Chapter Summaries

The Little Martial Saint crossed paths with Shen Yun while both were traveling on urgent missions, then found the Sea of Buried Bones restored and concluded that the Azure Dragon had defeated the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha. Believing Shen Yun was not the Azure Dragon, he abandoned his mission and pursued him to test his strength.

• Shen Yun rode the Evil Dragon King toward the Bottomless Cold Abyss after learning about the Sun-Eroding Ice Silkworm.
• Shen Yun and the Little Martial Saint briefly crossed paths, each recognizing the other's formidable strength before continuing toward their destinations.
• The Little Martial Saint reached the Sea of Buried Bones and discovered its deathly aura had vanished, replaced by thriving life.
• The Little Martial Saint inferred that the Azure Dragon had killed the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha and decided to retreat rather than risk facing the Azure Dragon.
• The Little Martial Saint sensed that Shen Yun lacked Mysterious Yellow Qi, judged him to be a suitable opponent, and raced after him to prove his Golden Immortal Dao.

Shen Qiu and the other cultivators were trapped between the Ice Silkworm King and a swarm of Calamity Beasts, and Ten-Step Yama revealed that Shen Qiu’s stolen Insect Egg had provoked the calamity. Shen Qiu reluctantly threw the cocoon toward the abyss, but a white-clad newcomer riding a dragon caught it and challenged him for giving up his spoils.

• Silver threads attacked the fleeing cultivators, and Ten-Step Yama identified their source as the recovering Ice Silkworm King.
• The Ice Silkworm King pursued the group while more than a hundred Calamity Beasts blocked their escape above.
• Shen Qiu urged Shen Xiao, Ouyang Qinghe, and Wu Shoushan to stay close and prepare to exploit openings during the coming battle.
• Ten-Step Yama demanded that Shen Qiu return the Insect Egg to the abyss, and the other cultivators turned against Shen Qiu when they learned he had taken it.
• Shen Qiu reluctantly flung the luminous cocoon toward the abyss, but a white-clad figure riding a dragon caught it in midair and questioned Shen Qiu’s decision to hand it over.

Shen Yun claimed the Konghua Dream Butterfly cocoon and used the Evil Dragon King to rescue the cultivators from the Ice Silkworm King’s snares. The Ice Silkworm King emerged and began fusing with Five Elements Power, revealing Chu Shanhe’s figure within her radiance.

• Shen Yun recognized the Konghua Dream Butterfly cocoon and put it away in the Du Tian World.
• The Evil Dragon King burned away the Ice Silkworm King’s threads, freeing the cultivators and driving off the surrounding demons.
• Ten-Step Yama accepted Shen Yun’s strength, while Luo Shunlai and the Nine Heavens Gate disciples celebrated their alliance with him.
• The Ice Silkworm King appeared and challenged the Evil Dragon King for helping Shen Yun’s friends.
• Shen Yun exposed the Ice Silkworm King’s attempt to stall while fusing with Five Elements Power, and Chu Shanhe’s figure appeared in the resulting Divine Radiance.

The Ice Silkworm King refined Chu Shanhe’s Five Elements Divine Body, recovered its strength, and threatened everyone unless Shen Yun surrendered the Konghua Dream Butterfly. Shen Yun killed it with one finger, then noticed Chu Shanhe’s outline forming from its remains as Little Martial Saint arrived.

• The Ice Silkworm King absorbed Chu Shanhe’s Five Elements Divine Body, healed its injuries, and transformed into a powerful Calamity Beast.
• The Ice Silkworm King threatened Shen Yun and the others, while Ten-Step Yama blamed Shen Yun for letting it recover.
• Shen Yun demonstrated his Great Five Elements Dao and killed the Ice Silkworm King with a single finger flick.
• Luo Shunlai and the others reacted to Shen Yun’s overwhelming power, while Shen Qiu renewed his resolve to defeat him someday.
• Shen Yun noticed an outline of Chu Shanhe forming from the Ice Silkworm King’s remains and wondered whether it revealed how Calamity Beasts originated.
• Little Martial Saint arrived at the venue in a yellow robe.

