Chapter Summaries

After surviving Huanxin’s self-detonation, Shen Yun gained insight into the Great Dao of Life and Death and received Huanxin’s Soul Crystal. He then arranged a deception with Gu Hanzhou and returned to the gathered cultivators beside Azure Dragon, who announced that he had come seeking vengeance.

• Shen Yun survived Huanxin’s self-detonation by transforming yin and yang, and Gu Hanzhou apologized for nearly leading him into danger.
• Gu Hanzhou recovered Huanxin’s Soul Crystal and gave it to Shen Yun, who found its vast Divine Sense power nearly equal to Huanxin’s at his peak.
• Shen Yun asked Gu Hanzhou to cooperate in an upcoming act, and Gu Hanzhou agreed without asking for details.
• The cultivators gathered at Immortal Island sensed Azure Dragon’s arrival and recognized him as second on the Heaven-Treading Ranking.
• Azure Dragon told Linglong Sect Master that he had come seeking vengeance, then crossed the sea toward his destination.

Jin Haoyang’s camp planned to recruit Azure Dragon to help kill Shen Yun, but Azure Dragon arrived and joined forces with Gu Hanzhou against the demons. Shen Yun escaped the barrier and stomped Holy Son Golden Crow into the ground, challenging him to make good on his threat.

• Jin Haoyang decided to offer Azure Dragon Great Vehicle insights and Immortal Yuan Stones in exchange for restraining Gu Hanzhou, while Holy Son Golden Crow urged the demons to kill Shen Yun.
• Azure Dragon arrived, killed the Pill Puppet Left Emissary with a sword strike, and used his pressure to break Holy Son Golden Crow’s legs and force him to the ground.
• Jin Haoyang attacked Azure Dragon, but Gu Hanzhou arrived and pierced through Jin Haoyang’s demonic flood and Yin Yang barrier with his sword.
• The Qiongqi Patriarch stopped short when he saw Gu Hanzhou and Azure Dragon fighting together.
• Shen Yun passed through the Yin Yang barrier, stomped Holy Son Golden Crow’s head into the grass, and challenged him to make him suffer.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Holy Son Golden Crow and helped drive Jin Haoyang from the battlefield, ending the Demon Race’s assault in a crushing defeat. Holy Son Golden Crow died, while the Qiongqi Clan’s apparent survival fueled suspicions that they had defected.

• Shen Yun dismissed Holy Son Golden Crow’s threats and prepared to kill him as Gu Hanzhou and Jin Haoyang faced off elsewhere.
• Observers questioned why the Qiongqi Clan had emerged mostly unharmed, and the Qiongqi Patriarch challenged Heaven Swallowing King to prove his loyalty.
• Jin Haoyang demanded that Shen Yun stop, but Shen Yun impaled Holy Son Golden Crow with a wind-and-thunder spear and attacked Jin Haoyang with a life-and-death sword.
• Gu Hanzhou joined Shen Yun in surrounding Jin Haoyang, who transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow and fled, leaving behind drops of blood.
• Shen Yun tore apart Holy Son Golden Crow with the spear, scattering his soul and killing him.

The Enlightenment Tea Gathering ended with Jiang Xueci narrowly defeating Xie Chenyuan but deciding not to challenge Shen Yun, whose overwhelming power had already deterred her. As Cultivators recounted the gathering’s events in Linglong Marketplace, Shen Qiu heard rumors of a treasure connected to Godsfall Island and set off for North Nether.

• Jiang Xueci defeated Xie Chenyuan by half a move, then left without challenging Shen Yun because she knew she could not match him.
• The Enlightenment Tea Gathering ended, and news of its major events spread throughout the Immortal Islands and beyond.
• Shen Qiu paid a storyteller to recount Autumn Gate’s deeds while Azure Venerable sat embarrassed beside him.
• After hearing stories about Shen Yun’s feats, Shen Qiu was stung by Azure Venerable’s taunt and prepared to return to secluded cultivation.
• Shen Qiu overheard that a treasure tied to Godsfall Island had appeared in North Nether, and he immediately decided to go there.

Fang Tianyi met with the Great Vehicle experts on a forbidden island in North Nether as they gathered to discuss the Heavenly Road. Before the Gravekeeper could begin the discussion, Fang Tianyi challenged the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets to a fight.

• The immortal experts assembled at a desolate forest of steles on an island in North Nether.
• Heartless Demon Lord and Golden Crow Supreme remarked on Fang Tianyi’s power, while the Lord of the Dragon Clan noted the Human Race had gained three Great Vehicles after the Nine Nether Calamity.
• Fang Tianyi disrupted his chess game with the Gravekeeper, and Heartless Demon Lord laughed at his boldness.
• The Gravekeeper called on everyone to assist with the crucial matter of the Heavenly Road.
• Fang Tianyi interrupted and challenged the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets to fight him.

