Chapter Summaries

Yu Tunzhou fought Xie Liyuan with his physical strength and martial arts, overcoming the Grandmaster’s Dharma Domain and Inner Heaven and Earth. After killing Xie Liyuan, Yu Tunzhou confronted Xie Xiao, who warned him against making an enemy of the Xie Household.

• Xie Liyuan used his Dharma Domain to distort space, but Yu Tunzhou’s palm and fist still struck him.
• Xie Liyuan guessed that Yu Tunzhou followed the Bloodline Martial Dao, but Yu Tunzhou declared that his power was Martial Dao and shattered Xie Liyuan’s saber with a punch.
• Xie Liyuan merged his Inner Heaven and Earth with the outer world and fought Yu Tunzhou, who met his attacks with physical strength alone.
• Yu Tunzhou judged Xie Liyuan’s Martial Dao weak and said he had held back to see what a Grandmaster could do when desperate.
• Yu Tunzhou unleashed his full strength and punched through Xie Liyuan’s body and Inner Heaven and Earth, killing him.
• Yu Tunzhou turned to Xie Xiao and said that every member of the Xie Household could be killed, while Xie Xiao warned that the household’s foundations would crush him.

Yu Tunzhou learned that the Xie Household had lost two Grandmasters and planned to head north, while clues from Jin Moyuan and Huntian made him suspect that Master Lu was a manifestation of an ancient Daoist figure. Elsewhere, An Ruyu warned Qingxuzi that the Peerless Imperial Lord might be behind the coming chaos, then set out to find the Human Emperor’s Three Rankings as questions about Lu Daolin deepened.

• Qin Zang watched Yu Tunzhou defeat Xie Liyuan and realized Yu Tunzhou might now rank among the Earth Ranking’s top five.
• Yu Tunzhou agreed to stay briefly with the Jin Household, then told Jin Moyuan that Xie Lihuo had also died in the Heavenly Court and announced he would go to the Northern Plains.
• Jin Moyuan warned Yu Tunzhou that the Xie Household controlled much of the Northern Plains and might be plotting against Dharma Aspect experts, and he told him that Huaiqing’s old azure ox had spoken and planned to go overseas.
• Huntian suggested that Master Lu’s knowledge and his old azure ox resembled those of a Dao Manifestation, leading Yu Tunzhou to question whether Master Lu had been connected to the Martial Dao and Lu Daolin.
• An Ruyu told Qingxuzi that the Peerless Imperial Lord might be guiding events and that the next calamity could begin in the Divine Capital; Qingxuzi went there while she planned to seek the Human Emperor’s Three Rankings.
• Yu Tunzhou wondered whether Master Lu had been Laojun’s Dao Manifestation and asked whose reflection Master Lu had seen in the Azure Emperor’s True Spirit Pool.

After killing Xie Liyuan and Xie Xiao, Yu Tunzhou cultivated One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones and created two powerful Dao bodies. He left the Jin Household for the Northern Plains as the Central Plains descended into chaos, with outsiders and Immortals and Gods causing disasters and Great Yan facing growing unrest.

• Jin Moyuan told the Jin Household elders that Xie Liyuan and Xie Xiao were dead and warned them that more than a hundred powerful returnees, some controlled by Immortals and Gods, had entered the Central Plains.
• A Jin Household elder proposed using Yu Tunzhou's reputation to unite Western Desert clans and position the Northern Dark Sea to contend for the Central Plains, and Jin Moyuan tacitly agreed.
• Stories of Yu Tunzhou's deeds in the Heavenly Court spread across the land as reports emerged of clans and towns destroyed by returnees and otherworldly forces.
• Yu Tunzhou cultivated One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones, creating the Taiji Daoist and the stronger Final Calamity Daoist, and learned to produce temporary clones from drops of blood.
• After nearly a month in seclusion, Yu Tunzhou bid Jin Moyuan farewell and set out for the Northern Plains, learning that Great Yan's inaction had angered the people and that clashes with Immortals and Gods had reached the Central Plains.

