Chapter Summaries

Yang Yuanhong broke through the spatial barrier at Ziyun Mountain, impressing the gathered cultivators and winning approval for his marriage to Dongfang Yingcai. The wedding procession entered the mountain, where the Northwest guests were welcomed into its grotto-heavens.

• Yang Yuanhong used his Dao arts and understanding of space to break the Venerable's barrier, showing strength comparable to most True Intent Mid-stage cultivators.
• Dongfang Huaqing praised Yang Yuanhong, ended the trial, and invited the procession into Ziyun Mountain.
• The Yang Clan's wedding procession entered the mountain with representatives of nine Northwest forces, including He Shenglai and young cultivators visiting the Central Region for the first time.
• The Dongfang Clan opened sixty-four of Ziyun Mountain's seventy-two grotto-heavens to the visiting guests.

On their wedding day, Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai reminisced about how they met and shared sweet cake while the Dongfang Clan youngsters played a spatial-maze game outside. Yang Yuanhong eventually found the last hidden juniors and praised the children when they returned to the inner room.

• Dongfang Yingcai listened to the younger Dongfang Clan members play in the spatial maze while she and Yang Yuanhong waited in the inner room.
• Yang Yuanhong offered Dongfang Yingcai sweet cake made by his mother, and she ate some despite the elders’ instructions.
• Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai recalled their first meeting and spoke about how their affection had grown.
• Yang Yuanhong found the last three Dongfang Clan juniors in the maze and ended the game after the group was caught.
• Yang Yuanhong praised the children for their performance when they came into the inner room.

The Dark Underworld Venerable decided to attend the Yang Clan and Dongfang Clan wedding banquet, both to settle matters with the Yang Clan and to steady the Central Region factions. In the East Sea, Tuo Hai told the Sea Suppressing Venerable that he and Xuan Jia would remain there for the rest of their lives.

• The Dark Underworld Venerable proposed using the wedding banquet to deliver the Dao Academy’s postwar apology gift and discuss Xiao Yao’s apprenticeship.
• The Dark Underworld Venerable chose to attend with Xuansheng, Ye Chenfeng, Luo Qianchou, and Chi Tian, explaining that the Dao Academy needed to show respect and reassure the Central Region factions.
• The Dark Underworld Venerable ordered Xuansheng to hand his duties over to Xuan You and kept Ye Chenfeng, Luo Qianchou, and Chi Tian behind.
• At Penglai Palace, Tuo Hai told the Sea Suppressing Venerable that he had no ambitions beyond maintaining the palace and protecting the Deep Sea Daoist Ground.
• Tuo Hai promised that he and Xuan Jia would never leave the East Sea for the rest of their lives.

The Yang Family welcomed the wedding procession at its Sacred Land after expanding its accommodations with Frost Flower Venerable God's help. Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai paid their respects to Chen Yang, who warmly received the newlyweds and praised their marriage.

• Ninth Abyss Venerable escorted the wedding procession safely to the Yang Family Sacred Land, followed by the Changge Sect, the Sun Clan, and other forces along the route.
• Chen Yang's immortal body enlisted Frost Flower Venerable God to create five immortal mountains for banquet guests, with Liuli, Bai Que, and others completing them under the Frostborn dao law's blessing.
• Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai appeared before the banquet guests, then entered the Fifth Layer Heaven Domain with Yang Lingqing and paid respects to Chen Yang's true stone body.
• Chen Yang's stone body transported Yang Lingqing, Yang Yuanhong, and Dongfang Yingcai into its grotto-heaven, where Shenwu led them to Chen Yang's cave abode.
• Chen Yang welcomed Dongfang Yingcai, heard her gratitude for his help with her Spirit-Forging Technique, and praised her and Yang Yuanhong for marrying.

Chen Yang explained the Azure Waves Divine Host’s new divine statues and gave Yang Lingqing a Bright Mirror Sub-Mirror in recognition of her years of service to the Yang Clan. The chapter ended with Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai bowing to thank her for raising Yang Yuanhong.

• Chen Yang explained that the Azure Waves Divine Host had created first-generation divine statues through the Union of Immortals and Gods, allowing cultivators to become vessels and absorb prayer power.
• He described how Yang Yuanhong’s statue contained Wu Hua’s Demonic Martial Technique and how Dongfang Yingcai’s statue carried the Thousand-Hand Beast God’s Divine Artificer Technique.
• Chen Yang gave Yang Lingqing a Bright Mirror Sub-Mirror and praised her years of work for the Yang Clan.
• Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai thanked Yang Lingqing for raising Yang Yuanhong, then knelt before her as she became tearful.
• Shenwu watched the exchange from the back of the cave dwelling and was deeply moved.

