Chapter Summaries

Lu Ping declined to make Qinghe his disciple but promised Qi Huailin he would protect her. Qi Huailin entered death seclusion and appointed Zhu Wanshan to wield the Sect Master's authority, provoking a sharp reaction from Wang Guihe.

• Qi Huailin told Zhu Wanshan that the Azure Feather Ancestor had approved Qinghe as his successor, but she was too young to take over.
• Qi Huailin asked Zhu Wanshan to take Qinghe as his disciple before entering death seclusion, and Lu Ping chose to promise only to look after her.
• Lu Ping brought Qinghe back to Returning to Truth Peak and agreed to handle the Sect Master's request.
• Qi Huailin announced that he would enter death seclusion and that Zhu Wanshan would exercise his authority over all sect affairs.
• Wang Guihe reacted with an ashen face to Qi Huailin's announcement.

Lu Ping became acting sect master of the Profound Beast Taming Sect and brought Qinghe into meetings, where she announced his decisions. As Qinghe rapidly advanced in cultivation, disciples spread rumors that she was descended from a powerful demon.

• Lu Ping used his overwhelming presence to make the elders accept him as acting sect master while Qi Huailin went into seclusion.
• Lu Ping presided over sect meetings without speaking, and Qinghe announced his decisions to the rival factions.
• Lu Ping trained Qinghe by bringing her into political disputes, while she showed exceptional talent in both strategy and cultivation.
• Qinghe advanced from Qi Refining First Layer to Qi Refining Ninth Layer in less than a year, astonishing Lu Ping.
• Profound Beast Taming Sect disciples speculated that Qinghe had an innate Dao body and then spread a rumor that she was a descendant of the Azure Feather Ancestor.

Lu Ping continued raising Qinghe while refining Qi-Consolidating Pills and teaching her alchemy. After compiling his accumulated knowledge into a Jade Slip, he passed it to Qinghe, who bowed to him in thanks.

• A disciple spread gossip that Qinghe was the Grand Elder’s reincarnated dao companion, but Lu Ping chose to continue his peaceful routine with her.
• Lu Ping refined high-grade Qi-Consolidating Pills and estimated how long they would take to advance his cultivation.
• Qinghe asked Lu Ping why a Purple Orchid Leaf had to be added when the pill fire was at its fiercest, and he patiently taught her alchemy.
• Lu Ping compiled his alchemical knowledge, techniques, and improved pill formulas into a Jade Slip titled Plain Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy.
• Lu Ping passed the Jade Slip to Qinghe, who knelt and thanked him for passing on the Dao.

Lu Ping appointed Wang Guihe to lead the Demon-Catching Squad, secretly oversaw five new demon transformations, and had Crow-Crow capture one who tried to flee. He continued guiding Qinghe, who reached Foundation Establishment, and the chapter ended as Lu Ping considered how to respond to her breakthrough.

• Lu Ping gave Wang Guihe command of the Demon-Catching Squad; after the expedition returned with heavy losses, Lu Ping praised Wang Guihe for protecting most of the disciples, easing tensions between the Human Venerable Sect and the Beast Venerable Sect.
• Lu Ping transferred Kang Quan’s affairs to Wang Tongyou, who later brought five people to Falling Crow Valley for Lu Ping to transform with the Bloodline Reversal Grand Formation.
• Lu Ping sent Crow-Crow to follow the five; when one Rogue Cultivator fled instead of going to Demon-Severing Cliff, Crow-Crow knocked him unconscious, and black-clad men took him away under a Spirit-Sealing Lock.
• Lu Ping continued serving as acting Sect Master and teaching Qinghe, while gaining the Food Delivery Theft trait and choosing not to replace it.
• Qinghe reached Foundation Establishment after Lu Ping had delayed her breakthrough for a year, then knelt before him; Lu Ping faced three possible responses.

Lu Ping gave Qinghe a pair of Azure Nether Rings after she established her foundation, then spent several years improving his cultivation methods and techniques while serving as acting sect master. At age twenty-six, he prepared to lead the Demon-Catching Squad to the Myriad Demon Domain and faced a choice about whether Qinghe would go with him.

• Lu Ping chose to give Qinghe the Azure Nether Rings and warned her not to become arrogant after reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Ping received the Free Wi-Fi trait, then examined the Azure Origin Dao Canon and began deducing its Spirit Transformation section.
• Lu Ping received the useless Who Took My Charger trait and completed the Spirit Transformation section of the Azure Origin Dao Canon at age twenty-five.
• Lu Ping refined his fire-control skills and recognized the deeper meaning within the Great Flame Art.
• At age twenty-six, Lu Ping decided to personally lead the Demon-Catching Squad to the Myriad Demon Domain, and the system offered choices about Qinghe's whereabouts.

