Chapter Summaries

Li Yan described his escape from the Netherworld Underworld to seven senior cultivators, concealing some details while revealing that Netherworld ghosts traded cultivators’ lifespans for Flowers of the Other Shore. After returning to Small Bamboo Peak, he reunited with Zhao Min and the others and learned that she had shared some forbidden information with Wei Zhongran and Li Zhaoyan.

• Li Yan told the seven senior cultivators about the Netherworld Underworld’s use of cultivators’ lifespans, while explaining that he had not recognized most of the prisoners.
• The senior cultivators said each sect had sent a Supreme Elder to investigate the Netherworld Underworld, and the three Integration Realm experts from the Extinction Sect showed gratitude to Li Yan for saving eighteen of their elite disciples.
• The woman in purple palace robes privately asked Li Yan about Touyezi, then told him to wait at the main hall for a later meeting.
• Li Yan returned to Small Bamboo Peak, where Wei Zhongran, Li Zhaoyan, Zhao Min, and the others were waiting for him.
• Zhao Min told Li Yan that the sect had imposed a gag order and admitted that she had shared some details with Wei Zhongran and Li Zhaoyan, who had recently formed her Nascent Soul.

Li Yan reassured Zhao Min and Li Zhaoyan that he wanted his family and companions to share the path to longevity, then brought Buluo out of the Spirit Storage Space and reunited him with the Phantom Sect group. After Buluo revealed he had never found Zuo Qiudan, Li Yan began explaining what had happened in Shura prison and the Netherworld.

• Li Yan defended Zhao Min for revealing the dangers of the Immortal-Spirit Realm and told Li Zhaoyan he wanted his loved ones to remain together through cultivation.
• Li Yan warned the group about secret-realm traps that could lead to the Netherworld, then summoned Buluo into the pavilion.
• Bai Rou recognized Buluo, and Li Yan introduced him to Wei Zhongran, Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, Zi Kun, and Li Zhaoyan.
• Buluo explained that he had escaped Shura prison, received lifespan-extending Pills from Li Yan, and still had not found his former master, Zuo Qiudan.
• Li Yan asked everyone to let Buluo rest, then began recounting what had happened after he fell into Shura prison.

Li Yan warned Wei Zhongran and the others about the deadly Netherworld traps and explained how the Flowers of the Other Shore could aid cultivation through their balanced laws. He then revealed that he would soon leave for the Mortal Realm with Zi Kun to fulfill a pressing mission, while the sect searched for an Arctic Iceheart.

• Li Yan and Buluo told Wei Zhongran, Bai Rou, and the others about the Netherworld underworld and the secret realm that had trapped Buluo.
• Li Yan showed the group a Flower of the Other Shore, and Buluo recoiled from it while Wei Zhongran examined its opposing laws.
• Li Yan offered the group Flowers of the Other Shore for study, then answered their questions about the Netherworld.
• Li Yan told Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, and Li Zhaoyan that he would soon leave the sect with Zi Kun for the Heavenly Demon Grassland and the Mortal Realm.
• Li Yan explained that he had sworn a blood oath to the Blood-Eyed Toad and needed to obtain an Arctic Iceheart; the Sect Master agreed to search for one and gave him several spatial nodes leading to the lower realms.

Li Yan explained why he needed to leave the Phantom Sect quickly after bringing back evidence implicating the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect, rather than risk being drawn into the conflict. He told his loved ones he would travel to the lower realm and promised to return within two hundred years, leaving them to cultivate at the sect.

• Li Yan reasoned that the Phantom Sect and Extinction Sect would retaliate against the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect, making it dangerous for him to remain involved.
• Li Yan decided not to take Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, and Li Zhaoyan to the less secure Broken Army Sect, trusting the Phantom Sect to protect them.
• Wei Zhongran questioned Li Yan about making another trip to the lower realm, and Li Yan said he hoped to visit Eldest Senior Brother and see whether Fourth Senior Sister had formed her Nascent Soul.
• Li Yan told Zhao Min he expected the journey to take around one hundred years and no more than two hundred, explaining that he would use a familiar passage and bring Zi Kun along.
• Li Yan revealed that the Sect Master had offered to grant any request as compensation for his mission, and Wei Zhongran urged him to leave promptly and return safely.

