Chapter Summaries

Shan Li broke through the Spirit Transformation barrier after Dao Venerable Liyuan’s source weakened, but the Great Dao’s power began assimilating her soul. She held on through sheer unwillingness, and her Nascent Soul began reshaping as the tribulation continued.

• Shan Li repeatedly failed to break the Spirit Transformation barrier, damaging her Nascent Soul as her source Qi fell into disorder.
• Dao Venerable Liyuan’s weakened Treasured Earth Great Dao source surged into Shan Li, allowing her to break through the barrier.
• Shan Yue activated the mountain-protecting formation, Cang Wuji guarded the pass in his true form, and Shi Jian watched as earth-yellow tribulation clouds gathered.
• The Great Dao’s source battered Shan Li’s body and began dissolving her soul, while Shi Jian and Shan Yue sensed her life force fading but could not intervene.
• Shan Li recalled her resentment at lagging behind Shi Jian and forced her soul to resist the Great Dao’s assimilation.
• Shan Li’s Nascent Soul began reshaping as the Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge Dao resonance merged with her soul, flesh, and blood.

Shan Li broke through to Early Spirit Transformation and discovered that several powerful beings were draining Dao Venerable Liyuan’s Treasured Earth Great Dao. With the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan pulling back to defend its core territory, Shan Yue planned a joint strike to hunt its Spirit Transformation cultivators before Liyuan fell.

• Shan Li completed her breakthrough, mastering the Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge Immortal Foundation and reaching Early Spirit Transformation.
• Shan Li sensed that Dao Venerable Liyuan’s presence had weakened and that at least a dozen powerful Earth Dao cultivators were stripping away his Great Dao origin.
• Shan Li reported that the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan was withdrawing from its outer territories and recalling Spirit Transformation cultivators to guard its core region.
• Shan Yue explained that the clan’s forces were spread thin across the outskirts and proposed joining Chi Gang’s people to strike isolated cultivators and flee before they could be surrounded.
• Shan Yue said the main goal was to kill the Giant Beast Clan’s Spirit Transformation cultivators before Liyuan fell, weakening its claim to the vacant Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• Shan Li insisted on joining the strike because her new ability to sense Treasured Earth Dao resonance made her suited to tracking their targets.

Shi Jian and the others traveled to Sunken Abyss Valley after Kui Lang summoned Spirit Transformation cultivators from the clans. They arrived to find forty-two powerful cultivators gathered in secret, representing the Beast Realm’s major factions.

• Chi Gang led Shi Jian, Shan Li, Shan Yue, Cang Wuji, and two Crimson Scale Clan cultivators east toward Sunken Abyss Valley on Kui Lang’s orders.
• The seven Spirit Transformation cultivators reached the mountain range and met Yan Ya, who escorted them into the concealed valley.
• Shi Jian and the others descended into the valley, where more than thirty Spirit Transformation cultivators had already gathered.
• Shan Li identified the contingents of the Kui Lang Imperial Clan, Tiger Emperor Lineage, Black Eagle Imperial Clan, Ape Emperor Lineage, and subordinate clans.
• Shi Jian realized that forty-two Spirit Transformation cultivators had assembled in the remote valley.

Yuan Bugui gathered the Beast Realm’s forty-two Spirit Transformation cultivators and laid out a plan to raid four Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan strongholds at once. Shi Jian learned that his Giant Bear Clan force would attack the south in three days, where its two targets cultivated Immortal Foundations that could benefit Shan Li.

• Shan Yue led the Giant Bear Clan into the valley, where Yuan Bugui explained that the Beast Realm aimed to weaken the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan while Dao Venerable Liyuan’s origin failed.
• Yuan Bugui revealed that four Li Yuan strongholds held nine Spirit Transformation cultivators and proposed simultaneous raids to prevent reinforcements.
• Yuan Bugui divided the forty-two cultivators into four forces, assigning Shan Yue’s Giant Bear Clan and its vassals to attack the southern stronghold.
• Yuan Bugui scheduled the attacks for three days later, and Shi Jian questioned him about the two Middle Spirit Transformation defenders in the south.
• Yuan Bugui said the southern defenders cultivated Vast and Broad Earth and High Ramparts and Peace, and Shi Jian realized their Dao resonance fragments could benefit Shan Li.

