Chapter Summaries

Immortal Elder Yunhe announced the Immortal Ancient Trial’s rewards, rules, and dangers, while Shen Yun stayed focused on obtaining the Destiny Heavenly Book. The trial began after Yunhe opened the way into the Ancient Immortal Realm.

• Immortal Elder Yunhe announced that trial finalists would receive Contribution Points, while the top three could receive Jade Void Immortal Venerable’s guidance and the top five could enter his tutelage.
• Shen Yun ignored the promised rewards and resolved to pursue only the Destiny Heavenly Book, drawing notice from the Golden Immortals despite his lower cultivation.
• Immortal Elder Yunhe explained that participants would hunt Demons and Monsters, including dangerous Calamity Beasts, and earn points based on the number and quality of their Crystal Cores.
• Immortal Elder Yunhe displayed the Crystal Core point values and warned participants about the dangers of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Immortal Elder Yunhe officially began the trial.

Shen Yun entered the Thunder Fire Purgatory and used its extreme conditions to break through toward the Heavenly Immortal realm. His terrifying aura cowed the powerful local Demons and Monsters, and he declared that the Heavenly Tribulation was still too weak.

• The Golden Immortals opened the Two-Realm Passage, and Ouyang Qinghe told the disciples to split up and reconnect in seven days.
• Shen Yun reached the passage first, followed by Ten-Step Yama, while Luo Shuncai led the Nine Heavens Gate disciples toward the Thunder Fire Purgatory.
• Shen Yun entered the Thunder Fire Purgatory, sensed its powerful Demons and Monsters, and began tempering himself in the thunder and fire to break through.
• Shen Yun’s breakthrough unleashed a world-shaking aura that terrified the Demons and Monsters, and Evil Dragon King admitted he could not match him.
• Shen Yun complained that the Heavenly Tribulation was too weak, drawing every Demon and Monster’s attention toward the thunderclouds.

Shen Yun effortlessly endured and destroyed the heavenly tribulation, then dispersed its final crimson cloud. The demons submitted to him, and after the Evil Dragon King killed three hideous spirits at Shen Yun’s silent approval, he asked what had brought Shen Yun to the Thunder Fire Purgatory.

• Shen Yun stood unmoved as the All-Heavens Law Tribulation struck, while its divine might forced the demons and the Evil Dragon King to the ground.
• Shen Yun destroyed the thunder beasts and nine humanoid tribulations, absorbing them into the Creation Furnace.
• Shen Yun used the Creation Green Lotus and the Threefold Force of Essence, Qi, and Spirit to erase the crimson tribulation cloud.
• The demons bowed to Shen Yun, who identified three hideous spirits as burdened by heavy karma.
• The Evil Dragon King crushed the three spirits after Shen Yun gave no sign of objection, and the demons praised their deaths.
• The Evil Dragon King asked Shen Yun to explain his purpose for coming to the Thunder Fire Purgatory.

Shen Yun learned that the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha ruled the Sea of Buried Bones and decided to challenge it alone, while marking the local demons to help him search for the Destiny Heavenly Book. As Shen Yun and his followers headed toward the sea, Luo Shuncai entered the Thunder Fire Purgatory and recognized Shen Yun among the approaching demons.

• The Evil Dragon King identified the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha as a powerful Golden Immortal Calamity Beast that ruled the Sea of Buried Bones.
• Shen Yun assessed his breakthrough to the Late Heavenly Immortal stage and decided the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha would be a suitable opponent.
• Shen Yun told the demons to hold their position, placed soul marks on them to track the Destiny Heavenly Book, and prepared to go alone.
• The Evil Dragon King transformed into his dragon form and carried Shen Yun toward the Sea of Buried Bones as the other demons followed.
• Luo Shuncai and his disciples entered the Thunder Fire Purgatory, where Luo Shuncai saw Shen Yun atop the Evil Dragon King's head.

Luo Shuncai turned the Nine Heavens Gate disciples against Chu Shanhe and led them to seek an alliance with Shen Yun. In the Sea of Buried Bones, Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha killed Guiche for failing to capture the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor, then ordered the demons to find the intruder before the Old Ancestor appeared again.

• Luo Shuncai persuaded the Nine Heavens Gate disciples to condemn Chu Shanhe and follow him to find Shen Yun.
• Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha demanded that his demons account for their failure to capture the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor.
• Guiche admitted he could not hold the Golden Immortal, and Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha annihilated him.
• Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha ordered the demons to bring the intruder to him within five days, or face Guiche's fate.
• A violent aura erupted across the Sea of Buried Bones, and the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor appeared, declaring he would kill his pursuer.

Shen Yun confronted Pure Bliss Old Ancestor in the Sea of Buried Bones after the latter was corrupted by Calamity Beast cores and regained his cultivation. When the Calamity Beasts surrounded them, Shen Yun withdrew, leaving Pure Bliss Old Ancestor facing the demons alone.

