Chapter Summaries

Xiang Yun arrived at Tianyan Mountain Range and killed Wang Yan with one strike, stunning the gathered young talents. He reunited with Ling Qingzhu and revealed that he had been reborn in the Tianxuan Continent, where a mysterious choice had granted him three physiques to choose from.

• Lin Langtian revealed that the Huangfu Family had invited a formidable person, and Ling Qingzhu arrived on a Green Lotus.
• Xiang Yun appeared and greeted Ling Qingzhu, then rebuked Wang Yan for interrupting them.
• Xiang Yun's purple Origin Energy formed a claw that shattered Wang Yan's spear and defenses, killing him with one blow.
• Wang Pan abandoned the idea of attacking Xiang Yun, while Lin Dong learned from Little Marten that Xiang Yun had reached the peak of Fortune and possessed a powerful body-refining art.
• Xiang Yun told Ling Qingzhu that he had come because she was there, then recalled being reborn and receiving the choices of Heavenly Tyrant Body, Divine King Body, and Heavenly Demon Physique.

Xiang Yun recounted how his successive choices of powerful physiques and techniques had made him the Primordial Hall’s Young Hall Master, then arrived at the Ancient Tomb Mansion seeking its opportunities. He drove the Great Yan Dynasty’s fighters away and was left with the site largely to himself.

• Xiang Yun chose the Heavenly Tyrant Body, became Hong Wuji’s disciple, and later selected the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique and Great Devouring Technique.
• At the Yuan Dan Realm, Xiang Yun chose the Innate Dao Embryo, and at the Form Creation Realm he chose the World Tree Sapling, which took root in his dantian.
• After reaching the peak of the Creation Realm, Xiang Yun hurried to the Ancient Tomb Mansion, where he hoped to obtain the Supreme Induction Art, a Nirvana Heart, and an opportunity involving Ling Qingzhu.
• Xiang Yun ordered everyone to leave within three breaths, and Master Mu warned Lin Langtian that Xiang Yun was backed by a Life Profound Realm protector.
• Lin Langtian withdrew with the Lin Family, Lin Dong left with Lin Ke'er, and Qin Shi and the other families followed; Xiang Yun allowed the few remaining independent cultivators to stay.

Xiang Yun and Ling Qingzhu broke the seal of the Ancient Tomb Mansion and raced through its passage to compete for the greatest opportunity. They reached a sea of fire formed by an Illusory Formation of Illusion and Reality, where Ling Qingzhu searched for the way forward while Xiang Yun teased her.

• Xiang Yun and Ling Qingzhu agreed that whoever found the greatest opportunity in the Ancient Tomb Mansion would win their contest.
• Ling Qingzhu and Xiang Yun attacked the light barrier with the Azure Sky Lotus petal and White Tiger Claw until it shattered.
• Xiang Yun used his Tyrant Body to resist the Nirvana Realm pressure as he and Ling Qingzhu raced deeper into the mansion.
• Xiang Yun and Ling Qingzhu blasted past Talisman Puppets and reached a sea of fire that Ling Qingzhu identified as an Illusory Formation of Illusion and Reality.
• Xiang Yun asked Ling Qingzhu to break the formation and teased her as she studied the sea of fire.

Ling Qingzhu returned to Xiang Yun after the Nirvana Heart’s yin and yang Origin Energy overwhelmed her, and she asked him to help her. Xiang Yun accepted her request and began helping her as the flames continued to surround them.

• Ling Qingzhu used the formations to reach the Nirvana Heart while Xiang Yun waited, confident she would return.
• Ling Qingzhu came back in distress and asked Xiang Yun for pills containing pure yang power.
• Xiang Yun mocked Ling Qingzhu for rushing to refine the Nirvana Heart and becoming overwhelmed by its energy.
• Ling Qingzhu lost control as Xiang Yun approached and embraced him, asking him to help her.
• Ling Qingzhu used the request she owed Xiang Yun, and he began to help her.

