Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen stunned the cultivators in the Heavenly Mandate Spring by absorbing its energy at an extraordinary rate and finishing the tempering of his divine soul and Divine Sense. After Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that holding more Golden Life Orbs made the spring’s energy easier to control, Yang Zhen hinted he had a plan to challenge Mo Tianya again.

• Yang Zhen’s cultivation caused the Heavenly Mandate Spring to surge with energy, leaving Mo Tianya and the other cultivators stunned.
• Yang Zhen and Mo Tianya each used ten Golden Life Orbs, and Yang Zhen’s cultivation speed began to slow.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Xiu'er, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming warned Yang Zhen not to risk a backlash, but Yang Zhen revealed he had finished tempering his divine soul and stabilizing his Divine Sense.
• Mo Tianya suggested Yang Zhen had finished quickly only because he was at the Void Refinement Realm, and Yang Zhen chose not to explain his true capabilities.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that holding two Golden Life Orbs made it easier to control the Heavenly Mandate Spring’s energy, prompting Yang Zhen to ask whether more orbs improved control.
• Yang Zhen turned to Mo Tianya with a grin and asked whether he thought Yang Zhen could break him.

Yang Zhen revealed that he had gathered more than three hundred Golden Life Orbs and offered to help Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming challenge Mo Tianya. The chapter left Mo Tianya stunned and disbelieving as Yang Zhen’s treasure turned the tables in the Heavenly Mandate Spring.

• Yang Zhen dismissed Mo Tianya’s confidence and called Shameless Cat over while recalling how Xiu'er and Spirit Maiden Hongluan had shared their Golden Life Orbs with him.
• Xiu'er offered to help Yang Zhen, and he promised to make anyone who threatened his friends leave the Spirit Road crying.
• Yang Zhen called Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming over, then told Shameless Cat to keep Mo Tianya away from the water.
• Yang Zhen asked whether fifty Golden Life Orbs each would let them make Mo Tianya cry, then revealed three hundred Golden Life Orbs floating around him.
• Mo Tianya turned pale and wondered whether Yang Zhen had stirred up a Golden Life Ferocious Beast nest.

Yang Zhen’s three hundred Golden Life Orbs triggered a dramatic change in the Heavenly Mandate Spring, drawing the cultivators into what Mo Tianya identified as the Supreme Mandate of Heaven. As the spring began consuming their orbs, Mo Tianya appeared poised to claim its fortune, but a mysterious golden inscription appeared in his palm.

• Yang Zhen revealed three hundred Golden Life Orbs, and Mo Tianya guessed that he had taken the Golden Spirit Road.
• Mo Tianya tried to seize Yang Zhen’s orbs, but Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu’er fought him off.
• The Golden Life Orbs scattered across the Heavenly Mandate Spring, piercing the hands of cultivators who tried to grab them.
• The Heavenly Mandate Spring erupted with strange power, and its changes forced the remaining cultivators to hold at least five Golden Life Orbs each.
• Mo Tianya celebrated the Supreme Mandate of Heaven and believed Yang Zhen had used up his orbs, then noticed a golden inscription shining in his palm.

Yang Zhen used a strange inscription to take Mo Tianya’s Golden Life Orbs and gave them to Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others, then mocked Mo Tianya until he spat blood. As Yang Zhen tossed the group another hundred orbs, a tremendous heavenly phenomenon erupted above the Heavenly Mandate Spring, drawing people toward it.

• Yang Zhen used the inscription on his palm to collect Mo Tianya’s ten Golden Life Orbs, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er fought Mo Tianya as he tried to reclaim them.
• Mo Tianya was thrown out of the Heavenly Mandate Spring, where Yang Zhen taunted him while the barrier kept him from getting back inside.
• Shameless Cat swam through the spring with the ten Golden Life Orbs and mocked Mo Tianya until he spat blood.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Xiu'er, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming divided the orbs, and Yang Zhen tossed them another hundred when Xiu'er said they needed more.
• A tremendous burst of light and thunder erupted overhead, and people rushed toward the Heavenly Mandate Spring despite lacking Golden Life Orbs.

Yang Zhen dismissed the Gen Metal True Rune as ordinary, then became absorbed in a sudden enlightenment after Spirit Maiden Hongluan asked what he wanted. As Mo Tianya threatened him and others studied the descending rune, Yang Zhen walked into it, leaving everyone unsure whether his enlightenment had been genuine.

• Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that the Gen Metal True Rune was one of the Nine Runes of Heaven and Earth, while people outside the Heavenly Mandate Spring frantically tried to reach it.
• Yang Zhen casually reproduced the Gen Metal True Rune, revealing that he had comprehended it on the way to the spring, but complained that it was disappointing.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan asked Yang Zhen what he wanted, and he suddenly stood motionless as the Shameless Cat suspected he had entered another sudden enlightenment.
• Mo Tianya stopped ramming the barrier and vowed to kill Yang Zhen, while Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Xiu'er, Bai Xuan, the others, and the Shameless Cat began comprehending the descending rune.
• Yang Zhen walked blankly into the Gen Metal True Rune, prompting onlookers to wonder whether he had been pretending not to care about it.

Yang Zhen entered the Gen Metal True Rune and discovered a new goal in exploring its mysteries, but he sensed that something was missing. After strolling through the rune, he began producing miniature inscriptions, and Shameless Cat realized he had found the origin of the Geng Gold True Pattern.

• Yang Zhen reflected on what he wanted and decided he wanted everything and nothing, then entered the Gen Metal True Rune with Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others.
• Yang Zhen felt the rune’s presence move like heaven and earth breathing, and he grew excited to explore its mysteries.
• Yang Zhen sensed that something was missing and strolled through the rune while the others continued comprehending it.
• Yang Zhen sat beside Spirit Maiden Hongluan and began emanating miniature Gen Metal True Runes, shocking Mo Tianya and the onlookers.
• Yang Zhen’s runes burst apart, and Shameless Cat realized he had found the origin of the Geng Gold True Pattern.

Yang Zhen awakened the Gen Metal True Rune Origin hidden within the Heavenly Mandate Spring and took the spring into his hand, provoking Mo Tianya into a deadly attack. As Mo Tianya struck, Yang Zhen's figure turned ethereal.

• Yang Zhen unleashed a surge of Qi that shook the Heavenly Mandate Spring and made its water rise into the air.
• Mo Tianya threatened Yang Zhen and swore to kill him if he destroyed the spring, while Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others prepared to protect Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen revealed that he had found the Gen Metal True Rune Origin, and Shameless Cat recognized what he had discovered.
• Yang Zhen used hand seals to compress the Heavenly Mandate Spring into a small, rotating pattern in his hand.
• Mo Tianya charged Yang Zhen to seize the Gen Metal True Rune Origin, but Yang Zhen's body suddenly became ethereal.

Yang Zhen defeated Mo Tianya in two punches, killing the Spirit Wandering Realm expert and taking his storage ring. The destruction of the Heavenly Mandate Spring then stirred Spirit Peak, where Spirit Maiden Hongluan sensed that someone had awakened.

• Yang Zhen used Traversing the Void in Midair to evade Mo Tianya's defenses and strike him with a punch.
• Yang Zhen charged again as Mo Tianya unleashed the Colossus Sword, but Yang Zhen's fist shone with golden inscriptions and broke Mo Tianya's sword.
• Yang Zhen left Mo Tianya with a fatal wound, took his storage ring, and watched him die.
• A powerful fluctuation rose from the site of the destroyed Heavenly Mandate Spring as a roar came from Spirit Peak.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan recognized the disturbance as heavenly might and said that someone had awakened.

Yang Zhen sensed Hua Youyue on Spirit Peak and rushed to find her, discovering her struggling against the mountain’s restrictions while Lin Tianli blocked her path to a Golden Crow. Hua Youyue revealed that she wanted the Golden Crow only to give it to someone, leaving Yang Zhen and Lin Tianli stunned.

• Yang Zhen sensed the young lady on Spirit Peak and hurried there with Shameless Cat as cultivators across the Spirit Road followed.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er discussed the danger posed by the mysterious person who might awaken and prevent anyone from reaching the peak.
• Yang Zhen felt Hua Youyue unleash tremendous power and reached the mountainside, where he saw her climbing toward an enormous ancient gate.
• Lin Tianli challenged Hua Youyue over the Golden Crow at the top of the steps, while she struggled against the mountain’s restrictions.
• After Hua Youyue spat blood, she told Lin Tianli that she wanted the Golden Crow to give it to someone, shocking him, Yang Zhen, and Shameless Cat.

Yang Zhen arrived as Hua Youyue confronted Lin Tianli and challenged him to fight on the restricted stone steps. He charged at Lin Tianli with a rock he called a brick as Lin Tianli unleashed his strange swordsmanship.

• Hua Youyue told Lin Tianli she had no intention of contesting Spirit Peak and warned him not to harm the Golden Crow, but Lin Tianli insisted on confronting her over the power within her.
• Yang Zhen stopped Hua Youyue and Lin Tianli from fighting, then challenged Lin Tianli to battle on the stone steps where True Essence could not be used.
• Hua Youyue said she believed in Yang Zhen, while Xiu'er and Spirit Maiden Hongluan recognized his confidence and mocked Lin Tianli's anger.
• Yang Zhen scolded Hua Youyue for trying to give him the Golden Crow, then picked up a rock and challenged Lin Tianli to test his swordsmanship.
• Yang Zhen charged at Lin Tianli with the rock, calling it a Divine Artifact called a brick, as Lin Tianli sent countless sword shadows toward him.

