Chapter Summaries

Mu Wan'er reached the second stage's guardian beast and used the Nine Dragons God-Refining Cauldron to refine its enormous fireball attack. The giant flaming tiger remained, leaving everyone wondering how she would face it next.

• Mu Wan'er climbed to the 399th step, mastering control of the flaming meteors and some of the heavenly sea of fire.
• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Fang Qiong, and Xiao Shitou watched as Mu Wan'er stepped onto the 400th stair without asking for help.
• A giant flaming tiger appeared, and Zhuo Cai and Fen Yan doubted that Mu Wan'er could defeat it with fire control alone.
• The Immortal Emperor questioned Mu Wan'er's chances, while Lu Changsheng teased him about taking his disciples as pupils.
• The flaming tiger attacked with a massive fireball, but Mu Wan'er summoned the Nine Dragons God-Refining Cauldron and refined it.

Mu Wan'er used the Nine Dragons God-Refining Cauldron to withstand the flaming tiger's attacks on the 400th step, then unlocked more of its power. The others prepared to intervene as she began drawing the tiger into the cauldron.

• Mu Wan'er absorbed the flaming tiger's fireballs into the Nine Dragons God-Refining Cauldron and refined them into nourishment.
• The flaming tiger charged Mu Wan'er and struck the cauldron, leaving her with a slight injury but keeping her on the 400th step.
• Xiao Hei, Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Mu Fusheng, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, Xiao Shitou, and Fang Qiong prepared to rescue Mu Wan'er if she faltered.
• Qiu Jing, Han Lu, and Zhuo Cai identified the cauldron as an Ancient Dao Artifact, while Fen Yan and the Immortal Emperor remarked on Lu Changsheng possessing it.
• Mu Wan'er released more of the cauldron's power, and its suction began pulling the flaming tiger inside as her face turned pale.

Mu Wan'er used the Nine Dragons God-Refining Cauldron to refine the giant flaming tiger, impressing the others with her power. Outside Immortal Affinity Heaven-Reaching Mountain, the Immortal Emperor offered Lu Changsheng and his disciples unprecedented positions and benefits in the Immortal Palace, and Lu Changsheng teased him for trying to recruit them all.

• Mu Wan'er drew the giant flaming tiger into the Nine Dragons God-Refining Cauldron and refined it with the Flame Dao Law, strengthening her flame power and bringing her cultivation close to a breakthrough.
• Mu Wan'er returned to her usual appearance and sought praise from Ye Qiubai and the others, while Xiao Shitou considered copying her affectionate gesture toward Hong Ying.
• The people below recognized the strength of Mu Wan'er, Mu Fusheng, and the others, while Fen Yan mocked Zhuo Cai for having wanted to use them as cannon fodder.
• The Immortal Emperor praised Lu Changsheng's disciples and offered Lu Changsheng the position of deputy palace master, with freedom and benefits, while offering his disciples places as personal disciples.
• Lu Changsheng joked that the Immortal Emperor was trying to recruit both him and his disciples into the Immortal Palace.

The Immortal Emperor tried to recruit Lu Changsheng into the Immortal Palace, but Lu Changsheng refused. Xiao Shitou advanced through the Water Dao trials on Immortal Affinity Heaven-Reaching Mountain, using powerful Space Dao Law to defeat the waves and water serpent.

• The Immortal Emperor invited Lu Changsheng to join the Immortal Palace, but Lu Changsheng refused because he did not want to become entangled with another faction.
• Xiao Shitou reached the 401st step, where a Water Dao tsunami surged toward him as he climbed.
• Xiao Shitou trapped the tsunami in a spatial cage, crushed it, and sent its remaining waves into a spatial rift.
• Xiao Shitou reached the 600th step and dodged a water serpent that broke through his spatial compression.
• Xiao Shitou blasted the serpent apart and sucked its scattered water into separate spaces, intending to destroy it piece by piece.

