Chapter Summaries

After defeating the two Devil Lords, Shen Yun left Qilin Cliff as Nine Nether’s rulers planned to invade the human world and kill him. He gave the spirit beasts precious pills before vanishing, leaving the Jade Rabbit young girl with a sense of farewell.

• In Nine Nether, the Asura King and Innate Blood Demon recognized Shen Yun as a grave threat and planned to descend upon the human world within thirty years.
• Cultivators across the human world celebrated the Devil Lords’ defeat and felt safer with Shen Yun protecting the Outer Sea Cultivation World.
• Qi Yuan and the Qilin Clan’s elders thanked Shen Yun as he prepared to leave Qilin Cliff.
• Shen Yun gave precious pills to the spirit beasts and urged them to cultivate diligently.
• Shen Yun vanished, and the Jade Rabbit young girl watched him go while Lin Qingyue comforted her.

Shen Yun visited Shen Qingruo before setting out for Central Continent, reassuring her that they could remain together on the path to immortality. He then overcame the Heart Demon Tribulation, attained Mahayana Divine Sense, and prepared to continue his journey.

• Shen Yun returned to Danxia Island and decided to visit his kin and old acquaintances before ascending to the Immortal Realm.
• Shen Yun met Shen Qingruo in her valley and praised her cultivation, while she recognized that he planned to return to Central Continent.
• Shen Yun told Shen Qingruo to trust him, and she resolved to walk the Immortal Path with him rather than be left behind.
• Shen Yun declared that he would have both immortality and the people he cherished, then faced the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Shen Yun shattered hundreds and thousands of illusions, passed the tribulation, and achieved Mahayana Divine Sense.
• Shen Yun took his breakthrough as a good omen and looked toward Central Continent with anticipation.

Ask Dao Mountain flourished over thirty years under Shen Yun, while the Shen Family established a thriving clan ground on Lingyun Mountain. During a clan tournament, Shen Wude heard that Shen Yun was returning, leaving him eager to catch up with his brother’s exploits.

• Visitors and young geniuses gathered at Ask Dao Mountain to study the sword scar left by the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord, and the sect’s reputation continued to grow.
• The Shen Family settled on a side peak under Shen Pingsheng’s strict leadership, producing several talented descendants.
• At the clan tournament, Shen Jian'an unleashed the Azure Cloud Sword Art against Shen Wude, who effortlessly evaded his attacks.
• Shen Wude reflected on his progress to Nascent Soul Ninth Heaven and planned to leave for the Outer Sea after reaching Spirit Transformation.
• A Transmission Talisman delivered the news that Shen Yun was coming back, and Shen Wude’s usual laziness vanished.

The Shen Family’s elders assessed the talents of its young disciples as Shen Pingsheng ordered Shen Jian'an to train harder for the upcoming trials. Shen Wude announced he would follow Shen Yun’s arrangements when his elder brother returned, and Shen Yun soon arrived at Ask Dao Mountain to a thunderous welcome.

• The elders praised Shen Jian'an’s swordsmanship and Shen Qingmu’s talent for formations, and Shen Pingsheng summoned Shen Qingmu to meet him the next day.
• Shen Wude defeated Shen Jian'an by outlasting him, then advised him to conserve spiritual power.
• Shen Pingsheng ordered Shen Jian'an to train in the mountain grotto-heaven each day until he reached Late Golden Core before joining the disciple trials.
• Asked about the upcoming trials, Shen Wude said he would follow Shen Yun’s arrangements when his elder brother returned, startling the Shen Family disciples.
• Shen Yun and another figure appeared in a burst of light, and the crowd bowed to welcome back the Chief Elder.

After returning to the Shen Family, Shen Yun reunited with Shen Pingsheng and recounted his rise to become Number One Under Heaven. At Shen Pingsheng’s request, Shen Yun began guiding the family’s young disciples, leaving Shen Jian'an newly enlightened by his calm presence.

