Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox emerged from the Great Taiyi World Immortal Prison to find more than ten thousand sinful spirits waiting to greet them. The Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race stood on alert as the former prisoners bowed to Chen Xun, revealing his standing as the king of the Refining Void Immortal Prison.

• The Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race identified notorious prisoners including Demon Moon, Ji Yan, Xian Jue, Qian Shan, and Qi Ming among the crowd gathered outside the passage.
• The Dao Integration True Lord ordered the Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race to keep watch and suppress any riot, while many sinful spirits remained outside the prison waiting for someone.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox emerged from the dark passage, prompting the gathered sinful spirits to focus their attention on them.
• A Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race member shouted at the crowd but backed down when the sinful spirits stared him down and the Dao Integration senior reproached him.
• More than ten thousand sinful spirits bowed together and greeted Chen Xun as the World Crossing Great One, while the Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race watched in awe.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left the Immortal Prison with more than ten thousand Sinful Spirits, while Yin Tianshou welcomed them and took them away aboard his Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle. Deep within the prison, a giant sensed Chen Xun’s arrival and wondered what the future held.

• Chen Xun calmed the gathered Sinful Spirits, then demanded that the Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race let him and Big Black Ox pass.
• The Golden-Eyed Illusion Demon Race opened a path, and Chen Xun and Big Black Ox walked out of the prison.
• Yin Tianshou revealed himself as a Great Vehicle Honored One, praised Chen Xun, and invited him and Big Black Ox onto his Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle.
• Chen Xun called for the Sinful Spirits to come with them, and more than ten thousand followed Yin Tianshou’s shuttle through a spatial passage.
• A giant deep within the Immortal Prison reflected on Chen Xun and the uncertain future before vanishing.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left the Thousand Year Immortal Prison with Yin Tianshou, learned that their family and allies were safe, and prepared to go to Profound Cave Immortal Island. Yin Tianshou was astonished by their hidden cultivation changes, while the pair kept the details of their new contingency secret.

• Yin Tianshou praised the Sinful Spirits and warned them not to violate the Great World Rules again, while Chen Xun assured him that Ji Yan was on his side.
• Yin Tianshou offered Chen Xun and Big Black Ox help and offered to teach Big Black Ox the Dao of Talisman Arrays, but Chen Xun declined further aid because they already had a sect and master.
• Yin Tianshou told Chen Xun that his younger siblings were safe on Profound Cave Immortal Island and that Little Crane was cultivating under Yu Xuan Honored One after Ye Han helped her.
• Yin Tianshou revealed that the Desolate Vein Clan had bought Nine Heavens Peak on Leaving Dust Island and was waiting for Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox celebrated their release and told Yin Tianshou they had reached the peak of the Refining Void Stage, without revealing their hidden contingency within the Rootless Essence Qi Flower.

After escaping the Immortal Prison, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to Profound Cave Immortal Island with a formidable company of Sinful Spirits. Their dramatic arrival alarmed the island until Little Crane and Little Crimson recognized them and Chen Xun welcomed his family home.

• Yin Tianshou advised Chen Xun and Big Black Ox to prepare for the Mystic Heavenly Passage Tower and seek him at the Immortal Hall when they were ready.
• At Profound Cave Immortal Island, Little Crane, Little Crimson, and their companions waited for Chen Xun and Big Black Ox to return from the Immortal Prison.
• A vast treasure shuttle emerged from a spatial fissure carrying Sinful Spirits whose Killing Intent prompted Profound Cave Dao Academy to activate its defenses.
• Dao Integration Elders confronted Yin Tianshou and the shuttle, mistaking the returning group for an attack on the island.
• Little Crane and Little Crimson joyfully recognized Chen Xun and Big Black Ox, while the Immortal Prison powerhouses saluted NanGong HeLing.
• Chen Xun looked at Little Crane and Little Crimson and softly told them, "We're back."

Yin Tianshou reunited with the Dao Academy elders while Chen Xun and Big Black Ox welcomed Little Crane and Little Crimson aboard the treasure shuttle. Mo Yehan arrived and reunited with Chen Xun, telling him that his old friends had safely entered the Desolate Heaven Domain, as the group’s paths diverged after their thousand years apart.

• Yin Tianshou greeted the Profound Cave Dao Academy elders and went inside to discuss the Dao with them.
• Little Crane and Little Crimson reunited with Chen Xun and Big Black Ox aboard the treasure shuttle.
• Mo Yehan appeared before the Immortal Prison cultivators and challenged them to fight or discuss the Dao.
• Xian Jue and Mo Yehan faced each other with rising battle intent, but Mo Yehan turned to greet Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun thanked Mo Yehan for his care, and Mo Yehan told him that his old friends had safely entered the Desolate Heaven Domain.