Ye Qiubai mastered the Wind Dao Law on the mountain steps, and the surviving participants began the second trial: defeating the mountain gate guardian. Yao You volunteered to fight first and launched a full-power saber strike at the silent guardian.

• Ye Qiubai mastered the Wind Dao Law and combined it with his Sword Dao as the Cottage group climbed the final steps together.
• After seven days, fewer than half the original participants had reached the summit, and Lin Hai and Li Xiao told Qiu Jing about Fang Qiong's rejected application to the Immortal Palace.
• Fen Yan explained that the second trial required defeating a powerful mountain gate guardian whose cultivation was suppressed to the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Zhuo Cai asked who would go first, drawing Fen Yan's rebuke and contempt from the others; Qiu Jing said Zhuo Cai would never amount to much.
• Yao You entered the mist to challenge the guardian, and the guardian rose as Yao You unleashed a full-strength saber slash.

Yao You and the other challengers tested themselves against the mountain gate guardian, who let only the strongest pass. Xiao Hei earned the guardian’s approval through a brutal body-to-body fight, but charged at him again after being told he had passed.

• Yao You fought the guardian repeatedly but failed after his fear weakened his saber strike.
• Yang Feng impressed the guardian with his five-element arrays and passed, followed by Qiu Jing, Han Lu, Fen Yan, Lin Hai, and Li Xiao.
• Fen Yan taunted Zhuo Cai into challenging the guardian, who knocked him away and sent him down the mountain.
• Xiao Hei fought the guardian with his powerful physique and black demonic armor until the guardian declared that he passed.
• Xiao Hei ignored the verdict and charged again, determined to slap the guardian back.

Xiao Hei kept fighting the mountain gate guardian so he could return the blows, eventually slapping him across the face and warning that his master would kill him if he retaliated. Lu Changsheng heard Xiao Hei’s threat and promised to confine him for years, leaving Xiao Hei horrified at the prospect of being unable to fight.

• Xiao Hei ignored the mountain gate guardian’s declaration that he had passed and demanded to keep fighting.
• While the guardian was distracted, Xiao Hei slapped him and explained that he wanted to hit him back.
• Xiao Hei told the guardian that Lu Changsheng would kill him if he tried to kill Xiao Hei.
• Ye Qiubai and the others considered telling Lu Changsheng what Xiao Hei had said, but Lu Changsheng revealed that he already knew.
• Lu Changsheng threatened to confine Xiao Hei and stop him from fighting for years, leaving Xiao Hei deathly pale.

Fang Qiong demonstrated his body-as-formation cultivation to the mountain gate guardian and passed the trial. With the group cleared, the guardian revealed the fog-shrouded path to the summit.

• The mountain gate guardian accepted Xiao Hei after testing his defiant attitude, and Ye Qiubai and the others also passed.
• Fang Qiong stepped forward as the last candidate while Han Lu and the others wondered how he had obtained a spot after the Immortal Palace rejected him.
• Fang Qiong revealed silver light across his body, and the mountain gate guardian recognized his unusual body-as-formation physique.
• Fang Qiong opened the Holy Array Heavenly Scroll and absorbed the Annihilation Killing Formation's presence into his body.
• Fang Qiong struck the mountain gate guardian with a punch carrying annihilation formation Qi, and the guardian declared that he had passed.
• The mountain gate guardian made the rock face vanish, revealing a fog-shrouded path to the summit, then sat down to await the next entrant.

Fang Qiong and the others entered the final trial, a winding path that used illusions to attack their deepest fears. As the Low-Latitude Realm faced a new threat, Fang Qiong discovered he could absorb the illusion array’s presence to strengthen himself.

• Fang Qiong’s display of array-based body cultivation astonished the Immortal Palace cultivators, who speculated that his master had taught him a fitting method.
• Fen Yan warned Ye Qiubai and the others that the winding path was a powerful illusion array that tested their states of mind, and they entered it.
• Four figures arrived in the Low-Latitude Realm, intending to gather those who had passed the Soul Lord’s trial and expand Severed Soul City’s operations.
• Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Fang Qiong were confronted by illusions drawn from their deepest memories and fears.
• Fang Qiong faced the slaughter of his Lineage, then drew the array’s presence into his body and used it to increase his strength.

