Chapter Summaries

Shen Qiu rushed to Danxia Island to confront Shen Yun, while Azure Venerable followed and gained permission to enter. Shen Qingruo explained that Shen Yun had only been dissolving Calamity Qi to help her, leaving Shen Qiu embarrassed that he had been beaten for nothing.

• Shen Qiu sped ahead to Danxia Island, ignoring his shaking Transmission Talisman, while Sikong the Divine Thief and Coffin-Knocking Old Man struggled to keep up.
• At the Mountain Gate, Sikong and Coffin-Knocking Old Man chose to wait, but Azure Venerable went forward to ask for Shen Qiu.
• Shen Yun invited Azure Venerable onto the island, and the two men left outside regretted missing their chance to meet him.
• Azure Venerable found Shen Qiu tied to an ancient tree and shouting accusations at Shen Yun.
• Shen Qingruo explained that Shen Yun had stayed in the Mortal Realm to help her and was dissolving Calamity Qi, so Shen Qiu realized his confrontation had been pointless.

Shen Yun reunited Shen Qingruo with Shen Qiu and Azure Venerable before revealing his plan to use calamity qi to forge a stronger Heavenly Road. He believed he could ascend on his own, but intended to build a road that would let Qingruo ascend safely with him.

• Shen Yun freed Shen Qiu from his bindings, and Shen Qingruo thanked Shen Qiu for his concern while explaining that Shen Yun had treated her well.
• Azure Venerable struck Shen Qiu for boasting, then accepted Shen Qingruo's request to take care of him.
• Shen Qiu and Azure Venerable departed, and Shen Qingruo remarked that Shen Qiu had always admired Shen Yun most.
• Shen Yun showed Shen Qingruo how he gathered calamity qi and explained that he had learned to draw it out through the Sea of Blood Tribulation God Technique.
• Shen Yun assessed his growing power and concluded he could ascend alone, but planned to forge a stronger Heavenly Road from calamity qi so Qingruo could ascend safely with him.

Shen Yun forged the Cultivation World's Calamity Qi into a Divine Bridge, intending to create a passage to the Upper Realm, but the bridge still needed years of refinement to guide powerful cultivators. A new catastrophe then split the sky open, bringing a vast surge of Calamity Qi just as he needed it.

• Shen Yun gathered the Cultivation World's Calamity Qi and refined it in a Heaven and Earth Furnace into the form of a Divine Bridge.
• Shen Qingruo watched Shen Yun's forging and marveled at his skill, while he continued tempering the bridge for nine days and nights.
• Shen Yun judged the Divine Bridge strong enough to guide Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators but said it needed more Calamity Qi and years of refinement to approach an immortal artifact.
• Shen Yun noted that refining the Calamity Qi had nearly exhausted the world's supply and might weaken the coming Epochal Tribulation.
• The sky tore open with tens of thousands of cracks, and Shen Yun sensed a huge amount of familiar Calamity Qi within the spreading firelight.

Ascenders from powerful Mortal Realms gathered at Pure Bliss Mansion’s selection, while Li Wuhen and the Eastern Divine Continent’s forces focused on the Heavenly Road and its Immortal King inheritance. After Li Wuhen humiliated Wu Shoushan, he attacked the Heavenly Road, intent on seizing the Yun Cang Realm’s secret.

• Li Wuhen and a host of Heavenly Realm powerhouses arrived at the Thirty-Six Heavens to pursue the Immortal King inheritance.
• Ascenders from several great Mortal Realms gathered, including Wu Shoushan and his five attendants from the Wu Shang Great World.
• Wang Chen wondered why so many powerful figures had gathered, and Wu Er assumed they had come to welcome Wu Shoushan to Pure Bliss Mansion’s selection.
• Wu Shoushan approached Li Wuhen’s group and demanded to be led to the selection, but Li Wuhen ordered him aside and knocked him down with sword intent.
• Li Wuhen reached the end of the Heavenly Road and struck it with Mortal World Karma Fire, seeking the secret of the Yun Cang Realm.

Li Wuhen and the Upper Realm immortals tried to destroy the Yun Cang Realm with Mortal World Karma Fire and tribulation qi, but Shen Yun unknowingly absorbed the qi on Danxia Island and used it to strengthen his treasure and cultivation. The flow briefly stopped, then an even greater torrent poured through a rift in the sky, and Shen Yun welcomed it.

• Li Wuhen unleashed tribulation qi against the Yun Cang Realm’s crystalline wall as the ascenders realized the Upper Realm immortals meant to destroy their realm.
• A vast vortex swallowed much of the tribulation qi, and Li Wuhen guessed that someone was collecting it with a secret artifact before he intensified the attack.
• Shen Yun refined the collected tribulation qi into his Divine Bridge and advanced through the Tribulation Transcendence layers to the Half-Immortal realm.
• The tribulation qi abruptly stopped, then a rift opened in the sky and poured down an ocean of qi several times larger than before.
• Shen Yun smiled at the new torrent and welcomed the storm.

