Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun mastered the true Dao of Destiny through the Destiny Heavenly Book and used it to badly wound Granny Wuyin. As Pure Bliss Old Ancestor arrived to save her, Shen Yun attacked again, intent on killing her despite the Golden Immortal’s presence.

• Shen Yun saw the River of Destiny and its Threads of Karma clearly, realized the limits of ordinary Arts of Heavenly Secrets, and understood that Granny Wuyin had borne the karma that let him obtain the Destiny Heavenly Book’s inheritance.
• Shen Yun struck at Granny Wuyin with Sword Qi of Creation, and his grasp of her movements caused her to take the blow, leaving her gravely wounded with a shattered qi sea.
• Heavenly Lightning Dharma King and Ouyang Yuanshan feared Shen Yun’s abilities, while Ouyang Qinghe said she hoped to receive his personal guidance and Ouyang Yuanshan considered helping her become his disciple.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor arrived, and Granny Wuyin regained hope while the spectators expected Shen Yun to retreat before the Golden Immortal.
• Shen Yun refused to flee and launched himself forward, bringing the Law Divine Sea down as he vowed to kill Granny Wuyin.

Shen Yun killed Granny Wuyin despite Pure Bliss Old Ancestor's intervention, then stood his ground when the Golden Immortal's true body arrived. As the surrounding experts feared for his life, Shen Yun revealed that he had anticipated the confrontation and prepared to resist.

• Shen Yun unleashed Great Chaos Dao and ground away Granny Wuyin's True Spirit, killing her as Pure Bliss Old Ancestor rushed toward them.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor's mana struck down around Shen Yun and sealed off his escape, while Ouyang Yuanshan, Ouyang Qinghe, and the other experts feared he was doomed.
• Shen Yun told Pure Bliss Old Ancestor that his power was weakened and that he could not force him to stay.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor descended in his true body and summoned Golden Immortal Laws to seal the battlefield.
• Shen Yun gathered his 108,000 Immortal Principles into one and raised a bright moon that dispelled the pressure as the two prepared to fight.

Shen Yun battled Pure Bliss Old Ancestor, using a sword formation and a Law Divine Image to counter the Golden Immortal’s movement technique and trap him. Shen Yun then closed in and thrust his Sword Qi of Creation through the cracks in Pure Bliss Old Ancestor’s Law Crystal.

• Shen Yun challenged Pure Bliss Old Ancestor directly and unleashed One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor dodged the sword formation with his Great Freedom Sky-Walking Divine Ability, while the spectators watched in alarm.
• Shen Yun turned the swords into a formation that formed a Law Divine Image and trapped Pure Bliss Old Ancestor between its palms.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor realized Shen Yun had anticipated his movement technique and turned it against him.
• Shen Yun reached Pure Bliss Old Ancestor and stabbed Sword Qi of Creation through the cracked Law Crystal.

Shen Yun pressed Pure Bliss Old Ancestor with his tactics, then prepared a great formation when the injured Golden Immortal summoned a powerful Hell Three-Headed Dog. Shen Yun challenged them both, promising to behead the beast within three moves.

• Shen Yun's attacks left Pure Bliss Old Ancestor injured and impressed Ouyang Yuanshan and the other Profound Immortals.
• Shen Yun formed the Ten Directions Nirvana Great Formation and reinforced it with immortal materials.
• The Hell Three-Headed Dog broke free of its crystal prison and shattered part of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Sword Formation with its roar.
• Heavenly Lightning Dharma King identified the beast as an Ancient Nether Beast, while Shen Yun noticed Pure Bliss Old Ancestor's weakened aura.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor ordered the Hell Three-Headed Dog to kill Shen Yun, who vowed to behead it within three moves.

Shen Yun fought the Hell Three-Headed Dog while Pure Bliss Old Ancestor tried to stop him, declaring that he would kill the beast in three moves. He destroyed two of its heads himself and used a formation he had prepared in advance to sever the last, leaving Pure Bliss Old Ancestor unable to intervene.

• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor attacked Shen Yun with his Years Twin Seal as the Hell Three-Headed Dog opened a Netherworld gate and unleashed its Nether Breath.
• Shen Yun evaded Pure Bliss Old Ancestor, crossed to the demonic dog, and shattered its first head with a punch.
• Shen Yun blocked the Netherworld gate with his Dharma image, then tricked Pure Bliss Old Ancestor and cut off the dog's second head with the Heaven and Earth Immortal Sword.
• Ouyang Yuanshan and the Profound Immortal Mighties recorded the battle while Ouyang Qinghe cheered for Shen Yun.
• The Hell Three-Headed Dog tried to flee, but Shen Yun activated the Ten Directions Nirvana Great Formation and its Nirvana Heavenly Blade severed the final head before Pure Bliss Old Ancestor could rescue it.

Shen Yun fought Pure Bliss Old Ancestor after killing the Hell Three-Headed Dog, and his insight into nirvana led him to comprehend the true meaning of eternity. As Shen Yun gained the upper hand, a Creation Green Lotus appeared above him, shocking Pure Bliss Old Ancestor with its Threefold Force of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

• Shen Yun killed the Hell Three-Headed Dog in three moves despite Pure Bliss Old Ancestor's interference, then taunted the Golden Immortal.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor attacked Shen Yun with two demonic sabers and burned his Golden Immortal Law to increase his power.
• Shen Yun matched Pure Bliss Old Ancestor's attacks and used Nirvana True Fire to erase the saber intent entering his body.
• Shen Yun entered a state of deep comprehension, understood the true meaning of eternity, and strengthened his physical body.
• The arena's spectators began to believe Shen Yun might defeat Pure Bliss Old Ancestor.
• A Creation Green Lotus appeared above Shen Yun, and Pure Bliss Old Ancestor recognized the Threefold Force of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Shen Yun planted the Three-leaf Azure Lotus in his Divine Sea, unleashing power that brought him close to Golden Immortal strength. He clashed with Pure Bliss Old Ancestor, and the shattered twin blades left the onlookers convinced Shen Yun had won.

• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor recognized Shen Yun’s perfected Essence, Qi, and Spirit and realized he had formed the Embryonic Form of the Three Flowers.
• Shen Yun fused the Creation Green Lotus with the Law Divine Sea, overwhelming the cultivators present with his aura.
• Daoist Jietian and the Heavenly Lightning Dharma King marveled that Shen Yun had reached near-Golden Immortal combat strength as a Heavenly Immortal, while Ouyang Qinghe longed to become his disciple.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor wondered whether Shen Yun was an Immortal King reincarnated, and Shen Yun seized his moment of distraction to attack.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor countered Shen Yun’s sword strike with Yin and Yang Shine Together, and their clash devastated the surrounding land and damaged Linlang Heavenly Capital’s City Protection Array.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor’s twin blades shattered after the fighters emerged from the explosion, leading the onlookers to conclude that Shen Yun had won.

Shen Yun pursued the wounded Pure Bliss Old Ancestor after defeating him, destroying most of his escape copies with Instant Kill Sword Qi. As the chase spread across the Eastern Divine Continent, the masked Azure Dragon’s name resounded through the Immortal Realm.

• Shen Yun pressed his attack, forcing Pure Bliss Old Ancestor to retreat and recognize Shen Yun’s mastery of the Great Freedom Sky-Walking Divine Ability.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor used Blood Shadow Thousand Phases to scatter a thousand escape copies, but Shen Yun’s Instant Kill Sword Qi destroyed nearly half of them.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor threatened to return for revenge, while Shen Yun dismissed him as an enemy who could never catch up.
• Ouyang Yuanshan and Ouyang Qinghe followed Shen Yun, as Daoist Jietian and other powerful figures also pursued the battle; Young Master Soul Seizer fled, and Dugu Jue wondered how Shen Yun compared with the legendary Innate Dao Body.
• News of the chase spread across the Eastern Divine Continent, and people identified Shen Yun as the Azure Dragon whose name shook the Immortal Realm.

