Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen found the hidden source of the presence in the first world of the Heavenly Star Stele and uncovered an enormous ancient Chinese character, “临,” that radiated the power of Momentum. Its resemblance to the Nine-Character Mantra made him wonder whether the Cultivation World was connected to the blue planet and whether he might someday return.

• The Third Holy Maiden was astonished that Yang Zhen had found something hidden in the first world of the Heavenly Star Stele.
• Outside the stele, the Jade Pool Holy Lord and others worried that the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land’s three great elders might come for Yang Zhen and pledged to protect him.
• A brilliant light burst from the first level, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord suspected Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden had found the source of the strange presence.
• Yang Zhen revealed the source as an enormous golden character, “临,” which emitted waves of the power of Momentum.
• Yang Zhen recognized the character as an ancient Chinese character and wondered whether the Nine-Character Mantra connected the Cultivation World to the blue planet.

Yang Zhen triggered a violent reaction in the Heavenly Star Stele’s first layer while refining the ancient Chinese character Lin into a Mantra, provoking heaven’s fury. He and the Third Holy Maiden continued onward, with Yang Zhen proposing they reach the ninth layer within half a day.

• Yang Zhen pronounced the character Lin, unleashing immense power and alarming the Third Holy Maiden and the people around the Heavenly Star Stele.
• Yang Zhen charged into the golden light, drew it into himself, and refined a Mantra as lightning struck and he mocked the furious heavens.
• Yang Zhen finished refining the Mantra, and the Third Holy Maiden urged him to move on after they had spent too long at the first layer.
• Yang Zhen asked how many layers the Heavenly Star Stele had, then proposed reaching the ninth layer within half a day.
• The Third Holy Maiden offered to do whatever Yang Zhen said if he reached the ninth layer, and Yang Zhen accused her of trying to swindle him before she stepped on his toes.

Yang Zhen led the Third Holy Maiden through the Heavenly Star World’s layers with uncanny ease, stunning the observers outside. In the seventh layer, thunderous Heavenly Punishment struck Yang Zhen, and the Third Holy Maiden rushed to save him but could not pull him away.

• The Jade Pool Holy Lord explained that the Heavenly Star Stele required harmonious yin and yang presences, and the crowd speculated about Yang Zhen’s potential.
• Yang Zhen quickly led the Third Holy Maiden through the fourth, fifth, and sixth layers by finding each layer’s golden characters and the entrance above.
• The observers realized Yang Zhen was leading the Third Holy Maiden and hoped he could reach the eighth layer and activate the Jade Pool Holy Land’s mountain-protecting array.
• In the seventh layer, Heavenly Punishment battered Yang Zhen and drenched him in blood.
• The Third Holy Maiden charged through the thunderbolts, reached Yang Zhen, and embraced him, but she could not pull him away.

Yang Zhen awakened during Heavenly Punishment, drove off a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, and led the Third Holy Maiden into the eighth level of the Heavenly Star World. There, he headed toward the center to refine another true word while she followed after undoing the seal on her body, both intent on reaching the ninth level.

• The Third Holy Maiden struggled to move the unconscious Yang Zhen as a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast appeared in the Heavenly Punishment clouds.
• Yang Zhen woke, ordered the beast to scram, and sent it fleeing with a single word.
• Yang Zhen decided to continue upward, and the Third Holy Maiden chose to follow him into the eighth world despite warning him of the danger.
• The eighth world’s overwhelming pressure nearly brought them down, but Yang Zhen went toward its center to refine a true word.
• The Third Holy Maiden used the Nameless Heart Art, witnessed Yang Zhen release twenty strands of heavenly radiance, and unexpectedly undid the seal on her body.

Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden reached the eighth level of the Heavenly Star World, while the Jade Pool Holy Lord learned that Heavenly Pivot's three great elders had disappeared near Heavenly Eagle Cliff. The elders planned to seize the Heavenly Star Stele and its Mantra Technique, and Elder Zhu prepared to attack the Jade Pool Holy Land.

• The Jade Pool Holy Lord celebrated Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden reaching the eighth level, then learned that Heavenly Pivot's three great elders had vanished near Heavenly Eagle Cliff with the Heavenbreaker Sword.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord, Elder Jian, and the Jade Holy Palace Master left to activate the Jade Pool Holy Land's mountain-protecting array.
• At Eaglefall Cliff, Elder Zhu told the other two elders that the Heavenly Star Stele could be refined and moved, and that it contained a powerful Mantra Technique.
• The three elders heard that Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden had reached the seventh level, and Elder Zhu declared he would refine the stele and master its Mantra Technique.
• The elders discussed attacking the Jade Pool Holy Land, with Elder Zhu insisting that refining the Heavenly Star Stele mattered more than killing Yang Zhen.