Shi Jian and the other Beast Realm experts attacked a Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan stronghold in the Treasured Radiance Mountain Range, where they found more defenders than expected. As the battle began, a hidden late Spirit Transformation expert cultivating the Death Dao revealed himself from beneath the mountains.

• Shi Jian's party detected multiple spies watching their journey south but followed Shan Yue's order not to engage them.
• At the Treasured Radiance Mountain Range, Shi Jian and Shan Yue sensed seven Spirit Transformation defenders, while Shan Li detected still more presences hidden by the restrictions.
• Shan Yue ordered the eleven attackers to surround the range and target the two middle Spirit Transformation defenders as the vassal clans sealed the other approaches.
• Shi Jian and Cang Wuji broke through the southern restrictions, prompting the seven visible defenders to raise an earth-yellow barrier and reveal themselves.
• A hidden late Spirit Transformation gray giant lizard emerged from beneath the range, revealing a powerful Death Dao presence.

Shi Jian and the golden-furred giant ape joined forces to defeat the Li Yuan Giant Beast cultivator while Shan Yue engaged the Death Dao giant lizard. The giant beast’s Great Dao source went out, leaving the battle against the remaining enemies unresolved.

• Shan Yue confronted the Late Spirit Transformation giant lizard, whose Death Dao mist spread across the battlefield.
• The golden-furred giant ape engaged the Li Yuan Giant Beast cultivator, breaking its earthen attacks but failing to advance through its defenses.
• Shi Jian attacked from the flank and struck the giant beast with a lightning spear and Dao Artifact flying sword.
• The giant ape smashed most of the beast’s head, and Shi Jian drove lightning into its body as the ape crushed its trunk.
• Shi Jian and the giant ape destroyed the giant beast’s Immortal Foundation Dao resonance, extinguishing its Great Dao source.

Shi Jian joined the battle against the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan and helped defeat its two Middle Spirit Transformation cultivators. The Death Dao giant lizard escaped using its severed tail, while the collapse of the Spirit Vein’s restrictions released its Treasured Earth Dao resonance.

• Shi Jian gathered the giant beast’s remaining Treasured Earth Dao resonance and surveyed the battlefields, where Cang Wuji and Shan Li’s forces were gaining the advantage.
• Shi Jian helped Cang Wuji kill the Middle Spirit Transformation giant beast by attacking it with lightning as Cang Wuji crushed it with Ultimate Force Dao resonance.
• Shan Li’s forces routed the remaining Li Yuan vassals, while Shan Yue kept the Death Dao giant lizard pinned until Shi Jian and Cang Wuji arrived to help.
• The giant lizard bit off its tail and escaped inside a vast cloud of Death Dao mist, evading Shi Jian’s Divine Sense search.
• The Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s two Middle Spirit Transformation cultivators fell, and the restrictions on their guarded Spirit Vein collapsed, releasing Treasured Earth Dao resonance.

Shi Jian and Shan Li’s forces defeated the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s defenders in the Treasured Radiance Mountain Range and claimed a rich haul of treasures and Dao insights. Shan Yue ordered a retreat rather than occupy the territory, while the escaped Death Dao giant lizard remained a potential threat.

• Shan Li killed the wounded pangolin Demon Cultivator and collected his Dao resonance fragments.
• Shan Yue’s group searched the battlefield, uncovering Spirit Veins and treasures, while Shan Li claimed earth-attribute treasures and insights from a giant beast’s remains.
• Shi Jian collected the Lightning Beast’s Dao resonance and lightning treasures to aid his cultivation.
• The eleven Spirit Transformation cultivators spent two days gathering spoils, then divided them with sixty percent going to the Giant Bear Clan and forty percent to the vassal clans.
• Shan Yue ordered the group to leave the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s territory, and Shi Jian and Shan Li discussed the danger posed by the escaped Death Dao giant lizard.

After recovering from the surprise attack, Shi Jian learned that the Beast Realm and other forces had devastated the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s outlying territories. The clan’s core still held out under Dao Venerable Liyuan, leaving the struggle for the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit unresolved.

