Chapter Summaries

Lu Ping used Reverse Engineering to uncover the repair process for the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak and improve the flawed Azure Origin Dao Canon, but stopped before fully deducing its Spirit Transformation section. After reaching Golden Core Perfection, he faced a choice about where and how to attempt forming a Nascent Soul.

• Lu Ping rejected the Exclusive Workstation Trait and failed to analyze the natural array protecting the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land.
• Lu Ping reverse-engineered the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak, learning how to repair the damaged treasure with substitute materials.
• Lu Ping spent half a month reverse-engineering the Azure Origin Dao Canon, correcting its Nascent Soul section and glimpsing a path toward Spirit Transformation.
• Lu Ping reached Golden Core Perfection after years of cultivation, while the grotto-heaven’s liquefied Spiritual Qi pool nearly ran dry and his Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula reached the third layer’s peak.
• Lu Ping reached the threshold of forming a Nascent Soul and considered whether to return to Black Moon Gorge, break through in the grotto-heaven, or submit a promotion report to the Sha-Suppressing Sword Pass.

Lu Ping used three Nascent Soul Pills to shatter his Immaculate Golden Core, overcame the Heart Demon Tribulation, and formed a Nascent Soul. As a lightning tribulation gathered above the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, he began refining the Thousand-Blade Rivers into a single great weapon.

• Lu Ping chose to form his Nascent Soul beside the depleted Liquefied Spirit Pool and swallowed a Nascent Soul Pill, but its power only cracked his Immaculate Golden Core.
• Lu Ping swallowed two more Nascent Soul Pills, shattered his Golden Core, and endured visions of his past life and the deaths of his companions without being shaken.
• Lu Ping formed a Nascent Soul, entered the Nascent Soul Realm, and broke through to the Fourth Layer of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula.
• A lightning tribulation gathered above the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land as Lu Ping drained the last spirit liquid from the pool.
• Lu Ping dispersed ten Thousand-Blade Rivers into 10,800 flying blades, then used his transformed Divine Sense to unite them into a vast silver river and carve its final core Array Pattern.

Lu Ping completed Star River Myriad Blades and used the first lightning tribulation to temper it, then faced a much stronger third-stage tribulation by refining his body with lightning. He survived nine strikes and cleared hidden ailments, leaving his body on the verge of reaching a flawless state.

• Lu Ping completed Star River Myriad Blades by fusing his Essence Blood into its 10,800 flying blades.
• Lu Ping sent Star River Myriad Blades into the first lightning tribulation, where it devoured the lightning and grew more spiritual.
• Lu Ping realized a third-stage lightning tribulation was coming and recalled Star River Myriad Blades to his Dantian so it could digest the lightning it had absorbed.
• Lu Ping faced the stronger tribulation with the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula and endured nine bolts of lightning with his body.
• The lightning stripped away Lu Ping's hidden physical ailments and forged his body into Primordial Unity, though he was left badly injured.

Lu Ping taunted the tribulation clouds and faced the fourth heavenly tribulation, enduring its purplish-black liquid lightning with pills, recovery traits, and his treasures. After his body repeatedly neared collapse and healed, the tribulation’s pressure finally eased, and he opened his eyes.

• Lu Ping chose to provoke the tribulation clouds, which unleashed Thunder-Sea Groundwashing and submerged the grotto-heaven in liquid lightning.
• Lu Ping swallowed Rejuvenation Pills and Qi-Gathering Pills, then endured the lightning as his healing traits struggled to keep pace with the damage.
• Lu Ping used the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace to withstand the lightning, but Little Toad was driven back into his Dantian and the furnace was cracked.
• Lu Ping deployed the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak and the Red-Feather Fire Crow in turn, using the time they bought to recover before each was forced back into his Dantian.
• Lu Ping sent out Star River Myriad Blades to hold back the lightning, then recalled the strained treasure after it began to lose control.
• Lu Ping endured the waning tribulation with his physical body as the fourth layer of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula neared major completion, until the pressure eased and he opened his eyes.

Lu Ping reached the Nascent Soul Realm and escaped a sudden attack by using Early Leave, only to encounter a terrifying Lifeless Lord on the Lifeless Plain. He faced a choice between kneeling, waiting, or approaching her with an insurance pitch.

• Lu Ping survived his Nascent Soul tribulation, perfected the fourth layer of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula, and equipped five new Traits.
• A black Sword Qi ambushed Lu Ping as he celebrated his breakthrough, and he chose to flee using Early Leave.
• Lu Ping escaped to the Lifeless Plain, where the system fined him six hundred and sixty-six Low-Grade Spirit Stones for leaving early.
• Lu Ping encountered a woman reclining on an ancient Azure-Gold Throne and recognized her as a Lifeless Lord comparable to a Body Integration Realm cultivator.
• Lu Ping considered three options for dealing with the Lifeless Lord: offer to become her dog, wait and assess the situation, or pitch her insurance.

