Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox questioned two Ghost Face Race prisoners about the Immortal Prison and learned that it was a vast, dangerous place where powerful Sinful Spirits roamed. Chen Xun then unleashed a terrifying Killing Intent, leaving the pair horrified by the kind of prisoner who had just arrived.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox recognized the two newcomers as members of the Ghost Face Race and persuaded them to introduce themselves as Little Ghost and Ghost Fiend.
• Little Ghost and Ghost Fiend explained that they had accepted a job to beat someone half to death, but a Dao Integration True Lord had caught them and sentenced them to a hundred years in the Immortal Prison.
• Ghost Fiend told Chen Xun that they were in the Refining Void Stage prison, a perilous region divided by barriers where Sinful Spirits descended and some violent prisoners stayed until death.
• Ghost Fiend warned that unusually strong Sinful Spirits could be recognized by Killing Intent detectable from far away and advised fleeing from them.
• Chen Xun released a vast tide of Blood Qi and Killing Intent, causing Little Ghost and Ghost Fiend to collapse in terror.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox subdued two Ghost Face Race prisoners and wandered the Immortal Prison, while a hundred years passed. On Profound Cave Immortal Island, the Dao Academy opened its doors to new disciples, and a young girl arrived with Uncle Fu, Fourth Brother, and a Red Lion, still waiting for her brothers with nine hundred years remaining.

• Chen Xun made Ghost Fiend and Little Ghost surrender two drops of essence blood, then left with Big Black Ox.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox roamed the strange Immortal Prison and concluded that it might lie inside an immortal spirit creature.
• A hundred years passed quietly in the Immortal Prison.
• Profound Cave Dao Academy opened its doors to disciples from across the world on Profound Cave Immortal Island.
• A young girl arrived at the island with Uncle Fu, Fourth Brother, and a Red Lion, and said she would wait for her brothers for the remaining nine hundred years.

Little Crane and her companions reached Profound Cave Immortal Island, where Luo Shuang offered to guide them around. The Desolate Vein Clan arrived to greet NanGong HeLing as Shi Jianbai’s people, and the chapter ended with the newcomers exchanging respectful greetings.

• Little Crimson recorded the bustling arrival at Profound Cave Immortal Island while Mo Fuyang reflected on Shi Jianbai’s dealings and the Garbage Recycling Plant’s expansion.
• Mo Fuyang told Little Crane that Luo Shuang would arrive and that Young Master Mo could not appear because the Factory Owner wanted Little Crane to cultivate quietly.
• Luo Shuang arrived with a group of women, paid respects to Miss NanGong, and offered to show her around the island.
• Five powerful members of the Desolate Vein Clan called out to Miss NanGong, startling Luo Shuang and her companions.
• Little Crane recognized the five as Senior Shi’s people, introduced herself as NanGong HeLing, and exchanged greetings with them alongside Mo Fuyang and Little Crimson.

Little Crane and her companions entered Profound Cave Immortal Island with five Dao Integration True Lords assigned to protect her until she reached Dao Integration. After a young man noticed NanGong HeLing on the way to the Dao Academy, Mo Yehan appeared in the arena and welcomed her, mentioning that Brother Chen’s return was drawing closer.

• Five women introduced themselves as Desolate Gold, Desolate Wood, Desolate Water, Desolate Fire, and Desolate Earth, and pledged to protect Little Crane until she entered Dao Integration.
• Little Crane thanked the five True Lords and led Luo Shuang, Mo Fuyang, Little Crimson, and the others across the stone bridge toward the Dao Academy.
• A young man on another bridge repeatedly glanced at NanGong HeLing and said he intended to make her acquaintance at the Dao Academy.
• The group crossed the strange bridge and reached a vast Dao arena lined with azure pillars.
• Mo Yehan appeared in the arena, welcomed Little HeLing, and said Brother Chen’s return was drawing closer.

Mo Yehan brought NanGong HeLing and her companions into the Profound Cave Dao Academy, where his master Yu Xuan demanded to examine her. NanGong HeLing’s five Dao Protectors challenged Yu Xuan to keep her from probing their charge, leaving a confrontation poised to erupt.

