Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing led an allied army to attack the Eastern Region Holy Temple, whose garrison envoys activated its powerful mountain-protecting formation. After probing its flaws, Li Yunjing slipped inside and reached the formation’s core, where he struck the formation-eye crystal.

• Zidian urged Guanfeng and Tingyun to report the recent killings to the Holy Domain, but the two dismissed his concerns.
• A scout reported that Li Yunjing was approaching the Holy Temple with more than forty thousand troops, followed by the Three Kings of the Eastern Domain and three human True Lords.
• Guanfeng ordered Tingyun to activate the mountain-protecting formation and Zidian to summon the Holy Temple’s iron cavalry.
• Li Yunjing identified flaws in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Locking Formation and sent the Golden Wing King with ten thousand Demon Race troops to attack it from the front.
• Li Yunjing used the Void Divine Treasury to enter the formation, killed the two disciples guarding its eye, and struck the formation-eye crystal.

Li Yunjing led the Eastern Domain forces to capture the Eastern Region Holy Temple after killing its three guardians and routing its defenders. News of the temple’s fall spread across the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm, and the three Dao Lords heard a report at Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain.

• The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Locking Formation collapsed, and Zidian led the Holy Temple Iron Cavalry against the attacking army.
• Li Yunjing dodged Guanfeng, Tingyun, and Zidian, then killed Guanfeng with one sword strike and shot Tingyun and Zidian with the Tiger-Shooting Bow.
• The Holy Temple’s forces broke and fled or surrendered, and the Golden Wing King led the army to pursue them and seize the temple.
• Li Yunjing ordered the Golden Wing King to clean the temple as the victors celebrated capturing the Eastern Region Holy Temple.
• News of the temple’s fall shocked the other regions and reached the three Dao Lords at Primordial Beginning Hall.

The Azure Emperor ordered Yan Yang to suppress Li Yunjing’s rebellion in the Eastern Domain, while Li Yunjing organized the captured Holy Temple as his headquarters and began preparing Dao soldiers. Yan Yang set out for the Eastern Domain, and Li Yunjing’s forces started studying Tianyuan’s superior training methods.

• The three Dao Lords learned that Li Yunjing had seized the Eastern Region Holy Temple, and the Azure Emperor ordered Yan Yang to put down the rebellion and kill its participants.
• Li Yunjing told his followers to strengthen the Holy Temple’s defenses, rest and expand the army, stockpile supplies, and watch the Central Holy Domain.
• Li Yunjing made the Eastern Region Holy Temple his council hall and planned to station the Luozhen Sect’s army there once it arrived.
• Li Yunjing gave the Golden Wing King three Jade Slips containing Tianyuan methods for training Dao soldiers.
• The Golden Wing King recognized the methods as similar to the Holy Domain’s secret training of its cavalry, and Li Yunjing suspected that the Holy Domain’s version was incomplete.

Li Yunjing faced Yan Yang, a Dao Union Perfection cultivator sent by the Holy Domain, and used defensive and evasive techniques to withstand his attacks. As Li Yunjing wore Yan Yang down, he recognized the flaws in Yan Yang’s incomplete Fire Element Principles and lack of combat experience.

• Li Yunjing decided not to introduce his three Dao soldier training methods in the Luozhen Sect and planned to promote them in conquered Dao Realms instead.
• A sentry warned that a powerful expert was approaching, and Li Yunjing dismissed the others’ calls to retreat and went to meet him.
• Yan Yang arrived to avenge the Holy Domain’s envoy and threatened to kill everyone at the temple.
• Yan Yang attacked Li Yunjing with a sea of flames, but Li Yunjing’s Taiyi Qingwei Shield blocked the attack.
• Li Yunjing dodged Yan Yang’s blows with Void Divine Treasury and chipped away at him with Sword Qi, while Yan Yang angrily demanded that he fight head-on.
• Li Yunjing realized Yan Yang’s Fire Element Principles were incomplete and that his temper and limited combat experience left openings.

