Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox visited Demon Moon, who had chosen to leave cultivation behind and live quietly among her tea fields. After accepting that she would not be forced to change, Chen Xun joined her for a walk, and they sat together on a mountain peak, lost in thought for two days.

• Chen Xun noticed that Demon Moon had sewn her own Tea-Picking Outfit and listened as she explained that she wanted to live quietly without cultivating further.
• Demon Moon asked how long Chen Xun planned to stay, and he offered to help her cultivate and extend her life, but she insisted that he let her live for herself.
• Chen Xun told Demon Moon that he would not let the Nine Underworlds Abyss take her, while she said she had already survived and did not want to pursue anything more.
• Demon Moon realized Chen Xun could sense when she thought of him, then demanded spirit stones; Chen Xun and Big Black Ox claimed their family was bankrupt.
• Demon Moon declined Chen Xun's suggestions to cultivate or raise spirit beasts and explained that she wanted only to tend mountain tea and enjoy the wind.
• Chen Xun, Demon Moon, and Big Black Ox walked to a high peak and sat together in the mountain wind, remaining lost in thought for two days.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left Demon Moon after accepting her camellia tea, and she privately reflected on her feelings for Chen Xun and wished him well. Chen Xun ordered the Ominous Creature released to deal with an evil cultivator, while the Ominous Old Ancestor emerged from seclusion at the Five Elements Sect.

• Demon Moon gave Chen Xun and Big Black Ox a large supply of camellia tea as they prepared to leave.
• After Chen Xun and Big Black Ox departed, Demon Moon thought about her affection for Chen Xun and wished him a safe journey.
• As he traveled, Chen Xun told Big Black Ox to let the Ominous Creature leave the mountain and deal with an evil cultivator at the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox headed toward the Mengmu Great Sea Region to pick someone up.
• The Third Ancestor of the Five Elements Sect, the Ominous Old Ancestor, emerged from the stone gate in the Five Elements Sect’s Back Mountain.

The chapter described the Five Elements Sect’s vast new stronghold and its cautious rules for surviving in the Three Thousand Great Worlds. At the sect’s guest platform, Di Tian arrived while plotting against the Immortal Spirit Clan and the Nine Heavens Shadowless Race.

• Big Black Ox completed the Ninety-Nine Ring Mountains, with the White Jade Bridge at their summit leading to Old Ancestor Chen Xun’s dojo.
• The Five Elements Sect established a broad array of main peaks and strict policies of secrecy, survival, and loyalty to the sect.
• The chapter explained that the Five Elements Sect’s introductory rules had been compiled into the Five Elements Immortal Scripture and would change as the sect grew stronger.
• Di Tian arrived at the Five Elements Immortal Platforms, holding his cultivation at the Great Vehicle Late Stage while preparing to attempt Tribulation Transcendence.
• Di Tian believed the Immortal Spirit Clan stole fortune through the Heavenly Pride Ranking and resolved that the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race would destroy the Nine Heavens Shadowless Race and then the Immortal Spirit Clan when the Boundless True Immortal Realm opened.

Di Tian realized that the Five Elements Sect’s survival had prevented a calamity far greater than the destruction of his own race. As powerhouses gathered on the Five Elements Immortal Platform to await Chen Xun’s return, Xian Jue planned to venture out and make a name for himself.

• Di Tian recognized the Five Elements Sect and understood that saving it had helped avert a world-threatening calamity.
• Xian Jue tried to confront Di Tian, but Mo Fuyang stopped him and reminded him that Di Tian was the Dao Ancestor’s benefactor.
• Xian Jue told Mo Fuyang he wanted to leave the sect, fight Myriad Races Heavenly Pride on the Immortal Azure Plains, and eventually repay his debts to the Chen Family lineage.
• Song Heng and Gu Li Sheng watched the Ominous Creature, while powerhouses from the Burial Sky Mound and Gates of Hell stood nearby.
• Powerhouses from across the region gathered on the Five Elements Immortal Platform to await Chen Xun’s return, and a Yu Family Old Ancestor praised Meng Sheng.

