nether Dao truly knew the universe at all.

• Cong Yun detected the Taiyin Imperial Dragon’s presence near the Xuanji Sect and set off toward it to find the Taiyin Profound Butterfly.
• Xie Feng and Nether Dao forced their way past the Fifth Universe’s gatekeeper with the Emperor Beginning Sword, and the Dao of Time followed after intimidating the gatekeeper into giving a false direction.
• Silver guides transported Xie Feng and Nether Dao to Falling Snow City, where Nether Dao stole food and Xie Feng suggested seeking refuge in the city.
• Xie Feng confronted Nether Dao about seeming unfamiliar with the Fifth Universe, while Nether Dao blamed its lack of knowledge on social anxiety.

Xie Feng and Nether Dao tried to enter Falling Snow City for refuge, but the gate guards challenged them and a fight broke out. The city lord, Ye Die, stopped Xie Feng's attack and began questioning the pair, leaving them to explain why they needed shelter.

• Xie Feng bluffed the gate guards, but Nether Dao's name failed to convince them to let the pair see the city lord.
• Nether Dao attacked the guards, and Xie Feng unleashed Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire, killing most of them.
• Ye Die appeared and stopped Xie Feng's flames before they could kill the two remaining guards.
• Ye Die rejected Nether Dao's claim to its name and showed a portrait that Nether Dao angrily denied depicting it.
• Xie Feng complimented Ye Die, then said he and Nether Dao needed somewhere to take refuge, and Ye Die questioned whether they were truly homeless.

The Dao of Time pursued Xie Feng over the Cross-Dimensional Converter, but Long Cangxue intervened and forced Heavenly Soul Venerable to stop his subordinate. Long Cangxue left after inviting Heavenly Soul Venerable to Moon River, and he feared what that invitation implied.

• Ye Die helped Xie Feng and the Nether Dao escape, then used poisonous butterflies to trap the Dao of Time.
• The Dao of Time broke free of Ye Die’s formation and prepared to pursue Xie Feng.
• Long Cangxue confronted the Dao of Time and demanded that he stop hunting Xie Feng.
• Heavenly Soul Venerable arrived, bowed to Long Cangxue, and rebuked the Dao of Time for defying her.
• Long Cangxue shook Heavenly Soul Venerable by the neck and told him to control his subordinate.
• Heavenly Soul Venerable confined the Dao of Time for one hundred years, and Long Cangxue invited him to Moon River before leaving.

At Evil Sound Hollow, Xie Feng learned that Cong Yun had visited the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, then returned to Eastern Dawn Valley and reunited with Sushang. The chapter left Xie Feng preparing to seek Cong Yun, while Sushang revealed she had advanced to the Indestructible Saint Fifth Stage.

• The Dao of Time complained about his confinement, but Heavenly Soul Venerable warned that the powerful woman behind it could destroy the Fifth Universe.
• Ye Die brought Xie Feng and the Nether Dao to Evil Sound Hollow and offered Xie Feng wine steeped with a sinister claw.
• Xie Feng asked Ye Die about the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, and she said a silver-haired woman with a dragon manifestation from his Origin Realm had been there.
• Xie Feng recognized the woman as Cong Yun and used the Cross-Dimensional Converter to return to his Origin Realm.
• Xie Feng found Sushang meditating at the entrance to Eastern Dawn Valley, and she told him she had reached the Indestructible Saint Fifth Stage.
• Xie Feng and Sushang returned to the Xuanji Sect, where she suggested that Senior Brother and the empress were spending the night together.

Lu Yinjian warned Xie Feng about the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race and tried to hire Sushang, but Xie Feng refused to let her go. When Lu brought Old Man Pine Gatherer to treat the Devil Emperor, Xie Feng revealed Kong Qiusu instead, and the old man immediately kowtowed to him.

• Lu Yinjian told Xie Feng that the Imperial Evil Realm was preparing to fight the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race and warned him to stay safe after Feng Changyan's death.
• Lu Yinjian asked to hire Sushang as an alchemist, but Xie Feng offered himself and claimed Sushang was too busy, prompting Lu to drop the request.
• Lu Yinjian said he had found an expert who could treat the Devil Emperor, and Xie Feng asked to vet Old Man Pine Gatherer before taking him to see anyone.
• Xie Feng privately told Old Man Pine Gatherer that the person needing help had lost his body and memories and most of his cultivation, and existed only as a soul.
• Xie Feng revealed Kong Qiusu, and Old Man Pine Gatherer recognized him and hurriedly kowtowed.