The Little Martial Saint arrived at the arena, and spectators weighed his reputation against Shen Yun’s strength. The Ice Silkworm King’s corpse then split open to reveal Chu Shanhe, transformed into a Calamity Beast, and the Little Martial Saint confronted him as Chu Shanhe targeted Shen Yun.

• Ten-Step Yama recognized the Little Martial Saint and realized he still could not match him.
• Shen Xiao and Ouyang Qinghe described the Little Martial Saint’s martial talent and Indestructible Divine Body to Shen Qiu and the others.
• The Little Martial Saint used his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye to discover that a new Calamity Beast was forming inside the Ice Silkworm King’s corpse.
• The corpse burst open, and Chu Shanhe emerged with six bone wings after devouring the Ice Silkworm King.
• Chu Shanhe unleashed black mist and demonic sounds across the arena, declared he would fuse everyone with himself, and singled out Shen Yun.
• The Little Martial Saint stepped before Chu Shanhe and called him a laughingstock for thinking he could challenge Shen Yun.

Shen Yun defeated Chu Shanhe with a single strike after Chu Shanhe unleashed his Five Elements ultimate art, while Little Martial Saint fought the attack head-on. Humiliated and stripped of his Five Elements Origin, Chu Shanhe self-detonated, leaving Little Martial Saint shaken by Shen Yun’s strength.

• Little Martial Saint offered to fight Chu Shanhe for Shen Yun, but Shen Yun said he could end the battle in one breath.
• Chu Shanhe attacked Shen Yun and Little Martial Saint with the Five Elements Millstone, an ultimate art that could grind a continent into oblivion.
• Little Martial Saint caught the millstone with his bare hands as Shen Yun vanished from sight.
• Shen Yun pinned Chu Shanhe to the ice platform with a strand of Five Elements Law and shattered the millstone.
• Shen Yun extracted Chu Shanhe’s Five Elements Origin and casually discarded the resulting essence, driving Chu Shanhe to self-detonate.

After defeating Chu Shanhe, Shen Yun accepted the Little Martial Saint’s challenge and overwhelmed him with a punch that shattered his defenses. The Little Martial Saint survived the blow and recognized Shen Yun’s Dao of Chaos, leaving their clash poised to continue.

• Ten-Step Yama and the other cultivators watched Shen Yun’s overwhelming victory over Chu Shanhe and recognized him as the likely leader of the rankings.
• The Little Martial Saint recovered his composure and declared that Shen Yun was worthy of being his opponent.
• Shen Yun criticized the Little Martial Saint’s incomplete foundation, then decided to fight him after recalling his own former boldness.
• The Little Martial Saint unleashed three body-tempering abilities and a Yin-Yang Dao Diagram, but Shen Yun’s punch shattered the diagram and broke through his defenses.
• The Little Martial Saint redirected the force and staggered back, then identified Shen Yun’s technique as the Dao of Chaos, One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws.

After defeating Little Martial Saint and earning the Crystal Cores he had wagered, Shen Yun helped Ouyang Qinghe and the others prepare for the remaining competition. He then found an unremarkable Jade Pendant in the Evil Dragon King's treasure vault and sensed a thread of Destiny Power leading into the Ancient Immortal Realm.

• Shen Yun defeated Little Martial Saint with one move, and Little Martial Saint admitted defeat and handed over his Crystal Cores.
• Fairy Zhishui and the other contenders left to compete for places in the top ten while Shen Yun and his companions remained behind.
• Shen Yun praised Shen Qiu's progress but warned that his foundation was weak and offered him two Calamity Beast Crystal Cores; Shen Qiu refused them as charity.
• Shen Yun distributed most of the Crystal Cores among Ouyang Qinghe and the others, keeping the Ice Silkworm King Crystal Core.
• The Evil Dragon King opened his treasure vault and offered Shen Yun its treasures, and Shen Yun picked a Jade Pendant that contained a strand of Destiny Power reaching into the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Shen Yun discovered that the ancient jade from the Evil Dragon King's vault was likely a key to a Secret Realm, then accepted the Evil Dragon King as his follower. As they traveled together, Shen Yun stopped before a patch of empty space and called for someone he had known in the Yun Cang Realm to appear.

