Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Yueming gave his first public lecture to the vice dean’s students, who doubted his abilities until he diagnosed Qu Yutang’s cultivation flaw and guided her through a breakthrough. The students and Wu Qing were left stunned by his insight and power.

• Wu Qing arranged a public lecture for the newly appointed instructor Dongfang Ri, while students expected little from him.
• Qu Yutang recognized Dongfang Yueming as the powerful man she had seen at Yunshui Capital and worried that siding with the vice dean would put him in danger.
• Dongfang Yueming called Qu Yutang forward and explained that she had strayed from the domineering intent of her cultivation method.
• Dongfang Yueming used Myriad Phenomena to reveal the true intent of water and gave Qu Yutang precise cultivation guidance.
• Qu Yutang broke through her bottleneck and reached Inner Force Perfection, leaving the audience and Wu Qing astonished.

Dongfang Yueming used the Myriad Phenomena spirit art to enlighten the students in one lesson, causing many of them to break through. After learning that Shi Qing had vanished in an ancient ruin after Shi Hao targeted her, Dongfang Yueming erupted with fury as Shi Tianxiong arrived and questioned him about his Natal Spirit Seal.

• Dongfang Yueming invited all the students to receive guidance together and used the Myriad Phenomena spirit art to reveal the principles of their cultivation and martial arts.
• More than a dozen students broke through, including one who attained Martial Dao True Intent, and their surging auras drew Lin Bo'an to the classroom.
• Wu Qing told Lin Bo'an that Dongfang Yueming had enlightened the students in a single lesson.
• Dongfang Yueming asked Lin Bo'an about his friend Shi Qing, and Lin Bo'an revealed that Shi Hao had lured her into an ancient ruin half a month earlier and she had not returned.
• Dongfang Yueming erupted with terrifying fury as Shi Tianxiong and Zhou Hai arrived; Shi Tianxiong praised his methods and asked what grade of Natal Spirit Seal he had formed.

Dongfang Yueming killed Shi Tianxiong and Shi Hao after they tried to recruit him and refused to answer his question about Shi Qing. As Lin Bo'an led him toward the Nine Nether Secret Realm, Dongfang asked for a Foundation Establishment method, and Lin Bo'an realized he might still be in the Innate realm.

• Zhou Hai saw the students transformed by Dongfang Yueming's teaching and regretted rejecting him, while Shi Tianxiong praised Dongfang and tried to recruit him.
• Dongfang Yueming demanded to know where Shi Qing was, but Shi Tianxiong dismissed her and threatened him with his Foundation Establishment power.
• Dongfang Yueming killed Shi Tianxiong with the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light and turned Shi Hao to blood mist with a punch.
• Lin Bo'an ordered everyone to keep silent, bowed to Dongfang Yueming, and led him toward the ruins as Dongfang collected the two storage rings.
• Lin Bo'an warned Dongfang about the dangers of the Nine Nether Secret Realm, then realized Dongfang's request for a Foundation Establishment method could mean he had not reached that realm.

Dongfang Yueming obtained Dragon Firmament Academy’s Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art and learned that the Nine Nether Secret Realm was extraordinarily dangerous. As Wind and Moon Pavilion’s elders arrived seeking the man who killed Young Master Liu, Dongfang Yueming began cultivating the art while rushing toward the secret realm.

• Lin Bo'an gave Dongfang Yueming the academy’s treasured Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art and told him what he knew about the Nine Nether Secret Realm.
• Dongfang Yueming left Dragon Firmament Academy, while Lin Bo'an worried about the Heavenly Star Sect’s coming wrath.
• Four Foundation Establishment elders from Wind and Moon Pavilion arrived in Dragon Firmament City to hunt for the killer of Young Master Liu.
• Dongfang Yueming learned that the Nine Nether Secret Realm was filled with yin fiendish energy and vengeful spirits, and feared for Shi Qing.
• Dongfang Yueming spent 50,000 points to initiate the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art, which transformed his energy and awakened Divine Sense as the sky darkened.

