Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun remained in seclusion on Ask Dao Mountain while cultivators discussed the weakened Demon Court and the Human Race’s plans to resist it. Prominent figures gathered for the Three Trials of Heart Questioning, and Yu Qingxian arrived seeking an audience with Shen Yun on behalf of Linglong Immortal Island.

• Cultivators discussed Emperor Golden Crow’s death, Emperor Qianning’s summons, and the rule barring Dao Integration experts from fighting on lower-level battlefields.
• Sword Maniac argued that the Human Race should not depend on Shen Yun, and Ye Jiuge agreed that its people must stand on their own.
• Renowned figures including Bai Fasheng and the Third Dao Lord arrived at Ask Dao Mountain to take part in the Three Trials of Heart Questioning.
• A mysterious green-robed woman impressed Bai Fasheng and the Third Dao Lord with her concealed aura and movement art.
• The woman introduced herself as Yu Qingxian and asked to meet Shen Yun on behalf of Linglong Immortal Island.

Yu Qingxian visited Ask Dao Mountain on Linglong Immortal Island’s behalf to discuss redeeming its supreme treasure, and she witnessed the mountain’s strength and entrance assessment. The Formation Demon reflected on Shen Yun’s fair treatment of the Shen Family and became more certain about following his path.

• Yu Qingxian arrived at Ask Dao Mountain and asked to meet Shen Yun about redeeming Linglong Immortal Island’s supreme treasure.
• The Formation Demon and Taotie Ancestor received Yu Qingxian, who agreed to wait until the entrance assessment ended and asked to see the Heart-Questioning Great Formation.
• Yu Qingxian observed Army Breaker and Golden Peng and marveled that Shen Yun had subdued powerful demon beasts.
• Thirty percent of the candidates passed the assessment, and Yu Qingxian questioned why Ask Dao Mountain would turn away the others.
• The Formation Demon recalled that Shen Yun had placed Shen Family members in the Outer Sect rather than granting them special treatment, and concluded that Shen Yun was a born leader.

Shen Yun and the Azure Dragon located the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm using the Seven Orifices Exquisite Wisdom Wheel, and Shen Yun entered to seek its treasures. After harvesting rare medicinal plants, he heard an unseen voice warn him to run.

• The Azure Dragon used the Seven Orifices Exquisite Wisdom Wheel to find the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm’s location in the chaotic currents of the void.
• Shen Yun learned that all seven tokens were needed to open the main hall, but chose to enter early and investigate the realm’s scattered opportunities.
• Shen Yun used the Green Gourd Ring and the Wisdom Wheel to open a portal and travel safely into the secret realm.
• Shen Yun explored a vast forest of enormous spiritual medicines and gathered rare plants, storing them in the Azure Dragon’s Minor World when his ring filled.
• Shen Yun heard a hoarse voice from deep in the valley warn him to run, and wondered how anyone could remain in the long-abandoned secret realm.

Shen Yun used the Wisdom Wheel to trace a mysterious voice to a cave where a sword-scarred figure was bound by demonic chains. He and Azure Dragon reached the cave, where the prisoner warned them to leave before nightfall, and Azure Dragon recognized him as Gu Hanzhou, son of Lone Swan Sword Immortal.

• Shen Yun and Azure Dragon heard a voice carrying across the Secret Realm, and Azure Dragon warned that its speaker should not know the realm's coordinates.
• Shen Yun used the Wisdom Wheel to create a mirror that traced the voice to a cave and revealed a figure bound by eight chains amid terrifying demonic qi.
• The imprisoned figure sensed Shen Yun's observation and shattered the mirror with his gaze.
• Shen Yun and Azure Dragon decided to investigate and flew to the cave, where they found the entrance vines cut apart and powerful sword intent lingering.
• The figure warned Shen Yun and Azure Dragon to leave before nightfall as the sun began to set.
• Azure Dragon recognized the prisoner as Gu Hanzhou, the son of Lone Swan Sword Immortal.

