Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun learned from Meng Sheng that the Small Realm had been destroyed by three colossal forces and that no one from the Five Elements Sect had reached the Space Channel. Suspecting the sealed Three-Eyed Race was involved, Chen Xun set aside his grief and asked Meng Sheng for a full account of what happened after he escaped.

• Chen Xun took Meng Sheng aside and asked what had happened to the Small Realm.
• Meng Sheng explained that the Mystic Micro Immortal Hall had become involved as he tried to protect survivors of the destroyed realm.
• Meng Sheng said three colossal things had appeared beyond the heavens and melted the Small Realm into fragments with a single strike.
• Chen Xun asked about the Five Elements Sect, and Meng Sheng said its token had given no response and its members had not entered the Space Channel.
• Chen Xun suspected the sealed Three-Eyed Race beneath the Heaven Severing Great Ravine was involved, then wrote notes in a booklet.
• Chen Xun asked Meng Sheng to recount everything that had happened after he left through the realm channel, and Meng Sheng agreed.

Meng Sheng recounted his difficult path through the Great Age and how he became involved in protecting people from Small Realms who were hunted after investigating their destruction. Chen Xun promised to help clear their wanted status and gave Meng Sheng resources, while Meng Sheng considered heading to the Desolate Heaven Domain.

• Meng Sheng told Chen Xun how the Bald Strong Man took the Baili Clan and how survivors scattered after arriving in the Great Age.
• Meng Sheng described fleeing sects, learning about the Great Age, and becoming the leader of people hunted for investigating Small Realms.
• Chen Xun praised Meng Sheng for protecting the weak and asked how the group had attracted the Immortal Hall's attention.
• Meng Sheng explained that the group had indirectly questioned the destruction of Small Realms through contacts at the Immortal Hall.
• Chen Xun said he would work to remove their wanted status and gave Meng Sheng spirit stones and spirit medicines for cultivation.
• Meng Sheng remembered his plan to seek opportunities in the lawless Desolate Heaven Domain.

After protecting Meng Sheng, Chen Xun tried to calm himself in the Uninhabited Lands while the Leaving Dust Immortal Palace investigated the dragon killings. Yin Tianshou identified Chen Xun and Big Black Ox as the culprits and vowed to protect them, promising to capture them himself and answer for their crime within three days.

• Chen Xun left Meng Sheng to tend to his wounds, and Meng Sheng bowed before setting off with Big Black Ox.
• In the Uninhabited Lands, Chen Xun performed a ritual and tried to steady himself as he considered the consequences of his impulsive actions.
• At the Leaving Dust Immortal Palace, four powerful figures discussed the dragon killings and demanded an explanation from Hall Master Yin Tianshou.
• Yin Tianshou revealed that the Immortal Hall had identified Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, then declared that he would protect them and personally take responsibility for their crime.
• The other three Honored Ones gave Yin Tianshou three days to resolve the matter before they intervened, and he planned to visit Jiaolong Honored One first.

After learning that the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion had targeted Garbage Island and the Soul Nourishing Spirit Weeping Clan, Chen Xun prepared to relocate the survivors. He left the injured Small Realm cultivators behind to recover while he and Big Black Ox headed back to Garbage Island.

• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox that the Five Elements Sect had survived and said they would wait until they were strong enough to investigate what had happened to their scattered allies.
• Yun Jin told Chen Xun that Pavilion Master Lu Chuan had ordered the attack on Garbage Island and urged him to move the recycling plant and take the Soul Nourishing Spirit Weeping Clan.
• Chen Xun thanked Yun Jin and Luo Shuang, then decided to move the survivors into the Spotless Immortal Ridge and return to Garbage Island.
• Chen Xun told Meng Sheng and the others to recover while he sought help to clear their crimes, and they bowed gratefully.
• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson departed through the Teleportation Array for Garbage Island.

