Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun broke through to Void Returning, but his heaven-defying foundation drew the Golden Calamity, the first of the Three Calamities and Six Difficulties. As the first strike pierced his Five-Colored Canopy, Shen Yun dodged it, leaving the onlookers wondering whether he could survive what came next.

• Shen Yun entered Unity of Heaven and Man, completed his Personal Universe, and ascended to Void Returning.
• Jian Wushuang and the others watched the heavenly signs gather as Shen Yun prepared to face his tribulation.
• The auspicious signs gave way to a terrifying metallic phenomenon, which Wu Sheng Old Ancestor identified as a calamity rather than an ordinary heavenly tribulation.
• Azure Dragon explained that Shen Yun had drawn the Golden Calamity ahead of time because of his extraordinary foundation, and Shen Yun vowed to face it without retreating.
• The Golden Calamity struck Shen Yun's Primordial Chaos Law, pierced his Five-Colored Canopy, and forced him to evade it with the Wind Law.

Shen Yun endured the Golden Calamity by studying its power, healing through his Immortal Spirit Pure Land, and growing stronger amid its attacks. After two hours, the calamity gathered its remaining force into a final strike, which Shen Yun met head-on.

• Shen Yun analyzed the golden energy while dodging its attacks, and Marquis Ping Ding and Marquis Tian Ce watched in awe at his fearlessness.
• The Golden Calamity formed countless guillotine blades that trapped Shen Yun, but he opened an Immortal Spirit Pure Land that transformed the destructive energy into vitality and healed his wounds.
• Shen Yun's Pure Land and Nirvana True Intent let him recover from the calamity's repeated blows while tempering his body and raising his Dao Cultivation.
• The Golden Calamity raged for two hours, leaving the firmament shattered as Wu Sheng Old Ancestor and the Old Grand Sorceress worried over the difficulty of surviving it.
• The golden blades condensed into a single point for a final strike, and Shen Yun met it with his Primordial Chaos Pure Land and Nirvana Energy.

The Heaven Swallowing King sensed Shen Yun triggering the Three Calamities and Six Difficulties while breaking through, and recognized him as an extraordinary Extreme Realm existence. In Upper Capital City, Shen Yun survived the Golden Calamity’s devastating strike through Nirvana and began condensing an immortal body.

• The Heaven Swallowing King told Wu Tianyin that a token for an ancient immortal lord’s legacy was in Canglan Hall and criticized Wu Tianyin’s weak foundation.
• Wu Tianyin recounted Shen Yun’s achievements, and the Heaven Swallowing King warned him to befriend Shen Yun sincerely because his origins were extraordinary.
• The Heaven Swallowing King sensed a World-Shaking Prodigy drawing down the Three Calamities and Six Difficulties, and he and Wu Tianyin realized it was Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun refused Azure Dragon’s advice to use the Azure Dragon Ring and Du Tian Seal, insisting that he had to preserve his unyielding Dao Heart.
• The Golden Calamity pierced Shen Yun’s chest and caused his body to scatter into specks of light, alarming Wu Sheng Old Ancestor and the Old Grand Sorceress.
• Primordial Chaos purple qi and Nirvana Sacred Fire restored Shen Yun, and Wu Sheng Old Ancestor declared that Shen Yun had begun condensing an immortal body.

After surviving the Golden Calamity, Shen Yun exceeded the nine-epoch lifespan limit and helped Shen Qingruo enter a state of Dao enlightenment. He took the title Primordial Chaos Dao Lord and decided to investigate Canglan Hall, leaving the Pill Cauldron Sect and Wu Sheng Dao preparing to travel to the Boundless Sea with him.

• Shen Yun returned to Starfall Pavilion after his tribulation, and his companions celebrated his breakthrough to Void Returning.
• Shen Yun encouraged Shen Qingruo to let nature take its course, helping her resolve her worries and enter Dao enlightenment.
• Wu Sheng Old Ancestor and Old Grand Sorceress joined Shen Yun's banquet, where Wu Sheng explained that he planned to seek a token at Canglan Hall for entry to the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Shen Yun recalled Canglan Hall's restrictions and considered sending Shen Wude and Shen Qiu to seek opportunities there.
• Shen Yun chose the honorific Primordial Chaos Dao Lord and decided to investigate Canglan Hall with support from Dan Yangzi and Wu Sheng Dao.
• News spread that the Pill Cauldron Sect and Wu Sheng Dao would head to the Boundless Sea with Primordial Chaos Dao Lord leading them.