Lu Ping defied the Lifeless Lord, a powerful woman in red, and used Jiang Mutian’s sword talisman and every remaining resource to launch a desperate attack. His burning Star River Myriad Blades struck at her, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lu Ping chose to stand his ground as the woman in red recognized his unusual soul and trapped him in her Void Domain.
• Lu Ping’s indestructible Dao heart let his Divine Sense move, and he shattered Jiang Mutian’s sword talisman to wound the woman and loosen her hold.
• Lu Ping used “I’ll Make Three Points!” to distract the woman briefly and unleashed Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction with his Spirit Stones.
• Lu Ping drained his Nascent Soul power and sent ten thousand eight hundred blades, wreathed in Southern Bright Separation Fire, crashing toward the Lifeless Lord.

Lu Ping’s fourth simulation ended when the White Tiger Sword Lord arrived to save him, only to be ambushed by the Golden Crow Demon Emperor while fighting Li Ling, the Lifeless Lord. Caught in the battle’s energy storm, Lu Ping died without learning why the enemies had joined forces or how they had lured the Sword Lord.

• As Lu Ping’s body and Nascent Soul began to crumble, the White Tiger Sword Lord appeared and used white light to keep him alive.
• Lu Ping chose to watch as the White Tiger Sword Lord’s sword pierced Li Ling, the Lifeless Lord, through the chest.
• The Golden Crow Demon Emperor emerged from a rift and attacked the White Tiger Sword Lord from behind, revealing that Lu Ping had been used as bait.
• Li Ling trapped the White Tiger Sword Lord’s Bian Zhu Sword with chains formed from her Origin Sha Qi, and the three Body Integration Realm fighters clashed.
• The battle’s energy storm destroyed Lu Ping’s body and Nascent Soul, ending the simulation.

Lu Ping ended the simulation and awakened at Nascent Soul Early Stage, inheriting its memories, cultivation methods, skills, and treasures. After testing his newly gained abilities, he reviewed the deadly predicament on the Lifeless Plain.

• Lu Ping's simulation ended, and he formed a Nascent Soul in his Dantian as the simulated memories settled into his mind.
• Lu Ping checked the Blue Panel and kept his inherited Traits unchanged.
• Lu Ping inspected his inherited Law Treasures and found the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace had been restored and strengthened.
• Lu Ping wore the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak and tested its ability to conceal him and mimic other levels of cultivation.
• Lu Ping tested his physical strength and Star River Myriad Blades, then fed Crow-Crow Southern Bright Separation Fire and noted he had caught up to the Fire Crow's cultivation.
• Lu Ping reviewed his inherited cultivation methods and Law Treasures, then began examining the deadly predicament on the Lifeless Plain.

Lu Ping analyzed how the White Tiger Sword Lord’s enemies had tracked him in the simulation and wondered whether Jiang Mutian’s power had protected his Nascent Soul. The system then assigned him a mission to join a Great Sect in the Central Region, and he decided to go because the Qingling Border Region could not support his cultivation.

• Lu Ping concluded that the White Tiger Sword Lord had been trapped by at least three Body Integration Realm cultivators, with the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak possibly serving as a hidden locator in the simulation.
• Lu Ping realized the system had erased the cloak’s tracking mechanisms when it materialized in reality, leaving it clean and untraceable.
• Lu Ping recalled that Jiang Mutian had helped him three times and wondered whether the familiar Spiritual Power that protected his Nascent Soul had come from her.
• The system issued Lu Ping a mission to join a Great Sect in the Central Region, offering a fifth simulation attempt, a B-grade-or-higher Trait draw, and an additional Trait Slot.
• Lu Ping decided to accept the mission because the Qingling Border Region lacked the resources to support his cultivation.

Si Wangshu sent her Guardian to Dangang City to report the Nascent Soul pressure, while Lu Ping chose to pursue membership in the Azure Cloud Sect and prepared for its Inspection Envoy. On the third day, a streak of light approached the Greenwood Sect.

• Si Wangshu recognized the presence from the Greenwood Sect Master's Cave Abode as genuine Nascent Soul pressure and told her Guardian to report everything to the Head of the Lineage in Dangang City.
• Si Wangshu's Guardian took the Spirit-Urging Pill Jade Slip and flew away, promising to return within three days with the Lineage's stance.
• Lu Ping decided to join the Azure Cloud Sect when its Inspection Envoy arrived, rather than wait months for a chance to join the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.
• Lu Ping had Qi Cangshu bring him the Greenwood Sect's available materials, then refined twelve portions of Spirit-Winding Thread poison.
• Lu Ping refined Qi-Gathering Pills and entered secluded cultivation; on the third day, a streak of light sped toward the Greenwood Sect.

