Chapter Summaries

Li Changye defeated Zhuge Changming, and Song Wuchuan won Shushan’s second match, securing victory over Crouching Dragon Temple without Lu Changsheng needing to fight. The contest then moved on to Boundless Temple and Ask Immortal Pavilion, whose strongest competitors drew the observers’ attention.

• Zhuge Changming trapped Li Changye in the Li Fire Blazing Heaven Formation, but Li Changye shattered it and overwhelmed him with rapid sword strikes.
• Song Wuchuan explained that Li Changye’s Myriad Desolations Indestructible Body, deep Qi reserves, and firm Dao heart made him nearly impossible to defeat in the Dao Palace Realm.
• Zhuge Changming conceded, and Li Changye acknowledged that the contest’s rules had limited Zhuge Changming’s strengths.
• Song Wuchuan defeated Jiang Feng, giving Shushan two wins and ending its match against Crouching Dragon Temple without Lu Changsheng taking the stage.
• The contest between Boundless Temple and Ask Immortal Pavilion began, while Zhao Wuyan discussed Zeng Yeqiu, Xiao Menger, and Xia Ningxue.

Boundless Temple and Ask Immortal Pavilion tied after their first two matches, then Xia Ningxue defeated Master Mingrang to give Ask Immortal Pavilion the overall victory. The Shushan elders feared their own best-of-three match would hinge on Lu Changsheng, despite doubting he could beat Xia Ningxue.

• Master Mingzhi defeated Zeng Yeqiu with Boundless Temple’s Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra, but Xiao Menger beat Master Mingxin with the sixth layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art, tying the score.
• Lu Changsheng predicted Xia Ningxue would win her match against Master Mingrang, while the Shushan elders favored the Boundless Temple elder.
• Xia Ningxue revealed she had reached the fourth layer of the Dao Palace Realm and defeated Master Mingrang with her ice techniques and flying sword.
• Ask Immortal Pavilion won two of its three matches against Boundless Temple, leading the Shushan elders to worry it might also defeat Shushan.
• Song Wuchuan admitted he had only a twenty percent chance against Xiao Menger, and Li Changye said Shushan could rely on Lu Changsheng; the elders turned to Lu as he rested with his eyes closed.

Li Changye and Song Wuchuan fought for Shushan in contests against the Martial Dao Alliance and Ask Immortal Pavilion. Song defeated the Martial Dao Alliance, but Xiao Menger beat him, forcing a decisive third contest between Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue.

• Li Changye fought Ye Wen to a draw in martial arts, and Ye Wen conceded defeat.
• Song Wuchuan defeated the Martial Dao Alliance's second disciple, giving Shushan two victories and the match.
• Zeng Yeqiu surrendered to Li Changye, leaving Song Wuchuan and Xiao Menger to decide the contest between Shushan and Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Song Wuchuan and Xiao Menger fought with sword techniques for half an hour as the sects watched.
• Xiao Menger remained on the platform after Song Wuchuan fell, making a third contest unavoidable.

Lu Changsheng faced Xia Ningxue in a Six Paths Assembly match while the sect elders expected him to lose. After they exchanged greetings and prepared to fight, the Pavilion Master called for the match to begin.

• Ask Immortal Pavilion and Shushan elders voiced confidence in Xia Ningxue and tried to comfort Lu Changsheng before the fight.
• Lian and Lin Qingzhi defended Lu Changsheng, while Li Changye told him to do his best.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue met on the martial arts stage and discussed their past encounter and the favor between them.
• Elder Luo Feng dismissed Lu Changsheng as a first-layer Dao Palace Realm cultivator, though Elder Kumu remained uncertain about his true cultivation.
• The Pavilion Master urged them to begin, and Xia Ningxue and Lu Changsheng raised their sword momentum and prepared to fight.

Lu Changsheng revealed that he had reached the Fourth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm and fought Xia Ningxue in the contest between Shushan and Ask Immortal Pavilion. As Xia Ningxue met his sword techniques with her Fifth Layer Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art, Lu Changsheng summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword, and the battle continued beneath gathering storm clouds.