Shen Yun destroyed Pure Bliss Old Ancestor’s Blood Shadow Thousand Phases and cornered him, but Pure Bliss Old Ancestor escaped through a wormhole into the Immortal Ancient Battlefield. Shen Yun chose not to pursue, then abruptly flew into the Cloud Sea after sensing a new disturbance.

• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor tried to escape through the Teleportation Arrays, but Shen Yun sealed them and annihilated the remaining blood shadows.
• Shen Yun overwhelmed Pure Bliss Old Ancestor with the Five-Colored Divine Light, leaving him near defeat.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor tore open a Space Wormhole to the Immortal Ancient Battlefield and fled into its dangerous core region.
• Shen Yun declined to follow him into the battlefield, reasoning that Pure Bliss Old Ancestor would take more than a hundred years to recover even if he survived.
• As onlookers prepared to approach Shen Yun, his expression grew grave and he vanished into the Cloud Sea.

After Shen Yun departed, Ling Jiuxiao met with Jun Ling Yuan and discussed the mysterious Azure Dragon, whose Dao had caught Ling Jiuxiao’s attention. Jun Ling Yuan received news from the Yun Cang Realm just as they awaited confirmation of Azure Dragon’s origins.

• Shen Yun left the Stone Platform, and the gathered cultivators dispersed to prepare for changes in the Eastern Divine Continent.
• Ling Jiuxiao appeared at the Stone Platform, and Jun Ling Yuan arrived and saluted him as his master.
• Jun Ling Yuan told Ling Jiuxiao that he was investigating Azure Dragon’s identity and suspected a connection to Shen Yun, who came from the Yun Cang Realm.
• Ling Jiuxiao dismissed the value of inheritance alone and said Yuxu and Eternal Night had strayed from the path to becoming Immortal Kings.
• Ling Jiuxiao praised Azure Dragon as peerless in the present age because his Heavenly Immortal cultivation could unleash Golden Immortal battle prowess.
• Jun Ling Yuan announced that news had arrived from the Yun Cang Realm.

Jun Ling Yuan and Ling Jiuxiao investigated Azure Dragon’s origins but concluded, incorrectly, that Azure Dragon and Shen Yun were different people. Ling Jiuxiao planned to confront Azure Dragon when the Ancient Immortal Realm reopened in three years, while Jun Ling Yuan set out to find him first.

• Jun Ling Yuan reported that Azure Dragon and Shen Yun had appeared together, and Ling Jiuxiao concluded they were not the same person.
• After failing to find a lead on Azure Dragon, Ling Jiuxiao told Jun Ling Yuan to set the matter aside until the right opportunity arrived.
• Ling Jiuxiao revealed that he would personally act when the Ancient Immortal Realm reopened in three years.
• Jun Ling Yuan decided to locate Azure Dragon before then and hurried toward the Ancient Immortal Realm.

After Shen Yun’s defeat of the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor, the Pure Bliss Mansion collapsed amid defections and attacks on the Li Family. Ouyang Yuanshan visited Shen Yun to announce that the Eastern Divine Continent Selection would begin in three months and that they planned to leave early to seek an Old Turtle who divined participants’ fortunes.

• The Li Family’s disciples and elders rebelled against the clan, and the weakened Li Family was forced to publicly call the conflict a misunderstanding.
• The Li Family remnants were left battered as people across the Eastern Divine Continent seized the chance to settle old grudges.
• Ouyang Yuanshan visited Shen Yun with wine and showed him an Image Recording Stone of the Li Family leader fleeing a crowd.
• Ouyang Yuanshan told Shen Yun that the Eastern Divine Continent Selection was three months away and that they planned to depart the day after tomorrow.
• Ouyang Yuanshan explained that participants traditionally sought a fortune reading from the Old Turtle, and Shen Yun sensed an opportunity.

