Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing and his companions collected the Nine Sages’ treasures and uncovered a primordial account of the human race’s divided origins. They escaped the Myriad Spirits Ruins of Return, but the Black-Yellow Origin Mark was left behind.

• Li Yunjing learned the origins and powers of the Nine Dragons Mystic Ice Shield and Spirit-Breaking Dragon Sinew Bow, but could not draw the bow.
• Li Yunjing examined the Myriad Spirits Formation Disk and the True Explanation of the Formation Dao, finding the disk too demanding for him to use.
• Li Yunjing and his companions collected the Nine Sages’ inheritances, including the Talisman Sage’s talismans, the Medicine Sage’s Spring of Life, and the Wisdom Sage’s star chart of 137 Dao Realms.
• Li Yunjing read a black Jade Slip describing the ancient conflict between the Innate and Postnatal Human Races and suspected the Great Qiu and Biyuan People belonged to those branches.
• Li Yunjing used the Black-Yellow Origin Mark to leave the ruins with Fang Hexuan and the others, but the mark was halted by an invisible force and fell to the ground.

Li Yunjing learned that the Crypt Race had manipulated events to free the great devil, then returned to Luozhen Sect with Fang Hexuan. There, Zhi Qianshu insisted on staying by Li Yunjing’s side to ensure the Biyuan People’s first ancestor was resurrected, and Li Yunjing warned him to stop.

• Li Yunjing captured a Crypt Race outsider, searched his soul, and learned that the Crypt Race had conspired with Zhi Qianshu’s evil-intent body to free the great devil.
• Li Yunjing killed the outsider and told Fang Hexuan what he had learned; Fang Hexuan burned the outsider’s corpse, and the group returned to Luozhen Sect aboard the Mystic Crane Flying Cloud Boat.
• Zhi Qianshu revealed that a prophecy had predicted Li Yunjing’s calamity and waited for him to return safely.
• Zhi Qianshu said he would stay beside Li Yunjing to ensure the first ancestor’s resurrection, but Li Yunjing tried to evade him and warned that he would make the Biyuan People leave if Zhi Qianshu kept following him.

After a year in seclusion, Li Yunjing broke through from Nascent Soul Peak to Spirit Transformation Early Stage using the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture and energy refined from a great devil. He emerged with power beyond his cultivation level, leaving even Fang Hexuan unable to see through him.

• Li Yunjing returned to his cave abode, took a Spirit Transformation Pill, and began a year of secluded cultivation.
• Li Yunjing transformed his Nascent Soul into the Taiyi Divine Diagram, sending a beam of clear light into the sky as he began his breakthrough.
• Fang Hexuan and Nangong Chengyu recognized that Li Yunjing was breaking through, while Luozhen Sect disciples gathered beneath the celestial display.
• The Qingwei Three Lights Tribulation enveloped Li Yunjing with heavenly, earthly, and human light, and he reached Spirit Transformation.
• Li Yunjing refined the remaining energy from the great devil and concluded that his strength could challenge a Late Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Li Yunjing left seclusion and met Fang Hexuan and Nangong Chengyu, and Fang Hexuan said he could no longer see through him.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Li Yunjing rejoined the Luozhen Sect and learned about the sect’s growing wealth and new recruits. The story left him discovering that a Dao Union Perfection cultivator named Senior Mu had joined the sect because something inexplicable attracted him.

• Li Yunjing arrived at the plaza, where Mo Xuan, Shui Yao, and the Luozhen Sect disciples congratulated him on reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Li Yunjing agreed to celebrate with the sect and asked Mo Xuan about events during his year in seclusion.
• Mo Xuan told Li Yunjing that the Azure Jiao Marsh market had expanded and earned the Luozhen Sect at least nine figures in High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Mo Xuan reported that Master had recruited a disciple with a Taiwei Dao Body at an Immortal Ascension Assembly in the Mysterious Female Dao Realm.
• Mo Xuan told Li Yunjing that Senior Mu had joined the sect and had reached Dao Union Perfection.
• Li Yunjing learned that Senior Mu had come because he felt an inexplicable attraction to the Luozhen Sect.

