Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen discovered that a sprouted seed had greatly expanded his strength, then learned that his encounter with a woman and a giant fish had involved the legendary Astral Realm. After Xin Hai screamed, everyone was transported into the real Holy Tomb, where he tried to seize its power and attacked Heavenly Venerable Shangwu.

• Yang Zhen found that the seedling in his Divine Sense space had transformed his snow mountain and Sea of Consciousness, nearly doubling his strength.
• Yang Zhen confirmed that he had seen a world of stars and a giant fish, and Shameless Cat and Feng Wuya explained that the Astral Realm was said to stand above the myriad realms.
• Yang Zhen and the others realized Xin Hai was missing and feared he had entered the Holy Tomb.
• Xin Hai screamed as the group was transported into an enormous underground palace, which Yang Zhen recognized as the real Holy Tomb.
• The female Condensed Spirits surrounded Xin Hai as flames burned over him, and he declared he would take the tomb's power before binding Heavenly Venerable Shangwu with Blood Qi.

Xin Hai revealed that he was draining others’ Qi and Blood while acting under Blood Crow’s influence, and Yang Zhen distracted him by pretending to consider joining the Demon Sect. Yang Zhen found a blood-red Blood Spirit in the Holy Tomb, but Xin Hai attacked Han Yan’er before he could destroy it.

• Xin Hai’s blood threads drained Heavenly Venerable Shangwu’s Qi and Blood, while Feng Wuya and Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels tried to stop him.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that Blood Crow was involved and urged him to find the real coffin, and Yang Zhen rushed deeper into the Holy Tomb.
• Yang Zhen pretended to bargain over joining the Demon Sect, and Xin Hai agreed to give him cultivation methods and let him throw them away.
• Yang Zhen found a blood-red Blood Spirit and accused Xin Hai of being used by Blood Crow.
• Xin Hai pulled Han Yan’er toward him, and Yang Zhen vanished with killing intent to attack.

Yang Zhen protected Han Yan'er from Xin Hai's blood threads with Netherworld Karmic Fire and the Desolate Heaven True Rune, freeing her and the others. He then struck at the Blood Spirit, causing Xin Hai to weaken as the Holy Tomb erupted.

• Yang Zhen abandoned his attack on the Blood Spirit and rushed to protect Han Yan'er from Xin Hai.
• Xin Hai cast a vast blood net over Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen burned it away with Netherworld Karmic Fire and the Desolate Heaven True Rune.
• Xin Hai lost control of Han Yan'er, Hua Youyue, Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels, and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu, and they retreated to safety.
• Yang Zhen counted, stomped the ground, and sent an earth dragon toward the Blood Spirit.
• Xin Hai's body shrank as the Holy Tomb erupted.

Yang Zhen and his companions escaped the erupting Holy Tomb, then learned that the Demon God Territory’s holy land was a genuine fragment of the Great Wilderness World. As the world’s Principles continued to change, a vast rift split open the sky, and Yang Zhen rushed toward White Cloud Mountain.

• Yang Zhen led Hua Youyue and the others out of the Holy Tomb as its blood threads drained Xin Hai and its terrifying power surged.
• Feng Wuya told Yang Zhen that the Demon God Territory planned to open its holy land, a real fragment of the Great Wilderness World.
• Yang Zhen and the others stayed in the Demon God Territory for several days while he learned more about the Great Wilderness World and its holy lands.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat saw the sky stretch unnaturally wide and sensed that something major was about to happen.
• A huge chasm tore open the sky, and Yang Zhen vanished into the air, calling for the others to come to White Cloud Mountain.

Yang Zhen raced toward a colossal void chasm after calculating that it threatened the Shangyuan Sect on White Cloud Mountain. He reached the Youzhou Continent, discovered signs of life within the void, and realized White Cloud Mountain had already been swallowed.

• Yang Zhen used the Heavenly Book: Profound Principles Chapter and the Heavenly Book: Earth Treasury Chapter to determine that the chasm could affect White Cloud Mountain, then hurried toward it.
• Cultivators mistook the chasm for a sign of a Great Emperor's hidden cache and began traveling toward the Youzhou Continent.
• After flying for three days from the Western Region, Yang Zhen stopped above the Youzhou Continent and sensed traces of life within the void.
• Yang Zhen saw that the chasm had split the earth into a vast abyss and could no longer sense White Cloud Mountain because the void had swallowed it.

Yang Zhen watched a widening chasm of void swallow White Cloud Mountain and rush across the world, then flew toward it despite warnings from nearby Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts. The chapter left the experts mistaking his approach for a suicide attempt, while Yang Zhen nearly turned back to set a bearded elder’s beard on fire.

