Chapter Summaries

Lu Ping forced Qinghe into an exhausting regimen of cultivation crafts and sect duties to slow her rapid progress, then tried to ease her workload with powerful pills. After gaining a trait that made private complaints likely to reach a superior, he declined to replace it and advanced his own pill production, setting his sights on reaching the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage.

• Lu Ping assigned ten-year-old Qinghe several crafts to study in addition to her sect duties, and her cultivation slowed as a result.
• Lu Ping supplied Qinghe with supreme-grade Grain Avoidance, Soul-Replenishing, and Meridian-Clearing Pills, while she struggled to hold back her distress.
• Lu Ping gained the D-rank trait Private Message Sent to the Public Group and chose not to replace any of his equipped traits.
• Lu Ping harvested Thousand-Whisker Spirit-Luring Grass and brewed Lesser Creation Spirit-Stimulating Dew, which accelerated the recovery of the Nine-Yang Essence-Restoring Zhi.
• Lu Ping refined twenty supreme-grade Qi-Returning Pills and calculated that his increased pill intake could let him reach the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage within twelve or thirteen years.

Lu Ping chose to develop a method for adding Heavenly Gang Restrictions to Law Treasures and devoted himself to deducing it in seclusion. When Crow-Crow impersonated him to test Qinghe’s coursework, she asked whether her Martial Uncle no longer wanted to look after her, leaving Lu Ping to choose how to respond.

• Qinghe reached Foundation Establishment, received the Azure Nether Rings and Spirit Refining Technique from Lu Ping, and continued her demanding studies.
• Lu Ping left Zhao Kangquan and Wang Tongyou to manage the Chunwu Bloodline Mark while he visited Falling Crow Valley periodically to activate the Bloodline Reversal Grand Formation.
• Lu Ping chose to deduce a method for upgrading Law Treasures by adding Heavenly Gang Restrictions and began a prolonged period of seclusion.
• Lu Ping sent Crow-Crow, disguised as him, to oversee the sect’s demon-catching expedition and later to test Qinghe’s coursework.
• Qinghe recognized that the person testing her was not Lu Ping and quietly asked whether he no longer wanted to look after her.
• Lu Ping considered appearing in person to comfort Qinghe or burdening her with more coursework, but the chapter ended before he chose.

Lu Ping comforted Qinghe by bringing Little Toad out to keep her company, then completed and named the Small Heavens Cloud Restriction True Method. After realizing the method could greatly increase Law Treasures' power but might spark conflict if spread, he faced a choice about what to do with it.

• Lu Ping gave Qinghe a copywork punishment, then summoned Little Toad to keep her company while he went into seclusion.
• Qinghe called Little Toad "Auntie Little Toad," and the two settled into a quiet routine as five years passed.
• Lu Ping obtained the Grade D Trait Trash Can Expert and chose not to replace an existing Trait.
• Lu Ping successfully refined a Green Jade cup into a supreme-grade Law Artifact using the method he had spent five years deducing.
• Lu Ping named the method the Small Heavens Cloud Restriction True Method and considered how layered Restrictions could advance Law Treasures, despite the risks of weak materials and neglected cultivation.
• After inscribing the method into a Jade Slip, Lu Ping received three options: keep it private, scatter copies across the four great domains, or sell access through a ranked organization.

Lu Ping chose to focus on his cultivation rather than refining his treasures, then broke through to the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage and considered using powerful demons’ innate true blood to advance further. He concluded that only one place could provide demons strong enough, but the chapter did not reveal where.

• Lu Ping put aside his completed Cloud Restriction True Method’s practical use and returned to his routine of refining pills and cultivating.
• Lu Ping deduced the Sixth Layer of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula, gained the Old Sarcastic Person Trait, and chose not to switch it.
• After twelve years of cultivation, Lu Ping broke through to the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage, aided by the Great Wind Raptor’s innate true blood.
• Lu Ping studied the Profound Beast Taming Sect’s records and learned that obtaining a Great Demon’s innate true blood required killing it or persuading it to give the blood willingly.
• Lu Ping decided that only the innate true blood of a Transformation Perfection demon or a Heavenly Demon could significantly improve his cultivation, and realized he would have to seek them in one place.

