Chapter Summaries

Li Hongxuan awakened in the Primordial Wilderness as an abandoned infant and discovered that his Heaven-defying Comprehension could grant him powerful abilities. With a Serpent Demon closing in, he sensed the Three Xiao Sisters approaching and cried for help.

• Li Hongxuan realized he had transmigrated into a helpless baby, alone in the mountains.
• Heaven-defying Comprehension awakened, and he created Spirit Sense while sensing the spiritual power around him.
• Li Hongxuan discovered a giant Serpent Demon nearby that had found him and was preparing to attack.
• He sensed three approaching immortals and recognized them as Yunxiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bixiao, the Three Xiao Sisters.
• Li Hongxuan cried out like a baby, hoping the Three Xiao Sisters would hear him and save him.

Li Hongxuan comprehended the Sonic Wave Art through his cries, drawing the Three Xiao Sisters to him after Bixiao killed the Serpent Demon threatening him. Yunxiao decided to take him to their master for approval as a disciple, and the sisters set out for a nearby Human Race tribe.

• Li Hongxuan’s cries awakened his understanding of sound and created the Sonic Wave Art, attracting the Three Xiao Sisters.
• Bixiao killed the Serpent Demon just before it could devour Li Hongxuan.
• Qiong Xiao discovered that Li Hongxuan’s parents had hidden him while drawing a great demon away, and Bixiao proposed taking him as a disciple.
• Yunxiao sensed an opportunity connected to Li Hongxuan and decided the sisters would ask their master to examine him at the next sermon.
• The Three Xiao Sisters planned to stay at a nearby Human Race tribe, while Yunxiao prepared to give Bixiao their spiritual treasure embryo to study.

The Three Xiao Sisters accepted that an Innate Spiritual Treasure embryo had chosen Li Hongxuan and raised him while he rapidly developed his talents and earned merit for his tribe. At three years old, he began learning the first part of the Jie Sect’s Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts, while Yunxiao’s sisters worried that cultivation might harm his young body.

• The Innate Spiritual Treasure embryo entered Li Hongxuan, and Yunxiao decided to ask their Master to judge whether the treasure truly belonged with him.
• The Three Xiao Sisters raised Li Hongxuan on the Eastern Sea Coast, where his remarkable abilities emerged and he helped improve the tribe’s living conditions.
• After three years of foundation-building and instruction, Li Hongxuan received Yunxiao’s summons and anticipated beginning cultivation.
• The Three Xiao Sisters explained that they could teach him only the first part of the Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts until their Master approved his entry into the Jie Sect.
• Yunxiao passed the cultivation knowledge into Li Hongxuan’s mind and sent him back to his residence, prompting her sisters to question whether he was too young to cultivate.

Li Hongxuan used heaven-defying comprehension to create cultivation techniques and advanced directly to the Golden Core realm, while his practical teachings improved the tribe’s life and strength. The chapter left the tribe facing a newly intelligent boar demon after it attacked the hunting party.

• Yunxiao and Bixiao expressed confidence that Hongxuan would impress Tongtian, while Qiong Xiao doubted he could match the Jie Sect’s disciples.
• Li Hongxuan comprehended the Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts and Yellow Court Scripture, creating the Hongxuan Great Dao Art and Hongxuan Body Tempering Art and improving his innate disposition.
• Li Hongxuan condensed a Golden Core and advanced past Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment in one cultivation session.
• Li Hongxuan’s teachings on hunting, fishing, and exercise had improved the tribe’s food supply, living conditions, and combat strength over three years.
• Shan warned the chief that the hunting party had suffered heavy casualties after its leading pig demon suddenly grew several times larger, and Li Hongxuan recognized it as a newly intelligent demon.

Li Hongxuan killed a rampaging boar demon with a divine ability he created by observing Bixiao use the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, then continued cultivating for three years. After studying the Yellow Court Scripture and Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts, he reached the Deity Transformation realm and gained a primordial spirit.