• Shen Yun sensed Pure Bliss Old Ancestor in the Sea of Buried Bones and went to find him, while his demons guarded the entrance.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor emerged, revealed his monstrous transformation, and explained that refining Calamity Beast Crystal Cores had restored his cultivation.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor attacked Shen Yun with the Years Twin Seal, but Shen Yun’s punch shattered his claws and forced him back.
• Shen Yun told Pure Bliss Old Ancestor that he had chosen the wrong opponent, and Pure Bliss Old Ancestor realized Shen Yun had reached the strength of a late-stage Golden Immortal.
• The Calamity Beasts arrived and surrounded them; Shen Yun withdrew to the entrance, leaving Pure Bliss Old Ancestor surrounded.

Pure Bliss Old Ancestor unleashed a forbidden art against the demons, but Shen Yun defeated him with one punch. After Pure Bliss Old Ancestor turned the demons against Shen Yun, they joined him in attacking, and Shen Yun prepared to demonstrate his true Dao arts.

• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor spread corrosive death qi over the demons, who burned their vital essence and attacked him with killing arts.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor activated the Spirit Explosion Secret Technique as Shen Yun watched the battle and drank wine.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor charged Shen Yun, who struck him with one punch and sent his broken body crashing into the demonic army.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor warned the demons that Shen Yun would target them next, and Eight-Armed Rakshasa demanded that Shen Yun leave.
• Shen Yun challenged the demons to summon Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha, prompting Eight-Armed Rakshasa and the other creatures to attack him alongside Pure Bliss Old Ancestor.
• Shen Yun faced the combined assault and declared that he would show them true Dao arts.

Shen Yun unleashed his Primordial Chaos Opens Heaven art, defeating Pure Bliss Old Ancestor and annihilating the Calamity Beasts until Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha arrived. The chapter ended with Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha killing Eight-Armed Rakshasa and confronting Shen Yun.

• Shen Yun used the Great Sun Seal and Sea Covering Seal to crush Pure Bliss Old Ancestor and wipe out the Calamity Beasts, leaving Eight-Armed Rakshasa barely alive.
• Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha descended and caught Shen Yun’s Instant Kill Sword Qi in one hand, revealing his Late Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Eight-Armed Rakshasa blamed Shen Yun to Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha, while Pure Bliss Old Ancestor hoped the newcomer would help him survive.
• Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha killed Eight-Armed Rakshasa and devoured its blood qi, then turned his blood-red gaze on Shen Yun and asked if he was ready to die.

Jun Ling Yuan arrived outside the Ancient Immortal Realm after losing contact with a Seven Malevolent Heavenly Demon he had secretly marked, and deduced that Azure Dragon had killed it. He arranged for the Little Martial Saint to enter the trial in his place, hoping he would activate a mark that could reveal Azure Dragon’s location.

• Jun Ling Yuan told Immortal Elder Yunhe and the other Golden Immortals that his marked Seven Malevolent Heavenly Demon had vanished after the trial began.
• Jun Ling Yuan concluded that Azure Dragon had killed the Half-step Golden Immortal demon and came to draw him out.
• Jun Ling Yuan revealed the Little Martial Saint, who had reached the Late Mysterious Immortal realm, as his substitute for entering the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• The Little Martial Saint entered the Domain Gate, confident that he would win despite arriving two days late.
• Jun Ling Yuan privately planned for the Little Martial Saint to activate a mark near Azure Dragon so he could track him down.

Jun Ling Yuan discussed Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha’s growing threat and the difficult conditions required to destroy it, while privately waiting for the End Rules to take shape. In the Sea of Buried Bones, Shen Yun evaded the demon’s attacks and then charged toward it using True Form Phantom Technique.

• Jun Ling Yuan reassured the Golden Immortals that Little Martial Saint could survive in the Sea of Buried Bones, while they discussed Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha’s strength and its repeated recovery from destruction.
• Jun Ling Yuan revealed that vitality could kill Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha, but the required Spring of Life or suitably skilled Golden Immortals were difficult to obtain.
• Jun Ling Yuan reflected that the day the End Rules took shape would be the day he condensed the Five Qi.
• Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha attacked Shen Yun with a Nether Wheel and then three more, but Shen Yun evaded them with Great Freedom Sky-Walking Divine Ability and his speed.
• Shen Yun taunted Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha and charged toward it using True Form Phantom Technique.

Shen Yun outmaneuvered Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha with phantom bodies and crushed his true body, only to discover that the enemy could revive. Shen Yun tricked him again and buried him beneath Bone Mountain, while Pure Bliss Old Ancestor lost hope.

