Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun fought the Asura King, whose vast battle experience initially let it overwhelm him with basic, lethal strikes. Rather than retreat, Shen Yun used the deadly clash to sharpen his instincts, and he finally forced the Asura King to step back.

• Shen Yun attacked the Asura King with the Great Five Elements Sword Arts, prompting it to mistake him for the Lone Swan Sword Immortal and recall their ancient enmity.
• The Asura King burned its Nine Nether Origin and closed in, using simple but devastating punches and kicks to wound and suppress Shen Yun.
• Xie Chenyuan explained that the Asura King's immense battle experience had turned its awareness into instinct, while the others watched helplessly.
• Shen Yun accepted his inexperience as a weakness but chose to face the Asura King head-on, treating the life-and-death battle as a chance to advance.
• As Divine Comprehension accelerated Shen Yun's growth, his attacks grew stronger until he met the Asura King's punch and forced it to take a step back.
• Shen Yun wiped away the dust and declared that it was his turn.

Shen Yun surpassed the Asura King in battle experience and gradually gained the upper hand, while the Heavenly Talents watched and Dugu Galuo departed under suspicion. As the Asura King’s defeat seemed certain, it self-destructed and unleashed the Yellow Springs Heavenly Dao.

• Shen Yun reached a new level of battle experience and fought the Asura King to a standstill with his Great Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Qin Muye and Su Xingyue believed the Asura King was nearing exhaustion, while Xie Chenyuan suspected Dugu Galuo and received a warning from Gu Hanzhou not to act rashly.
• Dugu Galuo left the battlefield, and Xie Chenyuan revealed that Shen Yun had already arranged to prevent her from escaping.
• Shen Yun battered the weakening Asura King, severed several of its iron arms, and refined them to increase his cultivation.
• The Asura King self-destructed and unleashed a river of Nine Nether Demonic Energy, declaring the Yellow Springs Heavenly Dao.

Shen Yun countered the Asura King’s Yellow Springs Dao art by refining its demonic energy, then destroyed the Asura King’s consciousness. The Asura King manifested in the Nine Nether and summoned the First Elder of the Heart Demon Race.

• The Asura King unleashed the Yellow Springs Dao art, trapping Qin Muye, Su Xingyue, and Xie Chenyuan in visions of annihilation while Shen Yun recognized its nature.
• The Asura King sent the Yellow Springs surging toward Shen Yun, but Shen Yun unfolded the Primordial World and began refining the Nine Nether Demonic Energy.
• As the demonic energy was devoured, the Asura King lost control of the Yellow Springs, and Qin Muye and Su Xingyue realized Shen Yun had turned its attack against it.
• Shen Yun struck and shattered the Asura King’s consciousness, killing its manifestation on the battlefield.
• The Asura King manifested its true body in the Nine Nether, and ordered the First Elder of the Heart Demon Race to appear.

The Asura King ordered the Heart Demon Great Elder to enter the Human Realm and kill Shen Yun, whom he considered a greater threat than the Lone Swan Sword Immortal. After reaching the seventh heaven of Void Return and speaking with the Three Great Heavenly Talents, Shen Yun turned his attention toward a departing figure to settle the trouble.

• The Heart Demon Great Elder met the Asura King, who revealed that Shen Yun had disrupted the Nine Nether Demonic Energy and defeated the demon Ancestor's will.
• The Asura King ordered the Heart Demon Great Elder to bring back Shen Yun's head while avoiding interference with the Heart Demon Emperor's secret plans in the Human Realm.
• The Heart Demon Great Elder set off for the Western Mysterious Gate as the Asura King declared that the Human Race's fate had run out.
• Shen Yun finished refining the Nine Nether Demonic Energy and advanced to the seventh heaven of Void Return.
• Qin Muye, Su Xingyue, and Xie Chenyuan congratulated Shen Yun, and Xie Chenyuan offered to seek him an invitation to the Enlightenment Tea Gathering.
• Shen Yun declined the invitation and watched a departing figure, deciding it was time to resolve the trouble.