Si Wangshu delivered Lu Ping’s Third-Grade Alchemist Certificate in exchange for the Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill Formula, strengthening their ties with the Si Clan. Lu Ping then repaired her damaged heirloom hairpin into a low-grade Law Treasure, leaving Si Wangshu deeply impressed by him.

• Si Wangshu presented Lu Ping with a Third-Grade Alchemist Certificate secured through the Si Clan and the Heavenly Certification Alliance.
• Lu Ping exchanged the Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill Formula for the certificate and considered how Si Wangshu had earned his trust.
• Lu Ping noticed hidden damage in Si Wangshu’s heirloom hairpin and offered to reforge it.
• Si Wangshu provided the repair materials, and Lu Ping used the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace to restore the hairpin as a low-grade Law Treasure.
• Si Wangshu bound the restored hairpin to herself and blushed as she admired Lu Ping.

Lu Ping secured a connection with the Si Clan through Si Wangshu, then ambushed Han Shishan aboard an Azure Cloud Sect flying boat and demanded entry into the sect. Han Shishan offered to seek approval for Lu Ping to become a guest elder, but Lu Ping grew impatient with the process.

• Si Wangshu thanked Lu Ping for repairing her mother's keepsake, gave him a Si Clan jade token, and left for Dangang City.
• Lu Ping used the Ten-Thousand-Breath Cloak to travel unseen toward the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Han Shishan planned to kill the Greenwood Sect's new Sect Master and plunder the sect's resources to assert the Han Household's authority.
• Lu Ping ambushed Han Shishan, restrained him with brute strength and spiritual techniques, and forced him to send away an accompanying disciple.
• Lu Ping told Han Shishan that he wanted to join the Azure Cloud Sect, and Han Shishan offered to request approval for him to become a guest elder.
• Lu Ping became impatient with the approval process and considered going directly to the Yi Wood Middle Domain to find Ye Zhi.

Lu Ping forced Han Shishan to secure him a place as an Outer Sect Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, then used Han’s support to legitimize his succession as Greenwood Sect Master. At the public ceremony, Han confirmed Lu’s appointment and granted him the disciple’s identity jade plaque, completing Lu’s mission and unlocking new rewards.

• Lu Ping threatened Han Shishan until Han offered him a direct recommendation as an Azure Cloud Sect Outer Sect Disciple.
• Lu Ping prompted Han to vouch for his cultivation and his legitimate succession as Greenwood Sect Master, then concealed himself and left Han bound by a Spirit-Winding Thread.
• Han Shishan arrived at the Greenwood Sect’s ceremony and stamped the document confirming Lu Ping as Sect Master.
• Han Shishan publicly praised Lu Ping and gave him an Azure Cloud Sect Outer Sect Disciple’s Identity Jade Plaque, confounding the Greenwood Sect elders.
• Lu Ping received notice that his mission to join a Great Sect was complete, unlocking a fifth simulation attempt, a B-grade-or-higher trait draw, and an additional trait slot.

After becoming an Outer Sect Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, Lu Ping used his new authority to force Han Shishan into submission and appointed Qi Cangshu as Greenwood Sect Master while taking the role of Grand Supreme Elder. He strengthened Qi Cangshu with a completed cultivation method, pills, and guidance, then faced the prompt to begin another life simulation.

• Lu Ping accepted the Outer Sect Disciple token, activating Bully at Home and overwhelming Han Shishan with his sect-based combat advantage.
• Han Shishan concealed his despair, exchanged farewells with Lu Ping, and left with the Azure Cloud Sect members.
• Lu Ping appointed Qi Cangshu as Greenwood Sect Master and made himself Grand Supreme Elder, then dismissed the gathered sect members.
• Lu Ping gave Qi Cangshu a completed Greenwood Art and cultivation guidance, helping him break through a longstanding blockage.
• Lu Ping gave Qi Cangshu a hundred Qi-Gathering Pills and Alchemical Experience, and instructed him to support Qian Dafu and watch for Xu Qingshi.
• A simulation prompt appeared before Lu Ping, asking whether he would begin another life simulation immediately.

Lu Ping obtained the Work Experience Trait and synthesized his spare Traits, earning Passive Income and equipping both. His tests showed Work Experience steadily boosted his cultivation, while Passive Income had yet to take effect.

