Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou spent two months studying Yaoguang’s inheritances and refining his cultivation before Yao Xi reminded him that his Holy Son ceremony was the next day. She also told him Monkey had arrived to see him, likely because he had learned that Lu Zhou possessed the Silkworm Princess.

• Weiwei panicked after seeing some of Lu Zhou’s thoughts and flew away from the pavilion.
• Lu Zhou visited Yaoguang’s Scripture Repository Hall, where Elder Bai welcomed him and let him study freely.
• Lu Zhou studied Yaoguang’s techniques and sages’ cultivation notes for two months, gaining insights into his rudimentary scriptures and strengthening his foundation.
• Yao Xi visited Lu Zhou and reminded him that his Holy Son ceremony was scheduled for the next day.
• Yao Xi told Lu Zhou that Monkey had arrived to see him, and Lu Zhou realized Monkey had likely come because he had learned about the Silkworm Princess.

After learning that Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, Shi Yao, and the others had arrived at Yaoguang, Lu Zhou brought the jealous Yao Xi to his Wuji Dojo and revealed his greatest secret to reassure her. Yao Xi accepted his feelings and initiated a kiss, and the two became intimate.

• Yao Xi told Lu Zhou where Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, Shi Yao, and the others had been assigned, then flew ahead toward Holy Maiden Peak.
• Lu Zhou caught up with Yao Xi, carried her to Holy Son Peak, and led her into his private quarters despite her attempts to make excuses.
• Lu Zhou asked whether Yao Xi still felt wronged, then brought her to the Wuji Dojo.
• At the mountaintop, Lu Zhou showed Yao Xi his greatest secret and asked whether she still thought he did not value her.
• Yao Xi said she no longer felt wronged, clung to Lu Zhou, and kissed him before they became intimate.

Lu Zhou and Yao Xi attended the grand ceremony celebrating his appointment as Saint Son Yaoguang, where leaders and young heirs from many major forces gathered. Lu Zhou rejected the claim that he had Great Emperor Bearing, but Yaoguang's members instead declared that he had True Immortal Bearing, and the chapter ended with the first man to say so getting beaten in secret.

• Yao Xi and Lu Zhou rested after their exhausting night, then washed up and left the Wuji Dojo for Lu Zhou's Holy Son Palace.
• An elder invited Lu Zhou to the Saint Son Ceremony, which Yaoguang had prepared as a major gathering for forces from across the regions.
• Rulers and heirs from the Jiang Family, Great Xia, the Feng Clan, the Purple Mansion, the Ji Family, Mount Sumeru, the Demon Emperor Hall, and the Jin Family arrived to attend.
• Lu Zhou told Yaoguang's members not to call him a figure with Great Emperor Bearing and pointed to Wang Teng of the Wang Family instead.
• Yaoguang's members interpreted Lu Zhou's words as proof that he had True Immortal Bearing, and the phrase spread through the crowd.
• On a dark, windy night, the Yaoguang great power who first declared Lu Zhou had True Immortal Bearing was stuffed into a sack and left with prominent bumps on his head.

At Yaoguang’s Saint Son ceremony, Lu Zhou’s display of divine halos astonished the crowd, and he met Ye Fan and Monkey at a gathering of young cultivators. He promised to help revive the Silkworm Princess, leaving Monkey delighted and the group heading to join the gathering.

• Lu Zhou appeared at the ceremony with one hundred and eight divine halos, stunning Yaoguang’s guests and disciples.
• Lu Zhou joined Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, Monkey, and the young bandits after the ceremony.
• Lu Zhou told Monkey he had prepared to bring the Silkworm Princess back to life and asked him to meet after the gathering.
• Monkey eagerly accepted Lu Zhou as his brother, and Lu Zhou returned the sentiment.
• Lu Zhou and the others reached Yao Xi’s gathering, where Hua Yunfei greeted Lu Zhou after his zither performance.