Li Yunjing killed Yan Yang, a Dao Union Perfection expert, and warned that the Holy Domain might send the three Dao Lords after him. At Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain, the Scarlet Emperor vowed to avenge Yan Yang, but the Azure Emperor questioned how Li Yunjing had defeated him.

• Li Yunjing pierced Yan Yang with successive sword attacks, leaving him unable to fight.
• Yan Yang offered to surrender and reveal Holy Domain secrets, but Li Yunjing rejected him and killed him.
• Li Yunjing ordered his followers to secure the battlefield and prepared for the Holy Domain's response.
• A messenger told the three Dao Lords that Li Yunjing had killed Yan Yang, enraging the Scarlet Emperor.
• The Scarlet Emperor vowed to attack the Eastern Domain, but the Azure Emperor stopped him and asked how an Early Dao Union cultivator could defeat Yan Yang.

The Azure Emperor, Scarlet Emperor, and White Emperor suspected that the Primordial Beginning Azure Lotus had returned to help Li Yunjing after Yan Yang’s death. Unable to leave the Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain, they agreed to prepare their secret weapon, the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon, to destroy the Eastern Domain in three months.

• The Scarlet Emperor blamed Yan Yang’s death on a sneak attack, but the White Emperor and Azure Emperor argued that an Early Dao Union cultivator could not easily defeat someone at Dao Union Perfection.
• The Azure Emperor suspected the Primordial Beginning Azure Lotus had empowered Li Yunjing, and the White Emperor linked that possibility to the recent appearance of the Taichu cave abode.
• The Scarlet Emperor proposed attacking the Eastern Domain, but the Azure Emperor and White Emperor warned that leaving the Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain would endanger the Primordial Beginning Origin and expose them to the Western Regions.
• The Azure Emperor proposed using the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon, and the White Emperor agreed despite its three-month charge time and the danger of weakened strength.
• The three Dao Lords began taking turns charging the cannon and planned to bombard the Eastern Domain in three months, while Li Yunjing remained unaware.

Li Yunjing selected ten thousand elite cultivators to form three specialized Dao soldier units and trained them over the following month. The units grew into a powerful force for the Luozhen Sect, ready to support his conquest of the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm.

• Li Yunjing announced that he would select elite cultivators from the Eastern Domain army to form three Dao soldier units.
• Hei Feng oversaw the Wu Earth Divine Soldiers’ strength test, while the Azure Scale King led the Netherworld Shadow Slayer Army’s maze trial and the Golden Wing King tested candidates for the Nine Heavens Thunderfire Army.
• The selection produced five thousand Wu Earth Divine Soldiers, three thousand Netherworld Shadow Slayer Army members, and two thousand Nine Heavens Thunderfire Army members, who swore loyalty to Li Yunjing.
• Li Yunjing spent the next month teaching the three units, providing resources, and forging their armor and weapons.
• The three Dao soldier units rapidly improved their defense, stealth, and lightning-and-fire attacks, becoming an important force in Li Yunjing’s planned conquest.

Li Yunjing rejected the Myriad Gu Sect’s invitation, suspecting its sudden return might be tied to the Holy Domain. That night, the Primordial Beginning Azure Lotus took the form of a little girl named Qinglian and offered to help him overthrow the three Dao Lords and restore the Dao Realm.

• Li Yunjing heard that the Myriad Gu Sect had returned and invited factions from the five regions to discuss the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm’s future.
• Hei Feng and the Golden Wing King warned that the Myriad Gu Sect might be working with the Holy Domain, so Li Yunjing declined the invitation.
• While Li Yunjing cultivated, the Primordial Beginning Azure Lotus seed glowed, emerged from its box, and became a little girl who introduced herself as Qinglian.
• Qinglian explained that Li Yunjing’s Immortal Bone and other powers had nourished her and that she knew he had come from another world to conquer the Dao Realm.
• Qinglian offered to help Li Yunjing overthrow the three Dao Lords, saying she wanted revenge and believed his arrival could complete the Dao Realm’s laws.