Lu Ping protected Qinghe before leading a successful demon-catching expedition, then waited for the right time to confront the Golden Crow Demon Emperor’s Avatar. He gained the Multiskilling Trait, advanced to Nascent Soul Late Stage, and found someone waiting outside his cave abode.

• Lu Ping gave Qinghe talismans for defense and escape before leaving with the Demon-Catching Squad.
• Lu Ping directed the squad to demon nests and continued sending teams to catch demons while secretly using the Bloodline Reversal Grand Formation.
• At age twenty-nine, Lu Ping used up the last Bloodline Marks and chose to wait until his cultivation advanced before acting at Demon-Severing Cliff.
• At age thirty, Lu Ping replaced Workplace People-Pleaser with the Multiskilling Trait and discovered that Fake-ID Forging Technique was one of his skills.
• Lu Ping reached Nascent Soul Late Stage, while Crow-Crow reached Core Condensation perfection.
• Lu Ping concealed his presence and left his cave abode, where someone was waiting for him.

Lu Ping warned Qinghe not to reach Core Formation while he left the Profound Beast Taming Sect to prepare for a confrontation with the Golden Crow Demon Emperor. He reached Demon-Severing Cliff with Chen Zhao and began secretly setting up the Crow's Arrival Grand Formation.

• Lu Ping chose to have Qinghe suppress her cultivation and gave her a Spirit-Eroding Bracelet to help stabilize her realm.
• Qinghe worried about Lu Ping's safety, and he promised he would return unharmed.
• Lu Ping left the Profound Beast Taming Sect and traveled in disguise to a hidden valley at Demon-Severing Cliff.
• Chen Zhao met Lu Ping with a military supply token, while Song Fuan provided the Demon-Suppressing Tower's supplies without alerting its Array-Guarding Office.
• Lu Ping began secretly deploying the Crow's Arrival Grand Formation inside Demon-Severing Cliff.

Lu Ping completed layers of sealing formations and used more than one hundred and fifty Bloodline-marked cultivators to summon the Golden Crow Demon Emperor’s Avatar. The stronger-than-before Avatar emerged in the valley, and Lu Ping faced a choice of how to respond.

• Lu Ping finished seven layers of sealing formations around the Crow’s Arrival Grand Formation and swept the leftover materials into his Storage Ring.
• Chen Zhao and the War Oversight Office brought more than one hundred and fifty captives with Bloodline Marks to the valley.
• Lu Ping exposed the Nascent Soul Perfection captive as a demonic fiend who had refined five human cultivators into Blood-Congealing Five-Elements Pills, and the escorting troops pushed the captives into the formation.
• Lu Ping activated the formations as the Bloodline Marks drained the captives’ life force and souls, summoning the Golden Crow Demon Emperor’s Avatar.
• The Avatar emerged with at least thirty percent of the original body’s strength, and Lu Ping received options for how to confront it.

Lu Ping helped Song Fuan destroy Chunwu’s Avatar and received Chunwu’s Sun True Fire, but gained no remnant soul to absorb. Song Fuan returned and offered Lu Ping a reward, leaving him to choose what to ask for.

• Song Fuan used the Demon-Suppressing Tower to immobilize Chunwu’s Avatar and destroyed it with one punch.
• Lu Ping asked Elder Zhen for Chunwu’s Sun True Fire, and Elder Zhen granted it to him.
• Crow-Crow swallowed the true fire and exploded, but no remnant soul appeared in Lu Ping’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Song Fuan returned after pursuing the demons, said Chunwu would be absent from the Myriad Demon Domain for a hundred years, and offered Lu Ping a reward.

Lu Ping received three sets of Spirit Transformation Pill ingredients from Song Fuan, who then spent three days teaching him the Dao and clarifying his path to Spirit Transformation. After returning to the Profound Beast Taming Sect, Lu Ping found that Crow-Crow had evolved and Qinghe had formed a Golden Core despite his instructions, leaving him to choose how to respond.

• Lu Ping asked Song Fuan for a Spirit Transformation Pill, accepted three sets of ingredients when none were available, and listened as Song Fuan explained the principles of Spirit Transformation.
• Song Fuan taught Lu Ping the Dao for three days, helping him resolve flaws in his Spirit Transformation cultivation method, and Lu Ping formally thanked him as his teacher.
• Lu Ping withheld his suspicions about Pei Xuanlü, then disguised himself as Zhu Wanshan and returned to the Profound Beast Taming Sect.
• Crow-Crow evolved into a Lihuo Fire Crow, and a tribulation began over Returning to Truth Peak.
• Lu Ping waited outside the tribulation as it lasted three shichen, then saw Qinghe successfully enter the Golden Core Stage.

Lu Ping chose to storm Myriad Spirits Valley after Qinghe vanished under a Fate Contract, breaking through its defenses to reach the Ancestral Spirit Cave. There, he found Qinghe beside the sleeping Azure Feather Luan, and she recognized him despite his restored face; the chapter ended as he considered his next move.

