Chapter Summaries

Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu both comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture, and their rivalrous contest laid waste to the ground around them. The Great Desolation Tablet sank back underground, while Ying Xuanzi began to suspect that Ying Huanhuan had formed a relationship with Xiang Yun.

• The Great Desolation Tablet Spirit agreed to help Xiang Yun after he had suppressed the Yimo Kings and earned its trust.
• The Great Desolation Tablet ended the other disciples' attempts, while Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu continued comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu opened their eyes and competed by spreading desolation through the surrounding land.
• Xiang Yun stopped their contest by reminding Ying Huanhuan of her promise, and both women ceased using the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Ying Xuanzi wondered whether Ying Huanhuan had established a relationship with Xiang Yun, as the Great Desolation Tablet sank beneath the earth.

Xiang Yun pushed Ying Xuanzi, Yi Taiqing, and Hong Wuji toward an alliance of the three sects to counter the Yuan Sect and the Yimo. When the leaders disagreed over who would command the alliance, Xiang Yun proposed that they settle it with a fight.

• Ying Xuanzi told Xiang Yun that Dao Sect disciples both admired and resented him for his feats and for arranging for Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan to learn the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Xiang Yun argued that the three sects should ally to provoke the Yuan Sect into action and keep the Three Yuanzi from focusing on reaching the Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiang Yun warned Ying Xuanzi and Yi Taiqing that the Yimo could threaten the Dao Sect, especially if Ying Huanhuan's identity as the Ice Master's reincarnation became known.
• Yi Taiqing questioned the alliance's chain of command, and Xiang Yun insisted that the Primordial Hall should lead it.
• Hong Wuji took offense at Yi Taiqing's dismissal, so Xiang Yun proposed that the three leaders fight to decide who would be in charge.

Xiang Yun’s time-reversal technique amazed the others as Hong Wuji challenged Ying Xuanzi. Hong Wuji defeated Ying Xuanzi in their brief bout with a powerful martial art Xiang Yun had deduced, while Ying Huanhuan’s attentions to Xiang Yun drew her father’s notice.

• Xiang Yun reversed time to restore Hong Wuji’s shattered teacup, surprising Yi Taiqing, Ying Xuanzi, and Ying Huanhuan.
• Hong Wuji and Ying Xuanzi left to fight, while Ying Huanhuan questioned Xiang Yun and then massaged his shoulders as he waited.
• Hong Wuji returned laughing after defeating Ying Xuanzi with the Heavenly Horn Heaven-Overturning Art and the Primordial Battle Body.
• Ying Xuanzi praised the younger generation, then frowned when he saw Ying Huanhuan massaging Xiang Yun.

Xiang Yun persuaded the leaders of the Dao Sect, Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Primordial Hall to begin coordinating against the Yuan Sect, despite concerns about an alliance before the Hundred Dynasties War. He revealed that the Yimo threat might be tied to the Western Xuan Region, leaving the others shocked.

• Yi Taiqing returned after failing to suppress Hong Wuji and asked about the power of the Heavenly Horn Heaven-Overturning Art, which Xiang Yun had taught him.
• Xiang Yun insisted that they rescue Zhou Tong, whose Space Ancestral Talisman and Samsara Stage strength could aid their side.
• Xiang Yun proposed setting up teleportation arrays and exchanging elders between the three sects, while Ying Xuanzi and Yi Taiqing raised security and political concerns.
• Xiang Yun argued that an alliance could encourage the other super sects to form a counterweight, creating a three-legged balance against the Yuan Sect.
• Xiang Yun warned that the Yimo's main stronghold might be in the Western Xuan Region and that the Yuan Sect's collusion with them could be connected to it, shocking the three leaders.

As Dao Sect prepared to ally with the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and the Primordial Hall, Xiang Yun arranged to have Hall Master Hong lead the alliance so Yuan Sect would underestimate his strength. Ying Huanhuan asked Xiang Yun to help her grow stronger, but he explained that the method that worked for Ling Qingzhu would not work for her yet.