• Li Hongxuan left the tribe to face a boar demon while the tribespeople prepared to follow and protect him.
• Li Hongxuan struck the boar demon in the eye, then created a Golden Flood Dragon Scissors-like ability and killed it in one blow.
• The Three Xiao Sisters realized Li Hongxuan had created the divine ability by observing Bixiao and praised his comprehension.
• Li Hongxuan gave the boar demon to the tribespeople for food and returned to his residence to cultivate.
• Three years later, studying the Yellow Court Scripture and Supreme Clarity Immortal Arts advanced Li Hongxuan to Deity Transformation and transformed his soul into a primordial spirit.

Li Hongxuan balanced qi cultivation with body tempering, developed martial arts for his tribe, and gained combat experience under the Three Xiao Sisters’ guidance. At eighteen, he reached the threshold of Immortality with his foundation strengthened, though his teachers had delayed his breakthrough to temper him further.

• Li Hongxuan perfected the First Turn of the Hongxuan Body Tempering Art and resolved to keep cultivating both his body and qi.
• Hongxuan created martial arts techniques and skills to help protect the tribespeople from lesser demons.
• Yunxiao gave Hongxuan a spirit sword and tasked him with battling demons to gain combat experience and settle the tribe’s karma.
• Hongxuan instantly comprehended the Sword Intent of Clouds, impressing the Three Xiao Sisters, who planned to take him to Golden Turtle Island after he became an Immortal.
• Over ten years of fighting and cultivation, Hongxuan mastered combat techniques, created divine abilities, perfected the Second and Third Turns of his body-tempering art, and reached the threshold of becoming an Immortal at eighteen.

Hongxuan returned to his expanded tribe after slaying Demon Beasts, then faced an unusually powerful Nine-Nine Immortal Ascension Tribulation. As he endured and refined the lightning, Lord Tongtian sensed his extraordinary comprehension and unusual fate.

• Hongxuan and the tribespeople killed and collected Demon Beasts threatening the tribe, which had grown through the spread of his Martial Dao.
• Hongxuan reflected that he had avoided completing Martial Dao because it could threaten Grand Pure Laozi's orthodoxy, while immortal cultivators gathered in the tribe to learn from him.
• Hongxuan sensed his Immortal Ascension Tribulation and went to a mountain peak as the Three Xiao Sisters watched from afar.
• The Nine-Nine Immortal Ascension Tribulation struck Hongxuan with successive bolts of lightning, which he refined to strengthen his body.
• Lord Tongtian divined Hongxuan's fate and remarked on his astonishing comprehension despite his poor Foundation.

Hongxuan endured his Immortal Ascension Tribulation and comprehended the Law of Lightning, creating the Grand Lightning Art. Sages and other powers noticed him but mostly dismissed him or feared his connection to Lord Tongtian, while the enraged tribulation clouds darkened the sky.

• Lord Tongtian deduced that Hongxuan could resolve a future calamity facing the Jie Sect and remembered his name, while Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, Grand Pure Laozi, and Nüwa paid him little attention.
• Sage Zhunti proposed recruiting talented humans for the West, but Sage Receiving warned him not to provoke Lord Tongtian over Hongxuan, who had joined the Jie Sect.
• Dijun and Taiyi noted Hongxuan's ties to the Demon Race and his history of killing demons, but chose not to act while he was under Lord Tongtian's protection.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed Hongxuan's ability to endure tribulation with his body, while a Yellow-Robed Beauty silently wondered about him.
• Human cultivators watching the tribulation praised Hongxuan as a rare human prodigy whose help had made the Hengshan Tribe powerful.
• Hongxuan comprehended a trace of the Law of Lightning and created the Grand Lightning Art, then the tribulation clouds darkened and raged in response to his lack of fear.

