Chapter Summaries

Xu Long destroyed Shankui’s split soul hidden beneath Mount Emei and claimed the Haotian Mirror after White Eyebrows’s death. As he examined the treasure, ancient seal characters appeared and arranged themselves under his will.

• The young man attacked the ancient tree stump and revealed Shankui’s split soul concealed inside it.
• The young man trapped Shankui’s skull-shaped shadow in the lotus sword formation, destroyed it, and erased the gray mist it became.
• The stump and cavern crumbled as the young man’s sword formation cleared the underground passage and the blood dragon rose through the dome.
• Xu Long held the Haotian Mirror’s mystical light in place after White Eyebrows died, then drew the mirror into his hand.
• Xu Long examined the Haotian Mirror’s deity carvings as ancient seal characters emerged and arranged themselves in rows.

After defeating White Eyebrows and obtaining the Haotian Mirror, Xu Long discovered that the Jade Emperor’s Tomb had pursued the mirror into the Legend of Mount Shu World. As the tomb’s will and the mirror’s will prepared to clash and seize control of him, Xu Long requested an immediate return to the Main World.

• Xu Long recognized that the Haotian Mirror’s ancient seal-script matched the inscription in the Jade Emperor’s Tomb and began erasing White Eyebrows’ mark on the mirror.
• The Jade Emperor’s Tomb broke through the spatial barrier and descended into the Legend of Mount Shu World, prompting the Haotian Mirror to attack it automatically.
• The Great Emperor’s will emerged from the tomb and gathered a storm over Mount Emei, while the Haotian Mirror prepared to fight back using Xu Long as its host.
• Caught between the Great Emperor’s will and the Haotian Mirror’s attempt to inhabit his body, Xu Long called on the Main God to return him to the Main World.
• The Main God confirmed that Xu Long had obtained the Haotian Mirror and began his return journey.

Xu Long returned from the Legend of Mount Shu World after the Main God subdued the wills in the Haotian Mirror and the Jade Emperor’s tomb projection. The Main God examined the wills and explained their origins and the mysteries of the tomb, while Xu Long prepared to use the mirror’s energy to advance his cultivation.

• The Main God overwhelmed the Haotian Mirror’s will and the Great Emperor’s will, then sent Xu Long out of the Legend of Mount Shu World as Hong Gu watched him disappear.
• Hong Gu’s silver ankle bells rang as she saw Xu Long leave, and she accepted that the Jade Pivot Sect had won its wager and that a new era was beginning.
• Xu Long completed his mission and returned to the Reincarnation Temple, receiving 2,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones, a weapon treasure chest, and an SSS completion rating.
• Xu Long inspected the Haotian Mirror and awaited the Main God, hoping to refine its energy and break through to the Mahayana Stage.
• The Main God erased the wills’ self-awareness and explained that one came from Supreme God Haotian and the other from the Jade Emperor.
• The Main God told Xu Long that the tomb in the void was only a projection, and that the Yinglongs in the Chi You Blood Cave were incarnations.

Xu Long learned that the Void Small World projected a real Great Emperor’s tomb, but the Main God refused to explain the tombstone inscription or what lay beyond it. Back in his Main World, Xu Long began refining the Haotian Mirror’s energy to break through his cultivation bottleneck.

• Xu Long asked the Main God about the Great Emperor’s tombstone and learned that the tomb itself was real, but was warned not to ask what lay behind it.
• Xu Long learned that the Heavenly Palace was also gathering energy cores and recognized Shankui as a growing threat amid the conflict with the Divine Hall.
• Xu Long returned to his Main World, reunited with his wives, and later entered his underground chamber to examine the Haotian Mirror.
• Xu Long rejected the Haotian Mirror’s will and chose to use its energy to advance his own cultivation.
• Xu Long poured the mirror’s energy into his meridians and repeatedly drove it against the blocked channels in his body.

