Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing traveled to the Western Regions to seek the Heavenly Dragon Temple’s help in overthrowing the three Dao Lords, and learned why the temple had stayed out of the conflict. Master Huineng explained that the temple was bound by an agreement involving the powerful monk Wuchen.

• Li Yunjing found the Southern Region Holy Temple abandoned and sent Hei Feng and the others to guard it while he traveled west with Qingyun.
• Li Yunjing and Qingyun crossed the harsh desert on the Five-Clawed Heavenly Dragon and arrived at the Heavenly Dragon Temple in Spirit Isle.
• Master Huineng welcomed Li Yunjing and discussed the customs and people of the Western Regions with him.
• Li Yunjing asked the Heavenly Dragon Temple to join forces against the three Dao Lords and restore peace to the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm.
• Master Huineng explained that Wuchen, his grandmaster’s junior brother from the Upper Realm Buddhist Kingdom, had agreed not to intervene or leave the Western Regions in exchange for the three Dao Lords promising not to invade it.

Old Monk Wuchen discussed the Dao with Li Yunjing, helping him refine his cultivation and prepare to challenge the three Dao Lords. He then began revealing the Dao Lords’ fatal weaknesses.

• Old Monk Wuchen met Li Yunjing and agreed to guide him, though a pact prevented him from intervening directly against the three Dao Lords.
• Wuchen explained how Buddhist teachings and Daoist cultivation shared a common source, then pointed out flaws in Li Yunjing’s three main techniques.
• Wuchen taught Li Yunjing to temper his sword intent with compassion, strengthen his cultivation with the indestructible vajra principle, and deepen his understanding of space.
• After three days and nights of discussion, Li Yunjing advanced the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture to its eighth level, created an eighth sword form, and learned to open an independent small space.
• Wuchen began explaining the fatal flaws in the three Dao Lords’ Dao principles to help Li Yunjing defeat them.

Li Yunjing learned how the three Dao Masters’ elemental powers could be countered before the High Antiquity Ice God's palace emerged in the Northern Domain. Determined to claim its inheritance before the Scarlet Emperor, he set out with his companions and the Five-Clawed Heavenly Dragon.

• Old Monk Wuchen explained the elemental weaknesses of the Azure Emperor, Scarlet Emperor, and White Emperor, and told Li Yunjing they had long fought over the Primordial Beginning Origin.
• Old Monk Wuchen sensed the High Antiquity Ice God's palace awakening in the Northern Domain and explained that the Ice God had opposed the three Dao Masters before sealing his palace and falling into slumber.
• Cultivators across the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm set out for the Northern Domain, while the three Dao Masters sent the Scarlet Emperor to seize the Ice God's inheritance and stayed behind to guard the Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain.
• Li Yunjing decided to reach the Ice God's inheritance before the three Dao Masters, and Old Monk Wuchen gave him a Cold-Warding Pearl.
• Master Huineng assigned the Five-Clawed Heavenly Dragon to carry Li Yunjing north, and the Hei Feng Devil Bear and Fairy Hongling joined him as he departed.

The Scarlet Emperor arrived at the Ice God's palace and ordered every cultivator to leave so he could claim the inheritance. Xue Weng and the Northern Domain cultivators refused to abandon it, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight him.

• Cultivators from across the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm gathered around the newly emerged Ice God's palace in the Northern Domain.
• The Scarlet Emperor arrived and demanded that everyone leave, killing a Dao Union Middle Stage cultivator who dared to object.
• Most cultivators fled, but Xue Weng and a handful of Late Dao Union natives stayed to defend the Northern Domain's claim to the inheritance.
• Xue Weng offered the Scarlet Emperor loyalty and increased tribute, but he rejected the offer and threatened to wipe out the Snow Race.
• The Scarlet Emperor prepared to attack, and Xue Weng and the Northern Domain cultivators readied themselves to fight to the death.