Dugu Galuo tried to escape across the Boundless Sea, but Shen Yun caught up as Kun Wuji and Uncle Yuan arrived to protect her. After Shen Yun and Gu Hanzhou swiftly defeated the two Kun Clan demons, Shen Yun turned to Dugu Galuo and asked who she really was.

• Dugu Galuo sensed that someone was tracking her across the Boundless Sea and crushed a Transmission Talisman before speeding onward.
• Shen Yun arrived and encountered Kun Wuji and Uncle Yuan, who had come to Dugu Galuo's aid.
• Kun Wuji insulted Shen Yun and attacked him, but Shen Yun slapped it spinning through the air and swollen-faced.
• Uncle Yuan rushed to save Kun Wuji, but Gu Hanzhou appeared, broke its claws with sword qi, and forced it to kneel.
• Shen Yun faced the pale Dugu Galuo and asked who she was.

Shen Yun confronted Dugu Galuo after detecting Space Law in the demonic qi, and she revealed legendary mastery of the Kunpeng Treasure Technique. He vowed to defeat her in three breaths, but after suppressing her escape with the Five Elements Chaos Tower, she unleashed the Kunpeng's Yin Yang Divine Form.

• Shen Yun accused Dugu Galuo of hiding her connection to the Space Law within the demonic qi and attacked her with Great Five Elements Sword Qi.
• Dugu Galuo used eight zhang of Space Law to swallow Shen Yun's sword strike and exile it into the Endless Void.
• Uncle Yuan recognized the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, and Kun Wuji realized Dugu Galuo had approached the Kun Clan with ulterior motives.
• Gu Hanzhou offered to help, but Shen Yun declined and claimed he could take Dugu Galuo down in three breaths.
• Shen Yun pursued Dugu Galuo through the sea region, then used the Five Elements Chaos Tower to suppress her Space Law and slow her down.
• Dugu Galuo unleashed the Yin Yang Divine Form, restoring her speed and leaving Kun Wuji and Uncle Yuan amazed.

Dugu Galuo unleashed the Kunpeng Treasure Technique against Shen Yun, but he defeated her with the Great Five Elements Dao in three breaths. After she refused to answer his question, Dugu Galuo suddenly died, leaving Shen Yun and the others stunned.

• Dugu Galuo used the Kunpeng Treasure Technique to break free, astonishing Kun Wuji, Uncle Yuan, and Gu Hanzhou with her mastery of the Yin Yang Divine Form.
• Shen Yun returned the Five Elements Law to chaos and shattered Dugu Galuo’s divine form, defeating her in exactly three breaths.
• Kun Wuji rejected the defeat, while Gu Hanzhou recognized that Shen Yun had won because his understanding of the dao surpassed Dugu Galuo’s.
• Shen Yun asked Dugu Galuo to answer his question, but she again denied that his suspicions were true.
• Azure Dragon appeared and threatened to take Dugu Galuo to Ask Dao Mountain, while Kun Wuji tried to protect her and was sealed.
• Shen Yun, Gu Hanzhou, and Azure Dragon realized that Dugu Galuo had died and her soul had dissipated.

Shen Yun used his Divine Sense and Yin Yang Laws, then added Nirvana Power to restore an image from Dugu Galuo’s Law Fragments. The image revealed a mysterious figure standing amid a vast sea of stars, leaving Shen Yun and the others wondering who They were.

• Dugu Galuo died after destroying her primordial spirit, and Gu Hanzhou confirmed she was Human Race.
• Uncle Yuan restrained Kun Wuji and pleaded with Shen Yun to spare them, while Gu Hanzhou left the decision to Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun revealed his powerful Divine Sense and used Yin Yang Laws to draw an image out of Dugu Galuo’s remains.
• When the Law Fragments resisted, Shen Yun added Nirvana Power, clearing the mist and restoring the image.
• The image showed a vast sea of stars and a solitary back view whose presence overwhelmed everyone.

