Chapter Summaries

After six people became immortals, Su Chen prepared to leave the Azure Yang Realm with the Su Imperial Clan and Lian Ruyue, while the Source of All Spirits returned as a Human Immortal. Su Chen took the Imperial Palace into his body and led the group toward the Well of the Immortal Domain.

• Immortal Yuan Power descended across the Azure Yang Realm, and its Heavenly Dao gained strength from the six new immortals.
• The Source of All Spirits emerged from the Sea of Origin, returned to Su Chen, and reported that he had reached the Human Immortal stage.
• Su Ting told Su Chen that Su Nian and some clansmen would stay behind to guard the Azure Yang Realm while the others prepared to leave.
• Su Chen sent Lian Ruyue and the others outside, then absorbed the main Imperial Palace into his body, leaving Su Nian and the guards inside.
• Su Chen carried the group toward the Well of the Immortal Domain and told Lian Ruyue that the Azure Yang Realm had already received more Immortal Yuan Power than it would normally receive in a hundred years.

Lian Ruyue and Su Ting’s group ascended through the Well of the Immortal Domain as the Source of All Spirits explained how its records could expose ascendants and their descendants to powerful immortals. The well marked their divine souls with Immortal Seals, leaving Lian Ruyue alarmed before the Source of All Spirits identified them as the Seal of the Immortal Domain.

• Lian Ruyue observed portraits of past Azure Yang Realm ascendants on the walls of the Well of the Immortal Domain.
• The Source of All Spirits explained that the Myriad Immortals' Layered Seal identified ascendants and could be used to track their descendants as hostages.
• The Source of All Spirits said powerful immortals could search a small world's Heavenly Dao Dao Seal for records of those who crossed between realms.
• Golden light formed Immortal Seals that shot into Lian Ruyue and the others, marking each of their divine souls.
• Lian Ruyue grew alarmed, and the Source of All Spirits told the group the markings were the Seal of the Immortal Domain.

Su Chen destroyed the Immortal Seal that tried to enter his body and forced the Well of the Immortal Domain to stop resisting him and his group. They emerged in a reception hall in the Immortal Realm, where the Source of All Spirits explained that it was an abandoned arrival point for ascenders.

• Lian Ruyue learned that Immortal Seals allowed ascenders to enter the Immortal Realm, but the last seal could not enter Su Chen and was burned away by golden flames.
• The Well of the Immortal Domain shook and tried to expel Su Chen, but Su Chen cracked its walls with his power until it calmed down and produced no more seals.
• The group saw a vast starry sky, and the Source of All Spirits explained that its countless lights were mortal realms, including the Azure Yang Realm and the Black-Yellow Realm.
• A flash of white light transported Su Chen and the others to the Reception Hall of District 13,576.
• The Source of All Spirits explained that reception halls received ascenders from nearby mortal realms and that leaving one would take them into the Immortal Realm proper.

Lian Ruyue and the others learned that newly ascended immortals could be conscripted to mine immortal ore, then met five other recent ascenders in the reception hall. The newcomers were surprised by the Azure Yang Realm group and suspected that Su Chen and the Source of All Spirits were powerful Immortal Realm figures.

• The Source of All Spirits explained that ascenders from the mortal realms were often used as cheap labor in immortal ore mines.
• Lian Ruyue worried that her group might be forcibly conscripted, but felt reassured by Su Chen's strength.
• Five new ascenders arrived: Daoist Yitong, a monk from the Northwestern Heaven Temple, Nether Lord, Nine Phoenix Empress, and Origin Emperor.
• Lian Ruyue introduced herself and the others as being from the Azure Yang Realm, while leaving Su Chen and the Source of All Spirits unmentioned.
• The five newcomers marveled that so many people had ascended together and guessed Su Chen and the Source of All Spirits were powerful figures from the Immortal Realm.

Su Chen and the newly ascended immortals declined to travel together and exchanged communication stones before leaving the hall. Their plans were interrupted when Commander Yuan and his armed immortal soldiers arrived to inspect the ascenders.