Qinglian gave Li Yunjing a tortoiseshell map leading to a High Antiquity ruin in Myriad Gu Mountain, where a divine crystal could help him reach the Dao Union Middle Stage. Li Yunjing traveled to the Southern Region with True Lord Bishui and Hei Feng, arriving at Myriad Gu Mountain after three days.

• Qinglian gave Li Yunjing a tortoiseshell that revealed the ruin’s location inside Myriad Gu Sect’s grounds and urged him to seek its treasure.
• Li Yunjing agreed to travel to the Southern Region and assigned True Lord Qingyun, Jinchi, Qinglin, and Hongling to defend the Eastern Domain while he was away.
• Li Yunjing chose True Lord Bishui and Hei Feng to accompany him, then left the Eastern Region Holy Temple for the Southern Region.
• True Lord Bishui warned Li Yunjing and Hei Feng about the region’s miasma and venomous insects, and gave them detoxifying sachets.
• Li Yunjing, True Lord Bishui, and Hei Feng crossed forests and swamplands, avoided other cultivators, and reached Myriad Gu Mountain three days later.

Li Yunjing arrived at Myriad Gu Mountain for the Myriad Gu Sect’s gathering, where Master Huineng of the Heavenly Dragon Temple invited him to visit the Western Regions. Old Man Wandu then announced the sect’s return to public affairs and proposed that the five domains unite against Li Yunjing for defying the Holy Domain.

• Shao Tai welcomed Li Yunjing and led him and his companions up Myriad Gu Mountain.
• Cultivators from across the five domains greeted Li Yunjing, and several introduced themselves and offered him gifts.
• Master Huineng introduced himself as the abbot of the Heavenly Dragon Temple and invited Li Yunjing to visit the Western Regions.
• Old Man Wandu emerged from the Myriad Gu Hall and announced that the Myriad Gu Sect would end its seclusion and take part in the affairs of the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm.
• Old Man Wandu condemned Li Yunjing for seizing the Eastern Region Holy Temple and proposed that the five domains join forces to suppress the rebels and uphold the Holy Domain.

At the Myriad Gu Sect’s banquet, Li Yunjing publicly declared that he would overthrow the Holy Domain and won the support of many cultivators, humiliating Old Man Wandu. That night, Li Yunjing sneaked into the sect cemetery and began breaking the restriction on the tomb that concealed the ruins.

• Li Yunjing denounced the Holy Domain, vowed to kill the three Dao Lords and conquer the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm, and warned Old Man Wandu not to oppose him.
• Rogue cultivators and minor sect disciples pledged to follow Li Yunjing, while Old Man Wandu abandoned his attempt to unite the forces against him.
• After the banquet, Li Yunjing learned from Qinglian that the ruins’ entrance was in the cemetery and planned to sneak in for the treasure.
• Late at night, Li Yunjing used Void Divine Treasury to slip past the sect’s patrols, killed the two guards at the cemetery entrance, and entered the grounds.
• Li Yunjing reached the founding master’s tomb, identified its Yin Soldier Restriction, and channeled the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture into its runes.

Li Yunjing defeated the Yin soldier army guarding the ruins and found the Primordial Beginning Source Divine Crystal. When he touched it, its violent energy flooded into his body, and he began guiding it through his meridians with the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture.

• Li Yunjing entered the stone tomb and discovered a hidden door behind the coffin as the bones, wall carvings, and four Yin soldier generals came alive.
• Li Yunjing used the Taiyi Divine Eye to find the Yin soldiers’ soul flames, then purified the lesser creatures and killed the four generals with his sword.
• Li Yunjing recovered his spiritual power and followed the passage beyond the hidden door to an underground cavern.
• Qinglian identified the crystal on the cold jade platform as the Primordial Beginning Source Divine Crystal and explained that it could help Li Yunjing break through and strengthen his Dao foundation.
• Li Yunjing touched the crystal, endured the surge of energy, and circulated the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture to guide it through his body.