Xu Long absorbed the Haotian Mirror’s energy, advancing from Mid to Late Tribulation Transcendence Stage and tempering his body while bringing his cultivation to the edge of Mahayana. He suppressed his breakthrough and its Divine Punishment Lightning Tribulation to protect the Yanhuang Divine Kingdom and save it for the next reincarnation mission, then obtained the Dragon-Soaring Treasured Sword.

• Xu Long drew energy from the Haotian Mirror and used his understanding of the inscriptions to guide his cultivation toward the Mahayana Stage.
• The energy triggered a phenomenon over the Yanhuang Divine Kingdom, and Xu Long broke through from Mid Tribulation Transcendence Stage to Late Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Xu Long compressed and refined the Haotian Mirror’s energy, bringing his cultivation to the edge of Mahayana while holding back the Divine Punishment Lightning Tribulation.
• Xu Long used the remaining energy to temper his Body of Oblivion, exhausting the Haotian Mirror and stabilizing his immense power.
• Xu Long dismissed the heavenly phenomena, emerged from the underground chamber, and opened the weapon chest to obtain the Dragon-Soaring Treasured Sword.

Xu Long entered the unfamiliar, extremely dangerous Land of Exile on a mission to find and rescue the sealed Ancestral Spirit. The world’s origin will severed the Main God’s connection, leaving Xu Long to begin searching the barren land on his own.

• Xu Long emerged from seclusion as a Quasi-Mahayana Stage cultivator and spent time with his wives before returning to the Divine Hall.
• The Main God assigned Xu Long the Land of Exile mission and ordered him to find and rescue the sealed Ancestral Spirit.
• As Xu Long arrived, the world’s origin will and an ancient, rotten true spirit pressed against the spatial breach, and the Main God withdrew.
• Xu Long broke free of the two forces and fell through the sky before the Vulture King caught him.
• Xu Long released his will to search the desolate red land, finding no people or vegetation.

Xu Long crossed the lifeless Land of Exile on the Vulture King, following a Divination Talisman toward signs of life as he began searching for information about the Ancestral Spirit. Elsewhere, cultivators ambushed a Desolate Beast to capture its young, and the parent fought back as the chapter ended with a lean cultivator pulling his blade from its belly.

• Xu Long used a Divination Talisman to choose a direction and flew the Vulture King across the red wilderness toward a greener valley.
• Xu Long heard beast roars and spotted cultivators surrounding a Desolate Beast outside its cave, where they had used fresh flesh as bait.
• Li and Xu attacked the Desolate Beast, but its scales resisted their weapons and it curled into a ball to roll at them.
• The Two Lin Brothers drew the young beast out of the cave with incantations, and one captured it with a copper ring.
• Hearing the young beast wail, the Desolate Beast stopped rolling and attacked Li and Xu while a cultivator above struck its belly with a huge blade.
• The wounded Desolate Beast used its claws to hold the blade in place, but the lean cultivator pulled the weapon back without meeting its strength head-on.

Deng Shouchong led a group of cultivators through the red wasteland to find a spirit vein, using a Spirit-Seeking Armadillo cub to track one. Xu Long watched from above as Deng persuaded the group to raid the vein, and the chapter ended with Li and Xu attacking its Rogue Cultivators Association guards.

• Li and Xu killed the desolate beast while the Two Lin Brothers subdued its cub, and Deng Shouchong paid the group Spirit Stones to secure their cooperation.
• Deng Shouchong explained that he had gathered the cultivators to use the cub to locate a spirit vein, and the group followed it across the wasteland.
• Xu Long, riding the Vulture King overhead, noticed Deng Shouchong and watched the group approach a spirit vein guarded by cultivators and formations.
• Deng Shouchong assigned roles for a raid and promised to take none of the Spirit Stones, prompting the group to attack the guarded vein.
• The Two Lin Brothers used the cub to breach the formation, and Li and Xu struck at a great cultivator from the Rogue Cultivators Association who rushed out to defend the gorge.

