Chapter Summaries

Shen Ge dragged a cultivator’s soul into the ghost gate, triggering a strange change in the heavens across the Eight Desolations. Elsewhere, Su Sui and her companions fled Snow Butterflies and sought help from Xu Yaoyang’s group.

• Shen Ge opened the ghost gate, bound the leader of the three cultivators, and dragged his soul inside, causing thunder to resound throughout the Eight Desolations.
• Powerful figures and Venerable Reincarnation sensed that the heavens had changed, while divinations across the realm revealed only chaos.
• Shen Ge destroyed the leader’s body and hurried away; the third brother later returned to the battlefield and mourned his companions while planning to take the leader’s beauty.
• Su Sui, Lu Xiu, and their companion fled a swarm of Snow Butterflies and approached Xu Yaoyang’s group for help.
• Xu Yaoyang let the three women pass behind his group and warned his companions against exploiting them or risking their lives for greed.

A year after leaving the Earth Marsh Region, Shen Ge explored Mechanical City in the Red Maple Region and visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to find books on artifact refinement. He bought a valuable book and began browsing the pavilion’s high-end pill offerings.

• Shen Ge arrived in Mechanical City, watched mechanical Tuotuo Beasts pass, and entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• A Golden Core Stage attendant led Shen Ge through the pavilion’s privacy-protected halls and asked whether he wanted to sell any Law Treasures.
• Shen Ge examined ten artifact-refinement books and chose One Hundred Explanations of the Innate for five thousand high-grade Spirit Stones.
• The attendant offered Shen Ge a list of more than three hundred pills, all above the third tier, for him to inspect and order.

Shen Ge reached Azure Vastness Province ahead of the upcoming trial, where rumors about three women claiming the Lord of the Snow Domain’s inheritance made him fear for his disciples. Meanwhile, Su Sui and the other two hid in seclusion, while Mo Qingyu challenged five Heavenly River Limitless Sect disciples for a chance to become an outer disciple.

• Shen Ge sensed that Mo Shang had recognized him in Mechanical City, but he teleported away before identifying him; Mo Shang decided to avoid Shen Ge and changed his route.
• After waiting in vain for the suspicious man in Bamboo Sea City, Shen Ge left and eventually reached Azure Vastness Province, where he rebuffed Cao Fengsheng’s attempts to befriend him.
• In Azure Origin City, Shen Ge heard that three Nascent Soul women had outmaneuvered the Li Household over the Lord of the Snow Domain’s inheritance and worried they might be his disciples.
• Su Sui and the other two cultivated in seclusion near the Red Maple Region, relying on their teleportation arrays to escape if the Li Household found them.
• Mo Qingyu challenged five Heavenly River Limitless Sect disciples, asking whether she could become an outer disciple if she defeated them, and an ethereal voice agreed.

Shen Ge entered the Thunderfire Secret Realm trial and searched for jade stones while spectators watched the contestants and placed bets. He reached a fierce fight among ten Peak Nascent Soul cultivators over a purple jade stone.

• Shen Ge arrived at Azure Origin Square, where Venerable Thunder Sea explained the trial’s realms, risks, and point values for jade stones.
• Shen Ge entered the Thunderfire Secret Realm, found nearby stones already claimed, and flew deeper into the vast realm.
• Shen Ge collected ten yellow jade stones and headed toward the center in search of valuable purple stones.
• Ye Xingchen found the first purple jade stone, prompting spectators to discuss his prospects and place bets on his ranking.
• Shen Ge encountered ten Peak Nascent Soul cultivators fighting over a purple jade stone in a mass of lightning.

Shen Ge concealed his strength while competing for purple jade in a secret-realm battle, letting the other contestants weaken one another. After the Wind God Palace disciple was killed and more fighters withdrew, Shen Ge took a fleeing contestant’s Storage Bag and faced the remaining two.

