Chapter Summaries

Demon Lord Taoding slaughtered hundreds of itinerant cultivators gathered outside Canglan Hall, then joined forces with demon lords from the Peacock and Bifang Clans and True Monarch Han. The demons revealed that a Space Divine Ability expert would help them enter the hall ahead of others, while Venerable Yu prepared Azure Firmament Palace to leave.

• Demon Lord Taoding unleashed destructive black light that shattered the cultivators' defenses and killed hundreds outside Canglan Hall.
• Venerable Yu challenged Taoding, who claimed he had spared the surviving cultivators and threatened to kill them if they entered the Secret Realm.
• The Peacock Clan True Lord, the Bifang Clan Demon Lord, and True Monarch Han arrived and joined Taoding.
• Most itinerant cultivators fled, while Venerable Yu signaled the people of Azure Firmament Palace to leave separately.
• True Monarch Han urged Taoding to attack Azure Firmament Palace, but Taoding refused because Venerable Yu was too powerful and the alliance was untrustworthy.
• Taoding revealed that three venerable seniors had gone to meet the Second Dao Lord and that a Space Divine Ability expert would help the demons enter Canglan Hall ahead of their rivals.

Shen Yun opened a passage through Canglan Hall’s spirit array, then prepared to depart as the Demon Court arrived. When the demons attacked, he activated the array and trapped the two charging Taotie.

• Shen Yun used prepared spirit materials and a formation diagram to open a passage through Canglan Hall’s outer array.
• Venerable Yu ordered the seven Golden Cores to enter and investigate, but Shen Yun gave him a diagram with three uses remaining and said he planned to leave.
• Beichen appeared before the Demon Court demons and promised to send them into the hall the next day, but the demons spotted the array disturbance and hurried toward it.
• Qiongqi King recognized Shen Yun as the Azure Firmament Palace group entered the hall, and the two Taotie charged at him.
• Shen Yun infused the array runes with Five Elements Mana, causing the outer spirit array to activate and envelop the two Taotie.

Shen Yun used the Spirit Array to crush the attacking demons and kill the two Taotie, prompting the Demon Court to prepare for a rematch. He then reached Canglan Hall, where the ancient gate’s inscriptions hinted that only Great Ascension Immortal Power could resolve the earth-vein change.

• Demon Lord Taoding and the Taotie Clan Venerable attacked Shen Yun, but his Spirit Array overwhelmed them and the other demons.
• Shen Yun killed the two Taotie with Azure Cloud Sword Qi, while True Monarch Han survived after being left stuck in a reef.
• Beichen vowed to face Shen Yun personally the next day, and Qiongqi King and the other demons warned that Shen Yun threatened the Demon Court.
• Venerable Yu urged True Monarch Qingyuan to befriend Shen Yun, and Qingyuan promised that he would remain a friend of Azure Firmament Palace.
• Shen Yun reached Canglan Hall and deciphered part of its gate inscription, which said that only Great Ascension Immortal Power could resolve the earth-vein change.

Shen Yun entered Canglan Hall and found the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree, where he reached the extreme realm of Nascent Soul after completing seven Daos. Though the tree’s life force was gone, he discovered a connection to the void at Canglan Hall’s boundary, and an ancient leaf fell onto the Phoenix Clan inscription in his palm.

• Shen Yun passed through the Bronze Gate and headed east toward the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree while the seven Golden Core cultivators searched for the Phoenix Clan inheritance.
• Shen Yun entered a hidden garden and sensed the Dao charm surrounding the towering Phoenix Tree Divine Tree.
• Shen Yun’s seven Daos reached full accomplishment, briefly drawing down a tribulation before his aura vanished and the clouds dispersed.
• Shen Yun realized he had reached the extreme realm of Nascent Soul and felt his battle strength rise as a new, irresistible momentum formed.
• Shen Yun activated the Phoenix Clan inscription, found the hazy boundary at the end of Canglan Hall, and watched an ancient leaf fall from the Divine Tree onto his palm.

Shen Yun followed the Phoenix Leaf through chaotic mist and found the Five Elements Chaos Tower, whose Artifact Spirit said he was the second person to reach it. Meanwhile, the First Dao Lord revealed that he had not obtained the Phoenix Clan Inheritance and wondered whether an Innate Supreme Treasure was about to appear.

• Shen Yun entered a barren region of chaotic mist and struggled to find his way toward the Innate Magical Treasure.
• Shen Yun used the Phoenix Clan inscription and the Wutong leaf to locate a path through the fog.
• Shen Yun reached the Five Elements Chaos Tower, and its Artifact Spirit told him that he was the second person to arrive.
• Daoist Xuan Yue asked the First Dao Lord whether he would pursue the Phoenix Clan Inheritance, and he said he had seen it but had not obtained it.
• The First Dao Lord gazed toward Canglan Hall and wondered whether an Innate Supreme Treasure was about to appear.