Li Yunjing showed three High Antiquity Spirit Treasure schematics to Mu You, who said he might be able to forge them after reaching Early Void Refinement. Later, Xiao Tianxing came to find Li Yunjing and brought up the Taiyi Immortal Ceremony, leaving Li Yunjing wondering why he had mentioned it.

• Li Yunjing visited the artifact refining hall and met Mu You, a sixth-grade artifact refiner.
• Li Yunjing gave Mu You three schematics for High Antiquity Spirit Treasures; Mu You said the materials and refining process were extremely difficult, but he could attempt the work after reaching Early Void Refinement.
• Mu You said he planned to enter seclusion in the sect's cultivation chamber, and Li Yunjing left the artifact refining hall.
• Li Yunjing encountered Xiao Tianxing, who felt awkward about their difference in cultivation, but Li Yunjing reassured him that they did not need formalities between them.
• Xiao Tianxing told Li Yunjing about the upcoming Taiyi Immortal Ceremony, and Li Yunjing wondered why he had come to find him about it.

Xiao Tianxing invited Li Yunjing to attend the Taiyi Immortal Ceremony on a mission from the Immortal Alliance, and they agreed to leave the next day. Before departing, Li Yunjing upgraded the Luozhen Sect’s Sect Grand Hall and cultivation room, leaving both buildings with stronger spiritual effects.

• Xiao Tianxing told Li Yunjing that the Immortal Alliance had tasked them with attending the Taiyi Immortal Ceremony and invited him to go along.
• Li Yunjing agreed, and he and Xiao Tianxing decided to leave the next day so they would reach Mount Taiyi before the ceremony began.
• Li Yunjing informed Nangong Chengyu that he was leaving, then went to the Luozhen Grand Hall to upgrade the Sect Grand Hall to level seven.
• Li Yunjing upgraded the cultivation room to level ten, increasing its cultivation benefits and adding the Spirit Vein Unification effect.

Li Yunjing and Xiao Tianxing traveled to Mount Taiyi for the Taiyi Immortal Ceremony, where they marveled at the ancient sect and its crowded gathering. After arriving, Li Yunjing met Zhao Fan, a Spirit Transformation cultivator who told him about the ceremony’s coveted rewards.

• Li Yunjing and Xiao Tianxing left the Luozhen Sect aboard an improved Mystic Crane Flying Cloud Boat, and Xiao Tianxing asked how Li Yunjing had cultivated so quickly.
• They arrived at Mount Taiyi and admired the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s vast mountain range, imposing gate, and lingering grandeur.
• Li Yunjing and Xiao Tianxing entered the sect grounds, where cultivators, stalls, and delegations had gathered for the Taiyi Immortal Ceremony.
• A plump cultivator accidentally bumped into Li Yunjing; Li Yunjing recognized him as a Spirit Transformation cultivator, and the man introduced himself as Zhao Fan of the Golden Dove Sect.
• Zhao Fan offered to exchange information and told Li Yunjing that first place would receive Taiyi Jade Marrow and three months in the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s core inheritance pavilion.

Li Yunjing learned that many powerful young cultivators, including Chu Lingxiao, would attend the Taiyi Immortal Ceremony and grew suspicious that something unusual was afoot. After detecting a hidden demonic presence, he went with Zhao Fan to register and waited in the queue until his turn.

• Zhao Fan told Li Yunjing about the fierce competition and named Chu Lingxiao, Luo Qingyan, Man Hu, and Li Changfeng among the ceremony's strongest contenders.
• Li Yunjing wondered why Chu Lingxiao and so many other exceptional cultivators were attending, especially after recalling the Immortal Alliance's special mission.
• Li Yunjing sensed a fleeting chill and faint blood-tinged demonic Qi, then concluded that a powerful demonic cultivator had concealed themselves nearby.
• Zhao Fan reminded Li Yunjing that registration closed that day, and the two headed to the registration office together.
• Li Yunjing waited two hours in the slow-moving line, then the disciple on duty asked him for his sect token and identity jade token.