• Lu Ping chose to confront whoever had taken Qinghe and flew to Myriad Spirits Valley, where he broke through the Valley-Guarding Formation and the valley’s other restrictions.
• Lu Ping reached the Ancestral Spirit Cave and kicked down its bronze doors.
• Lu Ping found the Azure Feather Luan, a Half-Step Heavenly Demon, floating above an altar, with Qinghe standing beside it.
• Qinghe recognized Lu Ping despite never having seen his real face, and he noticed the world-weariness and attachment in her eyes.
• Lu Ping considered whether to probe Qinghe’s condition, attack the Azure Feather Luan, or demand Qinghe’s belongings and child-rearing expenses.

Lu Ping learned that Qinghe was the reincarnated human soul of the Azure Feather Luan, Qingyu, and that their planned merger would let Qingyu break through to the Heavenly Demon realm. After entering their shared Sea of Consciousness, Lu Ping refused to let Qingyu decide Qinghe’s fate and asked Qinghe to choose for herself.

• Qinghe explained that she and Qingyu were two souls from one origin, and that their merger would free the Azure Feather Luan from the sect’s pact and allow it to ascend to the Heavenly Demon realm.
• Lu Ping used “I'll Make Three Points” and entered Qinghe’s Sea of Consciousness to confront Qingyu.
• Lu Ping’s Salty Fish ability made him immune to Qingyu’s soul attacks, but he stopped tearing at her soul when Qinghe’s soul began to weaken too.
• Qingyu claimed Qinghe was merely a brief set of memories and would remain after the merger, but Lu Ping rejected her argument.
• Lu Ping told Qinghe that she had the right to choose between merging with Qingyu and continuing her own life, and promised to help sever her past-life karma if she wished.

Lu Ping helped Qinghe separate her soul from Qingyu’s and gave her a technique to protect herself. After the Azure Feather Luan awakened and attacked him, Lu Ping summoned Crow-Crow to face her.

• Qinghe chose to remain herself, and Qingyu offered to sever their connection and return to her original body.
• Lu Ping accepted after Qingyu swore a Dao oath, and Qingyu transferred the bonded pact to Qinghe while leaving her soul essence behind.
• Lu Ping strengthened Qinghe’s soul and taught her the Spirit Refining Technique before leaving her Sea of Consciousness.
• The Azure Feather Luan awoke and attacked Lu Ping with azure wind blades.
• Lu Ping summoned Crow-Crow, who met the blades with a fireball.

Lu Ping and Qinghe left the Ancestral Spirit Cave after Qingyu awakened, and Qinghe’s bond with the Azure Feather Luan drove her cultivation to Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Lu Ping faced a choice about how to celebrate Qinghe’s achievement.

• Qingyu took human form after Crow-Crow drove her off, then affectionately asked Qinghe to call her big sister while dismissing Lu Ping.
• Lu Ping led Qinghe out of the Ancestral Spirit Cave, and Qingyu stayed behind to stabilize her cultivation as the sect felt her pressure for a month.
• Qinghe secluded herself, rapidly advancing to Golden Core Perfection through her bond with Qingyu and preparing to undergo the Nascent Soul tribulation.
• Qinghe survived the tribulation and emerged a month later with her cultivation stabilized at Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Lu Ping considered how to congratulate Qinghe, with options ranging from lavish gifts to a trip down the mountain or an extravagant parade.

Lu Ping handed Qinghe Zhu Wanshan’s belongings and other treasures, then helped her take over as Sect Master of the Profound Beast Taming Sect. After the ceremony, he prepared to leave for Qingyang City and faced a choice about Qinghe’s offer of the Grand Supreme Elder Token.

• Lu Ping gave Qinghe Zhu Wanshan’s Spirit Beast Bags, Storage Ring, pills, and Talismans, and she thanked him warmly.
• Lu Ping announced Qinghe as the new Sect Master, and Azure Feather Ancestor’s pressure silenced the elders who objected.
• The Supreme Mystery Sect’s Sect Master attended Qinghe’s succession ceremony and returned the Profound Spirit Seal, a Law Treasure lost a thousand years earlier.
• Qinghe accepted the Profound Spirit Seal and led the sect through a successful ceremony, after which Lu Ping decided to leave for Qingyang City.
• Qinghe offered Lu Ping the Grand Supreme Elder Token and promised that the sect would support him; Lu Ping had not yet chosen whether to accept it.

Lu Ping left the Profound Beast Taming Sect and traveled to Qingyang City to keep his appointment with Wuming, only to learn that the Zhao Household was hunting him. Lu Ping rescued Wuming by killing the Zhao Household Ancestor, then faced a choice about how to address the monk.

