Chapter Summaries

Su Luo killed Ban Xu, the village chief, and the chief’s family, then looted their belongings and consumed the food and plants in the courtyard to raise his attributes. He began cultivating Qi, studied the local language and world, and then used Soul Search on the sleeping children.

• Ban Xu invited Su Luo to eat the village chief’s chicken, and Su Luo devoured it before knocking Ban Xu and the village chief unconscious.
• Ban Xu’s jade pendant released a healing green light, but Su Luo struck him down again and searched him, finding a travel pass and a tablet identifying him as a provisional village head.
• Su Luo killed the village chief’s family, gathered the remaining chickens and plants, and ate them to improve his attributes.
• Su Luo adapted his cultivation method to draw in and refine Qi, then studied books about the local language and the world’s Immortal Sects, kingdoms, leylines, and immortal-demon conflict.
• After pushing his Spirit attribute above 9, Su Luo used Soul Search on the sleeping children.

Su Luo learned about the Qi Awakening Ritual, consumed spiritual resources, and set out for Pagoda City. Ansen arrived in the new era and began preparing a Fairy Tale, but a powerful stranger entered his room before he could finish.

• Su Luo learned that the Qi Awakening Ritual gave nobles and cultivators' descendants an advantage in cultivation, then devoured the souls of the people in the village chief's courtyard.
• Jerome demanded Su Luo hand over his reward, so Su Luo refined him, ate the village's spiritual rice, disguised himself as Ban Xu, and headed toward Pagoda City.
• Ansen awoke in a new era, realized the Dungeon theme had shifted to eras, and suspected Luosu, Hanberg, and Count Sam had manipulated events in the previous era.
• Ansen began writing a Fairy Tale to protect himself and considered using one to target Luosu, but a man surrounded by five-colored light forced open the door and immobilized him.

Ansen was captured and drugged so he could be transformed into a woman for Dieyi Daojun’s cultivation scheme. Su Luo entered Pagoda City, rejected a recruiter’s offer, and focused on recultivating and finding resources and other Survivors.

• A man identified Ansen from a portrait, seized him, and forced a pill into his mouth.
• The man told Ansen that Dieyi Daojun was gathering handsome men and fair women and planned to reshape Ansen into a woman.
• A recruiter approached Su Luo outside Pagoda City and offered him a way to be selected for Dieyi Daojun’s gathering.
• Su Luo refused the recruiter, entered Pagoda City with his travel papers, and headed to the government office.
• Su Luo planned to find the others, locate a place rich in Qi and high-grade spirit materials, and obtain the Qi Awakening Ritual.

Su Luo reported the destruction of Apricot Rain Village’s spirit fields and read notices about the Dao Lord’s selection and the coming Qi Awakening Ritual. Meanwhile, Song Shige and Fu Li encountered Nailong in the Dungeon, and Fu Li revealed that death had cost him his Transcendent Seed and some of his essence-related abilities.

• Su Luo told a gatekeeper that a demonic creature had devoured the spirit fields in Apricot Rain Village and that the village chief was suspected of killing himself.
• Su Luo read the notices about the Dao Lord’s selection, Qingyun Zhenren’s obituary, the Qi Awakening Ritual, and the county’s industrial reorganization.
• Clerk Qin learned of the spirit-field theft and ordered Su Luo brought to him.
• Nailong told Song Shige and Fu Li that the Dungeon had weakened him and erased his role-playing progress from the previous era.
• Nailong acted out his cartoon role and then disappeared into the twisted forest alone.
• Fu Li told Song Shige that he could not resurrect himself and had lost his Transcendent Seed and some essence-related abilities, while warning that death in the Dungeon could cost Survivors more essence.

Fu Li reflected on the meaning of being alive while searching the ark, and Mu Hongyuan established herself as an Illusory Cloud Sect disciple in the Zixiao Kingdom. When Sam Daoist of the Five Elements Sect came to request help, his inexplicable attraction to her unsettled him.

• Fu Li searched the ground, found cardboard to smoke, and considered how seeing her status as [Alive] felt after dying in the previous era.
• Mu Hongyuan assumed the identity of a late Qi Refining Inner Sect disciple after leaving her brothel role, but she could not find [Food] or anyone familiar from the previous era.
• A female cultivator told Mu Hongyuan that Sam Daoist of the Five Elements Sect wanted an audience, and Mu Hongyuan agreed to meet him after hearing his name.
• Sam Daoist asked Mu Hongyuan to provide Illusory Cloud Sect cultivators skilled in the Transformation Technique and supporting pills for his sect's treasure-gathering efforts.
• Sam Daoist found himself inexplicably stirred by Mu Hongyuan and wondered whether the feeling was a sign of heavenly fate.