Li Yunjing, Zhao Fan, and Xiao Tianxing registered for the Taiyi Grand Ceremony and headed to their assigned residences. On the way, Li Yunjing sensed hidden demonic Qi within the illusion of Li Changgeng, while Chu Lingxiao appeared as the ceremony’s most formidable contestant; Li Yunjing reached his residence wary of the unseen danger.

• Li Yunjing and Zhao Fan received participant tokens, and Xiao Tianxing completed his registration before the three headed toward the residences.
• The crowd made way for Li Changgeng and other Taiyi Immortal Sect illusions, and Li Yunjing detected concealed demonic Qi within Li Changgeng’s righteous-path aura.
• Chu Lingxiao flew overhead, briefly scrutinized Li Yunjing, and failed to discern his true capabilities.
• Zhao Fan called Chu Lingxiao the ceremony’s greatest rival, while Li Yunjing judged the hidden threat around Li Changgeng more dangerous.
• The three reached the residential area and parted, and Li Yunjing entered his own residence, sensing abundant Spiritual Qi and Dao resonance.

Li Yunjing discovered hidden spying formation flags in the Immortal Ceremony participants’ courtyards and warned Xiao Tianxing that someone was monitoring them all. They suspected the Devil Dao had infiltrated the Taiyi Immortal Sect through surviving Thousand Faces Sect cultivators, and agreed to stay alert during the coming assessments.

• Li Yunjing detected a concealed spying formation flag in his courtyard and secretly modified it so he could trace whoever activated it.
• Li Yunjing found an identical spying flag in Xiao Tianxing’s courtyard, confirming that participants across the living quarters were being watched.
• Li Yunjing told Xiao Tianxing about the Devil Qi he had sensed in Li Changgeng’s illusion, and Xiao Tianxing shared news of three missing cultivators whose soul lamps remained lit.
• Li Yunjing connected the missing cultivators’ visits to Howling Wind Valley with the Thousand Faces Sect and suggested its disguised Devil Cultivators might have infiltrated the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Li Yunjing and Xiao Tianxing agreed on contact signals and an emergency plan for the assessments, then Li Yunjing left under cover of night.

Li Yunjing and Zhao Fan shared a meal and discussed rumors and information about the Taiyi Grand Ceremony before Li Yunjing cultivated through the night. In the morning, Li Yunjing, Zhao Fan, and Xiao Tianxing gathered at the main peak, where True Person Qingxuan officially opened the ceremony and prepared to announce its rules and rewards.

• Zhao Fan brought Li Yunjing Spirit Cuisine and spirit wine, shared rumors of a hidden reward, and told him useful information about past ceremonies and rival cultivators.
• After Zhao Fan left, Li Yunjing cultivated through the night and restored himself to peak condition.
• Li Yunjing met Zhao Fan and Xiao Tianxing in the morning, and the three joined the crowd heading to the main peak's plaza.
• The nine bells signaled the official start of the Taiyi Grand Ceremony, and tens of thousands of cultivators gathered before the platform.
• True Person Qingxuan appeared as an illusion, declared the ceremony open, and began announcing the assessment rules and rewards.

True Person Qingxuan announced the three assessments and their rewards before opening the Taiyi Path of Immortal Ascension. Li Yunjing began climbing and used the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture to resist the staircase’s pressure, while Chu Lingxiao and a suspicious companion surged ahead.

• True Person Qingxuan explained the three assessment rounds and announced the prizes, including Taiyi Jade Marrow and the Taiyi True Disciple title for first place.
• Zhao Fan told Li Yunjing that titles granted access to the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s treasures, including the Soul-Shaking Bell.
• True Person Qingxuan opened the first assessment, and the sect disciples revealed the three-thousand-step Path of Immortal Ascension on Mount Taiyi.
• Li Yunjing sensed something strange about the man accompanying Chu Lingxiao as the participants headed to the path.
• Li Yunjing used the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture to ease the staircase’s pressure, while many cultivators struggled and some were eliminated.
• Chu Lingxiao and his suspicious companion raced ahead, and Li Yunjing continued climbing after Zhao Fan and Xiao Tianxing urged him not to wait.