Yang Zhen fought Lin Tianli with a bluestone slab, deliberately taking sword wounds so he could batter Lin Tianli into submission and avenge Hua Youyue. After Lin Tianli died, Yang Zhen climbed the stone steps toward the gift Hua Youyue had left for him, despite her warning that she had failed to reach it.

• Yang Zhen charged Lin Tianli with a bluestone slab and let Lin Tianli's sword pierce his shoulder so he could strike Lin Tianli on the head and punch him.
• Lin Tianli drew spare swords and repeatedly wounded Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen kept smashing him with the slab and crushing his swords.
• Hua Youyue started to help, but Yang Zhen reminded her to stand aside, and she watched as he continued fighting alone.
• Yang Zhen forced Lin Tianli to admit how many times he had wounded Hua Youyue five years earlier and to apologize to her, then struck him until he died.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue he had avenged her and headed up the stone steps; Hua Youyue warned him that she had failed to climb them, but he told her to rest and continued.

Yang Zhen recovered from his wounds and climbed the mountain gate’s stone steps, where he discovered the Golden Crow was a talking rooster. He and Shameless Cat chased the fleeing rooster up the steps, leaving the onlookers stunned by their strength.

• Yang Zhen’s wounds stopped bleeding, and the crowd grew afraid to provoke him after he defeated Lin Tianli.
• Hua Youyue agreed to go with Yang Zhen and warned him that the Golden Crow’s thunderfire might transform his Spirit Root.
• Yang Zhen climbed the stone steps against waves of suppressive force and absorbed the powerful thunderfire surrounding him.
• Lightning struck the Golden Crow repeatedly until it exploded, revealing a gaudy rooster that spoke and declared itself not tasty.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat talked about cooking the rooster, then chased it up the steps as the crowd watched in shock.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat caught the rooster, who claimed to know how to reach Spirit Peak, but Hua Youyue and Spirit Maiden Hongluan warned that Celestial Venerable Ziwei blocked the only route through Ghost Crossing Ravine. Meanwhile, a group of young people arrived at the Heavenly Mandate Spring, and a foreign woman sent Aleida to investigate its disappearance.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat chased the rooster across the restricted stone steps until the rooster offered to reveal a way to Spirit Peak.
• Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen that someone had awakened, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that Celestial Venerable Ziwei, sealed in a cabin at Ghost Crossing Ravine, prevented travelers from passing.
• Yang Zhen learned that Ziwei's roar had sent Lin Tianli flying and that Ziwei was only a wisp of Divine Sense, then demanded that the rooster explain how to deal with him.
• A group of young people arrived beside the Heavenly Mandate Spring, where a foreign woman asked where it was and ordered Aleida to investigate its disappearance and discover who destroyed it.

Yang Zhen studied the deadly restrictions on Snake Road and tried to treat the crossing as a math problem, but he could not solve it. As he struggled, a group of powerful cultivators from an ancient lineage sect arrived at Ghost Crossing Ravine.

• The rooster revealed ancient counting terms, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that Snake Road’s activated restrictions allowed only one safe route across.
• Yang Zhen refused to cross Snake Road, but Hua Youyue recognized the ancient numbers and prompted him to realize the restrictions might form a math problem.
• Yang Zhen drew the road and its walls in the dirt, confidently promised to solve the problem, then admitted he could not work it out.
• A group of young cultivators in white furs arrived, and onlookers identified them as disciples of an ancient lineage sect from the outer domain.

Yang Zhen met Mo Xueling and the Ink Pool Peak disciples, who asked whether he had obtained the Gen Metal True Rune from the Heavenly Mandate Spring. After Mo Xueling mentioned the Desolate Heaven True Rune, Yang Zhen suddenly claimed the rune had entered his body, but she withheld further information.

• Yang Zhen ignored Mo Xueling's greeting while working on a geometry problem, and Hua Youyue identified her group as disciples of Ink Pool Peak.
• Mo Xueling introduced herself and asked whether Yang Zhen had obtained the Gen Metal True Rune when he took the Heavenly Mandate Spring.
• Yang Zhen denied knowing about the rune, claiming he had taken the spring water only because it tasted sweet.
• Mo Xueling hinted that she could tell someone else about the Desolate Heaven True Rune, prompting the Shameless Cat to urge Yang Zhen to reconsider.
• Yang Zhen suddenly remembered that the Gen Metal True Rune had burrowed into his body, then asked Mo Xueling about the Desolate Heaven True Rune.
• Mo Xueling said she had forgotten, leaving Yang Zhen and the others without an answer.