Shen Yun neutralized the backlash from a heavenly-secret deduction and identified the power behind it as belonging to the Devil Race. He and the others concluded that the Heart Demon Emperor had hidden among the Overseas Immortal Islands and used Dugu Galuo as a pawn, leaving them to seek the culprit at the Enlightenment Tea Gathering.

• A deduction triggered a devastating torrent of Northern Darkness Profound Water, which Gu Hanzhou froze behind towering ice walls.
• Shen Yun pierced the ice barrier with Vast Righteous Qi and purified the destructive torrent.
• Shen Yun identified the force behind the attack as belonging to the Devil Race, and Gu Hanzhou named the First Elder Huanxin and the Heart Demon Emperor as possible sources.
• Azure Dragon explained that the Heart Demon Race manipulated people into becoming puppets, while Kun Wuji defended Dugu Galuo.
• Shen Yun and Gu Hanzhou reasoned that the Heart Demon Emperor had hidden in the Overseas Immortal Islands and used Dugu Galuo as a pawn.
• Shen Yun decided that the Enlightenment Tea Gathering was where they could uncover the Heart Demon Emperor's identity.

Shen Yun learned from Uncle Yuan that Dugu Galuo may have found the Kunpeng Treasure Technique on Sky Silence Island and resolved to search for it. Back at Ask Dao Mountain, the sect’s reputation continued to grow as distinguished cultivators came to pay their respects and Shen Yun welcomed his former allies from the Lone Swan Sword Sect.

• Kun Wuji left for the overseas regions, blaming the Heart Demon Emperor for Uncle Yuan’s supposed death, while Uncle Yuan revealed that Sky Silence Island might hold the Kunpeng Treasure Technique.
• Shen Yun decided to travel to Sky Silence Island and led everyone back to Ask Dao Mountain to prepare.
• Ask Dao Mountain’s disciples and the Shen Family prospered under the sect’s cultivation environment, while visitors came from across the Five Regions because of the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord’s reputation.
• The Four Friends of the Flower Realm arrived to pay their respects but learned that Shen Yun was receiving guests from the Lone Swan Sword Sect.
• Cold Plum Dao Lord praised Shen Yun for honoring his old ties and departed with his companions, while onlookers admired the Dao Lord’s conduct.

Shen Yun and his companions said farewell to their Sword Sect allies and prepared to journey to the Overseas Immortal Islands. After receiving twin Dao swords and reuniting with the Shen Family, they departed by spirit boat.

• Shen Yun welcomed Zhuge Xuan and the Lone Swan Sword Venerable to a banquet, where they discussed Fang Tianyi and the Lone Swan Sword Venerable's past admiration for him.
• Gu Hanzhou asked the Azure Dragon whether the Lone Swan Sword Venerable had feelings for Fang Tianyi, and the Azure Dragon cautioned that their difference in cultivation made a union unlikely.
• Shen Yun encouraged Shen Qingruo to act rather than live with regrets, and the Lone Swan Sword Venerable gave Shen Qingruo the sword Yingxue and Shen Yun the sword Moyuan.
• Shen Yun and his companions spent two months with the Shen Family before boarding a spirit boat and setting out for the Overseas Immortal Islands.

Shen Yun and his companions arrived at Boundless Island, where they encountered Bai Luo and other visitors from the Dawn Holy Palace. Daoist Xuan Yue ignored Bai Luo and welcomed Shen Yun on the Venerable Lord’s orders.

• Shen Yun decided to land at Boundless Island before continuing across the Immeasurable Sea, while Shen Qingruo agreed to follow his lead.
• The group reached the island, and their old captain left after warning them that it was the First Dao Lord’s place of quiet cultivation.
• Bai Luo, Xuan Zhong, Xuan Ting, and Mu Lingxi introduced themselves as visitors from the Dawn Holy Palace, and Shen Yun dispersed their probing divine sense.
• Bai Luo offered to let Shen Yun’s group travel with them and seek an audience with the island master, but Shen Yun declined.
• Daoist Xuan Yue passed Bai Luo and his companions and welcomed Shen Yun on the Venerable Lord’s orders.