• Yang Zhen grieved as White Cloud Mountain vanished into the expanding chasm, and he realized the surrounding world was retreating with the void rather than being destroyed outright.
• Cultivators gathered to observe the chasm, but a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert warned weaker practitioners to flee because no one understood the phenomenon.
• Violent lightning erupted from the chasm and reduced everything it touched to powder, driving the weaker cultivators away.
• A scholarly Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert asked Yang Zhen why he had not left, but Yang Zhen admitted he had not heard the question while watching the chasm.
• Yang Zhen spread his wings and flew toward the chasm, ignoring the experts’ warnings that he would die.
• A bearded elder claimed Yang Zhen was trying to end his life because his dao companion had abandoned him, and Yang Zhen nearly turned back in anger.

Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao tried to stop Yang Zhen from entering the Heaven and Earth Chasm, believing he was bent on suicide. Yang Zhen sped away at twice Yuanbao’s pace, leaving him wondering whether Yang Zhen was even human.

• The scholarly expert and Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao mistook Yang Zhen’s approach to the Heaven and Earth Chasm for an attempt at suicide and decided to save him.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao rushed after Yang Zhen and urged him to turn back, assuming heartbreak had driven him toward death.
• Yang Zhen asked whether Yuanbao was speaking to him, then ignored the warning and continued toward the chasm.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao accelerated to catch Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen turned and sped away at twice his speed.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao watched Yang Zhen disappear ahead and wondered what kind of human could move so fast.

Yang Zhen returned to the Youzhou Continent and raced toward the Heaven and Earth Chasm, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao learned his name and marveled at his speed. After Yang Zhen searched along the chasm for three days, Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue heard that he had plunged into it and feared he was in mortal danger.

• Yang Zhen vanished at extraordinary speed, prompting Heavenly Venerable Yuanbao to order the cultivators nearby to investigate his identity.
• A young woman identified the fast-moving cultivator as Yang Zhen and said he was a disciple of the Shangyuan Sect on the Youzhou Continent.
• The cultivators recognized that Yang Zhen had returned and believed he had rushed toward the Shangyuan Sect, which they feared the Heaven and Earth Chasm had swallowed.
• Yang Zhen ran alongside the Heaven and Earth Chasm for three days without finding its edge and worried that White Cloud Mountain had been destroyed.
• Han Yan'er, Hua Youyue, and Feng Wuya arrived above the Youzhou Continent aboard a flying boat, where Han Yan'er asked whether Yang Zhen was in danger.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er overheard cultivators say Yang Zhen had entered the Heaven and Earth Chasm, and both women turned pale with fear.

Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue worried that Yang Zhen had entered the chasm in heaven and earth, while Yang Zhen searched for the Shangyuan Sect. He encountered Yang Chen trying to force his way into the chasm to save the sect and learned that its disciples were waiting for a revered Senior Brother Yang to return.

• Han Yan'er learned that rumors claimed Yang Zhen had entered the chasm after being abandoned by his dao companion, and she wanted to go in after him.
• Hua Youyue persuaded Han Yan'er to search for Yang Zhen first, while Yang Zhen continued toward the Shangyuan Sect through the changed landscape.
• Yang Zhen saw Yang Chen repeatedly charge toward the chasm and collapse under its lightning strikes.
• Yang Chen's senior sister rescued him and warned him that even powerful cultivators could not safely approach the chasm.
• Yang Chen said Senior Brother Yang could open the chasm and save the sect, while Yang Zhen listened nearby and wondered who this revered man was.

Yang Zhen encountered Shangyuan Sect disciples Yang Chen and Li Ruxue near the Heaven and Earth Chasm and learned that they admired him as Senior Brother Yang. When Sword Attendant Sect disciples led by Duan Langwen confronted them, Yang Chen unleashed the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword and charged into battle.

• Yang Chen swore to follow Senior Brother Yang as his role model, releasing Power of Faith that Yang Zhen absorbed as lightning stirred above the chasm.
• Yang Zhen decided to approach Yang Chen and Li Ruxue for directions and information about the changes to heaven and earth.
• Three men and two women from the Sword Attendant Sect arrived, and Duan Langwen challenged Yang Chen while targeting Li Ruxue.
• Duan Langwen used the Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword as the other Sword Attendant Sect disciples watched without intervening.
• Yang Chen revealed the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword, and Yang Zhen recognized him and Li Ruxue as Shangyuan Sect disciples.
• Yang Chen charged Duan Langwen amid wind and lightning, and Duan Langwen sent his phantom swords at him.

Yang Chen used his new understanding of the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword to challenge Yue Yingying, but her Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword overwhelmed him. Yang Zhen arrived, effortlessly survived her attack, and sent Duan Langwen flying before ordering Yang Chen to fight Yue Yingying again.