As the Immortal Ancient Trial approached, Shen Yun reached the Great Vehicle Extreme Realm and met with Shen Xiao, who refused to reclaim his Golden Sword Bone until he felt worthy of it. Shen Yun then discussed the trial’s arrangements with Lu Guanqi and Wu Shoushan, learning that an ancient turtle at the battlefield had once seen the complete Destiny Heavenly Book.

• Ouyang Family disciples prepared for the trial and discussed their goal of placing in the top five despite the formidable Wuhui Cliff and Tianwu Hall.
• Shen Yun declared that he had reached the Great Vehicle Extreme Realm after refining his cultivation following his battle with the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor.
• Shen Xiao thanked Shen Yun for helping him avenge his past and clear his name, then pledged to repay the favor.
• Shen Yun offered Shen Xiao the Golden Sword Bone, but Shen Xiao asked him to keep it until he became worthy of wielding it.
• Shen Yun met with Lu Guanqi and Wu Shoushan to plan for the selection, and Lu Guanqi explained that a high first-round ranking would help them secure passage through the Domain Gate.
• Lu Guanqi told Shen Yun that the ancient turtle at the Immortal Ancient Battlefield had once seen the complete Destiny Heavenly Book.

Shen Yun verified that the Destiny Heavenly Book kept the Old Turtle from easily seeing his secrets, then set out with the Ouyang Family for the Ancient Immortal Realm’s selection. As the Spirit Boat approached the trial grounds, he looked forward to testing the legends surrounding the Destiny Heavenly Book.

• Lu Guanqi explained that the Old Turtle had witnessed the complete Destiny Heavenly Book and had survived for more than a hundred million years.
• Shen Yun worried that the Old Turtle might discover Azure Dragon’s identity, then used the Destiny Heavenly Book to test whether his own fate could be seen.
• Shen Yun found only emptiness when examining his fate and concluded that the Old Turtle could not uncover his deepest secrets.
• The Ouyang Family boarded a Spirit Boat, and Ouyang Yuanshan outlined a plan to gather Calamity Beast demon cores before defending them together.
• Ouyang Yuanshan expressed confidence in Shen Yun and Ouyang Qinghe, while Shen Yun dismissed thoughts of the leading rivals and watched the Ancient Immortal Realm draw near.

Shen Yun and the Ouyang Family reached Fusheng Ferry, where the route to Xuanjian Island was closed because Jun Ling Yuan was meeting the Old Turtle. As the gathered Heavenly Prides sized up Shen Yun, Jun Ling Yuan arrived on the island to ask the Old Turtle about someone’s whereabouts.

• Ouyang Yuanshan landed the Spirit Boat on Fusheng Ferry, where Lu Guanqi explained that visitors to Xuanjian Island had been turned away.
• Lu Guanqi introduced Gongshu Xuan, Fairy Zhishui, and other Heavenly Prides gathered near the sealed waterway.
• Other cultivators recognized Ouyang Qinghe and focused their attention on Shen Yun, who ignored their scrutiny.
• Chu Shanhe assumed Jun Ling Yuan had come to help him find the Entropy Demon and secure a top-three place.
• Jun Ling Yuan met the Old Turtle on Xuanjian Island and asked about the whereabouts of someone.

Jun Ling Yuan brought five Earth Vein Golden Lotuses to the Old Turtle and asked it to trace Azure Dragon’s origins. The Old Turtle’s deduction found Azure Dragon’s destiny beyond the Three Realms, then triggered an Extinction Dao Lightning tribulation; it said it had only a fifty-fifty chance of seeing through Azure Dragon if they met.

• Jun Ling Yuan offered the Old Turtle five Earth Vein Golden Lotuses, which it swallowed and accepted.
• Jun Ling Yuan described Azure Dragon’s abilities and asked the Old Turtle to calculate his origins, promising another gift from Nine Heavens Gate.
• The Old Turtle found that Azure Dragon’s destiny had escaped the Three Realms and lay beyond the Five Elements, leaving Jun Ling Yuan to wonder if he was an Immortal King reincarnated.
• An Extinction Dao Lightning bolt struck the Old Turtle, damaging its shell and devastating the surrounding Spirit Springs and immortal herbs.
• The Old Turtle restored the damaged surroundings and told Jun Ling Yuan it had a fifty-fifty chance of seeing through Azure Dragon if he appeared before it; Jun Ling Yuan’s eyes showed a trace of viciousness.