• A Wind God Palace disciple attacked the other nine contestants with a storm, prompting them to join forces against him.
• The Purple Wondrous Palace saintess and a Heavenly Sword Sect disciple killed the Wind God Palace disciple, while Shen Ge contributed only a minor attack.
• Shen Ge stayed at the edge of the fight, carefully avoiding attention as the remaining contestants battled.
• After another fighter fled seriously injured, Shen Ge took his Storage Bag containing jade and returned toward the two remaining opponents.
• The two opponents realized that something was wrong when Shen Ge approached again instead of leaving.

Shen Ge fought a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect and a woman from the Purple Wondrous Palace over a piece of purple jade, while High Person Liyue recognized him as a former Spirit Moon Sect disciple. The three opponents paused to recover, with Shen Ge asking why they would risk their lives for the jade.

• Shen Ge used his sword formation and Law Treasures to fight both opponents, but the woman took control of two of his treasures and refused to withdraw.
• High Person Liyue recognized Shen Ge’s Spirit Moon Sect sword techniques and identified him as the long-missing disciple who had reached the Golden Core Stage and acquired the Samsara Method.
• Wang Hua became jealous of Shen Ge’s achievements, but High Person Liyue calmed him and warned him against comparing himself with people of exceptional talent and fortune.
• Shen Ge focused most of his counterattacks on the Heavenly Sword Sect disciple, leaving him gravely wounded while the woman suffered only a few strikes.
• The three fighters separated to recover around the glowing purple jade, and Shen Ge questioned why they were risking their lives for an item worth ten thousand points.

Shen Ge stole the purple jade and fled rather than reveal the Samsara Method, then was confronted by Zhu Xiu, a powerful cultivator from the Snow Moon Zhu Household. Zhu Xiu attacked but failed to take the jade, and Shen Ge questioned him about his connection to Bai Wushuang.

• Shen Ge seized the purple jade while his opponents were recovering, blocked the Heavenly Sword Sect cultivator's attack with a shield, and escaped.
• Observers outside the trial were surprised by Shen Ge's theft, while a Spirit Severing Realm expert noted that he was hiding his strength.
• Shen Ge outran the Purple Wondrous Sect holy maiden and assessed how his strength compared with the trial's other geniuses.
• Zhu Xiu of the Snow Moon Zhu Household tried to take Shen Ge's purple jade, but Shen Ge used a defensive Law Treasure to withstand his sudden punch and pull away.
• Shen Ge asked whether Zhu Xiu was connected to Bai Wushuang, and Zhu Xiu said he belonged only to the Snow Moon Zhu Household.

Shen Ge escaped Zhu Xiu by striking at his divine soul, then was drawn into a fight against the Black Mysterious Sect while trying to avoid trouble. After he helped Qingyi's group, Shen Ge's warning brought a crowd of pursuers, and they surrounded him as he fled.

• Zi Huang joined Shen Ge in attacking Zhu Xiu, but his Fierce Battle Instruction let him withstand their strikes.
• Shen Ge used a divine soul flying sword to daze Zhu Xiu and escape, while Zi Huang left separately.
• Qingyi called Shen Ge to help her group against three Black Mysterious Sect disciples, and Shen Ge returned despite not wanting to get involved.
• Xiong Xin's group trapped Shen Ge and the others in a Five Elements Grand Formation, but they retreated when more than a dozen cultivators approached.
• Shen Ge told Qingyi not to claim she knew him and fled, but thirteen pursuers caught up and surrounded him.

Shen Ge escaped a deadly attack by killing Wentian with a powerful soul Sword Qi, then spent a month tracking down the Daoist who had taken his purple jade. He cornered Qingyu and demanded the Clear Void Palace technique Know Heaven's Mandate, leaving Qingyu to agree under threat of death.

