Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng defeated Liu Yuner and turned to face the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent after discovering that Xia Ningxue’s soul had been scattered. He revealed the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron, whose immortal Qi made the serpent and the Demon Sect elders wary.

• Lu Changsheng overpowered Liu Yuner, who escaped inside the Yellow Springs Bell to avoid his Sword Qi.
• Lu Changsheng found Xia Ningxue barely breathing after her soul was scattered, entrusted her to Murong Shi, and went to confront the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent.
• Lu Changsheng’s allies worried that he could not defeat the Void Refinement Realm serpent, while the Demon Sect elders mocked his challenge.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron and formed a Taiji Diagram that split the ground and toppled trees across the surrounding area.
• The Demon Sect elders recognized the cauldron as an Immortal Artifact, and the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent recoiled defensively from its immortal Qi.

Lu Changsheng used the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron to kill the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent and several Myriad Poison Valley Elders, forcing the demonic sects to flee. Afterward, he learned Xia Ningxue could not be saved by ordinary medicine and resolved to seek a Ninth-Rank Immortal Pill through the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator.

• Lu Changsheng activated the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron and crushed the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent and several Myriad Poison Valley Elders.
• The Hehuan Sect and Myriad Poison Valley Elders fled, while Lu Changsheng collected the serpent’s Demon Core and killed a fleeing Hehuan Sect Elder with his sword.
• Lu Changsheng’s companions reacted to his Immortal Artifact, while Ask Immortal Pavilion’s disciples mourned their losses and worried about Xia Ningxue.
• Murong Shi determined that Xia Ningxue’s scattered Three Souls and Seven Spirits could not be restored with Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Lu Changsheng took Lin Qingzhi aside and planned to seek a Ninth-Rank Immortal Pill through the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator’s reward system.

Lu Changsheng used his reward-granting ability to obtain a Ninth-Grade Soul-Gathering Immortal Pill and revived Xia Ningxue after her soul had scattered. Xia Ningxue awoke in Lu Changsheng’s arms with much of the pill’s medicinal power still inside her, and he told her to refine it.

• Lu Changsheng gave Lin Qingzhi two Third-Grade Soul-Returning Pills and received a Sixth-Grade Soul-Replenishing Pill and a Seventh-Grade Nine Nether Soul-Gathering Pill in return.
• Lu Changsheng granted Lin Qingzhi a third Soul-Returning Pill and received a Ninth-Grade Soul-Gathering Immortal Pill through a Thousandfold Ten-Thousandfold Return Reward.
• Lu Changsheng stopped Xiao Menger and the Ask Immortal Pavilion elders as they prepared to take Xia Ningxue away, saying he could revive her.
• Lu Changsheng fed Xia Ningxue the Soul-Gathering Immortal Pill and helped her absorb its power, drawing her scattered Three Souls and Seven Spirits back into her body.
• Xia Ningxue regained consciousness in Lu Changsheng’s arms, and he urged her to refine the medicinal power still within her.

After Xia Ningxue recovered and advanced to the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer, Lu Changsheng led the group back to the Ancient Wood, where the Six Great Orthodox Sects had gathered. The others learned that Lu Changsheng had defeated the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent and possessed an Immortal Artifact, leaving Mount Shu’s standing stronger than ever.

• Xia Ningxue refined the Soul-Gathering Immortal Pill’s remaining power and advanced from the Dao Palace Realm Seventh Layer to the Ninth Layer.
• Lu Changsheng and his companions returned to the Ancient Wood to seek the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s inheritance.
• Lu Changsheng thanked Xia Ningxue for guarding him, and they flew together toward the Ancient Wood.
• Zhao Wuyan found Li Changye and the other Mount Shu Elders gathered with the Six Great Orthodox Sects; Li Changye had survived his tribulation and reached the Void Refinement Realm.
• Zhao Wuyan told the assembled sects that Lu Changsheng had defeated the Myriad Calamity Giant Serpent, reached the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer, and wielded a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact.
• Master Mingzhi declared that Mount Shu would remain the foremost orthodox sect for at least ten thousand years.