Li Yunjing absorbed the divine crystal and broke through to the Dao Union middle stage before the Myriad Gu Sect discovered his intrusion into their founding ancestor’s tomb. Surrounded by Old Man Wandu and the sect’s elders and disciples, Li Yunjing revealed his increased power as they attacked him.

• Li Yunjing broke through to the Dao Union middle stage, reached the seventh level of the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, and evolved the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword into a Spirit Treasure.
• After the divine crystal vanished, Li Yunjing left the tomb and encountered Old Man Wandu and the Myriad Gu Sect, who accused him of destroying their restrictions and Yin soldiers.
• Old Man Wandu and the sect’s disciples demanded Li Yunjing’s death, but Li Yunjing calmly warned them not to attack.
• Old Man Wandu unleashed his Myriad Gu Devour the Heart technique, but Li Yunjing’s purification light turned the venomous insects to ash.
• Old Man Wandu realized Li Yunjing had advanced to the Dao Union middle stage and ordered the elders to attack alongside him.

Li Yunjing defeated Old Man Wandu and destroyed the Myriad Gu Sect, sparing ordinary outer sect disciples while his allies pursued the sect’s elders and core disciples. He took the sect’s Myriad Gu Pot as onlookers praised him and called for the Holy Domain to be overthrown.

• Old Man Wandu unleashed his Life-Bound Poison Baleful Intent, but Li Yunjing purified it with Taiyi Qingwei and killed the Life-Bound Golden Silkworm Gu with Sword Qi.
• Old Man Wandu began a blood-fueled self-destruction, but Li Yunjing used Void Divine Treasury to close the distance and kill him with Soul Slaying.
• Hei Feng and Bi Shui pursued the fleeing Myriad Gu Sect members, while Li Yunjing ordered them to target resisting elders and core disciples rather than ordinary outer sect disciples.
• After half an hour, all seven elders were dead, and the Myriad Gu Sect was destroyed as surviving core disciples fled into the primeval forests.
• Li Yunjing found the Myriad Gu Pot in Old Man Wandu’s storage ring and took it; watching cultivators praised him and called for the Holy Domain to be overthrown.

Li Yunjing met Shen Tian, patriarch of the hidden God Race, who revealed that his people guarded the Innate Spirit Vein and sought an alliance against the three Dao Lords. Li Yunjing accepted, then followed Shen Tian with Hei Feng and Bi Shui into the God Race’s secret realm.

• A golden rift opened above Myriad Gu Mountain, and Shen Tian arrived with a squad of powerful winged warriors.
• Shen Tian told Li Yunjing that the God Race had existed since the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm’s earliest days and had secretly guarded the Innate Spirit Vein from the three Dao Lords.
• Shen Tian explained that the God Race’s hiding place was in danger and asked Li Yunjing to ally with them and protect the Innate Spirit Vein.
• Li Yunjing accepted the alliance between the Luozhen Sect and the God Race.
• Shen Tian invited Li Yunjing, Hei Feng, and Bi Shui to the God Race’s secret realm, and they flew through the golden rift together.

Li Yunjing and his companions arrived in the God Race’s Realm of the Gods, where Shen Tian brought him to meet the Southern Region’s hundred races and announced their alliance against the Holy Domain. The races split over whether to resist, surrender, or remain neutral, and Shen Tian challenged them to consider whether surrender would truly keep them safe.

