Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun, the Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson returned to Pan Ning City, where they enjoyed sugar-coated haws and released Wishing Lanterns by the river. Their lanterns disappeared amid a spectacular display of spiritual fireworks, while the Upright Official watched the sky and wondered who was disturbing the peace.

• Chen Xun and the Big Black Ox entered Pan Ning City with Little Crimson and explored the bustling streets.
• Chen Xun bought sugar-coated haws for himself and the Big Black Ox, while Little Crimson tried some and then spat at women who had teased Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun, the Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson wrote wishes on lanterns and released them beside a river.
• Spiritual fireworks lit up the city as the three Wishing Lanterns vanished among the lights.
• The Upright Official saw the fireworks and vowed to catch whoever was disturbing the city's peace, while Chen Xun and his companions silently passed through the streets.

Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson returned to Pan Ning City, reopened their old blacksmith shop, and visited Chen Xun’s master and Shimu at the Ning Family Ancestral Hall. After blessing Ning Feiyi, they departed, leaving their next destination uncertain.

• Chen Xun bought a tavern and reopened the blacksmith shop where he and Big Black Ox had once lived, while Little Crimson joined them in enjoying the peaceful city.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox worked as blacksmiths for half a month, and they secured the shop’s land as an ancestral estate.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson visited the Ning Family Ancestral Hall and paid respects to Chen Xun’s master and Shimu.
• Chen Xun told the elders he would leave soon and did not know when he could return, then blessed Ning Feiyi before the three departed.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left their secluded mountain and set out for the Five Elements Sect, the power that had reshaped the Qian Kingdom Cultivation World. At the sect, its leaders discussed the Southern Border demons’ demands and began planning for the inheritance’s survival in case Chen Xun never returned.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left Small Mountain Peak and headed back to the Five Elements Sect, remembering the friends and bonds they had there.
• The Five Elements Sect’s influence over the Qian Kingdom Cultivation World was revealed, with its leaders guiding the Ten Great Immortal Sects and keeping major conflicts in check.
• At the Five Elements Sect, Liu Han told Shi Wujun, Ji Zhao, and Jiang Xuechen that the Southern Border demons had agreed to clear a path but wanted to meet a particular person.
• Shi Wujun explained that the demons wanted to learn whether that person could return, while Ji Zhao warned that their ambitions required caution.
• Jiang Xuechen urged the sect to avoid war, and Liu Han called for plans to preserve the Five Elements Sect’s inheritance even if that person never returned.

Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson returned to the Five Elements Sect and saw how its disciples had grown under the sect’s rigorous training. Their arrival revealed the identities of the visitors to Jiang Xuechen and the sect, who welcomed the ancestors back.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox admired the three steles outside the Five Elements Sect, which recorded the insights of the sect’s three former disciples.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson passed through the Mountain Protecting Array and saw the sect’s disciplined training and cultivation practices.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox sat for tea on a sealed mountain peak as Little Crimson noticed that they had set out five chairs.
• Jiang Xuechen, Liu Han, Shi Wujun, and Ji Zhao sensed intruders and rushed toward the forbidden ground with the sect’s cultivators.
• Chen Xun greeted Jiang Xuechen and the three returning disciples, and more than a hundred thousand cultivators welcomed him and Big Black Ox back.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to the Five Elements Sect and reunited with its leaders and their old companions. Chen Xun learned that Jiang Xuechen’s cultivation path was severed and introduced Little Crimson as the Northern Border spirit beasts’ ancestor, advising the sect not to stir up trouble there.

• Shi Wujun ordered the Five Elements Sect disciples to return to their duties and cultivate diligently.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox welcomed Liu Han, praised Shi Wujun for protecting the sect, and congratulated Ji Zhao on reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ji Zhao recalled how Ox Ancestor’s booklet about Chen Xun’s arduous cultivation had inspired him to persevere.
• Chen Xun spoke with Jiang Xuechen, who said Moon Holding Pavilion was her home, and saw that her cultivation path remained severed and her vitality was fading.
• Chen Xun introduced Little Crimson to the group as the Northern Border spirit beasts’ ancestor and told them to leave the Northern Border to its barbarian cultivators.

Chen Xun reunited with Big Black Ox, Little Crimson, and the Five Elements Sect’s elders, learning how the sect had risen while he was away. As the gathering ended, he revealed that he and Big Black Ox had prepared an escape route for the Cultivation World, but told them not to approach it yet.

• Little Crimson gave Jiang Xuechen, Liu Han, Shi Wujun, and Ji Zhao spirit beast eggs as meeting gifts.
• Chen Xun learned that Liu Han and Shi Wujun had become Dao companions and had twins, Shi Muqing and Shi Qian, and promised to ensure the twins could reach the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Jiang Xuechen, Liu Han, and Shi Wujun described how the Five Elements Sect had hidden its strength until the older Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Ten Great Immortal Sects had passed away, then risen to the top of the Cultivation World.
• Chen Xun cooked for the group and gave the kitchen head chefs a booklet about his cooking insights.
• At dinner, Chen Xun said that he and Big Black Ox had prepared a way out for the Cultivation World, but warned the others not to have much contact with that direction yet.

