Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou discovered that Yuan Gungun naturally absorbed both Solar and Lunar Essence, then took the group to destroy the research base that had harmed it. After Yuan Gungun learned to cultivate under the moon with Little Pine’s help, Lu Zhou recognized it as another Forbidden Seedling with the potential to become a Demon Emperor.

• Lu Zhou noticed that Yuan Gungun’s strength had grown astonishingly and that it unconsciously drew in Solar Essence, making it a spirit beast.
• Lu Zhou followed the armed men’s memories to a hidden life sciences research base, where Yuan Gungun became frightened.
• Lu Zhou destroyed the base and wiped out the organization behind it for its human trafficking and live experiments.
• As the group traveled toward the snowy region, Lunar Essence gathered around Yuan Gungun, and Little Pine revealed that the Small Stone Buddha could transform moonlight into spiritual essence.
• Little Pine taught Yuan Gungun to breathe and absorb essence, and Yuan Gungun quickly learned to cultivate alongside it.
• Lu Zhou realized Yuan Gungun could accommodate both Taiyin and Taiyang and decided it had the makings of a Demon Emperor.

Lu Zhou led Ximoti and the Indian masters through the hidden path to Spirit Mountain, where they met Sakyamuni's Buddha body. After Lu Zhou asked for passage, the Buddha body manifested a golden path to the summit.

• Lu Zhou used the Small Stone Buddha and incomplete secret mantras to reveal an ancient road into another realm.
• Lu Zhou and his companions crossed the broken road, overcame hostile monks and hazards, and reached the foot of Spirit Mountain.
• Ximoti and the Indian masters worshipped Sakyamuni's Buddha body while Lu Zhou asked it to let them ascend and seek Buddhist scriptures.
• Sakyamuni's Buddha body examined the group, then the flowers, Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Buddha body turned to stone as a Buddhist bell rang.
• A golden path to Spirit Mountain's summit appeared beneath Lu Zhou and his companions.

Lu Zhou and his companions explored Spirit Mountain, where Little Pine obtained a sentient divine pill and Lu Zhou signed in to acquire the Buddhist Six-Syllable Mantra. Lu Zhou then traveled to Kunlun with Little Pine and Yuan Gungun, gathering many rare medicines as they approached the Immortal Ascension Site.

• Lu Zhou and his group searched Spirit Mountain and found Buddhist techniques, a complementary Vedas volume, sacred artifacts, and a damaged Saint Alms Bowl.
• Little Pine caught the sentient pill from the Saint Alchemy Furnace, and Lu Zhou sealed it for Little Pine while sharing the medicinal cloud with Ximoti, the other masters, and Yuan Gungun.
• Lu Zhou signed in at the Great Thunderclap Temple and obtained the Buddhist Six-Syllable Mantra before parting ways with Ximoti and the others.
• Lu Zhou, Little Pine, and Yuan Gungun entered true Kunlun using the Immortal Treasure Map, and Lu Zhou deepened his understanding of the Origin Heaven and burial paths.
• The group and the Immortal True Dragon Divine Medicine and Old Ginseng of Changbai Mountain gathered numerous rare medicines while traveling deeper into Kunlun, nearing the Immortal Ascension Site.

Lu Zhou gathered several divine medicines and treasures while traversing the Immortal Ascension Ground, then persuaded the Immortal White Tiger Divine Medicine to join him. He reached the immortal pool and found the incomplete Immortal Ascension Cauldron, leaving his final objectives unfinished.

• Lu Zhou recruited the human-shaped He Shou Wu and asked it to help persuade the Immortal White Tiger Divine Medicine to follow him.
• He Shou Wu guided Lu Zhou past the Empress's brother's bloodstained garment, and Lu Zhou suppressed the Golden Lion, Dragon Horse, and others without killing them.
• Lu Zhou studied the Dragon Head Peaks, gathered medicines, and gave Little Pine the Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda after removing the Quasi-Emperor Blood from it.
• At the Immortal-Birthing Ground, the Immortal True Dragon Divine Medicine told the Immortal White Tiger Divine Medicine about Lu Zhou's treasures, and the White Tiger chose to follow him.
• Lu Zhou approached the immortal pool and saw the incomplete Immortal Ascension Cauldron.