Li Yan prepared to leave the Phantom Sect for the Immortal-Spirit Realm, advising his family and companions and arranging for Buluo and Zi Kun to accompany him. He left Li Zhaoyan with a life-saving jade ring and encouraged Bai Rou and the others to advance their cultivation.

• Li Yan thanked Wei Zhongran and advised Li Zhaoyan to cultivate carefully, think before acting, and listen to her elders and master.
• Li Yan warned Zi Kun not to expect too much from the possible Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant clan, while Zi Kun agreed to accompany him.
• Li Yan invited Buluo to stay safely at the Phantom Sect, but Buluo insisted on traveling with him and cultivating along the way.
• Li Yan warned Buluo that dying could send him back to Shura Hell, frightening him into resolving to advance rather than risk death.
• Li Yan gave Li Zhaoyan a jade ring containing a deadly poison and encouraged her to visit her family and work toward the late Nascent Soul stage.
• Li Yan predicted that Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, and Zi Kun could reach Spirit Transformation, and reassured the uncertain Bai Rou that she could advance as well.

Li Yan left the Wangliang Sect with Zi Kun and Bu Luo, traveling toward the North Pasture Realm while studying information about the Polar Ice Heart. Fourteen years later, the story shifted to Amu'er, a Luo Gucheng guardian cultivator at Xiqi Market Town.

• Li Yan departed the Wangliang Sect with Zi Kun and Bu Luo, concealing his cultivation at the middle stage of Spirit Transformation and taking them into Tuban.
• Li Yan planned to travel west through successive teleportation formations, notify the Gui Water Immortal Sect of his destination, and keep the Five Immortals Sect from intervening in the Wangliang Sect's affairs.
• Li Yan studied the Wangliang Sect master's information about the Polar Ice Heart and learned she had sent people to search for it and would keep him informed.
• Fourteen years passed, and the narrative moved to Xiqi Market Town near the western edge of the Cangxuan Realm.
• Amu'er, a Spirit Transformation cultivator and guardian of Luo Gucheng's teleportation formations, walked through the market town before dawn.

Amur recognized Li Yan at the West Qi Market transmission hall and fled to a hidden room, where he recalled how his pursuit of Li Yan had set off the Tianlan Clan’s destruction. After surviving the clan’s fall and years of retaliation, Amur had recovered only to the early Nascent Soul stage, while Li Yan remained nearby, waiting to transmit.

• Amur arrived at the West Qi Market transmission hall to take over guard duty and inspected two transmission arrays.
• Amur recognized Li Yan, the young man connected to his past defeat, and hurried into a restricted stone room.
• Li Yan noticed Amur’s abrupt departure but could not sense him through the room’s restrictions, then headed to a transmission array.
• Amur recalled that his wounded Water Cloud Beast avatar and the Imperial Preceptor’s schemes had helped lead to the Tianlan Clan’s destruction.
• Amur remembered how he later retaliated against the factions that had divided the clan’s territory, fell into their trap, and escaped by sacrificing his body.
• Amur survived by seizing another body, but his cultivation eventually fell to the early Nascent Soul stage.

Amur recounted how his tribe’s destruction drove him to seek revenge against Li Yan and Zhao Min, and how he traced Li Yan to the legendary Five Immortals Sect. Now, watching Li Yan from inside a restricted stone house, Amur realized his old enemy had surpassed him in cultivation.

• Amur abandoned his plans to return to the Tianlan Grassland and instead sought an ascension node, resolving to grow stronger before taking revenge on Li Yan, Zhao Min, and the two demons.
• After a perilous ascent, Amur joined Luo Gucheng, restored his cultivation, and eventually reached the peak of early Spirit Transformation while secretly cultivating a powerful Water Cloud Beast avatar.
• Amur studied the strange abilities Li Yan had displayed in battle and concluded that Li Yan was probably a disciple of the Five Immortals Sect.
• Amur continued strengthening his avatar and planned to use knowledge of the Five Immortals Sect to gather allies and seize its cultivation techniques.
• From within the stone house, Amur watched Li Yan through the formation and sensed that Li Yan had already reached mid-stage Spirit Transformation, surpassing him.