• Shen Yun learned that the white jade had come from the remains of a Bai Ze whose soul had suffered a fatal wound, and Shen Qiu guessed that it looked like a key.
• Shen Yun offered the Evil Dragon King a favor in exchange for the jade, and the Evil Dragon King instead asked to follow him.
• Shen Yun accepted the Evil Dragon King but warned that his Calamity Beast body would be rejected by the outside world's laws.
• Shen Yun arranged to meet his old friends at the Secret Realm entrance in two days, while Ouyang Qinghe and the others prepared to pursue the injured Heavenly Pride.
• Shen Qiu left alone, and Shen Xiao and Wu Shoushan departed with the others.
• As Shen Yun and the Evil Dragon King traveled through the Cloud Sea, Shen Yun stopped and called on a hidden senior he had met in the Yun Cang Realm.

Shen Yun met the Gravekeeper and learned that Ling Jiuxiao was an anomaly in fate whose ambitions threatened the old turtle. He headed with the Evil Dragon King toward the Sea of Buried Bones, while Ling Jiuxiao reprimanded Jun Ling Yuan at the Nine Heavens Limitless Palace.

• The Gravekeeper and Azure Venerable appeared before Shen Yun, and the Gravekeeper praised how far he had grown.
• The Gravekeeper warned Shen Yun that Ling Jiuxiao was an anomaly in fate and that the old turtle would soon face a calamity.
• Shen Yun considered the risks surrounding Ling Jiuxiao and resolved to obtain the Destiny Heavenly Book.
• Shen Yun and the Evil Dragon King set off for the Sea of Buried Bones to resolve the Evil Dragon King's Calamity Beast Physique.
• At the Nine Heavens Limitless Palace, Ling Jiuxiao told Jun Ling Yuan not to do anything unnecessary.

Ling Jiuxiao warned Jun Ling Yuan against acting recklessly after learning that Azure Dragon had killed the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha and might be a Half-Step Daluo. Unable to trace Azure Dragon through the River of Destiny, Ling Jiuxiao blamed the Old Turtle and ordered Jun Ling Yuan to offer it information about Great Venerable Bai Ze in exchange for its key.

• Ling Jiuxiao told Jun Ling Yuan a story about stepping backward while planting rice to teach him that retreat could lead to progress.
• Ling Jiuxiao received a report that Azure Dragon had killed the Myriad Sin Corpse Buddha, restored the Niegu Sea, and might be a Half-Step Daluo; Jun Ling Yuan admitted his mistake and asked to be punished.
• Ling Jiuxiao told Jun Ling Yuan to resolve the matter he had started, then used the Destiny Heavenly Book to investigate Azure Dragon but found no trace of him.
• Ling Jiuxiao concluded that the Old Turtle had disrupted his investigation and began planning cautiously.
• Ling Jiuxiao ordered Jun Ling Yuan to tell the Old Turtle he knew Great Venerable Bai Ze's whereabouts and would share the Immortal Art in exchange for its key.

As the selection neared its end, the sect leaders discussed Shen Yun’s prospects and the Ouyang Family’s rising fortunes. Lord Yachan recruited Xinjian Studio into a temporary alliance with Sky Devil Mountain, while secretly considering Shen Yun as another potential ally; the crowd then noticed someone had emerged early.

• The overlords gathered at Fusheng Ferry praised the Little Martial Saint and discussed whether Qing He or Shen Yun could challenge Fairy Zhishui for a top-three spot.
• Ouyang Yuanshan received eager congratulations and invitations from other elders, who hoped to befriend the Ouyang Family before it rose in influence.
• Lord Yachan approached Xinjian Studio’s elders and proposed a temporary alliance with Sky Devil Mountain for the finals.
• Lord Yachan promised that those who helped the Sky Devil Saint Son reach the top five would earn a Golden Immortal Artifact personally refined by Eternal Night Devil Venerable, and Xinjian Studio’s elders agreed to join.
• Lord Yachan considered whether Shen Yun could be recruited as a useful ally, then the crowd erupted when someone emerged from the trial two hours before it ended.

