Chapter Summaries

Yang Yuanhong and Blood Sun Venerable God fought to escape Qinghui and reach the East Sea, but Blood Sun ran out of strength just as Qinghui caught them. As Qinghui trapped Yang Yuanhong and his companions, Blood Sun called to his Lord, and a vast power answered, “I am here.”

• Qinghui’s secret treasure crumbled after Blood Sun Venerable God used its divine power, and Yang Yuanhong opened the passage through the hidden abyss.
• Blood Sun Venerable God used spatial barriers to delay Qinghui while Yang Yuanhong fled toward the East Sea.
• Five Demon Sect True Intent Cultivators entered the seabed to investigate, while Yang Yuanhong caught up with Murong Qiuhan and carried her away.
• Blood Sun Venerable God exhausted his strength as the group reached the East Sea, and Qinghui broke through his final defenses.
• Qinghui sealed Yang Yuanhong and the others inside a compressed space, and Blood Sun Venerable God called upon his Lord.
• A majestic power descended at the border of the East Sea and the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons, answering, “I am here.”

Chen Yang rescued Yang Yuanhong and the others, killed Qing Hui, and attacked the five Demon Sect True Intent Cultivators as they fled. A Demon Sect Mystic Insight Venerable intervened to shield them and asked Chen Yang to stay his hand, but Chen Yang said his technique could no longer be recalled.

• A mysterious force halted Qing Hui’s perception, and when time resumed, Yang Yuanhong and the others had vanished and Qing Hui’s body had been destroyed below the chest.
• Qing Hui recognized that a Mystic Insight Venerable had struck him, then died under the pressure of the deep sea.
• The five Demon Sect True Intent Cultivators sensed Qing Hui’s death, decided not to help him, and tried to return to report to the Young Lord.
• Chen Yang appeared above the sea with the rescued Yang Yuanhong and the others, while a Demon Sect Mystic Insight Venerable rose from the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Chen Yang sent a powerful true essence shockwave after the five fleeing cultivators, and the Demon Venerable shielded them with a pitch-black shadow.
• The Demon Venerable asked Chen Yang to stay his hand, but Chen Yang replied that his technique had already been released and could not be recalled.

Chen Yang’s overwhelming true essence attack forced the Demonic Path Venerable to defend his Blackwater True Profound, while Mystic Armor Venerable arrived and discussed Yang Yuanhong’s tribulation with him. The Demonic Path Venerable dissolved Chen Yang’s attack and invited him to meet at the sea’s edge.

• The Demonic Path Venerable used Shadow Dissolution to attach his Blackwater True Profound to Chen Yang’s attack and saw Chen Yang’s power break through his spatial defenses.
• Mystic Armor Venerable arrived, greeted Yang Yuanhong, and apologized to Chen Yang on Penglai Palace’s behalf for failing to provide aid sooner.
• Chen Yang said Yang Yuanhong’s danger had been a destined tribulation amid the upheaval surrounding the Great Competition of Two Daos.
• Mystic Armor Venerable argued that the tribulation could be an opportunity for Chen Yang to enter the world and join the coming conflict, and Chen Yang acknowledged his reasoning.
• The Demonic Path Venerable dissolved Chen Yang’s attack, then invited him to meet for a conversation at the eastern sea horizon.

Chen Yang left after hearing Black Water Old Demon's invitation, while Mystic Armor Venerable worried that he might join the Demonic Path. Sea Bearing Venerable revealed that the righteous path had lost both completed battles among the pinnacle experts, leaving the next round uncertain.

• Mystic Armor Venerable warned Chen Yang that Zhe Banyou, also known as Black Water Old Demon, was a powerful Mystic Insight Eighth Layer cultivator guarding the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Chen Yang said he knew right from wrong and departed using spatial traversal, though he was chiefly trying to conserve the divine power of the True God Authority and avoid revealing Lagging Light Divine Technique.
• Sea Bearing Venerable arrived, sheltered Yang Yuanhong and Murong Qiuhan, and urged Mystic Armor Venerable to bring Yang Yuanhong back to Penglai Palace as a precaution.
• Mystic Armor Venerable refused to treat Chen Yang’s trust as a reason to take Yang Yuanhong hostage, while Sea Bearing Venerable warned that Chen Yang had accepted Black Water Old Demon’s invitation.
• Sea Bearing Venerable said the righteous path led the overall conflict seven to three but had lost both completed battles among the pinnacle experts, and hoped Great Sword Immortal could win the next one.

