Chapter Summaries

Ba Tianque stripped Ba Tiance of the crown prince title and named Ba Tianxuan his successor as protests spread across the Banan Divine Kingdom. In White Pool, Ba Tianxuan and Hong Ying confronted Ba Tiance, whose fight with Hong Ying continued as her spear ignited.

• The State Preceptor defeated Ba Tianque at chess and explained that Ba Tiance’s hidden schemes had collapsed after his mistakes.
• Ba Tianque banished Ba Tiance from the Banan Divine Kingdom and appointed Ba Tianxuan crown prince, calming the protests and scattering Ba Tiance’s supporters.
• Ba Tianxuan revealed he was born as a vessel for the nation’s dragon Qi and summoned a golden holy dragon to battle the one formed by the Heavy Mountain Immovable Emperor Seal.
• Hong Ying challenged Ba Tiance while Ba Tianxuan’s dragon fought the seal’s dragon, and she attacked with the Holy Willow Phoenix Fire Spear.
• Ba Tiance evaded Hong Ying’s spear with Shrinking the Ground to an Inch and clashed with her amid a curtain of seawater.
• Hong Ying raised her spear as red light blazed from it after Ba Tiance praised his Sovereign’s Descent Sword.

Hong Ying defeated Ba Tiance in their clash, shattering his Sovereign's Descent Sword, but Ba Tiance unleashed Evil Qi and transformed before blasting Hong Ying and Ba Tianxuan into the seabed.

• Hong Ying's Holy Willow Phoenix Fire Spear overcame Ba Tiance's imperial Sword Intent and damaged the Sovereign's Descent Sword.
• Hong Ying wounded Ba Tiance and pursued him, intending to finish him off.
• Ba Tiance summoned Evil Qi and used a grayish-purple arm covered in human faces to stop Hong Ying's spear.
• Ba Tiance's Evil Qi-corroded Imperial Intent caused the Heavy Mountain Immovable Emperor Seal's sacred dragon to withdraw, and Ba Tianxuan condemned him.
• Ba Tiance merged the Evil Qi and the strange arm with his body, vanished, then erupted behind Hong Ying and Ba Tianxuan and blasted them into the seabed.

Hong Ying defeated Ba Tiance after Ba Tianxuan sacrificed his written incarnation to destroy Ba Tiance’s third hand and expose him to her spear. Ba Tianxuan then returned to the imperial palace, while the Sacred Church’s leader collected Ba Tiance’s shattered soul and Ning Chenxin continued to dominate Chu Ran.

• Ba Tiance overpowered Hong Ying and seized Ba Tianxuan, but Hong Ying struck back with the Samsara Spear Technique, cracking his giant palm.
• Ba Tianxuan dispersed his written incarnation into golden characters that detonated and destroyed Ba Tiance’s third hand, triggering a backlash.
• Hong Ying’s spear shattered Ba Tiance’s giant palm and pierced his heart, burning him to nothing with Divine Phoenix Fire.
• Ba Tianxuan’s true body stopped feigning madness, bowed toward the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool, and set out for the imperial palace.
• The Sacred Church’s leader collected a wisp of Ba Tiance’s shattered soul, and the Banan Divine Kingdom’s attendant switched sides to join the Chu Clan’s grand elder.
• Ning Chenxin continued to suppress Chu Ran despite Chu Ran using all his Law Treasures.

Ning Chenxin fought Chu Ran while the others struggled to hold back the Sacred Church Evil Cultivators, and Chu Yan neared a critical breakthrough inside the Yang Dao Sea Fish. As Chu Ran unleashed the Turbid World Fire Lotus, Ning Chenxin invoked the Dao and began reciting a powerful passage despite suffering severe injuries.

• Ning Chenxin suppressed Chu Ran with the Dao Scripture and refused to let him approach Chu Yan.
• Ning Chenxin offered to spare Chu Ran if he withdrew, but Chu Ran refused and attacked with the Turbid World Fire Lotus.
• The Chu Clan grand elder condemned Chu Ran for using the clan’s supreme protective treasure against Ning Chenxin.
• Qu Lü tried to break through the Evil Cloud Heaven-Devouring Formation to help Ning Chenxin, but the Sacred Church Evil Cultivators strengthened it.
• Ning Chenxin used the Heavenly Seal Treasure Tree and a Divine Talisman of Creation to withstand the fire lotus, then recited, “The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things!”