Shen Yun trapped the Calamity Qi in the Grand Formation of the Stars, thwarting Li Wuhen’s plan to destroy the Yun Cang Realm. As the gathered factions reconsidered their alliances, a mysterious masked figure emerged from the realm wall.

• Shen Yun used the Grand Formation of the Stars and a tribulation-transforming method to capture the Calamity Qi while he and Shen Qingruo calmly drank tea.
• Li Wuhen believed the Calamity Qi had merged into the Yun Cang Realm, but Shen Yun’s formation abruptly swallowed it all and extinguished the Mortal World Karma Fire.
• Ouyang Qinghe recognized that the Mysterious Expert had lured his enemies into a trap, while Li Wuhen seethed over his humiliation and struggled to respond.
• The six Witch Tribe members sought to join other factions, and Town Mountain Immortal Lord welcomed them into Nine Heavens Gate.
• A white-robed figure wearing an ancient Azure Dragon Mask passed through the realm wall and remarked that the gathering was lively.

Shen Yun revealed power far beyond his apparent Half-Immortal cultivation and fought Li Wuhen and the Zither Sword Two Immortals at once. After Shen Yun suppressed their attacks, Li Wuhen unleashed his Mysterious Immortal Bone and prepared a powerful sword technique.

• The Immortal Realm cultivators were stunned by Shen Yun’s apparent Half-Immortal cultivation and his ability to reach the Upper Realm without the Heavenly Road.
• Shen Yun realized he had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Peak Realm after refining the Calamity Qi and decided to take resources from the Pure Bliss Mansion cultivators.
• Shen Yun attacked Li Wuhen with the Great Chaos Dao, but Li Wuhen countered with Heaven and Earth Sword Qi.
• The Zither Sword Two Immortals joined Li Wuhen, and Shen Yun blocked their attacks with the Five Elements Great Formation.
• Shen Yun suppressed Li Wuhen with Chaos Law, prompting Li Wuhen to unleash his Mysterious Immortal Bone and invoke the Righteous Dao of the Sword.

Shen Yun revealed a sword art that surpassed Li Wuhen’s Sword Bone-powered Righteous Dao and defeated him in battle. He seized Li Wuhen’s cyan-red immortal sword, leaving Li Wuhen badly injured and Pure Bliss Mansion’s position in the confrontation in ruins.

• Li Wuhen unleashed his Sword Bone’s Righteous Dao sword technique, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Shen Yun answered with the Six Prison Immortal Sword and demonstrated an even purer Righteous Dao of the Sword.
• Li Wuhen accused Shen Xiao of teaching Shen Yun the art, while Shen Yun mocked him and raised his sword intent to the Dao realm.
• Li Wuhen burned his divine-body source and invoked a Profound Immortal Law through his sword, but Shen Yun tore through the attack.
• Shen Yun disarmed Li Wuhen and took the cyan-red immortal sword, sending the injured Li Wuhen crashing into Pure Bliss Mansion’s disciples.

Shen Yun defeated Li Wuhen and killed him despite his threats, but discovered that Li Wuhen’s Sword Bone had vanished. A terrifying figure descended from beyond the heavens, and Ouyang Qinghe identified him as Kuroshou Old Ancestor of Pure Bliss Mansion.

• Shen Yun appraised Li Wuhen’s Heaven and Earth Immortal Sword while the Zither Sword Two Immortals attacked him and were trapped by another immortal formation.
• Shen Yun walked through the crowd and killed Li Wuhen with the stolen sword, reducing his body to ash.
• Shen Yun noticed that Li Wuhen’s Sword Bone was gone and used his divine thought to search for its presence.
• A colossal hand descended from the clouds, its pressure overwhelming everyone across the Thirty-Six Heavens.
• The Town Mountain Immortal Lord recognized the arriving powerhouse, and Ouyang Qinghe named him Kuroshou Old Ancestor of Pure Bliss Mansion.