Chen Xun and the others returned to Garbage Island, where they learned that Gu Li Sheng had lost his memories and fallen to the Nascent Soul Realm. As they began settling him back in, Chen Xun received a warning that he had been exposed and must flee Mystic Micro Heaven for Desolate Heaven.

• Chen Xun and the others reunited with Mo Fuyang, Song Heng, Gu Li Sheng, and Little Crimson on Garbage Island.
• Song Heng explained that Gu Li Sheng had awakened with amnesia and Nascent Soul cultivation after his mysterious power and Heavenly Dragon Earthly Tiger disappeared.
• Chen Xun entrusted Gu Li Sheng to Song Heng, and the Big Black Ox gave Song Heng a Storage Bag in thanks for helping during the factory crisis.
• Chen Xun received a message warning that people would come to Garbage Island within half an hour to take him away and telling him to flee to Desolate Heaven.

After Mo Yehan warned Chen Xun that their actions had been discovered and that he and Big Black Ox had to flee, Chen Xun arranged for their companions to hide and continue their work. He and Big Black Ox prepared to take the blame alone, leaving Little Crane and the others to wait for their return.

• Mo Yehan told Chen Xun that Mystic Micro Immortal Hall had discovered them, that the crimes of his old friends could be reduced if he fled, and that Luo Yan Hall would send help.
• Chen Xun asked Mo Yehan to erase his old friends' crimes, then accepted that he and Big Black Ox would bear the blame and draw attention away from them.
• Chen Xun ordered Little Crane to take the Soul Nourishing Spirit Weeping Clan to Spotless Immortal Ridge and enter the Dao Academy, while Little Crimson took Song Heng, Gu Li Sheng, and the others to Leaving Dust Island.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox to hide its Primordial Spirit in the Five Elements Decomposition Array and instructed Mo Fuyang to continue the Star Pivot trade with Shi Jianbai's clan.
• Little Crimson begged to go with Chen Xun, but Big Black Ox knocked him into a pit; Chen Xun reassured the group that he and Big Black Ox would survive and told Little Crane he hoped she would grow taller before they returned.

Chen Xun learned from Yin Tianshou that the Eight Vein Flood Dragon Clan had sealed the external Space Channels and that fleeing would trigger a deadly trap. He agreed to remain on Garbage Island and accept punishment, leaving his companions to wait for the others’ arrival.

• Chen Xun told Little Crane to protect their old friends and promised to continue opening Garbage Recycling Plants after their return.
• Chen Xun used a voice transmission to calm Little Crimson, who agreed to stay behind and look after Little Crane.
• Yin Tianshou warned Chen Xun that Jiaolong Honored One was waiting for him to flee and that the Mystic Micro Immortal Hall, Eight Meridians Jiaolong lineage, and Leaving Dust Immortal Palace had the situation under pressure.
• Yin Tianshou revealed he had arranged to preserve Chen Xun and the others’ lives, but said Chen Xun and the Big Black Ox would enter the Immortal Prison for a thousand years while the Small Realm people’s guilt was erased.
• Chen Xun agreed not to flee and prepared to wait on Garbage Island for Yin Tianshou and the others.

Chen Xun prepared to face the consequences of his conflict with a Great Vehicle Honored One, trusting Yin Tianshou to protect him while his companions stayed behind. He reassured them that he and Big Black Ox would return alive, then left Little Crimson responsible for protecting Little Crane and keeping Song Heng and Gu Li Sheng out of trouble.

• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox and the others to go ahead while he settled the matter, saying he would not die even if they failed.
• Chen Xun comforted Big Black Ox and promised Little Crane that they would return alive, and Little Crane vowed to wait for him and Second Brother.
• Little Crimson resolved to protect Little Crane and told Chen Xun that its Dharma Form had condensed.
• Little Crimson ordered Song Heng and Gu Li Sheng to follow it and avoid causing trouble while they waited for Chen Xun to return.
• Little Crimson reminded Gu Li Sheng that they would care for him in return for saving them, and Gu Li Sheng awkwardly agreed.

