Chapter Summaries

At the Shushan Disciple Tournament, Lin Qingzhi concealed his Golden Core Realm cultivation and defeated a stronger opponent, surprising the watching elders. Lu Changsheng then prepared to send his ten-year-old disciple Lian into a match against a Golden Core Realm disciple.

• Lian drew lot 137 and was matched against Yang Ren of Finger Moon Peak, a first-layer Golden Core Realm disciple.
• Lin Qingzhi faced Wu Hao of Cangshan Peak, who used the Thirteen Flying Eagle Swords against him.
• Lin Qingzhi countered Wu Hao's attacks and disarmed him after he exhausted his sword forms.
• The elders and Li Changye praised Lin Qingzhi, while Xiao Xiangdao felt jealous of the attention.
• The elders questioned Lu Changsheng about sending Lian to fight Yang Ren, and Lu Changsheng said she would tear down his cave abode if he did not let her compete.

Lian stunned the Shushan gathering by defeating Yang Ren with one punch, revealing the strength of her Martial King Divine Physique. After Lu Changsheng praised her, she eagerly awaited her next match, and the disciple who drew her turned pale.

• Yang Ren offered Lian three moves, while Lu Changsheng allowed her to use first-layer Golden Core cultivation.
• Lian struck Yang Ren with one punch, sending him flying and breaking nearly all his ribs.
• Zhao Wuyan treated Yang Ren, and the elders praised Lian’s monstrous talent while Elder Ye considered recruiting her for the Martial Dao Alliance.
• Li Changye rejected Elder Ye’s attempt to poach Lian, and Xia Ningxue suspected Lu Changsheng had helped accelerate her cultivation.
• Lian returned to Lu Changsheng, who praised her, then asked for her next opponent.
• The disciple numbered 140 realized he would face Lian, number 137, and turned pale.

Lin Qingzhi faced Chen Yao, a grand elder’s gifted disciple, in the Shushan tournament, while Lu Changsheng secretly told him to use Golden Core cultivation and eventually stop at the top eight. Chen Yao launched a powerful strike with the Heavenly Azure Sword, and the chapter ended before Lin Qingzhi’s response.

• Lian defeated dozens of Shushan disciples, and she, Lin Qingzhi, and Xiao Xiangdao advanced among the final eight.
• Lin Qingzhi was matched against Chen Yao, whose talents included the nine heavens profound maiden physique, a Thunder Spirit Root, and Formation Dao Grandmaster aptitude.
• Lu Changsheng told Lin Qingzhi to use second-level Golden Core cultivation for the match but to hold back and avoid drawing attention.
• Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao introduced themselves before their duel, and Chen Yao prepared to defeat him to meet her master's expectations.
• Chen Yao summoned the Heavenly Azure Sword and sent it slashing toward Lin Qingzhi with overwhelming force.

Lin Qingzhi fought Chen Yao at the Shushan Disciple Conference while concealing most of his cultivation, and their duel ended when Lu Changsheng stopped Chen Yao’s dangerous final strike. Chen Yao and Fairy Xia realized Lin Qingzhi had been holding back, leaving his true strength a secret from the gathered elders and disciples.

• Lin Qingzhi revealed cultivation at the Golden Core Realm Second Layer and surprised the Shushan elders by resisting Chen Yao’s attacks.
• Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao exchanged sword strikes, with Lin Qingzhi gaining combat experience despite Chen Yao’s advantage in cultivation and weaponry.
• Chen Yao used Human-Sword Unity and the Supreme Thunder-Controlling Instruction for a powerful final strike, while Lin Qingzhi nearly released his Golden Core Realm Sixth Layer cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng intercepted Chen Yao’s attack and suppressed Lin Qingzhi’s cultivation before either disciple could be seriously harmed.
• Lin Qingzhi admitted defeat, and Chen Yao privately asked Lu Changsheng whether his disciple had been holding back.
• Fairy Xia secretly told Lu Changsheng that Lin Qingzhi’s cultivation was higher than he had claimed.

The Shushan Disciple Tournament concluded with Xiao Xiangdao defeating Chen Yao, and Lu Changsheng sent Lin Qingzhi to comfort her. The new disciples then drew teams for their dangerous first training mission, where Chen Yao and Lin Qingzhi ended up together.

