Chapter Summaries

Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin stayed hidden while the factions fought over the Undying True Blood, then emerged to claim the [Three Rivers Bitter Cold True King Talisman] from the Yellow Springs Netherworld. The Azure Sect and Phoenix Helm escaped with four blood drops, leaving nine in the cauldron as Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin confronted the three remaining Yellow Springs Netherworld True Persons.

• More than twenty Foundation Establishment True Persons battled for the thirteen drops of Undying True Blood while Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin remained concealed by [Mortal World's Separation from the World].
• The three leading factions defeated the five Rogue Cultivator True Persons and forced the other second-tier factions to withdraw.
• The Azure Sect seized two blood drops and escaped, then the Phoenix Helm took two more and fled after them.
• The Yellow Springs Netherworld leader reached for the nine remaining blood drops, but True Person Qianxin and Qi Yun appeared behind the [Three Rivers Bitter Cold True King Talisman].
• Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin told the three Yellow Springs Netherworld True Persons to leave or die.

Qi Yun used [Wield Myriad Laws] to turn the Yellow Springs Netherworld’s Bone-Eroding Yin Wind against its caster, then threatened the assembled True Persons with the [Black Coffin Burial and Annihilation Grand Formation]. As the formation drove their rivals back, True Person Qianxin took the remaining Undying True Blood and Qi Yun seized the bronze cauldron before they escaped.

• True Person Yinxuan and two Yellow Springs True Persons attacked Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin with the [Three Powers Yin-Gathering Formation] and their netherworld techniques.
• True Person Qianxin’s [Mortal World Bewildering Obstruction: Seven Emotions and Six Desires] weakened the blood river and soul balefulness storm.
• Qi Yun used [Wield Myriad Laws] to seize the Bone-Eroding Yin Wind and send it back, destroying one Yellow Springs True Person’s body.
• True Person Yinxuan guessed that Qi Yun had attained the [Supreme Dao Foundation], and Qi Yun summoned the [Black Coffin Burial and Annihilation Grand Formation] to frighten the assembled True Persons.
• True Person Qianxin collected the nine remaining drops of Undying True Blood while Qi Yun uprooted the bronze cauldron and stored it in his magical bracelet.
• Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin fled, leaving True Person Yinxuan to vow that the Yellow Springs Netherworld would never coexist with the Wuji Sacred Sect.

Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin fled the Zombie Alliance ruins when Qi Yun sensed the returned True Lord, who began erasing everyone bound to the ruins by karma. Qi Yun completed the Tribulation-Avoiding Incantation and helped Qianxin complete his, and their paired spells formed a canopy that temporarily shielded them from the True Lord’s wrath.

• Qi Yun sensed a grave threat in the sky and rushed away with True Person Qianxin, identifying the suspended coffin as belonging to the returned True Lord of the Zombie Alliance.
• True Person Qianxin explained that their involvement in destroying the Zombie Alliance had tied them to its karma, then taught Qi Yun the Tribulation-Avoiding Incantation and gave him five drops of Undying True Blood.
• The True Lord opened his coffin and used the word “Trace” to seize the karma of those who had taken the Zombie Alliance’s treasures, erasing cultivators and their possessions across the ruins.
• As karmic erasure pursued them, Qi Yun used Wield Myriad Laws to complete his own Tribulation-Avoiding Incantation and then finished Qianxin’s incomplete spell.
• The two incantations transformed into rivers of golden runes and formed a canopy that deflected most of the True Lord’s karmic erasure, temporarily protecting Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin.

Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin tried to escape the Zombie Alliance ruins beneath the [Tribulation-Avoiding Incantation], but the Zombie Alliance True Lord shattered their canopy and nearly killed them. [True Lord Vast Sea and Fine Dust] intervened with an azure sword strike, and several other True Lords arrived to confront Huang Tan.

• Qi Yun used [Wield Myriad Laws] to turn the [Tribulation-Avoiding Incantation] canopy into an escape vessel and carried True Person Qianxin toward the Wuji Sacred Sect.
• The Zombie Alliance True Lord fixed His gaze on them, cracked the canopy, and froze the surrounding void with His power.
• The Zombie Alliance True Lord summoned an enormous hand that began to crush Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin, while Qi Yun struggled to resist with [Wield Myriad Laws].
• [True Lord Vast Sea and Fine Dust] arrived and severed the enormous hand and the True Lord's oppressive power with an azure sword strike.
• Several other True Lords appeared behind [True Lord Vast Sea and Fine Dust] and told Huang Tan to stop.