Chen Xun arranged for Dun Yi to take more than a hundred people away from Mystic Micro Heaven, then waited with his companions for the Great Vehicle Honored Ones to arrive. Six powerful figures appeared over Garbage Island, and a colossal jiaolong demanded to know whether Chen Xun was there.

• Chen Xun entrusted Little Crimson, Little Crane, and the island’s affairs to Mo Fuyang before heading to the coast with his companions.
• Dun Yi arrived aboard a sealed treasure ship, and Chen Xun gave him Vital Qi Coordinates, an identification token for Meng Sheng, and payment for the journey.
• Dun Yi accepted the mission to safely escort more than a hundred people away from Mystic Micro Heaven, and his treasure ship vanished into the sea.
• Chen Xun and the others waited on Garbage Island as Little Crane worried about the consequences of the deaths of ten Refining Void Stage Jiaolong.
• A rift opened in the sky, and six Great Vehicle Honored Ones appeared as a colossal jiaolong demanded to know whether Chen Xun was there.

Jiaolong Honored One condemned Chen Xun for killing ten jiaolongs and pressed him to admit his guilt, while Yin Tianshou intervened and struck him with a Great Vehicle Honored One’s rule-based attack. Chen Xun was blasted away and left bleeding, as the Eight Meridians Jiaolongs watched.

• Jiaolong Honored One accused Chen Xun of defying the Mystic Micro Immortal Hall and killing innocents, and Chen Xun admitted his guilt.
• Chen Xun accepted any punishment and said the ten jiaolong cultivators had not deserved to die.
• Jiaolong Honored One decided that a thousand years in the Immortal Prison would end Chen Xun’s prospects for survival.
• Yin Tianshou stepped forward, rebuked Chen Xun, and struck him with a palm attack infused with Heaven and Earth Rules.
• Chen Xun was blasted away by Yin Tianshou’s strike, leaving a deep palm imprint and spraying blood.

Chen Xun endured the Jiaolong Honored One’s Dragon Tendon Whip as punishment before being sent to the Immortal Prison, while Yin Tianshou watched and resolved to protect him. The chapter left Chen Xun standing amid shattered bones and streaming blood as his body struggled to repair itself.

• Chen Xun reassured Big Black Ox, Little Crane, and Little Crimson after Yin Tianshou’s palm strike wounded him, then continued forward despite his pain.
• Yin Tianshou asked the Jiaolong Honored One to spare Chen Xun and personally escort him to the Immortal Prison, and the Jiaolong Honored One agreed.
• The Jiaolong Honored One summoned the Dragon Tendon Whip and declared that Chen Xun would receive ten lashes before entering the Immortal Prison.
• Chen Xun accepted the punishment without resisting, and the whip shattered his bones and left him vomiting blood while he remained standing.
• Little Crimson harmed himself and collapsed to keep from giving in to his emotions, while Little Crane watched Chen Xun in silence.
• Yin Tianshou suspected Chen Xun had come from the fallen Small Realm and hoped he would survive the ordeal as Chen Xun’s body began desperately repairing itself.

Chen Xun endured nine blows from the Dragon Tendon Whip without dying, drawing Jiaolong Honored One's interest and an invitation to meet in Desolate Heaven if he escaped the Thousand Year Immortal Prison. Big Black Ox carried the gravely injured Chen Xun away as the Jiaolong Clan withdrew and Jiaolong Honored One ended its pursuit for now.

• Jiaolong Honored One struck Chen Xun with the Dragon Tendon Whip until he had endured nine blows, while Yin Tianshou watched without intervening.
• Chen Xun recalled those dear to him and remained alive despite collapsing in a blood pool.
• Jiaolong Honored One praised Chen Xun's endurance and challenged him to leave the Thousand Year Immortal Prison and reach the Great Vehicle Honored One position in Desolate Heaven.
• Big Black Ox carried Chen Xun, who thanked Jiaolong Honored One for sparing his life.
• Jiaolong Honored One declared that the dispute was over, ordered its branch to leave, and urged its clan members to remember their losses and consider the greater forces behind them.