After Chen Xun and the Immortal Prison Creatures arrived near the Profound Cave Dao Academy, Yu Xuan suppressed them and warned them against causing trouble. She introduced herself as a disciple of the Jade Zither Immortal, leaving Chen Xun stunned.

• Mo Yehan told Chen Xun that his master wished to see him and that HeLing had cultivated under that master for a thousand years.
• Yu Xuan appeared above the Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle and immobilized the Immortal Prison Creatures with her oppressive aura.
• Yu Xuan rebuked the group, singled out Xian Jue, and threatened to speak with his father, Xian WuKong.
• Yu Xuan invited the Immortal Prison Creatures to the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace and warned them not to provoke the Dao Academy.
• Yu Xuan told Chen Xun that she had expected him to bring the group to her so she could rein in their hostility, but Chen Xun denied planning it.
• Yu Xuan introduced herself as a twenty-eighth-generation disciple of the Jade Zither Immortal, shocking Chen Xun.

After Yu Xuan revealed that she was an immortal, Chen Xun and the others watched her depart, then set out aboard the treasure shuttle toward the Mengmu Great Sea Region. Chen Xun rejected Ji Yan’s plans to fight for supremacy and ordered everyone to guard the five Garbage Islands of Mystic Micro Heaven by collecting garbage.

• Chen Xun learned that Yu Xuan was an immortal who had not ascended, and she said He Ling had been peaceful and fond of reading at the Dao Academy.
• Yu Xuan vanished, leaving Xian Jue worried she would report his unpaid compensation to his father, while Ji Yan resolved to visit Jade Terrace Immortal Palace someday.
• Mo Yehan saluted Chen Xun and departed, pleased that Chen Xun had grown stronger after the Thousand Year Immortal Prison.
• Ji Yan told Chen Xun he had devised thirteen plans, and the living beings aboard the Flying Wing Treasure Shuttle gathered Killing Intent.
• Chen Xun rebuked the group for planning to fight for supremacy and ordered them to collect garbage and guard the five Garbage Islands of Mystic Micro Heaven.
• Xian Jue protested the order, but Chen Xun’s stern expression silenced everyone aboard the treasure shuttle.

Chen Xun rallied his companions to build the Garbage Recycling Plant, use the Great World Rules to grow stronger, and prepare to enter the Mystic Heavenly Passage Tower. He sent Ji Yan and Mo Fuyang to inspect the Garbage Islands while he stayed behind, and refused Xian Jue’s request to borrow spirit stones.

• Chen Xun revealed the Recycling Plant’s enormous profits and urged his companions to gather resources while acting within the Great World Rules.
• Chen Xun said the group would establish themselves on the five Garbage Islands and eventually enter the Mystic Heavenly Passage Tower to advance to Dao Integration.
• Ji Yan volunteered to inspect the Garbage Islands, and Chen Xun assigned Mo Fuyang to guide him.
• Chen Xun told Mo Fuyang they would discuss the past thousand years after returning to Spotless Immortal Ridge, then sent the group toward the teleportation array.
• Xian Jue stayed behind to ask Chen Xun to lend him spirit stones, but Chen Xun kicked him away and told him to earn his own.

After a thousand years apart, Chen Xun reunited with Little Crane, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson, and the family celebrated their return to one another. Little Crane introduced Chen Xun to her friends, Mu Qingyao and Feng Jinyu, who were terrified by his presence.

• Little Crane rushed into Chen Xun's embrace and broke down in tears as they reunited after a thousand years.
• Little Crimson told Chen Xun it had reached the Refining Void Stage and recorded the major events of the past thousand years on Image Recording Stones.
• Chen Xun praised Little Crimson and Big Black Ox, then held his family close and asked Little Crane about the cultivators on the shore.
• Little Crane brought Chen Xun to meet Mu Qingyao and Feng Jinyu, who trembled with fear before him and remembered the legends of the Immortal Prison.

Chen Xun reunited with He Ling, welcomed her friends and protectors, and arranged to meet someone at the Heavenly Immortal Pavilion in three days. He then took He Ling and his companions out for a carefree stroll along the coast, where their attempt to catch a fish ended in a chaotic beating for Little Crimson.

• Chen Xun greeted Mu Qingyao and Feng Jinyu, warned Feng Jinyu not to stare at He Ling, and gave them Soul Nourishing Liquid as a meeting gift.
• Chen Xun learned that Mu Qingyao belonged to the ancient Wood Clan and that five members of the Desolate Vein Clan had protected He Ling for a thousand years.
• Chen Xun agreed to meet someone at the Heavenly Immortal Pavilion in three days and thanked the five protectors before they departed.
• Chen Xun told the five protectors they could cultivate instead of accompanying him while he took He Ling out, and they agreed to wait for Miss NanGong.
• Chen Xun, He Ling, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson strolled along the coast and tried to catch a Water Spirit Fish, but Little Crimson burned it black and was beaten by Chen Xun and Big Black Ox.