Shen Yun confronted Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s cross-realm attack after Li Wuhen revived, then used his creation Dao and a supreme sword strike to seize Li Wuhen’s Innate Sword Bone. The chapter ended with Shen Yun escaping the clash apparently victorious, while Li Wuhen’s chest was left hollow and his source aura scattered.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor attacked Shen Yun to avenge Li Wuhen, and Li Wuhen revived through Life Incarnation after his innate divine body was destroyed.
• Li Wuhen demanded that Shen Yun and the Yun Cang Realm be punished, but Shen Yun chose to face the Profound Immortal’s attack instead of retreating.
• Shen Yun’s Primordial World was overwhelmed by Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s Law of Wither and Flourish as the observers expected him to lose.
• Shen Yun inscribed the Dao character and used creation’s true meaning to refine the Law of Wither and Flourish.
• Shen Yun unleashed Sword Six, creation, and clashed with Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s giant hand while targeting Li Wuhen.
• Shen Yun emerged holding Li Wuhen’s seized Innate Sword Bone, leaving Li Wuhen with a hollow chest and a scattering source aura.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Li Wuhen and left him on the verge of Dao Transformation, provoking Kuroshou Old Ancestor to descend in person. Shen Yun calmly returned to the lower realm, leaving the cultivators in awe.

• The cultivators from the Upper Realm were stunned by Shen Yun’s strength, while the Zither Sword Two Immortals avoided confronting him.
• Li Wuhen’s ruined body ignited with Dao Transformation Fire, and Shen Yun dismissed the Pure Bliss Mansion talent as having an unworthy Dao Heart.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor announced his arrival as his true body crossed the heavens toward the battlefield.
• Shen Yun entered the Heavenly Road and returned to the lower realm before Kuroshou Old Ancestor arrived.

Kuroshou Old Ancestor arrived at the Heavenly Road after Shen Yun escaped and learned that the masked culprit came from the Yun Cang Realm. He killed the Pure Bliss Palace disciples, then withdrew to wait for Shen Yun to ascend and become vulnerable to the Li Family.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor appeared at the Heavenly Road, shattered the formation holding the Zither Sword Two Immortals, and demanded to know Shen Yun’s origin.
• Flowing Light Sword Immortal told Kuroshou Old Ancestor that Shen Yun’s mask concealed his aura and that he came from the Yun Cang Realm.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor ordered the Zither Sword Two Immortals to receive punishment in the Soul Locking Tower, and they left without protest.
• Ouyang Qinghe and the other cultivators took their leave after Kuroshou Old Ancestor allowed them to go.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor killed the Pure Bliss Palace disciples by draining their vitality and cultivation with the Law of Wither and Flourish.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor vowed to kill Shen Yun after he ascended from the Yun Cang Realm, then vanished into the void to wait.

After bidding farewell to the mortal world, Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo left for the Immortal Realm on the Tongtian Bridge, while Qinglong stayed behind to guard Medicine Immortal Valley. As they crossed the barrier, Shen Yun sent Shen Qingruo into Du Tian World and prepared to face a presence he sensed ahead.

• Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo shared a final meal on Danxia Island and said goodbye to the mortal world.
• Qinglong appeared and declined to ascend, choosing to remain at Medicine Immortal Valley; Shen Yun handed him the Azure Dragon Ring and departed with Shen Qingruo on the Tongtian Bridge.
• As they traveled, Shen Yun planned to use the Du Tian Divine Seal against Kuroshou Old Ancestor and told Shen Qingruo to take shelter in Du Tian World after they crossed the barrier.
• The Tongtian Bridge withstood the Immortal Realm's laws and carried them through the barrier.
• Shen Yun sent Shen Qingruo into Du Tian World, sensed someone at a distant point in spacetime, and gathered his magic power to meet the threat.

Shen Yun confronted Kuroshou Old Ancestor in the Upper Realm after the Mystic Immortal sealed the passage back to the Yun Cang Realm. Shen Yun unleashed his full power and withstood Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s attacks, prompting the ancestor to question who he was.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor descended in his true body and sealed the passage between the Yun Cang Realm and the Upper Realm.
• Shen Yun refused to retreat and challenged Kuroshou Old Ancestor, fusing his sixfold magic power with Primordial Chaos Immortal Principles and Lunar magic power.
• Shen Yun attacked with a torrent of sword qi, but Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s palm strike shattered it and forced Shen Yun back.
• Shen Yun used the Kunpeng Treasure Technique to evade Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s blows, then summoned the Primordial World to block his life-and-death millstone.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor saw Shen Yun’s Primordial World and asked who he was.

Shen Yun battled Kuroshou Old Ancestor as his Creation Dao powers continued to grow, but Kuroshou unleashed his Yama World and overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with Shen Yun swallowed by the world’s killing force.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor recognized the profound power behind Shen Yun’s Creation Dao but dismissed it as illusory and attacked with his Life Immortal Artifact, the Nirvana Ancient Stele.
• Shen Yun summoned a Three-leaf Azure Lotus and resisted the stele with torrents of chaos, growing stronger as the clash continued.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor sensed Shen Yun’s rising power and opened his Personal Universe, the Yama World.
• The Yama World crushed Shen Yun’s defenses and injured him, though he remained standing.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor struck with the full force of the Yama World and swallowed Shen Yun.