Lu Zhou obtained the damaged Immortal Ascension Cauldron, Kunlun Divine Spring, and Netherworld Scripture in the Kunlun Immortal Ascension Land. After visiting the Kunlun Sect, he declined to take Youwei Yu and Yan Xiaoyu as disciples and told them Earth’s cultivation environment would improve.

• Lu Zhou collected more than ten thousand jin of Kunlun Divine Spring before taking the damaged Immortal Ascension Cauldron from the pool.
• Lu Zhou signed in at the Kunlun Immortal Ascension Land and received a complete copy of the Netherworld Scripture, created by the Nether Lord.
• Lu Zhou glanced at the Empress’s brother’s grave and left the Immortal Ascension Land with Little Pine and the others.
• Lu Zhou visited the Kunlun Sect for three days, traded with Sect Master Xuechen, and expounded the Dao to Kunlun’s cultivators.
• Sect Master Xuechen asked Lu Zhou to take Youwei Yu and Yan Xiaoyu as disciples, but Lu Zhou declined and said Earth’s cultivation environment would improve.

Lu Zhou told the Kunlun Sect that he had solved Earth’s depleted spiritual energy problem and advised Yan Xiaoyu and Youwei Yu to remain there until Ye Fan returned. Yan Xiaoyu chose to become Lu Zhou’s servant and insisted on waiting for him at Mount Tai, while Youwei Yu made a different choice.

• Lu Zhou explained that Earth’s spiritual energy would gradually recover and said Ye Fan’s parents should stay on Earth rather than face the dangers of the Emperor Burial Star.
• Yan Xiaoyu offered to serve Lu Zhou, startling Sect Master Xuechen, Youwei Yu, and the Kunlun Sect.
• Youwei Yu decided he did not need to leave Earth, believing he could build a future there as its cultivation environment improved.
• Lu Zhou asked Yan Xiaoyu whether she still wanted to serve him despite her potential to become a Great Sage, and she asked whether that would let her catch up to him.
• Lu Zhou gave Yan Xiaoyu until his departure in several months to reconsider and told her she could wait at Mount Tai; she immediately insisted she would.

After signing in at the Dragon Sparrow and Vermilion Phoenix ancestral lands, Lu Zhou discovered a hidden world beneath the Vermilion Phoenix Clan’s nine volcanoes and entered it with the clan. He left the others behind when he heard voices, then witnessed an ancient father and daughter arguing over her arranged marriage, apparently separated from them by time and space.

• Lu Zhou warned the Dragon Sparrow Clan’s patriarch that the Jiujiang branch’s arrogance could bring the clan’s destruction.
• At the Vermilion Phoenix ancestral land, Lu Zhou recognized a concealed Nine Dragons Guarding a Pearl formation that the clan itself had never known about.
• Lu Zhou detected traces of the Undying Heavenly Emperor Formation and led the Vermilion Phoenix Clan through the restrictions into the hidden world.
• The group found a lush, uninhabited pure land and heard an argument near a secluded valley, so Lu Zhou went ahead alone to investigate.
• Lu Zhou saw a young woman and a middle-aged man arguing in Primordial Language; they could not see him, and the woman pleaded with her father not to force her into marriage.

Lu Zhou witnessed memories revealing how Huang Xi became the Undying Empress: pressured by her clan to marry the Undying Heavenly Emperor, she chose power to protect Ning Fei and her people. The memories ended, and Lu Zhou approached an ancient stone stele beside traces of Dao Transformation on the bamboo bridge.

• Lu Zhou recognized the young girl as the future Undying Empress and watched her father and ancestor pressure her to marry the Undying Heavenly Emperor to protect their clan and Ning Fei.
• Huang Xi’s father urged her to become powerful and attain the Dao so she might one day reunite with Ning Fei; she rose from despair with a hardened resolve.
• Lu Zhou saw Huang Xi marry the Undying Heavenly Emperor, secretly refine away his seed of life, and later plead for Ning Fei when the emperor suppressed him.
• As the memories repeated, Lu Zhou realized they belonged to the little phoenix bird Huang Xi had kept at her side.
• Lu Zhou noticed traces of Dao Transformation and an ancient stone stele at the end of the bamboo bridge, then walked over to read it.