• The old Daoist invited Su Chen's group to travel together, but Su Chen refused.
• The Nine Phoenix Empress proposed exchanging communication stones, and the two groups did so.
• As the five turned to leave the hall, Commander Yuan entered with sixteen silver-armored soldiers.
• Commander Yuan asked whether any other ascenders had arrived that month, and his subordinate reported that there should be no others.
• Commander Yuan rebuked the subordinate for using uncertain language, prompting him to slap himself several times.

Newly ascended immortals learned that the guards meant to force them into mining at the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein, and the guards beat them into submission. When Su Chen's group refused to move, Guard Li ordered an immortal soldier to kill the Source of All Spirits.

• Commander Yuan told his guards that the ore vein needed more miners and sent them to collect ascenders from other reception halls.
• A guard slapped the old Daoist and threatened the ascenders until the four others agreed to obey.
• Su Chen's group stayed behind while the guards began to leave, and an immortal soldier cursed at them.
• Guard Li ordered the immortal soldier to kill one of Su Chen's group as a warning.
• The immortal soldier attacked the Source of All Spirits with his spear and used his seventh-layer Loose Immortal presence to suppress him.

The Source of All Spirits killed a Myriad Mirrors Mining Army soldier who attacked him, revealing strength that appeared to exceed the Loose Immortal realm. Guard Li demanded that he leave an arm behind, while the old Daoist and his companions watched nervously.

• A Seventh Heaven Loose Immortal attacked the Source of All Spirits with a spear, but the Source stopped it with one finger.
• The Source of All Spirits turned the spear around and killed the soldier, annihilating his soul.
• Guard Li and the other captain suspected the Source was a True Immortal from the Heavenly Derivation Sect, despite his claim that he had just ascended.
• Guard Li demanded that the Source leave an arm behind before taking his companions away.
• The old Daoist and his four companions realized the Five Dragons Mountain soldiers were wary of the Source, but they still feared speaking up.

The Source of All Spirits killed Commander Yuan’s subordinates after they threatened him, then faced Commander Yuan when he returned. Just as Yuan Feng prepared to attack, Yan Yuxing appeared and blocked his pressure, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Source of All Spirits killed more than a dozen immortal soldiers after Guard Li warned that their commander was nearby.
• The old Daoist and four others thanked the Source of All Spirits for saving them, while he dismissed the dead soldiers.
• Commander Yuan returned, saw his subordinates dead, and accused the Source of All Spirits before preparing to attack with a massive saber.
• Yan Yuxing appeared before the old Daoist and the others, blocked Commander Yuan’s pressure, and greeted Yuan Feng.
• Yuan Feng accused the Heavenly Derivation Sect of overreaching.

Yan Yuxing invoked the Immortal Domain’s law to stop Commander Yuan from taking the old Daoist and four others, then defeated him and revealed his Half-Step Human Immortal cultivation. As Commander Yuan prepared to leave, the Source of All Spirits stopped him, saying their business was not finished.

• Yan Yuxing cited Article 361 and offered to take the five ascenders with him to the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Commander Yuan dismissed Yan Yuxing’s warning and raised his broadsword to attack the old Daoist and the other four.
• Yan Yuxing caught Commander Yuan’s Immortal Weapon barehanded and struck him into a pillar.
• Yan Yuxing revealed his Half-Step Human Immortal cultivation, forcing Commander Yuan to abandon his attempt to seize the five.
• The Source of All Spirits called out to Commander Yuan and Yan Yuxing as they prepared to leave.

The Source of All Spirits rejected Yan Yuxing’s offer of protection and revealed his Human Immortal cultivation when Commander Yuan threatened him. He killed Commander Yuan, leaving Five Dragons Mountain’s likely retaliation unresolved.

• Commander Yuan threatened to kill the Source of All Spirits, and Yan Yuxing told him the man was not from the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Yan Yuxing refused to let Commander Yuan harm anyone that day, but the Source of All Spirits said he did not need a Half-Step Human Immortal’s protection.
• The Source of All Spirits unleashed his Human Immortal pressure, forcing Commander Yuan, Yan Yuxing, the old Daoist, and his four companions to their knees.
• Commander Yuan and Yan Yuxing recognized the Source of All Spirits as a Human Immortal, and Yan Yuxing suspected he had reached at least the Human Immortal Sixth Heaven.
• The Source of All Spirits crushed Commander Yuan to death despite his threat that Five Dragons Mountain would seek revenge.