• Shen Yun reunited with Shen Pingsheng and Shen Qingruo, then sat with the family elders.
• Shen Yun told the gathering that he had slain a Half-Immortal and become Number One Under Heaven on the Heaven-Treading Ranking.
• Shen Wude brought Shen Yun tea and claimed a stool before the First Elder arranged a proper chair for him.
• Shen Pingsheng asked Shen Yun to guide the family’s promising young disciples, and Shen Yun agreed.
• The First Elder called Shen Jian'an and the other selected disciples forward for Shen Yun’s personal guidance.
• Shen Jian'an met Shen Yun’s gaze and gained a new understanding of what a true expert was.

Shen Yun assessed the young Shen Family disciples’ Dao arts and used his profound abilities to correct, improve, and strengthen their cultivation. The disciples and elders left astonished, while Shen Pingsheng looked forward to the family’s prospects at the upcoming Ask Dao Mountain selection.

• Shen Yun told the young disciples to demonstrate their techniques together, and Shen Jian'an, Shen Qingmu, and two other disciples unleashed their arts.
• Shen Yun stopped their display and demonstrated an advanced variation of the Azure Cloud Sword Art, prompting Shen Jian'an to enter deep Enlightenment.
• Shen Yun identified weaknesses in Shen Qingmu’s formation cultivation and gave him a customized cultivation scripture.
• Shen Yun pointed out minor flaws in the remaining two disciples’ foundations and used Primordial Chaos Law to cleanse and improve them.
• Shen Pingsheng praised Shen Yun’s guidance and anticipated the Shen Family disciples shining at the upcoming Ask Dao Mountain selection.

Shen Yun returned to the Central Continent and reunited with old friends amid a gathering of powerful figures. He revealed that he planned to ascend to the Immortal Realm, then accepted their blessings and promised they would meet again.

• Cultivators and leaders from across the land gathered at Lingyun Mountain to welcome Shen Yun, including Jian Wushuang, Bai Fasheng, and the Human Emperor Wu Xining.
• Wu Xining entered the hall with princes and marquises, and Shen Yun welcomed her as Xining before the old acquaintances shared greetings.
• Jian Wushuang asked why Shen Yun had returned, and Shen Yun said he had come to visit his family and that this might be his last gathering with them.
• Wu Xining realized Shen Yun intended to go to the Immortal Realm, and Shen Yun confirmed his plan to ascend.
• Jian Wushuang and the others offered Shen Yun their blessings, while Bai Fasheng, Wu Xining, and Jian Wushuang invited him to meet again.
• Shen Yun accepted their invitations and raised his Spirit Tea to his friends, his loneliness easing as they shared warm laughter.

Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo revisited places from their past before returning to Ask Dao Mountain, where Formation Demon encountered his master, Mister Lianshan. Their journey ended with a warm welcome awaiting them at the mountain.

• Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo visited Qiyun Mountain in Upper Capital City, where they shared tea beneath the falling Qiong Flowers.
• Shen Yun met old friends, including Situ Feng, at the Sword Sect before leaving for Canglang Mountain with Shen Qingruo.
• Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo reminisced beside the Shen Family's ancient Spirit Testing Stone, then set off for Ask Dao Mountain.
• Formation Demon and Taotie Ancestor turned away visitors seeking Shen Yun's guidance at Ask Dao Mountain's gate.
• Mister Lianshan and Senior Sister Miaozhen arrived, and Formation Demon recognized his master and escorted them inside after receiving the sect master's permission.

Mister Lianshan met Shen Yun in the main hall and presented him with an Eighth-tier Six Harmonies Spirit Locking Formation, then asked whether he had reached the realm of a Heavenly Formation Master. Shen Yun denied it, but immediately recreated the formation’s patterns, leaving Mister Lianshan stunned.