Meng Sheng returned to the Five Elements Sect, where its growing strength and his reluctance to fight were revealed. Meanwhile, the Ominous Old Ancestor corrupted Yao Fei and sent him through a rift to the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect.

• Meng Sheng endured the attention of the sect’s powerhouses, including Gu Li Sheng’s challenge and Di Tian’s promise to seek him out after attaining the Dao.
• The Five Elements Sect’s ranks and posts were described, with the Soul Nurturing Spirit Weeping Race serving as Outer Sect Disciples and senior positions awaiting future immortals.
• Ominous power struck the formation on the ten-tier Ring Mountains, and Yao Fei emerged in agony as corruption transformed him into a monster.
• The Ominous Old Ancestor learned that Yao Fei had injured the Dao Ancestor’s old friend and declared that the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect should become a forbidden wasteland.
• The Ominous Old Ancestor opened a Space Channel to the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect, and Yao Fei entered it without pain or expression.

The Ominous Creature punished the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect for sheltering Yao Fei, declaring the Immortal Dao Ten Despairs and surrounding the region with an immortal barrier. Five days later, Chen Xun returned to the Desolate Heaven Domain, drawing the wary attention of its major powers.

• Song Heng feared the Third Ancestor of the Five Elements Sect could taint his fortune, then swore to protect Crown Prince Gu while secretly plotting against him with Dog Bro.
• The Illusory Moon Immortal Sect suffered collapsing spiritual veins and other calamities as Yao Fei, transformed into a fierce spirit, arrived at its mountain gate.
• The Ominous Creature declared the sect tainted by the Dao Ancestor's karma and imposed the Immortal Dao Ten Despairs, while killing a Tribulation Transcendence Supreme Elder who tried to explain.
• The Ominous Creature warned that the calamity would continue until Yao Fei died, then raised ten mountains into an immortal barrier around the region.
• Immortals across the Desolate Heaven Domain stayed clear of the Ominous Creature's karma, while Ke Ding worried about the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and considered cautiously seeking his friendship.
• Five days later, Chen Xun traveled by Giant Ship toward the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range as the major powers of the Desolate Heaven Domain held their breath.

At the Jun Family’s ancestral land, Sui Sui and He Zhi discussed the upheaval caused by the Yu Family and the tangled ties connecting the Longevity Families to a returning figure. They decided the Jun Family should avoid taking sides and let its younger generation explore the Heaven Domain while the elders stayed out of the fray.

• Sui Sui and He Zhi fished in the river while discussing the Yu Family’s violation of a great taboo and the karmic threads linking the five Longevity Families to a returning figure.
• He Zhi explained that the Yu Family sought the True Immortal Realm’s orthodoxy and that the Ye Family’s child born at the Foundation Establishment Stage could signal a major disturbance.
• Sui Sui warned He Zhi not to entangle the Jun Family in the conflict, citing the ancestral precepts and the danger of gambling its hundred thousand years of prosperity.
• He Zhi agreed that the Jun Family should prioritize its successors, while Sui Sui cautioned him to limit their moves in the Azure Sky Forest Sea because the Five Elements Sect and Ancient Ferocious Beasts were already competing for its resources.
• Sui Sui proposed that the Jun Family’s younger generation travel through the Heaven Domain while its elders remained out of the conflict.

The great powers discussed the Five Elements Dao Ancestor’s influence and the future of the immortal realms while Tai Yu continued working off his debt. Chen Xun returned to the Five Elements Sect in a grand display, where he greeted the assembled cultivators and quietly began tallying debts against those who had misused his name.

• He Zhi and Sui Sui agreed that the Jun Family’s immortal seedlings should enter the Supreme Royal Heaven in three thousand years, then went to answer an invitation from the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace.
• Small races moved to the Azure Sky Forest Sea for protection, while A'Da and A'Er guarded the Five Elements Sect and hauled back ownerless spirit veins.
• Tai Yu reflected on the destruction of Beast Village and his years of running errands to repay a debt, then planned to visit the Xuanji Holy Land after settling it.
• The Ominous Creature waited at the Five Elements Sect as Big Black Ox sent a divine beam into the sky and auspicious signs heralded Chen Xun’s return.
• Chen Xun arrived aboard a Giant Ship and received greetings from the gathered beings, then silently added Song Heng, Young Master Gu, and Frog Daoist to his debt tab for misusing his name.