True Lord Huang Tan conceded the Zombie Alliance’s defeat to True Lord Vast Sea and Fine Dust, then swore revenge before withdrawing. The True Lords restored the cultivators Huang Tan had erased, and Qi Yun discovered a snow-white little sword in his palm.

• True Lord Vast Sea and Fine Dust told Huang Tan that the Zombie Alliance’s downfall was its own failure and that the Azure Sect had accepted the Heavenly Corpse’s valuable offer.
• Huang Tan learned that the hidden True Lords supported the division of spoils, conceded defeat, and vowed that he and Chi Gong would repay the humiliation.
• An indistinct True Lord suggested killing Huang Tan, but Vast Sea refused, citing the coming turmoil and the four sects’ peace talks; he also said he would not live to see them and that his senior brother would lead the Azure Sect next.
• Vast Sea summoned the other True Lords, and together they reshaped karma to restore the cultivators Huang Tan had erased.
• After noticing two anomalies and vanishing, Vast Sea left Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin admiring the restoration; Qi Yun found a snow-white little sword in his palm.

After escaping the Zombie Alliance ruins, Qi Yun returned to Green Mountain Daoist Temple and realized he had not yet uncovered the true power of his Supreme Dao Foundation. He concluded that Great Luo Heaven could create laws from nothing and began trying to create a Law Technique himself.

• Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin fled the ruined Zombie Alliance grounds after True Lord Huang Tan erased the cultivators and took the remaining treasures.
• Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin reached the Wuji Sacred Sect, exchanged farewells, and returned to their own cultivation grounds to digest their gains.
• At Green Mountain Daoist Temple, Qi Yun reflected on his near-death encounter and questioned why his Supreme Dao Foundation had not shown the power he expected.
• Qi Yun realized that he had only used and optimized existing laws, while Great Luo Heaven could be the source from which new laws emerged.
• Qi Yun poured his will, Dao insights, and Great Luo Law Power into Great Luo Heaven, attempting to create a Law Technique from nothing.

Qi Yun created the [Ink Flood Dragon], a Law Technique that sensed hostile changes in karma and traced them back to their source. The Great Dao rewarded his breakthrough with [Double Light Qi], which strengthened his Divine Sense as he absorbed it.

• Qi Yun’s first attempt to create a karma-based technique failed because he lacked sufficient understanding, and the backlash injured him.
• Qi Yun studied books and ancient records on karma, divination, destiny, and tribulations until his comprehension became sufficient.
• Qi Yun used [Great Luo Heaven] to create the [Ink Flood Dragon], which could sense approaching malice and trace disturbed karma toward its source.
• Qi Yun received [Double Light Qi] as a Great Dao reward for creating a new Law Technique.
• Qi Yun absorbed [Double Light Qi], and his Divine Sense’s maximum range grew beyond eight hundred li.

True Person Qianxin told Qi Yun that the four northwestern sects would hold peace talks as Wuji Sacred Sect’s leadership selection began early, with Black Mountain seeking the deputy sect leader position. He asked Qi Yun to help persuade two of Black Mountain’s coerced supporters to withdraw their votes, and Qi Yun asked who they should target.

• True Person Qianxin visited Qi Yun and said surviving the Zombie Alliance had strengthened his cultivation and given him hope of becoming a Great True Person.
• True Person Qianxin warned Qi Yun that Wuji Sacred Sect, Azure Sect, Yellow Springs Netherworld, and Phoenix Helm would hold peace talks at Ten Thousand Caves Mountain in seven months.
• True Person Qianxin revealed that Black Mountain had become a Great True Person and was seeking the deputy sect leader position ahead of the sect’s leadership transition.
• True Person Qianxin explained that Black Mountain had fourteen declared supporters, but only eight were true followers, and persuading two coerced supporters to withdraw would leave him short of the required thirteen votes.
• True Person Qianxin urged Qi Yun to use his reputation and potential to offer the wavering True Persons an alternative to Black Mountain, and Qi Yun asked who their targets were.