The chapter explained the Death-Comprehending Profound Insight tribulation and how cultivators had to pass the Nine Deaths Dao Trial before attempting to open the Dao Gate tied to their Dao Path. It ended by describing the risks of Mystic Insight Venerables returning to the Dao-Evasion Land, where protection came at the cost of cutting off their future Dao Path.

• True Intent Cultivators entered suspended death during the tribulation, while their souls approached the Dao-Evasion Land and its countless Dao Gates.
• Cultivators faced the Nine Deaths Dao Trial, and those who passed had to resonate with and open the Dao Gate matching their Dao Path before their bodies decayed.
• Most cultivators knew about the trial in advance, and about seventy percent passed it, but fewer than ten percent ultimately opened a Dao Gate and reached the Mystic Insight Realm.
• Cultivators who had relied on self-deception to pass the trial risked losing their composure when they faced death before a Dao Gate they could not open.
• Mystic Insight Venerables could return to the Dao-Evasion Land for protection, but doing so made it easy to enter and difficult to return, severing their future Dao Path.

Sea Bearing Venerable explained the Dao-Evasion Land and the outcomes of the five peak battles between the Righteous and Demonic Paths. He judged that Chen Yang’s strength could affect the balance between the two sides, while he and Mystic Armor Venerable lamented that they were too weak to join the battle in the heavens.

• Sea Bearing Venerable explained that Profound Insight cultivators who returned from the Dao-Evasion Land suffered shortened lifespans and weakened combat strength.
• Sea Bearing Venerable described how Zhuang Xuanji had driven twelve Demonic Dao Venerables into Dao-Evasion, allowing the Righteous Path to claim much of the western lands.
• Sea Bearing Venerable recounted Earthly Baleful Demon Venerable’s apparent victory over Venerable Kuji and Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable’s defeat of Venerable Xuanwei.
• Sea Bearing Venerable reported that three peak battles remained unresolved, including Venerable Tian Shuo’s contest with Azure Flame Demon Venerable and the battles involving the Great Sword Immortal and Penglai Palace’s My Lord Palace Master.
• Sea Bearing Venerable considered Chen Yang’s formidable aura and concluded that both the Righteous and Demonic Paths had reason to care which side he joined.
• Sea Bearing Venerable and Mystic Armor Venerable lamented that their limited cultivation and combat strength kept them from joining the battle in the heavens.

Chen Yang confronted Blackwater Demon Lord and Bai Di after the death of Blackwater’s subordinate, rejecting Bai Di’s offer to join the Vast Sea Demonic Land. He ended the exchange by declaring that he needed no one’s approval to act within the Azure Waves Continent.

• Chen Yang told Blackwater Demon Lord that his subordinate’s death had repaid the debt for nearly killing Chen Yang’s disciple.
• Blackwater summoned Bai Di through a gemstone prism, and Bai Di used his Spirit Eye to probe Chen Yang.
• Bai Di invited Chen Yang to join the Vast Sea Demonic Land and offered to explain the secrets behind the Demonic Dao’s revival.
• Chen Yang resisted Bai Di’s attempt to influence him, dismissed the offer, and declared that he acted without anyone’s approval.

Chen Yang launched a devastating immortal Dao attack at Blackwater Demon Lord, who tried to flee through space as the battle drew the attention of Mystic Insight cultivators across the Two Seas. Sea Suppressing Venerable and Shuxi arrived at the East Sea border, while the chapter also outlined their backgrounds and the declining fortunes of the Five Directions Immortal Mansions.