Ning Chenxin recited the Dao Scripture and formed a massive “Dao” character, helping Qu Lü and Gu You while suppressing Chu Ran’s Turbid World Fire Lotus. Chu Ran forced the lotus to self-destruct, and Ning Chenxin imprisoned it with white chains that began to crack under the blast.

• Ning Chenxin recited the Dao Scripture, merging the murderous golden characters into a “Dao” character, and Qu Lü vowed to protect him.
• Gu You comprehended the Dao of Yang as Chu Ran struggled to maintain the Turbid World Fire Lotus under the Dao Rhyme’s pressure.
• Ning Chenxin used the “Dao” character to suppress Chu Ran’s fire lotus, while the gathered factions protected those who were comprehending.
• Chu Ran began forcing the Turbid World Fire Lotus to self-destruct and threatened to endanger Chu Yan’s comprehension.
• Ning Chenxin shouted “Imprison!” and wrapped the lotus in white chains, but the explosion stretched them until a crack appeared.

Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying unleashed Mu Fusheng’s thousands of talismans against Chu Ran, leaving him badly injured but alive. Ning Chenxin survived the Turbid World Fire Lotus’s detonation, and Ye Qiubai decided to hand Chu Ran over to the Chu Clan.

• Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying used their brocade pouches to release thousands of talismans and blasted Chu Ran with a concentrated sea of lightning.
• Deputy Hall Master Lin realized Mu Fusheng had misled him about how quickly he could inscribe talismans.
• The lightning faded to reveal Chu Ran severely wounded but still alive, while Ning Chenxin stood unharmed and the Turbid World Fire Lotus and the word “Dao” had vanished.
• Ye Qiubai asked why Chu Ran had not used an Evil Cultivator cultivation method to defend himself, and Chu Ran said he was a Chu Clan descendant, not an Evil Cultivator.
• Ye Qiubai chose to spare Chu Ran and hand him over to the Chu Clan.

Steward Liang received orders to seize the weakened Banan Divine Kingdom and Glazed Fire Sect while the conflict at the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool ended with the Chu Clan’s victory. Chu Yan comprehended the Dao of Yang and joined Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Ning Chenxin as they prepared to comprehend, while Mu Fusheng and the others explored deeper into the Gray Pool.

• Steward Liang learned that Chu Yan had comprehended the Dao of Yang and was ordered to keep watch outside the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool and attack the Banan Divine Kingdom and Glazed Fire Sect.
• Ba Tiance and his generals died, Fang Jinghong was badly wounded, and the Chu Clan’s grand elder bound Chu Ran after the battle ended.
• The Chu Clan’s grand elder thanked Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Ning Chenxin, then criticized Deputy Hall Master Lin for protecting only the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s disciples.
• Chu Yan arrived after comprehending the Dao of Yang, rejected Chu Ran’s claim to the clan head position, and offered to have the Chu Clan guard Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Ning Chenxin as they comprehended.
• He Mengshen, Mu Fusheng, Jiu Bailu, and Xu Yeming decided to explore deeper into the dark Gray Pool in search of a denser Dao presence.

Mu Fusheng, Xu Yeming, and Jiu Bailu began comprehending the Dao of Yin while He Mengshen descended deeper and Bao Zhenshu explained why the Holy Court could claim the World Tree petals first. At the Void Behemoth Clan, Xiao Shitou’s cultivation realm began to loosen as his presence rose.

• He Mengshen used the Hetu and Luoshu and the Star River Compass to descend deeper, while Mu Fusheng, Xu Yeming, and Jiu Bailu stayed behind to comprehend the Dao of Yin.
• Mu Fusheng surrounded the trio with talismans, and Xu Yeming summoned Taotie, the Divine Phoenix, the Torch Dragon, and the Void Behemoth cub to guard them.
• Bao Zhenshu told Dong Sanqiang that the Holy Court had prepared ahead of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and was likely to obtain the World Tree petals.
• Lu Changsheng played board games with Kong Zhuxin beside Xiao Shitou, while the Void Behemoth Clan’s grand elder watched in alarm.
• Space power gathered around Xiao Shitou as his cultivation realm loosened and his presence began to rise.