• Lu Changsheng revealed his Fourth Layer Dao Palace Realm cultivation, surprising the spectators and giving Shushan hope of winning.
• Xia Ningxue used the Fifth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art to freeze the arena, while Lu Changsheng countered with the Fifth Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, and Xia Ningxue shattered the ice with her Frost Sword Domain before closing in with Near at Hand, Far Away.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue clashed at close range, matching sword techniques as they exchanged blows across the arena.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword, gathering dark clouds and lightning over Misty Peak and impressing Zhao Wuyan.

Lu Changsheng revealed that he had reached the Fifth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm and stopped Xia Ningxue from forcing herself into the Sixth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art. He defeated her in the match, leaving the Six Great Orthodox Sects stunned and the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion troubled by his talent.

• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue fought to a standstill, astonishing the leaders of the Six Great Orthodox Sects.
• Xia Ningxue forced herself toward the Sixth Layer of the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art despite her Pavilion Master's warning about the deadly backlash.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that his true cultivation was at the Fifth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Lu Changsheng used Shrink the Ground to an Inch and the Heavenly Gang Acupoint-Sealing Technique to seal Xia Ningxue's acupoints and stop her dangerous technique.
• Xia Ningxue lost consciousness, and Grandmaster Chen declared Shushan the winner as Lu Changsheng caught her.
• Lu Changsheng returned Xia Ningxue to her senior sisters, while the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion watched him with displeasure and concern.

After defeating Xia Ningxue, Lu Changsheng reassured the Shushan elders that his sudden cultivation advance came from enlightenment and a dream encounter with the Shushan Dao Ancestor. At Ask Immortal Pavilion’s lodgings, he turned away a crowd of female disciples who wanted to meet him, then heard someone reading in a bamboo grove as the system found a potential disciple.

• Lu Changsheng accepted the Shushan elders’ congratulations and explained his rapid progress as the result of sudden enlightenment.
• Taiyuan True Person asked how Lu Changsheng learned the Taiqing Wuji Art, and Lu Changsheng said the Dao Ancestor had taught it to him in a dream.
• After the elders left, Taiyuan True Person told the other sect leaders that the coming calamity involved old grudges as well as the conflict between the Wilderness Tribe and the Demon Race.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated at the Shushan party’s lodgings, reflecting on his match with Xia Ningxue, while Ask Immortal Pavilion’s female elders and disciples gathered outside to meet him.
• Lu Changsheng declined to see the visitors, and Zhao Wuyan sent them away; Lu Changsheng later went to a bamboo grove while Lian slept nearby.
• Lu Changsheng heard someone reading in the grove, and the system announced that it had found a suitable disciple candidate.

Lu Changsheng discovered Mo Huazhi, an Ask Immortal Pavilion servant with the Literary Sage Physique, and accepted her as his third disciple after promising to free her from her contract. The next morning, he brought Mo Huazhi and his other disciples to meet Xia Ningxue at the Cloud Dream Pavilion, where Xia agreed to receive him.

• Lu Changsheng found Mo Huazhi reading in the Bamboo Grove and learned she possessed the Literary Sage Physique but was plagued by misfortune.
• Lu Changsheng persuaded Mo Huazhi to become his disciple by promising to secure her release from the Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Mo Huazhi told Lu Changsheng that her family had been condemned after a false accusation and that her father had sent her to the pavilion for refuge.
• The next morning, Lu Changsheng arrived in the Bamboo Grove with two disciples, and Mo Huazhi realized their meeting the night before had been real.
• Lu Changsheng brought Mo Huazhi and his disciples to the Cloud Dream Pavilion to meet Xia Ningxue, who agreed to receive him while bathing.

Lu Changsheng secured Mo Huazhi’s freedom from Ask Immortal Pavilion and gave Xia Ningxue a Soul-Replenishing Pill before leaving with his disciples. The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion warned Xia Ningxue against growing fond of him and revealed that a Grand Supreme Elder planned to give Xia Ningxue a Transmission Empowerment.