Lu Ping reviewed his years of progress in the Profound Beast Taming Sect and decided to take Qinghe to Myriad Spirits Valley to form her Core. He chose to break through the valley’s protective formation, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Lu Ping assessed his Spirit Transformation cultivation, improved techniques, accumulated supplies, and the limited progress of Crow-Crow.
• Lu Ping emerged from seclusion and found Qinghe nearing Foundation Establishment Perfection, with her Azure Nether Rings refined into low-grade Law Treasures.
• Lu Ping rejected the option of suppressing Qinghe’s cultivation and took her toward Myriad Spirits Valley to undergo her tribulation.
• The Valley-Guarding Formation blocked their way, and Lu Ping chose to break it with a wave of his hand.

Lu Ping helped Qinghe form her Golden Core outside the Ancestral Spirit Cave, then the Fate Contract planted by Qingyu activated and threatened to let the Azure Feather Luan invade Qinghe’s Sea of Consciousness. Lu Ping used “I’ll Make Three Points” to interrupt the possession, and the chapter ended as he faced choices for his next move.

• Lu Ping revealed his youthful appearance, broke through Myriad Spirits Valley’s formations, and led Qinghe to the Ancestral Spirit Cave.
• Lu Ping reassured Qinghe and told her to summon her Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation while he watched from a distant cliff.
• Qinghe endured the tribulation with her Azure Nether Rings, Formation Flags, and Golden Core puppet, then successfully formed a flawless Golden Core.
• Lu Ping asked Qinghe whether she trusted him, and the Fate Contract planted by the Azure Feather Luan lit up between her brows.
• Qingyu’s presence reached toward Qinghe through the cave doors, but Lu Ping activated “I’ll Make Three Points,” leaving Qinghe vacant-eyed as he considered what to do next.

Lu Ping entered Qinghe's Sea of Consciousness and used his traits to overpower Qingyu, whose spirit had been devouring Qinghe. Qinghe chose to remain herself, and Qingyu offered to sever their connection and become Qinghe's Fatebound Spirit Beast as Lu Ping faced a new set of choices.

• Lu Ping chose to enter Qinghe's Sea of Consciousness and confronted Qingyu in her Azure Feather Luan form.
• Lu Ping's Work from Home and Bully at Home traits let him pin Qingyu down and bind her spirit.
• Lu Ping asked Qinghe whether she wanted to merge with Qingyu or remain herself, and Qinghe chose her own path.
• Lu Ping raised his foot to destroy Qingyu, who begged for mercy and offered to separate from Qinghe and become her Fatebound Spirit Beast.
• The system presented Lu Ping with choices to accept Qingyu's offer, kill her, or make her his personal maid.

Lu Ping secured Qingyu’s oath and life-bound pact with Qinghe, then watched Qinghe rise to Nascent Soul Middle Stage and take over the Profound Beast Taming Sect. After Qinghe learned his name and gave him a token of authority, Lu Ping left to keep an old appointment, while Qingyu comforted Qinghe and claimed the sisters would rule the sect together.

• Lu Ping released Qingyu after she swore a Dao oath and gave Qinghe part of her soul origin in an equal life-bound pact.
• Qinghe cultivated to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and Lu Ping supplied her with treasures and resources before she succeeded the Sect Master.
• Azure Feather Ancestor silenced the elders’ objections, and Qinghe accepted the Profound Spirit Seal at her succession ceremony.
• Qinghe asked Lu Ping his name and gave him a Grand Supreme Elder Token; he told her his name and advised her to cultivate diligently.
• Lu Ping promised to return safely and left the Profound Beast Taming Sect, while Qingyu comforted Qinghe and declared that the sisters would run the sect.

Lu Ping used his Formation to lure Chunwu’s clone into a trap, where Song Fuan destroyed it and left behind Sun True Fire. Elder Zhen helped Lu Ping secure the fire for Crow-Crow and recommended Song Fuan give him Yi Wood Green Spirit Essence for Little Toad, leaving Lu Ping to choose his reward.