• Shen Yun used the True Form Phantom Technique to make Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha attack a phantom, then stomped him and destroyed his body with sword energy and Innate Dao Fire.
• Pure Bliss Old Ancestor watched in shock as Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha’s ashes revived and the Corpse Buddha attacked Shen Yun with the Taotie Divine Ability.
• Shen Yun used another phantom to mislead Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha, then struck with his true body and beat him into Bone Mountain.
• Shen Yun looked down at the battered Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha as Pure Bliss Old Ancestor accepted that his hopes were gone.

Shen Yun suppressed the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha and killed the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor while investigating the source of the demon’s rebirth. He discovered that the Corpse Buddha was an incarnation of the Sea of Buried Bones’ rules and confronted it with the Dao of Creation, leaving it shocked by his Heavenly Immortal cultivation.

• Shen Yun trapped the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha in two formations and used the Destiny Heavenly Book and Qi Gazing Technique to examine its mysterious crystal.
• Shen Yun suppressed the Corpse Buddha’s power with the Devouring Law while extracting the Pure Bliss Old Ancestor’s Golden Immortal Laws.
• The Pure Bliss Old Ancestor died after Shen Yun extracted his final Law.
• Shen Yun burned the seized Golden Immortal Laws and realized that the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha was an incarnation of the Sea of Buried Bones’ rules, allowing it to revive while the world endured.
• Shen Yun invoked the Dao of Creation, and the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha offered the world’s origin in exchange for its life before realizing Shen Yun was only at the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Shen Yun killed Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha, restored the Sea of Buried Bones, and obtained its World Origin, which he planned to study to advance his cultivation. After several thousand years, a newly condensed World Origin drew nine immortals into a standoff on Godsfall Island, where the Gravekeeper claimed it and the Roc rider challenged him.

• Shen Yun destroyed Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha with the Primordial Creation Heavenly Technique, and Creation Qi restored the Sea of Buried Bones to a lush landscape.
• Shen Yun discovered that the crystal left inside Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha was the World Origin and brought it into his qi sea to study its laws and develop the Five Directional Internal Universes.
• Shen Yun left the Sea of Buried Bones, and several thousand years later the era ended with little disturbance in the Yun Cang Realm.
• On Godsfall Island, the Gravekeeper presented the realm's World Origin to nine immortals and warned them not to covet it.
• The person riding atop the Roc rejected the Gravekeeper's claim and challenged him to prove his right to the World Origin.

Shen Qiu challenged the Gravekeeper and was ordered to subdue the World Origin or die. He survived its trial, reached the Great Vehicle realm, and was named the Gravekeeper’s Closed-Door Disciple.

• Ao Cang and the other Immortal Lords urged Shen Qiu to apologize to the Gravekeeper, but Shen Qiu refused and challenged him to kill him.
• The Gravekeeper recalled Fang Tianyi and Shen Yun, then gave Shen Qiu a chance to subdue the World Origin or die.
• Shen Qiu endured the World Origin’s destructive force and charged into it despite the Gravekeeper offering to spare him.
• Shen Qiu survived the ensuing thunder tribulation, refined the World Origin, and entered the Great Vehicle realm.
• The Gravekeeper appeared before Shen Qiu and declared him his Closed-Door Disciple.

The Gravekeeper brought Shen Qiu and Azure Venerable to the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, warning Shen Qiu that his foundation was inadequate for the Immortal Realm and urging him to strengthen it through battle. After hearing about a weakened Calamity Beast at the Bottomless Cold Abyss, Shen Qiu joined the rush toward it.

• The Gravekeeper brought Shen Qiu and Azure Venerable to the Immortal Ancient Battlefield and told Shen Qiu that his cultivation foundation was shallow by Immortal Realm standards.
• The Gravekeeper advised Shen Qiu to fight demons, monsters, and Calamity Beasts to strengthen his cultivation and Dao Foundation, then left him to explore the battlefield.
• Azure Venerable worried that Shen Qiu might be in danger, but the Gravekeeper said he had to overcome the challenge and reflected that a great upheaval was approaching.
• Shen Qiu learned that the battlefield hosted a trial for the Hundred Prefectures of the Heavenly Domain and wondered whether Shen Yun was there.
• Shen Qiu heard that the weakened Sun-Eroding Ice Silkworm at the Bottomless Cold Abyss had attracted powerful contenders, and he followed the crowd toward it.

Shen Qiu and the other cultivators descended into the Bottomless Cold Abyss, where Gongshu Xuan described surviving an encounter near the Sea of Buried Bones. When a black storm erupted around a glowing insect cocoon, Shen Qiu seized it and vanished into the gale; then the Ten-Step Yama was thrown back, and Fairy Zhishui warned that something was rising from the abyss.

