Chapter Summaries

After the Shen Family routed the Shangguan Family’s army, Shen Yun entered the Secret Realm and descended through a perilous underwater tunnel to the Azure Dragon Hall, breaking through to Foundation Establishment Layer Four on the way. Other treasure seekers also reached the hall, and the leading clan patriarchs plotted to seize the treasure from the two Feng Qishas.

• Shen Leiyuan and the Shen Family elders crushed the Shangguan Family’s army, forcing Shangguan Hao to retreat with fewer than a fifth of his forces remaining.
• Shen Yun entered the Secret Realm and found that the Azure Dragon Ring’s reaction pointed toward a tunnel leading deep beneath the sea.
• Shen Yun endured the crushing underwater pressure and broke through to Foundation Establishment Layer Four before reaching the Azure Dragon Hall.
• He pushed open the hall’s Bronze Gate and entered.
• Most of the treasure-seeking army could not withstand the pressure, while ten clan leaders continued deeper and watched the two Feng Qishas outpace them.
• He Guangyao and the other patriarchs agreed to join forces against the two Feng Qishas, then entered the Azure Dragon Hall with their own plans.

Shen Yun entered Azure Dragon Hall and discovered two powerful treasures guarded by revived beasts, while Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian challenged them. As the clan leaders watched, they decided to kill Shen Yun and the two prodigies to keep the treasures and prevent news of their actions from spreading.

• Shen Yun inspected the Dragon Sparrow Saber and Dragon Spring Sword, recognized the statues as their formation eyes, and chose not to risk taking either treasure yet.
• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian arrived, and Shen Yun repelled Feng Qisha’s demonic qi and forced him back with his Divine Sense.
• The ten clan leaders arrived and hesitated to act until Feng Qisha rushed the saber, awakening the Water-Repelling Golden-Eyed Beast and triggering a formation that reflected their attacks.
• Zhang Zijian approached the Immortal Sword and fought its mermaid guardian, while Feng Qisha fought the Water-Repelling Golden-Eyed Beast; both displayed Void Core combat strength.
• He Guangyao urged the clan leaders to eliminate Shen Yun and the two prodigies, warning that anyone who held back would become their enemy.

Shen Yun entered the Azure Dragon’s left eye and inherited the Azure Dragon Ring after the dragon recognized him as Fang Tianyi’s disciple. Meanwhile, Zhang Zijian and Feng Qisha claimed the Dragon Spring Sword and Dragon Sparrow Saber, only to face the clan leaders as an imposing figure approached Azure Dragon Hall.

• Shen Yun spotted azure radiance in the dragon’s left eye, evaded the clan leaders’ attacks, and entered it through a connection with his Green Gourd Ring.
• The Azure Dragon recognized Shen Yun’s Great Five Elements Dao aura and his connection to Fang Tianyi, then named him the Azure Dragon Ring’s new inheritor.
• Shen Yun began refining his Five Elements Primordial Chaos Body with Moonlight Dew while the Azure Dragon watched his powerful physique endure its effects.
• Zhang Zijian defeated the Mermaid and claimed the Dragon Spring Sword, while Feng Qisha defeated the Azure Water Golden-Eyed Beast and claimed the Dragon Sparrow Saber.
• The clan leaders surrounded Zhang Zijian and Feng Qisha as an imposing man wreathed in purple Divine Flame approached Azure Dragon Hall.

Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian slaughtered the ten Void Core experts who had challenged them in Azure Dragon Hall. As He Guangyao fled after betraying his allies, an imposing figure burned him to ashes and confronted the two young experts.

• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian dismissed the ten experts’ attacks and killed the gray-haired Patriarch and two others.
• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian pursued the fleeing Patriarchs, killing more of them as the alliance collapsed.
• He Guangyao urged the remaining Patriarchs to cooperate, then trapped them with earthen walls and fled alone.
• An imposing figure stopped He Guangyao and killed him with a Purple Flame Divine Spear.
• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian arrived after killing the remaining four Patriarchs, and the imposing figure declared that they could barely serve as his opponent.