Fang Qiong absorbed the illusion array in Immortal Affinity Heaven-Reaching Mountain, advancing his cultivation and gaining the power to draw opponents into illusions. He reached the Immortal Affinity Heavenly Pool and waited as the others emerged, with Xiao Hei appearing last.

• Fang Qiong absorbed the illusion array spirit, prompting the Immortal Emperor to question Lu Changsheng about the Holy Array Prison Body Art and Fang Qiong’s unusual talent.
• The Immortal Emperor tried to recruit Lu Changsheng to the Immortal Palace and even offered him the position of Immortal Palace Master, but Lu Changsheng refused.
• After a hundred days, Fang Qiong reached the second level of the Holy Array Prison Body Art and the middle stage of the Heaven Immortal Realm, while gaining illusion power in his physical attacks.
• Fang Qiong reached the Immortal Affinity Heavenly Pool but found an invisible barrier preventing him from entering, so he sat down to study his new power.
• Ning Chenxin, Yang Feng, Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Qiu Jing, Han Lu, and Fen Yan emerged from the winding path, followed last by Xiao Hei.

Fang Qiong emerged from the Immortal Palace’s trial ahead of the others, and every Cottage disciple passed into the Immortal Affinity Heavenly Pool. Meanwhile, the Departed Soul Spirit Palace’s invasion spread across the Low-Latitude Realm, leaving Mu Zhengting and the Boundless Dynasty preparing to face destruction.

• Fang Qiong finished comprehending the Heavenly Demons' Chaotic Dance Array after discovering that the winding mountain path’s illusion array had strengthened his combat and array skills.
• The Immortal Affinity Heavenly Pool’s barrier disappeared, allowing the Cottage disciples, Qiu Jing, Han Lu, Yang Feng, and Fen Yan to enter as the Immortal Emperor praised their achievement to Lu Changsheng.
• The Departed Soul Spirit Palace’s forces conquered or coerced factions across the Low-Latitude Realm, prompting local powers to search for the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s surviving members.
• Mu Zhengting ordered the Boundless Dynasty to evacuate its children and descendants but vowed to remain and stand with the dynasty as its forces swore to fight beside him.
• Several people arrived in the Wilderness Realm.

Everyone cultivated in the Immortal Affinity Heavenly Pool, improving their cultivation and Dao Law mastery as they sought to condense an Immortal Affinity Mark. After fifty-two days, the Cottage disciples and others had made major gains, but no one had formed a mark; with eight days left, a sudden upheaval erupted.

• Fen Yan explained that visitors had sixty days to cultivate and that condensing an Immortal Affinity Mark depended on affinity rather than any known method.
• The Fen Yan Valley Master predicted that one of Lu Changsheng’s disciples would condense an Immortal Affinity Mark, while people across the Immortal Realm speculated about likely candidates.
• The Immortal Emperor asked Lu Changsheng whether his disciples could form a mark, and Lu Changsheng brushed off his questions.
• After fifty-two days, Han Lu and Yang Feng’s bottlenecks loosened, Qiu Jing neared a breakthrough, and Fen Yan deepened his mastery of the Immortal Fire Nine Profound Body.
• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, Mu Wan'er, and Fang Qiong all advanced their cultivation or abilities, but none had condensed an Immortal Affinity Mark.
• On the fifty-third day, a sudden upheaval erupted in the Immortal Affinity Heavenly Pool.

Ye Qiubai and eight of his companions formed Immortal Affinity Marks, shocking the cultivators on the mountain and the major factions beyond it. Lu Changsheng decided to take his disciples back to the Mortal Realm after the trial, while the Immortal Emperor once again begged him for a fight.