• Lu Changsheng asked Xia Ningxue to release Mo Huazhi from her servant contract so he could take her as his disciple, and Xia agreed once Mo Huazhi said she was willing.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xia Ningxue a Sixth-Grade Soul-Replenishing Pill to treat the damage to her soul, then talked with her about their contest before leaving with Lian and Mo Huazhi.
• After Lu Changsheng left, Xia Ningxue suppressed her feelings by circulating the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art.
• The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion warned Xia Ningxue not to grow fond of Lu Changsheng and spoke of her own painful past with the Shushan Sect Master.
• The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion told Xia Ningxue that a Grand Supreme Elder intended to sacrifice her own cultivation to give Xia Ningxue a Transmission Empowerment.

Lu Changsheng brought his newly freed disciple, Mo Huazhi, to Shushan and began Transmission Empowerment to help her cultivate. As Xia Ningxue came to see him off, she overheard the lesson and Lu Changsheng noticed someone outside.

• Xia Ningxue sent Mo Huazhi's indenture to Lu Changsheng, freeing her from her menial status and making her a Shushan disciple.
• Lu Changsheng returned with Mo Huazhi to the Shushan contingent, where the elders welcomed her and Li Changye warned them that the journey home could be dangerous.
• Elder Kumu told Lu Changsheng that Reincarnation Hall rivaled Ask Immortal Pavilion and that some members of the Four Great Demonic Sects had once belonged to the orthodox sects.
• Lu Changsheng began transmitting cultivation to Mo Huazhi, guiding her as she tried to refine Spiritual Qi and open her Dantian.
• The system rewarded Lu Changsheng with one hundred days of cultivation, and Xia Ningxue arrived outside his room and heard them before Lu Changsheng called out to whoever was there.

Lu Changsheng accepted an Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman from Xia Ningxue and set out for Shushan with his disciples. On the road, the Reincarnation Hall prepared to ambush the group, and the chapter ended as demonic forces approached their resting place.

• Xia Ningxue gave Lu Changsheng an Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman as a return gift, and Mo Huazhi learned a basic breathing technique from Lian.
• Lu Changsheng and the Shushan group departed Misty Peak, with Lu Changsheng using his Spiritual Qi to help Mo Huazhi fly on a sword.
• Xia Ningxue watched them leave and vowed to train hard enough to defeat Lu Changsheng next time.
• The Reincarnation Hall's master ordered Miejian, Juejian, Killing Sword, and Evil Sword to abduct Lian and kill Lu Changsheng while he kept Taiyuan occupied.
• At a dilapidated Daoist temple, Li Changye confirmed that Lian had been brought along as bait, and Lu Changsheng shielded his disciples as the elders sensed the Reincarnation Hall and Demon Race approaching.

A Reincarnation Hall and Demon Race assault on the Shushan group forced Lu Changsheng and the elders into battle to protect Lian. Lu Changsheng revealed his Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer cultivation and overwhelmed Evil Sword, while the larger battle continued around them.

• A vast demonic pressure crushed the ruined temple, and Taiyuan True Person entered the demonic Qi to battle the enemy leader.
• The Reincarnation Hall and Demon Race attacked in force, and their leaders ordered four elders to seize Lian.
• Song Wuchuan and Zhao Wuyan intercepted three Reincarnation Hall elders while Lu Changsheng prepared to face Evil Sword.
• Evil Sword recognized Lu Changsheng from five years earlier and threatened to kill him, but Lu Changsheng revealed his Fifth Layer Dao Palace cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect with the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword and engulfed Evil Sword in swords and lightning.
• Mo Huazhi clung to Lu Changsheng’s robe and wondered whether her master was an immortal.