Dongfang Yueming forged a heaven-grade Dao Foundation and gained the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell divine ability. He spent his points to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection, leaving him wondering how to strengthen his Martial Dao ability.

• Dongfang Yueming formed a heaven-grade Dao Foundation and comprehended the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell divine ability.
• Shui Yan'er and Qin Rushuang sensed the phenomenon; Shui Yan'er headed toward Dragon Firmament Academy while Qin Rushuang went to find Dongfang Ri.
• Dongfang Yueming recycled spirit stones and spent points to raise his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Perfection and perfect the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art.
• Dongfang Yueming's new divine ability rose to minor mastery, and he wondered whether he could similarly strengthen Martial Dao.

Dongfang Yueming completed Foundation Establishment and rushed to the Nine Nether Secret Realm to find Shi Qing. He learned that the realm had vanished three days earlier, leaving him uncertain whether Shi Qing had survived.

• Dongfang Yueming reached Foundation Establishment, transforming his spiritual power, Divine Sense, body, and lifespan.
• Dongfang Yueming flew to the Nine Nether Secret Realm’s location and found only a barren wasteland with no trace of the realm or its inhabitants.
• Dongfang Yueming found a temporary market and questioned Senior Brother Li about the secret realm.
• Senior Brother Li told Dongfang Yueming that the secret realm had vanished three days earlier after its unstable spatial fragment collapsed.
• Dongfang Yueming wondered whether Shi Qing was still alive.

In the Heaven-Opening Divine Hall, Shi Qing was revered as the Heaven-Opening Divine Maiden and learned she had to reach Golden Core to leave. Her path began with forging a Saint-Grade Innate foundation and striving for the unique Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment.

• Shi Qing appeared before the people of the Heaven-Opening Divine Hall, who hailed her as the Heaven-Opening Divine Maiden.
• Shi Qing wondered how Dongfang Yueming was doing and when she might see him again.
• The veiled woman explained that Shi Qing had to reach at least Golden Core to leave the secret realm.
• The veiled woman told Shi Qing to forge a Saint-Grade Innate foundation and pursue Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment.
• The veiled woman reflected that Dao-Grade had become open to cultivators beyond the Immortal-Abandoned Continent, and that only one person could attain it.

Dongfang Yueming encountered Shui Yan'er, the original body of Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er, and discovered that she was a Golden Core expert who wanted him to return with her to the Water and Fire Sect. The chapter ended with him weighing his chances of escaping her overwhelming strength.

• Dongfang Yueming decided to return to Dragon Firmament Academy after killing Shi Tianxiong and set off toward Dragon Firmament City.
• Shui Yan'er appeared beside Dongfang Yueming, recognized him as the man who had defeated Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er, and was astonished by his rapid progress.
• Dongfang Yueming tried to drive Shui Yan'er away with the Ice Prison Dragon Spear, but she froze and shattered the attack with one finger.
• Dongfang Yueming used the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell divine ability, briefly slowing Shui Yan'er's magical power and shocking her.
• Shui Yan'er revealed that she was Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er's original body and ordered Dongfang Yueming to come with her to the Water and Fire Sect, offering herself as an inducement.
• Dongfang Yueming recognized Shui Yan'er as a Golden Core expert and considered whether he had any chance of defeating her.

Su Wurao became the Pleasure Sect’s first candidate for sect master and sent Dongfang Yueming a cache of cultivation methods. After refusing to choose between the Pleasure Sect and Water and Fire Sect, Dongfang Yueming resolved to reach Golden Core and find the woman lost in a vanished secret realm, then acquired two supreme arts.