• Chen Yang attacked Blackwater Demon Lord with his pale dharma light, and Blackwater Demon Lord tried to escape through spatial Daoist Magic.
• Chen Yang's killing technique tore through space and pursued Blackwater Demon Lord's transition trail.
• Mystic Armor Venerable and Sea Bearing Venerable sensed the battle and feared the destructive power of Chen Yang's technique.
• Sea Suppressing Venerable and Shuxi crossed space to join the other Venerables at the East Sea border.
• The chapter described Sea Suppressing Venerable's promising bloodline and Shuxi's Lan Shui Immortal Mansion, then detailed the decline of the Five Directions Immortal Mansions, especially Xi Yan.

Chen Yang intensified his attack on Blackwater Demon Lord after the demon mocked his first strike, while four righteous-path Venerables watched from afar. Blackwater Demon Lord faced five descending true essence techniques, and the Venerables concluded he was unlikely to escape.

• Immortal Venerable Shuxi and three Penglai Palace Venerables observed Chen Yang's strike as Blackwater Demon Lord dissolved it with his Black Water Dissolution technique.
• The Venerables discussed Blackwater Demon Lord's abilities and his lack of progress beyond the Mystic Insight Late Stage.
• Blackwater Demon Lord absorbed part of Chen Yang's strike and taunted him, prompting Chen Yang to launch another attack.
• Chen Yang raised his hand and sent five pale true essence techniques down upon Blackwater Demon Lord.
• Sea Suppressing Venerable declared that Blackwater Demon Lord would not escape, while Sea Bearing Venerable felt relieved that the Venerables had not provoked Chen Yang.

Chen Yang overwhelmed the Blackwater Demon Lord, forcing him to reveal his True Profound Manifestation and his countless Black Fish Manifestations. The Blackwater Demon Lord was left with fewer than ten fish and called to the Demon Soil for rescue.

• Chen Yang's attacks and taunts shook the Blackwater Demon Lord, while the Mystic Armor Venerable recognized his own dependence on spatial power and took the Sea Bearing Venerable's advice to heart.
• The Blackwater Demon Lord manifested a black fish and tried spatial transfers to blunt Chen Yang's attacks, but the tactic consumed too much power.
• The Blackwater Demon Lord spat out thousands of Black Fish Manifestations that scattered through different spaces, prompting the Sea Suppressing Venerable to explain how difficult they would be to track and destroy.
• Chen Yang unleashed ten True Essence impacts, wiping out more than half the Black Fish Manifestations and then reducing their number to fewer than ten.
• The panicked Blackwater Demon Lord called to the Young Lord and Great Venerable in the Demon Soil to save him.

Chen Yang confronted Blackwater Demon Lord while Myriad Corpses Demon Lord arrived to intervene. Myriad Corpses stopped the attack with sixteen Arcane Corpses, leaving Blackwater Demon Lord alive.

• Zhe Banyou’s resolve to pursue his Dao Path collapsed, and he cried out for help rather than accept a retreat into the Dao Sect.
• Myriad Corpses Demon Lord sent a hidden avatar to the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons and spoke with Chen Yang, praising his restraint and explaining his own intervention.
• Chen Yang realized Myriad Corpses had mistaken the limits of his True Essence strikes for a deliberate plan, though his attacks could merge with spatial power.
• Myriad Corpses sent sixteen Arcane Corpses to block Chen Yang’s technique, and their destruction left Blackwater Demon Lord beyond the strikes’ reach.

Chen Yang concluded his intervention in the East Sea and spoke with the Ninth Abyss Venerable, who revealed that his gains were connected to the strange treasure in the Dragon Transformation Pool. As the Ninth Abyss Venerable prepared to confront the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s avatar, Chen Yang’s true body returned from the Otherworldly Realm and merged with his avatar.

• Chen Yang reflected that he needed further Immortal Dao progress and feedback from Ling Rui and Yuan Hong to challenge peak opponents without the True God Authority.
• The Ninth Abyss Venerable thanked Chen Yang for crushing Black Water Old Demon’s fighting spirit and forcing the Myriad Corpses avatar into the open.
• The Ninth Abyss Venerable said his heavenly battle with the Eight Desolations Demon Lord had ended in a draw and truce, then remarked on the strange mysteries he sensed in Chen Yang and a Demon Sect junior.
• Chen Yang guessed that the Ninth Abyss Venerable’s gains came from the strange treasure in the Dragon Transformation Pool, and the Venerable confirmed its connection to Yuan Hong.
• The Ninth Abyss Venerable offered to handle the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s avatar and told Chen Yang to take Yuan Hong and the others to Penglai Palace.
• Chen Yang’s true body returned from the Otherworldly Realm, merged with his avatar, and prepared to face the avatar beneath the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons.

