Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun questioned an Ominous Creature born from his Dao resonance, which pledged to follow him because it wanted to survive. The creature revealed that it had devoured Chen Xun's Dao resonance when he opened the Immortal Gate, leaving Chen Xun wondering what lay beyond it and why State Teacher Fu Shi's sect had stayed out of the Heavenly River Battle.

• The Ominous Creature appeared before Chen Xun, overwhelming He Ling and Little Crimson with its aura before kowtowing to him.
• Chen Xun asked the creature its name and purpose, and it explained that defeated Ominous beings were driven to the Land of Ending.
• The Ominous Creature asked to follow Chen Xun, saying it wanted to live and could no longer enter the Desolate Star Sea.
• The creature described its Spirit Qi Immortal Path and Ominous Laws, then revealed that it had devoured Chen Xun's Dao resonance when he opened the Immortal Gate.
• Chen Xun considered what lay beyond the Immortal Gate and wondered why State Teacher Fu Shi's sect had not appeared during the Heavenly River Battle.

Chen Xun invited the Ominous Creature to join the Five Elements Sect as its Immortal Realm guardian, then reassured He Ling that the Boundless Immortals would not interfere. The Foul Longevity Turtle returned at the Great Vehicle Middle Stage and silently wondered how Chen Xun had fallen back to Qi Condensation.

• The Ominous Creature explained that his kind cultivated the Heaven and Earth Ominous Dao, could not cultivate normally, and might survive by absorbing Dao essence.
• Chen Xun offered to feed the Ominous Creature Dao essence and let him listen to the sounds of Dao at the Five Elements Sect, and the creature volunteered to guard the Five Elements Dao Field.
• Chen Xun ordered Big Black Ox to take the Ominous Creature to the sect and arrange a sealed forbidden ground for him.
• Chen Xun told He Ling that the Boundless Immortals would not pursue the Ominous Creature as long as he caused no trouble.
• The Foul Longevity Turtle emerged from space at the Great Vehicle Middle Stage, and Chen Xun criticized its smug demeanor while it wondered about his Qi Condensation Stage.

Chen Xun and his companions rested on the cliff before setting out on the World Breaking Ship for Leaving Dust Island in the Mengmu Great Sea Region. They arrived at a crowded Ten Thousand Ship Dock, where Chen Xun and Big Black Ox admired the many imposing treasure ships.

• Chen Xun teased the Foul Longevity Turtle and suggested sending it to the Extraterritorial Battlefield, then agreed with He Ling that they would visit old friends and teachers.
• Chen Xun fell asleep on the cliff for seven days while Big Black Ox, He Ling, Little Crimson, and the Foul Longevity Turtle waited nearby.
• Chen Xun woke refreshed, and the group boarded the World Breaking Ship and departed to inspect their property.
• Half a month later, the group reached Leaving Dust Island, where Chen Xun and Big Black Ox saw many grand treasure ships gathered at Ten Thousand Ship Dock.
• A huge Sky Soaring Magical Artifact passed overhead, casting a vast shadow over the World Breaking Ship.

Chen Xun arrived at Leaving Dust Immortal Palace, where everyone mistook him for an immortal Dao Ancestor despite his cultivation being suppressed to the Qi Condensation Stage. After falling from the clouds and being caught by Big Black Ox, he gave pills to the gathered cultivators and greeted Yin Tianshou.

• A Devil Race cultivator warned Chen Xun that Qi Condensation Stage cultivators could not withstand the lingering might around Hun Yuan Immortal City, then invited him to visit Spotless Immortal Ridge.
• Chen Xun revealed that he was connected to Spotless Immortal Ridge, and the Devil Race cultivators realized they had spoken to the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and fell silent in fear.
• Big Black Ox guided the World Breaking Ship to Leaving Dust Immortal Palace, where Yin Tianshou, Cui Ying, Xuan Yuanxing, and the palace cultivators waited to welcome Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun stepped off the ship and fell toward Leaving Dust Island, but Big Black Ox caught him with his mana.
• Chen Xun rose through the clouds, presented pills to the Immortal Palace cultivators, and greeted Yin Tianshou.

