Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou publicly repeated rumors linking Yaoguang’s Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron to the Ruthless Emperor, prompting Saint Son Yaoguang to deny them and reject any accusation of an attack. Lu Zhou then escalated the confrontation by claiming a man named Chen said Yaoguang Holy Land stood atop the Ruthless Emperor’s grave and planned to relocate.

• Lu Zhou brought up rumors that Yaoguang’s Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron had been made as an offering to the Ruthless Emperor, unsettling Yaoguang’s Saint Son, Jiang Yifei, and other powerful onlookers.
• Saint Son Yaoguang declared the rumors false, defended Yaoguang’s history of sacrifices, and argued that the Holy Land had no reason to attack Lu Zhou and Haoyue.
• Lu Zhou insisted he had never accused Yaoguang and said he had only repeated what a mysterious man named Chen told him.
• Lu Zhou added that Chen had claimed Yaoguang Holy Land was built atop the Ruthless Emperor’s grave and intended to relocate before her tomb opened and unleashed a great terror.

Lu Zhou exposed his suspicions about Yaoguang Holy Land while admitting he lacked proof, hoping to spur others to investigate its hidden Ruthless Emperor lineage. He then challenged Saint Son Yaoguang to demonstrate the Sacred Light Art, leaving the crowd waiting for his answer.

• Holy Master Yaoguang angrily confronted Lu Zhou over his rumors, and Peacock King attacked him, reigniting their battle.
• Lu Zhou urged Yaoguang to investigate its own foundations, while a Yaoguang great power threatened him and Azure Flood Dragon King asked whether he had proof.
• Lu Zhou admitted he had no evidence and explained why he could not safely expose the hidden Ruthless Emperor lineage directly.
• Lu Zhou challenged Saint Son Yaoguang to demonstrate the Sacred Light Art, and the crowd turned its attention to his response.

Lu Zhou agreed to fight Saint Son Yaoguang in Divine City one month later, then headed there with Ye Fan and Big Black Dog. After arriving, he targeted Yaoguang’s stone workshops for gambling, drawing a crowd eager to watch.

• Saint Son Yaoguang accepted Lu Zhou’s challenge but postponed their full-strength battle for one month, and Lu Zhou chose Divine City as the location.
• The Yaoguang people and Ji Family departed, while rumors about Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, and the Bronze Immortal Palace spread across the region.
• Lu Zhou asked Ye Fan and Big Black Dog about their plans, and both chose to accompany him to Divine City.
• Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King opened a domain gate, bringing Lu Zhou’s group to Divine City.
• Lu Zhou’s group went straight to Yaoguang Stone Workshop, where Big Black Dog announced that Lu Zhou would gamble Yaoguang’s Northern Region workshops into bankruptcy.
• The great bandits of the Northern Region, Jiang Family members, and Jade Pool Saintess hurried to Divine City to see what would happen.

Lu Zhou and his companions entered the Holy City, where the Big Black Dog revealed Lu Zhou was an inheritor of the Origin Master lineage and spread word that he would gamble at the Yaoguang Stone Workshop. Lu Zhou began selecting Origin Stones amid ridicule and confrontation, ending as he offered ten jin of pure Origin for a stone.

• The Azure Flood Dragon King guided Lu Zhou and his companions into the Holy City and explained its history and grandeur.
• The Big Black Dog revealed Lu Zhou’s Origin Master inheritance, and Lu Zhou offered to help the Azure Flood Dragon King, the Peacock King, and the Big Black Dog find valuable Origin Stones.
• The Big Black Dog announced that they would gamble the Yaoguang Holy Land’s stone workshops into bankruptcy, drawing crowds and mockery to the Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
• Tuoba Ye challenged Lu Zhou to gamble on stones, but Lu Zhou ignored him and started selecting stones while the Big Black Dog insulted him.
• Lu Zhou selected stones from the first Stone Garden, produced ten jin of pure Origin, and told the Yaoguang Stone Workshop he would buy a stone priced at that amount.

At Yaoguang Stone Workshop, Lu Zhou selected a supposedly worthless “Red Inside White” Origin Stone, drawing ridicule from Tuoba Ye and other spectators. Lu Zhou and his companions remained confident in the stone, while Tuoba Ye provoked Black Emperor and the confrontation escalated.