Xiang Yun explained that his Innate Dao Embryo had helped Ling Qingzhu advance her Supreme Induction Art after their encounter, then led her out of the Ancient Tomb Mansion. They left the old tomb's threat behind, with Xiang Yun also benefiting from his improved understanding of the art.

• Xiang Yun teased Ling Qingzhu about their encounter and told her she now owed him several favors.
• Ling Qingzhu sensed that her Supreme Induction Art had become clear and made tremendous progress.
• Xiang Yun attributed her improvement to the remnants of his Innate Dao Embryo and explained its affinity with the Dao.
• Xiang Yun found the life gate of the Illusory and Real Fire Sea Array and walked out of the tomb chamber.
• Ling Qingzhu crossed the sea of fire and joined Xiang Yun, who said he had dealt with the old primordial spirit.

Xiang Yun gave Ling Qingzhu his improved Supreme Induction Art and promised to ask for her hand once he reached the Death Profound Realm, while explaining that the Yuan Sect would oppose an alliance between their sects. They parted outside the Ancient Tomb Mansion, with Ling Qingzhu longing to see him again and Xiang Yun resolved to grow strong enough to challenge the Yuan Sect.

• Xiang Yun imparted his improved Supreme Induction Art to Ling Qingzhu and told her to share it with her master.
• Xiang Yun promised to propose to Ling Qingzhu when he reached the Death Profound Realm, and she agreed to wait for him.
• Xiang Yun explained that the Yuan Sect would resist a closer alliance between the Primordial Hall and the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Ling Qingzhu and Xiang Yun left the Ancient Tomb Mansion, and Ling Qingzhu reflected on their intimacy and dreaded being separated from him.
• Xiang Yun parted from Ling Qingzhu and resolved to become powerful enough to confront the Yuan Sect.

Xiang Yun comforted Ling Qingzhu as they parted, then spotted Lin Dong secretly watching him and chose to let him grow stronger. He set out for the Great Desolate Dynasty to seek the resources needed to reach the Nirvana Realm and ordered Hong Wu to destroy the Wang Clan.

• Ling Qingzhu asked Xiang Yun to stay, and he hugged her and promised to visit the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace before she flew away.
• Xiang Yun sensed Lin Dong hiding nearby and decided not to investigate or interfere with his growth.
• Xiang Yun planned to go to the Great Desolate Dynasty to gather enough Nirvana Qi to break through to the Nirvana Realm.
• Xiang Yun refused Hong Wu's offer to investigate Lin Dong and said he welcomed strong opponents.
• Xiang Yun ordered Hong Wu to wipe out the Wang Clan because he disliked how Wang Yan had looked at Ling Qingzhu.
• Xiang Yun flew toward the Great Desolate Dynasty with Hong Wu following.

After Lin Dong escaped danger, Little Marten urged him to seize the chance to explore the ruins and promised that an Ancestral Talisman could help him rival Xiang Yun. Xiang Yun then arrived at Great Desolation City and requested ten million Nirvana Pills before agreeing to visit the Great Desolate Dynasty’s training grounds.

• Lin Dong asked Little Marten whether the two presences had left, and Little Marten told him to enter the ruins while their companions were away.
• Little Marten promised Lin Dong that obtaining an Ancestral Talisman could let him stand alongside Xiang Yun, inspiring Lin Dong to pursue one after reaching the Form Creation Realm.
• Xiang Yun flew into Great Desolation City, where Ji Dong and Ji Shan bowed to him as the Primordial Hall’s Young Hall Master.
• Xiang Yun asked Ji Dong to prepare ten million Nirvana Pills, startling Ji Dong and Ji Shan, who agreed to arrange the transfer within two days.
• Xiang Yun asked Ji Shan about his cultivation and inherited Spirit Martial Arts, then accepted Ji Shan’s invitation to visit the training grounds.