Chen Xun reunited with Yin Tianshou and walked with him through the Immortal Hall, where Yin urged him to let go of the human race’s burdens and live for himself. They set aside difficult matters and headed to the Yi Si Tree to talk about Yin’s past.

• He Ling greeted Yin Tianshou, Cui Ying, and Senior Xuan Yuan, while Little Crimson stayed silent to defend Big Black Ox’s pride.
• Yin Tianshou welcomed Chen Xun and walked beside him, telling him that the human race had failed him and that he need not inherit the Immortal Alliance’s last wish.
• Yin Tianshou warned Chen Xun about Ji Yan’s bloodshed and suggested he reclaim the immortal power suppressing the Realm Source if resentment remained; Chen Xun said he would have the Dark Heaven Alliance show restraint.
• Chen Xun told Yin Tianshou that his cultivation was at the Qi Condensation Stage, leaving Yin silent with concern for the burdens Chen Xun carried.
• Yin Tianshou explained that he had stayed at the Leaving Dust Immortal Palace to guide younger cultivators and had found peace after the Heavenly River Battle.
• Yin Tianshou invited Chen Xun to hear about his battle with a Celestial Venerable, and they headed toward the Yi Si Tree.

Chen Xun reunited with Yin Tianshou and met Xuan Yuanxing, Sword Revered of Sword Void Ancient City, at the Leaving Dust Immortal Palace. Chen Xun promised friendship between Sword Void Ancient City and the Five Elements Sect, while Xuan Yuanxing left after saying the alliance should wait until his city’s cultivators reached the Immortal Realm.

• Cui Ying reflected on Chen Xun’s humility as Xuan Yuanxing followed the group to the Leaving Dust Immortal Palace.
• Chen Xun greeted Xuan Yuanxing and tried to bow in gratitude for Sword Void Ancient City’s help, but Xuan Yuanxing stopped him with his Half Immortal Realm power.
• Big Black Ox dispersed Xuan Yuanxing’s aura, allowing Chen Xun to complete his bow before Xuan Yuanxing helped him up.
• Chen Xun promised that Sword Void Ancient City and the Five Elements Sect would become friends bound by the Dao.
• Xuan Yuanxing said they could discuss friendship between their sects if he or someone in Sword Void Ancient City ascended to the Immortal Realm, then departed as a sword.

Chen Xun learned more about the forces advancing the Three Thousand Great Worlds’ ascension and asked about buying mining-vein realms. He planned to contact Universe Immortal Navigation, while Little Crane recognized the organization as a formidable power with a mysterious history.

• Yin Tianshou and Cui Ying told Chen Xun they planned to travel to Mystic Micro Heaven Capital and attend the Myriad Races Heavenly Pride gathering in the Great Clear World.
• Yin Tianshou described plans to link special Heaven Domains and praised the cultivators building the Azure Sky Dao Orbit and opening Star Pivots.
• Yin Tianshou told Chen Xun that Universe Immortal Navigation spanned the Three Thousand Great Worlds and controlled much of the Land of Emptiness’s Immortal Dao industry.
• Chen Xun asked whether he could contact Universe Immortal Navigation to investigate and purchase mining-vein realms for his family.
• Little Crane recalled that Universe Immortal Navigation had fought the Ancient Sacred Clan and included powerful Void Ancient Beasts and Void Immortal Beasts.

Chen Xun learned that mine-vein realm coordinates cost at least ten million High-Grade Spirit Stones and began planning for the worlds beyond the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Back at Spotless Immortal Ridge, he and Big Black Ox celebrated its rising property value and planned to cultivate more Crane Spirit Trees as part of a grand real-estate venture.