Li Yunjing discovered that a Devil Cultivator was corrupting the Path of Immortal Ascension’s illusions and killing contestants by stripping away their souls. With the Five Spirits Lord’s help, he sped up the steps, but the Devil Cultivator unleashed the Heart Devil Tribulation on him at the first heavenly chasm.

• Li Yunjing resisted the increasingly powerful illusions as he climbed, then noticed icy black Qi making them dangerously violent.
• A cultivator went berserk, attacked nearby contestants, and crumbled into ash, spreading panic among the climbers and sect elders.
• Li Yunjing spotted a cultivator following Chu Lingxiao secretly channeling black Qi into the formation and realized he was amplifying the illusions to devour souls.
• The Five Spirits Lord lightened Li Yunjing’s burden, allowing him to pass most climbers and reach the fifteen hundredth step.
• The Devil Cultivator noticed Li Yunjing and unleashed converging black Qi as Li Yunjing faced the Heart Devil Tribulation; Li Yunjing froze when the illusion enveloped him.

Li Yunjing was drawn into an illusion of his former life, where he reunited with his parents and experienced the ordinary family life he had longed for. Realizing the Luozhen Sect needed him, he refused to stay in the illusion as it began to warp around him.

• Li Yunjing found himself on a familiar street from his past life and reunited with his parents before school.
• Li Yunjing went to his old high school and relived an ordinary day, but he kept thinking of the Luozhen Sect and the people there.
• Li Yunjing returned home in the illusion and heard his parents urge him to stay with them.
• Li Yunjing told his parents he could not stay because people were waiting for him to return to the Luozhen Sect.
• The illusion began to warp as his parents and their voices pleaded with Li Yunjing to stay.

Li Yunjing overcame a Heart Devil Tribulation rooted in memories of his previous life and reaffirmed his commitment to Luozhen Sect. He raced up the Path of Immortal Ascension, overtook Chu Lingxiao, and reached the summit first.

• Li Yunjing shattered the illusion of his former family and home, passing the Heart Devil Tribulation and accepting his responsibilities in this life.
• Li Yunjing restrained his urge to kill the Devil Cultivator and hurried up the Path of Immortal Ascension.
• Li Yunjing overtook Luo Qingyan as he raced through the upper steps, stunning the watching cultivators and sect elders.
• Li Yunjing caught up with Chu Lingxiao, who unleashed his full strength to try to keep the lead.
• Li Yunjing used Supreme Unity Escape to pass Chu Lingxiao, then reached the summit as the pressure stopped Chu Lingxiao near the final steps.

Li Yunjing won first place in the Immortal Alliance’s opening assessment, then exposed Wang Beichen as a disguised Devil Cultivator and urged Xiao Tianxing to alert the Immortal Alliance. The second assessment began at the Myriad Laws Pavilion, where Chu Lingxiao took the lead with a high-scoring interpretation of the Taiyi True Scripture.

• Li Yunjing reached the summit ahead of Chu Lingxiao, who accepted his loss and vowed to win the coming assessments.
• Wang Beichen approached Li Yunjing under the guise of friendship, and Li Yunjing recognized him as the Devil Cultivator who had used the Mind-Bewitching Incantation.
• Xiao Tianxing and Zhao Fan reached the summit and passed the first round, while Li Yunjing stood guard as they recovered.
• The first-round rankings placed Li Yunjing first, Chu Lingxiao second, Luo Qingyan third, Li Changfeng fourth, and Wang Beichen seventeenth; 127 cultivators advanced.
• Li Yunjing told Xiao Tianxing about Wang Beichen, and Xiao Tianxing agreed to report the suspected Devil Cultivator threat to the Immortal Alliance.
• The Myriad Laws Pavilion debate assessment began, and Chu Lingxiao earned nine and a half points for expounding on the Taiyi True Scripture, taking the lead.

