Chapter Summaries

The True Lord released the Duck Beast King from the Banners Forming a Forest Formation, and the beast king departed after threatening to destroy Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary. The True Lord led the surviving cultivators toward the main vein, while Xu Long noticed that most of the beast tide had retreated.

• The True Lord withdrew the Banners Forming a Forest Formation, freeing the Duck Beast King and ending the cultivators’ connection to its protection.
• The Duck Beast King threatened to raze Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary, and the True Lord answered with a mocking challenge before the beast king flew away.
• The True Lord concealed the strain left by his battle and announced that Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary had won a great victory.
• The True Lord led the cheering cultivators into the Metal Moat and Boiling Rampart Formation on the way to the main vein.
• Xu Long descended from the clouds and saw that most of the vicious beast tide had retreated.

After the Duck Beast King withdrew, Zhu Peizi and He Huaibao drove the scattered beast tide into retreat and returned to the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary. Xu Long watched them closely before concealing himself among the cultivators as they entered the sanctuary.

• Zhu Peizi fought among the high-level ferocious beasts, killing many and holding back the beast tide.
• He Huaibao commanded his aquatic ferocious beast to send a great river through the beast tide, sweeping away and killing countless beasts.
• He Huaibao turned toward the sanctuary and met Xu Long's piercing gaze before Zhu Peizi called him back under the True Lord's order not to pursue fleeing enemies.
• Zhu Peizi and He Huaibao returned to the formation, introduced themselves to the cultivators, and received their respects.
• Xu Long concealed himself in the crowd as the cultivators entered the sanctuary, noting that the beast tide had lost its cohesion and momentum.

After the beast tide retreated, Xu Long entered the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary’s main vein and discovered that its great hall was the ancient Thousand-Jun Tower. The Perfected Lord rewarded the surviving cultivators and singled out Xu Long, whose achievements against the Duck Beast King earned him public praise and a gift.

• Xu Long suspected the Duck Beast King’s attack and retreat had been deliberately arranged, but followed Zhu Peizi and the cultivators into the sanctuary’s main vein.
• Xu Long recognized the hall as the Thousand-Jun Tower, a primordial relic, after seeing its shadow giant and ancient aura inside.
• The Perfected Lord thanked the cultivators for defending the sanctuary and distributed rewards according to their contributions, while Xu Long initially received nothing.
• The Perfected Lord publicly recognized Xu Long, identified as Yunmo of the Jade Screen Sect School, for holding back the Duck Beast King’s power and protecting the formation.
• Xu Long accepted his reward, then left with the other cultivators as Zhu Peizi escorted them out; He Huaibao ignored him, while Zhu Peizi spoke with him cordially.

After the battle with the Duck Beast King, Perfected Lord Pinglu revealed to Zhu Peizi that his life was nearing its end and that he had cultivated a connection with Xu Long to protect the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary. Xu Long discovered that his reward included thirty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and a Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill, then used the stones to force a breakthrough that left him struggling to control surging magic power and severe pain.

• Zhu Peizi returned to the great hall and found Perfected Lord Pinglu gravely weakened after failing to survive his tribulation.
• Perfected Lord Pinglu told Zhu Peizi that he had made Xu Long's name known because Xu Long was unusually capable and might become an ally for the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
• Xu Long rented a cave residence, examined his reward, and found thirty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and a Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Xu Long set up protective restrictions and used the Spirit Stones to replenish his magic power, then continued cultivating after his Earth Immortal realm had reached perfection.
• Xu Long tried to expand his channels and advance, but the vast, surging magic power battered them and threatened to slip beyond his control.

Xu Long attempted to break through to the Middle Stage Earth Immortal realm by forcing open his meridians with the Power of Oblivion. He brought the surging magic power under control and kept advancing despite mounting pain and pressure from the Heavenly Dao, reincarnation, and karmic hindrances.

• Xu Long struggled to control the Power of Oblivion as it surged through his body and threatened to turn against him.
• Xu Long regained control with his will and identified weak points in the blockages between his meridians.
• Xu Long deliberately stirred the Heavenly Dao and reincarnation, then guided his magic power to break open the blocked meridians.
• Xu Long drove the flood of magic power through his meridians until it reached several sturdy passes, where the pain and pressure intensified.
• Xu Long continued to attack the finer meridians despite his ashen face, swelling veins, and worsening karmic hindrances.