Shen Yun sought the Five Elements Chaos Tower’s recognition, and Wu Yao agreed to teach him the Phoenix Clan treasure technique if he could qualify as an inheritor. Meanwhile, Demon Court forces entered Canglan Hall to seize the inheritance and kill Shen Yun, only to find the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree withered and its remaining Dao rhyme fading.

• Wu Yao said it would follow Shen Yun only if he became a Phoenix Clan inheritor, and Azure Dragon suggested that learning the clan’s true method could meet that condition.
• Shen Yun produced the Phoenix Blood Stone, and Wu Yao recognized the Phoenix True Blood as a possible path to passing on the Phoenix Clan treasure technique.
• Demon Venerable Nanming ordered the demons to seize the Phoenix Clan inheritance and kill Shen Yun, while Beichen used his Space Divine Ability to enter Canglan Hall.
• True Monarch Qingyuan learned from Leopard Spirit that the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree had completely withered and its remaining Dao rhyme was dispersing.
• The demons entered the garden expecting to find the inheritance, but the withered Phoenix Tree left them suspecting the disturbance had been a false alarm.

The Demon Court’s Nascent Soul powerhouses failed to find Shen Yun and were driven back by the local forces of the Boundless Sea. Meanwhile, Shen Yun received the Phoenix True Blood and comprehended the Phoenix Clan’s precious art so quickly that Azure Dragon won his bet with Wu Yao.

• Qiongqi King, True Monarch Han, Beichen, and the other demon lords blamed Shen Yun for their losses and searched Canglan Hall for him.
• After hearing rumors mocking the Demon Court, Qiongqi King attacked a cultivator, triggering a battle in which the local forces overwhelmed the five Nascent Souls and drove them away.
• With Wu Yao’s help, Shen Yun extracted the near-immortal Phoenix True Blood from the Phoenix Blood Stone and began receiving the Phoenix Clan inheritance.
• Azure Dragon bet Wu Yao that Shen Yun would comprehend the precious art within two quarters of an hour, while Wu Yao expected it to take far longer.
• Shen Yun quickly mastered the art, unleashing a sea of fire and phoenix imagery as Azure Dragon announced that he had won.

Shen Yun emerged with the Nirvana Incarnation Method and refined the Five Elements Chaos Tower, then returned to Canglan Hall. There, he effortlessly overpowered the demon monarchs who attacked him, leaving Qiongqi King pinned beneath his foot and two others in his hands.

• Wu Yao identified Shen Yun's new divine art as the Nirvana Incarnation Method, and Azure Dragon explained its power.
• Shen Yun refined the Five Elements Chaos Tower with his Five Elements Mana, absorbing it into his qi sea and forming a connection with Wu Yao.
• Shen Yun returned to Canglan Hall just as the demon monarchs suspected he had escaped, provoking them to attack him.
• Shen Yun stood unharmed against the demon monarchs' combined assault and seized the Bifang and Peacock Clan monarchs.
• Shen Yun subdued Qiongqi King with his Five Elements Domain of Law and a stomp, then evaded Beichen's ambush.

Shen Yun subdued three demon monarchs and forced Beichen to flee, but Beichen revealed his true form as a colossal North Nether Kun. The chapter ended with Shen Yun facing the newly transformed Kun Clan descendant.

• Shen Yun destroyed the Primordial Spirits of two demon monarchs, then used Nirvana Power to restore them as docile, weakened beasts.
• Beichen attacked Shen Yun with the Void Rending Blade, but Shen Yun’s Five-Colored Canopy blocked the strikes and spatial turbulence.
• Shen Yun transformed the Qiongqi King into a docile beast as well, and Beichen fled into the void.
• Shen Yun pursued Beichen on the Qiongqi King’s back, using his Five Elements Domain and Chaos Tower to slow him and surround him with the three demons.
• Beichen stopped fleeing, revealed his true form as a thousand-zhang North Nether Kun, and drew Shen Yun’s attention.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Beichen, a Kun Clan descendant who unleashed his spatial powers and burned his natal Demonic Core. As Shen Yun prepared to finish the wounded Beichen, a Nascent Soul Demon Venerable arrived and attacked him.

• Beichen revealed his enormous Kun form and surrounded Shen Yun with waves of spatial power, while the onlookers feared Shen Yun was outmatched.
• Shen Yun dismissed Beichen as a mixed-blood descendant and strode forward to meet his charge with the Great Five Elements Dao Principles.
• Beichen burned his natal Demonic Core and collided with Shen Yun, but Shen Yun pierced Beichen’s body and left him near death.
• Shen Yun praised Beichen’s spatial ability as shallow and prepared to deliver the final blow with the Spiritual Sense Heavenly Blade.
• A Nascent Soul Demon Venerable appeared, blasted the spot where Shen Yun had stood with a pillar of fire, and turned the surrounding land into a sea of flames.