'Jin' overwhelmed Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian in battle, demonstrating a vast gap in strength despite his lower cultivation realm. After defeating them, he sensed a powerful aura and saw Shen Yun entering the hall.

• 'Jin' struck Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian at once, forcing them back with his physical strength and Purple Divine Flame.
• Feng Qisha attacked with the Southern Dipper Six Blades, but 'Jin' shattered his blade energy with a condensed Divine Blade.
• Zhang Zijian launched his Flowing Light Sword Intent, but 'Jin' disarmed him with a single point of Sword Qi.
• Feng Qisha burned his spiritual power while Zhang Zijian formed the Flowing Light Sword Array, and they launched a coordinated assault.
• 'Jin' transformed the Purple Flame into a Divine Spear and defeated both men, hammering Feng Qisha to his knees as Zhang Zijian admitted they were outmatched.
• 'Jin' sensed a heaven-shaking aura, and Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian saw Shen Yun walk into the hall.

Shen Yun and Jin fought in the Azure Dragon Hall, where Shen Yun’s perfected Five Elements Primordial Chaos Body overcame Jin’s Star Immortal Body. Jin revealed that he had condensed Magic Power at the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer, and as he attacked with Purple Divine Flame, Shen Yun studied the flames and began transforming his Five Elements Spiritual Power into Magic Power.

• Jin recognized Shen Yun as a worthy opponent and asked him for guidance in a duel, which Shen Yun accepted.
• Shen Yun suppressed Jin in a contest of body cultivation, forcing Jin to admit he was no match for Shen Yun in that path.
• Jin revealed his Magic Power and unleashed Purple Divine Flame at Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun used Water Drop Myriad Transformation Sword Qi and Roaming Cloud Steps to resist the flames while observing the mysteries of Magic Power.
• Shen Yun’s Five Elements Spiritual Power began transforming, and Jin recognized that it carried the aura of Magic Power.

Shen Yun condensed Five Elements Mana during his battle with Dongfang Jin, who revealed his incomplete Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and Judgment technique. Shen Yun unleashed his full strength, and Dongfang Jin admitted defeat after their devastating clash.

• Shen Yun condensed Five Elements Mana amid the battle, astonishing Feng Qisha, Zhang Zijian, and Dongfang Jin.
• Dongfang Jin formed the Purple Qi Cauldron from his Foundation Establishment Tribulation and explained that he had condensed only half a Dao platform.
• Dongfang Jin unleashed his Judgment technique, and Shen Yun answered with his Five Elements Dharma Lotus and Five Elements Reincarnation Technique.
• Shen Yun and Dongfang Jin collided in a devastating clash that wrecked the hall.
• Dongfang Jin, bloodied and nearly spent, admitted defeat as Shen Yun emerged unharmed from the five-colored light.

After defeating Jin, Shen Yun returned to the Shen Family and exposed Shen Heng and Shen Feng as traitors. Shen Changkong accepted Shen Leiyuan’s resignation and gave Shen Yun Shen Heng’s former seat, then killed Shen Feng when he tried to accuse Shen Yun.

• Shen Yun defeated Jin, who resolved to train harder and challenge the Eight-Revolving Golden Core to face him again.
• Shen Leiyuan revealed that Shen Heng had likely infiltrated the Shen Family and helped destroy the Seven Star Formation, then resigned as clan leader.
• Shen Changkong appointed Shen Yun to Shen Heng’s former seat in the council hall.
• Shen Yun produced Shen Heng’s corpse and brought in Shen Feng, accusing him of conspiring to overthrow the Shen Family.
• Shen Feng accused Shen Yun of slander, but Shen Changkong struck him dead and ordered that he be thrown into the mass grave.

Shen Yun gained sweeping authority in the Shen Family and began reforms that restored the clan’s morale before leaving for home. At the Lone Swan Sword Sect, Yue Budong announced an expedition to the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, where disciples would confront Earth Demons alongside rival sects.