Li Yunjing arrived at the Ice God Palace with Hei Feng and Fairy Hongling, where he confronted the Scarlet Emperor and blocked his full-strength attack. When the palace gates opened, the Scarlet Emperor rushed inside to claim the Ice God's inheritance, and Li Yunjing followed with the others.

• Li Yunjing arrived on the Five-Clawed Heavenly Dragon and greeted Xue Weng as the Scarlet Emperor watched.
• The Scarlet Emperor threatened to kill Li Yunjing and use a secret weapon to destroy the Eastern Domain and Southern Region.
• Li Yunjing summoned the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword and blocked the Scarlet Emperor's fire dragon with the Taiyi Qingwei Shield.
• The Ice God Palace gates opened, and the Scarlet Emperor rushed inside to seek the Ice God's inheritance.
• Li Yunjing called to the others and followed the Scarlet Emperor into the palace.

Li Yunjing led the group through the Ice God Palace, where they collected weapons, pills, cultivation methods, and crafting materials. They reached a great ice gate at the palace’s deepest point, which Xue Weng believed concealed Lord Ice God’s resting place.

• Li Yunjing warned the group to stay close and carefully led them into the palace.
• The group took weapons from the armory, with Hei Feng choosing an ice axe and shield and Fairy Hongling choosing two ice blades.
• Li Yunjing secured three Nine-Revolution Ice Lotus Pills while the others chose pills from the pill room.
• The group copied the cultivation methods and divine abilities in the pavilion, including the Ice God Instruction, under Li Yunjing’s rule against sharing them with outsiders.
• Li Yunjing guided the group through traps as they gathered treasures and rare ores, and they arrived at a massive ice gate carved with a phoenix.
• Xue Weng said the gate likely led to the place where Lord Ice God lay in slumber.

Li Yunjing opened the Ice God’s sealed resting place and found him barely alive after three hundred thousand years. After Bing’er promised the Ice God would submit and help him overthrow the three Dao Lords, Li Yunjing agreed to save him and prepared to begin.

• Li Yunjing broke the restriction on the ice door and entered the hall with Hei Feng, Fairy Hongling, Xue Weng, and the others.
• Xue Weng and the Northern Domain cultivators recognized the Ice God in the coffin, while Li Yunjing discovered that he still breathed but was close to death.
• Bing’er revealed herself as the Ice God Palace’s artifact spirit and explained how she had sustained her master since the three Dao Lords ambushed him.
• Bing’er offered the Ice God’s allegiance and the Northern Domain’s support in exchange for Li Yunjing saving her master.
• Li Yunjing accepted, and everyone moved aside as he prepared to treat the Ice God.

Li Yunjing revived the Ice God and persuaded him to join the fight against the three Dao Lords. The Ice God confronted the Scarlet Emperor, and Li Yunjing prepared to ensure the Scarlet Emperor would not escape alive.

• Li Yunjing used his life force to heal the Ice God, who awakened in the ice coffin.
• The Ice God learned about Li Yunjing’s plans and the three Dao Lords’ crimes, then pledged his support and vowed revenge.
• The Scarlet Emperor arrived, recognized the Ice God, and faced his old enemy in the hall.
• The Ice God attacked the Scarlet Emperor while Li Yunjing told Hei Feng and Fairy Hongling to stay back and raised the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword.

Li Yunjing and the Ice God joined forces to defeat and kill the Scarlet Emperor in the Ice God Palace. The Ice God confirmed the Scarlet Emperor’s warning that the Dao Lords could be resurrected, leaving the threat unresolved.

• The Ice God attacked the Scarlet Emperor with ice techniques while the Scarlet Emperor fought back with his flames, shaking the Ice God Palace.
• Li Yunjing emerged from concealment and wounded the Scarlet Emperor’s divine soul with the Nine True Magnetic Light Sword.
• The Ice God trapped the weakened Scarlet Emperor inside an iceberg, and Li Yunjing pierced him with the Tiger-Shooting Bow.
• The Scarlet Emperor died after warning that he would resurrect in the divine mountain, and Xue Weng, Hei Feng, and Fairy Hongling celebrated his defeat.
• The Ice God thanked Li Yunjing for his help, then confirmed that the Scarlet Emperor had told the truth about the Dao Lords’ ability to return to life.