Xu Long used the Wisdom Sword to cut through karmic hindrance and karma, allowing him to complete his breakthrough. He reached Middle Stage Earth Immortal and reflected that his immortal path had only just begun.

• As karmic hindrance and karma threatened his breakthrough, Xu Long summoned the Wisdom Sword, which severed the forces obstructing him.
• Xu Long forced Magic Power through the narrow channels in his body and opened them, then circulated the energy through his meridians.
• Xu Long subdued the disordered Magic Power as it completed its cycles, clearing vital points and stabilizing his aura.
• Xu Long recalled his will, and his gaze caused the Celestial Phenomenon vortex to stop refining Spirit Stone resources and vanish.
• Xu Long opened his eyes after advancing to Middle Stage Earth Immortal and reflected on the hardships of his path.

After breaking through a minor realm, Xu Long left seclusion in Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary and was invited to meet three earth immortal cultivators who had guarded him beyond the heavens. The three asked to follow him, leaving Xu Long to recognize how the True Lord’s praise had raised his fame and influence.

• Xu Long discovered that the breakthrough had consumed nearly all the thirty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones he had placed in the Celestial Phenomenon.
• Xu Long left his cave abode and received a jade-token message inviting him to a meeting in the Daoist sanctuary.
• A stationed cultivator told Xu Long that three earth immortal cultivators had waited to speak with him.
• The three cultivators praised Xu Long for his fight against the Beast King and asked to follow him from then on.
• Xu Long realized that the True Lord’s public praise had made his fame a source of strength as well as a potential danger.

Xu Long accepted Leng Mingcong, Chen Dexian, and Qin Yuxiang as his servants and led them away from the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary toward Rotten Peach Mountain. As they traveled through the Boundless Wilderness, he considered his karmic ties to the True Lord and the Duck Beast King, whose inevitable revenge he knew he would have to face.

• Xu Long accepted the three cultivators’ pledges, took their life tokens, and welcomed them to his Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field.
• Xu Long gave Leng Mingcong, Chen Dexian, and Qin Yuxiang storage bags containing 1,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones each, then led them out of the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
• Xu Long looked back at the sanctuary and reflected on his debt to the True Lord and the danger posed by the Duck Beast King’s desire for revenge.
• The three new servants scouted and guarded the road as they guided Xu Long across the Boundless Wilderness toward his Dao Field.

Xu Long returned toward the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field with several Earth Immortals, hoping to make use of the Jade Screen Sect School’s connections and travel routes. At the Dao Field, a cyan-robed Heavenly Immortal attacked a ghostly cultivator guarding the place, and flew into a rage when the ghost identified him as a member of the Jade Screen Sect School.

• Xu Long and several Earth Immortal cultivators traveled back toward the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field, and Xu Long spotted it beyond the mountains.
• A cyan-robed cultivator attacked a ghostly figure at the Dao Field with a horsetail whisk, overpowering the ghost’s ritual pestle.
• The ghostly figure fled across the ground, but the whisk’s strands pinned him down and left him unable to fight.
• The ghostly figure begged for mercy and explained that he was a cultivator guarding the Dao field.
• The cyan-robed cultivator asked whether the ghost knew who he was, then flew into a rage when the ghost answered that he was from the Jade Screen Sect School.

An azure-robed Jade Screen Sect School cultivator tortured Feng Sihu while demanding Spirit Stone resources from the ruined Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field. Just as he moved to kill Feng Sihu, an unseen assailant attacked with three Earth Immortal Dharma Seals.

• The azure-robed cultivator pinned Feng Sihu with his horsetail whisk and tortured him while questioning him about the Dao Field and its Spirit Stone resources.
• Feng Sihu said Perfected Yunmo was the Dao Field's master and claimed the beast tide had ravaged it, leaving no Spirit Stone resources.
• The azure-robed cultivator searched the Dao Field with his True Spirit, found it desolate, and decided Feng Sihu was no longer worth keeping alive.
• As the cultivator prepared to finish Feng Sihu, an attack from above interrupted him, and he released the ghost before sending his horsetail whisk against three incoming Earth Immortal Dharma Seals.