• The Pleasure Sect’s sect master promoted Su Wurao to first candidate for sect master, while Zhao Yuji seethed with resentment.
• Su Wurao gave the grand elder jade slips of Foundation Establishment methods and second-tier spirit arts to deliver to Dongfang Yueming.
• The grand elder interrupted Shui Yan’er as she tried to win Dongfang Yueming over, then gave him Su Wurao’s storage ring; Shui Yan’er offered him the Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art.
• Dongfang Yueming asked how to enter a vanished secret realm, learned that finding it might require reaching Golden Core, and vowed to cultivate until he could bring back the woman trapped there.
• Shui Yan’er withdrew her pursuit but left her sect’s art behind, and Dongfang Yueming learned the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Method and the Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Method and the Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art, fusing them with his Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art to form a Dao-Grade Dao Foundation. With his points nearly depleted, he set his sights on Dragon Firmament Academy and the Heavenly Star Sect.

• Dongfang Yueming spent points to raise the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Method and Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art to perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming fused the Yin-Yang Millstone and Water-Fire Lotus divine abilities into Two Aspects Annihilation.
• Dongfang Yueming fused his three perfected cultivation arts into the Great Dao Return to Origin Art and formed a Dao-Grade Dao Foundation.
• Dongfang Yueming found that he had only 62,000 points left and considered selling a spirit artifact or robbing someone for resources.
• Dongfang Yueming turned his attention toward Dragon Firmament Academy and headed for the Heavenly Star Sect.

Qin Rushuang learned that Dongfang Ri had formed a Heaven-Grade Dao Foundation and was with Shui Yan'er, but a new Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment phenomenon soon appeared. Shui Yan'er rushed back to the sect, while the Pleasure Sect grand elder considered contacting the Upper Realm to protect Wurao.

• Qin Rushuang searched Dragon Firmament City for Dongfang Ri and found that his aura was gone.
• Shui Yan'er told Qin Rushuang that Dongfang Ri had formed a Heaven-Grade Dao Foundation and was with her at the Water and Fire Sect.
• Qin Rushuang grew furious when Shui Yan'er claimed Dongfang Ri had begged to go with her and was in her arms.
• A Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment phenomenon appeared, and Qin Rushuang and Shui Yan'er could not locate its source.
• Shui Yan'er ended the call and hurried back to the sect, while the Pleasure Sect grand elder considered contacting the Upper Realm to protect Wurao.

A Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment appeared on the Immortal-Abandoned Continent, shocking watchers across the Astral Battlefield and prompting suppressed prodigies to act. Lin Qingyao stopped suppressing her cultivation and formed an Earth-Grade Dao Foundation, while the veiled woman ordered Qing'er to pursue a Dao-Grade Golden Core.

• The Crimson Realm and Azure Realm giants used the Heaven-Surveying Mirror to locate the Dao-Grade phenomenon and discovered it had come from the Immortal-Abandoned Continent.
• Prodigies across the Astral Battlefield received word that Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment had emerged, and those who had suppressed their cultivation rushed to establish their foundations and compete for a Dao-Grade Golden Core.
• The Crimson Realm giant mocked the Azure Realm giant for failing to surpass a native of the Immortal-Abandoned Continent.
• Lin Qingyao stopped suppressing her cultivation and formed an Earth-Grade Dao Foundation without triggering a heavenly phenomenon.
• The veiled woman told Qing'er to set everything else aside and pursue a Dao-Grade Golden Core.

A crimson-armored man forced Li Qingtian and the Heavenly Star Sect to pursue the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art after learning their first attempt had failed. He left to recover his magic power, determined to seize the art and kill those who opposed him.

• A crimson-armored man destroyed a mountain in anger over a Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment appearing in the Immortal-Abandoned Continent, then set out to pursue a Dao-Grade Golden Core and “that thing.”
• Li Qingtian told the Heavenly Star Sect elders he had decided to target Dragon Firmament Academy for its cultivation art.
• The crimson-armored man appeared in the council hall and demanded the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art from Li Qingtian.
• A disciple reported that Shi Tianxiong had died, so the crimson-armored man ordered Li Qingtian to go to Dragon Firmament Academy himself.
• When a Foundation Establishment elder challenged him, the crimson-armored man killed him with a swipe of his claws, forcing the other elders into silence.
• After leaving, the crimson-armored man swallowed a pill to recover from the Crimson Dragon Armament’s magic-power drain and vowed to kill his enemies once he obtained the art.