• Shi Jian and his allies withdrew after the battle, then spent several years recovering from their injuries and losses in Dao resonance.
• Shi Jian refined the Radiant Yang Lightning essence, fully restored his Dao resonance, and moved closer to forming a second Immortal Foundation.
• Shan Yue told Shi Jian that the four groups had killed nine Li Yuan Giant Beast Spirit Transformation cultivators and fifteen vassals, while suffering three deaths and five grave injuries.
• Shan Yue reported that forces from the Human Race, Spirit Realm, Nether Realm, and other factions had seized much of the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s outlying territory.
• Shan Li warned that more than ten Spirit Transformation cultivators still guarded the clan’s core and Dao Venerable Liyuan had not yet fallen, so the war was far from over.

The Myriad Spirits Imperial Clan’s Dao Venerables discussed Dao Venerable Liyuan’s imminent fall and the struggle over the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit. They decided to exploit the conflict between the Beast Realm and the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan by sending cultivators to absorb Treasured Earth Dao resonance and keep the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan from claiming it.

• The Fate-Wielding Dao Venerable announced that Liyuan’s presence had weakened further, making his fall imminent.
• The Gen Earth Dao Venerable warned that the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan could claim Treasured Earth and move closer to controlling the Earth Dao.
• The Fate-Wielding Dao Venerable proposed avoiding a direct clash with the Beast Realm and secretly taking a share of the Treasured Earth Dao resonance while the other forces fought.
• The Gen Earth Dao Venerable decided to send seven Spirit Transformation cultivators from his lineage into the Dao Realm to contend for the Treasured Earth Dao.

The Fate-Wielding Dao Venerable sent twenty Spirit Transformation cultivators into the Dao Realm to secretly absorb Treasured Earth Dao resonance, while warning them to avoid conflict with the Beast Realm. Shi Jian later learned from Shan Li that a powerful new faction had arrived and was rapidly harvesting the same resonance, potentially setting it against the Beast Realm.

• The Fate-Wielding Dao Venerable provided sixty Spirit-Renewing Pearls and ordered the Spirit Race cultivators to plunder Dao resonance without directly confronting the Beast Realm.
• The Gen Earth Dao Venerable gathered seven Spirit Transformation cultivators, led by Yan Gui, explained their mission, and sent them into the Dao Realm.
• Shi Jian continued cultivating Radiant Yang Lightning essence and formed a third of his second [Purple Firmament Lightning] Immortal Foundation.
• Shan Li told Shi Jian that a powerful force in the west was drawing in Treasured Earth Dao resonance several times faster than an ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Shan Li sensed at least a dozen Spirit Transformation presences at the source and concluded that a new faction had entered the struggle for Treasured Earth Dao resonance.

The Nine Realms’ powers reacted to the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s defeat, with most seeking resources or information rather than contesting the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit. In the Dao Realm, eight Dao Venerables gathered as the realm’s weakened royal clans faced renewed threats.

• The True Dragon Clan’s Emperor Lord sent Spirit Transformation clansmen to take resources from the Dao Realm but told them not to fight for the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• The Evergreen Race also dispatched cultivators to loot the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s remaining holdings, while the Space Heaven Clan stayed aloof.
• The Nether River Imperial Clan ordered its members to avoid the Dao Fruit struggle and investigate rumors about the missing Death Dao Fruit.
• The other powers viewed the Spirit Race with hostility because it had blocked or controlled Dao Fruits across many paths, and they hoped it would suffer a setback.
• Eight Dao Venerables gathered in a hidden layer of the Dao Realm’s void, where royal clans had long ruled together after the Spirit Race thwarted the realm’s chances of producing supreme experts.

The eight Dao Venerables of the Dao Realm debated whether to help the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan claim the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit, but chose to stay out of the contest. They planned to seize the clan’s resources after its fall, leaving the Beast Realm and Spirit Realm to fight over the Dao Fruit.