Li and Xu, a tough cultivator, and Deng Shouchong attacked the Rogue Cultivators Association’s spirit vein, killing one great cultivator before Old Pavilion Master Huang arrived to defend it. While Deng Shouchong and the others pinned Huang down, a Desolate Beast emerged from the passage, revealing that the spirit vein had likely been breached and leaving Huang trapped.

• Li and Xu held the Rogue Cultivators Association’s great cultivator in place while the tough cultivator killed him with a surprise strike from his miao saber.
• Old Pavilion Master Huang rushed from the passage and attacked the group, but Deng Shouchong blocked his flying sword with a dharma banner and joined the fight.
• Deng Shouchong and the three cultivators repeatedly pressured Huang, whose flying sword broke their combined weapon shield and sent them flying.
• Huang endured a powerful strike from Deng Shouchong’s dharma banner and prepared to counterattack as his flying sword returned.
• A beast’s roar from the passage revealed the attackers’ scheme, and a Desolate Beast burst out as Huang rushed to investigate.
• The three cultivators sealed the passage entrance while the dharma banner kept Huang’s flying sword occupied, trapping him between the attackers and the spirit vein.

Old Pavilion Master Huang destroyed the array protecting the spirit vein, but Xu Long used a large-scale Spirit-Gathering Array to stop it from dispersing. After Deng Shouchong killed Huang and introduced Xu Long to the others, Xu Long learned that the group planned to travel to Phoenix City and decided to investigate it for information about the Ancestral Spirit.

• Old Pavilion Master Huang crushed a jade disk to trigger the spirit vein’s dispersal and taunted Deng Shouchong’s group as they faced losing the Spirit Stones.
• Deng Shouchong reassured the others, and nine array flags descended to form a large-scale Spirit-Gathering Array that halted the spirit vein’s dispersal.
• Deng Shouchong’s dharma banner absorbed Old Pavilion Master Huang, leaving no corpse behind.
• The Two Lin Brothers reported finding Spirit Stones, and Deng Shouchong greeted Xu Long, who had set up the array, then introduced him to Ma Fang, the Two Lin Brothers, Li Hong, and Xu Tao.
• Deng Shouchong insisted that Xu Long receive a share of the Spirit Stones, then promised the group he would lead them to Phoenix City.
• Xu Long decided to investigate Phoenix City for information about the Land of Exile and the Ancestral Spirit.

After Xu Long and the others divided the Spirit Stones from a small vein, Deng Shouchong led them across the desert toward a treasure discovered by the Spirit-Seeking Armadillo. They found an ancient city buried in the sands and entered a basin where Geng Metal sword qi awakened, leaving Deng Shouchong and the group facing its attack.

• The Two Lin Brothers used the Spirit-Seeking Armadillo to extract the Spirit Stones, and the group divided them while suppressing their greed.
• Xu Long reclaimed the nine array flags and followed Deng Shouchong as the group chose to investigate a treasure ahead.
• After traveling for half a month, the group reached a vast dune with an ancient city rising above the sand.
• Deng Shouchong led the group into a narrow basin before the city, where Xu Long sensed Geng Metal Qi and heard sword cries.
• Deng Shouchong raised his ritual banner to meet the sword qi surging from the basin as the others formed defensive shields.

Xu Long and the group crossed a basin filled with ancient Geng Metal Qi, where Xu Long fought off sword qi below and a deadly phantom strike descended from above. As the group struggled to resist, Deng Shouchong revealed that he was a Lesser Immortal Realm powerhouse, while Xu Long realized they also had to prevent the sword qi from forcing them into the basin’s darkness.

• Xu Long used the World-Breaking Blade and the Power of Oblivion to ensnare and shatter the sword qi surging beneath him as he crossed the basin.
• A restraining force halted the group, and a phantom sword strike from tens of thousands of years earlier descended from above.
• Xu Long and the others attacked the descending sword qi, and Xu Long’s star slowed its fall as the sound of rushing water returned.
• Deng Shouchong’s ritual banner and totem creature joined the defense, but the enormous sword qi shattered the totem.
• Deng Shouchong revealed his Lesser Immortal Realm strength and helped hold back the phantom strike as the others unleashed their power of law.
• Xu Long and the group realized they had to keep the sword qi from pressing them into the darkness, where the attacks from above and below could tear them apart.