The Jiaolong Honored One and its clansmen left after accepting the settlement, while the remaining Great Vehicle Honored Ones discussed the destruction of Small Realms and its consequences. Yin Tianshou accepted Wei Yue’s apology and saw the three Mystic Micro Immortal Hall Honored Ones depart, leaving the Immortal Prison sentence as the matter’s remaining conclusion.

• The Jiaolong Honored One and its clansmen entered the Space Channel and departed, their anger toward Chen Xun diminished.
• The three Mystic Micro Immortal Hall Honored Ones told Yin Tianshou that Chen Xun’s case would be concluded once he was sent to the Immortal Prison, and Wei Yue warned that she would kill Small Realm survivors who caused trouble.
• Wei Yue defended the destruction of Small Realms, arguing that their stolen Great Age Source harmed the Three Thousand Great Worlds, while Yin Tianshou acknowledged her position.
• Cui Ying reflected on Yin Tianshou’s past: he had been implicated in the death of a disciple, banished to the Mengmu Great Sea Region, and left unable to pursue further cultivation.
• Wei Yue apologized to Yin Tianshou, who accepted her apology and thanked the three Honored Ones for their help.
• The three Mystic Micro Immortal Hall Honored Ones departed in pillars of light after Yin Tianshou offered to assist their clans and sects in the Mengmu Great Sea Region.

Yin Tianshou arranged for Cui Ying to watch over Garbage Island after the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion began making moves against it. Cui Ying sensed an obscure Great Dao aura around Chen Xun and grew concerned about his true identity, while Yin Tianshou took Chen Xun and Big Black Ox away to face the unresolved matter.

• Cui Ying reflected on how Yin Tianshou's disciple had brought ruin upon his master by acting recklessly and giving others chances to use him.
• Yin Tianshou asked Cui Ying to protect the Soul Nourishing Spirit Weeping Clan on Garbage Island from the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion, and she agreed to enforce the rules if they caused trouble.
• Cui Ying arrived on Garbage Island, sensed a faint aura that seemed to erase traces, and suspected that Chen Xun's identity was more complicated than it appeared.
• Yin Tianshou appeared beside Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, told the crowd to follow Chen Xun's arrangements, and took the two away because the matter remained unresolved.
• The narration contrasted the Great Age's strict rules that restrained powerful cultivators with the distrust and resentment of some Small Realm cultivators, which had turned the Immortal Hall and Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance against them.

Yin Tianshou took the grievously injured Chen Xun and Big Black Ox toward the Immortal Prison, leaving their companions on Garbage Island to await their return. The Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle entered the Space Channel, and the road to the Immortal Prison opened as they began a dangerous new journey.

• Yin Tianshou summoned the Prison Character Box and told Big Black Ox to bring Chen Xun so he could treat his injuries.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox bid farewell to Little Crane, Little Crimson, Song Heng, Qing Li, Qing Wan, and the others, asking them to follow their instructions and wait for their return.
• Yin Tianshou, Chen Xun, and Big Black Ox boarded the Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle and entered the Space Channel as everyone on Garbage Island watched them depart.
• Little Crane and Little Crimson promised to wait a thousand years before searching for Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, while Chen Xun shouted a farewell and showed them the flowers and spirit beast egg he had kept.
• The Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle sped through the Space Channel toward the vast Taiyi Great World Immortal Prison, where criminals and fallen geniuses were exiled.

Yin Tianshou lectured Chen Xun about the consequences of his actions and revealed that he, too, had come from a Small Realm. After explaining the Great Age’s destruction of Small Realms, he left Chen Xun understanding the wider situation but still unwilling to abandon his own grudge.

