Chapter Summaries

Mu Wan'er created a pill that sped up its user's attacks, and Lu Changsheng gave her his alchemy notes. Later, Lu Changsheng joined Qin Tiannan and other Southern Region leaders to seal an unstable space in the desert, where Qin Tiannan placed him at the formation's center.

• Mu Wan'er showed Lu Changsheng a Middle Grade Profound Rank pill she had developed, and Ye Qiubai tested it, finding that it increased his attack speed and Spiritual Qi circulation.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mu Wan'er his alchemy notes but refused to take her as his disciple yet.
• Several dozen days later, Ye Qiubai set out for the Hidden Dao Academy to bring Mu Ziqing back so Lu Changsheng could address her constitution.
• Qin Tiannan asked Lu Changsheng to help investigate the unstable space in the Southern Region's desert, and they joined several major-faction leaders there.
• The space cracked and released an ancient, immense presence, so Qin Tiannan directed everyone to take their places in a sealing formation.
• Qin Tiannan told Lu Changsheng to stand at the formation's center and maintain it, surprising the others because that position had belonged to Qin Tiannan.

Qin Tiannan and the Southern Region’s experts began stabilizing a spatial rift with a sealing formation, while Yun Zhan was restored in the Cloud Phoenix ruins and revealed that the Grand State Preceptor had hidden a secret realm in the Southern Region. In Buddha City, Ning Chenxin challenged the Buddhist Sect over a Buddhist cultivator’s refusal to save villagers and said he would visit the sect to resolve his doubts.

• Qin Tiannan told Lu Changsheng to keep the sealing formation stable as the Southern Region’s experts began directing sealing power into the spatial rifts.
• Yun Zhan’s soul merged with his body, and he greeted Hong Ying after being freed from his seal.
• Yun Zhan told Hong Ying that the Grand State Preceptor had sealed himself inside a secret realm in the State Preceptor’s Palace, located in the Southern Region, and left inheritances there.
• Ning Chenxin entered a tavern in Buddha City and questioned whether the Buddhist Sect’s teachings included eliminating those who disagreed with them.
• Ning Chenxin said he had witnessed a Buddhist cultivator leave villagers to die to Devil Beasts, then announced that he intended to visit the Buddhist Sect and ask questions.

Ning Chenxin challenged the Buddhist Sect over its hypocrisy and fought his way up Buddha Mountain. After suppressing several Buddhist cultivators, he reached the two-hundredth step as powerful reinforcements confronted him.

• Ning Chenxin declared that he would go to the Buddhist Sect for answers, but the restaurant owner stopped its defenders from attacking him.
• Ning Ming and others followed Ning Chenxin to Buddha Mountain, where he suppressed two Buddhist cultivators with the Dao Scripture and climbed without worshipping Buddha.
• Three Buddhist cultivators challenged Ning Chenxin on the steps, but his seal defeated them and he continued upward.
• A Buddhist cultivator sent word that an intruder was climbing Buddha Mountain, prompting the sect to send more forces.
• Ning Chenxin reached the two-hundredth step, where more than ten cultivators, including three at the Water Overflow Realm, blocked his path.

Ning Chenxin fought through the Buddhist cultivators blocking his climb and continued up the stairs. Meanwhile, Ye Qiubai reached the Hidden Dao Academy Main Academy and invited Mu Ziqing to the Southern Region, where his master could address her unusual constitution.

• Ning Chenxin advanced despite the Buddhist cultivators' warning and erased their attacks with the word "Annihilate."
• The Buddhist cultivators formed a formation to suppress Ning Chenxin, but he used the Nine-Character Mantra's "Presence" seal to break it and send them flying.
• Ye Qiubai told Dean Yan that his master had found a solution to Mu Ziqing's constitution, and Dean Yan allowed him to approach her.
• Ye Qiubai found Mu Ziqing beside the frozen stream and invited her to travel with him to the Southern Region to meet his master.