Nangong Jinghe met Chen Yang in his verdant secluded realm and told him about a foreign-domain cultivator who had been killed by the Immortal Intent. The two then discussed Creation Origin, and Chen Yang asked whether it was considered a great treasure in the Void Realm.

• Nangong Jinghe explored Chen Yang's verdant realm and found that a mysterious power blocked his divine sense from examining its living things.
• Chen Yang met Nangong Jinghe at the mountain path, and the two exchanged greetings before climbing together.
• Nangong Jinghe told Chen Yang about the foreign-domain cultivator, and Chen Yang claimed the Immortal Intent had suppressed and killed him.
• Nangong Jinghe feared the Immortal Intent could also erase him, then asked Chen Yang about Creation Origin.
• Chen Yang asked whether Creation Origin was regarded as a precious treasure in the Void Realm.

Nangong Jinghe proposed joining forces with Chen Yang to find and refine the Origins of Creation hidden in the Cambang Continent, offering Upper Realm intelligence and two cultivation methods. Chen Yang agreed to consider the partnership after examining the methods, leaving their cooperation not yet finalized.

• Chen Yang recognized that Nangong Jinghe wanted his help because his former ally had been killed and his soul fragment lacked the strength to pursue the Origins of Creation alone.
• Nangong Jinghe offered to share Upper Realm intelligence and teach Chen Yang how to sense and refine the Origins of Creation.
• Chen Yang questioned why he should cooperate after learning the methods, and Nangong Jinghe argued that their future paths and interests gave them reason to work together.
• Nangong Jinghe promised to reveal everything he knew regardless of Chen Yang's decision, and Chen Yang agreed to review the methods before giving his final answer.
• Nangong Jinghe handed Chen Yang a spirit body containing the memories of two techniques, and Chen Yang tucked it into his sleeve.

Nangong Jinghe’s decision to become Chen Yang’s registered disciple signaled the Nangong Clan’s support for the Northwest Yang Clan, stirring anxiety among factions awaiting the Yang Clan and Dongfang Clan wedding. Lingxiao Dao Academy then arrived with Dark Underworld Venerable in person, and Chen Yang welcomed him, leaving the two leaders poised to meet.

• Nangong Jinghe’s choice to take Chen Yang as his master led other factions to conclude that the Nangong Clan would stand with the Northwest Yang Clan.
• Central Region cultivators waited for the remaining factions to arrive, wary that their rivalry could disrupt the Yang Clan’s wedding banquet.
• Lingxiao Dao Academy arrived at the Yang Family Sacred Land with Venerable Xuansheng, Ye Chenfeng, and Dark Underworld Venerable.
• Dark Underworld Venerable entered Chen Yang’s verdant domain and lost any thought of challenging him, then wondered how Chen Yang would compare with Zhuang Xuanji in discussing the Dao.
• Chen Yang appeared amid purple snow and greeted Dark Underworld Venerable.

Chen Yang offered Dark Underworld Venerable access to his secluded cultivation place, hoping to observe him demonstrate spatial Daoist Magic. Dark Underworld Venerable gave Chen Yang a portion of the Little Canglan Secret Realm as compensation and explained how his master's teachings had renewed his resolve to protect the righteous path.

• Chen Yang invited Dark Underworld Venerable to visit his cultivation place and comprehend Daoist Magic, while secretly hoping to observe his spatial techniques.
• Chen Yang and Dark Underworld Venerable sat in a cave abode, where Dark Underworld Venerable presented a portion of the Little Canglan Secret Realm as compensation.
• Dark Underworld Venerable said he had chosen the secret realm because it was a unique treasure of Lingxiao Dao Academy and an appropriate gesture of reconciliation.
• Dark Underworld Venerable credited Little Friend Lingrui of the Yang Clan with preventing soul-returned people from going berserk through Ten Thousand Corpses Old Devil's method.
• Dark Underworld Venerable reflected on how his master's teachings had renewed his commitment to safeguard the righteous path even after leaving Canglan.

Chen Yang learned that Dark Underworld Venerable hoped Xiao Yao would become Yang Yuanhong’s disciple and eventually be raised by the Yang Clan to help unite the righteous path. He refused to let the Dao Academy and Xuanhuang Dynasty’s plans place the continent’s future on a child, trusting the Yang Clan’s strength and his own protection instead.

• Chen Yang welcomed the idea of Xiao Yao apprenticing under Yang Yuanhong but left the decision to Yang Yuanhong.
• Dark Underworld Venerable said Xiao Yao could be sent to the Yang Clan in two years if Yang Yuanhong agreed.
• Chen Yang recognized that the Dao Academy hoped to cultivate Xiao Yao into a powerful figure who could preserve unity among the righteous factions.
• Chen Yang reflected that Xiao Yao’s many destinies and responsibilities risked becoming burdensome shackles.
• Chen Yang recalled the Yang Clan’s talented cultivators and concluded that Canglan’s future did not need to rest on Xiao Yao, since he could protect the continent.