Fang Tianyi challenged Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets, and their battle revealed the immense force of his Great Five Elements Dao and the near-impenetrable defense of her calculation-based Dao realm. Fang Tianyi then used Chaos Origin Power to collapse that realm and force her out of it.

• Fang Tianyi challenged Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets, and Qilin Ancestor declared that Fang Tianyi was stronger.
• Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets accepted a battle beyond the heavens, and the gathered powerhouses followed to watch.
• Fang Tianyi unleashed the Great Five Elements Dao, shocking the true immortals with power they judged to be at least late Earth Immortal level.
• Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets used her calculation-based Dao realm to divert Fang Tianyi's attack into the outer cosmos, leaving her seemingly untouchable.
• Fang Tianyi spread gray Chaos Origin Power across the starry realm, collapsed it, and forced Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets out of her Dao realm.

Fang Tianyi overwhelmed Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets, breaking through her defenses and leaving her gravely wounded. As the gathered powerhouses urged him to spare her, he said he did not know her and had only wanted to confirm something.

• Fang Tianyi used the Chaos Divine Cauldron to catch Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets despite her escape arts and Grand Profound Mirror.
• The onlookers realized Fang Tianyi's cultivation was only at the middle stage of Earth Immortal, though his combat strength let him fight above his level.
• Fang Tianyi broke through Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets's Weak Water Immortal Domain, wounded her, and sent the Grand Profound Mirror flying with a Five Elements Divine Mountain.
• Heartless Demon Lord, Penglai Immortal Lord, and other powerhouses urged Fang Tianyi to stop and spare Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets.
• Fang Tianyi said he did not know Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets and had only wanted to confirm one thing, shocking everyone.

Fang Tianyi suspected the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets might be the Heart Demon Emperor, but the Gravekeeper confirmed she was human and ended their confrontation. The experts began reinforcing the Heavenly Road as the epoch’s end approached, while a person from the Upper Realm fell toward the distant coast.

• Fang Tianyi said he had attacked the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets to test whether she was the Heart Demon Emperor, and privately remained suspicious of her flawless composure.
• The Gravekeeper confirmed that the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets was human, and the Heartless Demon Lord helped smooth over the conflict.
• The Gravekeeper warned the experts to prevent further trouble and ensure the Heavenly Road remained safe, and the assembled factions returned to their positions on Godfall Island.
• The Gravekeeper opened the flow of Immortal Qi, and the experts refined it while using their laws to reinforce the Heavenly Road against the coming end of the epoch.
• A streak of light fell from the end of the Immortal Path toward the distant coast, and the Gravekeeper identified it as a child from the Upper Realm.

Shen Qiu and his companions reached Heavenly Pivot Island and learned that demons serving the Nine-Headed Snake King were searching for a young swordsman. Shen Qiu concluded that the swordsman had stolen the rumored treasure, and the group continued toward Tian Shu City as Azure Venerable warned him not to act recklessly.

• Shen Qiu, Azure Venerable, the Coffin-Knocking Old Man, and Sikong the Divine Thief arrived at Heavenly Pivot Island and met the local rogue Cultivator and his granddaughter, Xue Mei.
• The hunchbacked old man led the group toward Tian Shu City and explained that the Nine-Headed Snake King's demons were searching for a young swordsman.
• Shen Qiu decided the black-clothed swordsman had stolen the rumored treasure, and the Coffin-Knocking Old Man agreed with his guess.
• Azure Venerable warned Shen Qiu against acting recklessly, while he secretly resolved to strike when the time came.
• The group approached the Immortal City, and Azure Venerable felt a faint unease.

Shen Qiu and his companions entered a warm, bustling market in the Nether God Sect’s territory, where he tried to cheer Azure Venerable about her past. After quarrelling with a stall owner who claimed to have Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Mountain Ice Marrow, Shen Qiu heard another cultivator offer to buy it.

• Shen Qiu and his companions entered the city and learned that the Nether God Sect had been mining Warm Spirit Jade in the Thousand-Whirlpool Maze Domain.
• Shen Qiu promised that his Autumn Gate would surpass the Nether God Sect, easing some of Azure Venerable’s gloom about her past.
• The party explored the crowded market around a towering ice sculpture of an ancient Kunpeng.
• Shen Qiu argued with Bone-Scraping Old Monster, who revealed that he had Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Mountain Ice Marrow.
• An unidentified cultivator offered to buy the Ice Marrow, breaking the silence around the stall.