Chen Xun told the Five Elements Sect leaders about Great Li and laid out plans for their eventual expansion, while concealing why he and Big Black Ox had returned. The group also discussed the sect’s fourth Nascent Soul cultivator and its undiminished spiritual energy, leaving Shi Wujun and Ji Zhao stunned by Chen Xun’s hidden preparations.

• Chen Xun warned Liu Han and the others that Great Li was vast and dangerous, and instructed them to keep the Five Elements Sect and Big Black Ox’s planned Large Teleportation Array secret until they had sufficient strength.
• Liu Han, Ji Zhao, Shi Wujun, and Jiang Xuechen worried that Chen Xun faced danger, but he reassured them and told them to focus on developing the sect.
• Jiang Xuechen asked about the chaotic Cultivation World of the Eastern Nations, and Chen Xun said they should steadily consolidate resources because the Four Symbols Alliance was no threat.
• Shi Wujun identified Qi Hao as the sect’s fourth Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, explaining that he had returned from the Southern Endless Mountain Range with an inheritance and devoted himself to the sect.
• Liu Han told Chen Xun that the Five Elements Sect’s spiritual energy had not diminished, and Chen Xun revealed that he was watching changes caused by buried Ten Thousand Year Crane Spirit Trees.

Chen Xun prepared to leave the Five Elements Sect to pursue the Three Thousand Great Worlds, while its leaders began strengthening the sect and building a teleportation array. At the Southern Endless Mountain Range, he reunited with Qi Hao, who asked whether he remembered Liu Yuan, Peak Master Liu.

• Chen Xun told Liu Han, Shi Wujun, and Ji Zhao that he and Big Black Ox would leave after the teleportation array was complete, and gave Jiang Xuechen a Storage Bag.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox sent the four away, then Chen Xun reflected that the Five Elements Sect was ready to stand on its own.
• The next day, Big Black Ox, Little Crimson, and Ji Zhao began constructing the Large Five Elements Teleportation Array, while Jiang Xuechen returned to Moon Holding Pavilion and Liu Han and Shi Wujun convened a sect assembly.
• Chen Xun left the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range, planted spirit herbs along the way, and three days later arrived at the outskirts of the Southern Endless Mountain Range.
• Chen Xun entered Qi Hao's cave abode, where the Five Elements Sect disciple recognized him and asked whether he remembered Liu Yuan, Peak Master Liu.

Chen Xun learned from Qi Hao about the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruit, which could extend a cultivator’s lifespan, and considered how it might help his juniors. He decided to visit the Demon Ancestor Hall, while Qi Hao warned that provoking the great demons could create a lasting threat.

• Qi Hao told Chen Xun that two Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruits had extended his lifespan by a thousand years.
• Qi Hao explained that the ancient tree in the Endless Mountain Range produced twenty fruits every ninety thousand years, and that he had found two after two Nascent Soul demons killed each other.
• Chen Xun learned that other cultivators had recently sought the fruits, possibly by exploring a secret realm or attacking the Demon Ancestor Hall.
• Chen Xun pointed out that the fruits extended lifespan without restoring qi and blood, while Qi Hao admitted his cultivation and combat strength had stagnated.
• Chen Xun decided to go to the Demon Ancestor Hall and invite its Demon Kings for tea, but Qi Hao warned that his actions could drive the great demons to retaliate.

Chen Xun visited the Endless Mountain Range with Qi Hao, subdued the gathered Great Demons with a single palm strike, then eased tensions by offering friendship, tea, and gifts. The four Demon Ancestors accepted his generosity and pledged the Great Demon Race’s support for the Five Elements Sect.

• Qi Hao prepared to accompany Chen Xun to the Endless Mountain Range after learning the Old Ancestor’s strength surpassed Spirit Transformation.
• Great Demons confronted Chen Xun and Qi Hao, and Chen Xun’s Sky Covering Giant Palm overwhelmed them and left the four Demon Ancestors in a massive pit.
• The four Demon Ancestors emerged unharmed, welcomed Chen Xun, and hosted him while Qi Hao watched his calm diplomacy.
• Chen Xun told the Demon Ancestors the Five Elements Sect had no intention of encroaching on their territory and proposed friendship between their groups.
• Chen Xun gifted the four Demon Ancestors Thousand Year Spiritual Herbs and Body Refining Techniques, earning their sincere gratitude and recognition of the Five Elements Sect.