Li Yunjing drew an obscure ancient Formation Dao text and, with the Five Spirits Lord’s help, revealed a deep understanding of its theories and flaws. He earned a perfect score and took provisional first place in the second round, leaving Chu Lingxiao and Wang Beichen wary of him.

• Chu Lingxiao earned nine and a half points for his interpretation, while Wang Beichen gave an unremarkable performance and received seven points.
• Li Yunjing drew Gleanings on the Formation Dao of High Antiquity, which the crowd and Chu Lingxiao believed would be too obscure for him to interpret.
• After struggling with the text, Li Yunjing accepted the Five Spirits Lord’s help and studied its summarized mysteries.
• Li Yunjing explained the text’s core Formation Dao principles, demonstrated improved formation models, and identified three errors in the book.
• The seven elders awarded Li Yunjing a perfect score, putting him in provisional first place and making Chu Lingxiao and Wang Beichen recognize him as a serious opponent.

Li Yunjing won the second round and learned from True Person Qingxuan that the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s people were souls trapped by a Soul Incantation. He accepted a Spirit-Summoning Jade Slip and a warning about the Devil Cultivators’ likely attack in the Lapis Lazuli Secret Realm, then learned that Zhang Jianchen had arrived.

• Li Yunjing earned first place in the second round, led the overall rankings, and advanced alongside Chu Lingxiao, Luo Qingyan, and Zhao Fan, while Xiao Tianxing was eliminated.
• A Taiyi Immortal Sect disciple escorted Li Yunjing to True Person Qingxuan, where Five Spirits Lord revealed that the sect’s apparent illusions were trapped souls.
• True Person Qingxuan asked Li Yunjing to help free the souls when he became capable, and Li Yunjing agreed.
• True Person Qingxuan revealed that the sect knew Wang Beichen was a Devil Cultivator and gave Li Yunjing a Spirit-Summoning Jade Slip for protection in the final round.
• True Person Qingxuan warned Li Yunjing that the Devil Cultivators would likely strike in Soul Severing Valley, the secret realm’s monitoring blind spot.
• Xiao Tianxing told Li Yunjing that Zhang Jianchen had come in response to his report.

Li Yunjing learned from Chu Lingxiao that Wang Beichen was a Devil Cultivator and agreed to join forces against danger in the Lapis Lazuli Secret Realm. After entering the realm with Zhao Fan, Li Yunjing found evidence that Devil Cultivators had begun killing participants, while a hidden gaze continued to follow them.

• Chu Lingxiao warned Li Yunjing that Wang Beichen was a Devil Cultivator and proposed they cooperate if danger arose in the secret realm.
• Blood Shadow met with Wang Beichen and twelve Devil Cultivators, ordering them to leave no one alive in the secret realm.
• True Person Qingxuan opened the Lapis Lazuli Secret Realm and explained its three-day trial, scoring rules, and forbidden zones.
• Li Yunjing and Zhao Fan entered the secret realm, reunited after being transported to different places, and gathered points tokens and spiritual herbs while fighting low-level Demon Beasts.
• Li Yunjing sensed an icy gaze following them, then found more than a dozen participants dead with their divine souls drained and identified traces of Devil Qi.

Li Yunjing and Zhao Fan were ambushed by Wang Beichen and twelve Devil Cultivators in a valley. Li Yunjing killed the twelve attackers and exposed Wang Beichen’s Blood Shadow Clone Technique, then appeared before him as the chapter ended.

• Wang Beichen revealed his allegiance to the Devil Cultivators and ordered twelve of them to attack Li Yunjing and Zhao Fan.
• Li Yunjing killed the twelve Devil Cultivators with the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword and the Seven Slaughters Heaven-Slaying Dao Sword Book.
• Wang Beichen wounded Zhao Fan, then fled when he saw Li Yunjing defeat the attackers.
• Wang Beichen used the Blood Shadow Clone Technique to create three clones and escape in four directions.
• Li Yunjing saw through the clones with his sword intent and magnetic perception, destroyed them, and appeared before Wang Beichen.