Mu Hongyuan met Ansen, an old acquaintance, and questioned him about the Fairy Tale he had completed in the current era. Ansen explained that it had drawn Luosu into the Yin-Yang Plan, while Mu Hongyuan considered what he had told her.

• Sam Daoist explained the beauty rankings to Mu Hongyuan and offered to reserve Qi Awakening Ritual places for her.
• Mu Hongyuan spotted Ansen among Sam Daoist's captives and asked to speak with him privately.
• Ansen angrily confronted Mu Hongyuan, then answered her questions after she removed her veil.
• Ansen told Mu Hongyuan that his Fairy Tale had followed the previous era's template and ended with Luosu joining the Yin-Yang Plan and rescuing him.
• Mu Hongyuan considered Ansen's account while he remained in the cage.

Su Luo killed Clerk Qin, looted his supplies, and used his knowledge to create a powerful talisman before returning to Pagoda City to gather more resources. Meanwhile, Qi Yuan awakened as a mirror and realized he was face-to-face with a Golden Core Dao Lord.

• Su Luo revealed his identity and killed Clerk Qin after learning the official planned to send Ban Xu to the Dao Lord's Selection Camp.
• Su Luo took Clerk Qin's belongings, escaped the city, and absorbed Spirit Stones to raise his mental attribute to 14.
• Su Luo adapted his talisman-making knowledge and created a void talisman whose power reached Early Foundation Establishment.
• Su Luo returned to Pagoda City, intending to loot Spirit Stones and spiritual materials to raise his attributes further.
• Qi Yuan awakened inside a mirror, heard a man lament that he had not glimpsed the Golden Nature despite seeking the Dao for over two thousand years, and learned the man was a Golden Core Dao Lord.
• The Dao Lord uncovered the mirror and stared at Qi Yuan's reflected face, while Qi Yuan realized he had been directly in front of him all along.

Qi Yuan discovered that the Dao Lord had tried to lure him out of the Ancient Mirror, then was carried away and began searching for Luosu. Meanwhile, Su Luo looted Qi Refining cultivators in Pagoda City and absorbed their wealth to rapidly increase his attributes.

• The Dao Lord asked Qi Yuan to leave the Mirror, but Qi Yuan stayed inside and used it to deduce recent events until the attempt damaged the Mirror.
• The Mirror’s records revealed that it was an ancient treasure and that the Dao Lord had used it to trap another Dao Lord, so Qi Yuan realized the offer had been a trap.
• The Dao Lord covered the Mirror with a red cloth, flew away, and left it in a river, where Qi Yuan used its ability to search for Luosu.
• Su Luo looted the homes of several peak Qi Refining cultivators in Pagoda City, killed those he encountered, and used their souls to nurture Heartfire.
• Su Luo absorbed Spirit Stones, pills, and spiritual materials to raise his attributes, expecting to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage within hours.

Su Luo consumed an unknown spiritual material that improved his face, while Yili Zhenren of the Five Elements Sect followed a mysterious premonition toward Pagoda County. The chapter ended with Yili’s Magic Vessel descending on the ruined temple where Su Luo was staying.

• Su Luo ate the ginseng-like spiritual material, but its energy went toward improving his face, so he ordered it to change back.
• Yili Zhenren heard that San'an True Person had been killed and celebrated the death of his old enemy.
• Yili Zhenren sensed a mysterious call near Pagoda County and decided to descend there in response to the Dao Lord's decree.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator offered Yili Zhenren a Condensed Silk Soft Robe, but Yili ordered the cultivator to try it on instead.
• Su Luo sensed a Magic Vessel approaching the ruined temple and recognized the Five Elements Sect banner as its spiritual pressure bore down on him.

Su Luo was trapped by Yili Zhenren’s Magic Vessel, but Yili Zhenren’s test revealed that Su Luo had no cultivation and was instead a naturally divine cultivation furnace. After inviting Su Luo to join him, Yili Zhenren left him with a pill and asked him to board the vessel to discuss an important matter.

• Su Luo tried to escape underground, but Yili Zhenren used five-colored Divine Light to seal the area and force him into the wilderness.
• Yili Zhenren sensed a Fortuitous Opportunity and used a golden scroll to assess Su Luo, which identified him as a Riding the Wind-grade, natural-born cultivation furnace despite having no cultivation.
• Yili Zhenren descended from the Magic Vessel and questioned how Su Luo could produce such powerful spiritual pressure and formations without cultivation.
• Su Luo said he had been born knowing how and examined the pill Yili Zhenren had brought.
• Yili Zhenren offered Su Luo the pill and invited him aboard the Magic Vessel to discuss an important matter, and Su Luo declined his offer to pursue the Violet Palace for now.