Lu Zhou learned that Zhu Huang had guarded the Undying Empress’s cherished former home with memories of her and Ning Fei, then received a card granting him Ning Fei’s peak combat power for one day. He returned to the Vermilion Phoenix Clan with Zhu Huang’s Quasi-Emperor Scripture, giving them a chance to restore their lost heritage.

• The stone stele revealed that Zhu Huang had undergone Dao Transformation in the secluded valley and guarded the little world that held the Undying Empress’s memories of Ning Fei.
• Lu Zhou sealed the valley again without entering the cottages and signed in at Ning Fei’s former residence, receiving a one-day Ning Fei Peak Combat Power Experience Card.
• Lu Zhou considered how Ning Fei might have returned to the valley and destroyed the artificial Nine Dragons Guarding a Pearl terrain to protect the Zhu Huang Lineage.
• Lu Zhou reunited with the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden and the others, told the Vermilion Phoenix Clan that Zhu Huang had undergone Dao Transformation there, and warned them to stay away from the sealed valley.
• Lu Zhou placed Zhu Huang’s jade-like bone fragment, containing her Quasi-Emperor Scripture, before the stone stele and explained that the Vermilion Phoenix descendants could unlock it with their bloodline.
• The Vermilion Phoenix Clan rejoiced at the prospect of recovering Zhu Huang’s inheritance and flourishing in the future.

Lu Zhou finished checking in across Earth and visited Ye Fan’s parents before preparing to return to the Emperor Burial Star. After saying goodbye, he unexpectedly reunited with Xu Qiong in City B and agreed to share a farewell meal with her.

• Lu Zhou entered Hangu Pass, earned Xuan Chi’s welcome with his strength and a gift, and checked in at the western gate to obtain a One-time Round Trip Teleportation Disk.
• Lu Zhou continued checking in at sites across Earth, killed the cultivators on Penglai who tried to trap him, and obtained Da Yi’s Bow and Arrows, the Nine Dragon Sacred Bronze Seal, and Da Yi’s Great Sage Scripture.
• Lu Zhou visited Ye Fan’s parents, asked what they wanted to send their son, and watched them spend two days buying clothes, food, bedding, and other gifts for Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, and Qin Yao.
• After spending the night in a park, Lu Zhou bought gifts and snacks in City B, then recognized Xu Qiong when she stopped her car in front of him.
• Lu Zhou and Xu Qiong exchanged news about their lives and his plans to return to the Emperor Burial Star, and Xu Qiong invited him to a farewell meal.

Lu Zhou shared a farewell meal with Xu Qiong, promised to take her to Emperor Burial Star when the chaos there had passed, and left her scriptures and protective treasures before returning to the Big Dipper. Back at Qi Shi Mansion, he found his Dao Companions missing and began to suspect that a major event had occurred.

• Xu Qiong cooked Lu Zhou a Sichuan meal, and they talked about their friendship and his departure from Earth.
• Xu Qiong asked to visit Emperor Burial Star, and Lu Zhou promised to take her there after he and Ye Fan returned to Earth in the future.
• After Lu Zhou left, Xu Qiong found his jade box, received two scriptures and a message, and put on a jade pendant containing cultivation resources and protective items.
• Lu Zhou met the Divine Knight, Audrey, Yan Xiaoyu, and the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden at Mount Tai, then used the teleportation disk to return to Qi Shi Mansion.
• Lu Zhou found his Dao Companions absent from their neighboring cave residences and wondered whether the Qinling matter had already happened.
• A Qi Shi Mansion disciple greeted Lu Zhou as the Tyrant Immortal and said he had finally come out of seclusion.

Lu Zhou learned that Primordial Beings had entered the Immortal Mansion World despite a clash with the Great Xia Dynasty, while rumors of his death prompted assassins to target his companions. He also heard that Yu Die had been ambushed after the Xiao Family’s betrayal plunged Anping Ancient Kingdom into war, and suspected the attack was part of a plot against him.

• Primordial Beings who revered the Undying Heavenly Emperor confronted Qi Shi Mansion, but ultimately entered the Immortal Mansion World, worsening tensions with the Great Xia Dynasty.
• Rumors spread that Lu Zhou had died or suffered a cultivation setback, and two Assassin Dynasties and unknown allies began targeting his Dao Companions and friends.
• The Xiao Family rebelled during Chiyang Ancient Kingdom’s invasion of Anping Ancient Kingdom, seriously injuring the Anping Emperor Lord and driving the kingdom toward defeat.
• Yu Die hurried toward Anping Capital after learning of her father’s injury, but attackers ambushed her along the way.
• Shi Yao and An Miaoyi accompanied Yu Die and helped her survive an ambush by hundreds of powerful cultivators armed with King Weapons and Saint Weapons.
• Lu Zhou suspected the Xiao Family’s rebellion, the invasion, and the ambush had been coordinated to target him.