• Cloud Transformation Dao Venerable gathered the other seven Dao Venerables to discuss the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s imminent collapse and the vacant Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• Extreme Poison Dao Venerable, Mysterious Ice Dao Venerable, and the bright Yin-Yang Dao Venerable argued that the Dao Realm could not afford to oppose the Beast Realm and the Spirit Realm.
• Returning to Stillness Dao Venerable warned that a new Treasured Earth Dao Venerable might become a threat to the eight clans, and Extreme Poison Dao Venerable agreed.
• Cloud Transformation Dao Venerable declared that the eight clans would abandon the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit and instead claim the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s Spirit Veins and mineral deposits after Liyuan fell.
• The eight Dao Venerables dispersed, leaving the Beast Realm and Spirit Realm to contest the Dao Fruit while the Dao Realm prepared to divide the clan’s resources.
• The Beast Realm’s strategy was revealed: Peak Mountain Emperor Lord intended to block rivals from comprehending the Treasured Earth foundations, then claim authority over the Earth Dao.

After thirty years of seclusion, Shi Jian had formed sixty percent of his second Immortal Foundation as Dao Venerable Liyuan neared death. He joined Shan Li and Cang Wuji on their journey east, where they found the Beast Realm assembling a massive force for a war against the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan.

• Shi Jian emerged from thirty years of seclusion with Purple Firmament Lightning sixty percent formed and his combat power more than doubled.
• Shan Li told Shi Jian that Dao Venerable Liyuan's origin was rapidly declining and that Ancestor Shanyue had left to join the Beast Realm's forces.
• Shan Li revealed that Ancestor Egu, the Ultimate Force Ape Emperor, and the Earth Virtue Dao Venerable had come to the Dao Realm as the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan prepared for a final battle.
• Shi Jian, Shan Li, and Cang Wuji traveled east and reached a barren plain where more than fifty Spirit Transformation cultivators and over three thousand Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered under three Dao Venerables.

Dao Venerable Liyuan used his remaining source to raise Yan Zhen, Yan Ji, and Yan Zhu for a final attempt at attaining the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit as the Peak and Mountain forces attacked the Li Yuan ancestral court. The battle began before the transfer was complete, leaving the clan's future—and the Dao Fruit—in immediate danger.

• Dao Venerable Liyuan told the thirteen surviving Spirit Transformation cultivators that his time was nearly over and named Yan Zhen, Yan Ji, and Yan Zhu to attempt to attain the Dao together.
• Dao Venerable Liyuan poured his remaining source into the three cultivators, manifesting the Treasured Earth Great Dao across the sky.
• Shi Jian witnessed the attempt from the besieging army as Earth Virtue Dao Venerable ordered the forces to exterminate the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan.
• More than fifty Spirit Transformation cultivators and three thousand Nascent Soul cultivators charged toward the ancestral court, with Shi Jian, Shan Li, and Cang Wuji among them.
• Shan Li warned that they had to end the battle quickly before any of the three could complete the transfer of the Dao Fruit.

Dao Venerable Liyuan spent his final strength holding back Earth Virtue Dao Venerable, the Ultimate Force Ape Emperor, and Ancestor Egu while Yan Zhen pursued the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit. Liyuan gave his life to protect the succession, and the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit stood vacant as its resonance surged toward the three pillars of light.

• Earth Virtue Dao Venerable, the Ultimate Force Ape Emperor, and Ancestor Egu broke into the Li Yuan Ancestral Court and advanced on the three pillars drawing on Dao Venerable Liyuan's origin.
• Dao Venerable Liyuan shed his collapsing body, took up his life-bound three-bladed rock spear, and confronted the three attackers.
• Liyuan used his Treasured Earth Dao resonance to raise mountains and hold back all three Dao Venerables while Shi Jian shielded Shan Li from the battle's shockwaves.
• As Yan Zhen's presence rose and the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit phantom appeared above him, Liyuan forged a ten-thousand-layered mountain barrier from his remaining origin.
• Liyuan dissipated into earth-yellow light dust, which merged with the barrier, and the Treasured Earth Dao resonance surged toward the three pillars as the Dao Fruit stood vacant.

Yan Zhen climbed the Treasured Earth Dao stairway while allies sacrificed themselves to shield him from three Dao Venerables. Just as the Dao Venerables’ united attack threatened to kill him, a mysterious Spirit Race power intervened and held back the descending mountain.