Yang Zhen watched Shan Yang enter the Snake Road and attempt to navigate its restrictions with Ink Pool Peak’s Heaven-Measuring Ruler. A powerful Divine Sense from the wooden house swept over everyone, then singled out Yang Zhen, leaving him shaken as a surprised voice sounded from inside.

• Yang Zhen abandoned his attempt to solve the Snake Road’s problem and followed Shan Yang to watch him enter alone.
• Mo Xueling explained that Shan Yang’s Heaven-Measuring Ruler could measure and proportionally scale things, making Ink Pool Peak’s maps especially accurate.
• Shan Yang used the ruler to navigate the first section of the Snake Road and activated a restriction, unleashing a surge of True Essence.
• A powerful Divine Sense swept through the area, and Yang Zhen reacted far more violently than the others until Hua Youyue took his hand and helped him recover.
• The Divine Sense returned and focused on Yang Zhen, who stared at the wooden house and demanded to know what was inside; a surprised exclamation came from within.

Celestial Venerable Ziwei’s Divine Sense pressed Yang Zhen until he cursed at the expert inside the wooden cabin. When Ziwei answered with a deadly spear of Divine Sense and declared himself the heavens, Yang Zhen defied him, leaving everyone stunned.

• Celestial Venerable Ziwei’s prolonged Divine Sense examination left Yang Zhen trembling, while Hua Youyue held his hand and worried for him.
• Yang Zhen straightened up, pointed at the wooden cabin, and demanded to know if Celestial Venerable Ziwei had examined him enough.
• Shameless Cat fled, Flirtatious Chicken panicked, and the onlookers feared Yang Zhen had provoked the Celestial Venerable.
• Celestial Venerable Ziwei unleashed a vast spear of Divine Sense toward Yang Zhen, and Hua Youyue stepped in front of him.
• Yang Zhen moved Hua Youyue aside and challenged the Celestial Venerable, who declared himself the heavens; Yang Zhen vowed to pierce even the heavens.

Yang Zhen confronted Celestial Venerable Ziwei for probing him with Divine Sense and challenged the Celestial Venerable’s threat. As Ziwei unleashed a powerful attack, Yang Zhen revealed an astonishing Divine Sense and brought forth the Gen Metal True Rune.

• Yang Zhen defiantly declared that he would challenge even the heavens, drawing down thunderclouds and the heavens’ displeasure.
• Celestial Venerable Ziwei appeared and questioned Yang Zhen, while Hua Youyue revealed that she had promised to return and that Ziwei had been waiting for her.
• Yang Zhen accused Ziwei of probing people without regard for the harm it could cause, and said Ziwei could not kill him with confidence.
• Celestial Venerable Ziwei manifested three Divine Sense spears and attacked Yang Zhen as Hua Youyue urged him to be careful.
• Yang Zhen stepped toward Ziwei, unleashed immense Divine Sense, and summoned the golden Gen Metal True Rune, which Mo Xueling recognized.

Yang Zhen used the Gen Metal True Rune and Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire to withstand Celestial Venerable Ziwei’s Divine Sense, then faced Ziwei’s renewed assault with a spirit sword. As he unleashed a sword strike shaped by the white-clad woman’s figure, the chapter left the clash unresolved.

• Yang Zhen expanded the Gen Metal True Rune and covered it with Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire to meet Celestial Venerable Ziwei’s three Divine Sense spears.
• The collision shattered the rune and blasted Yang Zhen backward, but he survived the strike and taunted Ziwei.
• Yang Zhen threw a stone at Ziwei, who responded with a roar and sent over a hundred blades of Divine Sense toward him.
• Yang Zhen reformed the rune, used the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire to resist the blades, and advanced with an ordinary spirit sword.
• Yang Zhen entered a strange state as the white-clad woman’s figure overlapped with his, then slashed at Celestial Venerable Ziwei.

Yang Zhen defeated a wisp of Celestial Venerable Ziwei’s Divine Sense with a powerful sword strike, then learned Hua Youyue planned to enter the Forbidden Zone of Life. He insisted on going with her and claimed he could break the formation blocking the Spirit Road.

• Yang Zhen struck down Celestial Venerable Ziwei’s Divine Sense, then introduced himself as Yang Guo before revealing his true appearance to Hua Youyue.
• Hua Youyue explained that a Great Saint’s inheritance had awakened strange memories and that she needed to visit North Isle’s Forbidden Zone of Life to investigate them.
• Mo Xueling warned that the Forbidden Zone of Life was deadly and said Medicine Madman had vanished there three thousand years earlier.
• Yang Zhen insisted on accompanying Hua Youyue into the Forbidden Zone of Life, and she agreed.
• Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken asked how they would cross the bridge, and Yang Zhen declared that he would break the formation.