Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingzhi defeated Xiao Xiangdao in a sparring match after revealing that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, while Xiao Xiangdao relied on his Spirit Sword Body and the Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique. Lin Qingzhi’s Azure Nether Sword shattered in the clash, and Zhao Wuyan then discussed the campaign against the Hehuan Sect as the Mount Shu group prepared to return.

• Zhao Wuyan agreed to let Lin Qingzhi and Xiao Xiangdao spar while watching in case the match became dangerous.
• Xiao Xiangdao used the Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique against Lin Qingzhi, who answered with the Soaring Cloud Swordsmanship.
• Lin Qingzhi revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and defeated Xiao Xiangdao, prompting Zhao Wuyan to catch him before he hit the ground.
• Lin Qingzhi’s Azure Nether Sword shattered, and Chen Yao helped him collect its fragments.
• Zhao Wuyan told Xiao Xiangdao not to dwell on defeat and said they would return to Mount Shu after destroying another one or two Hehuan Sect strongholds.

Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue destroyed the Reincarnation Hall’s stronghold in the Liang Kingdom, with Lian proving her strength in battle and completing her assessment mission. After returning to Mount Shu and reporting their achievements, Lu Changsheng resumed cultivation on Azure Cloud Peak.

• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue used their Innate Spirit Treasures to slaughter Demon Sect forces and destroy the Reincarnation Hall’s Liang Kingdom stronghold, killing all seven Dao Palace Realm elders.
• Lian defeated a Nascent Soul Realm elder one cultivation layer above her, while Mount Shu and Ask Immortal Pavilion members fought for experience and sect merit.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue parted ways after completing their missions, and Lu Changsheng led Lian and his group back to Mount Shu.
• Elder Zhang was stunned by the group’s reported achievements and said he needed to inform the Sect Master about the Reincarnation Hall elders Lu Changsheng had killed.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak, where Lin Qingzhi welcomed him and Mo Huazhi had advanced to the fifth layer of the Golden Core Realm.

Taiyuan True Person summoned Lu Changsheng to Myriad Sword Peak, where he explained the Taiqing Wuji Art and showed him the Myriad Sword Wall. After digesting what he learned, Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi a new Flying Sword.

• Taiyuan True Person praised Lu Changsheng’s cultivation and agreed to explain the Seventh Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art to him each month.
• Taiyuan True Person showed Lu Changsheng the sword intent left on the Myriad Sword Wall and warned him not to study it for too long at his current cultivation level.
• An elderly Servant told Taiyuan True Person that Lu Changsheng was remarkable, and Taiyuan True Person said Lu Changsheng would surpass him one day.
• Lu Changsheng spent two days digesting his insights before summoning Lin Qingzhi and presenting him with the Azure Cloud Sword, a low-grade Houtian Spirit Treasure.

Lu Changsheng equipped Lin Qingzhi with powerful treasures and taught him advanced cultivation and swordsmanship, receiving major rewards from the system. After spending a month mastering the first six forms of True Martial Nine Forms, he realized he had neglected his disciples and planned to visit Mo Huazhi with a suitable gift.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi the Azure Firmament Sword and taught him the Profound Heaven True Art, receiving the Bluefall Nine Heavens Sword and Taiji Profound Heaven True Art in return.
• Lu Changsheng taught Lin Qingzhi Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect and gave him the Spirit Ginseng Pill and Heaven-Mending Pill, receiving stronger rewards from the system.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated True Martial Nine Forms, mastering its first six forms before struggling to comprehend the seventh.
• After a month in seclusion, Lu Changsheng remembered he had neglected Mo Huazhi and decided to give her the Profound Dragon Radiant Ink.

Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi treasures and taught her Tang poetry, discovering that her Literary Sage Physique could advance through understanding its artistic conception. A simulation showed that his teaching altered Mo Huazhi’s fate, accelerating her cultivation while leaving her in danger from the Hehuan Sect.

• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi Profound Dragon Radiant Ink, along with paper and an inkstone, and received Immortal-Stage treasures in return.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Mo Huazhi and began teaching her the Tang poem “The Knight-Errant,” causing her to break through to the Sixth Layer of the Golden Core Realm.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mo Huazhi 30,000 Sect Contribution points and told her to return in ten days.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Mo Huazhi’s life and saw her reach the Nascent Soul Realm at 22, avenge her family, and establish a School of Thought before reaching the Dao Palace Realm at 28.
• The simulation showed Mo Huazhi escaping an attack by the Hehuan Sect at 32, and Lu Changsheng realized his choices could change her fate.

The Great Xia Kingdom's Imperial Preceptor visited Azure Cloud Peak to deliver the ten Talismans he had made for Lu Changsheng. After witnessing Mo Huazhi's poetic talent and suspecting she had a Literary Sage Physique, he asked Lu Changsheng to let her teach at the Academy of Letters if she became a Literary Sage.

• The Great Xia Kingdom's Imperial Preceptor arrived at Mount Shu with several great scholars and asked to visit Lu Changsheng on Azure Cloud Peak.
• Mo Huazhi told the visitors that Lu Changsheng was at Myriad Sword Peak and continued practicing calligraphy with rare treasures, including Profound Dragon Radiant Ink.
• Mo Huazhi's poem manifested a swordsman's phantom and powerful killing intent, leading the Imperial Preceptor to suspect she had a Literary Sage Physique.
• Lu Changsheng returned from Myriad Sword Peak, accepted the ten Talismans from the Imperial Preceptor, and heard his request for Mo Huazhi to teach at the Academy of Letters if she became a Literary Sage.

Lu Changsheng bestowed protective Talismans on Lin Qingzhi until he received an Eighth-Rank Divine Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman, then began improving his equipment. Meanwhile, an Immortal Ruins discovery in Desolate Province drew the attention of the Six Great Sects, and Lu Changsheng prepared himself for danger.

• The Great Xia Kingdom Imperial Preceptor left Lu Changsheng’s cave abode after discussing the Dao with him.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed several Talismans on Lin Qingzhi, receiving Spirit Concealment, Wood Realm, and Soul-Suppressing Divine Talismans in return.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed a Five Thunders Talisman on Lin Qingzhi and received an Eighth-Rank Divine Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman.
• Golden Core Realm cultivators discovered Immortal Ruins in Desolate Province; some entered, while another reported the discovery to the Six Great Sects.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed a Flowing Cloud Daoist Robe on Lin Qingzhi and received a Middle-Grade Innate Qilin Cloud-Pattern Daoist Robe, then equipped himself with his treasures.

Lu Changsheng learned that the Divine Wood Immortal Ruins had emerged and agreed to join Mount Shu’s expedition, taking Lin Qingzhi after simulations suggested the trip would be safe for him. As the team prepared to leave in three days, Li Changye also accepted Xiao Xiangdao as a companion, while Lu Changsheng planned to strengthen his disciple with more treasures.

• Zhao Wuyan told Lu Changsheng that the Divine Wood Immortal Ruins had emerged and that only cultivators below the Void Refinement Realm could enter.
• Lu Changsheng agreed to investigate the ruins with Eldest Senior Brother, planned to reach the Ninth Layer of the Dao Palace Realm, and chose Lin Qingzhi to accompany him based on his simulations.
• Taiyuan True Person ordered Li Changye, Wu Chuan, and Lu Changsheng to lead the expedition, with the team departing in three days under his escort.
• Xiao Xiangdao asked Li Changye to take him to the Immortal Ruins, and Li Changye agreed despite warning him of the danger.
• Lu Changsheng told Lin Qingzhi he would take him to the ruins and promised to reward him with more Law Treasures to protect his life.

Lu Changsheng joined Mount Shu’s expedition to the Divine Wood Immortal Ruins, where he met Senior Sister Murong and learned that powerful disciples from the Rear Mountain would lead the group. As several major sects prepared to explore the ruins, Lu Changsheng continued empowering Lin Qingzhi on the journey and neared the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.