Xiao Shitou survived the Space Dao Body’s great tribulation, broke through to the late Formless Realm, and received the Void Behemoth Clan’s ancestor’s legacy. After Lu Changsheng left and Xiao Shitou went with Kong Zhuxin to meet the clan leader, they learned that Kong Zhuxin’s daughter Kong Xuan’s soul fragment had gone out in the Soaring Realm.

• Lu Changsheng reflected that Xiao Shitou’s teacher had suppressed the Mortal Village children’s ability to cultivate and had likely entrusted Xiao Shitou to him because he expected him to survive the tribulation.
• Xiao Shitou absorbed the spatial power and purple crystal dust, integrated his Dharma Aspect into his body, and broke through to the late Formless Realm.
• Xiao Shitou thanked Kong Zhuxin and the first elder, then declined Kong Zhuxin’s offer that he might one day lead the Void Behemoth Clan.
• Lu Changsheng left before the clan leader could meet him, and Kong Zhuxin took Xiao Shitou and the first elder out of the space.
• Kong Cen reported that Kong Xuan’s soul fragment had briefly stirred before going out in the Soaring Realm, and Kong Zhuxin rushed to the main hall after learning that her daughter was involved.

Kong Zhuxin learned where a Void Behemoth Clan member had died in the Soaring Realm, and Xiao Shitou secured permission to go with her. At the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool, Ye Qiubai began comprehending the Dao of Yang, but an assassin suddenly struck at him.

• The patriarch ordered Kong Zhuxin to retrieve the killer of a Void Behemoth Clan member and eliminate the forces behind the assassination.
• Xiao Shitou asked to accompany Kong Zhuxin so he could find his senior brothers and sisters in the Soaring Realm, and the patriarch approved.
• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Ning Chenxin made rapid progress comprehending the Dao of Yang at the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool.
• Ye Qiubai drew the Dao of Yang into himself as the intent of unending life merged with it.
• A purple-robed woman vanished after crushing a talisman, and a spatial dagger appeared beside Ye Qiubai and thrust toward his temple.

Wu Xinyan trapped Ye Qiubai in the Heart-Questioning Lotus while he was comprehending, forcing him into a trial based on his past. Inside the trial, Ye Qiubai returned to the day before his talent assessment at the Ye Lineage and entered with the composure he had gained since then.

• The Azure Cloud Sword Master deflected Wu Xinyan’s dagger long enough for Qu Lü and the Chu Clan’s grand elder to restrain her.
• Wu Xinyan activated the Heart-Questioning Lotus, enclosing Ye Qiubai in a purple petal and drawing him into a trial.
• The Chu Clan’s grand elder killed Wu Xinyan, while Qu Lü warned that no outsider could help Ye Qiubai once the trial had begun.
• Ye Qiubai found himself at the Ye Lineage gates on the day before his talent assessment, with his cultivation returned to the Qi Refining Third Level.
• Ye Qiubai calmly answered a mocking gate servant and entered the Ye Lineage, leaving the servant puzzled by his changed demeanor.

Ye Qiubai entered a heart-questioning illusion of his past and traced its hidden inner demon to Jiang Chan and Huang Tian Ming. He discovered that Huang Tian Ming had controlled Jiang Chan and ordered an ambush on him, leaving Ye Qiubai facing the memory of his betrayal and attempted murder.

• Ye Qiubai reached the Ye Lineage's main house and learned that Ye Qing had defended him against elders who wanted to expel him.
• Ye Qiubai asked where Jiang Chan and Huang Tian Ming were staying, then vanished before anyone could sense him leave.
• Ye Qiubai entered the Jiang Lineage unseen and followed Jiang Chan and Huang Tian Ming out of Heavenly Origin City.
• In the forest where he had once been ambushed, Ye Qiubai watched Huang Tian Ming control Jiang Chan with a human-skin mask.
• After Huang Tian Ming left, Jiang Chan ordered black-clad figures to ambush and kill Ye Qiubai there the next day.