As Jade Radiance’s mountain-protecting formation activated, Elder Zhu moved to refine the Heavenly Star Stele while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er set out to investigate Heaven-Scorched Wood. Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden entered the ninth level, where Yang faced far greater pressure than she did and they sensed a presence that made their souls tremble.

• Elder Zhu and the other Heavenly Pivot Holy Land elders discussed their plan to exploit Jade Radiance’s formation and attack the Jade Pool Holy Land, then Elder Zhu went to refine the Heavenly Star Stele.
• The Heavenly Star Stele activated Jade Radiance’s thirty-six formation nodes, enveloping the Jade Pool Holy Land in a vast formation and astonishing people across the Western Region.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er worried about Yang Zhen, while Shameless Cat left to investigate a familiar presence; the women then decided to seek Heaven-Scorched Wood.
• Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden entered the ninth-level world after she agreed to go with him.
• The ninth level struck Yang Zhen with pressure ten times stronger than in the eighth, while the Third Holy Maiden felt more than ten times less pressure than he did.
• Yang Zhen and the Third Holy Maiden sensed a terrifying presence that made their souls tremble, and she asked what it was.

Yang Zhen fought through the ninth layer’s deadly Gang winds and Yin Qi to reach the final Mantra, while the Third Holy Maiden used her forbidden cultivation method to refine the Heavenly Star Stele. The Jade Pool Holy Lord and the others watched their radiance from outside, worried that the Yin-heavy realm was endangering Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen summoned the final character, “前,” and endured severe wounds as he pushed toward it through the Gang winds and violent Qi.
• Yang Zhen punched apart the force in front of him and continued toward the Mantra despite the Third Holy Maiden warning him to stop.
• The Third Holy Maiden left Yang Zhen and began refining the Heavenly Star Stele, sending out eighteen streams of Heavenly Radiance as she urged him to hold on.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord, Elder Jian, and the others saw the Third Holy Maiden’s radiance and realized she had reached the ninth-layer world with Yang Zhen.
• The Jade Holy Palace Master warned that the realm’s overwhelming Yin Qi could put Yang Zhen in danger, and Yang Zhen wondered whether releasing Heavenly Radiance could help him too.

Yang Zhen released more than a hundred strands of Heavenly Radiance in the ninth level of the Heavenly Star World, throwing its Yin and Yang Qi into disorder and putting the Third Holy Maiden in danger. As the stele shook and she began trying to refine it to save them both, Yang Zhen sensed something in the world and reacted with alarm.

• The Jade Pool Holy Lord and the others wondered how Yang Zhen could endure the ninth level, and the master of the Jade Holy Palace suggested the imbalance might bring the Third Holy Maiden greater fortune.
• More than a hundred strands of Heavenly Radiance burst from the Heavenly Star Stele, astonishing the observers and prompting Yang Zhen to say he had cultivated them with the Nameless Heart Art.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord realized Yang Zhen's radiance had disrupted the Yin and Yang Qi and feared the Third Holy Maiden was in danger, but he and the others were blasted back before they could reach the stele.
• The Third Holy Maiden stared at Yang Zhen's radiance as he explained how he had cultivated it, while violent power coursed through him after refining the Nine-Character Mantra.
• The Heavenly Star Stele shook, causing the Third Holy Maiden to spit blood; she said she had to refine it or both of them would die, and Yang Zhen suddenly sensed something nearby.

The Third Holy Maiden refined the Heavenly Star World as a terrifying presence stirred within it, while Yang Zhen stood guard over her instead of fleeing. The Jade Pool Holy Lord and Elder Jian recognized the force as possibly being Emperor Blood sealed within the Heavenly Star Stele, just as it began to emerge.

• The Third Holy Maiden became transparent and lost control of her body while refining the Heavenly Star World, and Yang Zhen moved to protect her from the approaching force.
• The Third Holy Maiden feared Yang Zhen would take advantage of her helplessness, but found him standing guard and heard him explain that their connected spiderweb let him sense her thoughts.
• The Third Holy Maiden urged Yang Zhen to flee, but he refused to leave before the Heavenly Star Stele revealed its secret.
• A roar shook the Heavenly Star World and the Heavenly Star Stele, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord recognized the presence as true Heaven and Earth Saint Realm power.
• Elder Jian identified the legend behind the presence as Emperor Blood sealed within the Heavenly Star Stele and wondered if it was about to emerge.

The Emperor Blood erupted from the Heavenly Star Stele, threatening everyone nearby. Yang Zhen refused the Third Holy Maiden’s attempt to send him to safety and rose to destroy the Emperor Blood, while the Jade Pool Holy Lord joined the fight to protect others.