• Mo Yehan appeared at the entrance examinations, promised to support NanGong HeLing, and questioned the five Desolate Vein Clan Dao Protectors following her.
• After Little Crane explained that the five had been sent by her Big Brother’s friend, Mo Yehan accepted them and took NanGong HeLing’s group away from the entrance examinations.
• Mo Yehan brought NanGong HeLing to meet his master, Yu Xuan, a Great Vehicle Honored One, who summoned her forward to inspect her and see whether she had her elder brother’s bearing.
• The five Dao Protectors warned Yu Xuan not to probe NanGong HeLing, and Desolate Gold declared that they would protect her from harm.
• Yu Xuan accused the five of threatening her, and they stepped forward together, insisting that NanGong HeLing must not come to harm.

Yu Xuan took NanGong HeLing under her guidance at the Dao Academy, while Mo Yehan faced a reckoning with his master. In the Great Taiyi World’s Immortal Prison, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox appeared to confront two Sinful Spirits and propose a trade in essence blood.

• Yu Xuan ordered an investigation into who had sent the five Desolate Vein Clan cultivators and announced she would visit the Great Wasteland.
• Mo Yehan revealed Yu Xuan’s connection to the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace, but Yu Xuan rebuked him over his past boast and said they would settle the matter later.
• Yu Xuan invited NanGong HeLing to follow her cultivation guidance, and NanGong HeLing agreed to pursue the unusual Immortal Dao focused on wisdom and learning.
• Yu Xuan took NanGong HeLing and Mo Yehan away, while Mo Fuyang and Little Crimson reassured Little Crane and promised to visit her.
• In the Great Taiyi World’s Immortal Prison, two Sinful Spirits heard the suona and bells and recognized the approaching World-Saving Old Man and Evil-Exorcising Black Ox.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox appeared in Bandit Masks, locked onto the two Sinful Spirits, and offered to discuss a trade in essence blood.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox traded Earth Spirit Essence for a Sinful Spirit’s essence blood and encountered a Cloud Race prisoner who had none to trade. As they prepared to leave, the Immortal Prison Fiend Woman arrived to challenge them.

• Chen Xun offered Earth Spirit Essence for essence blood, and one Sinful Spirit accepted the trade before fleeing to recover.
• Chen Xun asked Big Black Ox to cross the trader’s name from the Myriad Races Manual, then questioned the other Sinful Spirit about trading.
• The Cloud Race Sinful Spirit explained that his kind had no essence blood and that he had only been fighting to defend himself from someone trying to refine him into an artifact.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox dismissed the Cloud Race member and began to leave, but a powerful Killing Intent stopped them.
• The Immortal Prison Fiend Woman appeared with her Blood Radiance Sword and challenged Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, prompting Chen Xun to ask if she wanted to trade essence blood.

Chen Xun crushed the Immortal Prison Fiend Woman’s clone after she insulted Big Black Ox, then continued exploring the Refining Void Immortal Prison. Word of the World-Saving Old Man spread, drawing the attention of powerful Sinful Spirits while the Fiend Woman feared his true strength.

• The Immortal Prison Fiend Woman attacked Chen Xun, but he caught her Blood Radiance Sword and overwhelmed her with his Killing Intent.
• Chen Xun crushed the Fiend Woman’s face, and Big Black Ox tried to perform the Ascension Three Styles before her final attack was destroyed by Chen Xun’s Extinguishing Divine Storm.
• Chen Xun realized the Fiend Woman was an Extraterrestrial Clone and decided to find her main body before completing the ritual, then continued wandering with Big Black Ox.
• A Cloud Race Sinful Spirit witnessed Chen Xun’s power, while rumors warned others not to fight the masked man and the suona-playing black ox.
• Powerful Sinful Spirits took interest in hunting the World-Saving Old Man, but the Fiend Woman refused to join them and privately feared Chen Xun.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox used their thousand-year sentence in the Immortal Prison to cultivate and learn from fellow Sinful Spirits. They discovered how their killing of the Jiaolongs had been traced, while two frightened prisoners wondered how much longer Chen Xun would remain imprisoned.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox planned to cultivate Rootless Essence Qi Flowers, use Earth Spirit Essence for Little Crimson, and seek knowledge from the prison’s Sinful Spirits.
• They traveled through the Immortal Prison, befriending prisoners and asking them how to commit murders without being detected.
• An old Sinful Spirit explained that Thousand Machines Spirit Seals, traces in the surroundings, and Soul Lamps could reveal a killer, helping Chen Xun understand how their Jiaolong victims had been traced.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox thanked the prisoners and gave them Earth Spirit Essences in return for their advice.
• On Leaving Dust Island, Mo Fuyang felt as if someone was watching him, then resumed meditating on the Five Elements Immortal Scripture.
• Two Sinful Spirits hiding in the darkness wondered how much longer Chen Xun’s sentence would last and resolved to stay out of his way.