Ye Qiubai relived the truth behind Jiang Chan’s apparent betrayal in the Heart-Questioning Illusion Array, and the revelation destabilized his body and state of mind. He encountered Jiang Chan living as a nun, apologized for misunderstanding her, and was left alone with her abbess.

• Ye Qiubai watched the illusion reveal that Huang Tian Ming had arranged the assassination and that Jiang Chan had been used, while Lu Changsheng had rescued him.
• Ye Qiubai’s guilt destabilized his state of mind, and Chu Yan and Qu Lü tried to steady him with a mental cultivation method.
• Ye Qiubai arrived at a remote nunnery and recognized Jiang Chan, who had become a mortal nun.
• Ye Qiubai apologized for misunderstanding Jiang Chan, and she invited him into the nunnery’s main hall.
• Jiang Chan’s abbess dismissed her and said she would speak with Ye Qiubai alone.

Ye Qiubai met Jiang Chan at the nunnery and urged her to leave, but she chose to remain there and pray for his safety. He then suffered a violent backlash from his insight, and Jiang Chan risked herself to reach him as the old abbess sealed them inside a formation.

• The old abbess told Ye Qiubai that Jiang Chan still had unresolved feelings for him and urged him either to help her move on or take her away.
• Ye Qiubai asked Jiang Chan to leave and offered to help restore her cultivation, but she declined and returned inside the nunnery.
• Ye Qiubai’s presence fell into disarray, and he collapsed after a burst of Sword Qi erupted around him.
• Jiang Chan rushed through the Sword Qi to reach Ye Qiubai, and the old abbess protected her with a golden barrier from her prayer beads.
• The old abbess said Ye Qiubai’s backlash appeared to come from an illusion that had sent him there, then sealed herself, Jiang Chan, and Ye Qiubai inside a formation that trapped the Sword Qi.
• At the Yang Dao White Pool, Ning Chenxin and Hong Ying completed their insights, while Qu Lü said Ye Qiubai’s chaotic state of mind meant they had to pull him out of enlightenment to save him.

Ye Qiubai suffered a backlash while comprehending the Dao of Yang, and Hong Ying chose to trust that he could survive without being pulled from his comprehension. Jiang Chan entered his heart lake and took on the pain of the backlash, and after ten days Ye Qiubai pulled through, though he awoke grieving.

• Qu Lü offered to forcibly pull Ye Qiubai from his comprehension, but Hong Ying refused and insisted that he could pull through.
• The old abbess prepared a formation for Jiang Chan to bear the sensation of Ye Qiubai's backlash with her mortal body.
• Jiang Chan entered Ye Qiubai's heart lake and witnessed scenes from his life, discovering that an illusion had brought him into the perilous state.
• Jiang Chan found Ye Qiubai in the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool and took the pain of the Dao of Yang flames onto herself.
• After ten days, the golden flames vanished and the Dao of Yang settled beneath Ye Qiubai's skin.
• Ye Qiubai opened his eyes, but grief filled his expression despite surviving the backlash.

Ye Qiubai and the others descended toward the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool’s deepest point, while Jiang Chan awakened to her Dharma Form Realm after receiving the Guanyin Azure Lamp. At the World Tree’s petal site, the group found the stalk but no petals.

• Ye Qiubai decided he would return to settle the matter troubling him after their affairs in the Soaring Realm were resolved, and the group continued diving through the Yang Dao White Pool.
• Jiang Chan broke through to the Dharma Form Realm when the Guanyin Azure Lamp entered her brow, and she realized her master had used a formation that could only be activated twice to protect and help her.
• Mu Fusheng, Xu Yeming, and Jiu Bailu joined He Mengshen in descending through the Yin Dao Black Pool, and Mu Fusheng agreed to let Bao Zhenshu come along.
• He Mengshen explained that the World Tree’s petals could transport people between great realms, and Chu Yan’s group met them at the trench where Yin and Yang converged.
• Ye Qiubai and the others could not pass the barrier below, and the groups saw that the stalk beneath it had no petals.