• Mister Lianshan and Fairy Miaozhen entered the main hall, where Mister Lianshan’s divine sense clashed with Shen Yun’s and pressed down on the others.
• The Formation Demon apologized for his master’s behavior, and Shen Yun welcomed Mister Lianshan to take a seat.
• Mister Lianshan thanked Shen Yun for guiding and sheltering the Formation Demon, then offered him an Eighth-tier formation diagram.
• Shen Yun identified the diagram as the Six Harmonies Spirit Locking Formation and recognized it as a Trapping Formation.
• Mister Lianshan asked whether Shen Yun had touched the realm of a Heavenly Formation Master, and Shen Yun said he still had some distance to go.
• Shen Yun formed the Six Harmonies Spirit Locking Formation’s patterns in his palm, leaving Mister Lianshan speechless.

Shen Yun received the Ten Directions Nirvana Interspatial Formation inheritance from Mister Lianshan and quickly grasped its principles. He explained the limits of controlling the formation with his current cultivation, then confirmed that he had comprehended its crucial step.

• Shen Yun identified the Six Harmonies Spirit Locking Formation as one of ten diagrams in the Ten Directions Nirvana Interspatial Formation, and Mister Lianshan confirmed the inheritance's full name and origin.
• Mister Lianshan gifted Shen Yun the black jade slip containing the immortal formation inheritance, explaining that he could not master it himself.
• Shen Yun read the inheritance and deduced that the full formation could destroy vitality, but that he could safely control only three diagrams without immortal objects.
• Mister Lianshan realized that the formation's dangerous overlapping had caused his past spiritual damage, after the Formation Demon revealed his failed attempt.
• Mister Lianshan asked whether Shen Yun had comprehended the formation's crucial step, and Shen Yun nodded.

Shen Yun thanked Mister Lianshan for lending him a formation Jade Slip and invited him to help arrange a great formation on Ask Dao Mountain. Shen Yun established the Five Peaks Suppressing Yuan Great Formation, astonishing Mister Lianshan and the others as experts gathered below for the mountain’s upcoming selection.

• Shen Yun said he could reach Heavenly Formation Master within five years and gave Mister Lianshan three Six-Pattern Spirit Pills in return for the Jade Slip.
• Shen Yun invited Mister Lianshan to help arrange a great formation on Ask Dao Mountain, and Mister Lianshan eagerly agreed.
• Shen Yun surveyed the mountain’s five peaks and chose to arrange the Five Peaks Suppressing Yuan Great Formation using several hundred rare Eighth-grade Immortal Materials.
• Shen Yun activated the formation, causing five immense array patterns to appear and the peaks to draw in and refine the Spiritual Qi.
• Mister Lianshan recognized the work as the method of a Heavenly Formation Master, while the Formation Demon and Fairy Miaozhen watched in astonishment.
• Experts gathered for Ask Dao Mountain’s selection saw the spectacle and praised Shen Yun’s heaven-reaching methods.

As Shen Yun completed the Five Peaks Suppressing Yuan Great Formation, aspiring Ask Dao Mountain disciples prepared for the selection and argued over who would take first place. The next morning, news that the top three would receive a personal Dao lecture from the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord set the mountains abuzz.

• Murong Jiu urged Murong Xue to perform well in the selection and win Shen Yun's attention.
• Ye Jiuge encouraged Lei Shuo, who believed his mastery of the Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder True Scripture would make him unbeatable.
• The Absolute Shadow Sword dismissed Shen Jian'an and said he would offer him a few pointers during the selection.
• Shen Yun completed the Five Peaks Suppressing Yuan Great Formation, and Mister Lianshan realized that its power came from the Innate Five Elements and a wisp of Chaos Energy.
• Shen Yun spotted familiar figures below the mountain and decided to greet them before leaving.
• News spread that the selection's top three would receive a personal Dao lecture from the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord.

Cultivators from across the world gathered at Ask Dao Mountain for its entrance trial, drawn by the chance to receive personal guidance from the Dao Lord. As Jian Wushuang and the elders prepared to begin, Mo Fan and Shen Jian'an emerged as formidable rivals, and the Dao Lord arrived to the crowd’s acclaim.