• After Dao Venerable Liyuan dissipated, Yan Zhen began ascending the manifested Treasured Earth Dao stairway as his six Immortal Foundations resonated with the Dao Fruit.
• Yan Ji and Yan Zhu burned their origins to empower Yan Zhen’s ascent, then sacrificed themselves to delay the three attacking Dao Venerables.
• Ten Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan Spirit Transformation cultivators charged the Earth Virtue Dao Venerable’s attack, and four died before stopping it; Shi Jian and other Beast Realm cultivators then restrained the survivors.
• The Earth Virtue Dao Venerable, the Ultimate Force Ape Emperor, and Ancestor Egu launched a united attack as Yan Zhen neared the final steps.
• A vivid green hand emerged from a void fissure and stopped the Earth Virtue Dao Venerable’s descending mountain, prompting the others to identify the power as belonging to the Spirit Race.

Shi Jian stopped Yan Zhen from ascending to the Treasured Earth Dao by using a hidden Barbarian Bone Dao charm to drag him from the Dao stairs, where the Great Dao’s backlash killed him. The Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan was destroyed, while the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit returned to heaven and earth and Shi Jian survived but fell unconscious.

• Shi Jian saw that Yan Zhen was two steps from attaining the Dao and risked the Dao Venerables’ aftershocks to reach the flank of the Dao stairs.
• Shi Jian threw a lightning spear to distract Yan Zhen, then detonated Ancestor Egu’s hidden Barbarian Bone Dao charm and sent its giant white-bone claw after him.
• The claw dragged Yan Zhen from the Dao stairs, interrupting his ascent and triggering the Great Dao’s backlash, which destroyed his six Immortal Foundations and killed him.
• The Dao stairs and Treasured Earth Dao Fruit dispersed, and Shan Li caught Shi Jian as he fell unconscious from his injuries.
• Earth Virtue Dao Venerable ordered the survivors dealt with, and the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan was destroyed.

After the Beast Realm clans divided the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s territory, Shan Li and Shan Yue settled the Giant Bear Clan in the fertile Li Bear Plains and received valuable Earth Dao inheritances. Shi Jian remained unconscious from his severe injuries, while Earth Virtue Dao Venerable recognized his exceptional strength and potential.

• The Beast Realm’s imperial clans and their allies divided the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan’s spoils under Earth Virtue Dao Venerable’s rules, with the Giant Bear and Ape Emperor clans each receiving fifteen percent.
• Shan Yue named the Giant Bear Clan’s new territory the Li Bear Plains, where Shan Li sensed rich Earth Dao resonance and received the Li Yuan clan’s Treasured Earth Dao inheritances.
• Shan Li visited the unconscious Shi Jian, whose injuries and lingering Dao Venerable power meant his recovery could take a hundred years or more; she sealed his cave and stayed by him.
• Earth Virtue Dao Venerable and Ancestor Egu discussed Shi Jian’s injuries and praised his courage, noting his two Dao of Lightning Immortal Foundations and his ability to defeat a stronger Li Yuan Giant Beast with an ally.

Earth Virtue Dao Venerable rewarded Shi Jian for saving Yan Zhen and thwarting the Spirit Race’s scheme, healing his injuries and promising the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan’s support if he pursued the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit. Ancestor Egu delivered the gifts to Shan Li and strengthened both her and Shi Jian, leaving Shi Jian with powerful backing as he recovered.

• Earth Virtue Dao Venerable explained to Ancestor Egu that Shi Jian had earned his favor by giving up a trump card to save himself, pulling Yan Zhen from the Dao steps, and foiling the Spirit Race’s scheme.
• Earth Virtue Dao Venerable healed Shi Jian’s Dao injuries from afar and entrusted Ancestor Egu with Lightning Dao cultivator remains and a Lightning Origin Sacred Heart Fruit for him.
• Earth Virtue Dao Venerable promised that the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan would support Shi Jian’s attempt to attain the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit if he reached the Extreme Realm.
• Ancestor Egu brought the remains and Sacred Heart Fruit to Shan Li and told her to give them to Shi Jian when he woke.
• Ancestor Egu bestowed Barbarian Bone Dao Blood Qi on Shan Li and sent another stream into Shi Jian to strengthen his body and aid his recovery.