With the World Tree's petals missing from the Eye of the Heavenly Pool, the gathered cultivators emerged and several of Ye Qiubai's companions advanced in cultivation. Deputy Hall Master Lin demanded the divine treasure and ordered Ye Qiubai's group back to the Sacred Hall for a search, prompting Mu Fusheng to warn them to flee.

• At the bottom of the pool, Ye Qiubai and the others found the World Tree's petals gone, and they suspected He Mengshen had taken them.
• He Mengshen denied taking the petals, but the group let the matter rest and floated out of the pool.
• After emerging, Ye Qiubai broke through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, Hong Ying formed an imposing Dharma Form, and Xu Yeming and Jiu Bailu advanced to the peak of the Creation Realm.
• Deputy Hall Master Lin demanded that anyone who had obtained the divine treasure hand it over to the Supervisory Sacred Hall, citing a request from a lord of the Holy Court.
• Deputy Hall Master Lin accused Ye Qiubai's group of possibly hiding the treasure and ordered them back to the Sacred Hall to be searched.
• Mu Fusheng warned Ye Qiubai's group that something was wrong and told them to prepare to run.

Mu Fusheng realized Deputy Hall Master Lin’s attempt to seize Ye Qiubai and the others was part of a larger plan, but the Dragon-Trapping Chains blocked their escape. Just as the group was cornered, Kong Zhuxin and Xiao Shitou arrived and shattered the chains.

• Mu Fusheng warned Ye Qiubai and the others to flee, but Deputy Hall Master Lin used Dragon-Trapping Nails and Chains to seal them in and disrupt their escape talismans.
• Ning Chenxin attacked Deputy Hall Master Lin, and Qu Lü stepped in to protect him while Hall Master Luo fought Qu Lü.
• Chu Yan tried to intervene, but the Chu Clan’s grand elder restrained him after revealing that the Holy Court had ordered the operation.
• Mu Fusheng suspected that someone who knew their escape methods was directing Deputy Hall Master Lin, and he chose not to ask Bao Zhenshu for help through the Ten Thousand Treasures Card.
• Kong Zhuxin and Xiao Shitou tore through the Dragon-Trapping Chains, and Kong Zhuxin demanded to know who had imprisoned and murdered a member of the Void Behemoth Clan.

Lu Changsheng made Liu Ziru test Mu Wan’er’s pills, leaving him sprawled on the grass, while the others discussed the dangers facing their disciples. At the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool, He Mengshen revealed his ties to the Holy Court as Kong Zhuxin demanded to know who had suppressed her daughter and killed her.

• Lu Changsheng caught Liu Ziru trying to leave and made him take Mu Wan’er’s pills, which left him convulsing and expelling toxins on the grass.
• Du Zhong reassured Lu Changsheng that Kong Zhuxin was accompanying Ye Qiubai and the others, though Lu Changsheng remained uneasy.
• At the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool, He Mengshen appeared beside Deputy Hall Master Lin, and Mu Fusheng realized He Mengshen had been working with the Holy Court.
• He Mengshen recognized Kong Zhuxin and mentioned that she had destroyed the Heavenly Emperor Realm, alarming the gathered figures.
• Kong Zhuxin demanded that He Mengshen identify who had suppressed her daughter and killed her.

Kong Zhuxin recognized Kong Xuan as her grandson and vowed that the Void Behemoth Clan would protect Xu Yeming and his fellow disciples from the Holy Court. As the group prepared to leave, they learned that the Banan Divine Kingdom and the Glazed Fire Sect had been wiped out by vicious beasts and the Sacred Church.

• He Mengshen told Kong Zhuxin that the Sacred Church had killed her clanswoman, and Xu Yeming released Kong Xuan from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Kong Zhuxin mistook Xu Yeming for having branded Kong Xuan, but Xiao Shitou intervened and Xu Yeming explained that Kong Xuan's mother had entrusted the cub to him.
• Xiao Shitou introduced Hong Ying and the others as his fellow disciples, and the gathered factions realized they were connected to the Void Behemoth Clan.
• Kong Zhuxin declared that her clan would protect the group and challenged the Holy Court to confront her if it objected.
• Ning Chenxin learned from Qu Lü that the Banan Divine Kingdom and the Glazed Fire Sect had been destroyed, with no survivors.