Chapter Summaries

Yu Huaqian met Frog Daoist, who warned her about her divination art and questioned whether she belonged to the Jiang Clan. Later, Frog Daoist admitted he had offended Chen Xun and planned to apologize, then revealed that Yu Huaqian carried the aura of a Jiang Clan member.

• Frog Daoist warned Yu Huaqian that divination could bring danger and told her to improve her cultivation before claiming the position of Five Elements Sect Peak Lord.
• Yu Huaqian accepted a Nine Palaces Lotus and left the Spirit Courtyard in a hurry.
• Frog Daoist told White Spirit that he had offended Chen Xun and explained how his memories of the Heavenly River Battle had unsettled his Dao heart.
• Frog Daoist decided he would personally apologize to Chen Xun once his anger had faded.
• Frog Daoist told White Spirit that Yu Huaqian carried the aura of a Jiang Clan member, and White Spirit feared an outsider had infiltrated the Five Elements Sect.

Frog Daoist and White Spirit began reclaiming the Five Elements Sect’s Spiritual Herb Garden while Chen Xun continued cultivating in seclusion. As the Eternal Ancient Immortal Kingdom’s immense fleet arrived above True Spirit Ancient City, the Chu Clan’s ancestor urged Chu Zhen to seize the chance to join the Five Elements Sect, and she quietly repeated its name.

• Frog Daoist and White Spirit set out to reclaim the Spiritual Herb Garden, planning to ask Chen Xun for resources when the Eternal Ancient Immortal Kingdom’s transport ships arrived.
• The Five Elements Sect expanded its mountain range and built new ships and cave abodes as Chen Xun continued practicing his cultivation atop Ninety-Nine Ring Mountain Peak.
• A fleet of Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance warships and enormous Eternal Ancient Immortal Kingdom transport ships appeared above True Spirit Ancient City, astonishing its inhabitants.
• The Chu Clan’s ancestor told Chu Zhen that the fleet had come to give her the choice to join the Five Elements Sect, and urged her to go.
• Chu Zhen looked toward the fleet and murmured, “Five Elements Sect...”

Chu Zhen agreed to leave the Chu Clan and go to the Five Elements Sect, while the Chu Clan's old ancestor celebrated her good fortune. Yun Shao and Qian Shan prepared to take Chu Zhen to the sect on Ji Yan's orders, revealing that Chen Xun had specifically requested her return.

• Chu Zhen accepted the Chu Clan's old ancestor's offer to leave for the Five Elements Sect and went to pack her belongings.
• The Chu Clan's old ancestor wished Chu Zhen well and began planning grand ancestral ceremonies to celebrate the clan's fortune.
• Yun Shao and Qian Shan discussed how pleased World Crossing Great One would be when he learned the news about Chu Zhen.
• Qian Shan recalled that Ji Yan had sent them to bring Chu Zhen to the Five Elements Sect because she mattered to Chen Xun.
• Yun Shao told Qian Shan that their investigation found no problems with Chu Zhen's background and that she had never entered the Star Pivot of the Nine Great Worlds.

Qian Shan prepared to travel alone to the Holy Land to retrieve his younger brother, insisting he would not invoke the Immortal Alliance’s authority. As Chu Zhen arrived aboard a Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom transport ship, Old General Ling Kongshen discovered that Tian Yun had built himself a grave on board.

• Qian Shan and Yun Shao discussed the Supreme Azure Profound Record and the erased traces of Yuan Ming.
• Qian Shan revealed that he had reached the early Tribulation Transcendence Stage and comprehended the Dao of mountains and rivers.
• Qian Shan refused Yun Shao’s offer to accompany him, declaring that he would make the Holy Land tremble on his own.
• Yun Shao announced that Chu Zhen, the Chu Clan’s daughter, had arrived at the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom transport ship.
• Ling Kongshen learned that Tian Yun had built his own grave aboard the transport ship and ordered Ling Jun to bring him over.

Tian Yun reunited with Ling Kongshen aboard the transport ship, where the Old General revealed he had brought him to the Five Elements Sect because the Extraterritorial Battlefield was no place for him. In the Desolate Heaven Domain, Ling Kongshen asked Tian Yun where he had wanted to go, and Tian Yun agreed to speak openly about the matter.