Yu Tunzhou investigated the Xie Household’s growing control of the Northern Plains and confronted its ally, Zhang Jiuyuan, in Dingbei City. After Zhang attacked him and Xie Linshi revealed the household’s trap, Yu Tunzhou’s two incarnations killed Zhang in a single breath, leaving Xie Linshi horrified.

• Yu Tunzhou learned that the Xie Household controlled most Northern Plains commandery cities and had allied with experts from beyond the heavens.
• Xie Linshi welcomed Zhang Jiuyuan to Dingbei City and arranged for him to stage a battle that would legitimize his control of the city.
• Zhang Jiuyuan admitted that he intended to cultivate using the city’s people and tried to lure Yu Tunzhou with a promised opportunity.
• Yu Tunzhou mocked Zhang Jiuyuan, shattered his runic chains with his bare hand, and revealed that he saw the blood-colored karmic force in Zhang’s Dao power.
• Xie Linshi activated a talisman as Zhang Jiuyuan unleashed his strongest Divine Ability against Yu Tunzhou.
• Yu Tunzhou’s Taiji Daoist and Final Calamity Daoist incarnations killed Zhang Jiuyuan and destroyed his Primordial Spirit, leaving Xie Linshi stunned.

Yu Tunzhou defeated the Xie Household’s Golden Crow Formation Spirit in Dingbei City, but learned that it could revive through the Northern Plains Grand Formation. After capturing the External Scenery cultivators who had fled, he became the target of a broader Xie Household plan to capture him alive.

• Yu Tunzhou killed Xie Linshi, then met the Golden Crow Formation Spirit’s attack and recognized it as a manifestation of the Xie Household’s grand formation.
• Yu Tunzhou and the Taiji Daoist used the Vajra Bracelet, their Dao bodies, and the Demon-Summoning Banner to destroy the Golden Crow’s body, but it warned that it would revive and hunt him again in two hours.
• Yu Tunzhou tracked down two fleeing External Scenery cultivators, broke the city-protecting formation shielding Qin Lie, and captured both men.
• Xie Tao learned that Yu Tunzhou had defeated the Golden Crow Formation Spirit and ordered the Xie Household to prepare to capture him.
• With Ancestor Shanyin occupied and Ancestor Shanhe unavailable, Xie Tao agreed to the Alliance of Immortals’ proposed terms in exchange for help capturing Yu Tunzhou alive.

Xie Tao decided to use the Alliance of Immortals to help capture Yu Tunzhou, while Yu discovered that killing outsiders and destroying the Xie Household’s formation earned him the Central Plains’ favor. After learning how the lower-realm cultivators exploited people for cultivation resources, Yu continued his assault on the Northern Plains and arrived at Dingxiang Commandery.

• Xie Tao told the Xie Household elders that Yu Tunzhou had killed Zhang Jiuyuan in fewer than three breaths, then ordered Zhang’s corpse sent to the Alliance of Immortals and revealed that Yu had entered the Northern Plains.
• Yu Tunzhou sensed heaven and earth’s favor after killing Zhang, and Huntian explained that outsiders unrecognized by the Central Plains’ Human Dao were counted as demons and fiends.
• Yu used Youyin Rogue Immortal to possess Xie Huashuang, obtain the Northern Plains formation map, and learn that the formation’s nodes could be destroyed by breaking their platforms.
• Yu discovered that lower-realm cultivators used pills made from people’s innate Qi and spirit, then killed Qin Lie and fled toward the nearest commandery city.
• Yu smashed Dingxiang Commandery’s defensive formation with two punches and descended into the city as Tuoba Yu watched him in awe.

Yu Tunzhou destroyed twenty-three of the Xie Household’s formation nodes and defeated the Golden Crow Formation Spirit again, while the Alliance of Immortals’ observers chose not to intervene. The Xie Household recalled its External Scenery experts and prepared an immortal weapon as Yu Tunzhou set his next battle for its headquarters in Northern Plains Commandery.