• Lu Changsheng left two disciples to guard Azure Cloud Peak and brought Lin Qingzhi to Mount Shu Main Hall for the expedition.
• Lu Changsheng met Senior Sister Murong, a Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer disciple of a Grand Supreme Elder, and saw Chen Yao among the travelers.
• Taiyuan True Person warned the Mount Shu group that only cultivators below the Void Refinement Realm could enter the Divine Wood Immortal Ruins, then led them toward Desolate Province’s Northern Border.
• Grandmaster Chen, High Person Wuxiang, and Yu Xuanji sent groups from the Martial Dao Alliance, Boundless Temple, and Crouching Dragon Temple to the ruins.
• Lu Changsheng continued Transmission Empowerment and bestowed treasures on Lin Qingzhi during the journey, bringing himself close to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.

Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi two cauldrons and received a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact, the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron, as a return reward. After nearly exhausting himself refining it, he recovered and prepared to enter the Immortal Ruins with a powerful new trump card.

• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi with the Mysterious Spirit Cauldron, received the Dragon-Pattern Ancient Cauldron, and gave it to his disciple in turn.
• Lu Changsheng received the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron, whose pressure shook his Dao Palace and left Lin Qingzhi worried he had suffered Qi Deviation.
• Lu Changsheng told Lin Qingzhi to stay silent while he used the Taiqing Wuji Art to refine the Immortal Artifact and make it acknowledge him as its master.
• After nearly exhausting himself, Lu Changsheng recovered with two Heavenly Spirit Pills and rewarded Lin Qingzhi with one, receiving a Great Qi-Gathering Pill in return.
• Lu Changsheng examined the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron and learned it could gather Qi, refine pills, suppress enemies, and counter evil things.
• The next day, Lu Changsheng stepped outside refreshed and more confident about entering the Immortal Ruins.

The Six Great Sects entered the Immortal Ruins to seek the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s inheritance, agreeing to avoid infighting and cooperate against the Demon Sects. After three days of fruitless exploration, the Mount Shu party camped beside a vast lake, where Lu Changsheng discovered he could still use the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator.

• Luo Feng grew jealous when he saw Xia Ningxue watching Lu Changsheng, and privately vowed to win her over.
• The Six Great Sects’ elders agreed not to fight one another and received Ten-Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talismans for emergencies.
• Ye Wen told Li Changye that he had created a Heaven Stage Martial Technique named Wing Chun Fist.
• The Six Great Sects entered the Immortal Ruins and split up to search the ancient forest for treasures and inheritance.
• After three days without finding anything, the Mount Shu party stopped to rest beside an enormous lake, and Lu Changsheng found that the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator still worked inside the Immortal Ruins.

In the Immortal Ruins, Lu Changsheng rewarded Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao with Talismans before Mount Shu’s search party encountered a Void Refinement Realm Jiaolong guarding the lake near the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s cave abode. After the Jiaolong targeted him, Lu Changsheng used a Zhurong Divine Talisman to wound it, and the Mount Shu elders launched a combined attack.

• Lu Changsheng received a second Zhurong Divine Talisman after rewarding Lin Qingzhi with a Li Fire Talisman, then gave Chen Yao several Talismans for protection.
• The next day, Lu Changsheng and the Mount Shu group searched the Immortal Ruins and sensed a dangerous presence in a lake.
• Li Changye attacked the lake, drawing out a massive early-stage Void Refinement Realm Jiaolong that declared the intruders had trespassed in the Immortal Emperor’s cave abode.
• The Jiaolong unleashed heavenly lightning, and the Mount Shu elders joined forces to block it with their swords.
• The Jiaolong struck at Lu Changsheng with its tail, so he threw a Zhurong Divine Talisman and engulfed it in divine fire.
• As the Talisman’s power ran out, Lu Changsheng attacked with the True Martial Sword and urged the Mount Shu elders to kill the Jiaolong and take its Golden Core.

Mount Shu’s elders defeated a three-thousand-year-old flood dragon in the Immortal Ruins and recovered its valuable Golden Core. Lu Changsheng requested the Golden Core to help advance his cultivation, and Li Changye agreed to give it to him as the others received medicinal-pills compensation.

• Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao failed to pierce the flood dragon’s scales, while Lu Changsheng, Li Changye, Murong Shi, and the other Dao Palace Realm elders wounded it with their powerful techniques and treasures.
• The Mount Shu elders overwhelmed the Second Layer Void Refinement Realm flood dragon, and Li Changye caught its falling corpse.
• Murong Shi explained that the flood dragon had taken form three thousand years earlier and had likely slept inside the Formation because the Immortal Ruins lacked enough Spiritual Qi for it to cultivate.
• Li Changye cut a fist-sized golden Demon Core from the flood dragon, and Lu Changsheng asked for it because he was close to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.
• Li Changye awarded the Golden Core to Lu Changsheng, who compensated the elders with sixth- and seventh-grade medicinal pills according to their contributions.

After refining the Flood Dragon Golden Core, Lu Changsheng and the Mount Shu party found the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s cave abode, only to discover that the Four Great Demonic Sects had lured the Six Great Sects into an ambush. The chapter ended with the demonic forces surrounding Mount Shu and the Martial Dao Alliance as Lu Changsheng faced Liu Yuner and considered using his Immortal Artifact.

• Lu Changsheng refined the Flood Dragon Golden Core’s Demon Power while the Mount Shu party rested, then continued toward the ancient tree at the heart of the Immortal Ruins.
• Li Changye and Ye Wen joined forces to explore the enormous tree, which they believed contained the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s cave abode.
• Lu Changsheng searched the tree with the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique and realized the groups had walked into a trap.
• Wan Daoyi revealed that the Four Great Demonic Sects had arranged the Immortal Ruins’ emergence to lure in the Six Great Sects’ younger generation, then surrounded the Mount Shu and Martial Dao Alliance parties with over a hundred Elders.
• Li Changye secretly summoned reinforcements while Wan Daoyi warned Liu Yuner not to underestimate Lu Changsheng, whom she had chosen as her target.

Li Changye held off the Four Great Demonic Sects and the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent by triggering the Heavenly Tribulation he had long suppressed, allowing the Mount Shu and Martial Dao Alliance members to escape. After three waves of lightning devastated the area, Li Changye disappeared, and Wan Daoyi ordered the pursuit to continue.

• The Chief Disciple of Myriad Poison Valley revealed that the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent, a Void Refinement Realm beast, guarded the ancient tree.
• Li Changye sent Lu Changsheng, Murong Shi, Song Wuchuan, and the others away while he stayed behind to hold off the Four Great Demonic Sects and the serpent.
• Li Changye triggered his breakthrough tribulation, forcing Wan Daoyi and the other Demon Sect elders to flee from the lightning.
• Song Wuchuan explained that Li Changye had suppressed his cultivation to use the Heavenly Tribulation to delay their pursuers, and urged the group to join the other sects.
• After the tribulation lasted two hours and razed the area, Li Changye vanished, and Wan Daoyi ordered his forces to hunt down the fleeing groups before the Six Great Sects could unite.

Lu Changsheng tracked Xia Ningxue to reunite with the Ask Immortal Pavilion after the Four Great Demonic Sects scattered the Mount Shu and Martial Dao Alliance groups. The combined group planned to contact the other sects, while Luo Feng grew jealous of Lu Changsheng.

• Lu Changsheng used the Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman and the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique to locate Xia Ningxue and the Ask Immortal Pavilion five hundred li to the east.
• Lu Changsheng led Zhao Wuyan, Murong Shi, Chen Yao, Lin Qingzhi, and the other Mount Shu disciples to the valley where Zeng Yeqiu's group was resting.
• Lu Changsheng explained the attack by the Four Great Demonic Sects and the threat posed by the Void Refinement Realm Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent.
• Lu Changsheng admitted that he had tracked Xia Ningxue by following her scent, making her realize he had been watching her from the shadows.
• Zeng Yeqiu and Lu Changsheng agreed to contact the other sects with a Ten-Thousand-Li Voice Transmission Talisman after daybreak.
• Luo Feng watched Lu Changsheng with jealousy and resolved to show him no mercy.