The Central Region cultivators gathered at the Yang Family Sacred Land for Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai’s wedding, settling into different immortal mountains according to their ties and standing. As the elders watched from their mountain, the young talents’ gathering erupted into another sparring match.

• Nie Wuchen led four Fuyao Sect cultivators to the Northwest, while he went to meet Chen Yang and Dark Underworld Venerable.
• The visiting powers divided among the Yang Family’s immortal mountains, leaving the westernmost one empty for the incoming Profound Insight Venerables.
• Two small sects whose patriarchs had died defending the Northwest received invitations that helped protect them from being targeted by neighboring powers.
• Central Region elders settled on one mountain while young talents including Luo Qianchou, Ling Shuang, and Chi Tian gathered on another.
• A tremor signaled another bout among the young cultivators, and the elders watched while commenting on the sparring.

After Long Shou lost to Chen Huaien in the Victory Challenge, the gathered prodigies discussed the Tiangong Peak Master’s strength and considered how to prepare for future challenges. They learned that Chen Huaien was especially skilled in divine soul arts, leaving them to seek ways to counter him.

• Baili Fusang and Ning Jiu told Long Shou that his loss to Chen Huaien was understandable, and Long Yuan encouraged him to share what he had learned.
• The gathered prodigies questioned Long Shou about Chen Huaien’s techniques so they could prepare to challenge him for the Victory Challenge’s reward.
• The guests’ younger cultivators had been given the Victory Challenge to occupy them while they waited for the wedding banquet, with each visitor allowed only one challenge against an opponent of equal or lower realm.
• Long Shou explained that Chen Huaien was more proficient in divine soul arts than fire arts and described seeing two disembodied soul cultivators tending fires at Tiangong Peak.
• Ning Jiu, Chi Tian, and the others concluded that Chen Huaien’s Soul Law was formidable and that they needed to devise countermeasures.

At the Yang Family Sacred Land, Dongxu Venerable and Qingmingzi concluded that the Yang Clan’s fate was beyond their powers of deduction and decided to keep their distance. Sea Suppressing Venerable remained troubled because he wanted to speak with Ninth Abyss Venerable but lacked support from the Lord of Penglai Palace, and Venerable Shuying urged him to act instead of overthinking.

• Dongxu Venerable told Venerable Xuansheng that he had come to thank the Dragon Lord and had no need to visit Chen Yang.
• After meeting Yang Lingqing, Chen Huai'an, and Yang Yuanxing, Qingmingzi realized his deduction arts could not affect the Yang Clan and accepted Dongxu Venerable's warning to stay away.
• The major families' Venerables gathered to exchange intelligence and discuss their plans after the war.
• Sea Suppressing Venerable learned that Ninth Abyss Venerable had gone to West Heavy Heaven and received no guidance from the Lord of Penglai Palace.
• Venerable Shuying challenged Sea Suppressing Venerable to visit the senior or ask the Yang Clan to arrange a meeting with Ninth Abyss Venerable.

Sea Suppressing Venerable reconciled with Ninth Abyss Venerable and asked for his help governing Penglai Palace. Chen Yang brought them to his secluded grounds, where he began asking about a vast, recently excavated depression filled with water-element spiritual energy.

• Sea Suppressing Venerable acknowledged Ninth Abyss Venerable’s past guidance and asked him to help with cultivation and governing Penglai Palace.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable’s resentment eased, and he called Sea Suppressing Venerable “Liu'er” as he had in the past.
• Chen Yang transported Sea Suppressing Venerable and Ninth Abyss Venerable to his secluded cultivation grounds.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable and Sea Suppressing Venerable met Chen Yang above the heavens, where he said he had personal matters to ask about.
• Chen Yang pointed out a vast depression recently excavated in the forest, filled with abundant water-element spiritual energy.

Chen Yang invited Ninth Abyss Venerable and Sea Suppressing Venerable to his secluded cultivation ground and helped them resolve the rift over Penglai Palace’s succession. They reconciled and reaffirmed Penglai Palace’s ties with the Yang Clan.

• Chen Yang recalled how the Palace Master’s appointment of Hai Liu'er as successor had hurt Ninth Abyss Venerable and put Sea Suppressing Venerable in a difficult position.
• After speaking with Dark Underworld Venerable and Nie Wuchen, Chen Yang decided to mediate between the two Penglai Palace Venerables.
• Chen Yang brought Ninth Abyss Venerable and Sea Suppressing Venerable together at his secluded cultivation ground.
• Ninth Abyss Venerable thanked Chen Yang and accepted Sea Suppressing Venerable’s candid effort to settle their conflict.
• Sea Suppressing Venerable thanked Chen Yang and promised that Penglai Palace would maintain close ties with the Yang Clan and welcome its cultivators.