• Lu Zhou chose the “Red Inside White” Origin Stone at Yaoguang Stone Workshop, prompting Tuoba Ye to mock his Origin Technique skills.
• Spectators explained that the stone was considered worthless and had supposedly been placed in the garden as an ornamental rock after the Tuoba Family appraised it.
• Several well-meaning gamblers urged Lu Zhou to choose another stone before paying, but Lu Zhou smiled and kept his choice.
• Ye Fan and Big Black Dog trusted Lu Zhou’s judgment and believed the stone contained Origin.
• Tuoba Ye taunted Lu Zhou by insisting he could still change stones, then snapped at Black Emperor after the dog insulted him.

Lu Zhou won a fortune by cutting open an Origin Stone, while the Black Emperor humiliated Tuoba Ye after he failed to match its wager. As Lu Zhou prepared to cut a notorious Ghostly Cracked Stone, Tuoba Chang arrived and tried to stop him.

• The Black Emperor wagered a soybean-sized piece of divine source against Tuoba Ye, who could not produce enough source to match it.
• The Black Emperor exposed Tuoba Ye's feigned faint and knocked him unconscious by sitting on his face and releasing Imperial Sacred Qi.
• Lu Zhou bought a Red Inside White Origin Stone and cut out roughly a hundred jin of pure source, earning more than ten times his stake.
• Lu Zhou selected a hundred-jin Ghostly Cracked Stone, which onlookers said was supposedly empty because ancient Origin Ghosts had gnawed it.
• Tuoba Chang arrived with a group from the Tuoba Family and called for Lu Zhou to wait, but Lu Zhou ignored him as he prepared to cut the stone.

Lu Zhou ignored the Tuoba Family’s attempt to confront him until Tuoba Chang challenged him to an Origin Technique wager, then killed Tuoba Chang instantly through a stone. As news of Lu Zhou’s formidable Origin Technique mastery spread, he finished cutting open the Ghostly Cracked Stone, shocking the crowd.

• Lu Zhou continued cutting the Ghostly Cracked Stone while Tuoba Chang and his companions demanded his attention, and the Black Emperor traded insults with Tuoba Family disciples.
• Tuoba Chang challenged Lu Zhou to an Origin Technique wager, and Lu Zhou accepted after warning that life and death were not considered.
• Tuoba Chang set the terms: each would choose three stones, with the winner taking everything the loser had, and the wager began.
• As Tuoba Chang approached a stone, it exploded and killed him instantly; Lu Zhou declared he would kill anyone else who challenged him.
• The Black Emperor and Ye Fan split Tuoba Chang’s two hundred thousand jin of pure source while news of Lu Zhou’s victory spread toward the Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
• Lu Zhou finished cutting open the Ghostly Cracked Stone, and cries of shock rang through the stone garden.

Lu Zhou continued winning at Yaoguang Stone Workshop, drawing crowds and becoming the center of attention in Holy City. On his third day, he entered the Heaven-tier Stone Garden and found four people blocking his way, as Yao Xi warned him that Yaoguang Holy Land was involved in the coming challenge.

• Lu Zhou cut profitable Origin Stones throughout Yaoguang Stone Workshop until closing, prompting spectators to swear off gambling there.
• The young master of Heavenly Demon Palace invited Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and other young elites to a banquet, where Lu Zhou confirmed to Yao Xi that he intended to bankrupt Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
• Lu Zhou returned the next day and won every gamble as he swept through every Stone Garden except the Heaven-tier garden.
• The prince of Great Xia hosted Lu Zhou and his companions at Wonderful Desire Lake, where they heard that the successor of Wonderful Desire Nunnery would soon emerge.
• On the third day, Lu Zhou entered the Heaven-tier Stone Garden and found four people blocking his path; Yao Xi transmitted that Yaoguang Holy Land was involved in the planned Origin Technique contest.

Lu Zhou recognized that Yaoguang Holy Land and the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families had set up an Origin Technique wager to weaken or kill him, but he accepted their challenge. After Lu Zhou and his opponents each put up ten million jin of source, the duel began in Yaoguang's Heavenly-tier Stone Garden.