Four Wind and Moon Pavilion Foundation Establishment experts arrived at Dragon Firmament Academy demanding Dongfang Ri, while the academy’s factions turned against each other. Dongfang Yueming returned and revealed a powerful Foundation Establishment aura, but the four elders surrounded him and Elder Xue launched his Mystic Ice Finger.

• An instructor from the grand elder’s faction learned that the Heavenly Star Sect’s sect master was coming, then four Foundation Establishment auras descended on Dragon Firmament Academy.
• Elder Xue of the Wind and Moon Pavilion demanded that the academy hand over Dongfang Ri or face destruction, and Lin Bo’an tried to calm him.
• Zhou Hai and other instructors from the grand elder’s faction sided with Elder Xue and blamed Lin Bo’an for protecting Dongfang Ri.
• Elder Xue prepared to freeze the academy, but Dongfang Yueming arrived in a streak of golden light.
• Dongfang Yueming revealed a Foundation Establishment aura, and Elder Xue and the other elders sealed off his escape routes.
• Elder Xue attacked Dongfang Yueming with the tier-two intermediate spirit art Mystic Ice Finger.

Dongfang Yueming copied Elder Xue’s Mystic Ice Finger and killed him, then fused two ice techniques to defeat and devour three Foundation Establishment elders. As the former grand elder’s faction feared for their lives, Zhou Hai threatened that Golden Core experts would soon arrive.

• Dongfang Yueming comprehended the perfected Mystic Ice Finger by observing Elder Xue’s attack and killed Elder Xue with a stronger version of the technique.
• Elder Feng ordered the three remaining Foundation Establishment elders to attack Dongfang Yueming together with wind, moon, and poison techniques.
• Dongfang Yueming fused Ice Prison Dragon Spear and Mystic Ice Finger into the advanced technique Ice Dragon Suppresses the Prison.
• Dongfang Yueming’s ice dragon swallowed the combined attacks and devoured all three elders.
• Zhou Hai warned Dongfang Yueming that the Heavenly Star Sect’s Golden Core sect master and a Golden Core elder from the Pleasure Sect would come for him.

Dongfang Yueming killed Zhou Hai, collected the defeated elders’ treasures, and chose to remain at Dragon Firmament Academy while preparing to cultivate before the Golden Core experts arrived. He returned Qu Yutang’s family heirloom and left Lin Bo’an to sell his surplus spirit artifacts, while Lin Bo’an exiled Yun Qian and Yun Han and promoted Qu Yutang.

• Dongfang Yueming killed Zhou Hai with a wave of his hand and collected the storage rings of the four Foundation Establishment elders.
• Dongfang Yueming declined Lin Bo'an's warning to flee, requested a place to cultivate and copies of the academy's second-tier-and-higher spirit arts, and gave Lin Bo'an a pile of spirit artifacts to sell for spirit stones.
• Dongfang Yueming returned Qu Yutang's Ice Silkworm Heavenly Silk Gloves, which Xiao Tiance had taken from the Qu Family, and ignored Yun Qian when she asked for a spirit artifact.
• Lin Bo'an agreed to let his faction's teachers and students buy the artifacts first, then ordered Yun Qian and Yun Han to guard the Black Wind Ravine mine and promoted Qu Yutang to core disciple.
• Lin Bo'an assigned Wu Qing to take Qu Yutang to Heavenly Pivot Peak and privately suspected Dongfang Yueming might come from a holy land.