• Yang Chen defeated the injured Duan Langwen and challenged Yue Yingying while trying to protect Li Ruxue.
• Yue Yingying unleashed the Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword, leaving Yang Chen struggling as Li Ruxue urged him to retreat.
• Yang Zhen emerged unharmed from Yue Yingying's attack and introduced himself as the Sage of Saunter.
• Duan Langwen charged Yang Zhen, who sent him flying more than a thousand zhang with a casual swing of the Great Deficiency Sword.
• Yang Zhen told Yang Chen to fight Yue Yingying with the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword, but Yang Chen admitted he could not beat her.

Yang Zhen stopped the Sword Attendant Sect from attacking Yang Chen and Li Ruxue, effortlessly dispelled Yue Yingying’s Phoenix Luan Heavenly Fire, and learned that White Cloud Mountain had been split in two. He reached the surviving portion and discovered that only a few outer sect disciples and the grand elder remained there.

• Yang Chen demonstrated the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword, while Yue Yingying argued that the Sword Attendant Sect had reason to reclaim it from the Shangyuan Sect.
• Yang Zhen ended the dispute and told Yue Yingying to inform Wan Quan that he would visit soon and wanted the sect’s cultivation methods and martial techniques organized.
• Yue Yingying unleashed the Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword and her Phoenix Luan Heavenly Fire, but Yang Zhen’s Momentum dispersed the phoenix without harming him.
• Yang Zhen asked about White Cloud Mountain and Qiyun Peak, and Yang Chen and Li Ruxue explained that the Heaven and Earth Chasm had split White Cloud Mountain in two.
• Yang Zhen reached the surviving section of White Cloud Mountain and learned that only a few outer sect disciples and the grand elder remained there.

Yang Zhen reassured Gou Shengtian that the Shangyuan Sect members lost beyond the Heaven and Earth Chasm might still be alive, then gave Yang Chen and Li Ruxue powerful sword techniques and offered to restore the grand elder's cultivation. The chapter ended as Wan Quan arrived to challenge Yang Zhen, who revealed that he was at the Heavenly Cycle Realm.

• Yang Zhen told Gou Shengtian that the Heaven and Earth Chasm might have separated White Cloud Mountain rather than destroyed it, leaving the missing sect members alive on the far side.
• Yang Zhen confirmed his identity to Yang Chen and Li Ruxue, giving Yang Chen the Great Evolution Wind and Thunder Sword and Li Ruxue the saint-grade Great Flame Qian Lightning Sword Instruction.
• Yang Zhen gave Gou Shengtian a storage ring containing resources and methods that could repair his meridians and help him reach the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
• Wan Quan arrived and called Yang Zhen outside, prompting Yang Chen to warn him that Wan Quan had reached the Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Yang Zhen said he was at the Heavenly Cycle Realm, shocking Yang Chen, Li Ruxue, and Gou Shengtian.

Yang Zhen returned to the Shangyuan Sect and confronted Wan Quan, who had come with Sword Attendant Sect disciples to intimidate them. After Wan Quan challenged him with the Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword, Yang Zhen drew the Great Deficiency Sword and vowed to defeat him in one strike.

• Yang Zhen stopped Gou Shengtian from rushing to confront Wan Quan and reassured the Shangyuan Sect elders that he would face him.
• Yang Zhen walked out to find Wan Quan leading a small group of Sword Attendant Sect disciples while cultivators gathered to watch.
• Yang Zhen greeted Wan Quan casually, then declared that he planned to wreck the Sword Attendant Sect's place.
• Wan Quan summoned three blood-red suns with his Three Origins Ghost Shadow Sword and challenged Yang Zhen to compare their techniques.
• Yang Zhen refused Wan Quan's offer to join the Sword Attendant Sect, summoned the Great Deficiency Sword, and promised to defeat him in one strike.

Yang Zhen defeated Wan Quan with one sword strike, then learned that Wan Quan had been stalling for seven Heavenly Cycle Realm experts to arrive. As the newcomers threatened the Shangyuan Sect, Yang Zhen told Gou Shengtian and the others to stand back and watch.

• Wan Quan launched a surprise attack, but Yang Zhen struck him down with the Great Deficiency Sword and left him badly injured.
• Yang Zhen revealed that he had used Momentum, then taunted Wan Quan with the promise of another sword strike.
• Wan Quan admitted he had been waiting for reinforcements and declared that he would seize the Shangyuan Sect’s inheritances.
• Seven Heavenly Cycle Realm experts arrived, and Gou Shengtian ordered Yang Chen and Ruxue to evacuate the disciples while he held them off.
• Yang Zhen stopped Gou Shengtian from burning his soul and told everyone to stay back and watch the show.

Yang Zhen faced seven Heavenly Cycle Realm experts who demanded his inheritance, but he mocked them and called on hidden allies as they prepared to attack. Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and their group appeared above the clouds, frightening the seven experts into fleeing while Wan Quan remained behind.