Chen Yang returned to the others after Ninth Abyss Venerable took Myriad Corpses Demon Lord away to fight beyond their reach. He pretended to punish Yang Yuanhong for recklessly entering the Demonic Sea, then healed him after Hai Liu'er intervened and led the group to Penglai Palace.

• Ninth Abyss Venerable and Myriad Corpses Demon Lord vanished into another space to fight, leaving Chen Yang free to rejoin the four Venerables.
• Tuo Hai, Mystic Armor, Hai Liu'er, and Yun Tinglan bowed to Chen Yang, while Yang Yuanhong approached and called him Master.
• Chen Yang struck Yang Yuanhong repeatedly, berating him for entering the Demonic Sea, until Sea Suppressing Venerable rescued him from the water.
• Hai Liu'er explained that Penglai Palace had assigned Yang Yuanhong the mission and sought an opportunity in the sea abyss, persuading Chen Yang to stop punishing him.
• Chen Yang led the group to Penglai Palace, healed Yang Yuanhong with green light, and Hai Liu'er took him to a secret sanctuary to recover.

Murong Qiuhan recounted the demon-slaying mission to Penglai Palace’s leaders, revealing that a mysterious expert had saved her from Qing Hui. Long Yuan visited the injured Yang Yuanhong, who disclosed that his master had caused his wounds, leaving Long Yuan awed.

• Murong Qiuhan opened her cave abode to Penglai Palace’s cultivators and described the mission, including Yang Yuanhong’s capture of the Dragon-Slaying Old Daoist.
• Murong Qiuhan said Qing Hui pursued them and that Yang Yuanhong’s mysterious master intervened, though she concealed Chen Yang’s final attack on Yang Yuanhong.
• Penglai Palace’s cultivators identified Qing Hui as a Scale Tribe poison prodigy and speculated about the expert’s spatial Daoist Magic.
• Long Yuan visited the injured Yang Yuanhong and offered healing items, then vowed to make his attackers Penglai Palace’s enemies.
• Yang Yuanhong told Long Yuan that his master had inflicted his injuries, and Long Yuan responded with reverence for the strict master.

Yang Yuanhong and Long Yuan identified an ancient jellyfish relic that might unlock an unopened dragon opportunity, while Penglai Palace arranged compensation and a dragon body advancement opportunity for Yang Yuanhong. Ninth Abyss Venerable returned and reported the arrangements to Chen Yang, who had yet to respond to the promised treasures.

• Yang Yuanhong showed Long Yuan an ancient sea creature's tentacle, and Long Yuan identified it as a rare jellyfish once raised by dragonkind.
• Yang Yuanhong proposed that the relic might open an ancient dragon site, and Long Yuan began researching the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable returned to Penglai Palace after the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord retreated, and learned that compensation for Yang Yuanhong had been arranged.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable visited Chen Yang and reported that Yang Yuanhong would receive a dragon body advancement opportunity and could select twenty treasures from the palace vault.

Chen Yang accepted Penglai Palace’s gifts and offered to investigate the mysterious amber containing the power of time. After secretly extracting half its temporal force, he demonstrated the Lagging Light Divine Technique to Ninth Abyss Venerable, leaving the latter to experience its effects.

• Chen Yang accepted Ninth Abyss Venerable’s gifts after offering to help examine the Dragon Transformation Pool treasure.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable brought Chen Yang to the secret location where the amber was stored and explained its origins.
• Chen Yang consulted Liuli about Heavenly Heart Wood and pretended to study the amber while secretly boring an opening into it.
• Chen Yang spent half a month transferring half the amber’s force of time to his true body.
• Chen Yang released a small portion of the force of time toward Ninth Abyss Venerable and used the Lagging Light Divine Technique on him.