Five hundred years passed while Chen Xun and Big Black Ox remained in the Immortal Prison, with four hundred years left before they could leave. At the Profound Cave Dao Academy, NanGong HeLing befriended Mu Qingyao and revealed that she was waiting for her two brothers to return from the Immortal Prison.

• Mu Qingyao approached NanGong HeLing at the Profound Cave Dao Academy and introduced herself, saying she wanted to make her acquaintance.
• NanGong HeLing and Mu Qingyao discussed their backgrounds and the rumors about HeLing's connection to the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace, which HeLing denied.
• Feng Jinyu arrived to speak with NanGong HeLing, became flustered upon seeing her with Mu Qingyao, and quickly left.
• Mu Qingyao invited NanGong HeLing to attend the Dao Academy Elders' lectures together, and HeLing agreed.
• NanGong HeLing told Mu Qingyao that she was waiting for her two blood brothers to return from the Immortal Prison, leaving Mu Qingyao shocked.

NanGong HeLing advanced the Garbage Recycling Plant’s plans while Lu Chuan learned that the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion was ordering him to leave the Mengmu Great Sea Region for the Great Wasteland. A mysterious man watched Lu Chuan from a teahouse, implying that he intended to settle an old score.

• Mu Qingyao learned that NanGong HeLing’s Big Brother and Second Brother were serving a thousand-year sentence in the Immortal Prison and left in fear.
• NanGong HeLing ordered Desolate Water to begin annexing Leaving Dust Island and Floating Cloud Island and use cultivation garbage from local factions.
• NanGong HeLing sent Yun Jin to visit Mist Nether with one hundred billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and ordered Sister Luo Shuang to raise the Ghost Face Race Honored One’s price to keep Lu Chuan away from the Mengmu Great Sea Region.
• Gu Zhu informed Lu Chuan that he had been ordered to transfer to the Great Wasteland and that his replacement would arrive within a month.
• Lu Chuan suspected someone was targeting him but decided to remain with the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion for protection.
• A mysterious man watched Lu Chuan’s pavilion from a teahouse and said that greed was a capital crime on the Immortal Path before vanishing with two Black-Clothed People.

The Immortal Prison Fiend Woman was attacked by a coalition of powerful Sinful Spirits serving World Crossing, while Xian Jue fought his way across White Bone Land to challenge him. After days of battle, Xian Jue finally faced the silver-haired World Crossing, the Black Ox, and a strange Black Jade Blood Flower.

• The Immortal Prison Fiend Woman found Yan Chi, Demon Moon, Qi Ming, and over a hundred Sinful Spirits surrounding her Blood Lake and demanding that she go to White Bone Land to die.
• The attackers launched a battle against the Immortal Prison Fiend Woman, who cursed the World-Saving Old Man as the Blood Lake became engulfed in fighting.
• Xian Jue arrived at White Bone Land and fought through the Sinful Spirits guarding the bones, demanding to know whether World Crossing dared fight him.
• Xian Jue battled for more than half a month, suffered severe wounds, and was stopped by five Immortal Prison powerhouses beneath the skeletal remains.
• World Crossing opened his eyes atop the bones as the Black Ox appeared behind him and a Black Jade Blood Flower bloomed, leaving Xian Jue overwhelmed by its power.