• Yin Tianshou told Chen Xun that he must avoid involving the Eight Vein Flood Dragon Clan again and settle his score with Jiaolong Honored One directly.
• Chen Xun thanked Yin Tianshou for saving him and the people from his realm, and Yin Tianshou warned him not to let hatred consume his life.
• Yin Tianshou revealed that he had come from a Small Realm and said the powers behind the destruction of Chen Xun’s realm stood above the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.
• Yin Tianshou explained that the Ten Thousand Clans were raising the Three Thousand Great Worlds and dealing with Small Realms, rather than seeking to destroy them all.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox heard Yin Tianshou’s explanation, but Chen Xun privately vowed to avenge his realm when he became strong enough.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox listened as Yin Tianshou urged them to let go of reckless vengeance and cherish the people around them. Chen Xun instead became intrigued by immortal tombs and their connection to a lineage’s Heaven and Earth Luck, before learning that they would be sent to a prison where cultivation was impossible.

• Chen Xun promised Yin Tianshou that he would not act against his enemies without overwhelming certainty, and Big Black Ox agreed to improve their methods of covering their tracks.
• Yin Tianshou urged Chen Xun to cherish the present and those around him, warning that even Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lords had limited lifespans.
• Chen Xun asked about the tombs of powerful cultivators, then learned that immortal tombs could preserve Heaven and Earth Luck and bless descendants for generations.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox privately considered robbing immortal tombs and disrupting the luck of their enemies’ lineages, leaving Yin Tianshou unsettled by their smiles.
• Yin Tianshou warned them that the Thousand Year Immortal Prison forbade cultivation and contained no spiritual qi or Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox claimed to have experience with mortal prisons, saying they had always been framed; Yin Tianshou smiled at their optimism.

Yin Tianshou explained the dangers and rules of the Immortal Prison to Chen Xun and Big Black Ox before they were handed over to its guards. The two entered the Profound Heaven Evil-Slaying Hall for processing, where its Grand Righteous Qi exposed their past misdeeds.

• Yin Tianshou warned Chen Xun and Big Black Ox that cultivation and recovery were impossible in the Immortal Prison, urged them to survive at any cost, and told them to seek Earth Spirit Blood Essence.
• Chen Xun realized Jiaolong Honored One had intended to send him to the prison in a ruined state, and he and Big Black Ox promised Yin Tianshou they would survive.
• Five Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon guards arrived, ordered Chen Xun and Big Black Ox to surrender everything except their Natal Magic Treasures, and took custody of their belongings.
• The guards led Chen Xun and Big Black Ox into the Profound Heaven Evil-Slaying Hall, where Grand Righteous Qi drew out their past misdeeds and nearly made them confess aloud.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox were sentenced to one thousand years in the Immortal Prison for killing ten Jiaolong, then were transported into the sealed prison realm. After arriving, Chen Xun began secretly recovering while Big Black Ox kept watch.

• A giant Upright Official sentenced Chen Xun and Big Black Ox to one thousand years in the Immortal Prison and warned them not to break the Great World Rules again.
• The Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race member summoned the Ancient Bronze Gate, and Chen Xun and Big Black Ox were pulled into the Immortal Prison.
• An ancient voice told Chen Xun and Big Black Ox that it believed in them as they entered the prison.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox found themselves in a bleak, isolated realm where their usual tools could not safely be used.
• Chen Xun began recovering with a Rootless Essence Qi Flower while Big Black Ox stood guard.

Chen Xun recovered from his injuries in the Immortal Prison as Big Black Ox stood guard. When three prisoners approached to attack them, Big Black Ox crushed the Heavenly Might Rhino with one blow, leaving the other two frozen in fear.

• Chen Xun used the Rootless Essence Qi Flower to rapidly recover while Big Black Ox watched for danger.
• The Heavenly Might Rhino and two other prisoners spotted Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, then charged over to test their strength.
• The Heavenly Might Rhino struck Chen Xun in the head, but Chen Xun remained unmoved.
• Big Black Ox restrained the Heavenly Might Rhino and smashed it into the rune-inscribed ground, shattering its bones.
• Chen Xun addressed the two surviving prisoners and invited them over to talk, warning that he expected them to speak properly.