Shen Yun emerged from the Domain Gate looking calm, and the onlookers mistook his early exit for weakness until they saw that he had transformed the Evil Dragon King into a Half-step Golden Immortal who followed him loyally. Ouyang Qinghe then returned with the Ouyang Family in triumph, leaving Lord Yachan to realize that Wuhui Cliff had lost its top three.

• Shen Yun exited the Domain Gate empty-handed and was judged by the crowd and Immortal Elder Yunhe as someone who had withdrawn to protect his gains.
• Lord Yachan noticed that the Evil Dragon King was a Half-step Golden Immortal, while Immortal Elder Yunhe recognized the dragon aura.
• The Evil Dragon King recalled how Shen Yun had used the laws at the Sea of Buried Bones to transform it into a true Dragon Clan body and raise its cultivation.
• The crowd realized that the Evil Dragon King was loyal to Shen Yun, and the elders of Xinjian Studio and Lord Yachan regretted underestimating him.
• Ouyang Qinghe returned with the Ouyang Family, and Lord Yachan realized that Wuhui Cliff had lost its top three.

Shen Yun’s return with the Ice Silkworm King’s Crystal Core revealed the scale of his achievement, while the trial’s survivors recounted heavy losses. As the results were announced, Shen Yun took the lead with 160 million points, but Ouyang Qinghe’s 79 million points surpassed Little Martial Saint’s 75 million and left the rankings unsettled.

• Ouyang Qinghe returned with her fellow disciples, and Ouyang Yuanshan praised Shen Yun for helping the Ouyang Family reap a rich harvest.
• Trial participants reported deaths and disappearances caused by the Ancient Immortal Realm’s dangers and the mutated Ice Silkworm King; Ten-Step Yama said Wuhui Cliff could likely only secure the top five.
• Shen Yun presented the Ice Silkworm King’s Crystal Core and received 160 million points, prompting a crowd to defend the award when an assassin from Wuhui Cliff challenged it.
• Lord Yachan disavowed the assassin’s complaint and warned the crowd against slandering Wuhui Cliff.
• Immortal Elder Yunhe announced Little Martial Saint’s 75 million points and Ten-Step Yama’s 47 million points, then revealed that Ouyang Qinghe had earned 79 million.

After the trial results were announced, Shen Yun received the first-place reward and prepared to accompany the top three to pay respects to the Jade Void Immortal Venerable. Concerned that the Immortal Venerable would uncover his identity as Azure Dragon, Shen Yun first flew to Xuanjian Island, while Jun Ling Yuan also raced there.

• Lord Yachan left immediately after the results were announced, and the Wuhui Cliff disciples endured the scorn directed at him.
• Ouyang Yuanshan congratulated Shen Yun enthusiastically, while Shen Yun praised his friends and rejected the Evil Dragon King's suggestion to use stored Crystal Cores to improve their rankings.
• Immortal Elder Yunhe invited the top three, including Ouyang Qinghe and the Little Martial Saint, to visit the Jade Void Palace and pay respects to the Immortal Venerable.
• Shen Yun worried that the Jade Void Immortal Venerable would see through his Azure Dragon identity, then told Immortal Elder Yunhe he needed to visit the Old Turtle and flew toward Xuanjian Island.
• Jun Ling Yuan raced toward Xuanjian Island, determined not to let anything go wrong again.

Shen Yun returned to Xuanjian Island and told the Old Turtle that a dying Bai Ze had once displayed Destiny Power, provoking a powerful reaction from the ancient Daluo. While observing the Old Turtle’s Five Qi energy, Shen Yun created a new cultivation art and discovered that tempering all five internal organs together dramatically increased his progress, but the chapter left him injured as the Old Turtle flooded him with vitality.

• Shen Yun told the Old Turtle that the Evil Dragon King had described a dying Bai Ze displaying Destiny Power in the Thunder Fire Purgatory.
• The Old Turtle reacted with shock at the mention of Bai Ze, and Shen Yun used the energy of its Five Qi Towards Primordial to deepen his understanding of the Five Qi.
• Shen Yun created the immortal art Five Elements Returning to Truth and drove World Origin into his five internal organs, badly injuring himself.
• The Old Turtle mistook Shen Yun’s injuries for an accident and poured Myriad Wood True Qi into him to restore him.
• Immortal Elder Yunhe and others saw the green tornado over Xuanjian Island and assumed Shen Yun had received the Old Turtle’s empowerment.
• Shen Yun recovered more than half his injuries with the Phoenix Treasure Technique and realized simultaneous organ tempering had increased his cultivation efficiency twentyfold before the Old Turtle’s vitality surged into him.