• Yin Tianshou explained the high cost of mine-vein realm coordinates, prompting Chen Xun to postpone buying one and settle on a broader plan.
• Chen Xun and his family left the Leaving Dust Immortal Palace after several days of conversation with Yin Tianshou and Cui Ying.
• At Spotless Immortal Ridge, Chen Xun's family recorded evidence at the old tombstone site, while Chen Xun and Big Black Ox chopped down Crane Spirit Trees.
• He Ling took Little Crimson to the Profound Cave Dao Academy to pay respects after learning that Teacher Bai Yu had died.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox that Nine Heavens Peak had received a seven-billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stone offer and proposed developing valuable land by planting Crane Spirit Trees.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox tended the Crane Spirit Trees and wandered Spotless Immortal Ridge, then waited for He Ling and Little Crimson to return before going back to the sect. Meanwhile, NanGong HeLing returned to the Profound Cave Dao Academy to pay respects to her teacher, drawing a solemn and respectful reception.

• Chen Xun explained that the Crane Spirit Trees needed to reach their peak and begin declining before they could be buried to evolve, and that producing heaven-and-earth death qi would take Myriad Years.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox collected spirit medicines and a colorful stone while discussing how they would reforge the Mountain-Splitting Axe.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox sat by the lake at night and planned to return to the sect once Third Sister and Little Crimson came back.
• NanGong HeLing arrived at the Profound Cave Dao Academy to pay respects to her teacher, Bai Yu, and the Dao Academy’s Dean and powerhouses gathered to receive her.
• Five Great Vehicle Honored Ones of the Desolate Vein Clan and many Dao Academy elders stood guard outside the Spirit Hall where NanGong HeLing was paying respects.

He Ling honored her deceased teacher at the Profound Cave Dao Academy and met its Dao Child, Fang Yu'an. She declined the Dean’s invitation to meet her former peers, then departed with her companions, while Fang Yu'an resolved to pursue a different path in her final life.

• He Ling offered incense to the sages and mourned White Jade True Lord, remembering how he had taught the Dao until his death.
• The Dean introduced Fang Yu'an to He Ling, who praised her talent and encouraged her to visit the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace if she entered it.
• The Dean invited He Ling to Danqing Tea Garden, and He Ling revealed that she owned it and had started the business while studying at the Dao Academy.
• He Ling declined to meet her former peers, bid farewell to the Dean and elders, and left with Desolate Gold and the other Venerables.
• Fang Yu'an reflected on her past lives and decided to establish a sect and follow the Path of Backing.

Fang Yu'an reflected on the Five Elements Dao Ancestor's terrifying reputation as the Profound Cave Dao Academy received an enormous gift from the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance. He Ling traveled toward the Feng Family, where her unusual aura drew the attention of her protectors and frightened a passing group of cultivators.

• Fang Yu'an resolved to seek a place within the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance after considering the danger of opposing the Five Elements Dao Ancestor.
• The Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance donated a million mid-grade spirit stones and a vast island to the Profound Cave Dao Academy, prompting the Dean to welcome its envoy.
• He Ling learned that the person she sought was absent from the Tea Garden, dismissed a visit to the Chi Clan, and ordered her companions to travel to the Feng Family.
• As He Ling sailed across the sea, Yun Ying and the others sensed that her aura drew all things close despite lacking spiritual energy or vital energy.
• A young man approached He Ling's wooden ship, but her five powerful protectors and Little Crimson's intimidating presence terrified his party into retreating.

He Ling visited the Feng Family to learn what had happened to her old friend Feng Jinyu, and discovered he had sent resources to the Five Ghosts Burning Sky Dao in the Northern Wasteland. She arranged support for his family and resolved to visit the dangerous region herself someday.