Lu Changsheng and the others were surrounded by Hehuan Sect and Myriad Poison Valley forces, including the Void Refinement Realm Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent, after Luo Feng revealed he had betrayed Ask Immortal Pavilion. With the enemy closing in, Lu Changsheng planned to use Earth-Escaping Divine Talismans to buy time for a breakthrough.

• Liu Yuner and the Demon Sect forces emerged from the mist, and the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent appeared with them.
• Luo Feng joined Liu Yuner and admitted he had been forced by the Reincarnation Hall to spy on Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Liu Yuner refused Luo Feng's demand to spare Xia Ningxue and said she intended to use Lu Changsheng to advance her cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng judged that the serpent was the real threat and decided he needed to break through to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.
• Lu Changsheng told the group to use Earth-Escaping Divine Talismans to gain time and asked them to guard him while he broke through.

Lu Changsheng led his companions away from the Hehuan Sect and Myriad Poison Valley, then prepared to break through to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer while they held off their pursuers. The chapter ended with the enemy approaching and his companions standing guard.

• Lu Changsheng used a Wood Realm Talisman and Earth-Escaping Divine Talismans to trap the enemy briefly and lead his companions more than a hundred li away.
• Lu Changsheng distributed medicinal pills and powerful talismans to Xia Ningxue and Murong Shi, then told Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao to hide.
• Lu Changsheng entered a cave and began refining the Flood Dragon Golden Core to break through.
• Murong Shi, Xia Ningxue, Zeng Yeqiu, Xiao Menger, Zhao Wuyan, and Elder Kumu prepared to defend the cave as the enemy approached.

Liu Yuner and the Myriad Poison Valley elder caught up with the Mount Shu and Ask Immortal Pavilion groups while Lu Changsheng hid in a cave to break through to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer. As the Demon Sect forces attacked outside, the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron accelerated his refinement of the Flood Dragon Golden Core, and Xia Ningxue blocked Liu Yuner from reaching him.

• Liu Yuner discovered that Lu Changsheng was breaking through and told the Demon Sect forces not to interrupt him, while the Myriad Poison Valley elder moved to attack the Mount Shu and Ask Immortal Pavilion cultivators.
• Zhao Wuyan fought a Hehuan Sect elder, and the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent killed an Ask Immortal Pavilion elder with its venom.
• Lu Changsheng struggled to refine the Flood Dragon Golden Core quickly enough, then found that the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron could accelerate the process.
• The Demon Sect forces battled the Mount Shu and Ask Immortal Pavilion groups as the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent killed a Mount Shu elder and Murong Shi prepared Lu Changsheng's Divine Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman.
• Xia Ningxue blocked Liu Yuner outside Lu Changsheng's cave, while he continued absorbing the refined Demon Power to advance his breakthrough.

Lu Changsheng broke through to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer as Xia Ningxue and Murong Shi tried to hold back Liu Yuner and the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent. He emerged from the cave to find Xia Ningxue motionless and confronted Liu Yuner, who had scattered her soul with the Yellow Springs Bell.

• Liu Yuner attacked the wounded Xia Ningxue, but Xia Ningxue struck her with a Seventh-Rank Zhurong Divine Talisman that Liu Yuner's bronze bell eventually extinguished.
• The Myriad Poison Valley elder sent the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent toward Lu Changsheng's cave, so Murong Shi used an Eighth-Rank Divine Thunder Demon-Slaying Talisman to attack it.
• The lightning scorched and wounded the serpent but failed to kill it, and the beast rammed into Lu Changsheng's cave.
• Lu Changsheng refined the Flood Dragon Golden Core's Demon Power and entered the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer before flying out of the cave.
• Lu Changsheng found Xia Ningxue motionless and demanded an explanation from Liu Yuner, who said she had used the Yellow Springs Bell to scatter Xia Ningxue's soul.