Ye Qiubai brought Mu Ziqing to Elder Mu and persuaded him that Lu Changsheng could cure her frost spiritual vein physique. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng used the Big Dipper’s stellar power to stabilize the Southern Region’s sealing array, then stayed outside as Qin Tiannan and the others prepared to investigate the sealed space.

• Ye Qiubai told Mu Ziqing that his master could treat her physique, and she brought him to Elder Mu.
• Elder Mu tested Ye Qiubai’s claim, then believed him after Ye Qiubai held Mu Ziqing’s hand without being frozen; he gave them seven days to return if the treatment failed.
• Ye Qiubai and Mu Ziqing left for the Southern Region with the Spirit Soul Pearl.
• As spatial rifts widened and the grand sealing array trembled, Lu Changsheng reinforced it with seven streams of Spiritual Qi arranged like the Big Dipper.
• Lu Changsheng drew on the Big Dipper’s stellar power to seal the rifts and suppress the destructive presence.
• Qin Tiannan and the others prepared to enter and investigate while Lu Changsheng agreed to keep watch outside.

Qin Tiannan and the Southern Region’s other powerful figures discovered an ancient secret realm beyond a barrier in space, but a mysterious voice declared them unqualified to enter. They withdrew and decided to invite the other regions to join them, while an illusory soul inside the ruins worried that this generation was too weak for the Heavenly Road.

• Qin Tiannan and the others entered the other side of space aboard a specially prepared ship and found an ancient secret realm filled with ruins and remains.
• A puppet sent by a sinister-looking old man was crushed by an invisible pressure before it could pass through the barrier.
• A mysterious voice judged the group too weak and lacking in talent to pass the secret realm’s first trial, and ordered them to leave.
• Qin Tiannan persuaded the others to join forces with the other regions rather than abandon the opportunity entirely.
• An illusory soul in the ruins wondered whether this generation could campaign along the Heavenly Road and said time was running short.
• News spread across the continent that ancient ruins had appeared in the Southern Region’s desert and that powers from all sides were invited to seek their opportunities.

Ning Chenxin climbed Buddha Mountain to seek answers and defeated the Buddhist Sect’s Eighteen Arhats after they tried to stop him. He continued ascending the mountain while Ning Ming and the others watched in shock.

• Major factions agreed to send experts to challenge the secret realm’s first barrier, while Qin Tiannan warned them not to forcibly break open the space.
• A Buddhist Sect disciple reported that Ning Chenxin had injured disciples on Buddha Mountain, and the great Buddhas ordered the Eighteen Arhats to subdue him.
• Ning Chenxin reached the eight hundredth step, where the Eighteen Arhats confronted him and attacked with their grand formation.
• Ning Chenxin used the Soldier and Fight character seals to empower a heavenly soldier, which destroyed the grand formation and gravely injured the Eighteen Arhats.
• Ning Chenxin continued walking up Buddha Mountain as Ning Ming and the others watched from below.

Ning Chenxin confronted a Blue-Robed Bodhisattva on the final step to the Buddhist Sect, challenged the sect’s sincerity, and fought him with a heavenly soldier summoned from the Dao Scripture. A Gold-Robed Bodhisattva intervened and dissolved the soldier, revealing his Half-Step Void God strength.

• Ning Chenxin defeated the Eighteen Arhats and continued up the Buddhist Sect’s staircase until only the final step remained.
• A Blue-Robed Bodhisattva appeared, told Ning Chenxin to stop, and argued that his heart lacked sincerity.
• Ning Chenxin questioned the sect’s staircase, its collection of the Power of Faith, and its efforts to obstruct him, prompting the Bodhisattva to send Ning Ming and the others away.
• The Blue-Robed Bodhisattva dropped his benevolent facade and threatened Ning Chenxin, who answered by summoning a heavenly soldier from the Dao Scripture.
• The Blue-Robed Bodhisattva summoned an Asura phantom, but Ning Chenxin empowered the heavenly soldier and pressed the attack.
• A Gold-Robed Bodhisattva arrived and dissolved the heavenly soldier with Buddhist light; Ning Chenxin recognized that the newcomer had Half-Step Void God strength.