• Ying Xuanzi had Dao Sect begin building teleportation arrays into the heartlands of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and the Primordial Hall as the three-sect alliance took shape.
• Ying Huanhuan spread word that Hall Master Hong would lead the alliance because Xiang Yun was the strongest of his generation, silencing disciples who wanted their own sect masters to lead.
• Ling Qingzhu asked Xiang Yun why he had publicly claimed to be too strong, and he explained that he wanted Yuan Sect to misjudge him and his master before attacking.
• Ying Huanhuan asked Xiang Yun to teach her the method that had rapidly strengthened Ling Qingzhu, while Ling Qingzhu encouraged him to let her try it.
• Xiang Yun told Ying Huanhuan the method would not work for her because she had not cultivated the improved Supreme Induction Art, unless she regained her memories as the Ice Master.

Xiang Yun told Ying Huanhuan that retrieving the Ice Ancestral Talisman in the Far Northern Land was her best path to greater strength and promised to accompany her when the time came. At the Yuan Sect, Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi learned that the Dao Sect, Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Primordial Hall had formed an alliance, and resolved to target Hong Wuji and Xiang Yun to break it apart.

• Xiang Yun demonstrated the intimate cultivation method he used with Ling Qingzhu, prompting Ying Huanhuan to abandon her request to try it.
• Xiang Yun told Ying Huanhuan that she should retrieve the Ice Ancestral Talisman from the Far Northern Land and offered to travel with her when the time was right.
• Tian Yuanzi showed Di Yuanzi and Ren Yuanzi the news that the Dao Sect, Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Primordial Hall had allied.
• Ren Yuanzi speculated that Xiang Yun had helped bring the alliance together through his connection to Ling Qingzhu and Yi Taiqing.
• Tian Yuanzi ordered Ren Yuanzi to stay near during the Yuan Sect's coming operation and kill Hong Wuji if necessary, believing that killing him and Xiang Yun would shatter the alliance.

As Xiang Yun and the disciples prepared to return from the Dao Sect to the Primordial Hall, Ying Huanhuan joined the group despite the danger he expected. The Yuan Sect altered the teleportation array’s destination, separating Xiang Yun and Hong Wuji from the others as an ambush began.

• Ying Xuanzi learned from the Great Desolation Tablet that three Yimo True Kings were sealed beneath it and continued preparing for the three-sect alliance.
• Xiang Yun and Ling Qingzhu parted, and he promised to visit the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace to propose marriage once matters in the Eastern Xuan Region were settled.
• Ying Huanhuan joined the group traveling to the Primordial Hall, saying she had persuaded Ying Xuanzi to let her go with the exchange disciples.
• Hong Wen activated a teleportation array to send the Primordial Hall and Dao Sect disciples back to the Primordial Hall.
• Xiang Yun sensed that the Yuan Sect had altered the teleportation destination for only him and Hong Wuji, and suspected Zhou Tong had used the Space Ancestral Talisman to set up an ambush.

Hua Chen and two Yuan Sect elders confronted Xiang Yun, whom they suspected of possessing an Ancestral Talisman. Xiang Yun overwhelmed Hua Chen in their first clash and met the elders’ attacks head-on, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Hua Chen dismissed Xiang Yun as an unworthy target but agreed to capture or kill him because he might possess an Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiang Yun appeared before Hua Chen and the two elders, mocked their numbers, and identified Hua Chen as a likely Yuan Sect prodigy.
• Hua Chen attacked Xiang Yun, but Xiang Yun caught his hand and crushed its bones despite Hua Chen’s powerful counterattack.
• The two elders joined the fight and launched enormous handprints at Xiang Yun.
• Xiang Yun hurled Hua Chen toward a mountain, then shattered one handprint with a punch and struck the other with a purple-lit kick.

Xiang Yun fought Hua Chen and two other Death Profound Realm experts, overwhelming Hua Chen despite his Demon Seed and demonic transformations. The battle continued as Hua Chen traded increasingly rapid palm strikes with Xiang Yun.