Xiang Yun met Ji Shan’s younger sister Ji Yue at the Great Desolate Dynasty’s training ground and agreed to give Ji Shan pointers in a spar. Ji Shan unleashed a spirit martial art against him, leaving the watching geniuses eager to see how Xiang Yun would respond.

• Xiang Yun and Ji Shan met Ji Yue, who asked Xiang Yun about Ling Qingzhu and whether he was stronger than her.
• Ji Yue told Xiang Yun that Ji Shan had lost to Qin Tian of the Yuantian Dynasty, and Xiang Yun agreed to spar with Ji Shan.
• The Great Desolate Dynasty’s geniuses gathered to watch, questioning Xiang Yun’s strength and status.
• Ji Shan attacked with the Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist, a spirit martial art, while Xiang Yun’s response remained to be seen.

Xiang Yun defeated Ji Shan by comprehending and reshaping the Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist into his Heavenly Tyrant Fist. After giving Ji Shan pointers, Xiang Yun challenged Ji Yanyun, a One Yuan Nirvana cultivator, leaving the training ground stunned.

• Xiang Yun used Ji Shan's attacks to identify weaknesses in the Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist and revealed his Heavenly Tyrant Fist.
• Ji Shan charged Xiang Yun, but Xiang Yun's punch suppressed his Origin Energy and sent him flying.
• Ji Yanyun caught Ji Shan and redirected his momentum into the ground, while Ji Shan thanked Xiang Yun for his guidance.
• Xiang Yun told Ji Shan that the improved fist art could help him defeat Qin Tian, then explained that he had just deduced it during their fight.
• Xiang Yun challenged Ji Yanyun to demonstrate the Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist and give him pointers, surprising everyone.

Xiang Yun challenged Ji Yanyun, a One Yuan Nirvana cultivator, to test his strength against a martial artist rather than the beasts he had been fighting. At the Great Wilderness Dao Field, Xiang Yun met Ji Yanyun’s opening punch head-on and forced him to stagger back, shocking the onlookers.

• Xiang Yun challenged Ji Yanyun after deciding Ji Shan could not satisfy his desire to fight.
• Ji Shan brought Xiang Yun and Ji Yanyun to the Great Wilderness Dao Field, where Ji Family Nirvana cultivators gathered to watch.
• Ji Dong arrived, heard Ji Shan’s explanation, and doubted that Xiang Yun could overcome the gap between Creation and Nirvana.
• Ji Yanyun attacked first with the Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist after Xiang Yun invited him to make his move.
• Xiang Yun used the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique and Heavenly Tyrant Fist to meet Ji Yanyun’s punch, knocking him back two steps.

Xiang Yun defeated Ji Yanyun, a one yuan nirvana expert, in a spar despite being only at Half-Step Nirvana. News of his victory spread through Huang City, where a young woman wondered whether her sister could have matched him at that level.

• Ji Yanyun unleashed his Nirvana Golden Body and Eight Desolations Barbarian King Fist, but Xiang Yun matched him with his techniques and speed.
• Xiang Yun’s White Tiger Claw breached Ji Yanyun’s Nirvana Golden Body and wounded him.
• Xiang Yun struck Ji Yanyun with Earth Splitting, overpowering his defense and forcing him to admit defeat.
• Ji Yanyun praised Xiang Yun after the spar, while Ji Yue and Ji Shan reacted with astonishment.
• News of Xiang Yun’s victory spread throughout Huang City, and a girl in white asked her sister whether she could have done the same at Half-Step Nirvana.

Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao discussed Xiang Yun and the possibility of meeting him at the Geomagnetic Lightning Pool. At the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, Ling Qingzhu told her master that Xiang Yun had taught her a different way to cultivate the Supreme Induction Art, leaving the Palace Master stunned.