• Yu Tunzhou shattered the formation platforms in six commandery seats and seventeen county seats, killing Xie Household defenders along the way.
• The Golden Crow Formation Spirit confronted Yu Tunzhou, changed its body to fight in close combat, and lost again when Yu Tunzhou used the Vajra Bracelet to swallow its True Solar Fire.
• Two Alliance of Immortals observers identified Yu Tunzhou as a Body of Immortals and Gods but decided to wait and let the Xie Household face him alone.
• Xie Tao ordered the Xie Household’s External Scenery experts back to Northern Plains Commandery and told Xie Shanqin to warn the Alliance of Immortals and recall Ancestor Shanyin with an immortal weapon.
• Yu Tunzhou assessed the strain on his Primordial Spirit and decided to fight the Golden Crow Formation Spirit at the Xie Household’s headquarters when it revived.

Yu Tunzhou destroyed much of the Xie Household’s Northern Plains Grand Formation before recovering and launching a final assault on North Mountain Commandery. He killed the Golden Crow formation spirit and unleashed the stored True Solar Fire on the Xie Household’s stronghold, leaving the city and its defenders engulfed in flames.

• Yu Tunzhou destroyed formation platforms across more than twenty cities, while the Golden Crow formation spirit weakened and the Xie Household gathered its forces.
• Xie Tao sent Xie Shanyin to the ancestral shrine, where Xie Shanyin obtained the Soul-Binding Chain and learned it would assist the Xie Household.
• After two days of recovery, Yu Tunzhou returned to the Northern Plains and killed the Golden Crow formation spirit with three simultaneous strikes from his bodies.
• Three Half-Step Dharma Aspect experts attacked Yu Tunzhou, but he charged past them toward North Mountain Commandery instead of fleeing.
• Xie Tao activated the city’s killing array and threatened Yu Tunzhou, who released the True Solar Fire stored in the Vajra Bracelet.
• The True Solar Fire engulfed North Mountain Commandery, shattered its killing array, and burned most of the Xie Household cultivators on the city walls.

Yu Tunzhou defeated the Xie Household’s three Grandmasters and broke through the clan-protecting formation over its main residence. He prepared to confront the Immortal or God who had yet to appear, intent on ending the Xie Household’s power and ushering in a new dynasty in the Northern Plains.

• Yu Tunzhou captured the remnant souls of two old immortals and imprisoned the fleeing female immortal, while Xie Shanyin used the Soul-Binding Chain to target Yu Tunzhou’s Primordial Spirit.
• Huntian tricked the Soul-Binding Chain into seizing the Youyin Rogue Person instead, and Yu Tunzhou used the Vajra Bracelet to collect the chain.
• Yu Tunzhou defeated Xie Shanyin despite his Thunder Ministry arts, destroying his Inner Heaven and Earth and killing the Xie Household’s final Grandmaster.
• Yu Tunzhou saw that Xie Tao and the surviving Xie Household members had fled, then headed for the main residence because he still feared its hidden Immortal or God.
• Yu Tunzhou shattered the clan-protecting formation above the Xie Household’s main residence with the Vajra Bracelet and his fist.

Yu Tunzhou devastated the Xie Household and forced Xie Tao to activate a banishment formation that sent the clan into the lower realm. Xie Tao died warning that the Immortal Ancestor and Ancestor Shanhe would seek revenge, while a small temple linked to Lu Ya remained behind.

• Yu Tunzhou defeated Xie Linxue with a single finger and pursued Xie Tao through the Xie Household.
• Xie Tao and Xie Shanqin hid in the underground ancestral shrine, but Yu Tunzhou destroyed the ancestral hall above them and dismissed Qingsongzi's plea to spare the clan.
• Xie Tao activated the Xie Household's final measure, and the clan's main residence began sinking underground as Yu Tunzhou avoided interfering with the Dao Lord-level banishment.
• Xie Tao remained behind as a sacrifice for the formation, warned Yu Tunzhou that the Immortal Ancestor and Ancestor Shanhe would come for him, and turned to ash.
• Yu Tunzhou watched the Xie Household disappear into the lower realm and found a small temple left behind.

Yu Tunzhou received a great blessing from heaven and earth, destroyed the Buddha statue hidden in Lu Ya’s temple, and uncovered several treasures left by the Xie Household. After securing three immortal weapons and a fragment of the Human Emperor Seal, he heard Youyin Rogue Person offer to serve him.