• Xiang Yun countered a Death Profound Realm expert's Heavenly Demon Fist with his Heavenly Battle Body and Heaven Breaking punch, then evaded Hua Chen's claw attack.
• Xiang Yun used the Tyrant Body Ancestral Form and Kun Peng Precious Technique to break through the enemies' attacks and batter Hua Chen with a storm of punches.
• Hua Chen endured Xiang Yun's assault, drove his Demon Seed harder, and unleashed the Great Heavenly Rakshasa Demon Body.
• Xiang Yun and Hua Chen exchanged powerful blows, then Hua Chen charged with flaming palms while Xiang Yun's punches accelerated to several hundred per breath.

Xiang Yun overwhelmed Hua Chen and fought off the two Yuan Sect experts, Wang Su and Su Li, whose attacks could not pierce his defenses. The three opponents regrouped to attack him together, and Xiang Yun welcomed another round so he could hone his combat skills.

• Xiang Yun relentlessly battered Hua Chen until Hua Chen activated the Great Heavenly Rakshasa Demon Body and counterattacked, but Xiang Yun blocked his punch.
• Elder Wang and Elder Su attacked Xiang Yun with Yuan Sect martial arts, sending Hua Chen crashing into a mountain.
• Xiang Yun broke through Wang Su's white shields and punched him into a mountainside.
• Su Li summoned the Yuan Emperor Dharma Body, but Xiang Yun's punch blasted him out of it, while Hua Chen's attack bounced off Xiang Yun's Great Dao Bell Body.
• Wang Su, Su Li, and Hua Chen surrounded Xiang Yun and prepared to attack together, and Xiang Yun eagerly welcomed the fight.

Xiang Yun and Hong Wu were separated from the Primordial Hall group during teleportation, leaving the others to watch Xiang Yun’s fight against three Death Profound Realm attackers through a locator talisman. Xiang Yun overwhelmed the ambushers and launched a decisive attack on Su Li.

• Ying Huanhuan noticed Xiang Yun and Hong Wu were missing after the teleportation, and Zhong Wen activated the locator and image talismans.
• The image showed Xiang Yun fighting Hua Chen, Wang Su, and Su Li, all three in the Death Profound Realm, prompting the Primordial Hall disciples to recognize Yuan Sect techniques and call for reinforcements.
• Xiang Yun shattered the attackers’ combined assault and declared that they would die there.
• Xiang Yun used the Great Desolation Scripture to absorb life force from the surrounding area and increase his power.
• Xiang Yun used his phoenix wings to reach Su Li and struck at him with the Heavenly Tyrant Fist.

Xiang Yun defeated Hua Chen and Wang Su, absorbing their power and advancing to Nine Yuan Nirvana. His Tyrant Body Primordial Spirit emerged, but the World Tree suddenly sent its roots toward it.

• Xiang Yun shattered Su Li’s body with a punch, and the World Tree dragged Su Li’s Primordial Spirit into Xiang Yun’s dantian.
• Hua Chen released the seal on his king’s Demon Seed and transformed into a giant demon to fight Xiang Yun.
• Xiang Yun pierced Hua Chen with a World Tree root, drained his power, and killed him; he then caught and drained the fleeing Wang Su.
• Xiang Yun suppressed his Nirvana Demonic Flame and reached Nine Yuan Nirvana after absorbing their power.
• Xiang Yun’s Tyrant Body Primordial Spirit emerged from his black hole Origin Pill, but the World Tree suddenly sent roots lunging toward it.

Xiang Yun fused completely with the World Tree, gained access to its abilities and the memories of those it had devoured, and set off to find his Master. Meanwhile, Ren Yuanzi and Zhou Tong’s forces trapped Hong Wuji, and Ren Yuanzi attacked him with a strange power that combined decay and vitality.