• Lu Zhou realized that the challenge was likely a scheme by Yaoguang Holy Land and the Ruthless Emperor lineage, motivated by his recent winnings from Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
• Lu Zhou entered the Heavenly-tier Stone Garden, where the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families had proposed a wager of two million jin of source.
• Lu Zhou demanded that his opponents gather ten million jin of source and challenged them to face him together, then produced ten million jin himself.
• Nangong Qi accepted Lu Zhou's terms, and the opposing side gathered ten million jin of source without waiting an hour.
• Lu Zhou and his opponents began selecting stones separately, starting the Origin Technique duel as the crowd followed them.

Lu Zhou turned the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families’ attempt to kill him into a counterattack, wiping out everyone they had brought to the Yaoguang Stone Workshop. He calmly continued selecting stones as the stunned onlookers realized what he had done.

• Lu Zhou restrained a crimson dragon attack with the Dragon Restraint Technique, prompting onlookers to conclude that he had inherited the Origin Master lineage and obtained the Origin Scripture.
• Nangong Qi demanded that Lu Zhou return the Origin Scripture, but Ye Fan’s comparison to demanding Emperor Scriptures left the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families speechless.
• Lu Zhou secretly altered more than thirty killing traps set by the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families throughout the bamboo grove.
• Lu Zhou stomped the ground, triggering the altered traps and killing Nangong Qi and every other member of the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families present.
• The horrified onlookers recognized Lu Zhou’s retaliation while he continued selecting stones as though nothing had happened.

After Lu Zhou slaughtered the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families and won the wager, Holy Master Yaoguang restrained his faction from provoking him and considered sending Yao Xi away. Lu Zhou continued cutting stones throughout the Yaoguang Stone Workshop, uncovering valuable treasures, and left the crowd watching as he approached the Demon Embryo.

• A Yaoguang great power tried to use Lu Zhou's slaughter as an excuse to attack him, but Holy Master Yaoguang warned him not to stir up trouble.
• Holy Master Yaoguang reflected on Yaoguang's losses and his hatred for the Ruthless Emperor lineage, then resolved to send Yao Xi away from the conflict.
• Lu Zhou collected both Origin Mountains after defeating the Four Great Ancient Origin Technique Families and continued buying and cutting stones.
• Lu Zhou uncovered rare origins, sealed treasures, and sacred materials, while important figures bid for them and Demon Race experts guarded him.
• Lu Zhou swept through nearly all the other Origin Stones in the Yaoguang Stone Workshop and headed toward the Demon Embryo.

Lu Zhou bought and opened several mysterious stones at Yaoguang Stone Workshop, uncovering an Immortal Divine Medicine seed, an Ancient King’s head, a living Monkey, and the sealed Silkworm Princess. The Monkey escaped, while Lu Zhou stored the seemingly lifeless girl and her battle-spear-pierced origin source in his Qiankun Pearl.

• Lu Zhou bought the Demon Embryo for one hundred and twenty thousand jin of origin source and cut out a divine medicine seed, prompting a frenzy of bids and anger at Yaoguang’s Origin Technique Grandmaster.
• Lu Zhou bought the Immortal Tomb, the Great Elephant, and the Blood Sacrifice Altar before cutting the Great Elephant and revealing origin source containing what appeared to be an Ancient King’s head.
• Lu Zhou opened the Immortal Tomb and released a living Monkey, but the Great Powers and Holy Masters failed to stop it from escaping the Holy City.
• Lu Zhou cut open the Blood Sacrifice Altar and found the Silkworm Princess sealed inside origin source, pierced by a battle spear.
• Lu Zhou stored the Silkworm Princess and her enclosing origin source in his Qiankun Pearl without breaking it open.

Lu Zhou distributed treasures to the allies who had supported him and turned down offers to sell his rarest finds, while several powerful forces publicly backed him. After leaving Yaoguang Stone Workshop, he surprised the Holy City by entering Ji Family Stone Workshop the next day.