Old Man Pine Gatherer revealed that Great Emperor Cong Yun could guide Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu to the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, which might restore Kong Qiusu’s memories. He gave Xie Feng an iron ruyi scepter containing power to raise his flame to Supreme and agreed to help them find Cong Yun.

• Old Man Pine Gatherer greeted Kong Qiusu as his Lord Phoenix, then told Xie Feng that the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road might help restore Kong Qiusu’s memories.
• Old Man Pine Gatherer said Great Emperor Cong Yun was the only person in the Origin Realm who had visited the Fifth Universe and revealed that she was his younger sister and the clan leader of the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race.
• Old Man Pine Gatherer explained that Xie Feng’s Extreme Dao Fire Flame would make the journey difficult unless it reached Supreme.
• Old Man Pine Gatherer gave Xie Feng an iron ruyi scepter containing violent power that could upgrade his flame to Supreme.
• Xie Feng asked Old Man Pine Gatherer to accompany them to find Great Emperor Cong Yun, and the old man agreed in exchange for payment.

Xie Feng persuaded Old Man Pine Gatherer to stay and treat the Devil Emperor, then later melted the iron ruyi and discovered it contained reborn evil-Qi souls. After his Chaos Qi devoured the souls, the ruyi became a colorless seed that Kong Qiusu identified as a Supreme-level fire seed.

• Old Man Pine Gatherer agreed to stay and prepare to treat the Devil Emperor after Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu talked with him.
• Xie Feng left with Sushang holding his hand, leaving Lu Yinjian jealous as Chi Ling teased him for looking like the other man.
• Xie Feng used Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire to melt the iron ruyi, releasing swarms of purplish-black souls that repeatedly reformed after being burned.
• The souls rushed into Xie Feng, but his Chaos Qi devoured them as though they were a tonic, while the commotion alerted the Xuanji Sect.
• The iron ruyi melted into a colorless seed, and Kong Qiusu urged Xie Feng to refine it, identifying it as a Supreme-level fire seed.

Xie Feng fused Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire with the Flame of Heaven Subjugation and the evil Qi souls, creating Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire. He and Old Man Pine Gatherer set out to find Cong Yun, who recognized the old man as her brother after seeing his Taiyin Imperial Dragon Royal Clan mark.

• Kong Qiusu identified the water-colored flame seed as the Supreme-level Flame of Heaven Subjugation, and Xie Feng had Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire devour it and the evil Qi souls.
• Xie Feng's flame transformed into the golden Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, and he asked Kong Qiusu to help upgrade the Cherished Wine Cup Sword.
• Little Sword appealed to Kong Qiusu for an upgrade, while Kong Qiusu refused to promise that he could help.
• The next day, Xie Feng and Old Man Pine Gatherer said goodbye to Sushang, who discussed taking new disciples into the Xuanji Sect.
• Xie Feng and Old Man Pine Gatherer encountered Cong Yun at the entrance to Eastern Dawn Valley, and Cong Yun recognized Old Man Pine Gatherer as her brother after he showed the Taiyin Imperial Dragon Royal Clan mark.

Xie Feng agreed to let Cong Yun train Ze Ling in exchange for her guiding him to the deadly Purple Paths and Red Dust Road in the Fifth Universe. Devil Emperor Ge Ya arrived with a starship, and the group set off for the Fifth Universe, where the gatekeeper recognized several of them as they passed through the Heavenly Gate.

• Old Man Pine Gatherer revealed that he was Cong Yun's brother, Cong Song, and Cong Yun marveled at how much his secluded life had changed him.
• Cong Yun explained that Ze Ling might carry Taiyin Imperial Dragon royal blood and offered to take her back to train her as a future successor.
• Xie Feng agreed to let Cong Yun train Ze Ling if she would guide him to the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, and she warned him that it was a forbidden death zone.
• Cong Yun agreed to lead Xie Feng there, and Old Man Pine Gatherer said they needed a starship.
• Devil Emperor Ge Ya arrived in Leng Ruoshuang's starship, which Old Man Pine Gatherer piloted toward the Fifth Universe.
• At the Heavenly Gate, the gatekeeper welcomed Xie Feng aboard and then recognized Ge Ya and Old Man Pine Gatherer with alarm.

