Vol. 8The Mirage and the Desert

Shen Yun ascended with Shen Qingruo, established himself in the Immortal Realm, and joined the Ouyang Family after triumphing in the Mirage Tower. After building his strength and attending the Linlang auction, he trapped Granny Wuyin’s party in the desert, where she invoked an imitation Destiny Heavenly Book and their clash remained unresolved.

  • Shen Yun defeated the Upper Realm forces and forged a Divine Bridge so Shen Qingruo could ascend safely with him.
  • Li Wuhen’s attack flooded the bridge with tribulation qi, and Shen Yun advanced to the Half-Immortal realm as an even larger torrent arrived.
  • Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo ascended to the Immortal Realm, where he defeated Kuroshou Old Ancestor and wounded Pure Bliss Old Ancestor.
  • Shen Yun declined Nine Heavens Gate’s offer, joined Wu Shoushan’s group, and headed for the Mirage Trial while weighing which faction to join.
  • Shen Yun dominated the Mirage Tower trials, declined the Palace of Destiny’s offer, and joined the Ouyang Family.
  • He helped Wu Shoushan settle his grudge against the Faceless Gu Immortal, then returned to Moon Gazing City and encountered a man from Sky Devil Mountain.
  • Shen Yun gained strength through the Luo Family auction and refined the Suixing Xiling Dan to gain two thousand Immortal Principles while outmaneuvering Granny Wuyin.
  • He trapped Granny Wuyin’s party in the desert, but she invoked the imitation Destiny Heavenly Book and halted his spellcasting.
Chapters 707–806 Read from ch. 707

Arc 29The Divine Bridge and the Storm

Shen Yun defeated the Upper Realm forces and stayed behind to forge a Divine Bridge so Shen Qingruo could ascend safely with him. As Li Wuhen’s assault on the Yun Cang Realm sent a flood of tribulation qi into Shen Yun’s bridge, Shen Yun advanced to the Half-Immortal realm and welcomed an even greater torrent.

  • Shen Yun arrived at Godsfall Island, revealed himself as the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord, and defeated Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets and the Upper Realm experts.
  • Shen Yun trapped the survivors with the Ten Directions Nirvana Great Formation, killed Han Yue, and captured Young Master Lei.
  • Fang Tianyi ascended and defeated the Seven Emotions Evil Lord, then forced back Li Wuhen and left the Eastern Divine Continent fearing his power.
  • Shen Qiu confronted Shen Yun over Shen Qingruo, but learned that Shen Yun had stayed in the Mortal Realm to help her and was dissolving her Calamity Qi.
  • Shen Yun forged Calamity Qi into a Divine Bridge so Shen Qingruo could ascend safely with him, but the sky split open and a vast supply of familiar qi appeared.
  • Li Wuhen led Heavenly Realm powerhouses to the Thirty-Six Heavens and attacked the Yun Cang Realm’s crystalline wall with Mortal World Karma Fire.
  • Shen Yun refined the incoming tribulation qi into his Divine Bridge, advanced to the Half-Immortal realm, and welcomed a still larger flood of qi.
Chapters 707–731 Summaries Read

Arc 30Ascension and the Mirage Trial

Shen Yun ascended with Shen Qingruo, defeated Kuroshou Old Ancestor, and wounded Pure Bliss Old Ancestor before entering the Immortal Realm. He declined Nine Heavens Gate’s offer and joined Wu Shoushan’s group on the way to the Mirage Trial, where he began considering which faction to join.