• Lu Zhou gave Divine Source, medicines, and crafting materials to Big Black Dog, Ye Fan, Peacock King, Azure Flood Dragon King, Crow Daoist, Xu Tianxiong, and other allies, who accepted his gifts and remembered his favor.
• Lu Zhou refused to sell the Kirin Divine Medicine seed and other treasures, prompting several onlookers to reveal killing intent before Peacock King, Xu Tianxiong, the Jade Pool Queen Mother, and the Jiang Family Holy Lord declared their support for him.
• The Jiang Family Holy Lord told Lu Zhou that the Divine King and Fairy Caiyun had married and arrived in Holy City with Little Tingting, and Lu Zhou promised to visit them soon.
• Powerful elders began considering ways to match Lu Zhou with women from their families and forces so they could gain his favor.
• Lu Zhou left Yaoguang Stone Workshop, then entered Ji Family Stone Workshop the next day with his companions and Big Black Dog, exciting gossip lovers who recalled the Ji Family's grudge against him.

Lu Zhou visited the Ji Family Stone Workshop with Ye Fan and the Black Emperor, offering to buy up to five Origin Stones rather than repeat his destruction of the Yaoguang Stone Workshop. After the Ji Family Eighth Ancestor accused him of coercion, Lu Zhou challenged the Ji Family Holy Lord to respond.

• Ji Ziyue greeted Ye Fan and Lu Zhou happily, while Ji Haoyue held her back among the Ji Family members.
• A Ji Family elder asked whether Lu Zhou intended to wreck their workshop as he had the Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
• Lu Zhou said he wanted only to buy up to five Origin Stones, warning that he could gamble for them instead if the Ji Family refused.
• The Ji Family Eighth Ancestor accused Lu Zhou of forcing the Ji Family, and the Azure Flood Dragon King reminded him that the Ji Family had started its conflict with the Demon Race.
• Lu Zhou told the Eighth Ancestor he could show him what real coercion meant, then asked the Ji Family Holy Lord for his view.

Lu Zhou eased tensions with the Ji Family, then opened two of the five stones he had bought at their Stone Garden. The second revealed a tiny dragon-like creature, which Lu Zhou lured with divine Origin after sealing off its escape.

• The Ji Family Holy Lord asked his clan to restrain its conflict with Lu Zhou, then personally accompanied Lu Zhou and the Demon Race through the Stone Garden.
• Lu Zhou bought five stones and agreed to open two of them, while storing the Immortal Music Stone, Dragon Head Stone, and the stone containing the little fatty in the Qiankun Pearl.
• Lu Zhou opened the Divine Moon Stone and found a piece of divine Origin inside.
• Lu Zhou cut open the dark green stone stool and revealed a tiny dragon-like creature inside its divine Origin.
• The Azure Flood Dragon King, Demon Race experts, and great bandits sealed the area as Lu Zhou lured the creature with divine Origin and promised it would never lack Origin if it followed him.

Lu Zhou took the Little Silkworm to the Dao Yi Stone Workshop and toured it with the Dao Yi Holy Lord, keeping the visit peaceful. He opened two stones for the crowd, kept the Nine-Orifice Stone Man intact, and left after arranging to visit the Dao Yi Holy Land in the future.

• Lu Zhou lured the Little Silkworm onto his shoulder with Divine Origin, and the little creature snatched the other girls’ offerings without letting them pet it.
• The Ji Family Stone Garden guardian and the Jade Pool Queen Mother and Holy Maiden discussed the Little Silkworm’s possible origins as Lu Zhou departed for the Dao Yi Stone Workshop with Ye Fan and the Demon Race experts.
• The Dao Yi Holy Lord welcomed Lu Zhou, who assured the Dao Yi Holy Land that he intended only to look around and said he hoped to visit and discuss the Dao someday.
• Lu Zhou toured the Dao Yi Stone Workshop with a crowd of onlookers and bought several stones.
• At the Dao Yi Holy Lord’s request, Lu Zhou opened two stones containing Divine Origin but refused to cut open the Nine-Orifice Stone Man, which he planned to nurture in his Qiankun Pearl.
• Lu Zhou put away the Nine-Orifice Stone Man and the stone containing the roots of a Humanoid Immortal Medicine, then left after agreeing to visit the Dao Yi Holy Land in the future.

Lu Zhou attended An Miaoyi’s early debut at Wonderful Desire Lake, where he watched her captivate the crowd with her beauty and qin playing. He explained that she sought someone able to protect and free her from Wonderful Desire Nunnery’s worldly role, then arrived with his companions at the palaces where she would receive guests.

