Chapter Summaries

Emperor Qianyuan offered Shen Yun a third-rank post, but the court pushed back and settled on reserving the position while Shen Yun served as commander. Shen Yun broke through to the ninth Nascent Soul layer, then refused the office and left with Shen Qingruo, choosing freedom over court power.

• The ministers and nobles remonstrated against Emperor Qianyuan's proposed promotion of Shen Yun to third rank, but Marquis Ping Ding suggested reserving the post while Shen Yun trained as commander.
• Emperor Qianyuan accepted Marquis Ping Ding's proposal, revealing that the higher promotion had been a bargaining tactic.
• Shen Yun saw the court's power struggles as chains and broke through to the Nascent Soul ninth layer as his cultivation and Divine Sense advanced.
• Emperor Qianyuan asked Shen Yun to take the commander's position, but Shen Yun said he was unsuited to office and left with Shen Qingruo.

After Shen Yun resigned from office, the court’s nobles and ministers moved to protect him, while Emperor Qianyuan secretly ordered him watched and compelled to find the Destiny Artifact. An unseen voice challenged the emperor’s authority, asking who would sit on the Dragon Throne if he wanted someone else to rule.

• Shen Yun departed after resigning, and Marquis Ping Ding urged Emperor Qianyuan to grant his wish rather than make an enemy of him.
• Azure Heaven Marquis, the Minister of War, and Marquis Guangcheng supported Shen Yun, leaving Yang Xuanxiao despairing as the court turned against him.
• Emperor Qianyuan dismissed court, and the Old Grand Sorceress ordered Mu Guangze to announce what happened and arrange a meeting with Shen Yun.
• The Old Grand Sorceress warned that Emperor Qianyuan would not let the matter go and left to stand behind Shen Yun.
• Emperor Qianyuan asked about Fang Tianyi, then ordered the Mirror Division Chief to watch Shen Yun and make him find the Destiny Artifact.
• An indifferent voice challenged Emperor Qianyuan, asking why he did not try putting someone else on the Dragon Throne.

Fang Tianyi’s mana incarnation overwhelmed Emperor Qianyuan and exposed his plan to sever Great Qian’s Dragon Vein, leaving the emperor gravely injured and with only ten years to live. After Fang vanished, Qianyuan sought an alliance against him and ordered Commander Mo to secretly pursue Shen Yun and recover the Destiny Artifact.

• Fang Tianyi appeared in the Cloud Palace Heavenly Palace, froze the approaching imperial experts, and destroyed Dugu Galuo’s Golden Bell.
• Emperor Qianyuan summoned Great Qian’s destiny and attacked Fang Tianyi, but Fang erased the Nine Heavens Yinglong and severed Qianyuan’s Dao Foundation.
• Fang Tianyi revealed that Qianyuan had deliberately severed the Dragon Vein, then gave him ten years to find a successor before departing as a mana incarnation.
• Emperor Qianyuan sent Dugu Galuo to the Overseas Immortal Islands to ask the Blade Emperor of the Absolute Realm to kill Fang Tianyi in exchange for half the nation’s fortune.
• After the Jinling Army regained its freedom, Emperor Qianyuan ordered Commander Mo to secretly follow Shen Yun with the Mirror Division Chief and retrieve the Destiny Artifact.
• Emperor Qianyuan vowed to kill Shen Yun, Fang Tianyi, and anyone else who opposed him.

At Happy Forest, Dan Yangzi sought guidance from the White-haired Storyteller about the sects’ plans for a Destiny Artifact, whose whereabouts had also reached the Ghost King Sect. The storyteller revealed the artifact’s connection to the Divine Firmament Dao, and Dan Yangzi left to report to Shen Yun as the Joyful Union Sect’s fate appeared to depend on Xian’er winning Shen Yun’s help.

• The White-haired Storyteller recounted how Shen Yun rejected the post of Shao Jing Si, prompting listeners at Happy Forest to debate his decision and Dan Yangzi to praise him.
• Dan Yangzi learned that the Joyful Union Sect had discovered a Destiny Artifact’s whereabouts, but the Ghost King Sect had learned of them too.
• The White-haired Storyteller inferred that Dan Yangzi’s backer was linked to the deaths of Venerable Ling Yan and Venerable Qian Ji, then said the artifact was deeply connected to the Divine Firmament Dao.
• Dan Yangzi promised to assist the Joyful Union Sect and hurried away to report the information to Shen Yun.
• The White-haired Storyteller reflected that he had intervened despite claiming to avoid worldly affairs and said the Joyful Union Sect’s survival depended on Xian’er persuading Shen Yun to act.

After buying Starfall Pavilion, Shen Yun demonstrated his alchemy prowess to Dan Yangzi, learned about the factions pursuing the Destiny Artifact, and advanced his cultivation. The auction list then revealed a Dao Integration Realm cultivation method as its grand finale.