Hongxuan survived the Nine-Nine Immortal Ascension Tribulation, became a Desolate Celestial, and left his Human Race tribe with the Three Xiao Sisters to attend the sermon on Golden Ao Island. During their long journey across the East Sea, his heaven-defying comprehension helped him create the Surging Wave Palm.

• Hongxuan blocked the final tribulation bolt with his Golden Bell Shield and advanced to a Desolate Celestial, gaining immortal essence, a fourth-revolution Body Refinement Art, and a low-grade Innate God Foundation.
• Yunxiao told Hongxuan that Master would expound the Great Dao on Golden Ao Island in eighty years and urged him to leave for the sermon.
• Hongxuan said farewell to the Human Race tribe he had helped strengthen, then departed with the Three Xiao Sisters.
• After fifty years traveling over the East Sea, Hongxuan discussed its dangers with Bixiao and told Yunxiao that he could break through to the True Immortal Realm but wanted to stabilize his foundation first.
• Hongxuan observed the sea's surging waves and independently created the Surging Wave Palm.

Hongxuan tested a newly comprehended palm technique, accidentally revealing a hidden Immortal Island where the Three Xiao Sisters discovered a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root. Drawn elsewhere on the island, Hongxuan found an Ancient Compass floating above a spiritual pool.

• Hongxuan struck the sea with his Triple Wave Palm, startling the Three Xiao Sisters with its growing power.
• The palm strike revealed a hidden formation, and Yunxiao and Bixiao opened a gap that let the four enter the Immortal Island.
• The group found the island’s dense spiritual energy, and Hongxuan followed a mysterious pull toward its source.
• The Three Xiao Sisters discovered an unfamiliar Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root laden with emerald fruits.
• Hongxuan went behind the Ancient Tree of Life and found an Ancient Compass floating above a spiritual pool.

Hongxuan discovered a Destiny Compass, which was absorbed by the embryonic book-shaped spiritual treasure and revealed itself as the Eternal Dao Tome. After the Three Xiao Sisters shared the Immortal Island’s Life Fruits and offered him its Ancient Tree of Life, Hongxuan chose to let Yunxiao refine the tree instead.

• Hongxuan recognized the aura of destiny on a mysterious compass, and his embryonic book-shaped spiritual treasure absorbed it and identified itself as the Eternal Dao Tome.
• Hongxuan suspected that a mysterious being had deliberately led them to the Immortal Island and resolved to be cautious.
• Yunxiao gave Hongxuan two golden Life Fruits, explaining that the Three Xiao Sisters would save the remaining two for Zhao Gongming.
• Yunxiao urged Hongxuan to refine the Ancient Tree of Life, and Bixiao said the island’s treasures were fated to belong to him.
• Hongxuan, moved by the Three Xiao Sisters’ generosity, declined the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root and said Yunxiao should refine it instead.

Hongxuan gained insights into the Laws of Life and Death while Yunxiao refined the Ancient Tree of Life, but removing it triggered a deadly formation on the immortal island. The group remained trapped as Hongxuan advanced to True Immortal and the formation revealed its terrifying treasure cores.

• Bixiao persuaded Yunxiao to refine the Ancient Tree of Life, while Qiong Xiao and Bixiao consumed Life Spirit Fruits and Hongxuan comprehended the tree's life aura, creating the Grand Life Art prototype.
• Hongxuan swallowed two Life Fruits and strengthened his life origin as the group continued refining their gains.
• Yunxiao finished initially refining the Ancient Tree of Life, but taking it away broke its balance with the ancient pool and unleashed a Death Grand Array that engulfed the group.
• Yunxiao protected Hongxuan with the Chaos Golden Chalice while the Three Xiao Sisters resisted the array and Hongxuan comprehended its formation principles and death aura, creating the Grand Death Art prototype.
• Hongxuan broke through to True Immortal as the Three Xiao Sisters neared a way to break the formation, but the array changed and sent death sword qi at them.
• Yunxiao and the others discovered that three Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures served as the array's cores and realized they might not escape the island alive.