Leng Mingcong and two Earth Immortals fought a green-robed Heavenly Immortal at the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field, where his stronger cultivation began to overwhelm them. Just as the green-robed cultivator aimed a powerful dharma seal at Leng Mingcong, a mysterious ally arrived with a familiar sword cry and intercepted it.

• The green-robed cultivator used his Heavenly Immortal strength to withstand Leng Mingcong and his two companions’ attacks.
• Leng Mingcong and the other Earth Immortals continued fighting, forcing the green-robed cultivator into a contest of Magic Power.
• The green-robed cultivator condensed a powerful dharma seal and sent it toward the separated Leng Mingcong.
• A voice transmission reached the three Earth Immortals, prompting them to stop defending against the seal and keep the horsetail whisk occupied.
• A newcomer arrived with a sword cry, and spinning sword light intercepted the dharma seal before it struck Leng Mingcong.

The sword light redirected Yang Tian’s unstable dharma seal and shattered it, then overwhelmed the azure-robed cultivator and forced him to his knees. He revealed himself as Yun Ya of the Jade Screen Sect School and begged the sword light’s master to spare his life.

• The treasured fan pushed Yang Tian’s dharma seal away from Leng Mingcong and sent it back above Yang Tian’s head.
• The sword light split the seal, triggering an explosion that Yang Tian blocked with his horsetail whisk.
• The sword light attacked Yang Tian, cutting through the whisk’s fibers and driving him into the ground.
• Yang Tian raised his whisk as a canopy, but the sword light broke through and circled his neck.
• Yang Tian fell to his knees, identified himself as Yun Ya of the Jade Screen Sect School, and begged the cultivator beyond the heavens for mercy.

Xu Long claimed the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field by installing a defensive formation while Yun Ya was forced to submit under a circling sword light. Yun Ya begged Xu Long for mercy and revealed his Jade Screen Sect School background, while Xu Long summoned Feng Sihu to hear his account.

• Yun Ya kowtowed and tried to attack, but the sword light struck him down and left him buried in a crater.
• Xu Long activated purple formation flags and spread a defensive formation around the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field.
• Xu Long ordered Leng Mingcong to guard the west, Qin Yuxiang to guard the east, and Chen Dexian to guard the south, and the three obeyed.
• Yun Ya begged Xu Long to spare him and said he was a disciple of the Jade Screen Sect School.
• Xu Long summoned Feng Sihu, who rolled before him as if preparing to complain.

Xu Long spared Yun Ya after taking the Spirit Stone resources he offered, then presented himself as a Jade Screen Sect School cultivator guarding the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field. He assigned Feng Sihu to guard the north and asked Yun Ya what else had brought him to the Boundless Wilderness.

• Feng Sihu exposed Yun Ya as a cultivator who had been extorting Spirit Stone resources from Dao Fields, and Yun Ya offered his accumulated resources to Xu Long.
• Xu Long accepted Yun Ya’s storage bag, withdrew his sword light, and let him climb out of the pit.
• Xu Long gave Feng Sihu 1,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones and ordered him to guard the north while Xu Long held the main vein.
• Feng Sihu told Yun Ya that Xu Long was Perfected Yunmo of the Jade Screen Sect School, leaving Yun Ya startled and worried about the grudge he had caused.
• Xu Long asked Yun Ya whether he had any other business in the Boundless Wilderness.

Xu Long learned that the Jade Screen Sect School was selecting core disciples to investigate an unusual phenomenon in the Vast Sea, where he had previously seen a dragon-shaped creature. Determined to enter the Vast Sea, Xu Long told Yun Ya he would return with him to report for selection.

• Yun Ya explained that he was inspecting Dao Fields and notifying their guardians about the sect’s core disciple selection.
• Yun Ya said the selected disciples would enter the Vast Sea with Mystic Immortal cultivators to investigate an unusual occurrence discovered by the sect’s old ancestor.
• Xu Long recalled seeing a dragon-shaped creature in a waterspout in the Vast Sea and decided to seek selection as a core disciple.
• Xu Long ordered Feng Sihu to guard the northern side of the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field and told Yun Ya he would return with him.
• Yun Ya grew uneasy at the prospect of traveling with Xu Long, who asked whether he objected.