• Lu Ping completed the grand Formations at Demon-Severing Cliff and activated them to extract the Bloodline Marks from the captured Demon-Transformed Cultivators.
• Song Fuan destroyed Chunwu’s Three-Legged Crow clone, and Lu Ping received its Sun True Fire for Crow-Crow.
• Elder Zhen met Little Toad and advised Lu Ping to ask Song Fuan for Yi Wood Green Spirit Essence to nourish her Grotto-Heaven.
• Song Fuan returned and offered Lu Ping a reward for helping destroy Chunwu’s clone, and Lu Ping faced options for what to request.

Lu Ping obtained a spiritual treasure from Song Fuan and won his help deducing the Void Refining Chapter while planning to enter the Myriad Demon Domain. Song Fuan warned him that the Fire Crow Seed might turn against him if it reached the Heavenly Demon Realm, and Lu Ping faced a choice about what to do with it.

• Lu Ping asked Song Fuan for Five Elements Essence, and Song Fuan gave him Yi Wood Green Spirit Essence to nourish his furnace’s Grotto-Heaven.
• Lu Ping said he planned to infiltrate the Myriad Demon Domain and hunt Transformation Great Demons, and Song Fuan praised him for seeking a century of peace for humanity.
• Lu Ping asked Song Fuan to teach him about Void Refining, and after half a month of instruction he completed the Azure Origin Dao Canon’s Void Refining Chapter.
• Lu Ping asked where Chunwu’s lair was and showed Song Fuan the Golden Crow Transformation; Song Fuan identified a possible hidden danger and warned him not to let the Fire Crow Seed reach the Heavenly Demon Realm before he could suppress it.
• Lu Ping received three options: disperse the Fire Crow Seed, tell Song Fuan he had a way to handle it, or reassure him with a joke about antivirus software.

Lu Ping left Song Fuan and traveled into the Myriad Demon Domain to confront a Transformation Great Demon and test his strength. The demon immediately knelt and begged for mercy, leaving Lu Ping unsure how to respond as new options appeared.

• Lu Ping assured Song Fuan that he could control the Fire Crow Seed, then left the valley and crossed Demon-Severing Cliff.
• Lu Ping flew south through the Myriad Demon Domain and absorbed both Spiritual Qi and Sha Qi as he traveled.
• Lu Ping reached the mountain range where he remembered a Transformation Great Demon lived and chose to challenge him head-on.
• Lu Ping entered the cave’s vicinity and released his Spiritual Pressure, drawing out a red-haired demon dressed in a blue robe.
• The Transformation Great Demon dropped to his knees, claimed he was only a border gatekeeper, and begged Lu Ping to spare him.
• Lu Ping hesitated to attack the kowtowing demon, and the System presented him with options for what to do next.

Lu Ping questioned Chi Shan, a Red-Horned Mountain Fiend sent to guard Demon-Severing Cliff, and learned why the demon had chosen to surrender rather than fight. Lu Ping spared him after hearing about his lowly post and dependence on the Lu Wu Royal Court, then finished questioning him about the Myriad Demon Domain.

• Lu Ping lowered his pressure and asked Chi Shan why he had failed to fight back or send a warning.
• Chi Shan explained that he served as a sentry under the Lu Wu Demon Emperor and had surrendered because he feared for his life.
• Lu Ping asked why Chi Shan had not fled, and Chi Shan said he needed to serve two hundred years to earn a marrow-cleansing quota at the Geng Metal Abyss.
• Lu Ping reflected on how demons and human cultivators alike struggled for scarce cultivation resources, while warning that he would show no mercy to anyone who threatened him.
• Lu Ping spared Chi Shan and continued questioning him about the Myriad Demon Domain, though Chi Shan knew little of the Lu Wu Royal Court's secrets.

Lu Ping spared Chi Shan, rejected his plea to become a Spirit Beast, and learned about Feng Li, a powerful Great Wind Clan demon whose kind resembled the Eagle-Headed Great Demon that had killed him in a past simulation. Half a month later, Lu Ping reached Windbreath Ravine and prepared to infiltrate the clan’s territory.