As the Cultivation World focused on Canglan Hall’s contest, Shen Yun continued strengthening his cultivation and dao arts at Starfall Pavilion. He emerged from seclusion with a thread of Primordial Gold Origin and prepared to leave for Canglan Hall, which would open in ten days.

• At Happy Forest, Bai Fasheng named Jin and Young Lord Golden Peng as leading Golden Core contenders, Ye Jiuge and the Third Prince Golden Crow as leading Nascent Soul contenders, and Yu Linglong and He Xunhuan as Deity Transformation contenders.
• Dan Yangzi explained that Yu Linglong and He Xunhuan came from the formidable Overseas Immortal Islands sects, while the tea patrons discussed Shen Yun’s standing and his protégés’ prospects.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Azure Dragon praised Shen Yun as the Central Continent’s highest peak, and Shen Yun encouraged it to recover and fight alongside him against the Ghost Immortal.
• Shen Yun focused on polishing his dao arts rather than breaking through beyond the second layer of Void Returning, since his cultivation foundation could drain Tianming Prefecture’s spiritual energy.
• Shen Yun emerged from seclusion after condensing a thread of Primordial Gold Origin, and Jian Wushuang told him Canglan Hall would open in ten days.
• Shen Yun looked toward the Boundless Sea and said it was time to set out.

Shen Yun arrived at the Boundless Sea with the Wu Sheng Dao and Pill Cauldron Sect disciples as powerful forces gathered for Canglan Hall. After reaching Merman Marketplace to prepare for the opening, he learned that an expert from Linglong Immortal Island was visiting the First Dao Lord, prompting him to think of Li Shaobai.

• Great Thunder Sound Temple, Divine Firmament Dao, the Great Gan Immortal Dynasty, and other forces arrived at the Boundless Sea, then greeted Shen Yun when he appeared.
• Ye Jiuge and Zhao Chenglie set aside thoughts of competing with Shen Yun and vowed to compete against Demon Race heavenly prides inside Canglan Hall.
• Shen Yun and the gathered cultivators sailed toward Canglan Hall, stopping at Merman Marketplace to wait for its opening in ten days.
• Shen Yun instructed his companions to prepare for the secret realm and planned to buy materials to make talismans and formation plates.
• A Leopard Spirit welcomed Shen Yun and told him that an expert from Linglong Immortal Island was visiting the First Dao Lord, leading Shen Yun to recall Li Shaobai.

Yu Linglong and Gu Lingfeng visited the First Dao Lord on Li Shaobai’s orders to ask about the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm token. The First Dao Lord revealed it was hidden deep in the Chaos Zone, and the pair left confident that Li Shaobai would secure it.

• Daoist Xuan Yue welcomed Yu Linglong and Gu Lingfeng to Boundless Island and led them to the First Dao Lord.
• The First Dao Lord praised Yu Linglong’s laws and gave Gu Lingfeng a lesser assessment before asking why they had come.
• Gu Lingfeng said Li Shaobai had sent them to seek the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm token and offered Tribulation Transcendence Insights as a gift.
• The First Dao Lord said the token was hidden deep within the chaos and warned that finding it would be like fishing a needle out of the sea.
• Yu Linglong and Gu Lingfeng departed admiring Li Shaobai and expecting him to shine in the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm.

Shen Yun watched a dispute between Ye Jiuge’s group and the Demon Court over a Heaven Escaping Talisman escalate into a confrontation with a Dao Lord. He intervened by forcing the Grey-haired Dao Lord to kneel and demanding that he repent and cripple his cultivation.