Black Mountain True Person planned to keep True Person Southern Dipper trapped in sect affairs so he could seek the golden nature first and become a True Lord. Meanwhile, Qi Yun persuaded True Person Qingli to abstain in the deputy sect master nomination by offering Undying True Blood for Qingli’s daughter, formally entering the contest against Black Mountain.

• True Person Heisha asked whether Black Mountain True Person had secured enough support for the deputy sect master position, and Black Mountain said fourteen of the seventeen remaining True Persons backed him.
• Black Mountain explained that Southern Dipper’s slaughter Dao would require him to travel south to seek gold, but the coming peace talks and their aftermath would keep him tied to the Holy Sect.
• Black Mountain told True Person Heisha to bind Southern Dipper to the sect until his lifespan ended, giving Black Mountain time to seek the golden nature first.
• Qi Yun and True Person Qianxin visited True Person Qingli, and Qi Yun proposed a transaction concerning Qingli’s daughter and the deputy sect master nomination.
• Qi Yun offered Qingli’s daughter Undying True Blood in exchange for Qingli abstaining from supporting Black Mountain, and Qingli accepted.
• After leaving the Glazed Glass Realm, Qi Yun resolved to repay his past grudges against Black Mountain as he entered the power struggle.

At the Holy Sect’s vote for deputy sect leader, Qi Yun helped turn Black Mountain True Person’s expected victory into a failure when two supporters abstained. Black Mountain left impressed by Qi Yun’s methods, while Qi Yun and Qianxin discussed how Yang Cuan had secretly changed sides.

• True Person Southern Dipper opened the deputy sect leader election, and Heisha nominated Black Mountain, drawing enough support to bring him within one vote of the required majority.
• True Person Qingli abstained despite expectations that he would support Black Mountain.
• After Qi Yun coughed, Yang Cuan swallowed his intended vote for Black Mountain and abstained as well, leaving Black Mountain one vote short.
• Chiyang and Southern Dipper declared Black Mountain’s nomination void, and Black Mountain left after telling Qi Yun, “Good. Very good.”
• Qianxin asked Qi Yun how he had won Yang Cuan’s support, and Qi Yun explained that Yang Cuan had approached him because he resented being under Black Mountain’s control.

Black Mountain True Person accepted the loss of the deputy sect master position and shifted his plans toward protecting the sect’s stability and helping Yue Rong survive an approaching tribulation. At Green Mountain Daoist Temple, Qi Yun combined the Dao intents of his mastered spells in [Great Luo Heaven] and successfully created a new spell.

• Black Mountain True Person told True Person Heisha that losing the deputy sect master position would only complicate their plans, and noted that He Sha was likely dead and Qi Yun was more formidable than expected.
• Black Mountain True Person ordered his faction to keep a low profile until the four sects’ peace talks ended and avoid disturbing the Holy Sect’s stability.
• Black Mountain True Person told True Person Heisha to check on Yue Rong, whose approaching tribulation could lead to great fortune, and gave him Foundation Establishment Objects to deliver.
• Qi Yun concluded that one spell’s Dao intent could not support the powerful new Foundation Establishment spell he had tried to create.
• Qi Yun cast the Dao intents of his mastered spells into [Great Luo Heaven] and let them collide and fuse without imposing a fixed design.
• A new spell condensed within [Great Luo Heaven], and Qi Yun opened his eyes, realizing that his experiment had succeeded.

Qi Yun comprehended the Treasure Creation Incantation, used it to turn his Southern Ming Li Fire sword intent into a temporary sword, and received the defensive Law Treasure Hundred-Zhang Heaven as a Great Dao reward. True Person Chiyang then arrived to summon him to discuss the imminent four-sect peace talks at Senior Brother Southern Dipper’s request.

• Qi Yun used the Treasure Creation Incantation to form a powerful Southern Ming Li Fire Sword from his Dao intent, but the sword vanished after a few breaths.
• A Great Dao reward appeared as the Hundred-Zhang Heaven robe, which Qi Yun learned could defend him by making attacks within a hundred zhang seem infinitely distant.
• Qi Yun put on the robe and recognized its spiritual protection as a valuable complement to the warning ability of the Profound Darkness-Piercing Serpent.
• True Person Chiyang arrived at Qi Yun’s Green Mountain Dao Field and remarked on his gains from seclusion.
• True Person Chiyang invited Qi Yun to join Senior Brother Southern Dipper for important discussions ahead of the four-sect peace talks.