Demon Venerable Nanming descended to save Beichen, but Shen Yun fought through his attacks and captured Beichen alive. The spectators watched in shock as Nanming failed to stop him.

• Demon Venerable Nanming used a sixth-tier Void-Breaking Talisman to enter the battlefield and challenged Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun met Nanming’s Nine Dragons Burning Sky Killing Formation head-on and shattered all nine blood-colored dragons.
• Beichen woke, realized Shen Yun had been holding back, and tried to flee.
• Nanming attacked Shen Yun with a giant hand of vermilion flames, but Shen Yun’s Five Elements Domain of Law resisted it.
• Shen Yun caught Beichen by the throat despite his threats, leaving Nanming furious and the spectators stunned.

Shen Yun fought Demon Venerable Nanming and endured the Fusang Divine Tree’s True Sun Fire, revealing that he was still in the Golden Core Realm. The chapter ended as an eighth golden Dao mark began to emerge on his golden core.

• Shen Yun shattered Beichen’s sea of consciousness, revived him through Nirvana Power, and added him to the four defected demon monarchs.
• Demon Venerable Nanming accused Shen Yun of stealing the Phoenix Clan’s inheritance and summoned the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Demon Venerable Nanming unleashed the Golden Flame Divine Bird and overwhelmed Shen Yun’s sword techniques with True Sun Fire.
• Shen Yun endured the flames using the Nirvana Incarnation Method while Demon Venerable Nanming burned his Demonic Power to intensify the attack.
• Shen Yun’s immortal light reshaped his domain, revealing a flawless golden core that shocked Demon Venerable Nanming.
• An eighth golden Dao mark began to emerge on Shen Yun’s golden core.

Shen Yun revealed his Nine-Revolutions Golden Core and used his newly awakened power to overwhelm Demon Venerable Nanming. After defeating an attempt to interfere by Peacock Venerable, Shen Yun killed Nanming and became a legend for defeating a Deity Transformation demon king across realms.

• Venerable Nanming discovered that Shen Yun was in the Golden Core Realm and realized he had forged a Nine-Revolutions Golden Core with eight Great Daos.
• Shen Yun captured and converted Nanming’s Golden Crow Dharma Image, then absorbed its True Sun Fire and recovered his strength.
• Shen Yun trapped Nanming in his Five Elements Domain of Law and crushed his bones, revealing that he had still been holding back.
• Peacock Venerable arrived and attacked Shen Yun with Divine Sense, but the Destiny Divine Dragon blasted her away.
• Shen Yun struck Nanming with his full power and reduced him to ash, while the witnesses hailed his victory as a miracle.

Shen Yun killed Peacock Venerable after Venerable Yu captured her, despite her attempt to charm her way to mercy. Venerable Yu warned that Shen Yun’s conflict with Beichen, a general under the Second Dao Lord, would be difficult to resolve, but Shen Yun stayed behind to finish his business at Canglan Hall.

• Peacock Venerable fled from Shen Yun, but Venerable Yu trapped her in a rain prison and captured her.
• Venerable Yu handed the sealed Peacock Venerable to Shen Yun and praised his methods.
• Peacock Venerable begged Shen Yun for mercy by offering to serve him and using her beauty to charm him.
• Shen Yun rejected Peacock Venerable’s plea and killed her with Azure Cloud Sword Qi.
• Venerable Yu warned Shen Yun about Beichen and offered to escort him to Meiyi, but Shen Yun chose to remain at Canglan Hall.

Shen Yun gave the Azure Firmament Palace cultivators two subdued demon monarchs before entering Canglan Hall to investigate its Yin and Yang power. As news of his victory over the Demon Court spread, the Second Dao Lord ordered him to accept his guilt, while Shen Yun discovered a frightening mass of black fortune filled with human faces above an ancient incense burner.

• Shen Yun gave the Five-Colored Peacock and Flame Bifang to the Azure Firmament Palace cultivators, who then departed.
• Reports spread that Shen Yun had defeated the Demon Court, and the Second Dao Lord demanded that he come to Cangyun Island within three days and accept his guilt.
• Wu Ping'an wanted to warn Shen Yun, but Wu Xining revealed her Foundation Establishment cultivation and flew away.
• Shen Yun entered Canglan Hall and sensed the Primordial Power of Yin and Yang in its stone statues.
• Wu Yao warned Shen Yun that the Xuangui incense burner felt ominous, and Shen Yun saw twisted black fortune above it containing agonized human faces.