Dongfang Yueming used the insights from hundreds of spirit techniques to evolve three techniques to second-tier perfection, then raised Two Aspects Annihilation to perfection. Meanwhile, Qu Yutang trained to avoid falling behind him, Yun Qian and Yun Han struggled with their exile, and Lin Bo'an arranged an auction for the academy’s costly second-tier spirit weapons.

• Dongfang Yueming analyzed hundreds of second-tier spirit techniques and sublimated his three perfected first-tier techniques into second-tier top-grade techniques.
• Dongfang Yueming recycled spirit stones for points and raised Two Aspects Annihilation from entry to perfection, leaving him with 302,000 points as he awaited the Heavenly Star Sect’s Golden Core expert.
• Qu Yutang received pills and treasures at Dragon Firmament Academy and resolved not to hold Dongfang Yueming back.
• Yun Qian attacked an outer disciple at Black Wind Ravine and lamented her and Yun Han’s exile while Yun Han urged her to stop.
• Lin Bo'an learned that no one could afford the academy’s five second-tier spirit weapons and ordered a small spirit weapon auction.

After the four Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon elders died, Shangguan Wan'er called on Hua Qianzui to avenge Liu Chengfeng, while the Ma Clan’s internal struggle sharpened over its hidden treasure. News that Dragon Firmament Academy would auction five second-tier spiritual weapons gave Ma Yuanhong a chance to regain power and alarmed the Song Clan.

• Liu Qingcang saw the four elders’ life-soul jade slips shatter, and Shangguan Wan'er crushed a communication jade slip to summon revenge.
• Hua Qianzui learned that his son Liu Chengfeng had been killed, erupted with killing intent, and flew toward the Central Domain’s outskirts.
• Ma Yuanzhong and his faction urged Ma Yuanhong to reveal the Ma Clan’s treasure and strike the Song Clan, while Ma Yuanhong recognized their betrayal and refused to yield.
• A messenger announced that Dragon Firmament Academy would auction five second-tier spiritual weapons, and Ma Yuanhong saw a chance to restore his position.
• The Song Clan’s head learned of the auction and feared that Ma Yuanhong might regain strength and foil his long-running plan with Ma Yuanzhong.

Dongfang Yueming attended Dragon Firmament Academy’s auction, where the Ma Clan won the Black Tortoise Shield before Song Clan forces ambushed them. As Song Qi threatened Ma Qianqian, Dongfang Yueming appeared and challenged the attackers for targeting her.

• Dongfang Yueming watched the Ma and Song Clans’ tense rivalry while attending the auction in disguise.
• Lin Bo'an auctioned five second-tier spirit artifacts, and Ma Yuanhong won the Black Tortoise Shield for six thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• The Song Clan patriarch and his followers surrounded the Ma Clan outside the academy and demanded the shield.
• Ma Yuanzhong betrayed Ma Yuanhong and offered to spare him if he handed over “that thing.”
• Song Qi threatened Ma Qianqian, but Dongfang Yueming appeared in the night sky and asked whether they dared lay a hand on his person.

Dongfang Yueming arrived as the Ma Clan faced the Song Clan, prompting Ma Qianqian and Ma Yuanhong to hope for rescue. When a Foundation Establishment elder attacked him, Dongfang Yueming killed him with a single finger snap, leaving Ma Yuanzhong to order everyone to attack.

• Ma Qianqian and Ma Yuanhong recognized Dongfang Yueming, but Song Qi claimed he was only an Innate cultivator and dismissed him as a threat.
• The Song Clan head prepared to attack Dongfang Yueming, but a newly advanced Foundation Establishment elder stepped forward to fight him first.
• The elder used the Ice Spike Technique, and Dongfang Yueming shattered the attack with a finger snap and turned the elder into blood mist.
• Song Qi, the Song Clan head, and the Foundation Establishment experts recoiled in terror, while Ma Qianqian and Ma Yuanhong stared in disbelief.
• Ma Yuanzhong ordered everyone to attack Dongfang Yueming, knowing there was no turning back.