The Six Great Sects’ leaders and disciples failed to pass the barrier to the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s cave abode. Lu Changsheng sent Lin Qingzhi to try, and the chapter ended with Lin Qingzhi entering unhindered.

• Zhuge Changming and the Crouching Dragon Temple elders tried to enter the cave abode, but the barrier rejected them.
• Master Lu, the Boundless Temple’s Mingzhi, and Ye Wen’s Martial Dao Alliance failed to pass the barrier.
• Xia Ningxue and Kumu Old Man each advanced partway before realizing they were not qualified for the legacy.
• Li Changye, Mount Shu’s elders, and Xiao Xiangdao all failed to enter the cave abode.
• Lu Changsheng declined to try and told his disciple Lin Qingzhi to go instead.
• Lin Qingzhi entered the cave abode without encountering any obstruction.

Lin Qingzhi emerged from the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s cave abode with a new Evergreen Body and greatly increased cultivation, strengthening Mount Shu’s prospects. As the sects left the Immortal Ruins, Lu Qinglian waited at Fire Lotus Peak and considered challenging the Grand Supreme Elders’ disciples.

• After three days and nights, Lin Qingzhi emerged from the Ancient Wood at the Seventh Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, having received the Divine Wood Immortal Emperor’s inheritance.
• Lu Changsheng discovered through the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator that Lin Qingzhi had gained the Evergreen Body and improved his cultivation methods and martial techniques.
• Li Changye led the sects out of the Immortal Ruins, while Xiao Xiangdao struggled with being surpassed by Lin Qingzhi.
• Lin Qingzhi offered Lu Changsheng the Nameless Divine Wood, but Lu Changsheng told him to keep the treasure.
• Lu Qinglian finished modifying her cave abode on Fire Lotus Peak and considered challenging the Grand Supreme Elders’ disciples while waiting for Lu Changsheng.

After the Immortal Ruins expedition, Lu Changsheng returned to Mount Shu and used Transmission Empowerment on Mo Huazhi. He learned that Lu Qinglian had been challenging Chaoyuan Peak’s Nascent Soul Realm Elders, where a Grand Supreme Elder recognized her Fire Lotus True Qi.

• The Six Great Sect Masters learned what had happened in the Immortal Ruins, and the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion vowed to deal with the traitor Luo Feng.
• The Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion warned Xia Ningxue about the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Art, but Xia Ningxue said she would try to perfect it.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak and transmitted cultivation to Mo Huazhi, then sent her to fetch Lu Qinglian from Fire Lotus Peak.
• Lu Qinglian defeated a Nascent Soul Realm Elder at Chaoyuan Peak with her bare hands and fiery True Qi, while the other Elders tried to avoid fighting her.
• Mo Huazhi brought Lu Qinglian back to Azure Cloud Peak, and a Grand Supreme Elder on Chaoyuan Peak recognized the Fire Lotus True Qi in her presence.

Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the Fire Lotus True Instruction and a new body refining method, receiving an Immortal Stage body refining method in return. He assessed its dangerous cultivation requirements and resolved to stockpile resources before the predicted calamity.

• Lu Changsheng taught Lu Qinglian the upper-grade Earth Stage Fire Lotus True Instruction, and she quickly cultivated Fire Lotus True Qi by absorbing Earth Fire beside the magma beneath Fire Lotus Peak.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Lu Qinglian with the Divine Elephant Suppressing Demon Body Refining Method, then received the low-grade Immortal Stage Nine-Turn Body-Refinement Method as a return reward.
• Lu Changsheng learned that the Nine-Turn Body-Refinement Method required at least the Void Refinement Realm and large quantities of seventh- and eighth-grade medicinal pills because weaker cultivators risked exploding and dying.
• Lu Changsheng decided to cultivate diligently, stockpile medicinal pills, and seek another Immortal Artifact and high-rank talismans before the calamity predicted by the simulator.

Two years after his disciples became Elders, Lu Changsheng prepared to attend Mount Shu’s Apprentice-Selection Ceremony and search for new geniuses to teach. He arrived at the ceremony with Lin Qingzhi and Lu Qinglian, where the other Elders worried that he would claim the best candidates.