Yan Yuxing offered to take Su Chen and his companions into the Heavenly Derivation Sect for protection from Five Dragons Mountain, but Su Chen refused. The old Daoist and the other four ascenders accepted Yan Yuxing’s offer and prepared to leave with him.

• Yan Yuxing bowed to the Source of All Spirits after learning he was a Human Immortal expert.
• Yan Yuxing warned Su Chen and his group that Five Dragons Mountain might investigate Yuan Feng’s death and invited them to join the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Su Chen declined the invitation, confident that his group could handle Five Dragons Mountain without the sect’s help.
• Yan Yuxing told Su Chen to seek the Heavenly Derivation Sect if they encountered trouble, then asked the old Daoist and the other four ascenders whether they would join.
• The old Daoist and the other four agreed to join the Heavenly Derivation Sect after Yan Yuxing explained they would need to earn their own cultivation resources.
• Yan Yuxing led the five ascenders away.

Yan Yuxing gave the Source of All Spirits information about the Primordial Rock Peak Empire, and Su Chen established the Su Imperial Clan’s base at Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain. After receiving a system quest to make the clan the foremost power in the empire, Su Chen settled the Eternal Imperial Palace and allowed Lian Ruyue and Lianxi to enter the two secret realms.

• Yan Yuxing gave the Source of All Spirits a storage ring containing information about the Primordial Rock Peak Empire before leaving with his companions.
• The Source of All Spirits told Su Chen and the others that they were at Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain, in territory ruled by Five Dragons Mountain.
• Su Chen received a system quest to make the Su Imperial Clan the foremost lineage in the Primordial Rock Peak Empire, with a reward of 5,000 years of lifespan.
• Su Chen brought out the Eternal Imperial Palace and settled it on a plain near the reception hall.
• Su Chen sent Su Ting and the others back to cultivate, then told Lian Ruyue that she and Lianxi could enter the two secret realms.

Su Chen offered to send the Source of All Spirits into the Immortal Realm’s Land of Origin so he could recover his cultivation, and confronted the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao to secure permission. The Heavenly Dao recognized the Source of All Spirits as the Source of All Evil from over a hundred thousand years ago.

• Su Chen asked the Source of All Spirits about his peak cultivation and learned he had reached the Ninth Heaven of the Immortal King Realm.
• Su Chen told the Source of All Spirits to leave an avatar behind and offered to send his true body somewhere he could recover and surpass his former cultivation.
• Su Chen opened a rift into the Immortal Realm’s Land of Origin, and the Heavenly Dao attacked him with three thousand strands of law-infused hair.
• Su Chen shattered the Heavenly Dao’s attack with a snort and forced him back, then introduced himself as Su Chen of the Su Imperial Clan.
• Su Chen asked to let the Source of All Spirits cultivate in the Land of Origin, and the Heavenly Dao recognized him as the Source of All Evil from over a hundred thousand years ago.

Su Chen forced the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm to accept the Source of All Spirits settling in the realm and appointing him as a replacement. After Su Chen and the Source of All Spirits’ clone entered the Emperor’s Palace, Yan Yuxing and his companions arrived at the Heavenly Derivation Sect and met Zhao Dameng.

• Su Chen bound the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm and threatened to replace him with the Source of All Spirits.
• The Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm agreed, and Su Chen released him, though his injuries proved difficult to heal.
• The Source of All Spirits sent a clone outside while his true body entered the Land of Origin, and Su Chen took the clone to the Emperor’s Palace.
• Yan Yuxing, the old Daoist, and their companions returned to the Heavenly Derivation Sect from the Reception Hall on Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain.
• Zhao Dameng came out to greet them and asked Yan Yuxing whether he had avoided the people from Five Dragons Mountain.

Yan Yuxing told Zhao Dameng about two powerful strangers he had met and decided to report them to Adviser Bai Zhu. Meanwhile, the chapter showed the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein, where people labored under the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army’s watch.