• Shen Qingruo admired the coexistence of humans and demons in Spirit Shark Marketplace, while Shen Yun explained the balance between the region’s powers.
• Shen Yun recognized Venerable Guangyuan among the onlookers and learned that his obsession with Canglan Hall had helped him break through to Spirit Transformation.
• Venerable Yu tried to stop Ye Jiuge and the Demon Court from fighting over a Heaven Escaping Talisman, but the Third Prince Golden Crow and Young Lord Golden Peng demanded that Ye Jiuge apologize and kneel.
• After Venerable Yu confirmed that Ye Jiuge had chosen the talisman first, a Grey-haired Dao Lord appeared, injured Venerable Yu, and threatened the human cultivators.
• Shen Yun forced the Grey-haired Dao Lord to his knees and ordered him to repent for ten days and ten nights and cripple his cultivation.

Shen Yun intervened when the Demon Race heavenly prides threatened Ye Jiuge, forcing Young Lord Golden Peng and Third Prince Golden Crow to kneel as the demons called for powerful reinforcements. When Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King arrived, Shen Yun rejected their warnings and demanded that Third Prince Golden Crow kneel as well.

• Shen Yun appeared, and the Human Race heavenly prides greeted him as the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord.
• Shen Yun forced Young Lord Golden Peng and Third Prince Golden Crow to kneel, while Third Prince Golden Crow secretly called for Demon Race experts.
• The Grey-haired Dao Lord admitted defeat and begged Shen Yun for mercy, and Shen Wude mocked the kneeling demons.
• Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King arrived, but they warned Shen Yun instead of immediately intervening.
• Shen Yun asked if the demon ancestors were teaching him how to act, then told Third Prince Golden Crow that he must kneel too.

Shen Yun overwhelmed the Demon Race’s strongest defenders in the arena, crushing Old Ancestor Pojun’s Life Artifact and defeating the Golden-winged Great Peng King. He left the demons under guard and went to buy materials, while Venerable Yu worried about the coming clash with Emperor Golden Crow.

• Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King stepped forward to defend Third Prince Golden Crow and threatened the Human Race camp.
• Shen Yun unfolded his Primordial World, suppressing both demon elders and preventing them from advancing or unleashing their full power.
• Shen Yun crushed Old Ancestor Pojun’s Life Artifact with the Great Five Elements Dao, then struck the Golden-winged Great Peng King and sent him crashing into the demons.
• Third Prince Golden Crow collapsed to his knees as Shen Yun ordered Taotie Ancestor to guard the demons and said they could leave in ten days.
• Shen Yun departed with Shen Qingruo and Shen Wude to buy materials, while Venerable Yu warned that Emperor Golden Crow was far more dangerous than the defeated demon elders.

After Shen Yun humiliated the Demon Race’s leaders, Taotie Ancestor revealed his breakthrough to Dao Integration and drove back Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King. The two demon ancestors left the kneeling demons behind and went to the Formation Demon's Daoist Temple to seek help for Emperor Golden Crow.

• Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King recognized that Shen Yun had spared them only because he feared retaliation against the human Heavenly Prides, while Third Prince Golden Crow and Young Lord Golden Peng remained pinned to the ground.
• Old Ancestor Pojun tried to take the three kneeling demons away, but Taotie Ancestor blocked him with Killing Intent and injured his hand.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King tried to rescue the demons, but Taotie Ancestor grew enormous with Size-As-You-Wish and sent him flying, revealing his Dao Integration breakthrough.
• Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King admitted they could not defeat Taotie Ancestor and flew away to ask Emperor Golden Crow to intervene.
• The two demon ancestors reached the Formation Demon's Daoist Temple, where a dark bridge appeared and allowed them to enter.

The Golden-winged Great Peng King and Old Ancestor Pojun met Emperor Golden Crow and Formation Demon, who agreed to cooperate in exchange for a method to temper Formation Demon's Divine Sense. After learning that Shen Yun had overwhelmed the demons and forced the Third Prince Golden Crow to kneel, Emperor Golden Crow prioritized obtaining the Medicine Immortal's token and vowed to kill Shen Yun afterward.

• The Golden-winged Great Peng King and Old Ancestor Pojun entered Formation Demon's hidden sanctuary and greeted Emperor Golden Crow.
• Formation Demon demanded access to Three Tombs and Linked Mountains so he could surpass his Senior Disciple Sister, revealing his resentment toward Mister Lianshan.
• Emperor Golden Crow offered a method to purify Formation Demon's Divine Sense, and Formation Demon agreed to help the Demon Court.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King reported that Shen Yun had defeated him and Old Ancestor Pojun and forced the Third Prince Golden Crow to kneel.
• Emperor Golden Crow declared that obtaining the Medicine Immortal's token came first, then vowed to kill Shen Yun.