• Li Yunjing and his companions admired the Realm of the Gods’ abundant Spiritual Qi and followed Shen Tian to the Hall of the Gods.
• Shen Tian introduced Li Yunjing to the leaders of the Southern Region’s races and announced that the God Race would fight with him against the Holy Domain.
• The Stone Race and Feather Race agreed to follow Li Yunjing, while the Mushroom Spirit, Flying Squirrel, and White Turtle races argued for surrender or neutrality.
• The races’ leaders argued among themselves until Shen Tian slammed the table and demanded silence.
• Shen Tian asked the gathered leaders whether the three Dao Lords would spare them even if they surrendered.

Shen Tian urged the Southern Region’s races to resist the three Dao Lords, but Mo Ying challenged his claim to rule and fought him in the square. Mo Ying trapped Shen Tian in the Domain of Darkness and gained the advantage with stealth attacks, leaving Shen Tian wounded and poisoned.

• Shen Tian warned the race leaders that the three Dao Lords sought the Innate Spirit Vein and planned to exterminate their races.
• Mo Ying accused Shen Tian of seeking power and challenged him for control of the Southern Region; Shen Tian accepted.
• Shen Tian and Mo Ying fought before the gathered races outside the Hall of the Gods, while Li Yunjing watched.
• Shen Tian struck with the God Race’s Judgment of the Gods, but Mo Ying evaded the golden lightning and unleashed the Domain of Darkness.
• Mo Ying stabbed Shen Tian’s shoulder with a poisoned dagger, then continued attacking from the shadows as Shen Tian struggled to defend himself.

Li Yunjing intervened when Mo Ying was about to kill Shen Tian, exposed Mo Ying’s stealth, and killed him. He then gave the assembled races a final choice: join him and the God Race against the Holy Domain or leave for good.

• Mo Ying overwhelmed the wounded Shen Tian with shadow clones and was about to stab him when Li Yunjing knocked away his dagger with Sword Qi.
• Li Yunjing rejected Mo Ying’s accusation of interference, then used his Divine Sense to locate him after he vanished into the shadows.
• Li Yunjing struck Mo Ying with the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword, and Mo Ying fell to his death despite begging for mercy.
• Li Yunjing warned the gathered races that the three Dao Lords could be killed and offered them the choice to join his fight against the Holy Domain or leave permanently.

Li Yunjing united the hundred races of the Southern Region with the Eastern Domain and organized their forces to resist the three Dao Lords. As the allied armies trained and grew stronger, a messenger reported the alliance to the Dao Lords, and the Scarlet Emperor erupted in anger.

• The Southern Region's race leaders agreed to follow Li Yunjing, and Shen Tian declared a united alliance with Li Yunjing as its leader.
• Li Yunjing assigned the Southern Region's races and the Eastern Domain's human forces to specialized armies and support roles.
• Li Yunjing urged the alliance to resist the three Dao Lords and made the Luozhen Sect's Dao soldier training methods available to cultivators.
• The Eastern Domain and Southern Region trained together, strengthening the Wu Earth Divine Soldiers, the Netherworld Shadow Slayer Army, and the Nine Heavens Thunderfire Army.
• A black-clad messenger told the three Dao Lords that Li Yunjing had unified the Southern Region and allied with the God Race, and the Scarlet Emperor angrily burned him with his power.

The three Dao Lords decided to wait a month for the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon to finish charging while they tried to obstruct Li Yunjing's expansion. Li Yunjing set out for the Western Regions, but found the Southern Region Holy Temple deserted.

• Azure Emperor and White Emperor persuaded Scarlet Emperor to delay attacking until the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon was ready, while sending agents to stir up trouble in the Western Regions and Northern Domain.
• Five days later, Li Yunjing decided to visit the Heavenly Dragon Temple in the Western Regions and arranged for Shen Tian and Bi Shui to guard the rear.
• Li Yunjing departed with Qingyun, Golden Wing King, Fairy Hongling, and the Dao soldier armies for the Southern Region Holy Temple, intending to use its teleportation array.
• Li Yunjing and his party found the Southern Region Holy Temple abandoned, its defenses disabled and its halls in disarray.