• Zhao Dameng returned from Nine Tribulations Valley after escaping a trap with a Space-Breaking Talisman.
• Yan Yuxing told Zhao Dameng that Yuan Feng had died after an encounter involving two unfamiliar, exceptionally powerful men.
• Yan Yuxing decided to report the strangers to Adviser Bai Zhu, while Zhao Dameng took five newcomers to be registered.
• The chapter described people mining at the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein under the patrols of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army.

After Yuan Feng and several soldiers were killed, Yang Wu gathered the deputy commanders of the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein to discuss who was responsible. The miners remained trapped under the Mining Army’s abuse as the commanders considered confronting the Heavenly Derivation Sect.

• Myriad Mirrors Mining Army soldiers blamed the Heavenly Derivation Sect for Yuan Feng’s death and disparaged ascenders.
• An immortal soldier whipped an ascender miner for looking up, and the miner returned to digging without protest.
• Yang Wu dismissed the dancers and asked the deputy commanders what they thought had happened.
• Jing Shaowu reported that investigators sent to the reception hall had not replied and said the Heavenly Derivation Sect might be responsible, though other attackers could not be ruled out.
• A burly deputy commander urged Yang Wu to go to the Heavenly Derivation Sect and demand an explanation.

Yang Wu sent Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba to investigate the deaths near a Reception Hall while ordering the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein commanders to capture more ascenders and force mine slaves to meet their ore quota. Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba reached their destination at sunrise and found an enormous palace beside the Reception Hall that had not been there before.

• Yuan He advised Yang Wu to investigate the scene and warned that the people Zhao had sent might also be in danger.
• Yang Wu ordered Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba to take their mining army squads and search for clues.
• Yang Wu learned the ore vein was ten million cubic units short of its quota and ordered the deputy commanders to capture more ascenders and drive the mine slaves harder.
• Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba traveled toward Reception Hall No. 13,756 while speculating about who had attacked Yuan Feng and the others.
• At sunrise, Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba arrived near the Reception Hall and spotted a huge palace that had appeared beside it.

The Source of All Spirits confronted Jing Shaowu, Li Yuanba, and the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army after they discovered the Eternal Imperial Palace and the bodies of their dead comrades. He gave them ten breaths to leave, then attacked when time ran out, prompting Jing Shaowu to call for a battle formation.

• Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba found the bodies of Yuan Feng, Huang Qiang, and their men near the newly appeared palace.
• Jing Shaowu recorded the palace and its Eternal Imperial Palace plaque, then sensed a powerful figure emerge.
• The Source of All Spirits knocked Jing Shaowu, Li Yuanba, and the mining soldiers to the ground and ordered them to leave within ten breaths.
• Jing Shaowu asked whether the Source of All Spirits had killed the Five Dragons Mountain people, and he admitted that he had.
• When the Source of All Spirits declared time was up, Jing Shaowu ordered the soldiers to form the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle Battle Formation.

Jing Shaowu and the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army formed the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle Battle Formation and attacked the Source of All Spirits. He blocked their strongest strike without injury and prepared to retaliate.

• Jing Shaowu led Li Yuanba and more than two hundred members of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army in forming the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle Battle Formation.
• Jing Shaowu commanded the formation to unleash its strongest attack, a beam of wind and lightning aimed at the Source of All Spirits.
• Li Yuanba and the other soldiers wondered whether the Source of All Spirits had been killed or injured by the blast.
• The Source of All Spirits emerged unharmed behind a faint white barrier, leaving the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army terrified.
• The Source of All Spirits dismissed their attack and said it was his turn.

The Source of All Spirits destroyed Jing Shaowu’s battle formation and killed the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army. A concealed observer fled toward the Heavenly Derivation Sect after realizing the white-robed man had seen through his concealment and threatened him.

• Jing Shaowu activated the Wind and Thunder Immortal Shield, but the Source of All Spirits shattered it with a palm of power.
• The Source of All Spirits destroyed the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle, breaking the formation and leaving Jing Shaowu and the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army gravely injured.
• The Source of All Spirits struck again and killed Jing Shaowu and the two hundred members of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army.
• A concealed observer considered recruiting the Source of All Spirits for the Heavenly Derivation Sect, but the Source of All Spirits spotted him and made a throat-slitting gesture.
• The observer fled toward the Heavenly Derivation Sect, shaken by the Source of All Spirits’ strength and perception.