Lord Tongtian rescued the Three Xiao Sisters and Hongxuan from the Death Grand Array and learned of their extraordinary treasures. After Yunxiao asked to accept Hongxuan as her personal disciple, Lord Tongtian shook his head instead of agreeing.

• The Three Xiao Sisters and Hongxuan struggled to survive as the Death Grand Array grew stronger.
• Lord Tongtian noticed the Three Xiao Sisters were missing from his sermon, discovered they were trapped, and went to rescue them.
• Lord Tongtian shattered the Death Grand Array and returned with the four to Golden Ao Island.
• Lord Tongtian identified the Death Scythe, Netherworld Diagram, Death Netherworld Tower, and spiritual-energy-converting pool as Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, then let the four divide them.
• Yunxiao asked Lord Tongtian to approve Hongxuan as her personal disciple, but Lord Tongtian shook his head.

Lord Tongtian accepted Hongxuan as his disciple, explaining that the Three Xiao Sisters’ bond with him was not suited to a master-disciple relationship. On Golden Ao Island, Hongxuan met the Jie Sect immortals, then received permission to enter Biyou Palace for the Sage’s preaching, stirring envy among those gathered.

• Lord Tongtian told the Three Xiao Sisters that becoming Hongxuan’s masters would create a harmful Karmic Bond, but confirmed that Hongxuan could join the Jie Sect.
• Hongxuan accepted Lord Tongtian as his master, and Lord Tongtian teleported him and the Three Xiao Sisters to Golden Ao Island.
• Yunxiao introduced Hongxuan to the Jie Sect disciples, who welcomed him as a fellow member of their sect.
• Hongxuan listened quietly as the Jie Sect immortals shared their experiences, broadening his knowledge.
• When Lord Tongtian’s bell announced the start of his preaching, he ordered Yunxiao to bring Hongxuan into Biyou Palace, prompting astonishment and envy among the immortals.

Hongxuan listened to Lord Tongtian preach for five hundred years and advanced to the peak of the True Immortal Realm while strengthening his foundation. After Lord Tongtian answered the disciples’ questions, he ended the sermon and set the next one for ten thousand years later.

• Lord Tongtian began preaching the Great Dao to the gathered Jie Sect disciples, and Hongxuan’s Defying Comprehension talent deepened his insights.
• After five hundred years, Hongxuan awakened with greatly improved cultivation and suppressed his urge to break through to the Profound Immortal Realm.
• Bixiao reacted with shock at Hongxuan’s progress, while the other disciples and Lord Tongtian took note of his stable foundation and temperament.
• Lord Tongtian considered Hongxuan’s potential and future opportunity but decided to leave him an ordinary Jie Sect disciple for now.
• Lord Tongtian answered the disciples’ questions, concluded the sermon, and transported everyone outside Biyou Palace.

After the sermon, Hongxuan traveled with the Three Xiao Sisters and Zhao Gongming to Three Immortals Island, where they secluded themselves to absorb what they had learned. A century later, Hongxuan studied the Eternal Dao Tome and Destiny Compass, gained a trace of the Law of Destiny, and resolved to continue comprehending their mysteries.

• Zhao Gongming caught up with Hongxuan and the Three Xiao Sisters and accompanied them to Three Immortals Island.
• Yunxiao gave Zhao Gongming two Life Fruits, and he discovered they strengthened his origin and potential.
• Yunxiao explained how the sisters had rescued Hongxuan and obtained the fruits, easing Zhao Gongming's suspicions of him.
• Hongxuan and the others entered seclusion, and after a hundred years Hongxuan reached the limit of True Immortal perfection.
• Hongxuan studied the Eternal Dao Tome and Destiny Compass, triggering his Heaven-Defying Comprehension and gaining insight into a trace of the Law of Destiny.
• Hongxuan found the destiny aura far more difficult to comprehend than life or death aura and resolved to keep studying it.