Shen Yun used Old Turtle’s vitality to refine his body and cultivation, then shared what he knew about Bai Ze’s relics and the Great Yan Divine Venerable’s inheritance. Old Turtle decided Shen Yun was destined to find the inheritance and began teaching him the Divine Guidance Chapter of the Destiny Heavenly Book.

• Shen Yun used the Return to Truth Method to refine his five viscera, consume more than half the World Origin, and advance his Five Qi toward forming universes.
• Shen Yun thanked Old Turtle for its help, while Old Turtle sensed that its fortune had risen in connection with him.
• Shen Yun told Old Turtle that Bai Ze’s relics pointed toward the depths of the Ancient Immortal Realm, withholding only the jade decree.
• Old Turtle concluded that the Great Yan Divine Venerable’s inheritance lay in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield and judged Shen Yun to be its destined seeker.
• Old Turtle began teaching Shen Yun the Divine Guidance Chapter to help him sever old karmic ties and escape hidden consequences.

Shen Yun mastered the Destiny Heavenly Book’s Divine Guidance Chapter and reached its Perfected Realm, astonishing Old Turtle. After learning about Cang Hao, Shen Yun’s battle intent stirred, but Jun Ling Yuan suddenly arrived.

• Shen Yun combined the Divine Guidance Chapter with the Forty-Nine Immortal Arts and perfected the Destiny Heavenly Book.
• Old Turtle was shocked that Shen Yun reached the Perfected Realm, while Shen Yun realized he could disguise his aura and greatly enhance his deductions.
• Shen Yun thanked Old Turtle and said he had severed their karma, and Old Turtle offered to trade a priceless treasure for the secret realm opportunity.
• Old Turtle told Shen Yun that Cang Hao was the reincarnation of Heaven and Earth’s first divine thunder and had attracted a Supreme Immortal King’s attention.
• Shen Yun accepted Cang Hao as a worthy opponent, and Jun Ling Yuan suddenly arrived in a streak of azure light.

Jun Ling Yuan visited Old Turtle on Ling Jiuxiao’s behalf to offer information about Great Venerable Bai Ze’s inheritance in exchange for the Secret Realm Key. Old Turtle denied having the key and refused the offer, then called for Shen Yun to reveal himself after Jun Ling Yuan left.

• Jun Ling Yuan arrived at Xuanjian Island and asked Old Turtle for an audience.
• Jun Ling Yuan explained that Ling Jiuxiao had traced Great Venerable Bai Ze’s aura to an Immortal Soldier found in the Emperor Tomb.
• Jun Ling Yuan offered to let Ling Jiuxiao retrieve and share the inheritance if Old Turtle handed over the Secret Realm Key.
• Old Turtle refused, saying he did not have the key, and Jun Ling Yuan left disappointed.
• After Jun Ling Yuan departed, Old Turtle called for Shen Yun to show himself.

Shen Yun reached the Peak Heavenly Immortal realm, received the Star Key from Old Turtle, and warned him that Ling Jiuxiao might target him. After deciding not to kill Jun Ling Yuan, Shen Yun headed for the Domain Gate while Jun Ling Yuan learned that Shen Yun had killed Chu Shanhe.

• Shen Yun's Dao Heart sublimated, advancing his cultivation to the Peak Heavenly Immortal realm and stirring the ancient book formed from the Law of Destiny.
• Old Turtle gave Shen Yun the Star Key and promised to support him, while Shen Yun warned Old Turtle that Ling Jiuxiao might act against him.
• Shen Yun considered killing Jun Ling Yuan but decided against it because Ling Jiuxiao might discover his actions, then flew toward the Domain Gate.
• Jun Ling Yuan received a message that the Little Martial Saint had lost and Chu Shanhe had died at Shen Yun's hands.