After helping prevent Black Mountain from becoming deputy sect master, Qi Yun received a vital Yang substance from True Person Southern Dipper and joined him on a journey to Ten Thousand Caves Mountain. The four sects gathered there for peace talks under the watch of their True Lords, leaving the future of the northwest to be decided.

• True Person Southern Dipper praised Qi Yun for stopping Black Mountain’s rise, warned him that their conflict would persist, and acknowledged that Black Mountain had acted dishonorably.
• True Person Southern Dipper gave Qi Yun a pure Yang wondrous substance to help him advance his cultivation and told him to prepare for a journey to Ten Thousand Caves Mountain.
• Three days later, Qi Yun joined True Person Southern Dipper, True Person Qianxin, Black Mountain True Person, and other members of the Holy Sect aboard the Great Void Cloud Barge.
• The Great Void Cloud Barge arrived at Ten Thousand Caves Mountain, where the Wuji Sacred Sect, the sword sect, the ghost sect, and Phoenix Helm assembled for peace talks.
• Qi Yun observed the four sects’ immense forces and sensed the unseen scrutiny of the True Lords as the talks began under the weight of their importance.

The four sects’ leaders met in Vaulted Heaven Cave to address the threat posed by the Four Imperials Heaven, a True Lord’s unstable miniature world that the Li dynasty had brought back from the outer realms. They agreed to cooperate on investigations and defenses, but True Person Lunzhuan challenged True Person Southern Dipper over who would command them in an emergency.

• True Person Southern Dipper revealed that the Li dynasty had brought the Four Imperials Heaven back from the outer realms, causing turmoil in the Southern Region and threatening the northwest.
• Qi Yun recognized the Four Imperials Heaven as the remnant Domain Heaven of a True Lord and realized its instability could cause a catastrophic explosion.
• True Person Sansi proposed sending people south to investigate the Four Imperials Heaven and the Southern Region’s balance of power.
• Lady Jiuli urged the sects to assess the explosion’s reach and consider whether they could gain from the Four Imperials Heaven, while True Person Zַhuanlun proposed border barriers and using the Southern Region’s warring powers to delay the crisis.
• True Person Southern Dipper proposed a joint inspection delegation, a Northern Defense Barrier, and a ban on private contact with Southern Region powers; True Person Sansi and Lady Jiuli agreed.
• True Person Lunzhuan agreed to cooperation but asked whether the sects would follow True Person Southern Dipper or him if an emergency arose.

True Person Lunzhuan proposed choosing a leader through a contest between disciples, and Qi Yun defeated the three rival sects’ champions with a single overwhelming strike. Desolate Halberd True Lord praised Qi Yun and awarded him Clarity and Turbidity, leaving him close to having the fundamental marvels needed to advance to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• True Person Lunzhuan suggested that disciples compete to decide who would take the lead, and True Person Sansi, Lady Jiuli, and True Person Southern Dipper agreed.
• True Person Southern Dipper ordered Qi Yun to face the other sects’ disciples, and Qi Yun stepped forward with a sudden, commanding presence.
• Ling Jue, You Gu, and Chi Ling challenged Qi Yun, but his Supreme Dao Foundation suppressed them and he defeated all three with one palm strike.
• The three Great True Persons stabilized their disciples as those present reacted in shock to Qi Yun’s strength.
• Desolate Halberd True Lord praised Qi Yun, declared that he no longer needed to bow before a True Lord, and gave him Clarity and Turbidity.

After Qi Yun's battle won him respect among the four sects, True Person Southern Dipper tasked him with overseeing construction of the Northern Defense Grand Formation. Qi Yun studied formation principles in seclusion and used Great Luo Heaven to establish Formation Art on his Law Technique Panel, leaving him ready to deepen his mastery.