Lu Zhou attended Yao Xi’s gathering at Azure Cloud Peak, where he drew the attention of the younger generation and spent three days chatting with the women present. After the gathering, Ye Fan traded him the Origin Scripture, Fourth-Generation Origin Master inheritance, and Phoenix Blood Red Gold for the Fighting Character Secret, then departed with the Big Black Dog as Monkey came to see Lu Zhou.

• Lu Zhou arrived at the gathering and became the center of attention as Holy Maidens and other women gathered around him.
• The three-day gathering ended without conflict, and Ye Fan told Lu Zhou he planned to visit the Fire Domain before returning to the Northern Region.
• Ye Fan gave Lu Zhou the Origin Scripture and inheritance from the Fourth-Generation Origin Master, and Lu Zhou passed the Fighting Character Secret to Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan described how the Black Emperor’s formation platform had sent them into the Primordial Ancient Mine, where they found Emperor Hengyu’s weapon-refining site and a turtle-shaped treasure.
• Ye Fan traded Lu Zhou a piece of Phoenix Blood Red Gold, then left with the Big Black Dog, while Monkey went to find Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou rescued the Silkworm Princess from divine source with Undying Divine Phoenix Liquid, and she revived from a cocoon. He asked Monkey and the Silkworm Princess to support him if the Primordial Races ever threatened him, and she agreed.

• Lu Zhou revealed the Silkworm Princess sealed in divine source, and Monkey realized she had remained untouched.
• Lu Zhou freed the Silkworm Princess, removed the war spear from her chest, and used five drops of Undying Divine Phoenix Liquid to heal her.
• The Silkworm Princess formed a cocoon as her life aura strengthened, and Monkey thanked Lu Zhou for saving her.
• Lu Zhou asked Monkey and the Silkworm Princess to stand with him once if hostile Primordial Races ever overwhelmed him, and Monkey pledged his support.
• The Silkworm Princess emerged from the cocoon and told Lu Zhou that she had his back.

Lu Zhou reunited the Silkworm Princess with the Little Silkworm and told them and Monkey about the world and the Battle Saint Buddha’s whereabouts. He promised to investigate a dangerous lifespan-extending treasure for the War Saint King, then watched the Little Silkworm trigger gathering tribulation clouds as it prepared to leave.

• The Silkworm Princess recovered enough to return to Silkworm Ridge, and Lu Zhou explained the modern world to her and Monkey.
• Lu Zhou told Monkey and the Silkworm Princess that the Battle Saint Buddha was the War Saint King and was atop Mount Sumeru, then explained that he would investigate a dangerous treasure that could extend the War Saint King’s life.
• The Silkworm Princess, Monkey, and the Little Silkworm prepared to leave for Silkworm Ridge, and the Little Silkworm promised to visit Lu Zhou again.
• Lu Zhou gave the Little Silkworm another chunk of divine source, and tribulation clouds gathered overhead as the Little Silkworm looked up in confusion.

Lu Zhou protected Little Silkworm through its tribulation, helping it advance to its third transformation while surviving an even more terrifying tribulation of his own. After the Silkworm Princess and Monkey left, four women confronted Lu Zhou as they prepared to depart, leaving him caught in an awkward situation.

• The Silkworm Princess learned from Monkey about Lu Zhou's power and connections, and realized he hardly needed her protection.
• Lu Zhou blocked the nine violet bolts targeting Little Silkworm, drawing down a massive tribulation that included humanoid lightning and the Earth Wind Water Fire Great Tribulation.
• Lu Zhou survived the tribulation, and Little Silkworm emerged unharmed after advancing to its third transformation as a little kirin.
• Lu Zhou told Little Silkworm to seek him out whenever it sensed an approaching tribulation, then bid farewell to the Silkworm Princess and Monkey.
• An Miaoyi and Yan Ruyu announced they were leaving, while Yao Xi and Shi Yao watched Lu Zhou alongside them, creating a tense situation he called a shura field.