Shen Yun discovered that a ghostly force in Canglan Hall had targeted his Nine-Revolutions Golden Core and destroyed it to draw the hidden corruption out. He refined the ghost qi through the Nirvana Incarnation Method, rebirthed his cultivation as the Primordial Dao, and left the Ghost Immortal’s power badly weakened.

• Shen Yun, the azure dragon, and Wu Yao sensed a sinister presence in Canglan Hall as twisted faces appeared and the Xuangui Incense Burner turned black.
• Shen Yun realized the hall’s inscription about resolving the earth-vein change referred to a hidden danger, while the azure dragon concluded that the presence was targeting Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun escaped the hall, then deduced that the hidden force was inside his Nine-Revolutions Golden Core and crushed the core to expose it.
• Shen Yun seized the black qi revealed among the core fragments and refined it as the Nirvana Incarnation Method revived his green lotus dharma idol.
• Shen Yun formed a Dao Wheel of nine interwoven Daos and comprehended the Primordial Dao, while the Xuangui Incense Burner cracked and the Ghost Immortal’s power diminished.

After Shen Yun’s Golden Core shattered and reformed, he gained an Innate Dao Body and Immortal Spirit Roots, freeing him to cultivate all Three Thousand Great Daos. Meanwhile, the Second Dao Lord ordered the Five Elements Sword Venerables to kill him, and they flew toward Canglan Hall as Shen Yun encountered Miss Wu.

• Shen Yun explained that his Golden Core could now disperse into countless portals in his body, each drawing on different Great Dao Laws.
• Wu Yao recognized Shen Yun’s transformation as a return from the acquired to the innate, and Shen Yun discovered he had an Innate Dao Body and Immortal Spirit Roots.
• Shen Yun decided to leave Canglan Hall before the seven-day deadline, then spotted Miss Wu flying toward him.
• At Cangyun Island, the Five Elements Sword Venerables condemned Shen Yun for defying the Second Dao Lord, who ordered them to kill him.
• The Five Elements Sword Venerables departed for Canglan Hall, and Cultivators across the Boundless Sea sensed their killing intent.

After Wu Xining warned Shen Yun that Cangyun Island might come for him, the Five Elements Sword Venerables arrived to capture him. Shen Yun endured their attack, then released his suppression and summoned a thunder tribulation that struck the five Venerables and filled the heavens.

• Wu Xining warned Shen Yun that Cangyun Island was likely moving against him, and the Azure Dragon cautioned that it might struggle against a peak Dao Lord.
• Shen Yun sensed danger, summoned Qiongqi King and Beichen, and sent them to escort Wu Xining away.
• The Five Elements Sword Venerables sealed the area and demanded that Shen Yun surrender to Cangyun Island as a war slave.
• Shen Yun absorbed the Five Elements Law with his body, surprising the Sword Venerables, who then attacked him with their swords.
• Shen Yun released his suppression and triggered a nine-heavens thunder tribulation, which blasted the five swords away and injured the Sword Venerables.

Shen Yun’s tribulation unleashed Purple Firmament Purgatory Lightning and Guixu Demonic Gale, devastating the five great Sword Venerables as they tried to kill him. He pursued them when they neared escape, and the chapter ended with him opening his magic domain and drawing his sword to face them.

• Purple Firmament Purgatory Lightning destroyed the five arcane swords and battered the five great Sword Venerables as they tried to flee.
• The five great Sword Venerables charged Shen Yun through the lightning, but Guixu Demonic Gale tore through their attacks and severely wounded them.
• Shen Yun endured the tribulation with his Dao Wheel and Wind and Thunder Great Dao while the Sword Venerables burned their blood and used their treasures to reach the edge of the Tribulation Cloud.
• Shen Yun caught up and pulled the Sword Venerables back into the Tribulation Cloud, then formed a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram that dragged them toward him.
• Shen Yun summoned the Five Elements Chaos Tower, expanded his magic domain around everyone, and drew his sword as the calamity continued to gather.

Shen Yun defeated the five great Sword Venerables while facing their heavenly tribulation, then refined its power to form a Nine-Colored Nascent Soul. The Gold Element Sword Venerable fainted as Shen Yun reached Nascent Soul perfection.

• Shen Yun killed the Fire Element Sword Venerable with a punch that shattered his body and spirit.
• Shen Yun trapped and killed the Water Element Sword Venerable inside his Five Elements Domain of Law.
• Shen Yun used Sword Three—Jiemie to destroy the Primordial Spirits of the Earth Element and Wood Element Sword Venerables.
• Shen Yun drew the heavenly punishment into his body and refined its power with Golden Dao Fire.
• Shen Yun formed a Nine-Colored Nascent Soul, restored Canglan Hall, and caused the Gold Element Sword Venerable to faint from fright.