• Tian Yun got lost aboard the treasure ship before Ling Jun escorted him to Ling Kongshen.
• Ling Kongshen punched Tian Yun, then told him he had no intention of letting him return to the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
• Tian Yun explained that the grave mounds he had left on the treasure ships would help his fellow disciples find him.
• Ling Kongshen said he had come to meet the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and asked Tian Yun where he had wanted to go.
• Tian Yun said he would no longer conceal the matter, and Ling Kongshen listened gravely.

Ling Kongshen revealed that Tian Yun was a sealed descendant of the Founding Immortal Emperor Tianyun and reflected on the ancient factions stirring across the Three Thousand Great Worlds. The Immortal Nation’s party departed True Spirit Ancient City for the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range, while the Chu Clan prepared a feast.

• Tian Yun told Ling Kongshen about losing his way while trying to reach the Desolate Heaven Domain and Heavenly River, and Ling Kongshen struck him for his excuses.
• Ling Kongshen told Tian Yun that the Ancient Immortal Court’s Crown Prince had once assisted the Five Elements Dao Ancestor, who was now the Five Elements Sect’s Old Ancestor.
• Ling Kongshen recalled that Tian Yun was a direct descendant of the Founding Immortal Emperor Tianyun, sealed as an infant under State Teacher Fu Shi’s guidance.
• Tian Yun questioned whether the Five Elements Dao Ancestor could truly have cultivated the Five Elements Immortal Path, then firmly concluded that he had not.
• After receiving warnings from the True Spirit Remnant Soul, Ling Jun ordered the Immortal Nation’s party to leave for the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range.
• The Chu Clan’s Old Ancestor ordered the clan members recalled and invitations sent for a grand feast.

Chu Zhen traveled with Yun Shao and Qian Shan toward the Five Elements Sect while the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance considered the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom’s motives. In the Desolate Heaven Domain, Little Crimson, Song Heng, and amnesiac Gu Li Sheng prepared to explore a sea tomb.

• Yun Shao and Qian Shan escorted Chu Zhen aboard their warship and arranged for her to travel to the Five Elements Sect.
• After Chu Zhen left, Yun Shao and Qian Shan discussed the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom’s resources and suspected it wanted to negotiate a marriage contract directly with the World Crossing Great One.
• Seven days later, Little Crimson, Song Heng, and Gu Li Sheng stood in a bustling city in Supreme Royal Heaven, coveting the goods on display.
• Song Heng explained that he and Gu Li Sheng had once explored tombs in the Desolate Heaven Domain, but Gu Li Sheng had forgotten his past after Heaven’s Wrath reduced his cultivation to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Song Heng told Little Crimson that they were preparing to enter a sea tomb, whose location the Treasure Hunting Compass had identified.

Song Heng, Little Crimson, Gu Li Sheng, and Qionghua Shuiyu set out to buy an Antique Street shop and prepare for a Sea Tomb expedition. Seven days later, the Five Elements Sect welcomed a vast procession of visitors paying homage to the Five Elements Dao Ancestor.

• Song Heng persuaded Little Crimson and Gu Li Sheng to visit Antique Street to buy magical artifacts and prepare for the Sea Tomb.
• Qionghua Shuiyu joined them and offered to pay for their purchases, and the group headed to buy a shop they planned to name Jade Eternal Flourishing Lion.
• Seven days later, the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance and enormous Immortal Nation ships arrived at the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range to pay homage to the Five Elements Dao Ancestor.
• The Five Elements Sect opened its gate to welcome the visiting forces.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox welcomed a fleet of transport ships delivering vast cultivation resources to the Five Elements Sect. After the sect began unloading the gifts, Chen Xun met General Ling Kongshen, who explained that the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom had entrusted him with the delivery.