• Wan Quan told Elder Ma that Yang Zhen was a Shangyuan Sect disciple with the power of Momentum and possibly a Great Saint's inheritance.
• Elder Ma demanded Yang Zhen reveal his inheritance and explain Momentum, but Yang Zhen countered by demanding the seven experts hand over their possessions.
• Elder Ma ordered the seven experts to seize Yang Zhen, and Gou Shengtian warned him that they belonged to the powerful Great Spring Holy Land.
• Yang Zhen called out to hidden allies above the clouds as the short-tempered expert charged at him.
• Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and their group emerged, and the seven experts recognized their Celestial Phenomenon Realm strength and fled, leaving Wan Quan behind.

Yang Zhen met Feng Wuya and the other Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts at the Heaven and Earth Chasm and learned that the Youzhou Continent might be a fragment of a much larger land. The group suspected that people remained inside the Chasm, leaving Yang Zhen alarmed at what might emerge.

• Feng Wuya and his companions appeared, frightening seven Heavenly Cycle Realm experts into fleeing.
• Wan Quan acknowledged Yang Zhen’s strength, and Yue Yingying pleaded for his life before helping him leave with her.
• Gou Shengtian welcomed Feng Wuya and the others to the damaged Shangyuan Sect, while cultivators competed for the chance to build their residences.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels explained that the Heaven and Earth Chasm was not simply heaven and earth trying to destroy an existence.
• Gou Shengtian revealed that Shangyuan Sect’s ancestral teachings described the Youzhou Continent as a fragment of a vast original continent.
• Feng Wuya said the group suspected people were inside the Heaven and Earth Chasm, and Yang Zhen remembered sensing life there.

Yang Zhen learned about the dangerous powers of the Great Wilderness World and heard the legend of the Shadow Sect, which had destroyed three major sects in one night. After learning the Great Spring Holy Land possessed an ancient formation that had withstood three Saint Realm experts, he decided to go there, and Yue Yingying joined him.

• Yang Zhen asked about the people gathering near the Heaven and Earth Chasm and learned that experts from the East Sea, Northern Region, and Central Court had arrived, including a powerful Holy Court contingent.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels, Gou Shengtian, Shameless Cat, and Feng Wuya warned Yang Zhen about strange powers in the Great Wilderness World, and Feng Wuya recounted how the Shadow Sect had wiped out three major sects overnight.
• Feng Wuya explained that the Great Spring Holy Land possessed a High Antiquity mountain-guarding formation that had withstood a joint attack by three Saint Realm experts.
• Yang Zhen rejected the idea of visiting the Great Spring Holy Land for its formation and said he would go there to confront them for attacking the Shangyuan Sect.
• Feng Wuya and the others agreed to go with Yang Zhen, and Yue Yingying appeared at the doorway and said she was going too.

Yang Zhen and his companions arrived at the Great Spring Holy Land, where five Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts from the Holy Court had joined forces with the holy land. After Yang Zhen’s attempt to reason with them failed, he declared they would fight and charged at the five experts.

• Yue Yingying followed Yang Zhen despite his refusal to accept her as a servant, and Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue joined the group as they left.
• Yang Zhen and his companions reached the Great Spring Holy Land and found its disciples excited rather than preparing for a battle.
• Five Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts from the Holy Court appeared alongside the Great Spring Holy Land’s Ninth Heaven of the Heavenly Cycle Realm holy lord.
• Yang Zhen told the holy lord he had come to reason, drawing laughter from the Great Spring Holy Land and mockery from the Holy Court experts.
• Feng Wuya and the others waited for Yang Zhen to decide what to do, and Yang Zhen said they would beat the holy land until it listened.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Great Deficiency Sword, transformed into a fire dragon, and charged at the five Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts.

Yang Zhen charged the Great Spring Holy Land’s forces and defeated its seven elders with one strike, despite their combined sword net. He then asked the Holy Lord if they could reason, but the Holy Lord called on Senior Wang to suppress him and suggested Yang Zhen possessed an extraordinary body-tempering method.

• Yang Zhen rushed at the Great Spring Holy Land’s seven elders, while Gou Shengtian cursed them for ganging up on him.
• The elders formed a fourteen-sword net after Yang Zhen vanished, trapping him in the air.
• Yang Zhen struck the sword net with the Great Deficiency Sword and knocked all seven elders to the ground.
• Yang Zhen asked the Holy Lord of the Great Spring Holy Land if they could reason, and the Holy Lord asked Senior Wang to suppress and kill him.
• The Holy Lord told Senior Wang that Yang Zhen’s power must come from an extraordinary body-tempering method, and Senior Wang’s eyes lit up.