Lu Changsheng and the Shushan elders survived a battle with the Reincarnation Hall and the Demon Race after the Six Great Sect Masters revealed their ambush and routed the enemy. Back at Shushan, Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak, strengthened Lin Qingzhi, and prepared to choose a Confucian cultivation method for Mo Huazhi.

• A Reincarnation Hall elder attacked Lu Changsheng after he killed Evil Sword, but the Six Great Sect Masters arrived and stopped the attack.
• The Six Great Sect Masters slaughtered the Reincarnation Hall elders and Great Demons, forcing the Reincarnation Hall Master and the surviving enemies to retreat.
• Lu Changsheng checked that Lian and Mo Huazhi were unharmed, then returned to Shushan with the Shushan party.
• Lu Changsheng brought Lian and Mo Huazhi to Azure Cloud Peak and introduced his new disciple to Lin Qingzhi.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi a Transmission Empowerment, then set out to find a Confucian cultivation method suited to Mo Huazhi's Literary Sage Physique.

Lu Changsheng chose introductory Cultivation Methods and a spirit brush for Mo Huazhi, his new disciple, and began teaching her the Literary Qi Art. The disciple-teaching system rewarded him with the upper-grade Heaven Stage Righteous Qi Art, Crouching Dragon Temple’s sect-defining method.

• Lu Changsheng searched Shushan’s Scripture Pavilion and found the upper-grade Mystic Stage Literary Qi Art, a Confucian Dao method suited to Mo Huazhi’s Literary Sage Physique.
• Lu Changsheng exchanged contribution points for the Literary Qi Art, the Beginner Talisman Refining Art, and an Upper-Grade Spirit Artifact called the White Fox Spirit Brush.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi the Literary Qi Art and told her to cultivate Righteous Qi and become a sage.
• The disciple-teaching system rewarded Lu Changsheng with the upper-grade Heaven Stage Righteous Qi Art after he gave Mo Huazhi the Literary Qi Art.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the Righteous Qi Art as Crouching Dragon Temple’s sect-defining Cultivation Method.

Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi cultivation methods, a Law Treasure, and Sect Contribution points, then used life simulations to seek a way around her Misfortune Physique. The final simulation showed that even after he killed the Hehuan Sect Master's son, the Hehuan Sect later retaliated and Mo Huazhi died in battle.

• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi the Literary Qi Art, the Beginner Talisman Refining Art, the White Fox Spirit Brush, and 10,000 Sect Contribution points.
• Lu Changsheng's first simulation showed Mo Huazhi dying at twenty-five after her family's enemy ambushed her during her first training journey.
• A second simulation showed Lu Changsheng helping Mo Huazhi avenge her family, but she later took her own life after the Hehuan Sect Master's son deceived her and coveted her Literary Sage Physique.
• Lu Changsheng ran a final simulation in which he exposed and killed the Hehuan Sect Master's son when Mo Huazhi met him.
• The final simulation showed Mo Huazhi establishing a School of Thought, reaching the Dao Palace Realm, and returning to Shushan, but she later died when the Hehuan Sect retaliated during a battle.

Mo Huazhi advanced in the Literary Qi Art, earning Lu Changsheng 20 battle simulations, which he used to build combat experience against powerful opponents. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng planning more Transmission Empowerment for his disciples and anticipating future rewards as Lian approached the Nascent Soul Realm.

• A month after Taiyuan True Person returned injured from fighting the Demon Lord of Desolate Province, Mo Huazhi opened her Qi Sea and reached the Qi Condensation Realm.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator rewarded Lu Changsheng with 20 Battle Simulation Chances for Mo Huazhi's advancement.
• Lu Changsheng used a battle simulation to defeat a Dao Palace Realm Fifth Layer Demon Sects Elder whose scythe and Clone Technique tested his skills.
• Lu Changsheng fought a Dao Palace Realm Sixth Layer Great Demon in a second simulation, winning after two hours while suffering grave injuries.
• Lu Changsheng resolved to keep using Transmission Empowerment on his three disciples and looked forward to Lian reaching the Nascent Soul Realm in three years.