• A Mount Shu disciple told Mo Huazhi that Lu Changsheng, Lin Qingzhi, and Lu Qinglian needed to attend the Apprentice-Selection Ceremony.
• Lu Changsheng decided to attend and reviewed the pills and talismans he had stockpiled while preparing for the Void Refinement Realm tribulation.
• Lu Qinglian asked to attend the ceremony, and Lu Changsheng told Lin Qingzhi to go as well while sending Mo Huazhi into seclusion to prepare for her Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Lu Changsheng, Lin Qingzhi, and Lu Qinglian flew to the Mount Shu Main Hall as Elders and thousands of aspiring disciples gathered for the ceremony.
• Lu Qinglian’s boisterous arrival frightened the Elders she had repeatedly challenged, while the others greeted Lu Changsheng and worried he would recruit any peerless geniuses.

Lu Changsheng joined Mount Shu’s elders and leaders for the Apprentice-Selection Ceremony, where the Heart-Revealing Mirror assessed thousands of candidates. When Han Xuan was revealed to possess the Ice Physique, Lu Changsheng declined to take him, leaving Zhao Wuyan and Tian Song to compete for the candidate.

• Lu Changsheng greeted the Mount Shu elders, including Li Changye and Murong Shi, and discussed the progress of his disciples Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao.
• Taiyuan True Person and the Grand Supreme Elder arrived, and the Grand Supreme Elder said she would leave her final disciple in Lu Changsheng’s care after she passed away.
• Taiyuan True Person began the ceremony by using Mount Shu’s Heart-Revealing Mirror to assess candidates’ aptitudes.
• Fairy Qingru accepted Xiao Yan as a disciple after the mirror revealed her strong aptitude, while many other candidates were disqualified or accepted as inner and outer disciples.
• The mirror revealed that Han Xuan possessed the Ice Physique, but Lu Changsheng declined to take him as a disciple because he had no affinity with Azure Cloud Peak.
• Zhao Wuyan moved to take Han Xuan, and Tian Song stepped forward to compete with him.

During Mount Shu’s Apprentice-Selection Ceremony, Lu Changsheng ignored several talented candidates until the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified Chen Xiaoyao as a Child of Destiny. Lu Changsheng took Chen Xiaoyao as his fourth disciple after learning the boy wanted to follow his example and uphold justice.

• Elder Tiansong recruited Han Xuan, an Ice Physique genius, while Lu Changsheng passed over him and other candidates with ordinary Special Physiques.
• The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator identified Chen Xiaoyao, a young spectator with a Wind Spirit Root, Foundation Establishment cultivation, and the destiny of a Child of Destiny.
• Chen Xiaoyao’s merchant parents prepared to take him home, believing that Mount Shu was beyond their means and that he should live as a mortal.
• Lu Changsheng approached the family and offered to take Chen Xiaoyao as his disciple, and the parents recognized him as the hero who had saved Heyang City.
• Chen Xiaoyao accepted Lu Changsheng as his master and vowed to uphold justice, punish evil, and become a hero.

Lu Changsheng accepted Shen Xiaoyao, a boy with extraordinary fortune, as his fourth disciple and brought him to Azure Cloud Peak. He began teaching Shen Xiaoyao, whose cultivation could only handle a tiny amount of Lu Changsheng’s Spiritual Qi, and received powerful cultivation-method and swordsmanship rewards.

• Shen Xiaoyao’s parents left him in Lu Changsheng’s care, and Taiyuan True Person used the Heart-Revealing Mirror to reveal his highest-of-the-highest fortune.
• Lu Changsheng introduced Shen Xiaoyao to his senior disciples and assigned Lu Qinglian to guide his cultivation, alarming the other Elders.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Azure Cloud Peak with his disciples and gave Shen Xiaoyao a bamboo house.
• Lu Changsheng transmitted cultivation to Shen Xiaoyao, who reached the Foundation Establishment Realm Third Layer but could not yet handle more Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed the Wind-Riding Instruction on Shen Xiaoyao and received the Earth Stage high-grade Mist Scroll True Scripture in return.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed Heavenly Gang Sword Qi on Shen Xiaoyao and received the Heaven Stage swordsmanship Heavenly Gang Sword Formation in return.