Ning Chenxin fought the Buddhist Sect’s bodhisattvas but was overwhelmed by their combined attacks. His master’s jade pendant saved him with a sword formation, then shattered and summoned a powerful projection that confronted the attackers.

• Ning Chenxin used the Dao Scripture to resist a gold-robed bodhisattva’s Buddhist light and a blue-robed bodhisattva’s asura phantom.
• Two more gold-robed bodhisattvas and four blue-robed bodhisattvas joined the attack, suppressing Ning Chenxin with their combined power.
• Ning Chenxin’s jade pendant released a sword formation that shattered the attacks and wounded the blue-robed bodhisattvas.
• A gold-robed bodhisattva ordered the others to attack again, but the jade pendant shattered and released a terrifying presence across Buddha Mountain.
• Ning Chenxin’s master appeared as a projection and asked who wanted to kill his disciple.

Lu Changsheng arrived at Buddha Mountain to protect Ning Chenxin after the Buddhist Sect’s bodhisattvas attacked him. He killed one bodhisattva and demanded that everyone who had attacked his disciple kill themselves, leaving the six elders to answer.

• Ning Ming, the people with him, and others in Buddha City felt an overwhelming presence descend on Buddha Mountain.
• The six elders of the Buddhist Sect sensed the presence and hurried to the top of the mountain.
• Ning Chenxin greeted Lu Changsheng as his master, and Lu Changsheng demanded to know what the bodhisattvas had planned to do to his disciple.
• Lu Changsheng killed a golden-robed bodhisattva with a Sword of Rules after the bodhisattvas defended their attack on Ning Chenxin.
• The six elders arrived and asked Lu Changsheng to show mercy, but he said the bodhisattvas who attacked Ning Chenxin had to kill themselves.

Lu Changsheng rejected the Buddhist Sect elders’ offer and killed the bodhisattvas who had attacked Ning Chenxin, then shattered their grand array and Thousand-Handed Great Buddha. As he prepared to strike down the wounded elders, a familiar figure appeared and asked him to stop.

• Lu Changsheng refused to forgive the bodhisattvas unless they took their own lives, then trapped everyone in an array when the elders rejected his demand.
• The six Void God elders used the Buddhist Sect Lion’s Roar to block Lu Changsheng’s Swords of Rules, but he killed the five blue-robed bodhisattvas.
• The elders activated the Buddhist Sect Grand Array and urged Lu Changsheng to leave, while Ning Chenxin worried that his master might be harmed.
• Lu Changsheng used Swords of Rules to kill the remaining golden-robed bodhisattvas despite the grand array.
• The six elders summoned the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha, but Lu Changsheng cut it apart with a branch and broke the grand array, leaving the elders badly injured.
• Lu Changsheng prepared to strike the elders again, but a familiar figure appeared and asked him to stay his hand.

Ning Chenxin ended his confrontation with the Buddhist Sect after Fayuan pleaded for it, though the sect had to answer for the deaths and destruction it caused. Back at the Cottage, Ning Chenxin questioned whether his path of seeking peace among mortals had any real purpose.

• Fayuan recognized Ning Chenxin and asked him to explain why he had come to the Buddhist Sect.
• After hearing Ning Chenxin’s account, Fayuan condemned the six elders for allowing the sect’s corruption and asked Ning Chenxin to spare it because a great era was approaching.
• Ning Chenxin asked Fayuan about the great era and the Buddhist Sect’s task, then agreed to end the affair after considering the damage the sect had already suffered.
• Lu Changsheng warned the Buddhist Sect not to target Ning Chenxin again, then took his disciple and left.
• Fayuan told the six elders that Lu Changsheng’s projection had nearly destroyed the sect and warned that its methods of collecting Power of Faith could lead to its ruin.
• Back at the Cottage, Ning Chenxin asked Lu Changsheng whether his path was wrong, and Lu Changsheng told him to follow his clear conscience.

Lu Changsheng discovered that Mu Ziqing’s Frost Spiritual Vein Physique contained a Frost Sword Spirit that threatened to destroy her dantian. Ye Qiubai prepared to absorb it into his Dark Demon Sword, leaving the dangerous transfer about to begin.