Li Yan arrived at a teleportation station, where Amur recognized him as a possible Five Immortal Sect cultivator and lured him into an ambush. Li Yan found himself trapped in a desert with Amur and three other Luo Gucheng cultivators, and Amur challenged him over whether he recognized him.

• Li Yan waited to use a teleportation array while Luo Gucheng cultivators inspected it and claimed it had developed a problem.
• A Luo Gucheng cultivator redirected Li Yan to a backup array that supposedly transported two people at a time.
• Li Yan followed the cultivator into a stone room and was suddenly transported into a desert, realizing he had fallen into an ambush.
• Amur appeared with three Luo Gucheng cultivators and asked Li Yan if he recognized him.
• Amur recalled identifying Li Yan as a possible Five Immortal Sect disciple and persuading the others to help set the trap.

Amur convinced three cultivators to help him ambush Li Yan, revealing that Li Yan was tied to the legendary Five Immortals Sect. The four attacked Li Yan with the transmission array’s formation, but he effortlessly slapped away the blazing sun and immobilized them all.

• Amur persuaded two cultivators and the guard to join his plan to capture Li Yan and seize the Five Immortals Sect’s secrets.
• The four lured Li Yan into the formation and shut the stone-house doors behind him.
• Li Yan recognized Amur as the Great Heavenly Master of the Tianlan Clan, and the cultivators exposed that they suspected his identity.
• The cultivators noticed Li Yan’s reaction and attacked him together with the formation, intending to cripple him rather than kill him.
• Li Yan slapped away the blazing sun and used an unseen force to restrain all four attackers, cutting off their Divine Sense and spiritual power.

Li Yan escaped Amuer’s formation ambush, killed Amuer despite the protection of two Void Refinement Realm sword cultivators, and broke through Luo Gucheng’s marketplace barrier. The two sword cultivators pursued him as the marketplace was sealed, but Li Yan expected to evade them by hiding his presence.

• Li Yan killed three Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators inside the formation and discovered that Amuer had used an avatar while his true body fled.
• Li Yan shattered the formation and pursued Amuer, but two Void Refinement Realm sword cultivators rescued him and blocked Li Yan’s first strike.
• Li Yan used the Soaring Phoenix movement art to get past the sword cultivators and destroy Amuer’s body and soul.
• The sword cultivators attacked Li Yan, who broke through the marketplace’s protective grand formation and escaped through the hole.
• Luo Gucheng’s cultivators sealed the marketplace and teleportation building while the two sword cultivators pursued Li Yan.

Li Yan escaped the market by breaking through its protective formation and fought off two Luo Gucheng sword cultivators who pursued him with powerful long-range sword attacks. Three days later, he finished searching Amuer’s memories and learned more about the Tianlan Clan’s destruction and Amuer’s lasting resentment toward him.

• Li Yan used his Qiongqi armor and shoulder to smash through the market’s protective formation and flee into the sky.
• Two Luo Gucheng cultivators pursued Li Yan and launched repeated sword attacks, but he deflected their flying swords with his body and superior perception.
• After their Divine Sense lost track of Li Yan, the two sword cultivators were left behind in the sky.
• Three days later, Li Yan completed a Soul Search of Amuer’s clone and killed him without allowing him to reincarnate.
• Li Yan learned that Amuer had recognized him from their past fight, blamed him and Zhao Min’s group for the Tianlan Clan’s destruction, and had continued seeking information about him after ascending.

Li Yan left after confirming Amuer’s connection to the Five Immortals Sect, while Luo Gucheng’s Supreme Elder used a secret art to investigate the deaths at Xiqi Market. The recovered image showed that Luo Gucheng’s disciples had attacked Li Yan first because they suspected he belonged to the Five Immortals Sect.