Chen Xun welcomed guests to a grand banquet at the Five Elements Sect, where old companions reunited and cultivators from across the realms gathered. At the immortals’ banquet, he introduced his blood sister NanGong HeLing to Burial Immortal and his descendants.

• Little Crimson and Big Black Ox recognized old companions at the Five Elements Sect as Chen Xun ordered the disciples to begin the feast.
• The guests gathered in the Yin Yang Bamboo Forest, where Big Black Ox joined the strange beasts and Little Crimson fought Song Heng while Gu Li Sheng cheered them on.
• Chen Xun entered the immortals’ banquet with NanGong HeLing and greeted Burial Immortal, Burial Valley, and Burial Yi.
• Chen Xun praised the Burial Sky Mound and dismissed its juniors’ past rude remarks, easing the tension with Burial Immortal.
• Chen Xun introduced NanGong HeLing to Burial Immortal, who praised her bearing and dharma power.

Chen Xun strengthened ties between the Five Elements Sect and Burial Sky Mound before meeting Yu Chenyou and Tu Yongchang, two powerful immortals who had witnessed his battle in the Heavenly River. Tu Yongchang had come through his connection to the Ling Clan of the Immortal Nation to meet Chen Xun.

• Burial Immortal praised NanGong HeLing's courage, and Chen Xun sent her to mingle with Burial Valley and Burial Yi.
• Burial Immortal thanked Chen Xun for protecting the Crown Prince and offered Burial Sky Mound's support as Chen Xun considered plans for later generations.
• Chen Xun and Burial Immortal agreed to open their sects' mountain gates to each other's juniors and planned to meet at Jade Clarity Palace after the banquet.
• Chen Xun approached Yu Chenyou and Tu Yongchang, who introduced themselves alongside Meng Sheng.
• Yu Chenyou praised Chen Xun's battle in the Heavenly River, while Tu Yongchang acknowledged its impact and revealed he had come to meet Chen Xun through his connection with the Ling Clan.

Chen Xun reunited with Meng Sheng and welcomed the Yu Family’s support, while Yu Chenyou praised Meng Sheng’s talent and resolve. After the immortals discussed the wider situation and possible plans, Chen Xun invited Meng Sheng to meet influential figures.

• Yu Chenyou told Chen Xun that the Yu Family would emerge from seclusion and support Meng Sheng because he followed the Dao Ancestor.
• Yu Chenyou praised Meng Sheng’s talent and character, and Chen Xun recalled their past connection and said he had made Meng Sheng an honorary elder of the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Xun, Yu Chenyou, and Tu Yongchang discussed the Small Realms, the General Trend of Heaven and Earth, and possible ways for Chen Xun to escape the Boundless Myriad Races’ oppression.
• Yu Chenyou took his leave to discuss the Dao with Daoist Burial Immortal and invited Chen Xun to the Jade Clarity Palace after the banquet.
• Chen Xun invited Meng Sheng to meet important figures, and Tu Yongchang joined them as they walked through the bamboo grove.

Tu Yongchang sought Chen Xun’s permission for the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom to expand into the Desolate Star Sea and offered the Five Elements Sect immense support. After Tu Yongchang departed, Wang You of the Gates of Hell appeared before Chen Xun.

• Tu Yongchang asked Chen Xun to allow the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom to establish territory in the Desolate Star Sea and promised to protect the Five Elements Sect and support the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Xun said he would consider the request, but Tu Yongchang revealed that he had sent fifty ten-thousand-zhang transport treasure ships filled with resources for the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Xun welcomed the gift and said he would contact Tu Yongchang after arranging the Desolate Star Sea; they also discussed meeting at the Ling Family Wedding in the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom.
• Tu Yongchang praised Meng Sheng, then departed, and Chen Xun left with Meng Sheng.
• Wang You, the sole immortal of this generation’s Grand Yi Gates of Hell, appeared and paid respects to Chen Xun.