Chen Xun used the Black Jade Blood Flower to suppress Xian Jue and extract his essence blood, while the Sinful Spirits watched in awe. Xian Jue’s challenge ended with him powerless beneath the flower’s strange force.

• Chen Xun recognized the Nine Heavens Shadowless Race and revealed that he had been waiting for its arrival.
• Xian Jue challenged Chen Xun to battle and offered his essence blood if he lost.
• Big Black Ox consulted a booklet and identified Xian Jue’s race and its history in the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Xun raised the Black Jade Blood Flower, which drew Earth Spirit Essence from the White Bone Land and overwhelmed Xian Jue.
• The Black Jade Blood Flower forcibly extracted two masses of essence blood from Xian Jue as the Sinful Spirits saluted Chen Xun.

Xian Jue challenged Chen Xun but was defeated by Big Black Ox, then surrendered his race’s essence blood and learned that Chen Xun could restore his injuries. After explaining his race’s cultivation method, Xian Jue offered to follow Chen Xun and learn his body-cultivation method, leaving Chen Xun intrigued by the proposed bargain.

• Xian Jue unleashed his hidden strength and attacked the White Bone Corpse, but Big Black Ox met his strike and knocked him down before Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun told Xian Jue that they held no grudge and let him choose whether to stay or leave, while explaining that he and Big Black Ox did not fight one-on-one.
• Xian Jue admitted defeat and gave Chen Xun all the essence blood he had collected.
• Chen Xun used the Black Jade Blood Lotus to heal Xian Jue, who explained how his race used essence blood to cultivate flesh-and-blood dharma forms.
• Chen Xun prepared to meditate and planned to gather the remaining Nine Heavens Shadowless Race essence blood and claim the White Bone Corpse.
• Xian Jue asked to follow Chen Xun and learn his body-cultivation method, offering Chen Xun his future in exchange, and Chen Xun called the proposal interesting.

Chen Xun agreed to share insights into body cultivation with Xian Jue, who explained how damaging a Domain Crossing Space Boat had earned him a prison sentence and a huge debt. Chen Xun revealed that he would leave prison in four hundred years with his followers, then asked Xian Jue about the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race and its hidden stronghold.

• Chen Xun agreed to teach Xian Jue a few insights into the path of the fleshly body, and Xian Jue said he would leave prison in two hundred years after serving a seven-hundred-year sentence for damaging a Third-Grade Domain Crossing Space Boat.
• Xian Jue explained that he had fought the boat after it nearly swept his Sky Soaring Magical Artifact into Space Turbulence, and that he planned to repay his debt of over ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones himself.
• Chen Xun told Xian Jue to wait for him outside the prison, saying he would be released in four hundred years after killing flood dragons who worked for the Immortal Hall.
• Chen Xun’s prison mates gathered across the White Bone Land and pledged to return with him to Mystic Micro Heaven, the Mengmu Great Sea Region.
• Chen Xun showed Xian Jue a drawing, and Xian Jue identified the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race and recounted its ancient wars against his race and the Immortal Spirit Main Clan.
• Chen Xun asked where the Immortal Ancient Forbidden Ground was located, saying he had matters to discuss with the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race.

Chen Xun gathered Xian Jue and five powerful Human Race Sinful Spirits under his protection, then began cultivating with Big Black Ox atop the white-bone remains. With four hundred years left in their prison terms, they prepared to grow stronger before leaving the Immortal Prison.

• Xian Jue pledged to investigate the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race and asked Chen Xun to take him to the Immortal Ancient Forbidden Ground.
• Chen Xun stopped Ji Yan, Yun Shao, Yuan Ming, Tian Li, and Qian Shan from making things difficult for Xian Jue, and urged them to cultivate for the world beyond the Immortal Prison.
• Xian Jue and the five Human Race Sinful Spirits entered meditation, while the weaker Sinful Spirits celebrated the decline in fighting.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox cultivated atop the white-bone remains, harvesting its essence to strengthen their souls and bodies.
• Chen Xun thought of Third Sister and Little Crimson, noting that four hundred years remained before he and Big Black Ox left the Immortal Prison.