• Murong Jiu gifted Starfall Pavilion to Shen Yun, who bought the estate for eight thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Dan Yangzi visited Shen Yun and watched him refine a supreme-quality Jade Liquid Golden Core.
• Dan Yangzi told Shen Yun about the Divine Firmament Dao, the Destiny Artifact, the White-haired Storyteller, and Gui Qian Jue's plans to attend.
• Shen Yun swallowed the pill, stabilized his cultivation at Core Formation Peak, and reached the fifth-rank alchemy realm.
• Shen Wude showed Shen Yun the auction list, and Shen Yun discovered that its grand finale was a Dao Integration Realm Cultivation Method.

Shen Yun and Shen Wude attended the grand auction, where Shen Yun ran into the Overlord, who threatened him. Shen Yun avoided a fight at the venue and secretly marked the Overlord with Chaos Energy so he could track him later.

• Shen Yun and Shen Wude arrived at the auction, and Shen Wude broke through while boasting that he would someday hold an even bigger auction.
• The Overlord confronted Shen Yun and threatened him, while Murong Jiu predicted that the Overlord would lose his life.
• Venerable Jin Fu arrived with guards and stopped the confrontation from turning into a fight.
• Shen Yun had Wu Yao attach a trace of Chaos Energy to the Overlord, then entered the auction venue.
• The Overlord followed Shen Yun inside, unaware that the guards' intervention had spared his life for the moment.

Shen Yun arrived at the auction and discovered that Gui Qian Jue of the Ghost King Sect was in the neighboring private room with Su Xian'er. As Dan Yangzi opened the auction, Su Xian'er watched Shen Yun’s room while keeping her Transmission Talisman hidden.

• An attendant led Shen Yun and Shen Wude to a private room overlooking the auction stage, where they found Overlord in the neighboring room.
• Shen Wude described the black-robed youth from the Ghost King Sect, and Shen Yun recognized an opportunity to learn about the sect.
• Gui Qian Jue ordered Su Xian'er to sit beside him and rebuffed her attempt to seduce him.
• Su Xian'er questioned Gui Qian Jue’s plans for the Joyful Union Sect, kept her Transmission Talisman unused, and looked toward Shen Yun’s room.
• Dan Yangzi opened the auction with a strike of his hammer.

Dan Yangzi opened the auction with a Netherworld Shore Lotus, which Overlord won, before Shen Wude bid eighteen thousand Spirit Stones on the Wind-Chasing Lightning-Riding Boots. Overlord raised the bid to twenty thousand just as Dan Yangzi was about to award the boots, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Dan Yangzi presented a Netherworld Shore Lotus with a starting bid of seven thousand High-grade Spirit Stones, and Overlord won it for twelve thousand after Soul Daoist stopped bidding.
• Shen Wude told Shen Yun he planned to sell goods to Overlord, while Shen Yun decided not to bid on the lotus himself.
• Dan Yangzi auctioned eight more treasures before presenting the Wind-Chasing Lightning-Riding Boots as the tenth item.
• Soul Daoist bid thirteen thousand Spirit Stones on the boots, but Shen Wude raised the price to eighteen thousand and drove him and the other bidders out.
• Overlord bid twenty thousand Spirit Stones from a neighboring private room just as Dan Yangzi was about to bring down the hammer.

Shen Yun and Shen Wude baited Overlord into bidding eighty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for a pair of boots. Overlord lost control and wrecked his auction room, then left to fetch payment while trying to preserve his dignity.

• Shen Yun joined the bidding after Overlord raised the price, and he and Shen Wude pretended to quarrel to provoke him.
• Overlord kept raising his bid, eventually offering eighty thousand Spirit Stones for the boots.
• The crowd realized Shen Yun had trapped Overlord and laughed at him for falling into his own price-raising scheme.
• Overlord lost control of his magical power and destroyed VIP Seat Four before the auction house’s formations contained the outburst.
• Venerable Jin Fu demanded payment for the room and the boots, and Overlord left to fetch the money.

After Overlord was defeated without Shen Yun lifting a finger, the auction continued with Shen Yun’s pills drawing fierce bids and rumors of a Dao Integration Realm thunder technique stirring concern. Shen Yun began to suspect the cultivation method was a trap, then received a warning not to let the Divine Firmament Dao near it.