• The Third Holy Maiden told Yang Zhen that the Emperor Blood was emerging and tried to sacrifice herself to send him out of the Heavenly Star World.
• Yang Zhen rejected her sacrifice, summoned the Great Deficiency Sword, and declared that he would destroy the Emperor Blood and refine the Heavenly Star Stele.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord ordered the mountain-protecting formation activated, then went to face the Emperor Blood after hearing Yang Zhen’s declaration.
• The Emperor Blood erupted across the sky, injuring cultivators and forcing people to flee as the Jade Pool Holy Lord struggled to hold it back.
• Elder Zhu and two other men decided to wait for an opportunity to refine the Heavenly Star Stele amid the chaos.

Yang Zhen and the others faced the Emperor Blood’s world-shaking power as black Heavenly Punishment clouds appeared, while a blood dragon and the Heavenly Eclipse clashed above them. Seeing both forces weaken in their battle, Yang Zhen left the Third Holy Maiden on the ground and went to watch the fight.

• Shameless Cat hid behind a rock, puzzled by how familiar the Emperor Blood’s presence seemed.
• The Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth appeared, and Yang Zhen told the Third Holy Maiden he could not handle the danger.
• Elder Zhu and the fat elder fled, while black lightning erased an elder from the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land.
• A blood dragon surged from the Emperor Blood and charged into the Heavenly Eclipse, whose black lightning eventually crushed it.
• The Blood Seed and Heavenly Eclipse both weakened in their clash, and Yang Zhen set down the Third Holy Maiden and went to watch them fight.

Yang Zhen endured the clash between Heavenly Eclipse and the Emperor Blood while shielding the Third Holy Maiden, absorbing much of the lingering energy. Elder Zhu tried to use Yang Zhen’s death as a chance to refine the Heavenly Star Stele, but Yang Zhen stayed alive and told him he no longer wanted to die.

• Yang Zhen rose into the air and absorbed the remnants of the collision between Heavenly Eclipse and the Emperor Blood.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord realized Yang Zhen was positioned to protect the Third Holy Maiden from the forces clashing above.
• Elder Zhu and the short, stout old man planned to refine the Heavenly Star Stele when Yang Zhen died, while the old man held Yao Lianxing and the others back.
• Elder Zhu appeared before Yang Zhen after another clash, but Yang Zhen kept swaying without falling, frustrating him.
• Yang Zhen blinked and told Zhu Yingting he had changed his mind and no longer wanted to die.

Yang Zhen redirected the power of Heavenly Eclipse and Emperor Blood into Zhu Yingting, then seized the Blood Seed as the tribulation weakened. Heavenly Eclipse killed Zhu Yingting before dispersing, leaving the Third Holy Maiden refining the Heavenly Star Stele.

• Yang Zhen used Zhu Yingting's arrival to redirect Heavenly Eclipse and Emperor Blood into him, while Zhu Yingting cursed Yang Zhen and eventually passed out.
• Yang Zhen urged the Third Holy Maiden to refine the Heavenly Star Stele, and she began the process.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord challenged Elder Wang, who attacked with his sword and fled; the Jade Pool Holy Lord blocked the strike.
• As Emperor Blood faltered, Yang Zhen seized the Blood Seed, sealed it, and put it in his Divine Sense space.
• Heavenly Eclipse struck Yang Zhen and Zhu Yingting, then seized Zhu Yingting in a giant black hand and crushed him before the tribulation dispersed.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord noticed Yang Zhen had formed a strange Method Formula to counter Heavenly Eclipse, while the others wondered whether the Third Holy Maiden would succeed.

Yang Zhen found himself caught in a dispute over why the Third Holy Maiden wore his clothes, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord turned the incident into a demand that he take responsibility for her. Yang Zhen agreed to become the Third Holy Maiden’s husband after bargaining for three shares of bride price, leaving him wondering how he would marry her alongside his two existing wives.

• Elder Jian questioned Yang Zhen about why the Third Holy Maiden was wearing his clothes, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord pressed him to admit they were his.
• Yang Zhen denied owning the clothes and claimed they belonged to Pinru, but the Jade Pool Holy Lord declared that he had to take responsibility for the Third Holy Maiden’s reputation.
• The Third Holy Maiden fled in embarrassment, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord stopped Yang Zhen from following her and accused him of refusing to own up to what he had done.
• Yang Zhen privately asked the Jade Pool Holy Lord whether he meant to betroth the Third Holy Maiden to him and negotiated over the bride price.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord offered three shares, and Yang Zhen greeted him as his father-in-law before wondering how to marry the Third Holy Maiden along with his two wives.

Yang Zhen stayed comfortably at the Jade Pool Holy Land while the Western Region mocked him after the Third Holy Maiden entered seclusion and the Heavenly Pivot Holy Lord vowed to kill him. Once preparations to revive the Flirtatious Chicken were complete, Yang Zhen decided to leave for the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang and confront the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land head-on.