• True Person Southern Dipper praised Qi Yun's performance and told him the True Lord had promised further rewards.
• True Person Southern Dipper assigned Qi Yun to coordinate the four sects' construction of the Northern Defense Grand Formation instead of joining the expedition south.
• Qi Yun gathered formation texts from the four sects and secluded himself to study their underlying principles rather than copy individual formations.
• Qi Yun fed the formation principles he learned into Great Luo Heaven, which deduced and combined them while his understanding grew.
• Qi Yun grasped the core of formation principles and activated the Law Technique Panel entry for Formation Art at 1% progress.

Qi Yun refined formation plates to complete the minor update to Formation Arts, then demonstrated his mastery by deciphering the ancient framework of the Northern Defense Grand Formation. True Person Haiyun withdrew his challenge, and the assembled cultivators accepted Qi Yun as the formation’s overseer.

• Qi Yun refined more than a thousand formation plates, completing Formation Arts 2.0 and gaining the ability to master one formation every three hundred days.
• The four sects’ leaders unveiled the Northern Defense Grand Formation, built around an ancient formation supplied by the Yellow Springs Netherworld and adapted with each sect’s techniques.
• True Person Haiyun questioned whether Qi Yun had enough formation knowledge to oversee the grand formation.
• Qi Yun studied the formation diagram for most of a day, then recited its essential principles and brought its phantom into clearer harmony.
• True Person Haiyun bowed to Qi Yun and admitted that he submitted, leaving no one else to contest Qi Yun’s role as overseer.

Qi Yun received the Four Extremes Great Expansion Token and began inspecting the preparations for the Northern Defense Grand Formation. At Sunken Abyss Ravine, he uncovered a shortage of materials and confronted Xun Chen over the delayed delivery.

• True Person Southern Dipper gave Qi Yun the Four Extremes Great Expansion Token, granting him authority to requisition the four sects’ resources and personnel for the formation.
• Qi Yun connected the token to the formation diagram and reviewed the four sects’ resource lists, personnel roster, and earth-vein maps.
• Qi Yun traveled in disguise to Sunken Abyss Ravine and found the workers idle and far too little Nine Pillars Sunken Gold Stone for the foundation piles.
• Xun Chen dismissed the minor-sect deacon’s concerns and claimed that delays in transporting the stone were unavoidable.
• Qi Yun revealed his identity and True Person presence, then demanded that Xun Chen explain why the stone had not arrived.

Qi Yun executed Xun Chen at Sunken Abyss Ravine, then used the Four Extremes Great Expansion Token to requisition far more than the required materials from Cold Tasting Market. After leaving with the haul, he planned to bring his martial uncles into the operation.

• Qi Yun ordered Xun Chen dragged away and beheaded him after Xun Chen threatened him with his godfather’s protection.
• Qi Yun sent Ning Feng to find nine pillars sunken gold stone, then led Holy Sect cultivators toward Cold Tasting Market while workers at Sunken Abyss Ravine hurried to resume construction.
• Qi Yun presented the Four Extremes Great Expansion Token to Deacon Gui Jiu, who opened Cold Tasting Market’s defenses.
• Qi Yun and the Holy Sect cultivators took the market’s nine pillars sunken gold stone and many other valuable materials, leaving Deacon Gui Jiu and the Yellow Springs Netherworld disciples unable to object.
• Qi Yun told Ning Feng to return to the Holy Sect with his written order so he could speak with his martial uncles about the requisitioned materials.

Qi Yun recruited five Holy Sect True Persons to help oversee construction of the Northern Defense Grand Formation, offering them a share of the resources gained. He left the chapter having delegated the work while ordering Ding Tai and Ning Feng to secretly monitor their actions and allocations.

• Qi Yun invited True Person Chiyang, True Person Qingli, Yang Cuan, True Person Mingyu, and True Person Xuancheng to oversee parts of the formation’s construction and offered them thirty percent of the gains from resource allocation.
• All five True Persons agreed to help, accepting authority and secondary seals from Qi Yun.
• Ding Tai questioned why Qi Yun would share the benefits, and Ning Feng explained that the arrangement built alliances, reduced opposition, and helped the project show early progress.
• Qi Yun praised Ning Feng’s reasoning but warned that the True Persons’ authority needed limits.
• Qi Yun ordered Ding Tai and Ning Feng to secretly record the five True Persons’ resource allocations and personnel decisions, then report to him every ten days.