• Xiang Yun’s primordial spirit merged with the World Tree, making the two one and revealing the tree’s innate abilities and stored memories.
• Xiang Yun sensed the spatial coordinates of the earlier disturbance and followed them to find his Master.
• Ren Yuanzi confronted Hong Wuji in a formation-supported valley, where two Death Profound Realm experts lay badly beaten.
• Hong Wuji accused Yuan Sect of manipulating Dao Sect disciples, ambushing Primordial Hall, and colluding with the Yimo.
• Ren Yuanzi attacked Hong Wuji with intertwined powers of decay and vitality, and the resulting threads began gnawing at Hong Wuji’s protective Qi and blood.

Hong Wuji struggled against Ren Yuanzi and Zhou Tong as they wore him down in an ambush. Xiang Yun suddenly appeared beside the defeated Death Profound Realm figures and claimed he had killed them all, leaving Ren Yuanzi shocked and furious.

• Ren Yuanzi and Zhou Tong attacked Hong Wuji together, using Life and Death Qi and spatial techniques to overwhelm him.
• Hong Wuji fought back with his dragon abilities and the Heavenly Horn Heaven-Overturning Art, but his Origin Energy dwindled as Zhou Tong wounded him.
• Ren Yuanzi continued to suppress Hong Wuji while Zhou Tong waited for a chance to deliver a fatal strike.
• Xiang Yun appeared beside the two fallen Death Profound Realm figures, whose presence had vanished, and claimed he had killed them all.
• Ren Yuanzi doubted Xiang Yun could have defeated Hua Chen and the others, then realized Yuan Sect had underestimated Xiang Yun's strength.

Ren Yuanzi attacked Xiang Yun while Zhou Tong held Hong Wuji back, but Ying Xuanzi and a newly advanced Samsara Stage expert wielding the Desolate Stone arrived to protect Xiang Yun. Ren Yuanzi tried to escape with Zhou Tong using the Space Ancestral Talisman, but a force pressed down on the rippling space.

• Ren Yuanzi formed a colossal crystal finger and sent it toward Xiang Yun while Zhou Tong intercepted Hong Wuji.
• Hong Wuji struck Zhou Tong away, but Zhou Tong used spatial blades to block his pursuit.
• Xiang Yun told Ren Yuanzi he had not returned to die, and Ying Xuanzi appeared to shield him with the Heavenly Phoenix Zither.
• A blue-robed expert wielding the Desolate Stone smashed through Ren Yuanzi's giant wheel and sent him flying, making Ren Yuanzi recognize him as an old contemporary of their master.
• Ren Yuanzi ordered Zhou Tong to escape with him, and Zhou Tong began teleporting them with the Space Ancestral Talisman before an unseen force suppressed the space.

Xiang Yun and the others stopped Ren Yuanzi from escaping with Zhou Tong, then struggled to contain Zhou Tong as the Space Ancestral Talisman's power battled the Demon Emperor Lock. Xiang Yun began drawing the demonic power out, but warned that Zhou Tong might not survive the process.

• Xiang Yun used the World Tree's roots to lock the space, while Ren Yuanzi tried to seize Zhou Tong with the Ling Tian Ring.
• Ren Yuanzi escaped through a spatial rift after the roots caught the Ling Tian Ring, and Xiang Yun stopped Hong Wuji from pursuing him.
• Ying Xuanzi, Hong Wuji, and Elder Qian worked together to suppress the powers fighting inside Zhou Tong.
• Ying Xuanzi's voice briefly awakened Zhou Tong, who begged his master to kill him rather than let him become a weapon against the sect.
• Xiang Yun bound Zhou Tong with the World Tree's roots and began drawing out the black vapor, but warned that removing the long-entrenched Demon Emperor Lock might kill him.
• Hong Wuji asked whether they should kill Zhou Tong, prompting Ying Xuanzi and Elder Qian to glare at him.

Xiang Yun used his World Tree-infused blood to purge the demonic Qi from Zhou Tong, saving his life but leaving his cultivation diminished. Ying Xuanzi took Zhou Tong back to the Dao Sect to recover, while Xiang Yun prepared to refine the power he had absorbed.