Shen Yun arrived at Boundless Island, where Daoist Xuan Yue welcomed him with great courtesy and Bai Luo’s group realized they had underestimated him. Shen Yun suspected Hall Master Dugu was connected to Dugu Galuo and held back from confronting Bai Luo, then met the First Dao Lord, who greeted him as the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord.

• Daoist Xuan Yue welcomed Shen Yun and led him into Boundless Island, while dismissing Bai Luo’s group as unrelated visitors before recognizing Bai Luo as Hall Master Dugu’s disciple.
• Bai Luo decided to keep pursuing Shen Qingruo because her special Dao foundation could benefit the sacred artifact, despite Xuan Zhong urging him to give up.
• Mu Lingxi befriended Shen Qingruo and accidentally revealed Dawn Holy Palace secrets before Bai Luo stopped her.
• Shen Yun sensed Bai Luo and the others’ malice but held back, intending to draw out Hall Master Dugu.
• The First Dao Lord greeted Shen Yun with an ancient Daoist salute and called him the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord.

Shen Yun met the First Dao Lord on Boundless Island and received the Ink Dragon Spirit Boat before setting out for the Overseas Immortal Islands. He invited Bai Luo, Xuan Zhong, Xuan Ting, and Mu Lingxi to travel with them, unaware of the Sacred Temple elders’ plans for Mu Lingxi and the Three Lights Sacred Artifact.

• The First Dao Lord recognized Gu Hanzhou’s formidable cultivation and welcomed Shen Yun and his companions.
• Bai Luo, Xuan Zhong, and Xuan Ting discussed investigating the group and using the Three Lights Sacred Artifact to absorb Mu Lingxi’s Spirit Moon Power.
• The First Dao Lord gifted Shen Yun the Ink Dragon Spirit Boat because Fang Tianyi had once guided him, and he said the Ghost Immortal’s removal freed him to pursue a higher realm.
• Shen Yun invited Bai Luo and the others to travel with them, and Bai Luo accepted while the Sacred Temple elders privately planned their next moves.
• Mu Lingxi warned Shen Qingruo about Bai Luo and the others, then followed the group after Shen Qingruo reassured her.

Shen Yun and his companions traveled across the Immeasurable Sea, where Shen Yun stopped Xuan Zhong from attacking a Seven-Colored Carp and subdued the Sacred Temple envoys. He exposed their interest in Shen Qingruo and the Three Lights Scepter, while Bai Luo realized reinforcements were already on the way.

• Shen Yun’s spirit boat crossed paths with a Three-Horned Viper, which retreated, and Shen Qingruo helped Mu Lingxi see a Seven-Colored Carp.
• Xuan Zhong tried to seize the Seven-Colored Carp with a giant hand of flame, but Shen Yun crushed his Divine Sense and stopped him.
• Shen Yun revealed that Bai Luo had secretly called for reinforcements, then crushed the Divine Senses of Bai Luo and Xuan Ting when they threatened him.
• Shen Yun’s question exposed that the Sacred Temple had targeted Shen Qingruo for a Sacred Artifact, and Xuan Zhong’s reaction confirmed his suspicion.
• Gu Hanzhou identified the artifact as the Three Lights Scepter, an Innate Magical Treasure, while Bai Luo realized Hall Master Dugu was coming.

Hall Master Dugu learned that Shen Yun had killed his daughter, Dugu Galuo, but Elder Fate Star warned him that Shen Yun was the personal disciple of Immortal Lord Fang and could not be located through divination. When Elder Fate Star tried to investigate a vision involving Bai Luo, his compass cracked under a heavenly force, and he fled after declaring it an omen of great calamity.