A mysterious White-Robed Youth offered Bone-Scraping Old Monster fifty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones for his hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Mountain Ice Marrow. Just as they were about to complete the deal, Kun Liehai attacked and revealed that the youth was the swordsman pursued by the Kun Clan.

• The White-Robed Youth arrived at Bone-Scraping Old Monster's stall and offered fifty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones for the Ice Marrow.
• Sikong the Divine Thief confirmed the Ice Marrow was genuine, and the White-Robed Youth said it had come from the turning of an epoch.
• Bone-Scraping Old Monster accepted the offer, inspected the Spatial Ring, and prepared to hand over the Jade Box.
• Kun Liehai interrupted the transaction with a sharp attack aimed at the White-Robed Youth's wrist.
• The crowd recognized Kun Liehai as the Third Elder of the Kun Clan and realized the White-Robed Youth was the swordsman the clan had pursued for dozens of days.

The White-Robed Youth fought Kun Liehai in Tian Shu City while carrying Dao wounds, revealing the strength of his half-step Tribulation cultivation. He defeated Kun Liehai with the Sword of Life and Death Reincarnation, leaving the crowd stunned and his identity unknown.

• The White-Robed Youth countered Kun Liehai’s Space Law attack with Ice and Fire Sword Qi, and Azure Venerable revealed that he was half-step Tribulation despite his Dao wounds.
• The White-Robed Youth broke Kun Liehai’s giant hand of space, caught the Jade Box, and began refining the Heavenly Mountain Ice Marrow.
• The White-Robed Youth attacked Kun Liehai with Army Breaker and the Sword of Life and Death Reincarnation, while Kun Liehai summoned the Kun Clan Treasure Art’s Giant Kun phantom.
• The Bone-Scraping Old Monster raised crystalline barriers to protect the crowd and declared that the outcome had been decided.
• The White-Robed Youth crushed the Giant Kun divine form with his sword, and Kun Liehai lost half his body to the attack.

The White-Robed Swordsman defeated Kun Liehai, then traded ten Immortal Yuan Stones to Bone-Scraping Old Monster for a Golden Gourd Ring linked to the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm. Shen Qiu discovered he owned a matching Green Gourd Ring, and the secret realm opened as a Dao sound reached all seven credential holders.

• The White-Robed Swordsman pierced Kun Liehai with sword light, forcing the wounded Tribulation Crossing Great Power to flee.
• Bone-Scraping Old Monster recognized the White-Robed Swordsman as someone connected to Godsfall Island, and the Swordsman offered ten Immortal Yuan Stones for the opportunity hidden in the Golden Gourd Ring.
• Bone-Scraping Old Monster accepted the trade and handed over the Golden Gourd Ring, which he said was related to a secret realm.
• Shen Qiu found a Green Gourd Ring among his accumulated spoils and realized it matched the Golden Gourd Ring.
• Shen Qiu poured magical power into the Green Gourd Ring, and a Dao sound announced that the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm had opened to the seven credential holders.

Shen Qiu and a white-robed swordsman learned that their inheritance rings granted entry to the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm, while Shen Yun learned that the Golden Crow Clan was also seeking its healing treasures. When all seven tokens appeared, Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo prepared for the secret realm’s opening.

• Shen Qiu discovered that his Green Gourd Ring qualified him to enter the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm in the Northern Darkness Land and hurried there alone.
• The white-robed swordsman received the same message and set out for the secret realm, hoping to find a treasure that could heal his Dao injury.
• Shen Yun returned to Penglai Immortal Island after traveling with Shen Qingruo and Mu Lingxi, and his cultivation and state of mind stabilized.
• The First Elder and Yu Linglong told Shen Yun that the Golden Crow Clan sought a healing pill for Jin Haoyang and had enlisted a Dragon Clan prodigy.
• Shen Yun confirmed with Azure Dragon that the secret realm barred entrants over ten thousand years old and members of the Nine Nether race.
• The Green Gourd Ring trembled, and Shen Yun learned that all seven tokens had appeared; Shen Qingruo nodded in response.

Shen Yun took Shen Qingruo and the Azure Dragon through a space gate into the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm, where they discovered traces of the Asura King’s power. After concluding the Asura King’s true body had not arrived, Shen Yun hurried toward the inheritance to secure it before danger could escalate.

• Shen Qingruo stayed behind as the Azure Dragon promised to protect her, and Shen Yun opened a space gate using coordinates he had memorized.
• Shen Yun led Shen Qingruo and the Azure Dragon across a Divine Bridge into the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm.
• Shen Yun and the Azure Dragon sensed the Asura King’s demonic aura among the towering spiritual medicines and determined it was not his true body.
• The Azure Dragon proposed taking the inheritance and leaving, and Shen Yun agreed to rush toward it with Shen Qingruo.