• Li Yan confirmed that Amuer had secretly connected himself to the Five Immortals Sect, then set the matter aside and traveled toward another market town.
• Luo Gucheng’s Supreme Elder summoned four Void Refinement cultivators after failing to find the mysterious cultivator who had escaped Xiqi Market.
• The Supreme Elder explained that Amuer and the three people in the teleportation-array stone house had been annihilated in body and soul.
• The Supreme Elder showed an image of four Luo Gucheng disciples attacking a black-clothed, short-haired youth before he defeated them and broke their formation.
• The Supreme Elder concluded that the disciples had attacked because they suspected the youth was from the Five Immortals Sect, prompting the cultivators to react with alarm.

A silver-haired Supreme Elder concluded that Li Yan might be connected to the long-lost Five Immortals Sect and ordered a secret sect-wide search. Unaware of the investigation, Li Yan traveled for decades toward the Po Jun Sect, reached the edge of the Heavenly Demon Grassland, and recalled a near-fatal ambush by a mid-stage Body Fusion assassin who had tracked him.

• The silver-haired old man told four Void Refinement cultivators that Amuer and the others had suspected the black-clad young man was from the Five Immortals Sect, and warned them to keep the matter secret while searching for him.
• One cultivator asked about Amuer's apparent death inside the room and appearance outside; the silver-haired old man suspected a clone secret art and decided to investigate Amuer's history himself.
• The four cultivators accepted the orders to search in separate directions and report any clues directly to the silver-haired old man.
• Li Yan reviewed the Soul Search results, concluded that only Amuer and three Spirit Transformation cultivators had learned his suspected identity, and continued his journey without knowing the sect was searching for him.
• After decades of travel through teleportation and flight, Li Yan reached the edge of the Heavenly Demon Grassland in the North Pasture Realm, still far from the Po Jun Sect.
• Li Yan recalled that a mid-stage Body Fusion assassin had tracked him for three months after a protective talisman exposed him, then watched him from the shadows while assessing his strength.

Li Yan recounted the dangers of his journey across realms, including surviving an ambush by a Body Integration assassin, and shared news of Zi Kun’s breakthrough and Bu Luo’s progress. After arriving in the North Pasture Realm, he set out for the Heavenly Demon Grassland, intending to visit the Soul-Subduing Palace and Po Jun Sect before preparing for the dangers ahead.

• A Body Integration assassin ambushed Li Yan and severed his legs, but Li Yan’s poisonous blood corroded the assassin’s natal magic treasure and let him escape through chaotic currents in space.
• After enduring several more dangerous encounters, Li Yan guarded Zi Kun through nine days of tribulation until Zi Kun successfully entered Spirit Transformation, though he was badly injured.
• Li Yan learned that Bu Luo had entered the late Nascent Soul stage and told him about the Great No Fruit, giving him hope for a possible path to Spirit Transformation.
• Li Yan arrived in the North Pasture Realm and declined offers to join other cultivators heading toward the Heavenly Demon Grassland.
• Li Yan flew northwest, changed course after checking for pursuers, and headed toward the Heavenly Demon Grassland on his way to the Soul-Subduing Palace.
• Li Yan planned to visit the Po Jun Sect, prepare for Zi Kun’s search for his clan, and strengthen himself before venturing into the grassland’s central region.

Li Yan traveled to the Heavenly Demon Grassland and entered the Soul Suppression Palace through its hidden passage. Elder Liu recognized him and, despite teasing him for arriving late, prepared to help him meet Elder Hao and Elder Tang.

• Li Yan decided against bringing Elder Hao and the others, wary of exposing their identities and creating further trouble.
• After several years of travel, Li Yan reached the gorge in the Heavenly Demon Grassland and entered the mountain using the Soul Suppression Palace token.
• Elder Liu appeared and recognized Li Yan, whose arrival surprised her because the gorge was the domain's guarded lifeline.
• Li Yan asked Elder Liu to take him to Elder Hao and Elder Tang, and she agreed despite chiding him for being late.

Li Yan returned to the Soul Suppression Palace and met Tang Feng, who was now burdened with sect affairs after Xue Tieyi left to seek a breakthrough. Tang Feng explained how the Dizhen Domain had reorganized its sects and begun building a discreet network outside.