• Princess Wangshu and Murong Jiu discussed Overlord’s defeat, while Murong Jiu privately believed Shen Yun’s enemies were doomed.
• Gui Qian Jue praised Shen Yun and warned Su Xian'er against secretly contacting anyone again.
• Elder Lei Xi bought Shen Yun’s Nascent Soul Pill and suspected the auction’s final item would be a thunder technique coveted by the Divine Firmament Sect.
• Shen Yun sold more batches of pills and told Shen Wude he hoped the Dao Integration Cultivation Method would help him understand his bottleneck.
• Shen Wude mentioned that Jue Wushen was struggling with Ancestor Wushuang’s secret canon, prompting Shen Yun to suspect the cultivation method was a trap.
• An unidentified woman warned Shen Yun not to let the Divine Firmament Dao come into contact with the cultivation method, and he turned toward the nearby secret chamber.

Shen Yun learned that the four sects were targeting the Divine Firmament Dao and planned to meet the Old Grand Sorceress before making his own move. At the auction, his self-created Nirvana Breaking Tribulation Pill stunned the hall, and bidding erupted.

• Shen Wude told Shen Yun that the four sects were plotting against the Divine Firmament Dao and warned that the Old Grand Sorceress might be involved in a conspiracy.
• Shen Yun decided to visit the Old Grand Sorceress and wait to see how the situation developed, confident that the Destiny Artifact’s awakening gave him the initiative.
• Shen Wude noticed that Shen Yun’s pill was coming up as one of the auction’s final treasures.
• Dan Yangzi revealed the fifth-grade Nirvana Breaking Tribulation Pill and explained that it could aid breakthroughs, cleanse turbid qi, and strengthen a cultivator’s foundation.
• The hall was stunned to learn the pill formula was newly created, and the crowd launched into frenzied bidding.

Bidders competed fiercely for Shen Yun’s Nirvana Breaking Tribulation Pill, with Overlord and Gui Qian Jue driving the price up before Princess Wangshu won it. Princess Wangshu suspected Shen Yun was the alchemist and prepared the next treasure for him, leaving Murong Jiu wary of her scrutiny.

• A black-robed alchemist opened the bidding for the Nirvana Breaking Tribulation Pill at fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones, drawing most bidders out.
• Overlord entered the auction and competed with Gui Qian Jue, who taunted him about his dwindling funds until Overlord could no longer raise his bid.
• Shen Wude envied the pill’s rising price, while Shen Yun watched from VIP Seat Three and remarked that alchemy could be learned at any time.
• Princess Wangshu bid eighty-five thousand high-grade spirit stones and won the Nirvana Breaking Tribulation Pill after Gui Qian Jue declined to outbid her.
• Princess Wangshu suggested to Murong Jiu that Shen Yun might be the alchemist and announced that the next treasure was prepared especially for him.

The auction unveiled the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower, a rare but dangerous treasure that Shen Yun recognized as useful despite its baleful ghost qi. Shen Yun won it cheaply, while Princess Wangshu appeared pleased that he had taken the bait, and the auction brought out its final supreme treasure.

• Dan Yangzi revealed the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower, and the black-robed alchemist explained its value and the danger of its ghost qi.
• Shen Yun suspected the flower’s appearance was connected to his Five Elements Dao cultivation and decided to bid on it.
• After bidders backed away, Overlord offered five thousand high-grade spirit stones, but Shen Yun outbid him with six thousand.
• Shen Yun acquired the flower and sensed that its ghost qi resembled the weakened qi from Canglan Hall.
• Overlord believed Shen Yun had fallen for a scheme, while Princess Wangshu smiled as if her plan had succeeded, and the final supreme treasure arrived.

At the auction, Divine Firmament Dao won the Void Immortal-grade Du Tian Divine Thunder Induction for 1.5 million High-grade Spirit Stones, while Shen Yun suspected its inheritance had a hidden condition. After a tense encounter with Gui Qian Jue, Shen Yun left the city, and Overlord silently followed him.

• Dan Yangzi revealed the Du Tian Divine Thunder Induction, and princes, marquises, and thunder cultivators joined the bidding.
• Shen Yun told Shen Wude the cultivation method was likely genuine and suspected its entry requirements concealed a mystery.
• Divine Firmament Dao won the cultivation method for 1.5 million High-grade Spirit Stones, and Shen Yun resolved to watch its movements for clues to the Destiny Artifact.
• Shen Yun and Gui Qian Jue met outside their private rooms and tested one another with an oppressive force field before Shen Yun calmly passed by.
• Princess Wangshu watched Shen Yun and expected him to consume the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower.
• Shen Yun left the venue heading north out of the city, Overlord followed him, and Shen Wude contacted Old Black about another batch of goods.

Shen Yun lured Overlord into the Burial Immortal Mountain Range and overwhelmed him despite Overlord’s higher cultivation. After Overlord burned his bloodline and essence blood to unleash his strongest attack, Shen Yun broke his halberd and defeated him, leaving him kneeling and gravely wounded.