Chen Xun asked Wang You whether living beings could reincarnate, and Wang You explained that reincarnation was impossible in the mortal world. He revealed a fragmentary method that might preserve a soul for a chance at reunion in the True Immortal Realm, while warning that pursuing reincarnation was a deadly taboo.

• Wang You thanked Chen Xun for sparing Wang Chuan and said their past conflict was settled.
• Chen Xun asked Wang You whether living beings truly had reincarnated forms.
• Wang You explained that Yellow Bend gathered and cleansed the dead, but mortal beings could not reincarnate and their traces were eventually erased.
• Wang You said Fu Shi's incomplete immortal art could preserve a strand of a dying person's soul in Yellow Bend for a possible reunion when reincarnation became possible in the True Immortal Realm.
• Wang You revealed that Fu Shi had created the Rebirth Immortal Scripture, which was destroyed by Heaven, and warned Chen Xun that touching reincarnation was a deadly taboo.

Chen Xun accepted Wang You’s request to study the death qi of heaven and earth and offered to discuss the Immortal Ten Tribulations at Jade Clarity Palace. Later, he settled a supposed debt with Song Heng and Gu Li Sheng by demanding one million High-Grade Spirit Stones, leaving them stunned.

• Chen Xun told Wang You that the Grand Yi Gates of Hell would shelter the souls of his old friends and disciples, and Wang You said he sought to comprehend the death qi of heaven and earth to break through the fifth immortal tribulation.
• Chen Xun agreed to Wang You’s request and invited him to discuss the Immortal Ten Tribulations at Jade Clarity Palace.
• Meng Sheng realized that Chen Xun had defeated a deeply established Three Tribulations Immortal despite having only just become immortal.
• Little Crimson pinned Song Heng down, then released him after they agreed that Song Heng owed it ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and would take it to immortal tombs.
• Song Heng and Gu Li Sheng argued over compromising evidence until Chen Xun arrived and claimed their actions had cost him hundreds of millions of High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun consulted his Accounting Booklet, offered a bone-breaking discount, and put one million High-Grade Spirit Stones on Song Heng and Gu Li Sheng’s tab.

At the Five Elements Sect feast, Chen Xun reunited with Gu Li Sheng, Song Heng, and Little Crimson, settling their debts with generosity instead of anger. He promised each of them a place in the Ninety-Nine Ring Mountains before leaving to greet his other old friends.

• Gu Li Sheng denied owing Chen Xun and tried to persuade him to forgive the debt in exchange for a promise of ten million Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xun approached Song Heng, thanked him for searching after Chen Xun's supposed death, and forgave his debt while offering him a Daoist ground in the Ninety-Nine Ring Mountains.
• Chen Xun promised Little Crimson a reconstructed Heaven Severing Great Plains with plenty of good fruit, and Little Crimson roared with excitement.
• Gu Li Sheng asked whether the mountains had great lakes and fish, and Chen Xun confirmed they did.
• Chen Xun turned to visit his other old friends, but stopped before taking two steps.

Chen Xun confronted Frog Daoist over abusing his name and struck him flying, then recorded another million spirit stones as a debt. The chapter ended with Chen Xun’s companions realizing the Fishing Emperor had drawn Gu Li Sheng into a debt scheme; an author’s note followed about the gift event and delayed updates.

• Frog Daoist stopped Chen Xun and tried to argue that his old debt should not count because Chen Xun’s mind had once been incomplete.
• Chen Xun accused Frog Daoist of using his name to claim free food, drink, and support from the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Xun struck Frog Daoist into the sky and wrote another million High-Grade Spirit Stones into his Accounting Booklet.
• Song Heng and Little Crimson warned Gu Li Sheng that Chen Xun’s debt arrangements were far more ruthless than they seemed.
• Gu Li Sheng realized the Fishing Emperor had tricked him into a scheme involving ten million spirit stones.

Chen Xun arrived at a gathering of Realm cultivators, who greeted him with reverence and recalled the hardships that brought them together. He reunited with Baili Fengyao and affirmed his choice to sacrifice the Dao Realm, then joked about earning merit as Big Black Ox rushed over excitedly.