• Lu Changsheng told Lian to lose deliberately to Xiao Xiangdao, who later defeated Chen Yao after she had spent much of her Spiritual Qi fighting Lin Qingzhi.
• Chen Yao left the tournament in tears, so Lu Changsheng sent Lin Qingzhi after her to offer comfort; his awkward words helped improve her mood.
• After the tournament, Shushan assigned the new disciples to five-person teams for their first mission beyond the sect’s protection, while Lian had to remain behind.
• Chen Yao drew team number eight and discovered that Lin Qingzhi was on her team.

Lu Changsheng prepared Lin Qingzhi for a year of training by empowering his cultivation, predicting a coming tribulation, and giving him pills, while refusing Lian permission to leave Shushan. Lin Qingzhi set out with his squad and warned Chen Yao about the predicted calamity, but she challenged him to a bet, unaware Lu Changsheng had already simulated his life.

• After the Shushan Disciple Tournament, Li Changye told Lu Changsheng that he would need to defeat Xia Ningxue at the Six Paths Assembly, and promised that he and their master would back him up.
• Lu Changsheng empowered Lin Qingzhi with cultivation, predicted that his disciple would face a tribulation in a year, and gave him pills for his training journey.
• Lu Changsheng refused Lian's request to leave Shushan until she reached the Dao Palace Realm and minor accomplishment in the Martial King Divine Physique.
• Lin Qingzhi departed for a year of training with Chen Yao and four other disciples, led by a veteran Golden Core disciple.
• Lin Qingzhi warned Chen Yao that their squad would face a calamity in a year; Chen Yao doubted his master's prediction and made a bet with him.

Lu Changsheng taught Lian the Tracking Technique and received the Heaven-rank Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique as a reward, which he used to locate and observe his eldest disciple, Lin Qingzhi. He watched Lin Qingzhi's squad prepare to hunt the bandit chief Sima Kuang in Ji Kingdom, while Lin Qingzhi sensed that his master was watching.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lian how to track a spirit ape and search for creatures by scent, explaining the technique's limits and the need for strategy.
• Lu Changsheng received the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique as a teaching reward and began cultivating it because Lian could not yet comprehend a Heaven-rank method.
• After three months, Lu Changsheng used the technique to track Lin Qingzhi to Ji Kingdom and project a distant scene into his cave abode.
• General Chu Yu recruited Rogue Cultivators to help two hundred thousand soldiers eliminate Sima Kuang and his eight hundred bandits in Guangye Marsh, offering a fifth-grade pill for the chief's death.
• Lu Changsheng considered the danger posed by Evil Cultivators' unorthodox techniques as he watched Lin Qingzhi's squad prepare for the campaign.
• Lin Qingzhi sensed that Lu Changsheng was watching over the training task.

Lin Qingzhi exposed two spies among the Rogue Cultivators and proposed a plan to lure Sima Kuang out of Guangye Marsh. Chu Yu agreed to the ambush, while Lin Qingzhi declined an offer to serve the Ji Kingdom and Lu Changsheng realized his disciple had exceptional talent for military strategy.

• Lin Qingzhi warned Chu Yu that Sima Kuang might have spies among the Rogue Cultivators and identified a seventh-layer Qi Condensation Realm cultivator as one of them.
• After a Golden Core Realm Rogue Cultivator killed the first spy, Lin Qingzhi accused him of trying to silence the man; the exposed spy confessed and was captured alive.
• Lin Qingzhi proposed sending false information to Sima Kuang and ambushing him outside Guangye Marsh, with Chen Yao concealing the group's Qi.
• Chu Yu praised Lin Qingzhi's plan and offered him a future position as great general, but Lin Qingzhi declined, crediting his master and saying he would return to serve him.
• Chen Yao admitted she saw Lin Qingzhi in a new light, and Lu Changsheng recognized that his disciple's focus on Go and military texts had revealed formidable strategic talent.