• On the fifty-third day, immortal intent gathered around Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Hei, and Mu Fusheng as Immortal Affinity Marks began to form.
• Immortal intent then gathered around Shi Sheng, Xiao Shitou, Mu Wan'er, and Fang Qiong, bringing the total number of people forming marks to nine.
• Qiu Jing, Han Lu, and Yang Feng questioned Fen Yan about the group, and Fen Yan said he could not reveal their master without Senior's permission.
• The major factions saw storms of immortal intent above Immortal Affinity Heaven-Reaching Mountain and ordered their people to identify the mark-bearers and avoid provoking them.
• Lu Changsheng told the Immortal Emperor that he would take his disciples away after the trial and planned to return to the Mortal Realm without drawing attention.
• The Immortal Emperor asked Lu Changsheng to fight him, but Lu Changsheng scolded him for failing to keep his composure.

On the final day at Immortal Affinity Heaven-Reaching Mountain, Fen Yan formed half an Immortal Affinity Mark and believed his connection to Lu Changsheng had made it possible. After everyone was expelled, the Cottage disciples vanished without a trace, leaving Fen Yan grateful to Senior Lu.

• The Cottage disciples completed their Immortal Affinity Marks and advanced their cultivation, while Fen Yan began forming a mark on the final day.
• Fen Yan formed half an Immortal Affinity Mark and suspected that Lu Changsheng’s guidance had intertwined their karma.
• Qiu Jing offered Fang Qiong a place in the Immortal Palace, but Fang Qiong declined because he already had a master.
• Mu Fusheng predicted that Lu Changsheng would take the Cottage disciples away before powerful figures could approach them.
• A streak of white light carried everyone away; Qiu Jing, Han Lu, Yang Feng, and Fen Yan appeared outside the mountain, while the Cottage disciples were nowhere to be found.
• Fen Yan looked to the sky and thanked Senior Lu for his achievements.

After receiving desperate messages that the Wilderness Realm was under attack, Lu Changsheng saw the devastation and set out with his disciples to rescue their allies. Meanwhile, Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian endured torture but refused to submit, trusting that Lu Changsheng would avenge them.

• Fen Yan, Qiu Jing, Yang Feng, and Han Lu concealed who had condensed complete Immortal Affinity Marks, while the Immortal Emperor publicly credited Fen Yan with an incomplete mark.
• Lu Changsheng and Hong Ying received urgent voice transmissions warning that the Wilderness Realm was in peril, and Hong Ying and Ye Qiubai asked to return there.
• Lu Changsheng used the Power of Rules to view the destruction across the Wilderness Realm and saw its factions threatened, Jian Chaomian captured, and Qin Tiannan suffering.
• Lu Changsheng distributed spatial pouches filled with talismans, arrays, and pills to his disciples, then led them through a spatial passage to the Wilderness Realm.
• Two black-robed men tortured Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian and demanded their submission, but Qin Tiannan warned that the person they trusted would bring their enemies a miserable death.

Lu Changsheng arrived in the Wilderness Realm and rescued Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian from two black-robed men of the Departed Soul Spirit Palace. After effortlessly defeating them, he declared that he would visit the palace himself.

• The black-robed men tightened their soul chains around Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian and threatened to destroy the Wilderness Realm.
• Lu Changsheng appeared, broke the chains, and restored Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian with the Intent of Unending Life.
• The black-robed men recognized Lu Changsheng's connection to the two men and warned him not to interfere in the Wilderness Realm.
• The black-robed men attacked Lu Changsheng with departed souls, but he annihilated them and trapped both attackers by compressing the space around them.
• Lu Changsheng said he would visit the Departed Soul Spirit Palace and killed the two black-robed men with three-foot blades.

Lu Changsheng killed two Departed Soul Spirit Palace black-robed men and began tracking their allies, while Ye Qiubai arrived at the Azure Cloud Sword Sect to confront three Heaven Immortal puppets. The chapter ended with Ye Qiubai suppressing Gong Ru inside his Sword Domain.