Shen Yun faced Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s killing blow and summoned a heavenly tribulation, drawing attention across the Immortal Realm. As Ouyang Qinghe and Ouyang Yuanshan discussed approaching him, Yuanshan decided their method needed to change.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor attacked Shen Yun with the Great Rebirth Technique, wounding him with a blade of years.
• Shen Yun countered with the Nine Heaven-Treading Steps and a chant, summoning Primordial Chaos Immortal Principles and a heavenly tribulation.
• Immortal Realm factions sensed the tribulation, while Town Mountain Immortal Lord identified Shen Yun as its source and the Witch Tribe Young Master admitted defeat.
• Ouyang Qinghe met Ouyang Yuanshan in Inverted Mountain and proposed forming a bond with the being who triggered the tribulation.
• Ouyang Yuanshan warned that approaching a possible Immortal King was dangerous, then chose to pursue the opportunity using a different method.

Shen Yun endured Kuroshou Old Ancestor’s attack amid a heavenly tribulation, breaking and rebuilding his body as his immortal principles surged to three thousand. As he completed his transformation, a Mahayana Tribulation descended.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor realized Shen Yun was still a Half-Immortal and attacked him with eighteen Heavenly Blades of Time despite the tribulation.
• Shen Yun refined the Golden Immortal Law, rapidly gaining immortal principles as his cultivation surged.
• Shen Yun used the Phoenix Treasure Technique to protect his True Spirit and faced the river of time with his physical body.
• Shen Yun emerged with a flawless Innate Dao Body and three thousand immortal principles, telling Kuroshou Old Ancestor that his attack had helped him break through.
• A dragon roar sounded from the Tribulation Cloud as Shen Yun’s Mahayana Tribulation descended.

Shen Yun battled a terrifying tribulation of mythical divine beasts while advancing to Mystic Immortal, refining its power and breaking through a bottleneck. He emerged with five thousand immortal principles surrounding him and turned his attention to the shaken Kuroshou Old Ancestor.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor recognized Shen Yun's tribulation as the Heavenly Dragon Tribulation and hesitated to attack.
• Shen Yun severed the Heavenly Dragon with one sword and charged into the tribulation's countless divine beasts.
• Shen Yun fought the beasts, refined their Calamity Qi, and healed his injuries with the Phoenix Treasure Technique.
• Shen Yun used his Primordial World to gather the divine beasts and pushed the Phoenix Treasure Technique to the dao realm.
• Shen Yun emerged from the sea of fire surrounded by five thousand immortal principles and told Kuroshou Old Ancestor that the fight would soon be over.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Kuroshou Old Ancestor after breaking through, turning the Profound Immortal's own ancient stele against him and mocking his weakness. Ouyang Yuanshan and Ouyang Qinghe watched from hiding as a strange wind gathered in the void, hinting that Kuroshou still had another move.

• Kuroshou Old Ancestor attacked Shen Yun with the Nirvana Ancient Stele, but Shen Yun caught it with one hand and swung it back at him.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor used the Great Rebirth Technique to strengthen himself, but Shen Yun broke through his giant hand and pressed the assault with the stele and Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Shen Yun used the Great Heavenly Movement Unfettered Divine Ability and punched Kuroshou Old Ancestor, who realized Shen Yun had killed Li Tianxing and was beaten into a wretched state.
• Shen Yun sensed another Profound Immortal hidden nearby, while Ouyang Yuanshan and Ouyang Qinghe watched from within layers of space.
• Ouyang Yuanshan predicted that Kuroshou Old Ancestor had a hidden killing move and planned to intervene afterward, as a strange wind seeped through the void.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Kuroshou Old Ancestor by using his superior understanding of life, death, and the Five Elements to devour the elder’s attacks. As Kuroshou’s defeat became inevitable, he summoned a Peerless Golden Immortal, forcing Ouyang Yuanshan and Ouyang Qinghe to confront the true danger.

• Ouyang Qinghe questioned Ouyang Yuanshan’s failed prediction, and he made excuses while Kuroshou Old Ancestor remained unable to turn the battle around.
• Kuroshou Old Ancestor burned his laws and unleashed a black-hole-like attack after Shen Yun calmly praised his Dao art.
• Shen Yun revealed his own reincarnation diagram, which devoured Kuroshou’s attack and converted its Death Law into vitality.
• Ouyang Yuanshan recognized that Shen Yun’s Dao comprehension made the gap between the fighters overwhelming, and wondered if he was the Reincarnation Immortal King reborn.
• Ouyang Qinghe noticed a terrifying fluctuation, and Ouyang Yuanshan realized Kuroshou Old Ancestor had summoned a Peerless Golden Immortal.