Xie Feng and his companions entered the Fifth Universe and began a three-day journey through a spatial passage, while Cong Yun confessed her feelings to Ge Ya and learned he loved Jiang Fei. Elsewhere, Long Cangxue visited Mu Bingxing out of loneliness, and he suggested she pick a fight with the Crimson Radiance Sword Master.

• The gatekeeper warned his boss that Xie Feng had arrived with Old Man Pine Gatherer and other people from the Peak of Heaven, prompting the boss to notify Lord Heavenly Soul Venerable.
• Cong Yun guided Xie Feng and the others through the Fifth Universe’s barrier aboard their starship, which was damaged by the intense heat and corrosive force.
• Cong Yun told Ge Ya that she liked him, but Ge Ya revealed that Jiang Fei had already confessed to him, so Cong Yun left to nurse her heartbreak.
• Long Cangxue visited Mu Bingxing in the Pavilion in the Snow and complained that she was bored and had no friends.
• Mu Bingxing told Long Cangxue that loneliness was her lot and suggested she pick a fight with the Crimson Radiance Sword Master.

Mu Bingxing warned Long Cangxue to protect Xie Feng in the Fifth Universe, and Xie Feng’s group entered the Illusion Realm seeking the Past Like a Dream Mirror. After Xie Feng killed a mysterious monk guarding a pagoda, the group searched its gloomy hall for a way to the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road.

• Mu Bingxing told Long Cangxue that Xie Feng had reached the Fifth Universe and warned her that they would be through if anything happened to him; Long Cangxue offered to take Xie Feng as her disciple.
• Three days later, Xie Feng and his companions arrived in the Illusion Realm, where Cong Yun warned them that illusions and reality were interwoven.
• Cong Yun explained that the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road was a heavenly river containing the Past Like a Dream Mirror, which could trace the past and heal injuries.
• An old monk appeared at the largest pagoda and took on the appearance of Ye Zhu, but Xie Feng recognized his power as an illusion and demanded that he let them pass.
• Xie Feng beheaded the old monk with the Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, then entered the pagoda with his companions.
• The group searched the pagoda’s gloomy hall for a passage, finding rows of bronze Buddha statues and a towering golden Buddha.

Xie Feng faced the Past Like a Dream Mirror and saw his master Mu Bingxing being tortured in a prison, but Long Cangxue revealed that the scene was real and had happened twenty years earlier. After passing the mirror’s trial, Xie Feng chose to restore memories, though the chapter ended before he selected how many years.

• Xie Feng exposed the Buddha statue as suspicious, and Ge Ya split it open to reveal the Heavenly River and the island of the Past Like a Dream Mirror.
• Cong Yun warned Xie Feng that the mirror’s illusions could stir inner demons, while she, Old Man Pine Gatherer, and Ge Ya refused to enter the trial.
• Xie Feng lifted the mirror’s water curtain and saw Mu Bingxing being tortured and killed in a prison, then attacked the black-clad men through the illusion.
• Long Cangxue knocked Xie Feng out of the mirror and told him that the scene was real and showed Mu Bingxing twenty years earlier.
• Xie Feng passed the trial, chose to save someone, selected the chrysanthemum platform, and chose to restore memories before facing the options for the number of years.

Xie Feng and his companions stopped a purple python from destroying the Past Like a Dream Mirror by nourishing it with Long-lasting Eternal Grass and arranging for Old Man Pine Gatherer to guard Kong Qiusu. After they left the Illusion Realm, the Dao of Time blocked their starship and demanded his Cross-Dimensional Converter, only for Ge Ya to claim it as his own.

• Kong Qiusu entered the Past Like a Dream Mirror for a three-year recovery, but a purple python attacked the mirror and threatened everyone.
• The purple python revealed that the mirror drained its vitality, and Xie Feng offered it Long-lasting Eternal Grass in exchange for protecting Kong Qiusu.
• The Long-lasting Eternal Grass transformed the Heavenly River and restored the purple python's vitality, and Old Man Pine Gatherer stayed behind to watch over Kong Qiusu.
• Xie Feng and the others left the Illusion Realm aboard their starship, but the Dao of Time blocked their path and demanded the Cross-Dimensional Converter.
• Ge Ya emerged and claimed the converter, startling the Dao of Time, who recognized the Devil Emperor.