Sima Kuang led eight hundred bandits into an ambush at Ominous Valley, where Shushan disciples and the Ji Kingdom’s forces fought them. After Sima Kuang revealed his hidden eighth-level Golden Core cultivation, Lin Qingzhi unveiled his own strength and launched a decisive attack, leaving Sima Kuang unable to defend himself in time.

• Sima Kuang marched his eight hundred bandits into Ominous Valley, where Chen Yao and Chu Yu revealed the waiting forces and surrounded them.
• The Ji Kingdom’s soldiers and Rogue Cultivators attacked the bandits while Lin Qingzhi and the other Shushan disciples confronted Sima Kuang.
• Sima Kuang’s Blood Demon Saber Technique disrupted Chen Yao, but Lin Qingzhi blocked his strike and proved largely unaffected by the technique.
• Sima Kuang revealed that his cultivation was at the eighth level of the Golden Core Realm and wounded Chu Yu with a powerful saber strike.
• Lin Qingzhi declared that he had hidden his cultivation too, surged to the seventh level of the Golden Core Realm, and attacked Sima Kuang with One Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate.

Lin Qingzhi killed Sima Kuang and the remaining marauders were defeated, while Lu Changsheng watched from afar and continued cultivating. After training Lian and supplying her with treasures, Lu Changsheng allowed her to visit Shushan’s other peaks, warning her not to cause trouble or enter the Rear Mountain.

• Lin Qingzhi revealed his Seventh Layer of the Golden Core Realm cultivation and killed Sima Kuang with one sword, after which the Ji Kingdom’s army and Rogue Cultivators wiped out the remaining marauders.
• Lu Changsheng ended the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique and decided to help Lin Qingzhi face his tribulation when it arrived in a few months.
• After three days of secluded cultivation, Lu Changsheng gave Lian Transmission Empowerment, pills, a battle garment, and a tub of Body-Refining Potion.
• Lu Changsheng and Lian spent three more days refining their bodies, then Lian asked to leave Azure Cloud Peak and visit other Shushan peaks.
• Lu Changsheng agreed, forbade Lian from visiting the Rear Mountain or causing trouble, and resumed cultivating as she left in high spirits.

While Lu Changsheng was away from Azure Cloud Peak, his disciple Lian caused havoc across Shushan and was caught trespassing on the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion. A dozen elders then confronted Lu Changsheng, who recognized Lian’s handiwork and prepared to calm them.

• Lian defeated Finger Moon Peak disciples, plucked its immortal cranes, and disturbed its spirit apes, prompting Zhao Wuyan to set out for Azure Cloud Peak.
• Lian’s antics damaged or disrupted the belongings of elders on several other peaks, throwing Shushan into chaos.
• Lian tried to enter the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion but was caught and released after the guards noted Taiyuan True Person and Li Changye had ordered them not to harm her.
• A dozen Shushan elders arrived at Azure Cloud Peak to demand an explanation from Lu Changsheng, led by Zhao Wuyan.
• Lu Changsheng recognized Lian’s work from the Cangshan Peak elder’s burned beard and began considering how to appease the elders.

Lu Changsheng placated Shushan’s elders after Lian’s rampage by giving each of them a tier-five pill, then let his exhausted disciple return to Azure Cloud Peak. Months later, Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao’s team defeated a band of criminals in the Chen Kingdom, provoking the Hehuan Sect, while Lu Changsheng prepared to descend the mountain to help Lian undergo her tribulation.

• Lu Changsheng apologized for Lian’s damage at Finger Moon Peak and gave each assembled Shushan elder a tier-five pill, winning their forgiveness and support.
• Lian returned to Azure Cloud Peak exhausted, and Lu Changsheng praised her because fatigue would improve her next body-tempering session.
• Months later, Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao’s Shushan team killed the criminals at a mountain god temple in the Chen Kingdom, though one escaped using the Earth-Escaping Technique.
• The escaped criminal reported the attack to a Hehuan Sect elder, who gathered dozens of disciples to hunt down the Shushan team.
• Lu Changsheng opened his eyes and decided it was time to descend the mountain and help Lian undergo her tribulation.