Hongxuan spent a thousand years studying the Destiny Compass, then broke through to the Profound Immortal realm and the fifth transformation of his body-refinement art, transforming his soul and True Spirit into an Innate Soul. After consolidating his cultivation, he joined the Three Xiao Sisters and Zhao Gongming on Three Immortals Island to plant the Ancient Tree of Life.

• Hongxuan gained a deeper understanding of destiny but made little progress toward creating the Grand Destiny Art, so he decided to prioritize his cultivation.
• Hongxuan advanced to the Profound Immortal realm and then broke through to the fifth transformation of the Hongxuan Body Refinement Art.
• Hongxuan's soul and True Spirit transformed into an Innate Soul, while the aura of destiny changed his fate in ways he only partly understood.
• Bixiao worried that Hongxuan had remained in seclusion for over a thousand years, while Yunxiao believed he was creating new abilities and techniques.
• Yunxiao planted the partially refined Ancient Tree of Life at the center of Three Immortals Island, where it grew rapidly and strengthened the island's spiritual energy.
• Zhao Gongming celebrated the tree's presence, and Yunxiao and the others thanked Hongxuan before he reminded them they were family.

Hongxuan rejected Yunxiao’s plan to recreate the Death Grand Array, and the group instead protected the Ancient Tree of Life with Jie Sect formations. The Three Xiao Sisters and Hongxuan traded most of its spirit fruits for resources, raising their standing among the Jie Sect disciples.

• Hongxuan persuaded Yunxiao not to use their three Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and spiritual-energy pool to recreate the Death Grand Array.
• The group surrounded the Ancient Tree of Life’s valley with Jie Sect formations, causing its spiritual energy to grow denser.
• Hongxuan suggested keeping some Life Fruits and exchanging the rest with Jie Sect immortals, and Yunxiao agreed to keep thirty percent.
• The Three Xiao Sisters and Zhao Gongming contacted Jie Sect immortals, who brought treasured items to Three Immortals Island to trade for the fruits.
• Over several hundred years, the immortals exchanged away most of the Life Fruits, and the Three Xiao Sisters and Hongxuan gained great prominence within the Jie Sect.

After five hundred years of cultivation on Three Immortals Island, Hongxuan set out for the Primordial Continent to seek opportunities and visit the Hengshan Tribe. Meanwhile, the Duke of the East discussed the growing threat of the demon race as his Purple Abode forces fell behind.

• Hongxuan refined his Dao Heart by studying the Yellow Court Scripture and improved his understanding of destiny through the Eternal Dao Tome and Destiny Compass.
• Hongxuan created Cosmos Reversal Step and Illusion-Breaking Divine Eyes, then advanced to the middle stage of the Profound Immortal realm.
• Hongxuan decided to leave Three Immortals Island, both to temper himself and to return to the Hengshan Tribe.
• Yunxiao offered Hongxuan the Death Netherworld Tower, but he declined and departed using Cosmos Reversal Step.
• Bixiao worried about Hongxuan, while Qiong Xiao marveled at his speed and Yunxiao trusted his ability to escape danger.
• At Yingzhou Purple Abode, the Duke of the East and his subordinates discussed the demon race's growing strength and the danger facing their forces.

Hongxuan tested his combat strength by killing a Golden Immortal flood dragon, then followed a surge of pure spiritual energy to a hidden Immortal Island. He entered the island, identified it as Mount Fangzhang, and began collecting its treasures despite wondering why another Mount Fangzhang existed.

• Duke of the East sensed an Immortal Island emerging in the East Sea and grew excited.
• Hongxuan killed a Golden Immortal flood dragon with his Surging Wave Palm and assessed his battle prowess.
• Hongxuan sensed pure spiritual energy and found a great formation concealing another Immortal Island.
• Hongxuan concealed his presence, found a weak point in the formation, and slipped inside.
• Hongxuan recognized the island as Mount Fangzhang and began collecting valuable spiritual herbs and roots.