• Cultivators from the Immortal Nations admired the Five Elements Sect's gates and Ancient Ferocious Beast guardians as Ling Kongshen led fifty transport ships into the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range.
• Chen Xun joked that someone had leaked the Five Elements Sect's poverty to the Grand Progenitor, then asked Big Black Ox to help unload the cargo and arrange a ship berth.
• Chen DaoTian and other Chen Family members rushed out from their tunnels to help unload the ships when Chen Xun called for them.
• Tai Yu, Qing Li, Qing Wan, and the disciples directed the unloading and cleared land for the ships while Ling Kongshen and his delegation approached Chen Xun.
• Qian Shan explained Ling Kongshen's origins to Chen Xun, and Ling Kongshen said the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom had sent him to escort the Immortal Dao Resources.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox received the Immortal Dao Resources and the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom’s unique World Crossing Space Ship, Venerable Martial, as a state gift. Ling Kongshen then raised the marriage of Ling Qiuchu and Mo Yehan and explained that he had also come on Tian Yun’s behalf, leaving everyone stunned when Chen Xun identified Tian Yun as a junior disciple of Fu Shi.

• Chen Xun welcomed Ling Kongshen and the others, saying his Five Elements Immortal Platform had grotto-heavens ready for the Immortal Dao Resources.
• Ling Kongshen unveiled Venerable Martial, a Grade One World Crossing Space Ship gifted by the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom to establish relations with Chen Xun.
• Ling Kongshen explained that Venerable Martial was a one-of-a-kind national treasure whose lost forging technique and operating needs made it more valuable than its immense price.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox accepted the ship, while Chen Xun privately decided it was better kept as a collectible than regularly operated.
• Ling Kongshen brought up Ling Qiuchu’s marriage to Mo Yehan and said his second private matter concerned Tian Yun.
• Chen Xun recognized Tian Yun as a junior disciple of the Ancient Immortal Court’s State Teacher Fu Shi, shocking both Tian Yun and Ling Kongshen.

Chen Xun recognized Tian Yun as Fu Shi’s disciple and learned that Ling Kongshen wanted to leave him with the Five Elements Sect. Ling Kongshen warned that the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom could no longer protect Tian Yun, leaving the reason for the danger unresolved.

• Ling Kongshen confirmed that Tian Yun was Fu Shi’s disciple and explained that Tian Yun had become lost in the Extraterritorial Battlefield while trying to help Chen Xun.
• Chen Xun offered to direct Tian Yun to the Burial Sky Mound’s Dao ground, while Big Black Ox wondered about Tian Yun’s cultivation and secrets.
• Chen Xun recalled that Tian Yun had once mentioned the Fushi Sect, explaining how he had learned of Tian Yun’s connection to Fu Shi.
• Ling Kongshen asked Chen Xun to let Tian Yun stay in the Five Elements Sect, but Chen Xun said Tian Yun would be better off remaining in the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom.
• Ling Kongshen declared that the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom could not protect Tian Yun, and the surrounding atmosphere turned tense.

Chen Xun accepted Tian Yun into the Five Elements Sect as a guest and reassured Ling Kongshen that the sect would protect him. At the Five Elements Immortal Platform, Chen Xun revealed that the Five Elements Old Ancestor Seats would be filled before the sect attacked the Boundless Great World to avenge their hometown.

• Ling Kongshen urged Chen Xun to take in Tian Yun, and Tian Yun agreed to enter the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Xun told Tian Yun to stay in the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range, promised that no one would harm him there, and said he would not pursue Tian Yun's secrets.
• Chen DaoTian escorted Tian Yun to the sect after Chen Xun told him to prepare a berth for Venerable Martial.
• Big Black Ox brought Chen Xun, Ling Kongshen, and the Immortal Nation's experts to the Five Elements Immortal Platform, where Ling Kongshen saw the unfinished Five Elements Old Ancestor Seats.
• Chen Xun explained that filling the seats would mark the Five Elements Sect's attack on the Boundless Great World, shocking Ling Kongshen into spitting out his tea.

Ling Kongshen reeled when Chen Xun revealed his intention to attack the Boundless Great World, then tried to calm the general and changed the subject to Mo Yehan’s wedding. Ling Kongshen explained the Ling Clan’s plans and invited Chen Xun to preside over the marriage once the couple reached the Great Ascension Stage.