Lin Qingzhi and the Shushan disciples were ambushed by Elder Huanxi of the Hehuan Sect, who attacked them with the Soul-Devouring Ring. As Lin Qingzhi was badly wounded, Chen Yao unleashed the Supreme Lightning Control Instruction and prepared to stake her life on a strike against the Nascent Soul Realm elder.

• Chen Yao reminded Lin Qingzhi of their bet, but he stayed cautious because Lu Changsheng had foretold a calamity.
• Lin Qingzhi sensed an ambush, and Elder Huanxi surrounded the six Shushan disciples with Hehuan Sect followers.
• Elder Huanxi attacked Chen Yao with the Soul-Devouring Ring, and the Shushan leader was struck down when his sword failed to stop it.
• Chen Yao urged Lin Qingzhi to flee while she sacrificed herself, but Lin Qingzhi refused to leave her behind.
• Lin Qingzhi knocked back the Soul-Devouring Ring but suffered severe damage to his Divine Sense.
• Chen Yao invoked the Supreme Lightning Control Instruction and poured her Spiritual Qi and life into a final strike, while Elder Huanxi remained confident she could not defeat him.

Lu Changsheng rescued Lin Qingzhi, Chen Yao, and their Shushan companions by killing Elder Huanxi with one palm, then escorted them safely back to Shushan. There, Lin Qingzhi’s training record revealed that he had killed stronger opponents than Xiao Xiangdao, surprising the disciples tallying their results.

• Lu Changsheng appeared as Chen Yao prepared to sacrifice herself, and Elder Huanxi fled after recognizing his Dao Palace Realm cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng killed Elder Huanxi with a single palm strike and ordered the Shushan disciples to eliminate the remaining Hehuan Sect disciples.
• The Shushan disciples thanked Lu Changsheng, while Chen Yao agreed to let Lin Qingzhi claim her wager favor later.
• Lu Changsheng accompanied the group back to Shushan, where Xiao Xiangdao’s training accomplishments were announced.
• The results tally revealed that Lin Qingzhi had killed six Golden Core Realm Evil Cultivators, including the eighth-layer Sima Kuang, astonishing the disciples.

After Lin Qingzhi’s achievements earned him respect among the Shushan disciples, he escorted Chen Yao to Jade Moon Peak and met her ancient master, the Grand Supreme Elder. He returned to Azure Cloud Peak to resume cultivation, while Chen Yao began visiting to spar with him.

• The Shushan disciples learned that Lin Qingzhi had killed Sima Kuang and reached the Seventh Layer of the Golden Core Realm after only four years in the sect, while Xiao Xiangdao resolved to catch up.
• At Lu Changsheng’s urging, Lin Qingzhi escorted Chen Yao to Jade Moon Peak, where the Grand Supreme Elder recognized his exceptional Dao Bone and wondered how Lu Changsheng had taught him so well.
• The Grand Supreme Elder threatened Lin Qingzhi into saying he had personally wanted to escort Chen Yao, making Chen Yao happy before he left.
• Lin Qingzhi returned to Azure Cloud Peak, where Lu Changsheng resumed Transmission Empowerment and rewarded him with cultivation resources.
• Chen Yao began visiting Azure Cloud Peak to spar with Lin Qingzhi, giving Lian a new outlet for her energy.

Lu Changsheng received an eighth-grade Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill after rewarding Lin Qingzhi, gave pills to Lian and Chen Yao, and prepared to enter seclusion before the Six Paths Assembly. At Ask Immortal Pavilion, Xia Ningxue’s master ordered her to defeat Shushan’s younger elders, prompting Xia Ningxue to question her master’s attachment to rivalry.

• Lu Changsheng bestowed a third-grade Superior Qi-Gathering Pill on Lin Qingzhi and received an eighth-grade Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lian a third-grade Heart-Calming Pill and received a fifth-grade Iceheart Spirit-Concentrating Pill, then gave Chen Yao another Heart-Calming Pill.
• Lu Changsheng examined the Red Emperor Dragonforce Pill, stored it with the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword, and told Lin Qingzhi and Lian he would enter seclusion.
• Xia Ningxue’s master praised her talent, warned her not to let feelings stir, and told her to embarrass Taiyuan True Person’s younger Shushan elders at the Six Paths Assembly.
• Xia Ningxue asked her master why she cared so much about winning against Taiyuan True Person if she cultivated the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.