Li Yunjing learned that the Scarlet Emperor could revive through the Heart of Origin and planned to sever the three Dao Masters’ soul imprints before they could return. He organized the domains for a final assault on the Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain, then returned to the Luozhen Sect to request reinforcements.

• The Ice God explained that the three Dao Masters could revive through their soul imprints bound to the Heart of Origin, and Li Yunjing proposed shattering the imprints without destroying the realm’s foundation.
• Li Yunjing ordered the Ice God and Xue Weng to muster the Northern Domain, told Hei Feng to help Qingyun prepare the Eastern Domain’s troops, and announced that he would seek reinforcements from the Tianyuan Realm.
• Li Yunjing, Hei Feng, and Fairy Hongling returned to the Eastern Region Holy Temple, where Li Yunjing told Qingyun that the Scarlet Emperor was dead and ordered him to prepare the Eastern Domain for the final assault.
• Li Yunjing appeared at the Luozhen Sect’s teleportation array and asked the guarding disciple to summon Elder Mo and the others.

Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Sect and secured reinforcements to conquer the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm. He led Mu You, a hundred disciples, and three fleets to the Eastern Region Holy Temple, where they prepared to attack the Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain before its cannon finished charging.

• Li Yunjing told Mo Xuan and the elders that he had subdued three regions and killed the Scarlet Emperor, then explained the strength of the remaining forces and the Holy Domain.
• Mo Xuan agreed to send reinforcements, and Li Yunjing chose Mu You, a hundred disciples, and the First, Second, and Fifth Fleets for the expedition.
• Ninety Mystic Crane Flying Cloud Boats and the disciples gathered, then Li Yunjing led them through the teleportation array into the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm.
• Li Yunjing’s fleet arrived above the Eastern Region Holy Temple, where Qingyun and the Eastern Domain’s senior figures welcomed him and Mu You.
• Qingyun reported that the Azure Emperor and White Emperor were powering the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon, which would finish charging in about ten days.

Li Yunjing led the allied armies of the Eastern Domain, Southern Region, and Northern Domain toward the Holy Domain after learning that its Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon was charging. At Holy Radiance City, the Mystic Crane Flying Cloud Boats shattered the city’s protective formation and blasted through its walls.

• Qingyun warned Li Yunjing that the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon could devastate the Eastern Domain and Southern Region, so Li Yunjing ordered the armies to march immediately.
• Li Yunjing, Shen Tian, and the Ice God led the three allied forces toward the central Holy Domain.
• A spy reported to the Azure Emperor and White Emperor that the Scarlet Emperor had been killed by Li Yunjing and the Ice God, and that their million-strong army was nearing Holy Radiance City.
• The Azure Emperor ordered Holy Domain forces to reinforce Holy Radiance City and hold it for ten days while the Divine Punishment Cannon finished charging.
• The allied armies surrounded Holy Radiance City, and Li Yunjing ordered the ninety Mystic Crane Flying Cloud Boats to fire their 3,600 spirit crystal cannons.
• The first volley shattered the city's protective formation, collapsed a large section of its wall, and inflicted heavy casualties on the defenders.

Li Yunjing’s allied army swept through the Holy Domain’s defenses and reached Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain in a single day. As the Azure Emperor and White Emperor began charging the Divine Punishment Cannon early, Old Monk Wuchen and two Dao Union Perfection experts confronted them.