Yili Zhenren explained Dieyi Daojun’s history and told Su Luo he was being taken to become the Dao Lord’s cauldron. Su Luo planned to use the cultivation resources before slipping away, while Yili Zhenren prepared to present him as a contender for the world’s number-one cup.

• Yili Zhenren told Su Luo how Dieyi Daojun’s childhood fiancée betrayed him, and how the Dao Lord later took revenge by killing her and taking her former fiancé as his concubine.
• Su Luo learned that Dieyi Daojun had marked him as a top-grade cauldron, but he intended to take advantage of Yili Zhenren’s resources and leave once he had used them.
• Yili Zhenren revealed that they would perform the Qi Awakening Ritual in Pagoda City before traveling to Dieyi Daojun’s Dao field.
• Yili Zhenren planned to take Su Luo to the Azure Cloud Sect for pills and a transformation, then present him in the competition to find the world’s number-one cup.

Su Luo swallowed a Yin-Yang Transformation Pill while Yili Zhenren negotiated passage through the Azure Cloud Sect. Mu Hongyuan and Ansen learned the Qi Awakening Ritual’s strict conditions and explored a way for Mu Hongyuan to join the Yin-Yang Plan without undergoing transformation; meanwhile, Yili’s group arrived to find the Sun Clan being purged after Qingyun Zhenren’s death.

• Su Luo swallowed the Yin-Yang Transformation Pill aboard the magic boat as Yili Zhenren said he would negotiate with the Yunmeng Kingdom’s upper ranks.
• Sam Daoist explained to Mu Hongyuan and Ansen that Qi awakening required the proper time, sacred site, and ritualist.
• Mu Hongyuan told Ansen their goal was to reunite with the others through the Yin-Yang Plan after the ritual, and asked Sam Daoist to include him in the plan.
• Sam Daoist proposed the Bao Mi Agreement, explaining that the Five Elements Sect had a place that could let Mu Hongyuan avoid yin-yang transformation, though he could not grant it himself.
• Yili Zhenren and his group found a notice announcing the purge of the Sun Clan at the Azure Cloud Sect’s gate after Qingyun Zhenren’s death.
• Yili Zhenren entered the sect, invoking the Dao Lord’s decree and daring anyone to stop him.

Su Luo and Yili Zhenren entered the Azure Cloud Sect, where Yili demanded the sect’s cooperation and arranged for the group to stay. After noticing an aura like his own near a mountain peak, Su Luo settled in while Yili left to investigate the sect.

• Yili Zhenren rebuked an Azure Cloud Sect elder for secretly resisting the Dao Lord’s decree and paid a Spirit Jade to have the sect’s transformation masters summoned.
• Su Luo gave Yili a depleted Spirit Jade and received another, continuing to raise his spirit attribute as Yili judged that he could not break through Foundation Establishment Great Perfection by accumulating Qi alone.
• A second Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator arrived and led the group through the sect toward a peak with exceptionally dense Qi.
• Su Luo sensed an aura like his own near an ordinary mountain peak, but told Yili Zhenren that it was nothing more than a feeling.
• After the group settled on the peak, Yili Zhenren instructed Su Luo to cultivate and left to explore the Azure Cloud Sect.

Cang Yue and Young Lord went to bury Qingyun Zhenren, only to witness the supposedly dead Violet Palace Adept revive and unleash his power against the Azure Cloud Sect. As they fled, a mysterious purple-robed man blocked their path and produced a spinning die.

• Cang Yue cultivated while Young Lord prepared a grave and funeral offerings for Qingyun Zhenren.
• They saw nine Soul Lamps go out, and Qingyun Zhenren revived inside his crystal coffin.
• Qingyun Zhenren emerged and declared that he would collect the debts incurred after his passing, unleashing his Divine Court over the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Cang Yue realized Qingyun Zhenren had faked his death to lure out his enemies, and he carried Young Lord down the mountain to seek corpses to bury.
• A mysterious man in purple robes blocked their way, introduced himself with a greeting, and tossed a six-sided die into the air.

Su Luo headed for the Azure Cloud Sect’s Outer Sect after reaching Pseudo Violet Palace strength, while Caoyuanshi fought Luther, who was draining disciples’ energy through dreams. The battle continued amid sleeping disciples and curious onlookers.

• Su Luo collected resources, refined his Inner Circulation, prepared formations and talismans, then flew toward the Outer Sect residence.
• Su Luo dismantled a late-stage Foundation Establishment elder’s talisman without slowing down, and the elder pretended not to notice him.
• Caoyuanshi cultivated without Martial Will and confronted Luther, who used Dream Game to draw Outer Sect disciples into dreams and steal their energy.
• Caoyuanshi sacrificed his injuries and Dreamscape Incarnation, then launched a golden Blood Qi dragon at Luther.
• Luther’s breastbone broke under Caoyuanshi’s attack before he returned to perfect condition, while nearby disciples slept through the battle and others gathered to watch.