Lu Changsheng began cultivating the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation, whose power could grow with the number and grade of its flying swords. After mastering its second layer, he noticed Mo Huazhi’s presence surging as she finally neared the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Lu Changsheng examined the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation and realized his many flying sword treasures could eventually make it extraordinarily powerful.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Chen Xiaoyao with a sword and a Daoist robe, then began practicing the formation with six flying swords.
• Lu Changsheng comprehended the first layer in one day and later used twelve swords to master the second layer.
• Lu Changsheng failed to control eighteen swords and concluded that his Dao Palace Realm cultivation limited him to the second layer for now.
• Lu Changsheng sensed Mo Huazhi’s presence rising sharply, signaling that she was forming her Nascent Soul.

Mo Huazhi broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, earning Lu Changsheng a powerful defensive treasure and new rewards from teaching her. A life simulation revealed that she would be captured by the Hehuan Sect and killed during her upcoming journey, so Lu Changsheng planned to intervene and grow stronger before then.

• Mo Huazhi broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm as the clouds above Azure Cloud Peak formed the poem Lu Changsheng had taught her.
• Lu Changsheng received the Heavenly Silkworm Soft Armor, then gave Mo Huazhi new cultivation methods and law treasures, earning several rebate rewards.
• Lu Changsheng warned Mo Huazhi that she would face a tribulation while gaining experience in three years and urged her to cultivate diligently.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Mo Huazhi’s future and saw her avenge her family, get captured by the Hehuan Sect Young Master, and die after Lu Changsheng was trapped trying to rescue her.
• Lu Changsheng resolved to intervene when Mo Huazhi met the Hehuan Sect Young Master and to reach the Void Refinement Realm before she went down the mountain.

Lu Changsheng learned that the Hehuan Sect planned to use Mo Huazhi as bait, then spent three years preparing to face the sect and undergo his tribulation. As he reached the peak of the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer, the story shifted to a boy scavenging in a ruined city under blood-red rain.

• Lu Changsheng simulated Mo Huazhi’s future several times and discovered the Hehuan Sect’s plan to kidnap her and lure him into a trap.
• Lu Changsheng simulated Chen Xiaoyao’s future, recognized him as a Child of Destiny, and decided not to interfere too much in his life.
• Lu Changsheng and his apprentices cultivated over the following years: Lin Qingzhi pursued the Dao Palace Realm, Lu Qinglian trained on Fire Lotus Peak, and Chen Xiaoyao quickly reached the Qi Condensation Realm.
• Lu Changsheng accumulated medicinal pills, talismans, and flying swords, reached the peak of the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer, and prepared to ask the Sect Master about undergoing tribulation.
• In a ruined city in the eastern Southern Phoenix Continent, a motionless boy waited for a vulture to lower its guard as blood-colored rain fell around them.

Lu Changsheng asked Taiyuan True Person to guard him as he prepared to face the threefold heavenly tribulation and enter the Void Refinement Realm. After Taiyuan True Person tested his strength and agreed, the story shifted to the Mount Shu Disciple Tournament, where Lu Qinglian led Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples and urged them to claim first and second place.

• Lu Changsheng asked Taiyuan True Person for guidance and protection during his upcoming tribulation, explaining that his cultivation had reached its limit at the Dao Palace Realm Ninth Layer.
• Taiyuan True Person sparred with Lu Changsheng, saw that his foundation and True Qi were extraordinary, and judged that he could pass the threefold heavenly tribulation.
• Taiyuan True Person agreed to have several Grand Supreme Elders guard Lu Changsheng’s tribulation outside Mount Shu and said that a looming calamity was bringing elders out of seclusion.
• At the Mount Shu Disciple Tournament, Elder Tiansong and Zhao Wuyan compared their special-physique disciples, Han Xuan and Zhang Ying, and noticed that Lu Changsheng and Lin Qingzhi were absent.
• Lu Qinglian led Azure Cloud Peak’s tournament group and announced that they would aim for first and second place, while Mo Huazhi worried that competing at her Nascent Soul Realm strength would be unfair.