• Yu Tunzhou’s blessing from heaven and earth accelerated the fusion of his Primordial Spirit Spirit Aspect and inner heaven and earth, bringing his breakthrough close.
• Yu Tunzhou used the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic to destroy the possessed Buddha statue, and Huntian learned that Yu Tunzhou possessed both the classic and the Book of Changes.
• Yu Tunzhou opened the temple’s stone caskets and found a section of Purity of the Six Roots Bamboo, a fragment of the Human Emperor Seal, and a fiery immortal fan.
• Yu Tunzhou subdued the fiery fan with the Vajra Bracelet, planted the bamboo in his Primordial Spirit Heaven and Earth, and found coordinates in the reunited Human Emperor Seal fragment.
• Youyin Rogue Person praised Yu Tunzhou and asked to serve him by residing in one of his divine weapons.

After driving the Xie Household out of the Northern Plains, Yu Tunzhou planned to stabilize the region by spreading martial arts and broke through to the External Scenery Third Layer. He then set out for the Northern Dark Sea to find the old Azure Ox Master Lu had left behind.

• Yu Tunzhou rejected Youyin Rogue Person’s offer of loyalty until he could capture Youyin’s true self in the Underworld, and learned that the true self was a Half-Immortal who ruled as a Yama King.
• Yu Tunzhou decided to spread martial arts in the Northern Plains, dismantle the Northern Plains Grand Formation, and visit the Northern Dark Sea after completing his breakthrough.
• The Xuanbei Luo Household learned that Yu Tunzhou had defeated the Xie Household and agreed to help stabilize the Northern Plains and spread his New Martial Arts method.
• The Gold-Wielding Guard and major powers across the Central Plains received word that Yu Tunzhou had driven out the entire Xie Household, leaving the region in shock.
• Yu Tunzhou emerged from seclusion after advancing to the External Scenery Third Layer, with his Ultimate Art beginning to take shape, and left for the Northern Dark Sea.

After consolidating his cultivation, Yu Tunzhou traveled toward the Northern Sea and met Jiang Wenxuan, who warned him about the Divine Capital’s powerful clans. He learned that Master Lu had been the Heavenly Venerable’s Dao and Virtue Manifestation, and the Azure Ox revealed that Yu Tunzhou was approaching a Buddhist tribulation.

• Yu Tunzhou reviewed reports of the Xie Household’s defeat and the Northern Plains powers’ growing struggle over its abandoned resources, then set out for the Northern Dark Sea.
• Yu Tunzhou located the Human Emperor Grotto-Heaven in the void and continued onward, entering the Cosmic Heaven Grand Array.
• Yu Tunzhou released his presence to attract help, and Jiang Wenxuan came to meet him and asked how he had defeated the Xie Household’s Golden Crow formation spirit.
• Jiang Wenxuan warned Yu Tunzhou that the Four Great Households of the Divine Capital were likely targeting him and that the Jiang Household’s ascension formation had used human lives.
• Yu Tunzhou met the Azure Ox, who confirmed that Master Lu had been the Heavenly Venerable’s Dao and Virtue Manifestation and said he would accompany Yu Tunzhou because a Buddhist upheaval threatened him.

Yu Tunzhou pieced together that his teacher might be preparing him to contend for the Heavenly Emperor's throne, while learning that the ancient upheaval and his own journeys through time held dangerous secrets. Before he could pursue those mysteries, three demon gods attacked the Northern Dark Sea, and Yu Tunzhou volunteered to face the Golden-Winged Great Peng.

• Yu Tunzhou questioned the green ox about the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue's plans, and concluded that he might be meant to take the Heavenly Emperor's throne by winning the Buddhist School's support.
• The green ox recalled that Celestial Venerable Yuanshi had already gone before Yu Tunzhou led him away, but could not explain what had happened during the ancient upheaval.
• Yu Tunzhou realized that the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic had enabled his journeys into the past and suspected that returning to the Primordial Era could be dangerous; he decided to seek out the Human Emperor instead.
• The green ox told Yu Tunzhou that they were to travel to Spirit Mountain as soon as possible, while Yu Tunzhou resolved to cultivate before the journey.
• Niu Kui, a Golden-Winged Great Peng, and a Green Mound Fox demon attacked the Northern Dark Sea's Cosmic Heaven Grand Array from the rear, prompting Jiang Wenxuan and Liu Qiandao to mobilize against them.
• Jiang Wenxuan asked Yu Tunzhou to hold off one demon god, and Yu Tunzhou chose the Golden-Winged Great Peng, promising to defeat it in half the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

Yu Tunzhou summoned Great Sage Huntian, who revealed his identity to Golden Firmament and ordered him to bring Niu Kui and Qingqiu before him. Golden Firmament then returned to the battlefield and attacked Niu Kui, leaving Jiang Wenxuan and Qingqiu stunned.