• Lu Changsheng killed the two black-robed men, checked Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian for poison or restrictions, and learned that the Departed Soul Spirit Palace had forced nearly eighty percent of the Low-Latitude Realm to submit.
• Lu Changsheng used a remnant soul to track the black-robed men’s contacts and took Qin Tiannan and Jian Chaomian with him.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Liang Feng reached the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, where Hao Tian and the elders were sustaining its battered sword formation.
• Luo Jian, Gong Ru, and Geng Xinyue demanded that Ye Qiubai submit to the Departed Soul Spirit Palace, but he refused and drew the Primordial Immortal Sword.
• Gong Ru charged Ye Qiubai, who raised his Sword Domain and suppressed Gong Ru’s Sword Dao.

Ye Qiubai overwhelmed Gong Ru with his Immortal Sword Domain and clashed with the three Departed Soul Spirit Palace puppets. He unleashed the Primordial Sword Scripture’s fourth sword, Birth of All Things, and silently annihilated Luo Jian and Geng Xinyue’s combined palm strikes.

• Ye Qiubai’s Immortal Sword Domain suppressed Gong Ru and revealed that Ye had reached the Immortal Sword Realm.
• Gong Ru attacked with a soul-wounding sword strike, but Ye Qiubai countered with Demon Breaking and wounded him.
• Luo Jian and Geng Xinyue joined Gong Ru to attack Ye Qiubai together, while Ye told Hao Tian and the elders to activate the sect-protecting sword formation.
• Luo Jian and Geng Xinyue unleashed enormous palm strikes imbued with soul attacks, and Shi Sheng protected the onlookers with the power of the stars.
• Ye Qiubai used Birth of All Things to silently annihilate both palm strikes.

Ye Qiubai fought Geng Xinyue, Luo Jian, and Gong Ru, then drew the Azure Cloud Sword against the blood-colored undead creature they summoned. He pulled the sword halfway from its sheath, unleashing overwhelming Sword Qi as he tested whether he could draw out ten percent of its might.

• Ye Qiubai effortlessly cut through the three opponents’ attacks while Hao Tian watched, determined to become a sword cultivator like his master.
• Geng Xinyue, Luo Jian, and Gong Ru cut their fingers and used their blood to form a death talisman that summoned a powerful blood-colored undead creature.
• Liang Feng urged Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng to help Ye Qiubai, but they trusted him to handle the fight himself.
• Ye Qiubai revealed the Azure Cloud Sword, explaining that he wanted to shatter his enemies’ hope and make them feel despair.
• As the undead creature attacked with its flaming saber, Ye Qiubai began drawing the Azure Cloud Sword and pulled it halfway out, draining his Immortal Qi as a world-destroying sword appeared behind him.

Ye Qiubai used the Azure Cloud Sword to destroy the blood-colored undead and eliminate Geng Xinyue, Luo Jian, and Gong Ru, then arranged aid for the Azure Cloud Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng summoned the Departed Soul Spirit Palace’s forces to the Hidden Dao Academy, where he waited to confront them.

• Ye Qiubai drew the Azure Cloud Sword halfway from its sheath and destroyed the blood-colored undead with his world-destroying Sword Intent.
• Ye Qiubai killed Geng Xinyue, Luo Jian, and Gong Ru, then collapsed from the strain and was supported by Liang Feng.
• Ye Qiubai ordered Liang Feng to assess the sect’s losses, protect the families of those killed, and recall the disciples and elders sent for help.
• Hong Ying led Ning Chenxin, Mu Wan'er, Xiao Shitou, and Fang Qiong to resolve the Mu Lineage’s troubles, then moved on to aid the Study and Cloud Phoenix Empire.
• Mu Fusheng traveled with Huang Qian and Liu Ziru to deal with the Departed Soul Spirit Palace’s threats.
• Lu Changsheng arrived above the Hidden Dao Academy and used a remnant soul to summon the Departed Soul Spirit Palace’s members, challenging them to come and kill him.