Chen Yang used the Lagging Light Divine Technique on Ninth Abyss Venerable and secretly sent a trace of time aura into his body while pretending to help him study the mysterious amber. Ninth Abyss Venerable then told Chen Yang that Venerable Shu Xi wanted his help reopening the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion’s Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, whose restoration could revive the Five Directions Immortal Mansion’s linked secret realms.

• Chen Yang froze time around Ninth Abyss Venerable, exhausting his divine power with help from Liuli, and infused him with a trace of time aura.
• Chen Yang claimed that he and Ninth Abyss Venerable had shared a fleeting insight into Time Daoist Magic, then offered guidance drawn from his experience in the River of Time.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable told Chen Yang that Venerable Shu Xi had invited him to help open the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion’s Heavenly Fire Secret Realm.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable explained that the Five Directions Immortal Mansion’s linked secret realms and Five Elements phenomenon had faded after the Xi Yan Mystic Insight Venerable entered the Dao-Evasion Land and the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm fell dormant.
• The Xi Yan Immortal Mansion’s True Intent cultivators spent generations researching the sealed realm and rekindled its sacred fire ten years earlier, raising hopes that the Five Directions Secret Realms could be linked again.

Chen Yang learned that the Five Directions Immortal Mansion could not break the barrier around the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm and concluded that a corrupted Divine Path creature inside was sealing it to protect its descendants. He agreed to help Xi Yan Immortal Mansion in exchange for several entry slots, and the party prepared to travel there.

• Ninth Abyss Venerable told Chen Yang that even Great Venerables had failed to break the Secret Realm's spatial barrier.
• Chen Yang suspected a Divine Path creature inside had sealed the Secret Realm because its berserk state threatened cultivators who entered.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable urged Chen Yang to help Xi Yan Immortal Mansion, citing the failing Sacred Flame and the approaching Great Competition of Two Daos.
• Chen Yang accepted and asked for several Secret Realm entry slots instead of the Five Elements Supreme Treasure.
• Venerable Shu Xi rejoiced at Chen Yang's agreement, while Venerable Xuan You concluded his visit after confirming Chen Yang leaned toward the righteous side.
• Venerable Xuan You opened a spatial passage to Xi Yan Immortal Mansion, shortening the journey from ten days to five.

Chen Yang arrived at the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion with Venerable Shu Xi and used his power to strengthen its fading Sacred Flame. He found the Secret Realm’s barrier resisting him and gently reassured the frightened presence within as he reached out to it.

• Chen Yang arranged for Nangong Jinghe to hold three blessing rituals so he could replenish his divine power, while Nangong Jinghe continued to experience brief losses of contact with his split soul.
• Yang Yuanhong and Long Yuan set out for the Dragon Transformation Pool under Mystic Armor Venerable’s protection, seeking opportunities to advance Yang Yuanhong’s dragon body.
• Chen Yang and Venerable Shu Xi arrived at the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion, where the sect’s cultivators welcomed Chen Yang and explained that the Sacred Flame was too weak to open the Secret Realm.
• Chen Yang infused the Sacred Flame with a wisp of power, making it blaze strongly enough to burn through the clouds.
• Chen Yang entered the Sacred Flame, found the Secret Realm’s barrier tightening, and sent the message, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

Chen Yang entered the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm without breaking its spatial barrier, astonishing Venerable Shu Xi and the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion cultivators. He endured the realm’s deadly heavenly fire and headed toward the source of its pervasive resentment.

• Chen Yang sensed the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion cultivators’ prayers and used their affinity with the Secret Realm to pass through its spatial barrier.
• Venerable Shu Xi realized Chen Yang had entered the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm and explained that its spatial aberration had to be resolved from within.
• The Xi Yan Immortal Mansion cultivators pledged to remember Chen Yang’s aid, and Venerable Shu Xi urged them to strengthen their own disciples.
• Chen Yang arrived inside the Secret Realm, protected himself with his stone body and Black Armor, and found the realm scorched by heavenly fire.
• Chen Yang sensed the resentment filling the Secret Realm, located its source, and flew toward it.