Shen Yun and Azure Dragon found Gu Hanzhou imprisoned in a cave by Asura Demonic Qi, and Shen Yun began breaking through the chains that held him. After refining one chain and growing stronger, Shen Yun prepared to deal with the remaining restraints before sunset.

• Shen Yun recalled the histories of Lone Swan Sword Immortal and Medicine Immortal Valley as he and Azure Dragon approached the cave.
• Azure Dragon recognized Gu Hanzhou inside the cave and tried to reach him, but a storm of demonic qi erupted and devastated the surrounding land.
• Shen Yun unfolded the Primordial World to absorb the storm, then evaded and weakened a pitch-black chain made of Asura Demonic Qi.
• Shen Yun sealed the cave entrance, seized the chain, and refined it into essence qi, bringing his cultivation close to the fifth level of Void Returning.
• Gu Hanzhou warned Shen Yun to retreat before the nightly demonic tide, but Shen Yun said he had time to break the remaining chains before sunset.

Shen Yun freed Gu Hanzhou from the seven Demonic Chains in exactly one hundred breaths and escaped the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm with Gu Hanzhou and Azure Dragon. After they left, a colossal phantom appeared in the realm, discovered Gu Hanzhou was gone, and vowed to kill whoever had interfered once it broke open the Xuanmen.

• Shen Yun used the Book of Zhou Tian Yan Dao to evade the seven Demonic Chains and suppress them in exactly one hundred breaths.
• Gu Hanzhou thanked Shen Yun for saving him and learned that Shen Yun was an elder of Sword Sect.
• Gu Hanzhou warned Shen Yun that Asuras descended at night as the secret realm's restrictions weakened, so Shen Yun left with Gu Hanzhou and Azure Dragon using the Green Gourd Ring.
• After night fell, a towering phantom appeared in the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm as its spirit grasses formed a barrier against the demonic qi.
• The phantom searched the empty cave, realized Gu Hanzhou had escaped, and vowed to kill the one responsible after breaking open the Xuanmen.

Gu Hanzhou told Shen Yun and Azure Dragon that the Medicine Immortal’s disappearance was tied to a demonic calamity and an Asura King’s projection. Shen Yun used Nirvana Power to restore him, while Yu Qingxian received a message hinting that the death of a beloved disciple would bring a storm to Ask Dao Mountain.

• Gu Hanzhou explained that Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets had uncovered a demonic calamity connected to the Devil Race.
• Gu Hanzhou revealed that an Asura King’s projection had defeated him and left him deeply eroded by demonic qi.
• Shen Yun used Nirvana Power to restore Gu Hanzhou’s body and sea of qi, and Gu Hanzhou expected to regain his peak within ten years.
• Azure Dragon told Gu Hanzhou that Shen Yun had obtained an immortal artifact and that hidden enemies were watching him.
• Yu Qingxian read a message from her Transmission Talisman and realized that the First Elder would not let his beloved disciple’s death go unanswered.

Yu Qingxian arrived at Ask Dao Mountain with news that Primordial Chaos Dao Lord remained in seclusion, while Gu Lingyuan and the Star-Plucking Grand Venerable demanded the immortal artifact. As the Mountain Protecting Formation faced the overwhelming power of the visiting elder, a calm voice ordered that they be brought to Xing Tian Platform.

• Yu Qingxian reached Ask Dao Mountain, where disciples formed up after a bronze war chariot and eight Void Returning Flood Dragons arrived.
• Gu Lingyuan questioned Yu Qingxian about retrieving the immortal artifact, and she replied that Primordial Chaos Dao Lord was still in seclusion.
• Gu Lingyuan accused Primordial Chaos Dao Lord of stalling, while Formation Demon and Yu Qingxian challenged his disrespectful conduct.
• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable emerged from the war chariot, and his pressure shook the Mountain Protecting Formation and nearly forced the disciples to their knees.
• As Formation Demon prepared to resist, a calm voice ordered the newcomers to be brought to Xing Tian Platform.