• A treasure-ship party fled after realizing He Ling’s companions included at least five Great Vehicle Honored Ones.
• He Ling arrived at the Feng Family ancestral grounds and asked the Feng Family ancestor for a strand of Feng Jinyu’s divine consciousness from a Sound Transmission Disc.
• The Feng Family ancestor said Feng Jinyu had sent Immortal Dao Resources through the Five Ghosts Burning Sky Dao in the Northern Wasteland.
• Yun Ying warned that the Northern Wasteland was a forbidden graveyard of powerful cultivators, but Little Crimson reminded her that He Ling was Chen Xun’s blood sister.
• He Ling ordered Desolate Gold to give the Feng Family an industry from the five Garbage Islands and said she would visit Five Ghosts Burning Sky Dao herself.

He Ling and her companions traveled toward Leaving Dust Island while she worried about Feng Jinyu's fate. At the Myriad Realms Spirit Bank, Chen Xun reunited with Wan Xiangying, though he was preoccupied with missing the chance to salvage the World Destroyer Dharma Warship.

• He Ling and her companions departed the Feng Family, and its ancestor respectfully saw them off.
• Little Crimson warned He Ling that Feng Jinyu might have died, but she vowed to bring his bones home if he had.
• He Ling and the others flew toward Leaving Dust Island, preparing for their journey to the Desolate Heaven Domain.
• Wan Xiangying, now an Early Stage Great Ascension cultivator, waited with armed Dao Integration Stage Spirit Bank cultivators to welcome the Dao Ancestor.
• Chen Xun arrived with Big Black Ox, regretted failing to recover the World Destroyer Dharma Warship, and greeted Wan Xiangying.

Chen Xun demanded the return of his family’s spirit-seal savings from Myriad Realms Spirit Bank and learned that God Tai Immortal oversaw the relevant affairs. After God Tai agreed to repay him in High-Grade Spirit Stones as a personal gift, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox set off for the human mortal realm to visit Demon Moon, Old Mister, and their disciples’ descendants.

• Chen Xun intimidated the Spirit Bank cultivators with his immortal bearing, then got Wan Xiangying to identify God Tai Immortal as the official responsible for the bank in the Taiyi Great World.
• After Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left, Chen Xun admitted he was still at the Qi Condensation Stage and had only released a strand of pressure from his Immortal Dao Source.
• God Tai Immortal learned of Chen Xun’s visit and decided he would repay the savings in High-Grade Spirit Stones as a personal gift rather than risk a dispute.
• Chen Xun sensed something faintly ominous, then told Big Black Ox they would travel to the human mortal realm to see Demon Moon, Old Mister, and their disciples’ descendants.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox departed aboard the World Breaking Ship, which circulated Five Elements Power on its own as Chen Xun hoped it would develop an artifact spirit.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox traveled through chaos aboard their battered World Breaking Ship, cherishing its history and preparing for the future. Chen Xun reflected on refusing the Wan Family’s attempted gift before Yun XiHan contacted him with news of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance’s growing influence.

• Big Black Ox opened a road through Chaotic Emptiness, and the World Breaking Ship crossed it toward the Human Race’s mortal world.
• Chen Xun refused to repair the ship’s old battle scars, but decided to add a protective shield, while Big Black Ox tended the spirit herbs and seeds aboard it.
• Chen Xun worshipped Heaven and Earth and resolved not to accept the Wan Family’s hundreds of billions of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones as a gift.
• Yun XiHan contacted Chen Xun as the Cloud Race prepared him to become Young Clan Leader after an ancestor reached the Celestial Venerable Realm.
• Ji Yan expanded the Nine Heavens Dao Academy and recruited geniuses, prompting the Boundless Human Race to take the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance seriously.

Ji Yan consolidated the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance through ruthless reforms, while Chen Xun reflected on why he could not rule it himself. Yun XiHan warned Chen Xun that Fang Yu'an might be a reborn body-seizer targeting him, but Chen Xun refused to let the Alliance harm her or the Fang Family; the World Breaking Ship then reached the mortal human region of the Mystic Micro Heaven Domain.