Azure Cloud Peak’s disciples dominated the Mount Shu Disciple Tournament, with Mo Huazhi taking first place and Shen Xiaoyao second. As Li Changye praised Lu Changsheng’s teaching, Taiyuan True Person informed him that Lu would begin his Tribulation Transcendence in three days.

• Shen Xiaoyao defeated Sun Wan, and Mo Huazhi also won her match as both Azure Cloud Peak disciples advanced to the Top Eight.
• Mo Huazhi defeated Xiao Yan and revealed that she had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, shocking the Mount Shu Elders.
• Shen Xiaoyao defeated Han Xuan in the semifinals after revealing he had reached the fifth layer of the Golden Core Realm.
• Shen Xiaoyao forfeited the final, and Mo Huazhi won first place while he took second.
• Li Changye received Taiyuan True Person’s message that Lu Changsheng would begin his Tribulation Transcendence in three days.

Lu Changsheng prepared to undergo Tribulation Transcendence to enter the Void Refinement Realm while Taiyuan True Person, Li Changye, and five Grand Supreme Elders guarded him. Li Changye revealed Mount Shu’s prophecy of a One Destined to Face the Tribulation, and Taiyuan True Person began the breakthrough once the elders were assembled.

• Taiyuan True Person set up an alarm Formation in an uninhabited area north of Mount Shu, where he and Li Changye would guard Lu Changsheng during Tribulation Transcendence.
• Li Changye told Lu Changsheng that Mount Shu’s Dao Ancestor had prophesied the appearance of a One Destined to Face the Tribulation, and that Lu Changsheng might be the one.
• Taiyuan True Person sensed five Grand Supreme Elders approaching, and Lu Changsheng identified them as they arrived to stand guard.
• The white-haired elder praised Lu Changsheng’s talent and discussed how Lu Changsheng’s second disciple often challenged the disciples of Chaoyuan Peak.
• Lu Changsheng showed the Grand Supreme Elders his Seventh-Grade Void-Entering Pill and Eighth-Rank Red Flood Dragon Golden Core, while the old woman revealed that he also possessed a Low-Grade Immortal Artifact.
• Taiyuan True Person and the six other Void Refinement Realm experts took up positions around Lu Changsheng, and Taiyuan True Person told him to begin Tribulation Transcendence.

Lu Changsheng attempted to break through to the Void Refinement Realm, but his Innate Dao Body drew down a devastating three-wave heavenly tribulation. He survived and entered the Void Refinement Realm, while the Mount Shu elders suspected he was the person named in the Dao Ancestor’s prophecy.

• Lu Changsheng refined the Red Flood Dragon Golden Core’s Demon Power into Spiritual Qi and began his breakthrough while seven Void Refinement Realm experts guarded him.
• Lu Changsheng fought off the first two waves of heavenly lightning with the True Martial Sword and replenished his True Qi between attacks.
• Lu Changsheng used the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon Cauldron to withstand the third wave, which lasted two shichen and left a massive sinkhole.
• The Mount Shu experts found Lu Changsheng alive at the bottom of the sinkhole, and he formally entered the Void Refinement Realm.
• Taiyuan True Person and the Grand Supreme Elders saw Lu Changsheng recover and suspected he was the person destined to face the tribulation in the Dao Ancestor’s prophecy.

Lin Qingzhi returned to the Liang Kingdom, rescued its army from a Nascent Soul Realm Hui Serpent, and reunited with his adoptive father, Lin Liangcai. After spending ten days with the Lin family, he resumed traveling with Chen Yao and entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Dao Palace Realm.

• Lin Qingzhi killed the Hui Serpent that was slaughtering the Liang Kingdom's soldiers and was recognized by Lin Liangcai as his adopted son.
• Lin Qingzhi told Lin Liangcai that he had reached the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, astonishing the general and his subordinates.
• Lin Qingzhi invited Chen Yao to stay at the Lin residence, where they spent ten days living a mortal life with the Lin family.
• Lin Qingzhi left the Lin residence with Chen Yao after giving his adoptive parents a bag of pills, and the Lin couple tearfully bid him farewell.
• Lin Qingzhi told Chen Yao that he had put his worries behind him and planned to enter seclusion for ten days to attempt a breakthrough to the Dao Palace Realm.