Shen Yun and his allies prepared for the Star-Plucking Grand Venerable’s arrival, while Yu Qingxian offered a peaceful exchange for the Wisdom Wheel. Gu Lingyuan instead demanded the treasure and insulted Gu Hanzhou, who revealed his overwhelming power by striking Gu Lingyuan into a distant mountainside.

• The Formation Demon opened Ask Dao Mountain’s grand array and guided Gu Lingyuan’s war chariot to Xing Tian Platform.
• The Dragon Horse warned Azure Dragon and Shen Yun about the Star-Plucking Grand Venerable and explained the Gu Family’s longstanding resentment toward the Yu Family.
• Gu Lingyuan demanded that Shen Yun bow, while Yu Qingxian proposed exchanging for the Wisdom Wheel and offered to seek help from the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets.
• The Star-Plucking Grand Venerable claimed the Wisdom Wheel as Linglong Immortal Island’s inherited treasure, and Gu Lingyuan threatened Shen Yun into surrendering it.
• Gu Lingyuan insulted Gu Hanzhou and tried to strike him, but Gu Hanzhou knocked him into a distant mountain wall.

Gu Hanzhou defeated Star-Plucking Grand Venerable and Gu Lingyuan with a single sword strike, revealing a strength far beyond their expectations. As Gu Lingyuan tried to invoke the sect master’s ties to Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets, the dragon horse revealed those ties offered no protection, leaving him in despair.

• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable challenged Gu Hanzhou and attacked him with a star-filled divine technique.
• Gu Hanzhou broke the attack with the Dao-Breaking Sword and pierced Star-Plucking Grand Venerable through the chest.
• Gu Hanzhou’s sword qi pinned Star-Plucking Grand Venerable and Gu Lingyuan together in the crack in the mountain wall.
• Yu Qingxian and Azure Dragon reacted with shock and admiration as the dragon horse praised Gu Hanzhou.
• Gu Lingyuan appealed to the sect master’s ties with Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets to avoid death.
• The dragon horse said Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets would not interfere in personal grudges, and Gu Lingyuan fell into despair.

Shen Yun confronted Gu Lingyuan and Star-Plucking Grand Venerable, whose attempt to threaten him with news of a powerful ally collapsed when they revealed that Immortal Lord Fang was Shen Yun’s master. Shen Yun killed Gu Lingfeng, but stopped when Star-Plucking Grand Venerable began to disclose a secret involving Asura.

• Dragon Horse exposed Gu Lingyuan’s scheme and urged Azure Dragon to eliminate him, while Star-Plucking Grand Venerable offered an eighth-rank formation and a truce.
• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable said Linglong Immortal Island had befriended Immortal Lord Fang, who had returned overseas and ascended into the Immortal Realm.
• Azure Dragon revealed that Immortal Lord Fang was Shen Yun’s master, leaving Star-Plucking Grand Venerable and Gu Lingfeng stunned.
• Shen Yun pierced Gu Lingfeng’s Spiritual Platform with the Primordial Chaos Law and killed him.
• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable claimed he knew a great secret and said “Asura,” making Shen Yun stop and tell him to continue.

Star-Plucking Grand Venerable revealed that the Asuras were plotting to break through the Mysterious Gate and invade the Human Realm, and that the Taiwei Sword might help resist them. Shen Yun learned the sword was sealed in the Nameless Sword Tomb and began planning for the coming demonic calamity.

• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable explained that the Asura Royal Clan planned to breach the Mysterious Gate, and revealed that his master had once guarded it and stopped an earlier invasion.
• Gu Hanzhou identified the Taiwei Sword as a legendary Nine Heavens Divine Weapon capable of slaying demons, and Star-Plucking Grand Venerable offered to reveal its whereabouts in exchange for mercy.
• Dragon Horse proposed that Star-Plucking Grand Venerable atone by slaying Asuras, and Shen Yun accepted his counteroffer of two hundred; Gu Hanzhou then supervised his blood oath.
• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable said the Taiwei Sword lay in the Nameless Sword Tomb, where its former master had fallen during the Immortal Ascension Tribulation, and warned that many powerful cultivators had failed to win its recognition.
• Star-Plucking Grand Venerable estimated that the Western Mysterious Gate could be breached within a hundred to a thousand years, while Shen Yun considered the looming threat and had an idea.