Lu Zhou diverted Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and Shi Yao from their planned confrontation by revealing news of a mature Immortal Divine Medicine. After Yan Ruyu and An Miaoyi left for the Northern Region and Yao Xi followed them, Lu Zhou and Shi Yao traveled to the Jade Pool.

• Lu Zhou sensed that Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and Shi Yao were gathering to teach him a lesson and announced that he had news about an Immortal Divine Medicine.
• Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and Shi Yao urged Lu Zhou to obtain the medicine, and he explained that he would first visit the Jade Pool and the Azure Flood Dragon King's small world.
• Lu Zhou concluded that Yao Xi had stirred up the situation, then warned her through a voice transmission.
• Yan Ruyu and An Miaoyi left through Yaoguang's spatial gate for the Northern Region, and Yao Xi fled with them.
• Shi Yao teased Lu Zhou after the others departed, and the two traveled through Yaoguang Holy Land's spatial gate to the Jade Pool.

Lu Zhou visited Jade Pool, where he helped the Queen Mother and Shi Yao assess and protect their Stone Kings. He discovered that one Stone King held the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son and took it away to conceal and control him.

• Jade Pool’s Queen Mother and Shi Yao welcomed Lu Zhou and asked him to reinforce the seals on restless Stone Kings and appraise their Origin Stones.
• Lu Zhou used his Origin Heaven Divine Eye to inspect Jade Pool’s Female Sacred Spirit, judged that she was developing like a human, and gave her blood to nourish her.
• Lu Zhou sealed a transparent Stone King with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal and revealed that its egg held the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son.
• The Queen Mother, Yang Yi, and Shi Yao entrusted the Stone King to Lu Zhou, who stored it and the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal in his Qiankun Pearl.

Lu Zhou appraised the Jade Pool Holy Land’s seven Stone Kings, then grew closer to Shi Yao during his stay. After becoming lovers, he brought her into his Wuji Dojo and shared its collection of scriptures and secret arts with her before leaving for the Azure Flood Dragon King’s small world.

• Lu Zhou identified a Primordial Saint’s tomb, a Conjoined Immortal Blossom, and two inscrutable Stone Kings among Jade Pool’s treasures; Yang Yi, Shi Yao, and the Jade Pool Queen Mother followed his advice in handling them.
• Lu Zhou revealed that the final Stone King contained red hair tainted by Origin God and Origin Ghost, so Yang Yi and the others destroyed it from a distance.
• After spending more than ten days at Jade Pool, Lu Zhou left for the Azure Flood Dragon King’s small world with Yang Yi as his hidden Guardian of the Dao.
• Lu Zhou and Shi Yao became lovers in a sea of flowers, and Shi Yao said she might have fallen for him after repeatedly dreaming about him.
• Lu Zhou brought Shi Yao into his Wuji Dojo, showed her its scriptures and secret arts, and told her he wanted them to become a true immortal couple.

Lu Zhou reunited with Yan Ruyu in Yunze Prefecture and gave her a King Medicine to pass on to the Azure Flood Dragon King. After arriving at Yan Ruyu’s palace, he raised concerns about Qin Yao’s connection with Ye Zi, then invited Yan Ruyu to bathe with him.

• Lu Zhou arrived in Yunze Prefecture, where demons escorted him toward the Azure Flood Dragon King’s small world and Yan Ruyu came out to welcome him.
• Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu he had come because he missed her, and they flew together by jade boat to the small world.
• Lu Zhou gave Yan Ruyu a King Medicine to extend the Azure Flood Dragon King’s lifespan by four hundred years.
• Qin Yao and the demon girls welcomed Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu to the palace, where Yan Ruyu arranged a bath for Lu Zhou.
• Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu he suspected Qin Yao and Ye Zi might grow closer, and asked her to look after Qin Yao.
• Yan Ruyu began undressing Lu Zhou to serve him in the bath, and Lu Zhou invited her to bathe with him too.

Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu shared a tender private moment, and Yan Ruyu revealed the wedding clothes her parents had left for her. They dressed as bride and groom, bowed to one another, and celebrated their marriage together.

• Yan Ruyu bathed Lu Zhou in the spring pool, and he fell asleep beneath her hands.
• After waking, Lu Zhou washed Yan Ruyu's hair, and they spoke about his hometown and her wish to be dressed up by him.
• Lu Zhou returned with Yan Ruyu to her quarters and found red wedding decorations and garments prepared at her dressing table.
• Yan Ruyu explained that her parents had left the wedding clothes for her, while Lu Zhou described the grand wedding he had hoped to give her someday.
• Lu Zhou dressed Yan Ruyu in bridal makeup and robes, and she dressed him in a scarlet wedding robe.
• The two bowed to each other, drank wedding wine, and spent their wedding night together.

Lu Zhou brought Yan Ruyu to the Wuji Dojo, explained the Crown Prince’s origins and the secrets of the Immortal Realm, and prepared to give the Crown Prince’s body to her Nineteenth Ancestor. He extracted the Crown Prince’s Divine Sense Avatar and began searching its soul for the treasures left by the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

• Lu Zhou showed Yan Ruyu the Emperor Scriptures at the Wuji Dojo and offered her the Demon Emperor Scripture and other cultivation texts.
• Yan Ruyu told Lu Zhou that the Palace of Immortality had stabilized the Nineteenth Ancestor and that Pang Bo was progressing quickly under his guidance.
• Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu that he had captured the Crown Prince, explained his immortal phoenix lineage, and revealed that the Immortal Realm existed.
• Lu Zhou warned Yan Ruyu to keep the secrets of the Undying Heavenly Emperor and immortals concealed, then showed her the Crown Prince’s egg beneath the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal.
• Lu Zhou cut open the Mysterious Stone, drew the Crown Prince’s Divine Sense Avatar from the egg, and forcibly searched his soul.

Lu Zhou soul-searched the Crown Prince, learned the locations of the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s legacy, and seized the prince’s treasures. After giving Yan Ruyu a shield and Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Lu Zhou left with her for the Palace of Immortality.

• Lu Zhou sealed the Crown Prince’s mouth and used the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal to stop him from burning his primordial spirit, then searched his memories.
• Lu Zhou learned where the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s residence and the Eight Divisions Divine Generals were hidden, and obtained the complete Undying Immortal Phoenix Scripture.
• Lu Zhou annihilated the Crown Prince’s divine sense, entered the small world inside his egg with Yan Ruyu, and moved its divine spring into his Qiankun inner world.
• Lu Zhou took the Crown Prince’s shield, Undying Divine Phoenix Liquid, two pendants, and a piece of Phoenix Blood Red Gold.
• Lu Zhou gave Yan Ruyu the shield and Phoenix Blood Red Gold, and she accepted the materials for refining her own Dao vessel.
• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu left the Qiankun Pearl and headed for the Palace of Immortality.

Lu Zhou accompanied Yan Ruyu through the Palace of Immortality and warned her about a sealed Primordial Being hidden there. In the ninth hall, they reunited with Pang Bo and helped Wan Nian transfer into Crown Prince’s vessel, leaving Wan Nian to adjust to his new body.

• Lu Zhou examined the Palace of Immortality’s Dao patterns, recognized it as a Yellow Springs Tomb, and warned Yan Ruyu about the Primordial Being sealed within it.
• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu entered the ninth hall and found Pang Bo on an altar, where Wan Nian spoke through his body.
• Wan Nian approved of Lu Zhou as Yan Ruyu’s partner, and Lu Zhou offered him Crown Prince’s vessel as a new body.
• Wan Nian sensed Crown Prince’s pure phoenix bloodline, accepted the vessel, and predicted he would be fully reborn within half a year.
• Wan Nian transferred into Crown Prince’s vessel, and Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, and Pang Bo left him to acclimate.