Jun Ling Yuan failed to persuade the Old Turtle to intervene, while the Old Turtle secretly planned to use the encounter to befriend the Azure Dragon. The other factions rushed toward Xuanjian Island for the Old Turtle’s guidance, where Chu Shanhe arrived late and spotted a familiar white-clad figure.

• Jun Ling Yuan recognized the Old Turtle’s evasive refusal but steadied his Dao Heart and chose to leave without forcing its help.
• After Jun Ling Yuan departed, the Old Turtle revealed that it intended to use the master and disciple pair’s traces as a future offering to the Azure Dragon.
• With the waterway clear, the factions set sail for Xuanjian Island, while Chu Shanhe waited in vain for his sect master.
• Chu Shanhe declared that he could win without outside help, then hurried toward the crowded island after a disciple warned that everyone else had already left.
• At Xuanjian Island, Chu Shanhe heard that the Old Turtle’s guidance schedule was nearly full, then saw a familiar white-clad figure and recognized Yun...

Shen Yun won the movement contest and went to meet Old Turtle, using the encounter to study the Destiny Heavenly Book. He asked Old Turtle whether a ship remained the same after all its planks were replaced, and whether someone reborn through a drop of blood was still the same person.

• Shen Yun took first place in the movement contest, earning praise from Ten-Step Yama, while Ouyang Qinghe placed seventh and Shen Xiao reached the top hundred.
• Chu Shanhe rejected his followers' suggestion to ally with Shen Yun, deepening their disappointment in him.
• Shen Yun sensed the Destiny Heavenly Book's presence and decided to visit Old Turtle, confident his identity was concealed.
• Old Turtle praised Shen Yun's foundation, and Shen Yun studied its use of the Destiny Heavenly Book until his damaged technique began to take shape.
• Shen Yun asked Old Turtle whether a ship remained the same after all its planks were replaced and whether someone reborn through a drop of blood remained the same person.

Shen Yun distracted Old Turtle with a paradox, secretly learning a Destiny Immortal Art while the elder spent the night reasoning it through. After discovering that the Destiny Heavenly Book had a missing fiftieth volume, Shen Yun realized its missing page was still in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.

• Shen Yun posed Old Turtle a ship-of-Theseus paradox, distracting him from his own cultivation.
• Old Turtle spent nearly five hours reasoning out an answer, then fell asleep from exhaustion after inviting Shen Yun to bring him divination opportunities.
• Shen Yun left Xi Land and used what he had learned from Old Turtle to condense a Destiny Immortal Art in his qi sea.
• Shen Yun recognized that the Destiny Heavenly Book's forty-nine pages were incomplete and that its missing volume was the Great Dao's Escaped One.
• Shen Yun realized that the missing Torn Page was still in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield.

After Shen Yun returned from meeting the Old Turtle, the other Heavenly Prides received Blessing Seals while Shen Yun considered how to find opportunities and the Destiny Heavenly Book. The Jade Void Gate elders arrived at Fusheng Ferry, and Shen Yun recognized five Immortal Golden Immortals among them.

• The crowd waited for Shen Yun, while Ten-Step Yama and other experts came to regard him as a serious competitor.
• Luo Shuncai persuaded the Nine Heavens Gate disciples to abandon Chu Shanhe and plan to pledge allegiance to Shen Yun during the trial.
• After three days, the Heavenly Prides visited the Old Turtle, and some returned with Blessing Seals that helped them find opportunities and avoid Calamity Beasts.
• Shen Yun inferred that the Old Turtle was using the seals to search for an opportunity in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, and he devised a way to hide similar marks on Calamity Beasts.
• The Jade Void Gate elders arrived at Fusheng Ferry in thirty-six rainbows, and Shen Yun saw that five of them were Immortal Golden Immortals.