• News that the Dao Lord would personally guide the top three entrants ignited competition among sects and Heavenly Prides across the world.
• Ten days later, visitors marveled at Ask Dao Mountain’s transformed spiritual energy, and a guard disciple explained that the sect master had reset the Spirit Veins and laid down a Mountain Protecting Formation.
• Jian Wushuang, Bai Fasheng, and the other elders appeared on the cloud platform, while Murong Jiu told Murong Xue that her father had once matched most of them in strength.
• Mo Fan resolved to impress Elder Wushuang, while Shen Jian'an's recent progress drew the attention of Murong Xue, Lei Shuo, and the other top Heavenly Prides.
• The participants waited on the crowded plaza until the Dao Lord arrived, prompting everyone to bow and greet him.

Ask Dao Mountain began its Great Dao Competition, and the crowd watched its gifted disciples compete. Shen Jian'an stunned everyone by overwhelming Mo Fan with his swordsmanship, leaving the bout still in progress.

• Bai Fasheng invited Shen Yun to preside over the trial, and Shen Yun opened it with words of encouragement.
• Ask Dao Mountain's True Disciples arrived to guard the competition, impressing the guests with their cultivation and bearing.
• Mo Fan and Shen Jian'an stood out in their early matches, while Jian Wushuang praised Mo Fan's talent and noted Shen Jian'an's remarkable recent progress.
• Mo Fan challenged Shen Jian'an and offered him the first move, confident that his Innate Sword Soul Spirit Body would secure victory.
• Shen Jian'an struck with major-accomplishment sword intent and forced Mo Fan back, then pressed his attack until Mo Fan could only retreat and defend.

Shen Jian'an defeated Mo Fan and won the Great Dao Competition, while Shen Yun reunited with Ye Jiuge before leaving Ask Dao Mountain to prepare for the final battle that would decide the world's fate.

• Shen Jian'an endured Mo Fan's awakened Innate Sword Body, then exploited the strain of sustaining it to defeat him with a decisive sword strike.
• Shen Jian'an went on to defeat Lei Shuo and claim the competition's crown, while Mo Fan lost to Murong Xue and placed fourth.
• Shen Pingsheng celebrated Shen Jian'an's victory as spectators acknowledged the Shen Family's strength and stopped looking down on it.
• At the award ceremony, Shen Yun greeted Ye Jiuge as a fellow Daoist, while Murong Jiu stayed away and Murong Xue received Shen Yun's personal guidance.
• Several days later, Shen Yun left Ask Dao Mountain, declaring that his worldly ties had ended and that he was setting out for the final battle over the world's fate.

Shen Xiao warned Shen Yun that Great Vehicle experts would soon cross the Two-Realm Barrier to seize the Yun Cang Realm’s origin, and Shen Yun entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough. As the Outer Sea grew eerily quiet, the Star Palace’s Floating Life Mirroring Moon Pool revealed surging demonic qi and scarlet eyes, signaling that the great calamity had begun.

• Shen Yun entrusted Danxia Island’s affairs to Lin Baicao and met Shen Xiao, who warned that the barrier could be breached within thirty years.
• Shen Xiao explained that Li Lei and Li Feng belonged to the Kuwu Profound Immortal’s lineage, and that the Li Family’s Shadow Blade Guard intended to seize the Yun Cang Realm’s origin.
• Shen Yun invited Shen Xiao to stay on Danxia Island and then entered seclusion to break through to the Tribulation Crossing Realm.
• The Outer Sea grew oppressive and deserted as sects sealed their mountains and recalled their traveling disciples.
• The Star Palace’s Floating Life Mirroring Moon Pool showed dense demonic qi and scarlet eyes before the gathered powers, and the Lord of Star Palace declared that the great calamity was coming.