• Lu Ping spared Chi Shan, who begged to become his Spirit Beast, but refused and fled when Chi Shan tried to take off his robe.
• Chi Shan told Lu Ping about the Great Wind Clan and its patriarch, Feng Li, a Transformation Perfection Great Wind Raptor who ruled Windbreath Ravine.
• Lu Ping recalled an Eagle-Headed Great Demon that had killed him in a past simulation and resolved to take revenge on Feng Li.
• Half a month later, Lu Ping used the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak to survey Windbreath Ravine, where the Great Wind Clan and its vassals occupied a vast Gale Sha Vein.

Lu Ping secretly prepared a trap in Feng Li’s cave abode so he could extract Feng Li’s Fatebound True Blood, then attacked when Feng Li returned. Feng Li’s Heavenly Demon Remnant broke through Lu Ping’s restraints and forced Feng Li to burn six drops of his true blood, leaving Lu Ping to choose how to respond.

• Lu Ping chose to sneak into the Rift Valley and waited until Feng Li left his cave abode with four Great Demons.
• Lu Ping entered Feng Li’s empty hall, set the Great Five Elements Heaven-Trapping Formation and Nine-Bend Blood-Transforming Formation, then hid and waited for Feng Li’s return.
• When Feng Li entered the trap, Lu Ping used I'll Make Three Points and his combat techniques to restrain Feng Li’s demon soul and prepare to extract his Fatebound True Blood.
• A Heavenly Demon Remnant emerged from Feng Li’s chest, repelled Lu Ping’s blades, and awakened Feng Li from his restraints.
• Feng Li recognized Lu Ping’s plan and burned six of the nine drops of Fatebound True Blood around his heart as options appeared for Lu Ping.

Lu Ping chose to face Feng Li head-on, survived Feng Li’s spatial attack that split him in two, and killed him, but recovered only one drop of genuine Fatebound True Blood. Realizing that his overconfidence had nearly cost him his life, Lu Ping considered whether to leave and recover or stay in the stone hall.

• Lu Ping chose to attack Feng Li rather than retreat, and his flying blades shattered the Heavenly Demon remnant.
• Feng Li used Wind Opens Formlessly to slice through Lu Ping’s waist, but Lu Ping held himself together with Primordial Spirit Power and healed with a Small Taiyi Origin-Returning Pill.
• Lu Ping killed Feng Li with Star River Myriad Blades and used the Nine-Bend Blood-Transforming Formation to extract two drops of blood, only one of which was genuine Fatebound True Blood.
• After five days, Lu Ping recognized that the battle had damaged his Qi and Blood and that his overconfidence had brought him closer to death than any earlier encounter.
• Lu Ping weighed the two bottles of blood and faced a choice between fleeing to recover or staying to role-play.

Lu Ping disguised himself as Feng Li and began operating as the Great Wind Clan Leader, looting the clan treasury and refining blood for cultivation and memories. He recovered from his injuries and discovered another potent drop of Feng Li’s true blood, then considered whether to consume it or search its memories.

• Lu Ping withdrew the formations, erased signs of battle, took Feng Li’s appearance, and cultivated in the stone hall while posing as the clan leader.
• A demon cultivator brought tribute and treasury accounts, and Lu Ping ordered him to lead the way to the treasury.
• Lu Ping emptied the treasury of valuable spirit herbs, ore crystals, and other treasures without the guards daring to object.
• After recovering his origin, Lu Ping refined a drop of pseudo-true blood, gained little cultivation, and absorbed fragments of Feng Li’s memories after filtering out the soul resentment.
• Lu Ping examined the remaining drop of Feng Li’s Fatebound True Blood and faced a choice about consuming it or using it to view Feng Li’s memories.

Lu Ping absorbed Feng Li’s True Blood and learned that the Youshan Clan planned to seize Windbreath Ravine’s Sha Vein. He chose to remain in Windbreath Ravine as the Great Wind Clan’s leader and prepare to trap the Youshan Clan.