  • Shen Yun captured the Calamity Qi, defeated Li Wuhen, and took his Innate Sword Bone before Kuroshou Old Ancestor arrived and Shen Yun escaped back to the lower realm.
  • Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo crossed the Heavenly Road, but Kuroshou Old Ancestor blocked their passage and fought Shen Yun as he broke through to become a Golden Immortal.
  • Shen Yun defeated Kuroshou Old Ancestor and overcame Pure Bliss Old Ancestor’s attacks, destroying his will incarnation and injuring his true body.
  • Jun Ling Yuan ordered Heavenly Lightning Dharma King to invite Shen Yun to Nine Heavens Gate, but Shen Yun declined the offer and the promised chance to visit the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.
  • Shen Yun entered the Immortal Realm at Inverted Mountain and brought Shen Qingruo out of Du Tian World, where she advanced to the third heaven of Nascent Soul.
  • Shen Yun recognized Shigu and Faceless Gu Immortal among the ascenders, then accepted Wu Shoushan’s invitation to attend the Mirage Trial.
  • Wu Shoushan led Shen Yun and the group to the Mirage Tower, while Shen Yun considered the Ouyang Immortal Clan and the Palace of Destiny as possible factions.
Chapters 732–756 Summaries Read

Arc 31Mirage Tower Trials

Shen Yun dominated the Mirage Tower trials, exposed and defeated those who targeted him, and joined the Ouyang Family after declining the Palace of Destiny’s offer. He settled Wu Shoushan’s grudge against the Faceless Gu Immortal and returned to Moon Gazing City, where he encountered a man from Sky Devil Mountain.

  • Shen Yun entered the Mirage Tower with Shen Qingruo and Lu Guanqi, then endured the Ten Thousand Stars Gravitational Array as the other contestants fell away.
  • Shen Yun gathered an astonishing amount of Law Water in the Gathering Yuan Pass, cleansed Young Master Blood Hand’s baleful attack, and killed him with a karmic divine ability.
  • Shen Yun won his matches, cured Wu Shoushan of the Faceless Gu Immortal’s Gu poison, and accepted Wu Shoushan’s offer to serve him.
  • Shen Yun absorbed Granny Wuyin’s Five Yin Evil Force into his Creation Furnace and defeated Leng Yue, then took first place in the competition.
  • Shen Yun declined Daoist Jietian’s offer to become Young Sect Master and agreed to join the Ouyang Family in exchange for a quiet daoist temple.
  • Shen Yun took Wu Shoushan and Shen Qingruo away from Mirage Tower, then let Wu Shoushan kill the Faceless Gu Immortal in a remote desert.
  • Shen Yun returned to Moon Gazing City with Ouyang Yuanshan and went to Drunken Immortal Tower, where Ouyang Yuanshan identified a man in black as someone from Sky Devil Mountain.
Chapters 757–781 Summaries Read

Arc 32The Linlang Auction and Desert Battle

Shen Yun built his strength, attended the Luo Family auction, and gained insight from a rare pill while outmaneuvering Granny Wuyin. After the auction, he trapped Pure Bliss Mansion’s party in the desert and drove Granny Wuyin to invoke the imitation Destiny Heavenly Book, leaving their clash unresolved.

  • Shen Yun accepted Bikong Valley from Ouyang Shouzheng and used Chao Yin Pool’s qi with the Creation Furnace to produce vast quantities of Spirit Stones before setting out for Linlang Heavenly Capital with Shen Qingruo.
  • At the Luo Family auction, Shen Yun exchanged two trillion Top-grade Spirit Stones for High-grade Immortal Yuan Stones and later faced Granny Wuyin, Dugu Jue, and other rivals in the VIP section.
  • Shen Yun provoked Granny Wuyin into spending heavily on auction lots, then proved he could pay when she challenged his bid for the Profound Yin Soul Nurturing Pearl.
  • Shen Yun outbid Dugu Jue for the Suixing Xiling Dan, crushed the pill to remove its Power of Karma, and refined its essence to gain two thousand Immortal Principles.
  • Shen Yun left the auction without bidding on the imitation Destiny Heavenly Book and told Shen Qingruo they would wait near the city for an unresolved enemy.
  • Shen Yun appeared before Granny Wuyin’s party in the desert, sealed them inside the Ten Directions Nirvana Great Formation, and attacked her with the Sword of Creation.
  • Shen Yun revealed that his Immortal Principles had reached complete perfection and severely wounded Granny Wuyin, who sacrificed her followers and bloodlines to escape the formation.
  • Granny Wuyin used the imitation Destiny Heavenly Book to halt Shen Yun’s spellcasting as a vast aura of destiny gathered around them.
Chapters 782–806 Summaries Read
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