The Cultivation World's leaders learned that Nine Nether had opened ahead of schedule and began preparing for the Devil Race's invasion. As the realm evacuated, a dying scout revealed that the Devil Race's main force had gathered outside Dong Xuan Gate, and messengers burned their lifespans to spread the warning.

• The Penglai Sect Master and Qi Yuan suspected the Heart Demon Emperor had caused the barrier between realms to collapse early by gathering Divine Beast blood essence.
• The Lord of Star Palace ordered leaders to gather intelligence, evacuate mortals and low-level Cultivators, fortify defenses, and rely on the Immortal Lords to decide the war.
• Qi Yuan sent word to the Old Ancestor, and the leaders contacted their Immortal Lords and warned their sects to prepare.
• People across the Yun Cang Realm evacuated their cities and sects as intelligence Cultivators risked their lives entering Nine Nether.
• A dying scout reported that the Devil Race's main force had gathered outside Dong Xuan Gate, and elite disciples burned their lifespans to carry the message.

The Cultivation World’s forces gathered at Dong Xuan Gate, where Innate Blood Demon and three powerful demon generals emerged. Lord Jin overwhelmed Qi Yuan’s attack with pale-white flames, leaving the human army facing a severe disadvantage.

• Penglai Sect Master and other leaders mobilized cultivators to build a killing formation and advance toward Dong Xuan Gate.
• Innate Blood Demon reached through Xuanmen with a blood-red hand, and the cultivators joined forces to resist it while Qi Yuan attacked with the Five狱 Divine Mountain.
• Six-Winged Blood Demon, the Asura General, and Lord Jin emerged, and Penglai Sect Master identified Lord Jin as a notorious Molten Giant Demon expert.
• Qi Yuan, Penglai Sect Master, and the South Sea Dragon-Fishing Old Man launched attacks against Lord Jin and the two demon generals.
• Lord Jin’s pale-white flames damaged the Five狱 Divine Mountain and burned Qi Yuan’s arm, forcing Qi Yuan to draw on the Mountain River Great Formation to contain the fire.

The Devil Race attacked the World Protection Array while Lord Jin overwhelmed Qi Yuan and broke through its defenses. As the allied forces faced defeat, Gu Hanzhou arrived and confronted Lord Jin.

• Lord Jin overpowered Qi Yuan, while the Six-Winged Blood Demon and the four-armed Asura General fought the South Sea Dragon-Fishing Old Man and Penglai Sect Master.
• The Devil Race poured through Dong Xuan Gate and attacked the array as Human Race cultivators fought to hold the line.
• Tribulation Crossing Great Demons broke through the barrier, and a Human Race elder burned his cultivation to shield the allied army until reinforcements arrived.
• Lord Jin defeated Qi Yuan and tore open the World Protection Array, allowing demons to surge into the human world.
• Gu Hanzhou sent a sword light that froze and shattered countless demons, then appeared before Lord Jin, who recognized him as the Sword Emperor of Hanzhou.

Gu Hanzhou and Qi Yuan joined forces against Lord Jin, and Gu Hanzhou wounded the demon before the fight became a fierce stalemate. When Ao Cang arrived, he sensed a terrifying presence in the Xuanmen and warned everyone that it had come.

• Gu Hanzhou vowed to make Lord Jin pay for the Lone Swan Sword Sect and teamed up with Qi Yuan, who used the Five Hell divine mountain and World Protection Array to support him.
• Gu Hanzhou's sword struck Lord Jin, forcing a drop of demonic blood from his hand and lifting the Human Race army's morale.
• Lord Jin summoned countless Demon Weapons and clashed with Gu Hanzhou as Qi Yuan helped protect him, leaving the battle deadlocked.
• Ao Cang arrived on the battlefield, and the Three Demon Generals reacted with wary, mocking smiles.
• Ao Cang stared into the depths of the Xuanmen, trembled with tension, and warned everyone that someone had arrived.