• Mu Wan'er showed Lu Changsheng a pill that stabilized Spiritual Qi by making it triangular, and Hong Ying praised her talent.
• Ye Qiubai brought Mu Ziqing from the Hidden Dao Academy Main Academy to Lu Changsheng for help with her physique.
• Lu Changsheng sensed icy meridians and frozen Spiritual Qi in Mu Ziqing’s dantian, where a Sword Spirit erupted with ice-blue Sword Intent.
• Hong Ying identified it as a Sword Spirit, and the willow tree explained that it had become a Frost Sword Spirit and could destroy Mu Ziqing’s dantian.
• The willow tree advised Ye Qiubai to absorb the Frost Sword Spirit into his sword, so he readied the Dark Demon Sword as the Sword Spirit began to rampage.

Ye Qiubai endured the frost Sword Spirit’s attack as he drew it into the Dark Demon Sword, while Lu Changsheng began preparing a pill to help Mu Ziqing integrate with her Frost Spiritual Vein. After two hours, the Sword Spirit submitted and transformed the Dark Demon Sword into a Spirit Artifact.

• Ye Qiubai used his Sword Intent to draw the struggling frost Sword Spirit toward the Dark Demon Sword while the willow tree restrained it.
• The frost Sword Spirit’s chilling power covered Ye Qiubai in frost and caused Mu Ziqing to tremble, as Mu Wan'er worried and Hong Ying reassured her.
• Lu Changsheng recognized that Mu Ziqing needed to integrate with her Frost Spiritual Vein and went to refine a suitable pill.
• Ye Qiubai endured the frost Sword Spirit’s attacks and used his Sword Domain to weaken it as the Spirit entered the Dark Demon Sword.
• After two hours, the frost Sword Spirit stopped resisting and fully integrated, raising the Dark Demon Sword from a peak Heaven Rank Treasure Artifact to a Spirit Artifact.

Ye Qiubai received an improvised pill from Lu Changsheng to cure Mu Ziqing’s Frost Spiritual Vein, and she successfully absorbed it and reached the mid-stage Qianyuan Realm. The group’s meal plans ended with Xiao Hei serving burnt food that even Ning Chenxin could not stomach.

• Ye Qiubai discovered that the Dark Demon Sword had grown stronger after absorbing the Frost Sword Spirit, and Willow Tree provided the Ice Soul Pill formula to treat Mu Ziqing.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had independently refined a pill with effects similar to the Ice Soul Pill, despite lacking its formula.
• Ye Qiubai gave Lu Changsheng’s pill to Mu Ziqing, who absorbed it and broke through to the mid-stage Qianyuan Realm as her Frost Spiritual Vein came under control.
• Lu Changsheng told Ye Qiubai to cook and asked Hong Ying to make fish soup, but Xiao Hei emerged from the kitchen with blackened dishes he claimed to have succeeded in making.
• Ning Chenxin tried one of Xiao Hei’s dishes and lost his appetite.

Qin Tiannan led Lu Changsheng’s five disciples to the ancient secret realm in the Southern Region’s desert, while Lu Changsheng stayed behind. Beyond the Wilderness Realm, a powerful faction planned to investigate Lu Changsheng through Ye Qiubai and prepare for a divine object’s imminent emergence.

• The chapter described the opening of an ancient secret realm in the Southern Region’s desert and the arrival of prominent prodigies, including Murong Ce, Li You, and a Buddhist disciple.
• Lu Changsheng tried to hide from Qin Tiannan, but emerged after learning Qin Tiannan had come to see his disciples.
• Qin Tiannan invited Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Hei, and Mu Wan'er to enter the secret realm, and all five agreed to go.
• Lu Changsheng saw the five leave with Qin Tiannan, then settled back into his chair and fell asleep.
• At the Heavenly Road, a faction discussed its covert agents’ failure to identify Lu Changsheng and decided to investigate him through Ye Qiubai.
• The faction revealed that Bai Yunhe had already been sent to the Primordial Wilderness Realm and warned that a divine object there was nearing its emergence.