• News spread that the Third Holy Maiden had entered death seclusion in the Nine Realms, and Western Region cultivators gloated that Yang Zhen would never marry her.
• The Heavenly Pivot Holy Lord declared Yang Zhen his enemy, while Yang Zhen remained at the Jade Pool Holy Land with Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the Shameless Cat.
• The Shameless Cat teased Yang Zhen about Little Dao Addict's jealousy, and Yang Zhen insisted he had no interest in the Third Holy Maiden.
• Han Yan'er explained that their route to the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang passed beyond the Jade Pool Holy Land's protection, where the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land would be waiting.
• Yang Zhen said they would leave to revive the Flirtatious Chicken and charge straight through the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land's forces.

Yang Zhen led his companions toward the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang, where the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land ambushed them with over a thousand fighters. He threw Shameless Cat into the charge and then unleashed more than a thousand Shadow Clones, leaving the Jade Pool forces stunned.

• The Jade Pool Holy Lord, the Jade Holy Palace's palace lord, and Elder Jian discussed Yang Zhen's plans and the Third Holy Maiden's future, and Elder Jian revealed that Yang Zhen had left Emperor Blood for her in the Heaven Realm.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that the Jade Pool Holy Land would follow them because it needed to take part in the coming battle.
• As the group approached the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang, Yang Zhen sensed the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land's ambush.
• Over a thousand Heavenly Pivot Holy Land fighters appeared and charged at Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen tossed Shameless Cat toward the attackers and unleashed over a thousand Shadow Clones, shocking the Jade Pool Holy Lord and his companions.

Yang Zhen sent more than a thousand talking Shadow Clones into the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land’s ranks and unleashed his Momentum through them, knocking many disciples out of the air. As he prepared to use the power again, Shameless Cat kicked Elder Hu in the forehead.

• Yang Zhen’s talking Shadow Clones confronted Elder Hu, who realized something was wrong and ordered the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land’s disciples to destroy them.
• The Shadow Clones released Yang Zhen’s Momentum, causing more than a hundred Heavenly Pivot Holy Land successors to fall unconscious.
• The Jade Pool Holy Lord stopped his people and recognized the power of Momentum, while the crowd struggled to believe Yang Zhen could wield it through his Shadow Clones.
• Yang Zhen unleashed Momentum again, knocking more Heavenly Pivot Holy Land cultivators from the air.
• Shameless Cat darted through the crowd and kicked Elder Hu in the forehead.

Yang Zhen charged Elder Hu while the Jade Pool Holy Land fought the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land, eager to test himself in battle. Elder Hu unleashed his Thousand Tribulation Thunderous Sword, but the chapter ended with Yang Zhen bathing calmly in the lightning.

• Shameless Cat kicked Elder Hu's forehead, then returned to Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er without moving him.
• Elder Hu ordered his forces to destroy Yang Zhen's Shadow Clones, and the Jade Pool Holy Lord led the Jade Pool disciples into battle.
• Yang Zhen charged Elder Hu with the Great Deficiency Sword, declaring that he would slay him to affirm his Dao.
• Elder Hu summoned lightning with his Thousand Tribulation Thunderous Sword despite the Jade Pool Holy Lord's warning to Yang Zhen.
• Elder Hu struck Yang Zhen with lightning, then stared in shock as Yang Zhen took a bath amid the storm.

Elder Hu attacked Yang Zhen with the Thousand Tribulation Thunderous Sword, expecting its heavenly lightning to overwhelm him, but Yang Zhen absorbed and ate the thunder dragons instead. Yang Zhen then ran toward the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land's disciples with the pursuing lightning, leaving them terrified.

• Elder Hu unleashed his Ten Thousand Flashes of Thunder and sent thunder dragons charging at Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen put away the Great Deficiency Sword, spread his arms, and welcomed the thunder dragons, shocking the gathered cultivators.
• Elder Hu watched in disbelief as Yang Zhen absorbed the lightning and grabbed a thunder dragon to stuff into his mouth.
• Yang Zhen realized the thunder dragon could chase him, then fled toward the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land's camp while using his footwork.

Yang Zhen used the fading lightning dragons from his Thousand Tribulation Thunderous Sword to scatter the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land’s forces and provoke Elder Hu. As Elder Hu risked his life to attack, Ding Dian arrived from the heavens with a terrifying presence.

• Yang Zhen charged through the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land’s camp, injuring many disciples as Elder Hu chased him and cursed.
• Shameless Cat secretly stole storage rings from fallen cultivators while the spectators discussed Yang Zhen’s shameless tactics.
• When the thunderclouds and lightning dragons faded, Elder Hu charged Yang Zhen with his sword, convinced he had nowhere left to run.
• Yang Zhen drew the Great Deficiency Sword, announced that he would stop running, and told Shameless Cat to join the spectators’ betting.
• Elder Hu set his soul ablaze and rushed at Yang Zhen, but Ding Dian descended from the sky, drawing the attention of the Jade Pool Holy Lord and Yang Zhen.