Chen Xun refused the Demon Ancestors’ offer of a Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruit until they persuaded him to accept one, then entrusted it to Qi Hao for Jiang Xuechen. After parting from Qi Hao and the Five Elements Sect, Chen Xun visited Zheng Yi’s grave to share tea and honor their bond before continuing his journey.

• A Demon Ancestor offered Chen Xun two Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruits, but Chen Xun asked only to see a branch of the immortal tree and initially refused the fruit.
• The four Demon Ancestors insisted that Chen Xun accept one fruit, and he agreed; he then gave the medicine box to Qi Hao to deliver to Jiang Xuechen of Moon Holding Pavilion.
• Chen Xun gave Qi Hao two Facing Origin Crimson Treasure Fruits and told him to manage the Endless Mountain Range as the Five Elements Sect prepared to stand without his protection.
• Qi Hao thanked Chen Xun for saving his life, and Chen Xun departed with a laugh, leaving Qi Hao standing in reverence.
• Five days later, Chen Xun visited Zheng Yi’s grave, poured tea for him, and recalled their past before saying farewell and leaving.

Chen Xun reunited with Big Black Ox and Little Crimson in the Endless Mountain Range, then departed the Qian Kingdom Cultivation World aboard the Giant Ship with his brothers. As the realm’s spiritual qi rapidly dissipated, Little Crimson proposed that the path to the Realm Battlefield lay underground, and the ship vanished from the realm as the final battle against Defiled Lifespan approached.

• Chen Xun welcomed Big Black Ox and Little Crimson, introduced them to the four Demon Ancestors, and announced that he had obtained a Grand Micro Purple Immortal Tree.
• Big Black Ox told Chen Xun that he and Little Crimson had spread fortune at Southern Dipper Mountain and built hidden teleportation arrays across several cultivation worlds.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson boarded the Giant Ship and bid farewell to the Five Elements Sect as they sailed away from the Qian Kingdom Cultivation World.
• Little Crimson suggested that the route to the Realm Battlefield might lie underground, and Chen Xun agreed to try it when the time came.
• As the realm’s spiritual qi dissipated, Chen Xun ordered his brothers to set out, and Big Black Ox activated the ship’s formation, sending the Giant Ship out of the realm.

Eighteen major powers of Great Li launched a massive assault on the Boundless Sea, while Wei Xihan’s parents prevented him from joining the campaign and led their factions to war. The battle began as the Nine-Star Guarding Formation was breached, and Great Li’s forces departed in full strength.

• Eighteen major powers sent a vast army into the Boundless Sea, where nine islands’ Spirit Transformation cultivators challenged them.
• A white-robed woman ordered the attack and cut open the Nine-Star Guarding Formation with a giant sword, sparking a fierce battle.
• Wei Xihan’s parents restrained him and argued that he must remain behind to shoulder responsibility for their factions.
• Wei Xihan watched as his parents led millions of cultivators and warships away to join the campaign.

Baili Fengyao led his disciples and more than a hundred Arhats from Chan Sound Temple to join the war, while Great Li’s armies and ancient forces across the Forbidden Sea mobilized for the final battle against Defiled Lifespan. The Realm’s forces set out for the Realm Battlefield as tens of thousands of awakened Ancient Warships sailed into the depths of the Forbidden Sea.

• Baili Fengyao thanked the Arhats who pledged to follow him, then departed Chan Sound Temple with Fan Wang and the Arhats aboard a War Realm Boat.
• Qin Yu escaped from the Boundless Ancient Immortal Sect and joined Baili Fengyao and his fellow disciples on the expedition.
• Baili Lingjin ordered the forces of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains to form ranks, and three million cultivator soldiers and spirit beasts prepared to march.
• Old Ancestor Jiu Hua and Late-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivators rallied the Realm’s forces to sacrifice everything and fight Defiled Lifespan.
• Ancient Warships awakened across the Forbidden Sea’s Seven Great Ancient Secret Realms, prompting cultivators and sea beasts to flee.
• Tens of thousands of Ancient Warships formed battle formations and sailed toward the depths of the Forbidden Sea.

The Upside-Down Sea Territory’s cultivators launched a massive assault on Defiled Lifespan across the Realm Heavenly River while Chen Xun and his companions raided the enemy’s rear. When three Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Defiled Lifespans confronted Chen Xun, he unveiled his Third Mountain-Splitting Axe.

• The ancestors of the Overseas Four Immortal Mountains rallied the Ancient Remnant Clan to open Heavenly Pass and fight Defiled Lifespan.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu led the cultivators and warships across the Heavenly River to attack the Defiled Lifespan army on the Black Earth Land.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and their companions raided the Defiled Lifespan base aboard the Giant Ship, destroying black mountains and killing enemies.
• Little Crimson spotted that the land beneath the gray-blue heavenly curtain differed from the surrounding Black Earth Land.
• Three Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Defiled Lifespans confronted Chen Xun and sealed the space; Big Black Ox flew off to intercept two more approaching enemies.
• Chen Xun summoned the Third Mountain-Splitting Axe and prepared to fight the three Defiled Lifespans.