After the World Breaking Ship escaped the Thousand Year Immortal Prison, Chen Xun promised Little Crane they would stay together after leaving the Dao Academy. He scolded her for arranging Lu Chuan’s death, then learned their family had accumulated thirty million High-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Little Crimson, and Little Crane sailed away from the immortal island aboard the World Breaking Ship and celebrated their freedom.
• During a seafood feast, Little Crane asked whether Chen Xun would send her away again, and he promised they would remain together at the Dao Academy.
• Chen Xun confronted Little Crane about her role in dealing with Lu Chuan and warned her against handling assassinations or bribery recklessly.
• Chen Xun asked Little Crane about the Garbage Recycling Plant’s earnings, and she said their family had thirty million High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun reacted in shock to the amount of spirit stones.

Chen Xun and his companions celebrated their reunion and planned to travel through the Great World Mortal Realm after Little Crane finished her time at the Dao Academy. Three days later, Chen Xun arrived at the Heavenly Immortal Pavilion, where a powerful group had gathered to meet him.

• Little Crane told Chen Xun that she had earned thirty million High-Grade Spirit Stones by gathering Thousand Machines Spirit Seal fragments, and he warned her not to risk herself again.
• Chen Xun praised Song Heng and the others for waiting a thousand years, then promised to take Little Crane to the Great World Mortal Realm after she completed her remaining time at the Dao Academy.
• Chen Xun asked Big Black Ox to tell Little Crane and Little Crimson the story of Xun's Snacks as they sat together on a Giant Ship beneath the starry sky.
• Three days later, cultivators and Gray Robe guards surrounded the Heavenly Immortal Pavilion in Hun Yuan Immortal City, where a Venerable One awaited Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun arrived with Big Black Ox, Little Crimson, Ji Yan, Qian Shan, and the others, then calmly entered the pavilion.

Chen Xun met Shi Jianbai, the Great Vehicle Honored One who had secretly communicated with him through an immortal puppet and protected his family during his imprisonment. Shi Jianbai agreed to continue their cooperation and gave Chen Xun a token and an Earth-tier Star Pivot array map.

• Shi Jianbai greeted Chen Xun after his return from the Thousand Year Immortal Prison and invited him to speak privately.
• Shi Jianbai revealed that his immortal puppet had communicated with Chen Xun through the Star Pivot and that he had witnessed their exchanges.
• Shi Jianbai explained that his clan’s bloodline had been sealed for generations and that Chen Xun’s two items could change its fate.
• Chen Xun asked Shi Jianbai to hand over the five people who had protected his younger sister, and Shi Jianbai agreed.
• Shi Jianbai affirmed that their cooperation could continue and placed a Nine Heavens Peak token and an Earth-tier Star Pivot Array Map on the table.

Shi Jianbai gave Chen Xun’s Garbage Recycling Plant two valuable items and departed aboard a World Crossing Space Ship, leaving Chen Xun resolved to run the plant without coveting others’ interests. Ji Yan then presented a map of Mystic Micro Heaven and reported Mist Nether’s agreement to take ownership of its five Garbage Islands.

• Shi Jianbai offered Chen Xun the Purple Mansion Azure Spirit Liquid and Returning Origin Purple God Essence, then invited him to seek help at Star Pivot if needed.
• Shi Jianbai and his followers left the Heavenly Immortal Pavilion aboard a World Crossing Space Ship, astonishing the cultivators who witnessed it.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox and Little Crimson that they could run the Garbage Recycling Plant safely as long as they did not contend for others’ interests.
• Ji Yan showed Chen Xun a map dividing Mystic Micro Heaven into five great regions and identified the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom in the north.
• Ji Yan reported that Luo Shuang and Mist Nether had agreed with the Garbage Island cultivators to take ownership of all five Garbage Islands in exchange for one hundred billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Xun and Ji Yan planned to expand the Garbage Recycling Plant’s influence across the Mengmu Great Sea Region and build strength to challenge the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance. Ji Yan worried about his limited lifespan, but Chen Xun privately promised he had ways to extend it, and they returned to Garbage Island to prepare.

• Chen Xun and Ji Yan agreed to consolidate the five Garbage Islands and expand recycling operations into sects and other regions, while debating how to divide the profits.
• Ji Yan outlined a plan to spend spirit stones on Immortal Slaves, resources, and alliances until their forces could challenge the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Xun and Ji Yan vowed to proceed carefully and avoid returning to the Immortal Prison, and Chen Xun secretly told Ji Yan he had methods to extend his life.
• Chen Xun and Ji Yan agreed that Chen Xun would handle the Mystic Heavenly Passage Tower plan and used their transmission devices to stay in contact.
• On the way back, Ji Yan told Qian Shan to prepare to face the Bright Firmament Holy Palace’s Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lord, promising their side would handle the aftermath.