Xu Long used the World-Breaking Blade to break the basin’s illusory sword qi after comprehending the ancient Heaven-Slaying strike, then escaped with Deng Shouchong’s group. The survivors reached the dune outside the city, where Deng Shouchong noticed Xu Long had been the source of the star-shaped attack, and the group prepared to face the city’s dangers together.

• Deng Shouchong and the others followed a star-shaped sword attack through the basin, breaking the sword qi long enough to flee while Xu Long was left behind.
• Xu Long used the World-Breaking Blade to cut through the descending sword qi and comprehended the Heaven-Slaying strike preserved in the mirage.
• Xu Long unleashed a star-shaped attack that severed the illusory sword qi and split the ancient gateway at the basin’s bottom.
• Xu Long followed Deng Shouchong’s group through the falling sword qi and reached the dune outside the city with them.
• Ma Fang and the others praised Deng Shouchong for saving them, but Deng Shouchong realized Xu Long had been missing and suspected he had launched the attack.
• Deng Shouchong urged the survivors to approach the city together rather than explore alone.

Xu Long and the others entered the long-abandoned city, where they lost contact with the Spirit-Seeking Armadillo, found a cultivator preserved in ice, and discovered Xu Tao had vanished. As Deng Shouchong led them into the stronghold, a giant azure python attacked the group.

• Xu Long followed Deng Shouchong and the Two Lin Brothers into the city, where the brothers lost contact with their Spirit-Seeking Armadillo and Deng Shouchong took charge of their route.
• The Two Lin Brothers found a cultivator frozen in ice, and Deng Shouchong identified the armory, treasury, and city lord's residence in the inner city.
• After the group passed the ice-sculpture cultivator, Li Hong reported that Xu Tao had disappeared, but Deng Shouchong urged everyone to continue toward the city center.
• Inside the stronghold, a phantom struck at the group, Xu Long counterattacked with the World-Breaking Blade, and Deng Shouchong's dharma banner protected him.
• The attackers saw a giant azure python coiled in the stronghold and recoiled in terror.

Xu Long and the others fought the giant azure python inside the fortress, using his sword light to withstand its attacks. When the python raised its body, they discovered Xu Tao and countless missing cultivators frozen in ice behind the barrier, their bodies covered in foul mucus and living tumors.

• The giant python attacked the group, and Deng Shouchong activated his Dharma banner as everyone gathered their magic power.
• Xu Long sent his sword light against the python, allowing the group to counterattack and briefly ease the pressure.
• The python dodged Xu Long’s next strike and rose through the air, scattering the group’s attacks with its massive body.
• As the python moved, the group saw Xu Tao and many other cultivators frozen into ice behind the barrier.
• Xu Long and the others noticed tumors and foul-smelling mucus covering the frozen cultivators’ bodies.

Xu Long attacked the Mist Beast’s eggs while Deng Shouchong and the others abandoned the fight to search the city for treasures. As the Mist Beast cornered Xu Long, a mysterious dharma body appeared and struck it down, leaving the beast injured and Xu Long rushing toward it.

• Deng Shouchong ordered the group to attack the eggs, then spent his strength holding the Mist Beast back with the dharma banner.
• The Mist Beast transformed into a half-human, half-serpent form and broke free, forcing Deng Shouchong’s companions to scatter toward the armory and treasury.
• Xu Long’s sword light struck the eggs, cracking them, while he evaded the Mist Beast’s attacks and headed toward the city lord’s residence.
• The Mist Beast intercepted Xu Long and prepared a full-strength strike, but a mysterious dharma body emerged and slammed into it.
• The dharma body shattered after knocking the Mist Beast to the ground, and Xu Long’s lightning bolt streaked toward the injured beast as it began gathering something in its throat.