• Shen Changkong appointed Shen Yun as a Shen Family elder with authority to supervise and select personnel, and Shen Yun accepted.
• Shen Yun proposed reforms to recruitment and cultivation, then gave Shen Pingsheng resources including an Ultimate Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Shen Yun’s reforms earned him the support of young disciples and Spirit Talisman Tower members as the family’s affairs settled.
• Shen Yun said farewell to Shen Pingsheng, Shen An, and Shen An’s wife, then left for home.
• At the Lone Swan Sword Sect, Yue Budong explained that Earth Demons sought a Blood Path Magical Artifact in the Yellow Springs Secret Realm and warned that Void Core Realm Blood Demons were already inside.
• Yue Budong announced that the Yin Yang Gate and Heavenly Sword Sect would join the expedition, and two figures appeared before the gathered disciples.

Situ Feng and Zhao Tianhan were appointed to lead the Sword Sect's expedition into the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, while Zhao's supporters voiced confidence in his future rise. After Azure Dragon revealed that Ye Chen and the Ninth Princess of Great Zhou possessed rare destinies, Situ Feng welcomed Shen Yun into the expedition group.

• Yue Budong appointed Situ Feng and Zhao Tianhan to lead the Secret Realm expedition and ordered the other disciples to follow them.
• Dugu Ao and Murong Qing praised Zhao Tianhan and predicted he would eventually surpass Jue Wushen and become Young Sect Master.
• Shen Yun received Situ Feng's invitation to the Yellow Springs Secret Realm but initially saw little reason to go because he possessed the Azure Dragon Ring.
• Azure Dragon identified Ye Chen and the Ninth Princess of Great Zhou as possessing Hidden Dragon Destiny and Star Constellation Profound Meridians, prompting Shen Yun to suspect he had taken Ye Chen's opportunity.
• Situ Feng noticed Shen Yun and warmly brought him into the expedition group.

Shen Yun rejected the Ninth Princess’s attempt to befriend Shen Qingruo and warned her against plotting against those around him. The Sword Sect party arrived at the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, where Shen Yun recognized the Dragon Sparrow Saber and realized the Yin Yang Gate had arrived first.

• Zhao Tianhan, Murong Qing, and Dugu Ao discussed recruiting Shen Yun, and Zhao Tianhan decided to approach him personally.
• The Ninth Princess resolved to discard Ye Chen after sensing Shen Yun had obtained the Azure Dragon Ring, while Ye Chen decided to sever his attachments and focus on revenge.
• Shen Yun gave Shen Qingruo the Heavenly Net Umbrella aboard the Spirit Boat.
• The Ninth Princess approached Shen Qingruo to ask for her friendship, but Shen Yun warned her that there would not be a third warning.
• Azure Dragon told Shen Yun that the Ninth Princess likely wanted to use him to open the Star Palace inheritance, and Shen Yun decided to let her have what she sought.
• The Sword Elder led the disciples to the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, where Shen Yun recognized the Dragon Sparrow Saber and inferred that the Yin Yang Gate had arrived.

Shen Yun entered the Yellow Springs Secret Realm with Situ Feng and the other disciples, displaying overwhelming strength against demons as the group headed toward an ancient immortal city in search of a Blood Path Magical Artifact. When a two-headed vulture guarded a Thousand-year Qi Gathering Grass, Shen Yun flew out to confront it.

• The Law Enforcement Elder opened a path into the secret realm, and Zhao Tianhan, Situ Feng, Shen Yun, and the other disciples entered.
• Shen Yun raced ahead of Situ Feng, then killed two Blood Demons and hundreds of earth demons with his Five Elements Mana.
• Situ Feng recognized Shen Yun's strength, while Zhao Tianhan mistakenly credited Situ Feng with the slaughter; the group set out toward the ancient immortal city in search of the Blood Path Magical Artifact.
• The disciples found a Thousand-year Qi Gathering Grass, but a two-headed vulture attacked them and forced several to flee.
• Zhao Tianhan shielded the disciples from the vulture, and Shen Yun flew toward the guarded herb after asking Situ Feng to steady the group.