Chen Xun used his lifespan and the Third Mountain-Splitting Axe to create the devastating Five Elements Unite technique, Return to Ruin, and fought three Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Defiled Lifespans. He shattered their defenses and opened the Extinguishing Divine Aperture as the battle continued.

• Chen Xun transformed five Primordial Spirits with death qi, creating Return to Ruin at the cost of his lifespan.
• His demonized Primordial Spirit unleashed a black storm and a colossal fiendish shadow, overwhelming the battlefield and terrifying the three Defiled Lifespans.
• The three Defiled Lifespans tried to flee, but Chen Xun fired a black flame beam that they combined their powers to block.
• Chen Xun and his fiendish shadow swung their axes, while four death qi dragons struck the three Defiled Lifespans and shattered their black mountains.
• Chen Xun opened the Extinguishing Divine Aperture and sent a vast Extinguishing Divine Storm over the three Defiled Lifespans and their mountains.

Chen Xun and the Big Black Ox defeated five Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Defiled Lifespans as they fought through the Realm Battlefield toward the Realm Spirit Ancestral Land. The Realm Sages’ Ancient War Realm Camp arrived with ten thousand Ancient Warships to reinforce them.

• Chen Xun killed three Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Defiled Lifespans with a single axe strike after his Extinguishing Divine Storm left them reeling.
• The Big Black Ox trapped and sealed two more Defiled Lifespans inside the Big Black Coffin, using its Five Elements Array Flags to block their escape.
• Chen Xun regrouped with the Big Black Ox and Little Crimson, warning that more Defiled Lifespans might attack in groups and that they needed allies to clear a path.
• Ten thousand Ancient Warships from the Ancient War Realm Camp sailed across the Black Earth Land toward Chen Xun and his companions.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox fought alongside the Ancient Warships as they forced a path across the Realm Battlefield toward the Realm Spirit Ancestral Land. With the warships falling one by one, Chen Xun and his companions pressed onward, determined to reach the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox joined the Ancient Warships in a vast battle against millions of Defiled Lifespan.
• Tens of thousands of Ancient Warships advanced behind the Giant Ship, crushing enemies and obstacles while many ships fell apart along the way.
• Chen Xun unleashed Starfall, raining hundreds of enormous meteors onto the Defiled Lifespan and scorching the Black Earth Land.
• As the Ancient Warships continued toward the Realm Spirit Ancestral Land, Chen Xun told Big Black Ox there was no way back, and Little Crimson and Little Crane pledged to protect themselves.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox charged into the sky to fight the Defiled Lifespan.

The Realm Lifeforms fought a vast decisive battle against the Defiled Lifespans along the Heavenly River, with Lei Yaozi, Meng Sheng, and Qi Geng Yun joining the brutal struggle. Five years later, the Defiled Lifespans began retreating, and Bai Li Zhong Hu ordered the army to pursue them.

• Lei Yaozi unleashed Thunder Shines for a Thousand Miles, denied being an Ancient Immortal Sect ancestor, and told a sect disciple to stay close and survive.
• Meng Sheng fought cautiously, using his summoned beasts, puppets, and formations while prioritizing his survival and cultivation.
• After five years of fighting, the Realm Lifeforms drove forward across the Heavenly River as the Defiled Lifespans intensified their attacks with Defiled Blood self-destruction.
• Qi Geng Yun attacked the wounded Nascent Soul Defiled Lifespan Zhuang Yun and perished in an explosion, avenging Zhuang Yun.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu received reports that the Defiled Lifespans were retreating and that reinforcements were dwindling, then ordered the army to pursue them.

Realm forces joined the battle against the retreating Defiled Lifespans, and seven years of fighting culminated in Bai Li Zhong Hu’s final stand. He urged the cultivators to cross over his body and continue the charge, leaving the War Realm Camp advancing as he remained at the front.

• Bai Li Zhong Hu rallied the exhausted defenders as the Defiled Lifespans began withdrawing, and major clans, merchant associations, and Ancient Immortal Sects arrived to join the fight.
• Yu Chen met the two Yu Family ancestors, who warned him to hide his name and family identity if he crossed to the other side.
• The factions launched a full assault across the Heavenly River, the Black Earth Land, and the heavens, while ancient experts and cultivators fought the Spirit Transformation Defiled Lifespans.
• Seven years later, the Realm Lifeforms pursued the retreating Defiled Lifespans as Bai Li Zhong Hu killed another Spirit Transformation enemy and collapsed from the cost of battle.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu ordered the soldiers to cross over him and continue toward the road ahead, and the War Realm Camp charged after them as he stood at the front.