• Ji Yan reorganized the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, took control of garbage recycling across the Nine Great Worlds, and expanded its influence despite widespread resentment.
• Chen Xun realized that if he took the Alliance's seat, his easygoing nature might leave it powerless, and he treasured his friendship with Ji Yan.
• Yun XiHan told Chen Xun that Fang Yu'an had entered the Profound Cave Dao Academy and was likely a reborn body-seizer with a hidden divine soul treasure and a powerful opportunity.
• Yun XiHan warned that the Fang Family might be using Fang Yu'an to approach NanGong, Mo Yehan, or Yu Xuan in order to target Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun forbade Yun XiHan from oppressing unrelated people and told him to warn the Dark Alliance not to implicate the innocent.
• Three days later, the World Breaking Ship emerged into the mortal human region of the Mystic Micro Heaven Domain.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to Double Tree Alley in Qiong Yang Town and learned that the Nie Family had declined, though Pingtai Medical Clinic still carried on its legacy. Chen Xun revealed to Qi Taigong that he and Big Black Ox had lived in the alley thousands of years earlier and that Nie Yu had been his disciple.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox surveyed the mortal realm and found that martial arts and talisman-powered Suspended Cars had flourished.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox entered Double Tree Alley, recognized the Crane Spirit Tree, and asked Qi Taigong about the Zhou and Nie families.
• Qi Taigong explained that the Nie Family had declined but Pingtai Medical Clinic had spread across the land and preserved its inheritance.
• Chen Xun said that he and Big Black Ox had lived in Double Tree Alley thousands of years earlier and that he had taught Nie Yu medical skills.
• Qi Taigong realized Chen Xun and Big Black Ox were immortal cultivators and nearly fell to his knees before Big Black Ox steadied him with magic power.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to Double Tree Alley, protected Old Mister’s ancestral land, and visited Pingtai Ancestral Hall. After honoring Nie Yu, Chen Xun left, while a young attendant realized he had met the Patriarch’s immortal master.

• Chen Xun cured Qi Taigong’s hidden ailment, and the old man later spent his life telling people about the immortals he had met.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox stayed in Double Tree Alley, reburied Old Mister in his ancestral home, and ordered the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance to protect the alley and its land.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox visited Pingtai Ancestral Hall, where a young attendant explained that its incense was free under Nie Yu’s ancestral precepts.
• Chen Xun offered incense to Nie Yu’s portrait and recalled his former student’s childhood and medical legacy.
• Rosy clouds gathered above the ancestral hall, and Nie Yu’s portrait drifted toward Chen Xun as the commoners cried out at the auspicious sign.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left, and the attendant found a medical book written by Ning Si and concluded that the Patriarch’s master was an immortal.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left the mountain and visited a mortal town, where Big Black Ox found no trace of Zhou Guang Yi or the Zhou Family. Chen Xun comforted the ox and set off with it to visit Demon Moon before returning to the Five Elements Sect.

• Kang Ming was summoned back to his sect after the Patriarch manifested and auspicious signs appeared, and he ran down the mountain using his martial arts cultivation method.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox descended the mountain, reflecting on the passage of time and the friends they had lost.
• Chen Xun bought steamed buns in town while Big Black Ox searched with its divine sense for news of Zhou Guang Yi but found none.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox that the Zhou Family was likely gone and urged it not to dwell on the past or fear that the Five Elements Sect's legacy would end.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox decided to visit Demon Moon and then return to the sect, and Big Black Ox carried Chen Xun away on its back.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox reunited with Demon Moon at her secluded Camellia Field, where she welcomed them with tea and food. They shared stories of their lives and old times, leaving their burdens behind for a while.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox arrived at Demon Moon’s Camellia Field and called out to her.
• Demon Moon greeted them warmly and brought them to her home to serve tea.
• Big Black Ox tried to get Demon Moon to fill his Nourishing Life Tea Bucket, but Chen Xun stopped him.
• Demon Moon teased Chen Xun by charging him one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones for a cup of tea, then admitted she was joking.
• Demon Moon prepared food, and the three friends shared old stories and ordinary experiences without discussing their past conflicts.