At the Western Mysterious Gate, Qin Muye, Su Xingyue, Xie Chenyuan, and Dugu Galuo discussed Asura King's attempt to enter the human world and the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm's credentials. Xie Chenyuan resolved to meet Shen Yun, whose talent was said to surpass Immortal Lord Fang's.

• Qin Muye and the others arrived at the Western Mysterious Gate and learned Asura King was behind the demonic qi surrounding it.
• Su Xingyue said her master had divined that Asura King intended to descend into the human world and unleash a Killing Tribulation.
• Dugu Galuo revealed that the Asura Clan likely sought a supreme treasure hidden in the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm.
• Qin Muye displayed an orange credential, while Dugu Galuo revealed a purple one and named Heaven Swallowing King, Jade Qilin, and Shen Yun as holders of the others.
• Su Xingyue warned Xie Chenyuan that Shen Yun was Immortal Lord Fang's disciple, but Xie Chenyuan said he wanted to meet Shen Yun and judge his talent himself.

Xie Chenyuan challenged Dugu Galuo and tested her strength, discovering that her mysterious Dao art could withstand his attack. A powerful presence then arrived, and Dugu Galuo told Xie Chenyuan that the person he had been seeking was here.

• Qin Muye recalled how Shen Yun had defeated Li Shaobai, and Xie Chenyuan dismissed Li Shaobai as merely so-so.
• Dugu Galuo remarked that Shen Yun had said the same thing, prompting Xie Chenyuan to accuse her of sowing discord and attack.
• Dugu Galuo used an elusive Dao art to withstand Xie Chenyuan's Nine Steps to Traverse the Heavens, though his strike wounded her arm and burned away her sleeve.
• Xie Chenyuan recognized that Dugu Galuo's Dao art did not come from Liang Yi Palace, while Qin Muye and Su Xingyue speculated about her mysterious inheritance.
• A powerful aura appeared in the distant sky, and Dugu Galuo told Xie Chenyuan that the person he had been looking for had arrived.

Shen Yun arrived at the Western Mysterious Gate to harvest demonic qi and uncovered signs that Dugu Galuo possessed the Kunpeng Treasure Technique. After she gave him the Purple Gourd Ring as an apology, Xie Chenyuan asked Shen Yun to hand it over.

• Shen Yun and Gu Hanzhou traveled to the Western Mysterious Gate, where Shen Yun watched the gathering before deciding how to act.
• Su Xingyue failed to divine Shen Yun's fate and suffered a backlash, while Xie Chenyuan and Qin Muye sensed his extraordinary strength.
• Shen Yun confronted Dugu Galuo about her plans and used the Qi Gazing Art to spot the Kun Clan aura within her fortune, recognizing the Kunpeng Treasure Technique.
• Dugu Galuo concealed her aura and gave Shen Yun her Purple Gourd Ring as an apology, and Shen Yun accepted it while deciding to investigate her background.
• Xie Chenyuan asked Shen Yun to give him the Purple Gourd Ring.

Xie Chenyuan challenged Shen Yun to a wagered duel using the Heaven-Piercing Lightning Talisman, proposing they fight at Void Return cultivation. Shen Yun claimed Xie would not last three moves, then scattered his mana with one strike and left Xie reeling.

• Xie Chenyuan displayed his Nine Revolutions Mana, suppressing the cultivation of Su Xingyue and Qin Muye, while Shen Yun calmly dissolved its pressure.
• Xie Chenyuan offered his eighth-rank Heaven-Piercing Lightning Talisman as the stake for a duel and proposed they fight at Void Return cultivation.
• Shen Yun declared that Xie Chenyuan would not last three moves against him in the same realm, and Xie attacked.
• Shen Yun met Xie Chenyuan's mana with his purple Primordial Mana, scattered it in one strike, and forced Xie back three steps.