Xu Long broke the human-python’s beast eggs to force it aside, but its cyan mist struck him with a powerful poison curse that he suppressed with the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire. He entered the city lord’s manor seeking answers about the Land of Exile and found a great stone hall surrounded by the remains of an array.

• Xu Long used his dharma body and sword light to destroy the beast eggs beneath the human-python, prompting it to flee with the ice-encased cultivators.
• The human-python spat cyan mist at Xu Long and escaped into the city center, leaving him to push through the freezing cloud into the city lord’s manor.
• The mist entered Xu Long’s arm and began freezing his body, so he opened his Heavenly Eye and used the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire to suppress it.
• Xu Long realized the mist contained a poison curse strengthened by the human-python’s hatred, and he resolved to find a way to remove it completely.
• Xu Long ignored the armory and treasury and headed deeper into the city lord’s manor to investigate the city’s history.
• Xu Long stopped before a magnificent stone hall surrounded by nine array pits and ritual pestles, where traces of Geng Metal Qi still lingered.

Xu Long activated the ancient array in the city lord's manor and entered the sealed hall, where its records revealed the history of the Land of Exile and the origins of the Mist Beasts. The chapter ended with the discovery that Mist Beasts could surpass the Immortal Realm by absorbing the laws and insights preserved in the corpses of mighty cultivators.

• Xu Long found that his will could not pass through the great hall's doors and used Hong Gu's array incantation to activate the nine ritual vajras outside.
• The array opened the hall briefly, allowing Xu Long to cross its barrier into the independent fragment space within.
• Xu Long searched the hall's books and paintings, uncovering records that the Land of Exile had been created as a prison for gods and other powerful beings.
• The records described how cultivators fought Desolate Beasts and later faced Mist Beasts, whose Eternity Ice Mist could freeze their enemies.
• Xu Long learned that Mist Beasts laid eggs in the corpses of mighty experts, absorbing their power and insights to develop intelligence and condense Inner Cores.
• The records explained that powerful Mist Beasts could break through the Immortal Realm by taking the laws preserved in those corpses, though their Inner Cores dispersed if not stored promptly after death.

Xu Long learned how Blackwater City had been built to protect cultivators from the Mist Beasts, then discovered that the city's history had been erased. In the fragment space beneath the hall, he encountered an ice-sculpture cultivator and found a fissure leading beyond the sealed space, which he cautiously entered.

• Xu Long learned how cultivators had built Blackwater City and its energy core to withstand the Mist Beasts' Eternity Ice Mist and launch a counterattack.
• Xu Long found no records of the city's fate or the Ancestral Spirit, and realized that the history of the intervening ten thousand years had been erased.
• Xu Long entered the darkness beneath the dome and saw the middle-aged ice-sculpture cultivator he had previously encountered in the city's barbican.
• Xu Long examined the hall with his Heavenly Eye and discovered a tiny fissure in the fragment space.
• Xu Long restrained his Magic Power, kept his sword light ready, and slipped into the fissure despite the danger of traveling between unstable barriers.

Xu Long escaped the Eternity Ice Mist by using the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire and discovered that it could counter the mist. He rescued the Spirit-Seeking Armadillo from its ice-bound state, took control of its beast-taming ring, and watched it begin to teleport away.

• Xu Long found the Spirit-Seeking Armadillo frozen in a gap beyond the barrier, then used the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire to hold back the pursuing Eternity Ice Mist and escape into the hall.
• Xu Long deduced that the Mist Beast had driven the armadillo into the hall and that the beast had later been frozen while trying to leave through the barrier.
• Xu Long channeled the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire and the Power of Oblivion into the frozen armadillo, melting the ice mist and restoring it.
• Xu Long erased the Two Lin Brothers' imprint from the armadillo's beast-taming ring and placed his own imprint on it.
• The revived Spirit-Seeking Armadillo sensed the change to its ring and began to teleport away inside the hall.