Demon Moon and Ji Yan continued toward Wind Riding Mountain Villa while Song Heng trapped Gu Li Sheng in a great tomb. The Void Refinement Lion Dog then ambushed Song Heng, leaving him trapped beside Gu Li Sheng as Gu Li Sheng attacked him.

• Demon Moon fantasized about killing Du Shi, and Ji Yan warned her to watch the road while secretly deciding to keep her alive for now.
• Song Heng suppressed Gu Li Sheng inside a prepared great tomb and taunted him, though his Tomb Qi could only corrode Gu Li Sheng’s clothes.
• Song Heng shattered Gu Li Sheng’s tombstone and celebrated his success before the Void Refinement Lion Dog suddenly struck him with a giant claw.
• Song Heng landed wounded inside the tomb beside Gu Li Sheng, who seized the chance to attack him and scream for revenge.

After returning from prison, Chen Xun reunited with his companions and met Mo Fuyang at Spotless Immortal Ridge. He encouraged Mo Fuyang’s Five Elements cultivation and ended by asking how he had endured the past thousand years.

• Little Crimson returned to the great tomb, where Gu Li Sheng and Song Heng greeted him before the three fought and then sat together laughing.
• Chen Xun shared tea with Mo Fuyang, who told him he had planted it while waiting for his release from prison.
• Chen Xun learned that Mo Fuyang had reached only Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation because he had encountered bottlenecks opening Body Apertures and Divine Apertures.
• Mo Fuyang proposed using Heaven and Earth Five Elements Qi in puppets, and Chen Xun encouraged him to develop the idea into Five Elements Immortal Arts.
• Chen Xun set aside their discussion of cultivation and asked Mo Fuyang whether the past thousand years had been difficult.

Chen Xun returned to Spotless Immortal Ridge and offered to erase Xian Jue’s debt if he followed the Five Elements Immortal Path. After demonstrating his overwhelming power in a spar, Chen Xun left Xian Jue impressed, while Big Black Ox privately judged that Xian Jue lacked enough methods to challenge him.

• Chen Xun told Mo Fuyang to prepare for him to open his apertures in five days, then rested before leaving the pavilion.
• Xian Jue worried that guarding Spotless Immortal Ridge would take one hundred thousand years to repay his debt.
• Chen Xun offered to erase Xian Jue’s debt if he cultivated the Five Elements Immortal Path and invited him to attack.
• Xian Jue struck Chen Xun, but Chen Xun froze him with Five Elements power and dissolved his racial secret art.
• Chen Xun released Xian Jue, who saluted him in admiration, while Big Black Ox thought Xian Jue needed more methods to defeat Chen Xun.

Chen Xun planned to sever Xian Jue’s Dao and reshape his Sacred Spirit Root, while Big Black Ox continued nurturing the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Tree at the cost of its lifespan. On Garbage Island, Ji Yan and Tian Li played chess, and Tian Li reflected on how years of rejection had turned his gentle nature into a feared reputation.

• Chen Xun agreed to prepare for Xian Jue’s Dao Severance, promised to help repay his debt, and warned him to guard the area.
• Chen Xun began planning to use the Five Elements Facing Origin Crimson Treasure Fruit and a Pattern-Marked Foundation Establishment Pill to transform Xian Jue’s physique and spirit root.
• Big Black Ox used the fifth layer of the Water Spirit Art to nurture the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Tree, knowingly spending its lifespan and recording the changes.
• On Garbage Island, Ji Yan beat Tian Li at chess and said he would attend the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom gathering with Du Shi.
• Tian Li recalled that his sect had rejected and ridiculed him despite his efforts to become refined, and that his gentle heart had given way to the reputation of a bloodthirsty killer.

Ji Yan and Tian Li set out toward Floating Cloud Island and the central sea region, while at Profound Cave Dao Academy, He Ling, Mu Qingyao, and Feng Jinyu arrived late to White Jade True Lord’s lecture. Feng Jinyu was mistaken for acting arrogantly and dragged away, protesting that he had been wronged.

• Ji Yan told Tian Li he planned to recruit the Eight Meridians Jiaolong and plant hidden calamities for the Eight Vein Flood Dragon Clan, then decided to leave that night.
• The next day, Mu Qingyao, Feng Jinyu, and He Ling raced up the mountain to attend White Jade True Lord’s lecture on immortal history.
• The three arrived half an hour late, drawing the attention of White Jade True Lord and the gathered disciples.
• Feng Jinyu faced the disciples’ hostile glares beside Mu Qingyao and He Ling, and White Jade True Lord ordered him thrown down the mountain.
• A Void Refinement powerhouse seized Feng Jinyu and carried him down the mountain as he cried that he had been wronged.