Luther and Caoyuanshi fought across the Outer Sect peaks until they discovered that thousands of disciples had been killed. Su Luo appeared, recognized Caoyuanshi as an old acquaintance, and trapped both men beneath a rain of golden swords.

• Luther fled after the Outer Sect disciples around him were drained, but Caoyuanshi sacrificed his spirit and lifespan to pursue him.
• Luther and Caoyuanshi fought toward the residential peaks, where Caoyuanshi considered retreating as Luther drew strength from nearby disciples.
• Luther tried to activate his Talent and discovered that the surrounding disciples had died and their souls had vanished; more than five thousand had been killed across dozens of peaks.
• Su Luo appeared in the night sky and recognized Caoyuanshi from their encounter in the Fire Domain.
• Su Luo formed a ring of golden swords around Luther and Caoyuanshi; Caoyuanshi fled while Luther failed to pull Su Luo into his Dreamscape.
• A golden sword pierced Luther from head to crotch as Su Luo's sword attack continued.

Su Luo slaughtered the Azure Cloud Sect’s Outer Sect to find Survivors, then fled as Adept Qingyun descended on the survivors. Elsewhere, Cang Yue struggled to protect the dying Young Lord from a purple-robed man and began shaping an artistic conception from his Martial Will.

• Su Luo sealed Luther before Luther could kill himself, then continued slaughtering the Outer Sect with his sword formation.
• Su Luo killed Caoyuanshi and two other people whose abilities marked them as Survivors, while the passage guard pleaded with him to stop.
• After killing fifty thousand people, Su Luo fled as a blood-tinged cloud carried Adept Qingyun toward the Outer Sect.
• The purple-robed man toyed with a die for twenty minutes, leaving Cang Yue lightly injured and the Young Lord near death.
• Cang Yue gathered the air into a sword-like artistic conception, and the purple-robed man praised his progress before remarking on his bond with the Young Lord.

The purple-robed man used Fate’s Choice to repeatedly turn Cang Yue’s attacks in his favor while trying to keep him from taking the woman away. As Yili Zhenren watched and considered capturing the Survivors, Su Luo appeared beside him, and the two watched the fight.

• Cang Yue launched a qi sword attack, and the purple-robed man rolled a two, boosting the attack by one and a half times.
• The purple-robed man rolled a four to dodge, drifting aside, then rolled a three when the qi sword grazed him, leaving only his robe hem torn.
• The purple-robed man walked toward Cang Yue, who resolved to try again to take the woman away.
• Yili Zhenren watched the duel, wondered whether the Survivors were people from beyond the realm, and decided to wait until the battle ended before capturing them.
• Su Luo emerged from the shadows and stood beside Yili Zhenren, and both watched the fighters below.

Su Luo confronted the purple-robed man after Yili Zhenren fled, then attacked while the man’s Fate’s Choice rolls weakened him. The chapter ended as the man’s latest roll triggered a death roll against Su Luo’s sword strike.

• Yili Zhenren gave Su Luo the golden scroll, then fled to check on Qingyun Zhenren and left the three people behind.
• Su Luo pressed down on Cang Yue and the other two, while Yili Zhenren escaped Pagoda County aboard the Magic Vessel.
• Fate’s Choice weakened Su Luo’s attack, but he still pinned Cang Yue and crushed the purple-robed man with a giant Qi hand.
• Cang Yue recognized Su Luo and called him a Survivor, while the purple-robed man questioned how quickly he had recultivated.
• Su Luo formed a Qi longsword and struck the purple-robed man, whose Fate’s Choice roll triggered a death roll.

Su Luo killed the purple-clad man, survived his strange return through Fate's Choice, and turned his attention to taking revenge on Cang Yue. Meanwhile, Song Shige and Fu Li prepared to leave the Western Extremity for the Central Continent to continue their cultivation.

• Su Luo killed the purple-clad man, but Wu Guang's voice and an amorphous mass appeared after the man's death; Su Luo deleted the intrusive memory and heard Wu Guang identify himself as a senior investigator.
• Su Luo reassured the imprisoned Cang Yue, then drew spiritual qi and air out of the cage to prevent Cang Yue from absorbing energy.
• Song Shige told Fu Li to prepare to leave for the Central Continent, despite Fu Li's wish to wait until he had recultivated further.
• Song Shige explained that his Martial Will let him devour spiritual qi, and he speculated that cultivators in this world gained intent realms by resonating with the Dao.