• Lu Ping chose Qinghe’s token, told her to cultivate diligently, and left the Profound Beast Taming Sect as Qingyu comforted her.
• Lu Ping traveled to Qingyang City to meet Wuming and seek the general principles of the As-If-Original Seal.
• At a teahouse, Lu Ping heard that the Zhao Household was pursuing a handsome monk in white after Zhao Mingchuan’s death, and he suspected Wuming was the target.
• Lu Ping followed the Zhao Household’s trail and found that Wuming had used the Star River Talisman to badly wound the Zhao Household Ancestor.
• Lu Ping finished off the Zhao Household Ancestor with Star River Myriad Blades, and Wuming recognized him in astonishment.
• Lu Ping received options for how to speak to Wuming.

Lu Ping chose to leave Qingyang City with Wuming without confronting Sun Jingli, then arrived in Black Nether City and learned about its dangerous atmosphere and the Mystic Nether Pavilion’s teleportation network. After stocking up on ingredients for Qi-Consolidating Pills, he faced a choice about what to do next.

• Lu Ping escorted Wuming through Qingyang City and left by teleportation without provoking the City Lord's Manor.
• Lu Ping and Wuming arrived in Black Nether City, where Wuming explained its proximity to the Domain of Chaos and the lack of guards.
• Wuming told Lu Ping that the Heavenly Certification Alliance's teleportation arrays did not reach the Domain of Chaos and pointed out the Mystic Nether Pavilion.
• Lu Ping visited the Azure Dragon Merchant Association's branch and bought all its medicinal ingredients for Qi-Consolidating Pills.
• Lu Ping considered whether to head straight to the Mystic Nether Pavilion, explore Black Nether City, or make Wuming pay the bill.

Lu Ping and Wuming paid a steep fee to teleport to Doushu City, where Lu Ping found the city’s old-fashioned appearance belied its violent, lawless streets. When he tried to buy medicinal ingredients, the shopkeeper reacted strangely to his Spirit Stones, leaving Lu Ping wondering whether local cultivators had ever seen them.

• Lu Ping paid the Mystic Nether Pavilion one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones for two teleportation talismans, and he and Wuming traveled to Doushu City.
• Lu Ping saw a cultivator kill another over a spiritual herb, then reconsidered his impression of Doushu City as a normal cultivation city.
• Lu Ping chose to keep a low profile and went to the Hundred Herb Pavilion to buy medicinal ingredients for Qi-Consolidating Pills.
• The shopkeeper inspected Lu Ping’s Storage Bag and reacted with suspicion and excitement when he saw it contained Spirit Stones.
• Lu Ping discreetly held down the Storage Bag and asked Wuming whether cultivators in Doushu City had never seen Spirit Stones.

Lu Ping learned that Spirit Stones and alchemical pills were especially valuable in Doushu City, then heard that the city would hold a major Auction featuring rare goods, possibly including the Yin-Yang Love-Tribulation Flower linked to Jiang Mutian’s poisoning. He chose to stay and investigate the Auction while Wuming returned to Luxuan Mountain with supplies and directions for Lu Ping to follow later.

• Lu Ping discovered that Doushu City relied largely on barter and that Spirit Stones and Qi-Gathering Pills had unusually high value.
• The Hundred Herb Pavilion shopkeeper told Lu Ping that a major Auction would take place in a month and that its previous event had featured a Yin-Yang Love-Tribulation Flower.
• Lu Ping connected the flower to the Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder and considered whether Doushu City might be linked to Jiang Mutian’s poisoning.
• Lu Ping chose to remain in Doushu City for the Auction and told Wuming to return to Luxuan Mountain ahead of him.
• Wuming gave Lu Ping a map and prayer beads to guide him to the temple, and Lu Ping supplied Wuming with Star River Talismans and pills before they parted.

You learned that cultivators in the Domain of Chaos swallowed pills and risked their lives because they rarely expected to survive long, while the Mystic Nether Pavilion exploited their desperation through its Spirit Stone exchanges. As the twelve-year Auction approached, you faced a choice about how to respond to the Pavilion’s profiteering.

• You rented a courtyard from a burly Golden Core cultivator, who swallowed three Qi-Gathering Pills at once and said he had no reason to worry about the long term.
• You spent several days exploring Doushu City and observed that cultivators relied on Qi-Gathering Pills, tolerated pill poison, and repeatedly risked death in ruins and secret realms.
• You traded your Qi-Gathering Pills for ingredients and gathered information about the upcoming Auction, which was organized by the Mystic Nether Pavilion.
• Ten days before the Auction, you watched cultivators exchange valuable materials for Spirit Stones at the Pavilion’s monthly exchange and calculated that they received only about a quarter of the materials’ value.
• You considered the Pavilion’s exploitative business and were presented with options to observe, rob its vault, or report it to the Heavenly Certification Alliance Anti-Monopoly Bureau.