• Lu Ping refined the Fatebound True Blood, advanced his cultivation, and pieced together Feng Li’s memories.
• Lu Ping learned that the Youshan Clan’s Sha Vein was nearly exhausted and that the clan had targeted Windbreath Ravine.
• Lu Ping examined Feng Li’s Heavenly Demon Remnant but found he could not use its bloodline-bound powers.
• Lu Ping rejected the option to flee and chose to stay in Windbreath Ravine to prepare for the Youshan Clan’s arrival.
• Lu Ping delegated the Great Wind Clan’s routine affairs and began enlarging the Nine-Bend Blood-Transforming Formation.

Lu Ping prepared a vast Mountain-Protection Grand Formation for Windbreath Ravine while waiting for the Youshan Clan to act. When Feng Yi reported that Gray Vulture refugees had arrived, Lu Ping took them in and ordered the Great Wind Clan to fortify the ravine.

• Lu Ping redesigned the Nine-Bend Blood-Transforming Formation, refined its Formation Flags, and spent half a year preparing while Windbreath Ravine remained peaceful.
• Feng Yi reported that more than two hundred Gray Vulture Tribe members had fled the Youshan Clan’s protection and sought refuge outside Windbreath Ravine.
• Feng Yi suspected the Gray Vultures were spies and offered to kill them, but Lu Ping ordered that they be settled on the outskirts of the Eastern Valley.
• Lu Ping warned that the Youshan Clan posed a threat and ordered the Great Wind Clan to help him establish a Mountain-Protection Grand Formation.
• Lu Ping gave Feng Yi the Formation Flags and ordered him to lay the Formation’s foundations at the marked locations.

After completing a concealed formation network around Windbreath Ravine, Lu Ping set his subordinates to work reorganizing the valley and learning artifact refining while allowing the Gray Vulture Tribe to inspect the defenses so the Youshan Clan would be lured into attacking. He continued cultivating and weighing whether to strengthen his Law Treasures or indulge himself, leaving that choice unresolved.

• Feng Yi oversaw three months of work to raise a Mountain-Protection Grand Formation over Windbreath Ravine, concealing two Heavenly Gang-level Great Nine-Bend Blood-Transforming Formations and an inner Great Five Elements Heaven-Trapping Formation.
• Lu Ping ordered Feng Yi to reorganize the valley's districts, redistribute subordinate tribes' territories, and teach the demons the Artifact Refining methods in the Beast-Skin Scrolls.
• When Feng Yi worried that the Gray Vulture Tribe might discover the formation's weaknesses and warn the Youshan Clan, Lu Ping told him to let them inspect it so the enemy would be encouraged to attack in full force.
• Lu Ping cultivated in Windbreath Ravine's rich spiritual environment and continued refining and taking pills, but his progress slowed because he could no longer consume Great Demon True Blood.
• Lu Ping considered strengthening Little Five, strengthening Little Star, or summoning beautiful demons to his cave abode for a fashion show, but the chapter ended before he chose.

Lu Ping spent a year rebuilding Star River Myriad Blades with Cloud Restriction techniques, then fused its 72 Earthly Sha Restrictions into a Heavenly Gang Cloud Restriction. After recovering from the effort, he found that his Life-Bound Law Treasure remained a Supreme Law Treasure but now had limitless potential for advancement.

• Lu Ping chose to upgrade Star River Myriad Blades by making each flying blade a unit and refining its 10,800 blades into 72 Earthly Sha Restrictions.
• Lu Ping declined the Coworker 50-50 Split Trait and spent a year completing the restrictions, working almost without sleep or rest.
• Lu Ping fused the 72 Earthly Sha Restrictions into a single Heavenly Gang Cloud Restriction, exhausted his Primordial Spirit, and collapsed as the blades returned to his body.
• Lu Ping woke after a few hours with his Divine Sense restored and his Primordial Spirit strengthened.
• Lu Ping summoned Star River Myriad Blades and recognized that its new Cloud Restriction foundation had opened limitless possibilities for its advancement.