After learning how Yan Ruyu and the others had destroyed the Xiao Family and Chiyang Ancient Kingdom, Lu Zhou discovered they had gone to Qinling in search of the Central Province Ancestral Vein and Immortal Transformation Pool. He set out to join them.

• Yan Ruyu and the others returned to Qi Shi Mansion, then attacked Anping Capital and annihilated the Xiao Family and Chiyang Ancient Kingdom.
• Yan Ruyu and the others became famous across the Emperor Burial Star for their ruthless strength and powerful artifacts.
• Lu Zhou rewarded an informant with a Second-Turn Golden Elixir and learned that Yan Ruyu and the others were in Qinling.
• After hearing the news that the Central Province Ancestral Vein and Immortal Transformation Pool would emerge, Lu Zhou headed for Qinling.

Lu Zhou reunited with Yan Ruyu, Pang Bo, and their friends in Qin City, then revealed that he had returned to Earth and brought companions from beyond their domain. Ye Fan arrived and, like Pang Bo, eagerly asked whether Lu Zhou had seen their parents.

• Lu Zhou went to Qin City after learning that Yan Ruyu and the others had gathered there, and they welcomed him warmly.
• At the Nine Li Heavenly Palace, Lu Zhou summoned the Divine Knight, Audrey, Little Pine, and Yuan Gungun from the Qiankun Pearl and introduced them to his friends.
• Pang Bo recognized that Lu Zhou had returned to Earth and excitedly asked about his parents.
• A maid announced that Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, Ji Haoyue, Xia Yiming, and Xia Yilin had arrived, and they soon joined the reunion.
• Ye Fan learned that Lu Zhou had returned to Earth and urgently asked about his parents.

Lu Zhou explained how he had accidentally returned to Earth and told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that their parents were well. He gave them tablets containing videos of their families, and the chapter ended with the two men weeping as Ji Ziyue and Qin Yao comforted Ye Fan.

• Lu Zhou explained that he had unknowingly used a teleportation disk that sent him back to Earth and said he would have brought Ye Fan and Pang Bo if he had known.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo told Lu Zhou they understood and appreciated his explanation.
• Lu Zhou gave Ye Fan and Pang Bo tablets containing videos of their parents and reassured them that their families were doing well.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo watched their parents’ videos and cried as they listened to their words and saw them preparing things for their sons.
• Ji Ziyue and Qin Yao embraced Ye Fan while Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, Li Heishui, and the others quietly left the courtyard.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo received gifts and videos from Ye Fan’s parents, then reunited with Lu Zhou to discuss their recent experiences and Li Xiaoman’s connection to the Crocodile Ancestor. Ye Fan decided to find Li Xiaoman and determine whether the Crocodile Ancestor’s divine consciousness had influenced her.

• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, and Qin Yao watched videos and received food, gifts, and messages of approval from Ye Fan’s parents.
• Two days later, Ye Fan and Pang Bo met Lu Zhou, and the three friends caught up over drinks.
• Ye Fan told Lu Zhou about obtaining the Soldier Character Secret from Qin Sect and surviving assassination attempts, while Pang Bo urged retaliation against their suspected enemies.
• Lu Zhou revealed that a strand of the Crocodile Ancestor’s divine consciousness had resided in Li Xiaoman since they left Mars.
• Ye Fan said he believed the Crocodile Ancestor had influenced Li Xiaoman and decided to find her and investigate; Pang Bo supported him.

Lu Zhou told Ye Fan and Pang Bo about the futures he had changed for their families and explained Earth’s hidden strength ahead of the Dark Turmoil. He revealed the original fates of their parents and Xu Qiong, then described how he had found Xu Qiong and helped her begin cultivating.