Shen Yun subdued a two-headed vulture, refined pills inside the Azure Dragon Ring, and traveled with the Sword Sect to the Ancient City. There, Feng Qisha challenged Jue Wushen and declared that only Zhang Zijian could accompany him into the city.

• Shen Yun defeated the two-headed vulture with his Divine Sense, collected the Qi Gathering Grass, and tamed the beast as a mount.
• Situ Feng silenced a disciple who mocked Shen Yun, while Zhao Tianhan and the others watched Shen Yun’s strength with growing respect.
• Shen Yun rode the tamed vulture and entered the Azure Dragon Ring, where Azure Dragon explained that its spiritual energy and stable space aided pill refining.
• Shen Yun quickly refined three top-grade second-grade Qi Gathering Pills in the Ring and swallowed one to cultivate spiritual power.
• The Sword Sect arrived outside the Ancient City, where Feng Qisha waited with the Dragon Sparrow Saber and demanded to know why Jue Wushen had not come.

Feng Qisha defeated Zhao Tianhan and established the Yin Yang Gate’s advantage in the confrontation, while Shen Yun advanced to Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer and Mana Third Turn. When Shen Yun arrived, Feng Qisha immediately turned on Tang Long for disrespecting his lord.

• Feng Qisha split Zhao Tianhan’s sword techniques and wounded him with two saber strikes, leaving the Sword Sect Disciples stunned.
• Shen Yun refined the Qi Gathering Pills, reached Mana Third Turn, and advanced to Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer.
• Shen Yun and Shen Qingruo rode the two-headed vulture to the confrontation between the Sword Sect and the Yin Yang Gate.
• Tang Long warned Shen Yun not to provoke Feng Qisha, but Feng Qisha slapped Tang Long for speaking disrespectfully to his lord.

Shen Yun led the group into the Ancient City and effortlessly slew its Blood Demons, displaying Three Revolutions Mana. As the group continued onward, the Ninth Princess manipulated Ye Chen into believing that communicating with the Blood Path Magical Artifact could restore his severed Fortune, intending to use him as a pawn.

• Feng Qisha apologized to Shen Yun for the Yin Yang Gate’s insult to the Sword Sect and explained that a Blood Demon Leader blocked their way into the Ancient City.
• Zhang Zijian arrived, recognized Shen Yun, and joined Feng Qisha in following his lead.
• Shen Yun entered the Ancient City’s Black Stone Plank Road and used the Azure Cloud Sword Art to destroy more than ten Blood Demons, refining them into Essence Blood Pills.
• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian realized Shen Yun had reached Three Revolutions Mana, while the group watched him clear away further Blood Demons.
• The Ninth Princess told Ye Chen that his Hidden Dragon Destiny had been severed and urged him to communicate with the Blood Path Magical Artifact to reconnect his Fortune and restore his cultivation.
• Ye Chen began to trust the Ninth Princess’s explanation, while she privately decided to use him as a final pawn.

Shen Yun and the others entered Yellow Springs Venerable's Daoist Temple and discovered Blood Demons had trapped them inside while a Flying Demon refined the Yellow Springs Blood Sea Wheel. As Shen Yun battled toward the Flying Demon, the Ninth Princess prepared to send Ye Chen to the artifact.

• Shen Yun led the group into the Daoist Temple, where they found Yellow Springs Venerable's statue and the Yellow Springs Blood Sea Wheel surrounded by eight Blood Demons, including a Flying Demon.
• The Blood Demons revealed that they had sealed the temple with a blood formation and attacked the trapped disciples.
• Feng Qisha, Zhang Zijian, Zhao Tianhan, and Situ Feng fought Blood Demon Leaders while the other disciples joined forces against the remaining enemies.
• Shen Yun flew toward the Flying Demon, killed a Blood Demon Leader with one palm, and turned it into a Blood Qi Great Pill.
• The Flying Demon prepared to enter the fight, while the Ninth Princess told Ye Chen she would send him to the Yellow Springs Blood Sea Wheel for an attack.