• Hall Master Dugu asked Elder Fate Star what to make of Bai Luo's report of a genius with the Three Lights Dao Foundation, and Elder Fate Star used the Big Dipper Fate Compass to assess the matter.
• Elder Fate Star told Hall Master Dugu that Dugu Galuo had been killed by Shen Yun, who was Immortal Lord Fang's personal disciple.
• Hall Master Dugu asked Elder Fate Star to find Shen Yun's whereabouts, but Elder Fate Star said Shen Yun's fate concealed the heavenly secrets and resisted his deductions.
• Elder Fate Star used the Big Dipper Fate Compass to view Boundless Island, an ink-colored boat, and Bai Luo and his companions lying defeated.
• The compass cracked when a great force struck the vision, and Elder Fate Star fled, warning Hall Master Dugu that he had seen an omen of great calamity.

Shen Yun confronted Hall Master Dugu after Mu Lingxi exposed Dawn Holy Palace’s scheme against Shen Qingruo. He defeated Dugu, severed his arm, and seized the Three Lights Scepter, then offered to fight him with one hand.

• Mu Lingxi accused Bai Luo of plotting against Shen Qingruo and declared that she was leaving Dawn Holy Palace.
• Hall Master Dugu tried to silence Mu Lingxi, but Shen Yun blocked his attack and began overpowering him.
• Shen Yun battered Dugu while Elder Fate Star recognized Shen Yun’s mastery of the Book of Zhou Tian Yan Dao.
• Dugu unleashed the Three Lights Staff and targeted Mu Lingxi and Shen Qingruo, but Shen Yun cut off his arm and took the scepter.
• Shen Yun told Dugu that he would give him one hand to make their fight fair.

Shen Yun discovered the Three Lights Scepter’s power, gained its allegiance, and used it to become master over the Sacred Temple’s disciples. As the others submitted, he asked Hall Master Dugu about Dugu Galuo.

• Shen Yun defeated Hall Master Dugu, sending him tumbling into Bai Luo, while Elder Fate Star identified himself as a Star Palace elder and pleaded that he had come to help Mu Lingxi.
• Shen Yun found the Three Lights Scepter unclaimed and explored its inner world, discovering its precious Three Lights Divine Water.
• The scepter’s immortal light helped Shen Qingruo break through three Golden Core levels to Golden Core Peak, while Mu Lingxi absorbed moonlight without changing her cultivation.
• The Three Lights Scepter manifested a six-winged phantom and acknowledged Shen Yun as its master, prompting Xuan Zhong and another person to kneel and submit.
• Shen Yun pointed the scepter at Hall Master Dugu and asked what relationship Dugu Galuo had with him.

Shen Yun exposed Hall Master Dugu and Bai Luo’s role in Dugu Galuo’s schemes and the deaths of Holy Palace disciples, then executed them. He spared Xuan Zhong and Xuan Ting and arrived at the Star Palace’s territory, where Elder Fate Star awaited.

• Shen Yun tested Hall Master Dugu’s reaction and exposed that he had concealed a connection to Dugu Galuo.
• Bai Luo confessed that he and Hall Master Dugu had helped Dugu Galuo search for a treasure on Sky Silence Island and had targeted disciples with special Dao Foundations.
• Bai Luo revealed that the Three Lights Divine Water had been exhausted, prompting Hall Master Dugu to seek more special Dao Foundations, and Xuan Zhong and Xuan Ting accused them of killing genius disciples.
• Hall Master Dugu denied knowing Dugu Galuo’s backer, and Shen Yun killed him with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Shen Yun killed Bai Luo, spared Xuan Zhong and Xuan Ting with a warning, and arrived at the Star Dome Floating Island in Elder Fate Star’s territory.

Shen Yun and his companions arrived at Star Palace, where Su Xingyue welcomed them on her master's orders. Mu Lingxi sensed a distant gaze that could read her thoughts, leaving Shen Yun unsettled as the group reached the palace.

• Elder Fate Star explained that the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets had left Star Dome Archipelago for the Mystic Heart Dharma Realm.
• Su Xingyue welcomed Shen Yun and his companions, and Elder Fate Star arranged for the floating island to carry them to meet the palace master.
• Mu Lingxi suddenly felt afraid, then told Shen Yun that someone in a faraway place was watching them and could know her thoughts.
• The group dismissed Mu Lingxi's warning and continued their journey until the floating island arrived at Star Palace's cloud platform.