• Chen Xun told Ling Kongshen that the Five Elements Sect intended to attack the Boundless Great World, leaving Ling Kongshen terrified of the consequences for the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom.
• Ling Kongshen offered to erase his memories, but Chen Xun said the kingdom would share responsibility because it had handed Tian Yun over to the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Xun dismissed the revelation as something said casually and asked Ling Kongshen whether his earlier words had made sense.
• Chen Xun said he would go to the Heavenly Rhythm Immortal Kingdom to preside over Mo Yehan and his younger sister-in-law’s wedding, and Big Black Ox indicated that it would go too.
• Ling Kongshen explained that the wedding would take place after the couple reached the Great Ascension Stage, when Mo Yehan could join the Immortal Nation and receive its providence.
• Ling Kongshen said the couple planned to travel abroad first and that the Ling and Mo Clans would become family through the marriage.

Chen Xun accepted Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu’s marriage and offered the Ling Clan ten Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruits as a betrothal gift. After Ling Kongshen departed, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox regretted that the Immortal Kingdom had not gifted them its fifty transport ships, and the ships later set sail.

• Big Black Ox approved Mo Yehan’s marriage, and Chen Xun agreed to the match with Ling Kongshen.
• Chen Xun presented ten Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruits as the betrothal gift and asked Ling Kongshen to treat Mo Yehan well.
• Chen Xun and Ling Kongshen agreed that Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu’s wedding would take place at Moonlit Immortal Cliff.
• Chen Xun mistakenly claimed that the Immortal Kingdom had gifted its fifty transport ships to the Five Elements Sect, then apologized when Ling Kongshen corrected him.
• Ling Kongshen left to help prepare the transport ships for their return, while Chen Xun and Big Black Ox privately wondered why the ships had not been gifted to them.
• Three days later, the Immortal Kingdom’s transport ships and the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance’s warships departed, and Qian Shan and Yun Shao promised to visit Chen Xun’s sect in their old age.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox reunited with Chu Zhen at the Five Elements Sect and welcomed her as a friend. Chu Zhen agreed to officially join the sect, and Big Black Ox prepared to add her to its register.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to the Five Elements Sect, where the disciples saw them off amid construction and celebration.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox greeted Chu Zhen at the Five Elements Immortal Platform, and Big Black Ox's cry shook the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range.
• Chu Zhen greeted Chen Xun as the Dao Ancestor, but he asked her to call him Chen Xun and apologized for his past words.
• Chen Xun told Chu Zhen that the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance had been reprimanded for fetching her from the Chu Clan, and she said its people had treated her well.
• Chen Xun welcomed Chu Zhen into the Five Elements Sect, and Big Black Ox went to record her divine soul aura.

Chen Xun welcomed Chu Zhen into the Five Elements Sect as their Little Junior Sister and revealed clues about her mother and hidden cultivation. He then announced that he would bring the souls of his Realm Lifeforms home, while a powerful Human Race figure warned Dao Seekers away from the Realm Spirit Ancestral Land.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox invited Chu Zhen to join them as their Little Junior Sister, and she admitted that she wanted to see them again.
• Chen Xun told Chu Zhen that her mother was in the Eastern Wasteland and that the Five Ghosts Burning Sky Dao had taken her after she angered the True Spirit Remnant Soul.
• Chen Xun explained that something her mother left behind had helped Chu Zhen cultivate, and he told her to seek out the Five Ghosts Burning Sky Dao when she was ready.
• Chen Xun reassured Chu Zhen and declared that he would bring the souls of his Realm Lifeforms home, startling Big Black Ox.
• In the Land of Emptiness, a powerful figure of the Great Sun Star Human Race warned Dao Seekers not to enter the Realm Spirit Ancestral Land.

Zu Shou confronted Fu Tian at the human race’s gate, and they discussed their stolen lifespans and the fate of the human race. Fu Tian warned that the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruit had appeared in the Human Emperor Realm, and both concluded that Chen Xun was not a being of the Three Thousand Great Worlds or an aberrant spirit of Heaven and Earth.