• Lu Ping received the A-rank Work Experience Trait, which increased his cultivation while he remained employed.
• He synthesized ninety D-rank Traits into nine C-rank Traits, including Countless Films Watched and Air-Conditioning Culture.
• Lu Ping synthesized fifteen C-rank Traits and obtained the B-rank Passive Income Trait.
• He equipped Passive Income and Work Experience, filling all nineteen Trait Slots.
• Lu Ping tested Work Experience and found its daily Spiritual Power gain equaled about fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, cutting fifteen years from his cultivation time.
• He waited until noon the next day for Passive Income to take effect.

Lu Ping arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect to begin his assignment, but gatekeeping disciples delayed him over his token while signaling someone. An inner sect Deacon then attacked him under the pretext of testing his quality, leaving Lu Ping to face a choice about how to respond.

• Lu Ping received fifteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones for sleeping and calculated the cost of cultivating with Qi-Gathering Pills.
• Lu Ping used up his pill ingredients at the Greenwood Sect, left Qi Cangshu pills and two Pill Formulas, and flew to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Lu Ping presented Han Shishan's Outer Sect Disciple jade token, and gatekeeping disciples delayed him while one secretly sent a signal.
• Lu Ping chose to wait for Han Shishan instead of causing trouble, but a Golden Core Early Stage Deacon arrived and insulted him.
• The Deacon attacked Lu Ping with Golden Core pressure, and Lu Ping considered options for dealing with the assault.

Lu Ping slapped a Golden Core Deacon into a pillar after the man attacked him at the Azure Cloud Sect’s Mountain Gate. Han Shishan covered for Lu Ping and arranged to take him to the outer sect, leaving Lu Ping to choose where to stay.

• Lu Ping chose to stand still and casually slapped the Golden Core Deacon into a White Jade Stone Pillar, knocking him unconscious.
• Lu Ping apologized, claiming he came from the Border Region and had overreacted because he had not seen much of the world.
• Han Shishan arrived, felt pleased that the injured Deacon was his rival’s pawn, and blamed the incident on the Deacon’s Qi Deviation.
• Han Shishan ordered the gatekeeping disciples to take the Deacon to the Law Enforcement Hall and warned that he would testify to what happened.
• Han Shishan offered to take Lu Ping to settle in at the outer sect, and Lu Ping faced a new set of choices.

Lu Ping pressured Han Shishan into providing advanced array and talisman texts, crafting materials, and rare medicinal ingredients. He then began intensive study in seclusion and opened his eyes a month later.

• Lu Ping chose to stay in Han Shishan’s cave abode, and Han Shishan reluctantly let him in.
• Lu Ping intimidated Han Shishan with Star River Myriad Blades until the elder agreed to cover the contribution costs for advanced array and talisman texts.
• Lu Ping asked Han Shishan to provide medicinal ingredients for a friend, and Han Shishan agreed to obtain them.
• Han Shishan brought Lu Ping a collection of core array and talisman texts, crafting materials, and two Storage Bags.
• Lu Ping used his abilities to absorb the array knowledge and began cultivating in seclusion; a month later, he opened his eyes.

Lu spent a month mastering practical cultivation arts, deriving a way to conceal himself from heaven's secrets, and preparing to sell the goods he had produced. He gave Han Shishan a Spirit Transformation scripture and discovered that his system Traits worked only on his original body, then faced a choice about how to sell his wares.

• Lu practiced formations and talismans while deriving a stronger concealment method from the As-If-Original Seal, and his Traits steadily increased his cultivation and Spirit Stones.
• Lu gave Han Shishan the Supreme Emotion-Slaying Scripture, a method that could help him break through to Spirit Transformation and keep him from turning against Lu in the short term.
• Lu refined the antidote to Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder and had the Red-Feather Fire Crow refine Qi-Gathering Pills, but discovered his system Traits did not benefit his independent clone.
• Lu continued refining pills, crafting formations, drawing talismans, and cultivating until his supplies ran low and he needed to sell his goods.
• Lu considered selling at the Black Market himself, sending Han Shishan to sell for him, or registering Lu's Choice within the Azure Cloud Sect.

Lu Ping had Han Shishan sell his stockpiled pills, formations, and talismans for a ten-percent fee, and rumors about their relationship spread through the Azure Cloud Sect. The chapter ended with Lu Ping choosing whether to ignore the gossip, ask Han Shishan whom he loved, or publish a romance novel based on it.

• Lu Ping showed Han Shishan his supplies, and Han Shishan agreed to sell them for a ten-percent errand fee.
• Han Shishan sold Lu Ping’s goods, helping Lu Ping’s assets grow.
• Azure Cloud Sect disciples spread rumors that Lu Ping was Han Shishan’s illegitimate son or a patriarch reborn in another body.
• Female disciples speculated that Han Shishan’s marriage ceremony was a cover for his love for Lu Ping.
• Lu Ping received options to ignore the gossip, question Han Shishan, or write and sell a novel about their rumored romance.