• Ying Xiaoxiao explained that Ji Yanyun was unusually strong for a One Yuan Nirvana cultivator.
• Ying Huanhuan urged Qing Ye to master the Earth Emperor Scripture so he could defeat Xiang Yun, and Ying Xiaoxiao warned her not to run off.
• Ying Huanhuan wondered whether Xiang Yun might appear when the Geomagnetic Lightning Pool opened, then dropped the idea of visiting him.
• Ling Qingzhu entered Taiqing Hall, where the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace realized she had lost her virginity and demanded to know who was responsible.
• Ling Qingzhu named Xiang Yun and explained that he had given her a revised Supreme Induction Art that she could still cultivate.
• The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace listened to Ling Qingzhu's explanation and was shocked by the revised technique.

Ling Qingzhu told the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace that Xiang Yun had promised to propose marriage after reaching the Death Profound Realm, and she was ordered to stay in the palace until the sect exchange. Xiang Yun refined more than ten million Nirvana Pills, awakened a transformed Nirvana Golden Body, and faced a choice among three precious techniques.

• The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace found that Ling Qingzhu's Supreme Induction Art had improved after Xiang Yun taught it to her, then ordered Ling Qingzhu to remain in the palace and prepare for the sect exchange.
• Xiang Yun used the Great Devouring Technique to absorb Nirvana Qi from millions of Nirvana Pills in Ji Dong's cultivation chamber.
• After three days, Xiang Yun formed a Nirvana Golden Body that fused with his Heavenly Tyrant Body and displayed the Tyrant Body Nine Forms.
• Xiang Yun judged that his new strength could kill a One Yuan Nirvana opponent with one punch, but he remained hungry for more cultivation resources.
• Xiang Yun considered asking his Master about resources and focused on three choices: the Kun Peng Precious Technique, the Phoenix Precious Technique, and the God-Striking Stone Precious Technique.

Xiang Yun chose the Kun Peng Precious Technique, which transformed his Origin Pill into a devouring black hole, then learned about the Geomagnetic Lightning Pool and the Earth Yuan Sect's hidden legacy. He headed for the pool, interested in testing himself and finding the sect's ruins.

• Xiang Yun chose the Kun Peng Precious Technique over the God-Striking Stone and Phoenix techniques, and it interacted with the Great Devouring Technique to mutate his Origin Energy.
• Xiang Yun emerged from his cultivation room, and Ji Shan told him about the Geomagnetic Lightning Pool event in Great Desolation City.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained the pool's body-tempering properties and its eight available spots, and the Dao Sect group set out to secure one for Qing Ye.
• Ji Shan told Xiang Yun that the pool belonged to the Earth Yuan Sect, whose legacy included the Great Wilderness Tyrant Body and an even stronger inheritance.
• Xiang Yun decided to visit the pool, believing his Heavenly Tyrant Body could withstand its lightning and hoping the ruins might contain Xuan Origin Pills.

Xiang Yun led Ji Yanyun and the others into the Geomagnetic Mountain Range, where he absorbed its geomagnetic force and effortlessly killed a powerful beast. As the group reached the lightning-filled valley where the trials would take place, Xiang Yun learned that Dao Sect disciples had come and declared that his side would still claim three spots.

• Xiang Yun and Ji Yanyun's group traveled into the Geomagnetic Mountain Range, where Xiang Yun absorbed the geomagnetic force that hindered other Nirvana Realm experts.
• Xiang Yun killed a mutated Heavenly Demon Tiger with one punch and devoured its remains, shocking Ji Yanyun and the others.
• Xiang Yun explained that the Primordial Hall's harsh trials had taught him how to move and fight under physical restrictions.
• Xiang Yun heard that the Dao Sect had sent two sisters and recalled his previous encounters with Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan.
• Ji Shan said the Great Desolate Dynasty could not claim all the available spots, but Xiang Yun insisted that his side would take three.
• The group reached a vast valley filled with silver liquid as lightning struck it from dark clouds overhead.