• Cang Lang, Old Man Qing Feng, Jiang Zhao Cheng, Hong Lian, Baili Wentian, and other Realm cultivators formally greeted Chen Xun as he walked through the banquet grounds.
• The gathered cultivators’ greetings moved the immortals and Celestial Venerables, who recognized the hardships and courage of Chen Xun’s followers.
• Chen Xun reunited with Baili Fengyao, Fan Wang, and Jiang Zhao Cheng and spoke with the Abbot about their long separation and the sacrifice of the Dao Realm.
• Baili Fengyao offered to help Chen Xun after cultivating into a Great Buddha Golden Immortal, but Chen Xun declined and said he was content with his decision.
• Chen Xun showed Baili Fengyao a booklet and joked about receiving merit for sacrificing the Dao Realm, prompting Big Black Ox to charge over excitedly.

Chen Xun returned from the heavens after Big Black Ox accidentally sent him flying, then restored his dignity by overpowering the ox and hosting the banquet. He learned that Baili Fengyao had joined the Great Zen Temple in Zen Heart Heavenly Domain with the War Realm Camp, and the conversation ended with Baili Fengyao accepting the long journey as a matter of fate.

• Big Black Ox charged Chen Xun and sent him flying into the Nine Heavens Cloud Sea, shocking the onlookers who had believed him to be a mighty Dao Ancestor.
• Frog Daoist questioned Chen Xun about his cultivation, and the Ominous Creature struck Frog Daoist down with a Sky Covering Giant Palm.
• Chen Xun returned and slammed Big Black Ox into the ground, then invited everyone to enjoy the feast and praised the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruit and Heavenly Origin Treasure Pill.
• Chen Xun asked Baili Fengyao why he had gone to the Great Zen Temple, and Baili Fengyao explained that a Senior Brother had guided him and the War Realm Camp to Zen Heart Heavenly Domain.
• Baili Fengyao told Chen Xun that he had listened to the Dao beneath the Zen Heart Tree for a thousand years and accepted the long distance as inconsequential.

Chen Xun reunited with old acquaintances and learned of the losses the realms had suffered, then sent NanGong HeLing and Big Black Ox with the War Realm Camp as it departed for the Extraterritorial Battlefield. He also ordered the Ominous Creature to protect the Chaos Clan’s main lineage and ensure his allies faced no mistreatment.

• Chen Xun spoke with Baili Fengyao and the surviving realm figures, learning that Old Ancestor Jiu Hua and Marshal Grave Tiger had died fighting Defiled Lifespan.
• Baili Wentian announced that the War Realm Camp would leave to rebuild the realm’s Military Court and join the coming extraterritorial decisive battle.
• Chen Xun ordered NanGong HeLing to join the War Realm Camp and sent Big Black Ox’s Five Elements Nascent Soul to cripple the Chaos Celestial Venerable and reclaim the condensed ancient stars.
• Chen Xun commanded the Ominous Creature to shelter the Chaos Clan’s main lineage in a Tree Realm and kill without mercy anyone who bullied his old acquaintances.
• NanGong HeLing greeted the War Realm Camp’s elders as she prepared to depart with them.

Chen Xun sent NanGong HeLing and Big Black Ox with the War Realm Camp while he stayed behind to strengthen himself, and the realm’s lifeforms thanked him for his past sacrifices. As Di Tian reflected on the Human Emperor and the ancient wars, Chen Xun appeared before him.

• Baili Wentian praised NanGong HeLing’s courage, and Chen Xun urged her to make a name for herself in the Extraterritorial Battlefield with the War Realm Camp.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox silently agreed that the ox would seek ancient stars and deny the Ancient Sacred Clan any inheritance, while Chen Xun stayed at the Five Elements Sect to improve his strength.
• Baili Wentian thanked Chen Xun on behalf of the realm’s surviving lifeforms, and they silently saluted him as he departed alone.
• NanGong HeLing watched Chen Xun leave with heartache, while Big Black Ox vowed to become strong enough to avenge him in the Boundless Great World.
• Di Tian recalled the Human Emperor’s ambitions and the ancient conflict between the Human Race and the myriad races, then rose to pay homage when Chen Xun appeared.