• Shen Yun waited in a secluded valley, where Overlord arrived and challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Shen Yun blocked Overlord’s wind-and-lightning attacks and matched him blow for blow, astonishing Overlord with his condensed laws.
• Shen Yun seized Overlord’s halberd, shattered his defenses, and mocked him for bearing the name Overlord.
• Overlord burned his bloodline and essence blood to increase his strength, but Shen Yun broke his halberd with a punch and beat him into submission.

Shen Yun crippled the Overlord, then confronted Commander Mo, a Dao Lord sent to protect him. Shen Yun matched Commander Mo’s strike, while the Overlord’s Dao Heart shattered at the sight.

• Shen Yun prepared to finish the crippled Overlord, but Commander Mo arrived and attacked him with a beam of immortal light.
• Commander Mo revealed that he had been tracking Shen Yun under Emperor Qianyuan’s orders and vowed to cripple him and find the Destiny Artifact.
• Shen Yun declared that he would cripple Commander Mo too, then surged into the air with his Five Elements power.
• Commander Mo met Shen Yun’s Five-Colored Divine Light with a blade strike, and their attacks ended evenly matched.
• The Overlord watched Shen Yun withstand Commander Mo’s attack, spat blood, and suffered a shattered Dao Heart.

Shen Yun fought Commander Mo to a standstill, drawing insight into the Void Return Realm as their battle pushed his cultivation and combat power further. When Commander Mo tried to recruit him for Great Qian and then threatened to cripple him, Shen Yun swallowed the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower.

• Shen Yun reflected on his clash with Commander Mo and realized that Void Return cultivators created a world of their own rather than borrowing Heaven and Earth's laws.
• Shen Yun charged Commander Mo with Sword Four—Boundless, and Commander Mo answered with thirty-six saber strikes as the two fought across the sky.
• Their battle devastated the valley, while Shen Yun's laws of light and darkness fused and his Primordial Mana began to form a new Dao Fruit.
• Commander Mo judged that Shen Yun's blood and qi were nearly exhausted, offered him a place in Great Qian, and threatened to cripple him when he refused.
• Shen Yun took the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower from his Spatial Ring and swallowed it as Commander Mo watched in horror.

Shen Yun swallowed the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower and used its power to advance his Five Elements Law while fighting Commander Mo. After the Underworld Ghost Qi possessed Commander Mo, the defeated commander knelt before Shen Yun and addressed him as the Lord Ghost Immortal.

• Shen Yun swallowed the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower and endured its deadly effects as he refined the Five Elements Law.
• Commander Mo used a forbidden art and unleashed the Earth Fiend Demonic Blade, but Shen Yun's Five-Colored Divine Light absorbed his attacks.
• Overlord's Dao Heart collapsed, and he lost his cultivation and sanity.
• Shen Yun refined the flower's medicinal power, fused Metal Element Mana with the other elements, and shattered Commander Mo's blade.
• The Underworld Ghost Qi shifted from Shen Yun to Commander Mo and consumed the commander's Divine Sense.
• Commander Mo stopped fighting, knelt before Shen Yun, and asked the Lord Ghost Immortal for orders.

Princess Wangshu and Gui Qian Jue discussed Shen Yun and wagered over whether he would take the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower, while Shen Yun used Commander Mo to carry the Overlord back toward his pursuers. Princess Wangshu’s attempt to control Shen Yun failed and left her injured, as Shen Yun followed Commander Mo, expecting trouble to unfold.

• Princess Wangshu admitted she had sent the Demonic Heart Five Fiends Flower to test Shen Yun, and she and Gui Qian Jue wagered over whether he would consume it.
• Princess Wangshu and Gui Qian Jue discussed the Du Tian Seal and agreed that Shen Yun had triggered the anomaly in Great Qian’s fortune.
• Princess Wangshu used the Nether Prison Soul Refining Technique against Shen Yun, but a Five Elements Law erupted and injured her.
• Shen Yun ordered Commander Mo to return the Overlord along the original route and attack anyone who blocked him.
• Commander Mo carried the Overlord away, and Shen Yun followed, saying the good show was about to begin.

Shen Yun recorded the Mirror Division’s leaders mistaking the dying Overlord for an intruder and killing him, then watched Commander Mo turn on the Division Chief. As the Vice Division Chief attacked Commander Mo, Shen Yun struck from concealment with a Nirvana Sword Qi aimed at his sea of qi.

• Shen Yun followed Commander Mo to the Mirror Division and recorded the estate with an Image Recording Stone.
• The Mirror Division Chief and Vice Division Chief discussed arresting Shen Yun and assumed Commander Mo was returning with him captured.
• Overlord crashed through the main doors, and the Division Chief cut him in half before the two leaders recognized him.
• Commander Mo suddenly attacked the Division Chief, wounded him, and forced him to defend himself with a giant cauldron.
• The Vice Division Chief attacked Commander Mo with his green jade fan, and Shen Yun launched a Nirvana Sword Qi at him.