• Jiang Wenxuan used the Cosmic Heaven Grand Array to send Yu Tunzhou and Golden Firmament to the overseas battlefield while Niu Kui and Qingqiu attacked him.
• Golden Firmament demanded the Demon-Summoning Banner from Yu Tunzhou and offered to withdraw the Demon Race from the Northern Sea in exchange.
• Yu Tunzhou allowed Huntian to manifest, and Huntian identified himself as the ancestor of Golden Firmament's Golden-Winged Great Peng Lineage.
• Golden Firmament recognized Huntian, learned that Yu Tunzhou was Dao Lord Xuandu, and told Huntian about the powers dominating the Demon Race.
• Huntian ordered Golden Firmament to capture Niu Kui and Qingqiu, and Golden Firmament returned to Jiang Wenxuan's battlefield and struck Niu Kui instead of Jiang Wenxuan.

Golden Firmament brought Niu Kui and Qingqiu before the returned Great Sage Huntian, who revealed that the Demon-Summoning Banner and the Heavenly Court upheaval involved powerful forces within the Demon Race. The Northern Sea battlefront was set to pause, while the chapter ended with the Xiao Household betting that three Demon Gods would kill Yu Tunzhou.

• Golden Firmament attacked Niu Kui and announced that he had orders from Great Sage Huntian to take Niu Kui and Qingqiu into custody.
• Jiang Wenxuan brought the three Demon Gods to Yu Tunzhou, where Huntian emerged from Yu Tunzhou's Niwan Palace and revealed his resentment toward Niu Kui's ancestor for failing to help him against the Human Emperor.
• Qingqiu explained that someone had secretly directed the Demon Gods toward Yu Tunzhou, and Huntian warned that someone in the Demon Race was issuing orders in Niangniang's name and ordered the three to investigate.
• Huntian placed Primordial Spirit shackles on Niu Kui, Qingqiu, and Golden Firmament, then told them to conceal his return and identify the culprit within the Demon Race.
• Yu Tunzhou declared that the Northern Sea front could end, and Qingqiu agreed to help bring the offensive to a temporary halt.
• At the Qingliao Zhang Household, Elder Xiao told Zhang Qianyun that three Demon Gods would likely kill Yu Tunzhou, though she said the Xiao Household would admit defeat if they failed.

Zhang Qianyun gathered Northern Plains factions as the Alliance of Immortals sought powerful relics, while Yu Tunzhou explained his plan to spread martial arts and bring the Northern Plains under the Northern Dark Sea’s influence. The chapter ended with Huntian ordering the demon gods to keep an Xie Household Immortal from returning to the Central Plains and learning that Demon Emperor Niangniang’s silence followed the appearance of her descendant.

• Xiao Runyu told Zhang Qianyun to seize earth vein nodes, while Zhang met Northern Plains factions gathering to divide the Xie Household’s former territory.
• Fang Mingyuan offered Luo Diyang an Immortal weapon, five commandery cities, and covert support in exchange for the Luo Household’s Immortal remains, then approached representatives of other factions.
• Zhang Qianyun said Yu Tunzhou could not return soon, encouraging the assembled factions to pursue control of the Northern Plains.
• Yu Tunzhou told Jiang Wenxuan that the Northern Dark Sea should take charge of the Northern Plains and that spreading New Martial Arts would weaken the Aristocratic Clans’ monopoly.
• Jiang Wenxuan explained the Central Plains’ restrictions on Dharma Aspect experts and recognized that the Heavenly Dao’s recovery signaled the coming great tribulation.
• Huntian ordered Qingqiu to prevent an Xie Household Immortal from returning to the Central Plains, and Qingqiu revealed that Demon Emperor Niangniang had fallen silent after her descendant appeared at the Dragon Gate.