• Shen Ge scattered his purple jade to divide his pursuers, then used soul Sword Qi to split Wentian's Heaven and Earth One Sword and kill him.
• The remaining pursuers fled, and Qingyi helped Shen Ge escape as Xiong Xin decided not to attack him.
• A month later, Shen Ge captured the Daoist, took his Storage Bag, and discovered it held only five pieces of purple jade.
• The Daoist claimed to be Qingyu of the Clear Void Palace, while the Clear Void Palace elder outside the secret realm denied knowing him.
• Shen Ge demanded Know Heaven's Mandate in exchange for Qingyu's life, and Qingyu agreed after Shen Ge pressed swords against his head.

Shen Ge obtained Qingyu’s supposed copy of Clear Void Palace’s secret method, while Ye Xingchen accidentally stole Qingyu’s hidden purple jade. As contestants gathered to compete for Lightning Origin, Shen Ge reunited with Li Xue and agreed to rely on her help to claim fragments.

• Qingyu gave Shen Ge a Jade Slip and swore that it contained the genuine “Know Heaven’s Mandate,” convincing the Clear Void Palace elder outside the secret realm that he might know the sect’s ultimate art.
• Ye Xingchen found and took all of Qingyu’s hidden purple jade, leaving Qingyu furious when he returned and discovered the theft.
• Shen Ge and Meng Yan headed toward the Lightning Origin, while Zi Huang followed Meng Yan and a crowd gathered to seize the treasure’s fragments.
• Shen Ge spotted Ye Xingchen and Meng Yan among the crowd, then reunited with Li Xue, who offered to withstand attacks while he grabbed the larger Lightning Origin fragments.
• Ye Xingchen greeted Li Xue and told her that Yue Shan and Lin Yu would soon hold their dao companion ceremony; Li Xue declined to return but promised an early congratulatory gift.

Shen Ge seized a fragment of the origin of lightning with Li Xue’s help, then escaped using Yin-Yang Roaming as others pursued him. Outside the secret realm, powerful observers analyzed his movement technique and discussed Li Xue’s master and the possible ascension of Venerable Thunder Sea’s master.

• When the lightning around the origin faded, cultivators attacked and shattered it into fragments, triggering a deadly battle over the pieces.
• Shen Ge reached for the largest fragment, but more than twenty experts attacked him at once.
• Li Xue activated a formation to block the attacks, giving Shen Ge time to seize the fragment before she withdrew from the battle.
• Shen Ge used Yin-Yang Roaming to escape, and several figures chased after him.
• Venerable Thunder Sea, Venerable Heavenly Craft, and Venerable Azure Nether discussed Shen Ge’s movement technique and said they could not identify his background.
• Venerable Heavenly Craft recognized Li Xue’s formation as the work of old woman Xu, while Venerable Thunder Sea reflected that his master might soon ascend.

Shen Ge reunited with Li Xue, shared the Lightning Origin with her, and learned that she had waited for him and fallen in love with him. After he declined to return her feelings, Li Xue asked about Bai Lili and revealed that she was being hunted in the Bright Moon Region.

• Shen Ge thanked Li Xue for helping him obtain the Lightning Origin and gave her half of it.
• Li Xue told Shen Ge she had searched for him after he disappeared and explained that their experiences together had brought him into her heart.
• Li Xue confessed her feelings, but Shen Ge said someone else was already in his heart, so she let him go.
• Li Xue asked how Bai Lili had learned the Samsara Method, and Shen Ge said she had captured him on the Ice and Snow Plateau.
• Li Xue told Shen Ge that Bai Lili was in the Bright Moon Region and was being hunted by a small sect.

Li Xue used a powerful Immortal-Trapping Formation to subdue three cultivators who tried to rob Shen Ge, then joined him in searching for purple jade. Outside, several Venerables discussed the pair and wondered whether Shen Ge's attacks were connected to the Star Sea Bright Moon Sect or its branch, the Spirit Moon Sect.