Xu Long restored the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field by installing defensive and Spirit-Gathering arrays, then arranged for the young man to attempt a breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal realm there. The young man settled into the array’s foundation and prepared to take the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.

• Xu Long agreed to help Yun Ya inspect Dao Fields, then carried him to Rotten Peach Mountain and activated an array that strengthened the Dao Field’s spiritual energy.
• Xu Long established defensive and Spirit-Gathering arrays at the Dao Field, creating a potential transit point and a source of High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xu Long left the young man to guard the main vein and break through to the Heavenly Immortal realm away from the True Lord’s scrutiny.
• The young man entered the main vein, connected himself to the Spirit-Gathering Array, and examined the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.

The young man took the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill and began attempting to break through from the Late Earth Immortal Realm to the Heavenly Immortal Realm. He stirred the Earth Realm’s Heavenly Dao to help unite the clear and turbid Magic Power in his dantian, but the two remained separate.

• The young man swallowed the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill, whose medicinal energy gathered dormant in his dantian.
• He began circulating his Magic Power at the underground spiritual vein and focused on purifying the clear-qi Magic Power needed to reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• The young man extended part of his will beyond the heavens to stir the Earth Realm’s cycle of reincarnation and rules, while guiding his Magic Power back into his dantian.
• He sensed the Earth Realm’s principles and used them to urge the clear and turbid Magic Power toward each other.
• The two streams began to move but remained separated by the dantian qi as the formation base continued supplying spiritual qi.

As the young man cultivated beneath Rotten Peach Mountain, his grasp of the Heavenly Dao drew the Origin Will’s attention and triggered the Wind of the Netherworld. The calamity struck the Dao Field and collapsed the mountain, while the young man faced the approaching gale.

• The young man’s Turbid Qi stirred the Clear Qi, and his understanding of the Great Emperor’s tombstone let him discern the laws of reincarnation.
• The Origin Will sensed the young man’s actions, darkening the sky over Rotten Peach Mountain and filling the Dao Field with ominous heavenly might.
• Feng Sihu recognized the energy as the Wind of the Netherworld, while the other Earth Immortals steadied themselves after receiving a message.
• The Wind of the Netherworld gathered beyond the heavens as dreary rain swept over the Dao Field and collapsed the main mountain range.
• The young man emerged from underground as blood-colored lightning, met the gale’s gaze, and watched the Wind of the Netherworld begin to descend.

A young man used his sword formation to withstand the Wind of the Netherworld as it battered the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field with overwhelming force. After smashing the wind blades, his sword formation charged toward the hurricane, which surrounded it as a strange sound rang out.

• The young man blocked an initial strike of the Wind of the Netherworld with his sword formation, then drove invading cold from his body with his magic power.
• The Wind of the Netherworld formed enormous blades that tore through the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field and threatened the young man.
• The young man used his sword formations to circle and crush the wind blades, scattering them and opening a break in the darkness.
• The wind blades' destruction sent uprooted terrain crashing down and sparked a fierce mountain fire.
• The young man sent his sword formation toward the horizon, but the pale-cyan hurricane surrounded it as a strange sound came from beyond the heavens.

A young man struggled to resist the Wind of the Netherworld as it attacked during his breakthrough, using his sword formation and Blood Fiend power to tear open the wind. The wind split into three and pierced his blood-colored spell seal, forcing him to open his Blood Domain.

• The Wind of the Netherworld swallowed the young man's sword formation and descended on him with overwhelming heavenly might.
• The young man raised a blood-colored spell seal, but the wind shattered it as his sword formation surged upward to resist.
• The young man commanded his fanned-out swords to unleash Blood Fiend power, tearing open the wind and drawing the swallowed swords back into the formation.
• The clash consumed the young man's Magic Power and halted the convergence of clear and turbid qi in his dantian.
• The Wind of the Netherworld split into three masses and attacked again, cutting through the young man's spell seal.
• The young man opened his Blood Domain as the wind's chill pierced the crown of his head.