Lian broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm at fifteen, becoming eligible to join Shushan’s elders. Her advancement rewarded Lu Changsheng with a huge surge of cultivation, leaving him on the verge of another breakthrough as he prepared to register her at the Finance Pavilion.

• Lian finished refining her body and began breaking through from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm while Lu Changsheng guarded her.
• As Lian cultivated, Lin Qingzhi renewed his resolve to pursue the Dao, while Mo Huazhi refined a third-grade Talisman.
• After a day and night, Lian successfully reached the First Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, triggering a system reward of 99 combat simulations and 9,999 days of cultivation for Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng struggled to refine the sudden influx of Spiritual Qi, while Lian mistakenly thought she had upset him and knelt before him.
• Lu Changsheng checked Lian’s status and realized she could register at the Finance Pavilion as a Shushan elder, a distinction likely to cause a sensation.

Lu Changsheng brought Lian to the Finance Pavilion to register her as a Nascent Soul Realm elder after she reached that cultivation at age fifteen. The sect master assigned her the vacant Fire Lotus Peak on Rear Mountain, while Lian preferred to keep living with Lu Changsheng on Azure Cloud Peak.

• Lu Changsheng brought Lian to the Finance Pavilion, where she revealed her Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and astonished Elder Zhang and the others.
• Lu Changsheng requested elder status and a peak for Lian, and Elder Zhang registered her to receive Nascent Soul Realm elder resources.
• Lian told Lu Changsheng she wanted to stay with him on Azure Cloud Peak, and he said she could live there while keeping her own cave abode.
• News of Lian’s promotion spread through Shushan, leaving Zhao Wuyan stunned by how quickly she had surpassed his disciple Yang Ren.
• Taiyuan True Person assigned Lian the vacant Fire Lotus Peak on Rear Mountain, and Elder Zhang accepted the decision.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak with Lian and began fleecing the system again.

Lu Changsheng taught Lian the Earth Stage Primordial Chaos Six Harmonies Spear and rewarded her with a new spear and medicinal pill, receiving powerful treasures in return. The chapter ended with Elder Zhang telling him that Lian’s new cultivation abode was Fire Lotus Peak, the long-vacant residence of Azure Lotus Fairy.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lian the Primordial Chaos Six Harmonies Spear, and the system returned the Immortal Stage Emperor Venerable Six Harmonies Spear to him.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lian the Fury Spear, receiving the middle-grade Innate Spirit Treasure Nine-Turn Truefire Spear in return.
• Lu Changsheng gave Lian a Crimson Blood Essence-Congealing Pill, and the system returned a Seventh-Grade Phoenix Blood Yang-Restoring Pill.
• Elder Zhang told Lu Changsheng that the sect master had assigned Fire Lotus Peak to Lian as her cultivation abode.
• Lu Changsheng learned that Fire Lotus Peak had belonged to Azure Lotus Fairy, a Shushan Sect Master from three hundred thousand years earlier.

After Demon Sects used Blood Formations to refine cities in the Xia Kingdom, Shushan organized twelve teams to destroy their strongholds. Lu Changsheng agreed to lead a team with Lian, while Lin Qingzhi joined another team and Mo Huazhi stayed behind; the teams prepared to descend the mountain.

• The seventh prince of the Xia Kingdom asked Shushan for help against Demon Sect attacks, and Li Changye agreed to organize an expedition.
• Song Wuchuan proposed sending teams led by Dao Palace Realm Elders, and Li Changye decided to lead the mission if a powerful Demon appeared.
• A Shushan disciple told Lu Changsheng that Lian had been assigned an Elder assessment and asked him to lead a team; Lu Changsheng accepted.
• Lu Changsheng arranged for Lian to join his team under the alias Lu Qinglian, sent Lin Qingzhi to Elder Zhao's team, and told Mo Huazhi to remain at Azure Cloud Peak.
• Zhao Wuyan saw the members assigned to his team and worried that the many powerful disciples placed under his care would make the mission too much pressure.