Ye Qiubai and his companions entered the ancient secret realm with the gathered forces, while a black-robed figure watched Ye Qiubai with hatred. Inside, Hong Ying recognized the realm as a cultivation ground left by the Grand Preceptor and identified its powerful array.

• Qin Tiannan warned Ye Qiubai and the others to prioritize their safety in the unexplored secret realm.
• Liang Feng challenged Ye Qiubai to compete for an inheritance, and Ye Qiubai agreed.
• Ning Chenxin told Hong Ying that he had once stormed the Buddhist Sect, while Mu Wan'er reunited with her father, Mu Heze.
• The gathered leaders opened a spatial tunnel, and cultivators entered the secret realm; many who failed to meet its requirements were shredded by the barrier.
• A black-robed figure watched Ye Qiubai enter the secret realm with profound hatred.
• Hong Ying recognized the realm's Ancient Spirit Gathering Array and said the land had been the Cloud Phoenix Empire's cultivation ground.

Hong Ying led Ye Qiubai, Mu Wan'er, Ning Chenxin, and Xiao Hei through the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s ruined legacy realm, where they passed over lesser inheritances and found an alchemy grandmaster’s hall suited to Mu Wan'er. Li You and other cultivators arrived to claim it, and Li You swayed onlookers into surrounding Ye Qiubai’s group.

• Ye Qiubai explained that Hong Ying had been the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s empress in her previous life, and she led the group through the war-scarred realm.
• The group passed legacy halls guarded by increasingly powerful puppets, while Hong Ying recalled the Yang Flame Sword Ancestor’s legacy and Ye Qiubai declined to pursue it.
• Hong Ying identified an alchemy grandmaster’s hall and suggested that Mu Wan'er claim its inheritance; Mu Wan'er agreed.
• Li You arrived with collaborators and proposed sharing the legacy, but Ye Qiubai said the group would keep it for Mu Wan'er.
• Li You stirred the crowd’s emotions, drawing several onlookers to his side as they surrounded Ye Qiubai and his companions.

Ye Qiubai fought Li You and more than twenty Water Overflow Realm cultivators alone, overcoming their attacks with his sword techniques and Sword Domain. Li You vanished after detonating his ghost god phantom, while Ye Qiubai remained unharmed and did not pursue him.

• Ye Qiubai stepped forward to face Li You’s group alone, while Ning Chenxin pondered the violence of the cultivation world.
• Li You summoned ghosts with his banner as his followers charged, but Ye Qiubai’s first sword strike killed one opponent and destroyed nearly half the ghosts.
• A spectator revealed Ye Qiubai’s accomplishments, alarming Li You and his followers as Ye Qiubai unleashed Demon’s Descent and slew those advancing behind Li You.
• Li You used his bloodline power to summon a ghost god phantom, which clashed with Ye Qiubai’s black sword as Ye Qiubai raised his Sword Domain.
• Li You ordered the ghost god phantom to explode, but Ye Qiubai contained the blast within his Sword Domain; Li You disappeared, and Ye Qiubai put away his sword without giving chase.

Li You fled after his costly clash with Ye Qiubai, while Mu Wan'er entered the Cloud Phoenix Empire's inheritance hall under Hong Ying's protection. Elsewhere, a black-robed man accepted a demonic inheritance from a voice in a coffin, only for the voice to seize him and drag him inside.

• Li You fled and decided not to provoke Ye Qiubai after realizing how strong he was.
• Hong Ying showed the golden-armored puppet her decree, and it bowed to her.
• Mu Wan'er entered the inheritance hall while Ye Qiubai and the others continued deeper into the ruins.
• A black-robed man followed a mysterious presence into a demonic hall and found a coffin inside a bone array.
• The voice in the coffin persuaded the black-robed man to remove the array's four focal bones and accept its demonic cultivation technique.
• After the black-robed man cultivated for a day, black gas seized him and dragged him into the coffin.