• Li Yunjing ordered the Flying Cloud Boats and three Dao soldier forces to attack Holy Radiance City, while the Netherworld Shadow Slayer Army infiltrated the city and killed its defending general.
• The allied army captured Holy Radiance City in about a quarter of an hour, then advanced through three defensive lines and seventeen cities in one day.
• At the Primordial Beginning Hall, the Azure Emperor and White Emperor ordered their remaining troops to withdraw to the divine mountain and decided to activate the Divine Punishment Cannon early.
• The Azure Emperor and White Emperor began channeling power into the cannon in its underground palace, intending to destroy the allied army.
• Old Monk Wuchen entered with an azure-robed swordsman and a gray-robed elder, all three at Dao Union Perfection, and challenged the two Dao Lords.

Old Monk Wuchen, Qingmingzi, and True Person Xuanfu stopped the Azure Emperor and White Emperor from activating the Divine Punishment Cannon, trapping them in a formation. Li Yunjing, the Ice God, and Mu You arrived, and the gathered forces began their attack on the two emperors.

• Old Monk Wuchen broke his agreement to remain inactive and introduced Qingmingzi and True Person Xuanfu, who joined him to settle old grievances against the emperors.
• The Azure Emperor and White Emperor attacked, but Wuchen, Qingmingzi, and Xuanfu trapped them in the Three Realms Demon-Subduing Formation.
• Li Yunjing, the Ice God, and Mu You entered the palace, leaving the emperors outnumbered and unable to escape or activate the cannon.
• Li Yunjing thanked Wuchen and the two seniors, then the group agreed to finish the fight quickly and released the formation.
• Mu You attacked the White Emperor while Li Yunjing assigned Qingmingzi and Xuanfu to assist him, and Wuchen and the Ice God moved against the Azure Emperor.

Li Yunjing and his allies killed the Azure Emperor and White Emperor, then used the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon to strike the Heart of Origin. The Heart of Origin was engulfed in destructive energy as the Primordial Beginning Divine Mountain began to collapse.

• Li Yunjing anticipated the Azure Emperor's escape and wounded him with God Slaying, allowing the Ice God and Old Monk Wuchen to destroy his body and soul.
• Li Yunjing struck the White Emperor's divine soul with God Slaying, killing him and ending the rule of the three Dao Lords.
• Li Yunjing warned that the Dao Lords could be resurrected through their imprints anchored to the Heart of Origin, and the group decided to destroy it.
• True Person Xuanfu aimed and charged the Primordial Beginning Divine Punishment Cannon while the others supplied spiritual power.
• Li Yunjing ordered the cannon fired, and its beam struck the Heart of Origin, shaking the divine mountain and reducing the summit to dust.

After destroying the three Dao Masters’ soul imprints, Li Yunjing helped restore the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm’s laws and brought its territories under Luozhen Sect rule. He appointed local leaders, established rewards for merit, and began cultivating at the Heart of Origin to advance his own cultivation.

• The three Dao Masters’ soul imprints were erased, allowing the Dao Realm’s laws to repair themselves and the Heart of Origin to distribute its power throughout the realm.
• Li Yunjing ordered the surrendered forces treated fairly, and Luozhen Sect took control of every city in the five domains over the next half month.
• Li Yunjing appointed Wuchen and the Ice God to lead the branch sect and assigned regional posts to Xue Weng, Shen Tian, Qingyun, and Master Huineng.
• Li Yunjing entrusted the Three Kings of the Eastern Domain with rebuilding the Myriad Demon Hall and appointed Qingmingzi and Xuanfu as guest elders.
• Li Yunjing established a Dao lecture platform and a merit system that let cultivators earn methods, pills, Law Artifacts, and access to the Heart of Origin.
• Li Yunjing went to the summit and began cultivating with the power of origin, aiming to reach late Dao Union or Dao Union Perfection.

Li Yunjing used Qinglian’s help to refine the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm’s source Qi and approached a breakthrough to Late Dao Union. When the three fallen Dao Lords’ lingering wills threatened his sea of consciousness, Qinglian shielded him and revealed that she was part of the world itself.