Lu Changsheng broke through to the Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer and prepared to attend the Six Paths Assembly with his disciple Lian. As the Shushan group gathered to depart, the Sect Master arrived, leaving the assembly about to begin.

• Lu Changsheng advanced to the Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer, mastered the Fifth Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art, and received cultivation from transmitting it to Lian and Lin Qingzhi.
• Li Changye told Lu Changsheng to bring Lian to the Six Paths Assembly, while Lin Qingzhi stayed behind to guard Azure Cloud Peak.
• Lu Changsheng continued cultivating but failed to comprehend the Sixth Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art before Lian urged him to leave for the assembly.
• Lu Changsheng and Lian joined the Shushan Sect Master and seventy-two Elders, whose arrival unsettled the Elders because they feared Lian's mischief.
• Lu Changsheng greeted Li Changye, Zhao Wuyan, and the other Elders before the Sect Master and an old woman appeared in the hall.

Taiyuan True Person led Shushan’s delegation to Ask Immortal Pavilion for the Six Paths Assembly, while the Grand Supreme Elder stayed behind to guard Shushan. At Misty Peak, the sects’ leaders met, old tensions between Taiyuan True Person and Pavilion Master Fairy Su surfaced, and Crouching Dragon Temple arrived.

• Taiyuan True Person entrusted Shushan to his senior sister, the Grand Supreme Elder, and led the elders toward Ask Immortal Pavilion with Lu Changsheng and Lian.
• Lu Changsheng assessed Shushan’s strength on the journey and warned Lian not to cause trouble on Ask Immortal Pavilion’s territory.
• Shushan arrived at Misty Peak, where Pavilion Master Fairy Su and her elders received the delegation; Taiyuan True Person and Fairy Su exchanged a tense greeting.
• Zhao Wuyan told Lu Changsheng that Fairy Su had once pursued Taiyuan True Person and cultivated the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art after he rejected her.
• Crouching Dragon Temple’s master and elders arrived at Misty Peak soon after Shushan.

The Six Great Orthodox Sects gathered at Misty Peak to discuss a coming calamity, as Yu Xuanji warned that the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Demon Race of the Desolate Province might attack in a little over ten years. The assembly ended poised to choose a leader to unite the orthodox sects against the threat.

• Yu Xuanji arrived with Zhuge Changming, and Taiyuan True Person and the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion greeted her.
• Yu Xuanji reminded the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion and Taiyuan True Person to set aside their past grievances because a calamity was approaching.
• Sect Master Xu of the Artifact Refinement Sect, High Person Wuxiang of Boundless Temple, and Grandmaster Chen of the Martial Dao Alliance arrived at Misty Peak.
• Grandmaster Chen offered Lu Changsheng a Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure in exchange for Lian, but Lian refused to leave her master and Taiyuan True Person backed her decision.
• The Six Great Orthodox Sects began the Six Paths Assembly and discussed uniting against the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Demon Race of the Desolate Province.

The Six Great Orthodox Sects began their rankings competition, and Taiyuan True Person chose Li Changye, Song Wuchuan, and Lu Changsheng to represent Shushan against Crouching Dragon Temple. The chapter left Li Changye facing Zhuge Changming in the opening match, with Song Wuchuan declaring his eldest senior brother invincible in the Dao Palace Realm.

• The sect leaders drew opponents for the rankings competition, pairing Shushan with Crouching Dragon Temple.
• Taiyuan True Person selected Li Changye, Song Wuchuan, and Lu Changsheng, prompting Shushan's elders to question his choice of the apparently weaker Lu Changsheng.
• Xia Ningxue and the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion took notice of Lu Changsheng, while the Pavilion Master voiced confidence that Xia Ningxue would defeat him.
• Yu Xuanji chose Zhuge Changming, Jiang Feng, and Liu Xunxian to represent Crouching Dragon Temple.
• Li Changye and Zhuge Changming stepped onto the platform for the first match, and Song Wuchuan said Li Changye was invincible in the Dao Palace Realm.