Shen Yun prepared for Canglan Hall by gathering supplies, rewarding Su Xue and his family, and studying the hall’s Spirit Array to gain an early advantage. As Canglan Hall’s opening approached, the gathered experts were stunned by the blazing radiance of Shen Yun’s Primordial Spirit.

• Shen Yun bought up spiritual materials and refined pills and talismans, while Su Xue killed thieves who coveted his supplies.
• Shen Yun entrusted Su Xue with guarding their place and gave her a sixth-rank supreme treasure pill.
• Shen Wude briefed Shen Yun on Yu Linglong, Gu Lingfeng, Li Shaobai, and He Xunhuan, while Shen Qingruo presented Shen Yun with a white magic robe and vowed to obtain the proof.
• Shen Yun traveled to Canglan Hall and studied its Spirit Array, using his Divine Sense and Primordial Spirit to deepen his formations and seek a way inside early.
• As experts gathered near Canglan Hall, they saw a blazing light and recognized the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord.

Shen Yun perfected the Great Sun Divine Demon Visualization Method and advanced to the Sixth-rank Formation Master, preparing to enter Canglan Hall on the second day. The Demon Race army arrived under Emperor Golden Crow, while Yu Linglong, Gu Lingfeng, and He Xunhuan sized up their rivals for the coming contest.

• Shen Yun’s divine sense shook the gathered cultivators, and the Demon Buddha recognized that he had reached the perfection realm of the Great Sun Divine Demon Visualization Method.
• Shen Yun completed his breakthrough, advanced to the Sixth-rank Formation Master, and concluded that he could enter Canglan Hall on the second day.
• Emperor Golden Crow led the Demon Race army to the venue and fixed his gaze on Shen Yun, who remained calm before him.
• Yu Linglong and Gu Lingfeng discussed entering Canglan Hall and identified He Xunhuan as a rival to watch.
• He Xunhuan smiled at Yu Linglong and surveyed the gathered cultivators, saying he would save the Yu family bloodline for last.

Shen Yun faced Emperor Golden Crow and the Demon Court army, then annihilated more than half the demons with a single Divine Sense attack. As he challenged Emperor Golden Crow, Formation Demon arrived and Canglan Hall opened.

• Emperor Golden Crow led the Demon Court army in threatening Shen Yun, but Shen Yun struck first and killed more than half the demons with his Divine Sense.
• Emperor Golden Crow angrily confronted Shen Yun, who calmly challenged him to fight in the void.
• The Human Race rallied behind Shen Yun as the Demon Court fell silent, while Gu Lingfeng, Yu Linglong, and He Xunhuan watched with their own concerns.
• Formation Demon arrived before the Demon Court formation, drawing the attention of the gathered cultivators.
• Canglan Hall trembled, its eighty-one Spirit Arrays activated, and its doors opened.

As Canglan Hall opened, Shen Yun reunited with his allies and learned that Heaven Swallowing King recognized his connection to Fang Tianyi. While the gathered powers sent cultivators into the hall, Shen Yun prepared to destroy the Demon Court after Qingruo and the others entered, and Formation Demon’s attempt to send Golden Core demons inside was interrupted by what he saw near Shen Yun.

• Shen Wude and Shen Qingruo arrived with Taotie Ancestor, while Shen Qiu and Jin also joined the gathering outside Canglan Hall.
• Shen Yun sensed Heaven Swallowing King nearby, and Heaven Swallowing King told Wu Tianyin that Shen Yun’s Five Elements Mana suggested Fang Tianyi was his master, though Fang Tianyi had likely not personally taught him.
• Emperor Golden Crow chose to postpone his conflict with Shen Yun and focus on entering Canglan Hall, while Shen Yun resolved to eliminate the Demon Court after his allies entered.
• The major powers sent Foundation Establishment cultivators into the hall and used formations and treasures to send stronger cultivators in early.
• Formation Demon used Array Inscriptions to send several Great Golden Core Demons into the hall, but told Young Lord Golden Peng that it had to wait an hour because it was Half-step Nascent Soul.
• Young Lord Golden Peng asked if another method could get it inside sooner, and Formation Demon’s certainty faltered when he followed Golden Peng’s gaze toward Shen Yun’s side.