Yu Tunzhou learned more about the hidden strength of the Central Plains and the Dao Venerable’s imprint before Azure Ox sent Niu Kui flying with a single kick. Meanwhile, Han Wuj iu entered Xuanbei Commandery to claim the Luo Household’s immortal remains, as the Alliance of Immortals threatened to destroy the city unless the household surrendered them.

• Qingqiu explained that the Green Mound Fox Clan had been expelled from the Emperor Wa Palace and made a scapegoat after the failed Dragon Gate mission, prompting Huntian to suspect that the Demon Race’s factions were testing Niangniang’s influence.
• Jiang Wenxuan warned Yu Tunzhou that the Four Great Households had deep Immortal Dao foundations and that powers from beyond the heavens would join the coming struggle for the Central Plains.
• Azure Ox told Yu Tunzhou that Xuandu had used the Eight Trigrams Furnace to suppress the Dao Venerable’s imprint, but refused to explain further; then Azure Ox kicked Niu Kui out of sight when Niu Kui tried to awaken his intelligence.
• Han Wuj iu found an immortal’s remains beneath the Luo Household and planned to steal them, while the Alliance of Immortals’ leader demanded the remains and threatened to slaughter everyone in Xuanbei Commandery within three days.
• A woman in white warned Xue Wuya to leave Xuanbei Commandery, invoking Young Hero Guo’s survival of the Heavenly Court’s Life-and-Death Tribulation; Xue Wuya vanished with killing intent.

Luo Diyang rallied the Northern Plains powers against the Alliance of Immortals’ threat to Xuanbei Commandery, while Xiao Runyu suspected the threat concealed a larger scheme. Yu Tunzhou returned with Jiang Wenxuan, who caught Han Wuj iu infiltrating the Luo Household to steal the immortal remains and forced him to beg for his life.

• Luo Diyang exposed the Alliance of Immortals’ threat to slaughter Xuanbei Commandery, and Zhang Qianyun, the Scarlet Cloud Sect, and the Zhaoyang Li Household pledged support for the Luo Household.
• Zhang Qianyun reported the threat to Xiao Runyu, who suspected the Alliance of Immortals was using the Luo Household as bait and told him to follow its lead.
• Lü Qingxuan learned that the Northern Plains households had taken the bait and said the Alliance of Immortals was waiting for the Xiao Household to enter the game.
• Luo Xuanyue received a warning note from An Ruyu, then welcomed Yu Tunzhou back with Jiang Wenxuan, who sensed a Grandmaster from beyond the heavens inside the Luo Household.
• Jiang Wenxuan confronted Han Wuj iu as he tried to steal the immortal remains, broke his sleeve-world technique, and prompted Han Wuj iu to kneel and beg for his life.

Yu Tunzhou and Jiang Wenxuan uncovered why Han Wuj iu had infiltrated the Luo Household and learned that the immortal’s remains might be tied to the Human Emperor’s hidden blood descendants. They decided to stay concealed and watch the Alliance of Immortals, while Lü Qingxuan prepared to enter the unfolding conflict himself.

• Yu Tunzhou asked the Luo Household to take him to its immortal’s remains, while Jiang Wenxuan subdued Han Wuj iu and brought him to the secret chamber.
• Han Wuj iu admitted that Ge Cang had sent him to steal the remains so he could use them as a vessel for an Immortal or God’s descent, and Yu Tunzhou bound his Primordial Spirit with the Soul-Binding Chain.
• Han Wuj iu revealed that the Five Villages Temple had vanished and that its current namesakes belonged to the Alliance of Immortals; he also described finding an incomplete Universe in the Sleeve technique in an Immortal Heaven.
• Yu Tunzhou connected An Ruyu’s presence and the ancient remains to the Human Emperor’s blood descendants, then decided with Jiang Wenxuan to remain hidden and wait for the Alliance of Immortals’ next move.
• Lü Qingxuan learned Han Wuj iu had failed to act, dismissed him as unreliable, and decided to stake himself by entering the game.