Shen Yun brought Shen Qingruo and Azure Dragon to Medicine Immortal Hall to seek the Medicine Immortal inheritance and its pill formulas. At the hell-difficulty trial, they encountered a wooden dog that recognized Azure Dragon and eagerly offered Shen Yun whatever he wanted.

• Shen Yun flew with Shen Qingruo and Azure Dragon to Medicine Immortal Hall, hoping to obtain its eighth-grade pill formulas and inheritance.
• The group entered the hall’s separate trial world, and Shen Yun chose the highest-difficulty level.
• They arrived in a decayed stone chamber where a wooden dog appeared and challenged Shen Yun for attempting the hell-difficulty trial.
• The wooden dog recognized Azure Dragon, changed its attitude, and offered Shen Yun anything he wanted.

Shen Yun learned that the Medicine Immortal Valley secret realm held a vast treasure vault and a dangerous Five Elements Pill Emperor, then refined a supreme-grade Seventh-tier pill to pass the highest trial. Big Yellow led Shen Yun and the others onward, leaving them poised to claim the secret realm’s World Origin.

• Big Yellow recognized Shen Yun as the Azure Dragon Ring’s master and revealed the vault’s treasures, including thirty-six Eighth-grade Spirit Pills.
• Big Yellow explained that the Five Elements Pill Emperor had devoured several precious pills, reached Tribulation Transcendence, and escaped the Medicine Immortal Hall.
• Shen Yun proposed refining and taking the entire secret realm, and the Azure Dragon said its recovering artifact body could carry the small world.
• Big Yellow said the highest trial required refining a Seventh-tier High-grade Pill within three days to reach the World Origin.
• Shen Yun immediately refined a Dragon Elephant Returning Yuan Pill with seven Pill Patterns, astonishing Big Yellow.
• Big Yellow recovered from its shock and led Shen Yun and the others onward.

The white-robed swordsman searched the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm for a rare treasure and clashed with Ao Zhanlong near the Medicine Immortal Hall. As Shen Qiu, Xie Chenyuan, and Qin Muye arrived to watch, the swordsman revealed a terrifying sword intent that Ao Zhanlong recognized as the Sword Heart Realm.

• The white-robed swordsman surveyed the spirit herb forest, dismissed its fifth- and sixth-tier herbs, and searched for the Inheritance Land.
• Shen Qiu, Xie Chenyuan, and Qin Muye discussed the secret realm’s entrants and Ao Zhanlong before heading toward a distant clash.
• The three reached the Medicine Immortal Hall and saw the white-robed swordsman fighting Ao Zhanlong, who challenged him as a worthy opponent.
• The white-robed swordsman unleashed overwhelming sword intent, and Ao Zhanlong exclaimed that he had entered the Sword Heart Realm.

A white-robed swordsman revealed the Sword Heart Realm and defeated Ao Zhanlong with a devastating sword strike. He suddenly left for Medicine Immortal Hall before finishing Ao Zhanlong, who fled to recover while an unseen watcher followed him.

• The white-robed swordsman’s Sword Heart Realm stunned Ao Zhanlong, Shen Qiu, Xie Chenyuan, and the other spectators.
• The white-robed swordsman cut through Ao Zhanlong’s many Dragon Clan techniques and badly wounded him with a second burst of sword intent.
• Qin Muye and Xie Chenyuan discussed the white-robed swordsman’s strength and compared him with Shen Yun, while Shen Qiu insisted Shen Yun was superior.
• The white-robed swordsman sheathed his sword and rushed toward Medicine Immortal Hall, abandoning his attempt to finish Ao Zhanlong.
• Ao Zhanlong flew away to recover, unaware that someone in the darkness was following him.

Shen Xiao arrived at Medicine Immortal Hall seeking the Secret Realm’s inheritance and healing pills, only to learn Shen Yun had already claimed it. Shen Yun recognized that Shen Xiao’s injuries came from his bloodline and asked him to unleash his Bloodline Spiritual Power so he could examine it.

• Shen Xiao entered the Secret Realm’s pill room, where Big Yellow identified him as a latecomer and invited him to serve Shen Yun.
• Shen Xiao refused Big Yellow’s offer, declaring that no one could make him assist them.
• Shen Yun arrived with Big Yellow and Azure Dragon, and Shen Xiao sensed their power and realized Shen Yun was even more formidable than the Divine Dragon.
• Shen Yun recognized Shen Xiao as someone from the Upper Realm and diagnosed his injuries as rooted in his bloodline.
• Shen Xiao offered thirty Immortal Yuan Stones for healing spirit pills, and Shen Yun asked him to attack with his full Bloodline Spiritual Power so he could assess it.