• The cultivators spotted Fairy Zhishui and Gongshu Xuan, who explained that a Calamity Beast had injured him while he passed through the outskirts of the Sea of Buried Bones.
• Shen Qiu hurried ahead through the freezing abyss, searching the surroundings for treasure.
• The cultivators discovered a glowing insect cocoon, and a black storm swept across the ice platform.
• Shen Qiu braved the storm with his black pot and grabbed the cocoon before the gale carried him away.
• The Ten-Step Yama was hurled from the whirlwind, and Fairy Zhishui warned that something was coming up from the abyss.

Shen Qiu reunited with Shen Xiao and Wu Shoushan after they rescued him, then discovered that the insect cocoon he had seized carried the aura of a powerful Calamity Beast. Chu Shanhe arrived to claim it, but after Shen Xiao and Wu Shoushan fought him briefly, the three escaped with the cocoon and Chu Shanhe pursued them into the Bottomless Cold Abyss.

• Shen Xiao and Wu Shoushan explained that they had rescued Shen Qiu after finding him in danger, and Shen Qiu refused Shen Xiao's healing pill while promising to repay the debt.
• Shen Xiao sensed that Shen Qiu's insect cocoon held an extraordinarily powerful Calamity Beast bloodline, and Shen Qiu suspected it was the Ice Silkworm King's egg.
• Shen Qiu began using the Underworld Law to refine the cocoon, but Chu Shanhe arrived and demanded that they hand it over.
• Shen Qiu provoked Chu Shanhe, who attacked him, and Shen Xiao intercepted the strike with his Righteous Dao of the Sword.
• Chu Shanhe overwhelmed Shen Xiao and Wu Shoushan, but the three escaped with the cocoon while Wu Shoushan used his retreat to cover their flight.
• Chu Shanhe realized they had tricked him and chased them into the depths of the Bottomless Cold Abyss.

Shen Qiu, Shen Xiao, and Wu Shoushan lured Calamity Beasts into Chu Shanhe’s pursuit, forcing him to flee into the Bottomless Cold Abyss. Ouyang Qinghe arrived and overwhelmed Chu Shanhe, sending him falling deeper into the abyss.

• Shen Qiu proposed using the caverns and Calamity Beasts to slow Chu Shanhe, and Shen Xiao agreed to the plan.
• Shen Qiu, Shen Xiao, and Wu Shoushan triggered spells that awakened powerful demons and monsters, which pursued Chu Shanhe.
• Chu Shanhe was driven toward the bottom of the abyss, where he encountered Shen Qiu and the others and attacked them with his Five Elements Law.
• Ouyang Qinghe arrived, purified Chu Shanhe’s mana with World-Purifying Lotus, and sent him falling into the Bottomless Cold Abyss.

Ouyang Qinghe rescued Shen Xiao, Shen Qiu, and Wu Shoushan from Chu Shanhe, but Chu Shanhe recovered with his Five Elements Divine Body and prepared to fight them. Luo Shuncai and the Nine Heavens Gate disciples arrived, then unexpectedly denounced Chu Shanhe and sided with Ouyang Qinghe, leaving his position as Young Sect Master in jeopardy.

• Ouyang Qinghe used the World-Purifying Lotus to send Chu Shanhe crashing into the abyss and accepted the others' thanks.
• Chu Shanhe emerged wounded but stronger, healing with his Five Elements Mana and unleashing his Five Elements Divine Body domain.
• Shen Xiao prepared to support Ouyang Qinghe as Shen Qiu and Wu Shoushan took positions around Chu Shanhe.
• Luo Shuncai led the Nine Heavens Gate disciples into the abyss, but they walked past Chu Shanhe and greeted Ouyang Qinghe instead.
• Luo Shuncai and the disciples accused Chu Shanhe of causing trouble and threatened to impeach him, leaving him stunned as his standing collapsed.

The Nine Heavens Gate disciples turned on Chu Shanhe and broke his Five Elements Domain of Law, while Ouyang Qinghe said Shen Yun was on his way. Shen Qiu sensed danger rising from the Bottomless Cold Abyss, and the fleeing crowd struck Chu Shanhe back into it as they escaped.

• Luo Shuncai apologized to Ouyang Qinghe for Chu Shanhe’s actions and asked her to speak favorably of the Nine Heavens Gate to Shen Yun.
• Luo Shuncai ordered the disciples to seize Chu Shanhe, and their combined attacks shattered his Five Elements Domain of Law.
• Shen Xiao and Ouyang Qinghe recognized Shen Yun’s influence, and Ouyang Qinghe said he would soon reach the Bottomless Cold Abyss.
• Shen Qiu’s insect cocoon trembled, warning him of danger, and he spotted lights rising from the abyss.
• Shen Qiu and the others fled as Gongshu Xuan, Fairy Zhishui, and Ten-Step Yama appeared among the retreating Heavenly Prides, striking Chu Shanhe back toward the abyss as they escaped.