Shen Yun demonstrated Seventh-Rank formation mastery to open Canglan Hall for several allies, while the Formation Demon and Emperor Golden Crow grew alarmed at the Human Race’s advantage. After the Formation Demon revealed a way to contact Demon Race entrants and organize an ambush, Shen Yun claimed the formation for himself.

• Shen Yun formed Array Inscriptions through Divine Sense alone, shocking the Formation Demon with a technique associated with Seventh-Rank Formation Masters.
• Shen Qingruo, Shen Wude, and Jin entered Canglan Hall safely through Shen Yun’s formation, while Shen Yun warned the first two to keep clear of the main hall.
• Shen Qiu used a strange cauldron-like treasure to weaken the formation and force his way into Canglan Hall.
• Emperor Golden Crow asked the Formation Demon to contact the Demon Race inside the hall, and the Formation Demon revealed an image of the hall and a way to transmit messages through formations he had planted there.
• Emperor Golden Crow ordered the Demon Race to gather and kill anyone caught alone, but Shen Yun declared that the formation belonged to him.

Shen Yun seized Formation Demon and took control of the grand formation, then used a formation to defend against Emperor Golden Crow’s furious attack. As the forty-nine-pattern formation began to fail, Shen Yun formed a Seventh-rank formation with sixty-four Main Formation Patterns.

• Shen Yun suddenly captured Formation Demon, sealed his magic power, and took control of the formation.
• Emperor Golden Crow erupted in rage and attacked Shen Yun with the Law of Supreme Yang fused with the Law of Fire.
• Shen Yun formed a World-Shaking Formation with forty-nine Main Formation Patterns to shield himself from the golden sea of flames.
• Emperor Golden Crow transformed into its Golden Crow Dharma Image and intensified its attack, melting the formation patterns.
• Shen Yun began evolving the Canglan Hall formation using the Primordial Dao, and Formation Demon woke to see Shen Yun form a Seventh-rank formation with sixty-four Main Formation Patterns.

Shen Yun trapped and subdued the Demon Court’s forces with his Seventh-Rank formation, while Emperor Golden Crow revealed the Fusang Dharma Image. As Emperor Golden Crow prepared to attack, Shen Yun had already captured the demons and begun collecting their corpses as ingredients, provoking its fury.

• Shen Yun absorbed the Golden-winged Great Peng King’s golden sea of fire into his Eight Trigrams Formation and drew the demons into his expanding Grand Formation of the Heavens.
• Gu Lingfeng decided to ask Li Shaobai to invite Shen Yun, while Yu Linglong worried about obtaining the token from him.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng King failed to escape the formation, and Old Ancestor Pojun was injured when he charged its light curtain.
• Emperor Golden Crow revealed the Fusang Dharma Image and unleashed the Law of Supreme Yang.
• Shen Yun subdued the remaining demons and collected their corpses, prompting Emperor Golden Crow to roar that it would kill him.

Shen Yun defeated the Demon Race elites and began turning its surviving leaders into servants, while Emperor Golden Crow attacked him and saw its strongest technique broken. Shen Yun then pointed at Emperor Golden Crow, promising to cut off its head.

• Emperor Golden Crow raged over the Demon Race’s defeat but hesitated to attack while Shen Yun held Old Ancestor Pojun and the Golden-winged Great Peng King.
• Shen Yun killed the Golden-winged Great Peng King’s soul and revived its body as a mount, then struck Old Ancestor Pojun with his Spiritual Sense Scythe.
• Emperor Golden Crow unleashed the Three Absolutes of Burning Heaven to stop Shen Yun, but Shen Yun’s Great Five Elements Sword Technique destroyed its three Golden Crow Phantoms.
• The Heaven Swallowing King recognized Shen Yun’s Primordial Gold Origin, while the other onlookers stood stunned by his power.
• Shen Yun pointed at Emperor Golden Crow and told it to watch carefully as he prepared to cut off its head.