Yang Lingrui fought Xuanyuan Xinghe in a Dao discussion, and the observers concluded that Lingrui had the stronger cultivation despite Xinghe’s apparent advantage. The chapter left Ling Shuang explaining that Lingrui’s depth in Daoist arts far surpassed Xinghe’s.

• Xuanyuan Xinghe and Yang Lingrui continued their duel on the Dao Discussion Platform, with Xinghe appearing to hold the upper hand.
• Ling Shuang judged that Xinghe was unlikely to win because his attacks could not break through Lingrui’s killing Dao domain.
• Rui Qingxue examined the fight and realized Xinghe could not turn his advantage into a decisive blow.
• Luo Qianchou said Lingrui had shown mercy by passing up at least two chances to sever Xinghe’s Star Chief Force.
• Ling Shuang explained that Lingrui’s Daoist art cultivation was far deeper than Xinghe’s, making it difficult for Xinghe to reach him with any technique.

Yang Lingrui and Xuanyuan Xinghe finished their sparring match, which helped both of them deepen their understanding of their arts and left Xuanyuan Xinghe's Star Chief Spear close to advancing. After Yang Lingrui accepted Ling Shuang's challenge to spar in twenty years, Luo Qianchou asked to discuss cultivation with him, prompting Ling Shuang to question his motives.

• Yang Lingrui told Xuanyuan Xinghe that their exchange had benefited him too, while Xuanyuan Xinghe recognized how much Yang Lingrui had held back.
• Xuanyuan Xinghe realized that sparring with Yang Lingrui had brought his Star Chief Spear close to advancing after years of expected tempering.
• Ling Shuang and the others joined them, and Xuanyuan Xinghe said he accepted the fight's outcome and had gained from it.
• Ling Shuang challenged Yang Lingrui to a spar twenty years later, and Yang Lingrui agreed.
• Luo Qianchou asked Yang Lingrui to discuss cultivation, and Ling Shuang questioned whether that was his true purpose.

Luo Qianchou sought inspiration from Yang Lingrui’s Killing Dao to complete the Dao Academy’s Spirit Firmament True-Return Art. Yang Lingrui agreed to discuss the Dao with him, and Luo offered compensation for observing his cultivation.

• Luo Qianchou explained that he hoped Yang Lingrui’s Killing Dao would help him find a new path for his own Dao.
• Ling Shuang warned Yang Lingrui to be wary of Luo Qianchou, and Yang agreed to proceed cautiously.
• Yang Lingrui invited Luo Qianchou to his cave dwelling to discuss the Dao.
• Luo Qianchou revealed that he cultivated the Spirit Firmament True-Return Art, a legacy no Dao Academy disciple had mastered for two thousand years.
• Luo Qianchou told Yang Lingrui that witnessing his fate judgment had given him a real impression that might help complete the art, and offered to compensate him for his time.

Yang Lingrui discussed the Dao with Luo Qianchou, then defeated Rui Qingxue in a sparring match with his Demon-Subduing Judgment Edict. Ling Shuang studied his Slaughter Dao arts but could not discern how they worked.

• Ling Shuang, Xuanyuan Xinghe, and Rui Qingxue returned to Shenshuo Peak and saw Yang Lingrui and Luo Qianchou emerge from the cave dwelling after discussing the Dao.
• Ling Shuang urged Yang Lingrui to demand fair compensation from Luo Qianchou for demonstrating his arts, but Yang Lingrui said they had already settled matters generously.
• Yang Lingrui greeted Rui Qingxue and sparred with her after their discussion.
• Rui Qingxue used the Exquisite Heavenly Demon Transformation, but Yang Lingrui defeated her with one Demon-Subduing Judgment Edict.
• Ling Shuang studied Yang Lingrui's duels with Rui Qingxue and Xuanyuan Xinghe but could not discern the secrets or spatial power of his Slaughter Dao Judgment Edict.

The Yang Family’s challenge contests ended with four cultivators defending their arenas, while Yun Xiwu and Yang Lingshu were defeated. The family then gathered at Pine Mountain Old Grounds for Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yingcai’s wedding, which began at dawn.

• Chi Tian narrowly defeated Yun Xiwu after using his Innocent Dao Heart to find an opening in their deadlocked duel.
• Wen Hui defeated Yang Lingshu by detecting the traces of his Hardcore Origin Pill through his cultivation of listening to sound.
• Yang Lingshu remained at peace with his defeat, reflecting on each family member’s role and measuring his progress against his past self.
• Yang Lingqing invited cultivators from the Third Layer Heaven Domain to Pine Mountain Old Grounds for the wedding, which Yang Yuanhong had asked to move there.
• Shen Yue was entrusted with giving the wedding’s congratulatory speech, and at dawn Dongfang Yingcai climbed the mountain steps supported by Yang Yuanhong.