• Fu Tian approached the human race’s gate, where Zu Shou stopped him and warned him against entering.
• Zu Shou rejected Fu Tian’s claim that they were alike, while Fu Tian argued that both had gained immortality by taking lifespan from others.
• The narration explained Zu Shou’s role as the human race’s guardian and Fu Tian’s connection to the remaining destiny of the Ancient Immortal Court.
• Fu Tian told Zu Shou that he had come for the Human Emperor Realm and the Five Elements Dao Ancestor because the Grand Micro Purple Immortal Fruit had appeared.
• Zu Shou identified Chen Xun as an Ox Clan member named Ximen, and he and Fu Tian concluded that Chen Xun was neither a being of the Three Thousand Great Worlds nor an aberrant spirit of Heaven and Earth.

Zu Shou confronted Fu Tian over his schemes involving Chen Xun and the Human Race, while Fu Tian revealed he had recovered remnants of Chen Xun’s old friends from the River of Time. Fu Tian threatened to expose the Human Race’s secrets and help Chen Xun reclaim the Sacrifice Dao unless the remnants of his Tai Yi Immortal Court were returned.

• Zu Shou warned Fu Tian that Chen Xun had shown kindness to the Human Race and that meddling with him would bring consequences.
• Fu Tian said he had intercepted remnants of Liu Yuan, Shi Jing, Ji Kun, Sun Kaile, Ning Si, and others from the River of Time and placed them in living beings of the present age.
• Fu Tian demanded the remnants of the Tai Yi Immortal Court, claiming the Jiang Clan knew where they were hidden, and threatened to tell Chen Xun the truth and help him revive his old friends.
• Fu Tian warned that Chen Xun reclaiming the Sacrifice Dao could unleash Realm Source backlash and devastate the Human Race.
• Zu Shou rejected Fu Tian’s threats and insisted the Human Race had never schemed against Chen Xun.

Zu Shou and Fu Tian clashed at the Human Race Forbidden Domain before Fu Tian vanished, and Jiang Ji Xiu explained that Fu Tian was using human-race karma to reach the Five Elements Dao Ancestor. Zu Shou was left alone, hiding the truth that Chen Xun and Ximen Black Ox’s lifespans had flowed away in the Realm Spirit Battlefield and forced him to awaken.

• Zu Shou confronted Fu Tian, who declared that he was betting on the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and warned that he would keep watching the human race.
• Zu Shou and Fu Tian exchanged blows in a clash of world immortal powers, after which Fu Tian disappeared from the gateway.
• Jiang Ji Xiu told Zu Shou that Fu Tian had stirred the Burial Immortal King’s lingering remnant and was waiting for the Five Elements Dao Ancestor to become an immortal.
• Jiang Ji Xiu assured Zu Shou that the human race would not become enemies with the Five Elements Dao Ancestor, then returned to the Great Sun Stars.
• Zu Shou remained alone and kept secret that Chen Xun and Ximen Black Ox’s lifespans had flowed away in the Realm Spirit Battlefield, forcing him to awaken.

Zu Shou reflected on Chen Xun and Big Black Ox’s service to the Human Race and used Fu Tian’s visit to publicly dispel suspicions about Chen Xun’s lifespan. Drifting through the Land of Emptiness, Fu Tian uncovered the Human Race’s hidden use of stolen Great World Sources and settled on Chen Xun as a possible ally, though the Crown Prince remained vulnerable.

• Zu Shou recalled Chen Xun and Big Black Ox’s hardships and sacrifices for the Human Race, then used Fu Tian’s arrival to explain that their lifespans were not consumed when they cut Defiled Lifespan.
• Zu Shou withdrew into slumber, believing the era was stable and the Human Race did not need his help for now.
• Fu Tian found a weathered plaque bearing the name Fu Shi Religion and mourned his lost master, hoping he could someday return and see his loved ones again.
• Fu Tian concluded that Chen Xun and Big Black Ox came from beyond the heavens and considered whether his master’s prediction of other Great Worlds had been correct.
• Fu Tian reasoned that the Human Race had secretly retained Great World Sources stolen by small realms to preserve its peak combat power, and he recognized this as a possible threat to Chen Xun.
• Fu Tian decided that the rising Human Race and Chen Xun were his best opportunity, while acknowledging that the Crown Prince and his own immortality had serious limitations.