• Li Yunjing struggled to refine the chaotic source Qi for three days, finding that it disrupted his spiritual power instead of strengthening his cultivation.
• Qinglian appeared and explained that, as the Primordial Beginning Azure Lotus, she could sort the source Qi because she shared its origin.
• Qinglian guided the source Qi into orderly streams, allowing Li Yunjing to cultivate safely as his Dao foundation and soul grew stronger.
• Li Yunjing neared a breakthrough to Late Dao Union, but the three Dao Lords’ lingering wills surged toward his sea of consciousness.
• Qinglian blocked the wills with her azure light, then revealed that she had once been part of the world and did not need to regrow into a nine-thousand-year-old azure lotus to regain her strength.

Qinglian merged with the Heart of Origin to become the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm’s Innate Spirit Root, cleansing its origin and allowing Li Yunjing to reach Dao Union Perfection. After sensing Qinglian’s presence within the origin, Li Yunjing returned to Tianyuan and upgraded the Luozhen Island teleportation array.

• Qinglian merged with the Heart of Origin, purifying the Dao Realm and spreading life force throughout its five domains.
• Li Yunjing absorbed the pure origin power, broke through to Late Dao Union, and cultivated until he reached Dao Union Perfection.
• The Dao Realm celebrated Li Yunjing’s breakthrough as Qinglian’s transformation brought renewed vitality and clearer Dao principles to its inhabitants.
• Li Yunjing sensed Qinglian’s presence in the Heart of Origin and resolved to return to Tianyuan.
• Li Yunjing appeared at the Luozhen Island teleportation array, saw that it could be upgraded, and immediately raised its level.

After upgrading the teleportation formation, Li Yunjing found that the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion still needed a rare thousand-year spirit spring source before it could be improved. A year later, a heaven-spanning phenomenon caused Spiritual Qi to surge across the Tianyuan Dao Realm, leaving Li Yunjing and the Immortal Alliance’s leaders astonished.

• Li Yunjing upgraded the teleportation formation, adding the Spacetime Return to the Origin Realm-Guarding Grand Formation.
• Li Yunjing inspected the sect panel and found that the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion was the only building still eligible for an upgrade.
• Li Yunjing learned that upgrading the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion required a thousand-year spirit spring source, which he decided to create using Luozhen Sect’s resources.
• A year later, Li Yunjing sensed Spiritual Qi boiling, left his cave abode, and saw seven-colored rosy light spread across the sky as Spiritual Qi grew denser.
• Li Yunjing observed golden radiance and surging spiritual essence in Azure Jiao Marsh, while vegetation along its shore rapidly flourished.
• Zhang Jianchen and eight elders in Heaven-Soaring City watched the Immortal Alliance’s astrolabe tremble violently as its star paths turned chaotic.

The Primordial Dao Fruit appeared after a hundred thousand years, triggering a Spiritual Qi tide and a race between the righteous and devil paths to claim it. As Devil Master Xuanchen mobilized the devil sects, Li Yunjing and Mo Xuan discussed the treasures appearing around Azure Jiao Marsh and the danger they could attract.

• Wang Heng and Zhang Jianchen failed to divine the heavenly phenomenon, and Patriarch Xuanji revealed that the Primordial Dao Fruit was about to descend.
• Zhang Jianchen ordered cultivators from the Immortal Alliance's seventy-two sects to gather at Heaven-Soaring City and keep the fruit from the devil path.
• Golden lotuses and rosy light appeared across the Five Provinces, while Devil Master Xuanchen awakened and ordered the thirty-six Devil Dao Sects to assemble near the Chaos Abyss.
• The Spiritual Qi tide brought ancient treasures and fortuitous opportunities across the Five Provinces, stirring cultivators into action.
• At Azure Jiao Marsh, Mo Xuan reported that treasures were appearing around the basin, and Li Yunjing warned that the phenomenon could bring trouble to the Luozhen Sect.