• Lu Zhou gave Ye Fan tablets containing videos of his classmates’ families and explained why he had left their families on Earth, where powerful cultivators could protect them.
• Lu Zhou told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that Earth sheltered quasi-emperors and that the imperial corpses of four Great Emperors had given rise to Emperor Yan, Shennong, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, Laozi Li Er, and Sakyamuni.
• Ye Fan asked about the Ji Family’s future, and Lu Zhou said it would survive the Dark Turmoil but lose a hiding place and a Great Saint; he warned Ye Fan not to tell the family.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo asked Lu Zhou about the original futures of their parents, and Lu Zhou told them what had happened before he changed those futures.
• Ye Fan recalled Xu Qiong and told Lu Zhou and Pang Bo about their friendship, while Pang Bo lamented the hardships she had endured.
• Lu Zhou recounted how he found Xu Qiong, helped her open her Bitter Sea and learn cultivation, and later refused her request to travel to the Big Dipper.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo thanked Lu Zhou for changing tragedies in their lives, then discussed the Qinling Dragon Cave and the true Immortal Transformation Pool. Lu Zhou arranged for Old Gai to lead them there, and realized Old Gai had been seeking an immortal opportunity connected to the pool.

• Ye Fan and Pang Bo thanked Lu Zhou for saving Xu Qiong and protecting their families, then promised to cultivate diligently.
• Lu Zhou told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that the Qinling Dragon Cave and the true Immortal Transformation Pool were deep in the mountains, where a Quasi-Emperor was hidden.
• Lu Zhou explained that Old Gai knew where Laozi and Sakyamuni had left their marks, which identified the true Immortal Transformation Pool.
• Old Gai and Xia Jiuyou arrived at the pavilion after Lu Zhou had invited them, and Xia Jiuyou brewed divine spring water and Enlightenment Tea.
• Lu Zhou revealed that Old Gai could take them to the pool, while Old Gai showed no surprise at the mention of the Quasi-Emperor.
• Lu Zhou realized that Old Gai had been searching for an immortal opportunity tied to the true Immortal Ascension Pool.

Lu Zhou awakened Old Master Ren Mo with Old Gai’s help and secured scriptures for Jiang Tingting and Yuan Gungun. Old Master Ren Mo began studying Earth’s yin-yang teachings and guiding Yuan Gungun as news spread that the true Immortal Transformation Pool and Qinling Dragon Lair were about to appear.

• Lu Zhou explained that he wanted Old Gai to restrain Old Master Ren Mo if he awoke during a confused period, and Old Gai agreed to help.
• Old Gai recognized Yuan Gungun’s unusual yin-yang nature and understood that Lu Zhou hoped to obtain the Human Mother Sutras for him and help Dongfang Taiyi resolve his cultivation conflict.
• Lu Zhou shared ancient books about yin-yang and Taiji from Earth, which Old Gai, Ye Fan, and others studied with interest.
• Lu Zhou awakened Old Master Ren Mo while he was lucid, fed him, and explained the current era and his plans.
• Old Master Ren Mo gave Jiang Tingting the Taiyin Mother Scripture and gave Lu Zhou and Yuan Gungun both the Taiyin and Taiyang Human Mother Sutras.
• Old Master Ren Mo began guiding Yuan Gungun and studying the Earth books, while reports of the Immortal Transformation Pool and Qinling Dragon Lair grew more urgent.

Lu Zhou learned that the Immortal Ascension Ground in Qinling was a deadly terrain that could not be crossed until the Immortal Transformation Pool and Qinling Dragon Lair emerged. After Ye Fan estimated they would appear within days, Lu Zhou set out with Yan Ruyu and the others for the site.

• Li Heishui reported that people had found an inaccessible place in Qinling bearing carvings left by Sakyamuni and Laozi, and Lu Zhou identified it as an Immortal Ascension Ground.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Heishui, and the Ji Family siblings went to inspect the terrain while Lu Zhou stayed in the Nine Li Heavenly Palace with his Dao Companions.
• Lu Zhou asked Yue Ling and Yu Die about Central Continent's greatest beauty, and they explained that the title had been left vacant since the Ruthless Emperor was revered for her peerless talent.
• More than twenty days later, Ye Fan estimated that the Immortal Transformation Pool and Qinling Dragon Lair would emerge within days.
• Lu Zhou gathered Yan Ruyu and the others, met Old Master Gai and Old Master Ren Mo, and crossed through the void toward the Immortal Ascension Ground.