After defeating Xie Chenyuan in one move, Shen Yun learned that the Heart Demon Royal Clan might have enabled the Asura King’s projection to enter the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm. As the group considered investigating the realm to stop the demonic qi spreading through Xuanmen, Shen Yun declared that he would handle it himself.

• Shen Yun defeated Xie Chenyuan in one move, and Su Xingyue narrowly escaped dissolving into the Dao when her Five Emperors Copper Coins awakened her.
• Xie Chenyuan accepted his defeat and gave Shen Yun the Heaven-Piercing Lightning Talisman; Shen Yun returned the Purple Gourd Ring to him.
• Qin Muye told Shen Yun that the Heart Demon Race could hide among humans, and Xie Chenyuan added that even the Heart Demon Royal Clan could evade his master’s perception.
• Shen Yun connected the Heart Demon Royal Clan to the Asura King’s projection in the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm, and the group suspected that a hidden demon had summoned it.
• Dugu Galuo suggested investigating the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm to stop the demonic qi, but Shen Yun said he would deal with the threat himself.

Shen Yun refined the Nine Nether Origin with his Primordial Chaos Law, advancing to the sixth level of Void Returning before his actions summoned the Asura King’s will. The Asura King recognized Shen Yun’s connection to the person who rescued Gu Hanzhou and declared that he could not be allowed to live.

• Dugu Galuo warned Shen Yun that the Nine Nether Origin was far more dangerous than ordinary demonic energy, but Shen Yun attacked it anyway.
• Shen Yun unleashed his nine-zhang-nine Primordial Chaos Law and crushed the Nine Nether Demonic Energy, astonishing Qin Muye, Su Xingyue, and Xie Chenyuan.
• Shen Yun enveloped the Nine Nether Origin in his law and refined it, breaking through to the sixth level of Void Returning.
• An ancient will descended, merging with the demonic energy and forming the Asura King’s three-headed, six-armed demon body.
• The Asura King recognized Shen Yun’s aura and connected him to the person who rescued Gu Hanzhou; Xie Chenyuan suspected Immortal Lord Fang was involved.
• The Asura King judged Shen Yun’s Dao lineage a threat and vowed not to let him live.

Shen Yun fought Asura King, whose overwhelming demonic power forced him to reveal his sword mastery and endure the Five Absolute Heavenly Demon Divine Ability. He reversed the five-elements torrent into its innate state and challenged Asura King to explain what it had been waiting for.

• Asura King attacked Shen Yun, while Qin Muye called for reinforcements and Xie Chenyuan urged Shen Yun to avoid its strength.
• Shen Yun met Asura King's six demonic seals with his Great Five Elements Dao, but the attack initially overwhelmed him.
• Shen Yun summoned his Supreme Primordial Spirit and formed a sword formation, using the Sword Heart Realm to cut apart Asura King's seals.
• Asura King unleashed the Five Absolute Heavenly Demon Divine Ability, and its five-colored torrent assimilated the surrounding world as Shen Yun dodged and studied it.
• Shen Yun used Five Elements Returning to Truth to turn the torrent back into natural Essence and Qi, then asked what Asura King was waiting for.

Shen Yun perfected the Great Five Elements Dao and destroyed Asura King’s Five Absolute Heavenly Demon Divine Ability. He rejected Asura King’s offer to join Nine Nether and attacked, having realized that the demons had invaded the Human Realm to search for a treasure.

• Shen Yun perfected the Great Five Elements Dao and dismantled Asura King’s divine ability with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Qin Muye, Xie Chenyuan, and Dugu Galuo were shocked by Shen Yun’s achievement, while Asura King acknowledged his talent.
• Asura King offered Shen Yun three million li of territory and promised to restrain the Myriad Clans if he stayed out of the conflict.
• Shen Yun questioned Asura King about the invasion, and Asura King said the Human Realm held something the demons needed.
• Shen Yun refused Asura King’s offer and declared that he would take what he wanted himself.
• Shen Yun inferred that the demons were searching for a treasure and struck at Asura King with his sword intent.