As Lu Chuan left the Mengmu Great Sea Region for the Great Wasteland, he met Yun Jin and learned how much the junior had risen. A chance conversation with Yu Fangshuo, a young cultivator fleeing enemies, made Lu Chuan reflect on his own choices as they began their journey together.

• Lu Chuan met Yun Jin at the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion, and Yun Jin thanked him before agreeing to visit the Great Wasteland someday.
• Lu Chuan secretly planned to escape to Star Heaven, though he continued toward the space ship under the watch of two Dao Integration cultivators.
• Yu Fangshuo arrived just before the spatial formation activated and boarded the space ship with a cheap ticket.
• Lu Chuan spoke with Yu Fangshuo in the cargo hold and learned that he was fleeing enemies and intended to make his way in the Great Wasteland without relying on powerful allies.
• Lu Chuan encouraged Yu Fangshuo to keep pursuing his own path and reflected that cultivation's value lay in the journey rather than its outcome.

Lu Chuan left Mystic Micro Heaven under the guise of dying in the Great Wasteland, escaping with Yu Fangshuo after staging his disappearance. Fifty years later, Lu Chuan was still recovering in Star Heaven and planned to build a force of his own before returning to Mystic Micro Heaven.

• Lu Chuan offered Yu Fangshuo a place at the Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion, but Yu Fangshuo declined and set out for the Great Wasteland.
• Lu Chuan took up his post in the Great Wasteland, where he disappeared in the Ancient Forest ten years later and was presumed killed by a Dao Integration Ancient Ferocious Beast.
• The Spirit Treasure Immortal Pavilion recovered Lu Chuan's Storage Ring, held a memorial rite, and removed his name from its records.
• Lu Chuan revealed that he had faked his death and escaped Mystic Micro Heaven with Yu Fangshuo, who had helped carry out his plan.
• Fifty years later, Lu Chuan continued recovering from his injuries in a mountain cave abode while Yu Fangshuo gathered news and prepared to join a new sect with him.
• Lu Chuan planned to build a force in Star Heaven and eventually return to Mystic Micro Heaven, but a sudden change interrupted his recovery.

Ghost Face Honored One, disguised as Yu Fangshuo, killed Lu Chuan for fifteen thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and erased all traces of the crime. A thousand years after Chen Xun and Big Black Ox entered the Immortal Prison, their release was only days away.

• Yu Fangshuo revealed himself as Ghost Face Honored One after Ghost Poison crippled Lu Chuan and destroyed his Great Dao Power.
• Yu Fangshuo told Lu Chuan that he had been paid fifteen thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones to kill him, but refused to identify the employer.
• Lu Chuan regretted how he had treated Yun Jin before dying, and Ghost Face Honored One erased his corpse and every trace in the cave dwelling.
• Yu Fangshuo reported the completed task through a Sound Transmission Disc and learned the employer would add another five thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yu Fangshuo decided to remain in Star Heaven because cross-domain Teleportation Arrays cost too much.
• In the Mengmu Great Sea Region, a thousand years had passed since Chen Xun and Big Black Ox entered the Immortal Prison, and their release was days away.

As the millennium term ended, Yin Tianshou went to the Immortal Prison while NanGong HeLing and Little Crimson were turned away from the Immortal Hall. Chen Xun and Black Ox were finally released and stepped into the passage to freedom.

• Cui Ying told Yin Tianshou that NanGong HeLing had fled the Dao Academy to join him, but he refused to see her and set off alone for the Immortal Prison.
• NanGong HeLing and Little Crimson excitedly prepared to welcome Chen Xun and Black Ox, but Cui Ying told them to return to the Dao Academy because outsiders could not enter the Immortal Prison.
• NanGong HeLing accepted Cui Ying's decision and left the Immortal Palace with Little Crimson, hiding her disappointment.
• Several days later, a heavenly voice announced that Chen Xun and Black Ox had completed their sentences.
• Chen Xun and Black Ox calmly entered the passage out of the Immortal Prison.