• Ying Xuanzi asked Xiang Yun to save Zhou Tong, and Xiang Yun agreed to ensure he survived even if his cultivation could not be restored.
• Xiang Yun fed Zhou Tong his purple blood, and the World Tree roots drew out the demonic Qi and Origin Energy until Zhou Tong regained consciousness.
• Xiang Yun said Zhou Tong would retain Life Profound Realm cultivation, and Ying Xuanzi thanked him for saving his disciple.
• Xiang Yun claimed Zhou Tong's Ling Tian Ring and reflected that the Three-Sect Alliance now surpassed the Yuan Sect after Zhou Tong's rescue.
• Ying Xuanzi carefully helped Zhou Tong leave, and Xiang Yun explained that Zhou Tong could either reconstruct his body and risk losing the Space Ancestral Talisman or recover slowly.

Xiang Yun and Hong Wuji returned to the Primordial Hall after Xiang Yun defeated the Yuan Sect experts, and the Dao Sect disciples learned Zhou Tong had been rescued. Xiang Yun prepared to enter seclusion while the Dao Sect group stayed for the Three-Sect Alliance, but someone caught hold of him as he was leaving.

• Xiang Yun and Hong Wuji arrived at the Primordial Hall, where disciples cheered Xiang Yun for killing three Death Profound Realm experts.
• Xiang Huang checked on Xiang Yun, and Hong Wuji revealed the Yuan Sect had lost five Death Profound Realm experts, including Hua Chen.
• Xiang Yun said he would enter seclusion and told the Dao Sect disciples that Zhou Tong had been rescued and taken back.
• Ying Huanhuan decided the Dao Sect group would stay at the Primordial Hall for the Three-Sect Alliance instead of returning to see Zhou Tong.
• Xiang Yun arranged for the Dao Sect disciples to stay at Battle Arts Peak and Battle Heaven Peak before heading toward Primordial Peak to cultivate.
• An unseen person reached out and caught hold of Xiang Yun as he was about to leave.

Xiang Yun absorbed the power he had gathered and broke through to the Life Profound Realm on Primordial Peak. His breakthrough filled the sky with purple light, and Ying Huanhuan realized he was coming out of the Pill River.

• Xiang Yun told Ying Huanhuan to wait for him at the Pill River platform while he attempted a breakthrough.
• Xiang Yun sent Hong Wuji a message warning that the Hundred Dynasties War and the Ancient Battlefield could be affected by a war against the Yuan Sect.
• Xiang Yun absorbed refined power from his enemies, causing his Origin Energy and Primordial Spirit to grow stronger.
• Xiang Yun broke through to the Life Profound Realm, releasing purple light and overwhelming pressure across Primordial Hall.
• After waiting seven days, Ying Huanhuan saw the Pill River turn purple and realized Xiang Yun was coming out.

Xiang Yun broke through to the Life Profound Realm and chose the Carry Mountains and Cross Seas divine ability, greatly increasing his strength. After showing Ying Huanhuan around the Primordial Hall, he realized his deep foundations required vast amounts of Life Qi and considered seeking resources in the Otherworldly Demon Domain or the Chaotic Demon Sea.

• Ying Huanhuan and the Primordial Hall disciples waited for Xiang Yun to emerge from the Pill River after his breakthrough.
• Xiang Yun chose Carry Mountains and Cross Seas over Nine Breaths of Qi Absorption and Dive into the Abyss and Shrink the Earth, gaining a tremendous increase in strength.
• Xiang Yun emerged from the Pill River and Ying Huanhuan asked why he had taken so long; he learned she had been visiting because he still owed her a tour of the Primordial Hall.
• Xiang Yun showed Ying Huanhuan around the Primordial Hall for two or three days while stabilizing his Life Profound Realm cultivation, and his strength rose by at least ten percent.
• Xiang Yun realized that his vast body and Primordial Spirit required enormous amounts of Life Qi, so he considered seeking resources in the Otherworldly Demon Domain or the Chaotic Demon Sea.