• Shen Ge and Li Xue were surrounded by three cultivators who demanded their Lightning Origin and possessions.
• Li Xue trapped the three in an Immortal-Trapping Formation and made them surrender their Storage Bags before letting them flee.
• Li Xue showed Shen Ge the formation's deadly power, said she had come to find him, and offered him her purple jade.
• Shen Ge took the surrendered Storage Bags and asked Li Xue to help him rob more cultivators for purple jade.
• Venerable Thunder Sea and Venerable Azure Nether discussed Li Xue's formation and Shen Ge's mysterious origins.
• Venerable Heavenly Craft sensed a faint trace of the Star Sea Bright Moon Sect in Shen Ge's attacks, and Venerable Azure Nether asked about the Spirit Moon Sect in the Luo Heaven Sea.

The trial ended, and Shen Ge and Li Xue were transported out as the rankings and rewards were announced. Shen Ge exchanged points for the Record of Exotic Beasts and the last available Phoenix tail feather, then let Li Xue choose from what remained.

• Shen Ge and Li Xue discussed the trouble they might face after leaving the trial, and Li Xue promised her master would help protect them.
• The trial ended, and the survivors were transported out; Shen Ge saw Dao Jin ranked first, Ye Xingchen seventh, Zhu Xiu tenth, and his alias Shen Linfeng seventeenth.
• Venerable Thunder Sea distributed the rewards, and the top five Nascent Soul participants chose entry to the Myriad Spirits Realm.
• Venerable Thunder Sea privately told Shen Ge that Azure Origin had a teleportation formation to Heaven's Edge Domain and invited him to Azure Origin Palace.
• Shen Ge exchanged five million points for the Record of Exotic Beasts and seven million for the last Phoenix tail feather, frustrating Qingyu, who had wanted the book and another item.
• After spending most of his points, Shen Ge gave his token to Li Xue so she could choose an item.

Shen Ge and Li Xue discussed Meng Yan’s role in Qin Yu’s death, while Meng Yan chose not to expose Shen Ge to the Heavenly Sword Sect. After Shen Ge left Li Xue, the story shifted to Bai Lili, who was fleeing pursuers toward Full Moon City.

• Ye Xingchen and Meng Yan asked Li Xue to serve as an attendant elder for their sect, then Meng Yan greeted Shen Ge and received no response.
• Shen Ge told Li Xue that Meng Yan had caused the Demon Beast unrest that led to Qin Yu’s death, and Li Xue said he could kill Meng Yan if he wanted.
• Ye Xingchen asked Meng Yan why he had not confirmed Shen Ge’s identity, and Meng Yan said he would not use a dirty trick to get Shen Ge killed.
• Zhu Xiu visited the pavilion, but Shen Ge dismissed him and warned Li Xue that Zhu Xiu was a formidable opponent who cultivated both spells and his body.
• Shen Ge left the pavilion, and Li Xue wondered whether she had been too forceful with him.
• Bai Lili escaped into the barren mountains near Full Moon City after more than a dozen cultivators hunted her for taking a fifth-tier spirit medicine.

Shen Ge stayed in Azure Origin City to cultivate rather than rely on Li Xue, while the younger generation of major powers gathered and discussed the trial’s results and their strongest peers. Dao Jin admitted he had taken purple jades from other contestants, and the discussion ended with the gathered geniuses debating Li Xue’s formation abilities.

• Shen Ge watched the Myriad Treasure Pavilion auction from his building but chose to stay in Azure Origin City and cultivate instead of leaving with Li Xue’s help.
• Li Xue watched Shen Ge from a nearby building after receiving gifts from visitors representing major powers who sought favor with her master.
• At a gathering of Nascent Soul Realm geniuses, Xu Qing asked Dao Jin whether he had personally robbed other contestants of their purple jades.
• Dao Jin confirmed that he had taken the purple jades, revealing that he had robbed many powerful participants and establishing his reputation across the Heavenly Desolation Domain.
• Zhu Xiu watched the trial’s top five, and Feng Jiutian called him out for seeming eager to fight.
• Dao Jin said none of them could defeat Li Xue alone, prompting a dispute over whether her formations counted as true strength.