Lu Zhou signed in at the Palace of Immortality and obtained the complete Saint Body Secret Realm Cultivation Method, then reunited with Pang Bo and shared news about Ye Fan. After Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu cultivated in seclusion and grew stronger, Qin Yao reported that Qing Yi and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King had come to see Yan Ruyu.

• Lu Zhou signed in at the Palace of Immortality and received the complete Saint Body Secret Realm Cultivation Method.
• Lu Zhou celebrated Pang Bo's freedom with wine and told him that Ye Fan was refining his cauldron in the Fire Domain and had reached the Dao Palace secret realm.
• Pang Bo drank himself unconscious after thanking Lu Zhou for saving him, and Lu Zhou sent two demons to carry him away to rest.
• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu studied scriptures and secret techniques in seclusion, improving their cultivation and combat power.
• Qin Yao reported that Qing Yi and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King had arrived and wanted to see Yan Ruyu.

The Golden-Winged Little Peng King came to propose marriage to Yan Ruyu and insulted Lu Zhou, provoking Yan Ruyu into attacking him. The two began a fierce battle as the Peng King’s followers watched.

• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King called Lu Zhou a lecher and demanded that he leave Yan Ruyu, then declared his intention to marry her and become the Demon Emperor.
• Yan Ruyu rebuked the Golden-Winged Little Peng King and told him to leave, but he challenged Lu Zhou to fight without an Imperial weapon.
• Lu Zhou decided to kill the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, but Yan Ruyu struck first, using the Fighting Saint Method and Mountain Embracing Seal to attack him.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King used Heavenly Peng Extreme Speed to evade and shatter Yan Ruyu’s attacks, then summoned his One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.

Lu Zhou confronted the Golden-Winged Little Peng King after he attacked Yan Ruyu and boasted about his strength, then overwhelmed him with a relentless series of slaps. The Old Peng King appeared through a strand of divine sense, but Lu Zhou resumed beating the Golden-Winged Little Peng King in front of him.

• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King attacked Yan Ruyu and challenged Lu Zhou to fight him and Yan Ruyu together.
• Lu Zhou shattered the Golden-Winged Little Peng King's golden swords with a black giant hand and struck him with a slap he barely evaded.
• Lu Zhou used Dao patterns to catch the Golden-Winged Little Peng King and repeatedly slapped him through the air, taunting him about his weakness and his disrespect toward Yan Ruyu.
• The Old Peng King appeared from the Golden-Winged Little Peng King's sea of consciousness, interrupting Lu Zhou's assault long enough for the Golden-Winged Little Peng King to recover.
• Lu Zhou ignored the Old Peng King and resumed slapping the Golden-Winged Little Peng King in front of him.

Lu Zhou crushed the Golden-Winged Little Peng King in front of Old Peng King, shattering the younger man's pride before refusing to kill him. After Old Peng King left with his grandson, Ye Fan and Big Black Dog arrived badly injured, and Ye Fan began to explain what had happened.

• Lu Zhou continued slapping the Golden-Winged Little Peng King despite Old Peng King's warning, while Old Peng King arrived in person but dared not intervene because of the deadly presence surrounding Lu Zhou.
• Lu Zhou's beating reduced the Golden-Winged Little Peng King's body to ruin and shattered his Dao heart, leaving him in tears and begging for death.
• Lu Zhou told the Golden-Winged Little Peng King that he was not worthy of dying by his hand, then left with Yan Ruyu as Old Peng King departed carrying his grandson's head.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King later transformed, grew stronger, passed the Heavenly Peng Clan's Nine Saint Trials, and became known to later generations as the Second Tyrant Immortal.
• Ye Fan and Big Black Dog arrived injured, and Ye Fan began telling Lu Zhou the long story of what had happened to them.