• Tang Feng told Li Yan that the Sect Master, Master Lan, and the two Supreme Elders had left, leaving Tang Feng to manage the Soul Suppression Palace.
• Tang Feng explained that Xue Tieyi had assigned him to take over the sect's affairs after hearing about his cultivation and travels.
• Tang Feng told Li Yan that only thirty percent of the Dizhen Domain's original sects remained, while the others had been teleported out through an array whose exit Master Lan concealed in a deadly region.
• Tang Feng explained that the remaining sects had joined the Soul Suppression Palace under blood contracts and would send cultivators outside in restricted stages.
• Tang Feng said the two Supreme Elders had secretly brought small outside sects under their control and were connecting them into a network while keeping the Soul Suppression Palace's identity hidden.

Li Yan caught up with Tang Feng on the Soul-Suppressing Palace’s efforts to secure the Dizhen Domain and arrange a search for a route to the lower realm. He set a fifty-year timetable before returning to the Pojun Sect, then heard Tang Feng’s stories and warned him about the dangers of the wider world.

• Tang Feng told Li Yan that the Soul-Suppressing Palace had cultivated outside sects, sealed known passages linked to the Dream-Returning Ants, and fortified dangerous regions of the Dizhen Domain.
• Tang Feng reported that the two Supreme Elders had not yet found a suitable node leading to the lower realm, though they might have discovered clues.
• Li Yan asked Tang Feng to tell the two elders to keep searching for fifty years while Li Yan returned to the Pojun Sect to settle other matters.
• Li Yan explained that he could return to the two elders or meet them after his affairs, and told Tang Feng to contact him through the Pojun Sect if anything changed.
• Li Yan and Tang Feng discussed their recent experiences, and Li Yan revealed that he had crossed into another great realm while urging Tang Feng to stay alert outside the sect.
• Tang Feng looked Li Yan over and voiced a doubt that had long troubled him.

Li Yan reunited with Tang Feng, revealed that his Soul Cultivator cultivation remained at the Spirit Transformation Realm, and beat Tang Feng in a spar after Tang Feng repeatedly challenged him. Tang Feng offered him the Soul Suppression Palace’s related cultivation methods, but Li Yan chose to wait for a possible solution involving the Soul Prison Clan’s inheritance; two days later, he left the Dizhen Domain and reflected on its renewed prosperity.

• Tang Feng questioned Li Yan’s low apparent cultivation, and Li Yan revealed his true aura when Tang Feng asked to spar.
• Li Yan caught Tang Feng off guard and beat him, then dodged Tang Feng’s furious counterattack before they returned to their seats.
• Tang Feng discovered Li Yan’s soul power was still at the Spirit Transformation Realm and offered him the Soul Suppression Palace’s cultivation methods as an alternative to his incomplete inheritance.
• Li Yan declined to change methods for now, hoping the two Supreme Elders could help him obtain the Soul Prison Clan’s later inheritance.
• Two days later, Li Yan left the Dizhen Domain by the regular teleportation route and saw that its sects and cultivators were thriving.

Li Yan left the Dizhen Domain and traveled across the Heavenly Demon Grassland, where he sensed Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian flying nearby. The chapter recounted how the pair escaped Soul-Suppressing Palace’s purge and remained hidden for over a century as Xiong Tianba prepared for a chance to rise again.

• Li Yan emerged from the Dizhen Domain beneath a river and flew west across the Heavenly Demon Grassland.
• Li Yan detected two concealed travelers and recognized them as Xiong Tianba and Su Qianqian.
• Xiong Tianba asked Su Qianqian whether her clan had planned another destination, while she urged him to abandon the search and live in seclusion with her.
• After escaping Soul-Suppressing Palace’s pursuit, Xiong Tianba hid with Su Qianqian in a secret chamber beneath a small sect he had secretly established.
• Xiong Tianba kept the sect loyal to Soul-Suppressing Palace and used its Grand Elder to gather information while he cultivated and waited for future unrest.