Xiang Yun asserted control over the lightning pool platforms, killing Panshi with one punch when he challenged him. Ying Huanhuan confronted Xiang Yun, and Qing Ye stepped in on her behalf, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Ji Shan explained that only the eight geomagnetic platforms could safely absorb the lightning pool's power, and Xiang Yun ordered Ji Shan and Ji Yanyun to claim two of them.
• Xiang Yun unleashed his overwhelming presence and warned the gathered cultivators not to interfere with their claim.
• Panshi challenged Xiang Yun, who killed him with a single punch despite his defensive Panshi Body.
• Ying Huanhuan accused Xiang Yun of being overbearing, and Xiang Yun argued that he had followed the Great Desolate Region's rules.
• Qing Ye identified himself as a member of the Dao Sect's Earth Hall and defended Ying Huanhuan.

Xiang Yun claimed three of the eight stone platforms, clashed verbally with Ying Huanhuan, and challenged the Dao Sect’s Nirvana Realm disciples to fight him at the sect exchange in half a year. As the chosen disciples began tempering themselves in the lightning pool, Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan noticed that Xiang Yun was enduring its waters with his body alone.

• Xiang Yun rebuffed Qing Ye and told him to return after mastering the Earth Emperor Scripture, while Ying Xiaoxiao intervened and accepted that strength determined who claimed the platforms.
• Xiang Yun took one of the stone platforms, prompting battles over the remaining five; Ying Xiaoxiao fought off attackers while Ying Huanhuan and the others helped Qing Ye secure a nearby platform.
• Xiang Yun teased Ying Huanhuan and challenged the Dao Sect’s Nirvana Realm disciples to face him at the sect exchange in half a year, offering the Primordial Hall’s treasures and techniques if they won.
• After all eight platforms were occupied, the disciples began using the lightning-pool water to temper their bodies, while Qing Ye focused on comprehending geomagnetism.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan noticed that Xiang Yun was resisting the lightning pool’s water without using Origin Energy or body-tempering martial arts.

Xiang Yun endured the lightning pool trial and entered the Earth Yuan Sect’s inheritance. By combining heavenly lightning and geomagnetic power with the World Tree’s vitality, he unlocked the Qiankun Battle Body and began comprehending it.

• Ying Xiaoxiao concluded that Xiang Yun sought the Earth Yuan Sect’s inheritance, while Ying Huanhuan admired his willingness to endure the lightning pool.
• Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xiaoxiao that Xiang Yun had predicted she might not withstand one of his moves in six months, and Ying Xiaoxiao vowed to defeat him with the Great Sky Demon Cloud Sword.
• Xiang Yun absorbed the lightning pool’s power as nourishment and completed the day-long trial, causing pale yellow light to transport him from the platform.
• Xiang Yun found heavenly lightning and geomagnetic power repelling each other in the inheritance trial and reasoned that he needed to unite them.
• Xiang Yun used the World Tree’s vitality to bring the two forces into harmony and absorb them into his body.
• Xiang Yun received the method for the Qiankun Battle Body and sat down to comprehend it as the two powers intertwined around him.

After emerging from the Lightning Pool, Xiang Yun devoured all its geomagnetic force and heavenly lightning to strengthen his Qiankun Battle Body. When Qing Ye confronted him over interrupting his Scripture comprehension, Xiang Yun struck him with overwhelming force, leaving the valley in ruins.

• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan waited for Xiang Yun as the Lightning Pool's power weakened, then watched him emerge amid a sudden surge of lightning and geomagnetic force.
• Xiang Yun used his Devouring Power and a mysterious seedling to absorb all the valley's geomagnetic force and heavenly lightning, strengthening his Qiankun Battle Body and revealing its Heaven and Earth Scale ability.
• The others realized Xiang Yun had drained the Lightning Pool after only six days, but stayed silent rather than challenge him.
• Qing Ye angrily confronted Xiang Yun because the loss of geomagnetic force had interrupted his attempt to comprehend the Earth Emperor Scripture.
• Xiang Yun struck Qing Ye, shattering the eight stone platforms and splitting the cliffs, then sent Qing Ye flying more than a hundred zhang.