Shen Yun defeated the Golden Core-level Flying Demon and stopped the Ninth Princess from sending Ye Chen through a spatial gate to the Yellow Springs Blood Wheel. As Shen Yun prepared to kill the Ninth Princess, Ye Chen approached with a drastically changed demeanor and asked him to let her go.

• Shen Yun fought the Flying Demon with his Five Elements Sword Arts and Divine Sense, forcing it to burn its lifespan and launch a desperate attack.
• Shen Yun blocked the Flying Demon's demonic claw with his Five-Colored Canopy while the Flying Demon realized it could not defeat him.
• The Ninth Princess opened a spatial gate to the Yellow Springs Blood Wheel and tried to send Ye Chen through it, but Shen Yun interrupted her and suppressed her.
• The Flying Demon detonated its demon qi against a phantom created by the True Form Phantom Technique and died in the explosion.
• Shen Yun declared that the Ninth Princess would die, but Ye Chen approached with an unreadable wicked smile and asked Shen Yun to let her go.

Shen Yun exposed the Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable possessing Ye Chen and faced him alongside the Ninth Princess. The Ninth Princess tried to escape after Shen Yun overwhelmed her, but the Azure Dragon Ring Spirit appeared and trapped her.

• Shen Yun identified Ye Chen as a wandering ghost, and the Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable revealed himself by killing and devouring the six fleeing Blood Demons.
• The Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable attacked Shen Yun, but the Ninth Princess broke free and joined him in an attempt to kill Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun’s Destiny Divine Dragon repelled their attack, and he wounded the Ninth Princess with a powerful punch.
• The Ninth Princess used the Yuan Chen Star Concealment Art to flee, but Shen Yun called upon the Azure Dragon Ring Spirit.
• The Azure Dragon Ring Spirit froze the secret realm and forced the Ninth Princess out of the void.

Shen Yun defeated the Yellow Springs Venerable by creating Sword One: Return to Ruin, which manifested Death Intent and nearly destroyed the demon’s Divine Sense. As the weakened Venerable confronted Ye Chen’s surviving True Spirit, their souls merged into a strange new being.

• The Azure Dragon sealed the Ninth Princess away after rejecting her offer to help restore its cultivation.
• The Yellow Springs Venerable tried to negotiate with Shen Yun, but Shen Yun refused to spare the bloodthirsty demon.
• The Yellow Springs Venerable opened his Dharma Domain and attacked Shen Yun with the Yellow Springs Sword Art and the Yellow Springs Blood Sea Wheel.
• Shen Yun used the battle to comprehend Death Intent and unleashed Sword One: Return to Ruin, gravely wounding the Yellow Springs Venerable.
• The Yellow Springs Venerable’s possession began to fail, and Ye Chen’s surviving True Spirit fought him until their souls merged.

Ye Chen fused with Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable and gained Deity Transformation-level Divine Sense, but Shen Yun's power forced him to kneel. When Ye Chen refused to reveal the Treasure Vault, Shen Yun ordered Feng Qisha to kill him, and Ye Chen finally offered to confess.

• Ye Chen fused with Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable, gained immense mental power, and was forced to his knees by Shen Yun's power.
• Ye Chen blamed the demon and kowtowed to Shen Yun, but his killing intent surfaced and his Hidden Dragon Destiny began transforming into a demonic dragon.
• Shen Yun asked Ye Chen where Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable's Treasure Vault was, and Ye Chen claimed he could not open it without his lost strength.
• Feng Qisha and the Yin Yang Gate disciples began torturing Ye Chen, who endured the pain and taunted them to try soul-searching him.
• Shen Yun ordered Feng Qisha to kill Ye Chen despite the risk of losing the Treasure Vault, and Ye Chen screamed that he would tell them everything.