Ao Xi left the Mermaid Race to pursue the mysterious boat, entrusting her people to Granny. Han Yu granted the mermaids a lake and asked Ao Xi to deliver a letter as she continued after the boat.

• Ao Xi rejected Granny’s warnings and pursued the battered boat, vowing to return and lead the Mermaid Race to glory.
• Han Yu appeared on the South Sea coast and watched the boat pass, collecting a rope marked with the words “Spirit Moon Sect.”
• Ao Xi asked Han Yu to give her people refuge on land and look after the Mermaid Race while she departed.
• Han Yu assigned the Mermaid Race a lake, charged them with guarding the coast, and gave Ao Xi a letter and travel supplies.
• Ao Xi sent Granny a message to arrange the mermaids’ withdrawal, then continued after the boat.

Su Sui and her two junior sisters fled Ten Thousand Insect Valley cultivators hunting them for Snow Emperor Butterfly eggs, and Lü Yang joined them after recognizing Shen Ge’s disciples. He learned the pursuers’ strength and redirected the group toward Thousand-Eyed Bodhi, while using True Sun Fire to mask the scent tracking them.

• Su Sui refused to abandon Lu Xiu and Zhang Fengge as Ten Thousand Insect Valley’s cultivators pursued them toward the Chaos and Separation Plains.
• Lü Yang spotted the three fleeing women and tried to escape, but Lu Xiu recognized him as Shen Ge’s friend and asked him for help.
• Lü Yang agreed to escort them and learned that eight cultivators from Ten Thousand Insect Valley, backed by insect swarms, were hunting them.
• Lü Yang changed course toward Thousand-Eyed Bodhi, who could deal with the insects, and explained that Soul-Chasing Insects had tracked the women by scent.
• Lü Yang began using True Sun Fire to mask their scent, warning that it would hurt Zhang Fengge’s wound.

Lü Yang and his companions escaped the insect-filled valley, but Zhang Fengge was gravely poisoned, so they headed for Wind and Sand City. At the Ice and Snow Plateau, Han Yu let many of her subjects leave for the immortal world, then faced her loneliness as Ao Xi departed too.

• Thousand-Eyed Bodhi sensed Lü Yang’s True Sun Fire, then attacked people from Ten Thousand Insect Valley and stopped them with the insects’ demonic cries.
• Zhang Fengge collapsed after Lü Yang withdrew his True Sun Fire, and Lu Xiu used her spiritual power to keep her alive.
• Su Sui identified the poisonous creature as a green spider with blood-red eyes, and Lü Yang led the group toward Wind and Sand City for treatment.
• Han Yu opened a passage through the barrier and allowed most of the assembled officials, teachers, and disciples to leave for the immortal path.
• Song Junjie and Ao Xi said farewell to Han Yu and passed through the opening, with Ao Xi asking her to care for his people.
• After the passage closed, Han Yu mourned her dead sister and wondered whether immortals were left unfeeling by eternal life.

Su Liuyue split off a white-robed self and left the valley to handle her own affairs, while Mo Qingyu endured a tribulation on a small island in the Heavenly River Limitless Sect. Mo Qingyu reached the Spirit Severing Realm, and the sect elders discussed her talent and mysterious origins.

• Su Liuyue separated from her white-robed self, then tore open the sky with her sword and departed with a little white rabbit on her shoulder.
• Venerable Heavenly River sensed Mo Qingyu's Spirit Severing tribulation and sent a protective glimmer toward her island as sect disciples gathered to watch.
• Mo Qingyu withstood the tribulation lightning, including the rare Yi Wood Azure Lightning, and reached the Spirit Severing Realm by forming and merging an azure-robed clone.
• The watching disciples lamented that Mo Qingyu had used the Yi Wood Azure Lightning as a vessel for her clone instead of refining it to improve her talent.
• Elders asked Chang Kong about Mo Qingyu's background, and he said she seemed to have come from the Ancient Wilderness and possessed an unusual fate.