• Li Heishui and the little bandits invited Lu Zhou to Wonderful Desire Lake for An Miaoyi’s debut, which Wonderful Desire Nunnery had moved forward amid the excitement surrounding Lu Zhou and Saint Son Yaoguang.
• An Miaoyi arrived by jade boat, and Lu Zhou judged her beauty equal to Yan Ruyu’s as Yao Xi, Shi Yao, and Ji Ziyue teased him about admiring her.
• An Miaoyi played the qin, winning the crowd’s praise, while Lu Zhou dismissed their flattery and said she wanted someone who could protect her and free her from worldly entanglements.
• Lu Zhou and the others boarded a treasure ship and saw Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, and Ji Haoyue among the guests; Ji Haoyue frowned at Ji Ziyue beside Ye Fan.
• An Miaoyi emerged from the palaces and recited a verse about finding a way to betray neither Buddha nor beloved.

At Wonderful Desire Lake, Lu Zhou reflected on An Miaoyi’s unresolved bond with Ye Fan while questioning why she had approached him after his clash with the Ruthless Emperor lineage. An Miaoyi gathered selected guests to discuss the Dao, revealed a bronze cauldron tied to a Supreme Emperor Weapon, and Lu Zhou suddenly strode toward her.

• An Miaoyi danced at Wonderful Desire Lake and recited words about struggling to choose between love and Buddhist practice, prompting Lu Zhou to reconsider her character and her history with Ye Fan.
• Lu Zhou reflected that Ye Fan’s choices and silence had contributed to An Miaoyi severing her connection to him, then wondered whether her appearance had a deeper purpose after his clash with the Ruthless Emperor lineage.
• An Miaoyi invited a select group of cultivators through an Immortal Gate of Enlightenment into the palaces to discuss the Dao.
• An Miaoyi asked Lu Zhou for guidance on source techniques, then steered the gathering toward Ye Fan and his Desolate Ancient Saint Body.
• An Miaoyi produced a small bronze cauldron marked with a ghost face and explained that the Divine Body, Saint Body, and Heavenly Demon Body were needed to obtain half of a Supreme Emperor Weapon.
• Lu Zhou lost interest, stood up, and strode toward An Miaoyi, startling everyone in the palaces.

Lu Zhou offered An Miaoyi a chance to reveal what she knew about the Ruthless Emperor lineage, then discussed her inheritance with Ye Fan. As Lu Zhou stopped letting the original novel dictate his choices, he broke through to the third level of the Four Extremities realm.

• Lu Zhou told An Miaoyi he would give her one chance to obtain the Dual Complete Method and privately warned her that there would only ever be one Ruthless Emperor.
• Lu Zhou left the palaces with Ye Fan and, on a mountain overlooking the Holy City, revealed that An Miaoyi had inherited part of the Ruthless Emperor’s legacy.
• Ye Fan suspected An Miaoyi was plotting against him and Lu Zhou, but Lu Zhou cautioned him not to jump to conclusions and decided to leave the choice to An Miaoyi.
• Lu Zhou realized that his reliance on the original novel had become a restraint, cast off some of its influence, and broke through to the third level of the Four Extremities realm.
• Ye Fan sensed Lu Zhou’s fearlessness and recognized that he had entered a Dao Rhyme state.

Lu Zhou recovered from a soul transformation and explored how to cultivate the Lotus Seed, discovering that Divine Body blood could catalyze its growth. He then stored the resulting lotus seeds and examined several unusual Origin Stones inside Qiankun Heaven and Earth.

• The Divine King, Yang Yi, an old man at Tianxuan Stone Workshop, and An Miaoyi each sensed or watched Lu Zhou from elsewhere in the Holy City.
• Lu Zhou awoke feeling renewed, and Ye Fan congratulated him before Lu Zhou explained his understanding of the Four Extremities realm.
• Lu Zhou visited Little Nannan inside Qiankun Heaven and Earth, then surveyed the expanded inner world and its treasures.
• Lu Zhou fed Ji Haoyue's Divine Body blood and preserved Sacred Body blood essence to the Lotus Seed, which underwent nirvana and produced three lotus seeds.
• Lu Zhou placed the new seeds in a jade box and entered another isolated world, where he inspected Origin Stones enhanced by the World Tree's essence.