Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, and Yang Yi entered a hidden palace of the Undying Heavenly Emperor in the Northern Region, which Lu Zhou uncovered and sealed off with an Origin Heaven Maze Formation. They discovered its abundant spiritual medicines and floating palaces, but their arrival awakened the Primordial Beings guarding the gate.

• Ye Fan told Lu Zhou and Pang Bo that he and Big Black Dog had escaped several groups of pursuers by fleeing into the Fire Domain, where they recovered and refined their weapons for two months.
• Ye Fan and Big Black Dog stayed in the small world to heal and cultivate, while Lu Zhou left with Yan Ruyu and Yang Yi for a forbidden region in the Northern Region.
• Lu Zhou used Origin Heaven techniques to survey the barren landscape and set up an Origin Heaven Maze Formation to conceal and seal the area.
• Lu Zhou used a secret method from Crown Prince's memories to open a hidden ancient path and led Yan Ruyu and Yang Yi into the Undying Heavenly Emperor's palace.
• Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, and Yang Yi found dense spiritual energy, ancient medicines, and palaces floating above the mountains, while Primordial Beings sealed in divine source began to awaken.

Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, and Yang Yi cleared the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s palace of its sealed Primordial Beings and took control of its mountain peaks. Their greatest discovery was a living portion of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree bearing more than a thousand leaves.

• Yang Yi destroyed the Primordial Beings guarding the mountain gate with a technique modeled on the Western Emperor Tower.
• Lu Zhou took control of the first peak’s formations, and Yang Yi eliminated the sealed Primordial Beings they encountered as they searched its palace.
• Lu Zhou found and took the stone chessboard that let cultivators challenge the Undying Heavenly Emperor at their own cultivation level.
• Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, and Yang Yi repeated their search across the remaining peaks, bringing the palace under their control and collecting medicines, weapons, and artifacts.
• The three discovered a living portion of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree with over a thousand leaves, which Yang Yi and Yan Ruyu recognized as a world-shaking treasure.

Lu Zhou signed in at the Heavenly Emperor's Palace and obtained the Healer Secret before moving the palace and its treasures into his Qiankun Heaven and Earth. After escaping with Yang Yi and Yan Ruyu, he shared some of the spoils with them, and the three used Enlightenment Ancient Tea to enter a state of Dao enlightenment.

• Lu Zhou signed in at the Heavenly Emperor's Palace and acquired the Healer Secret of the Nine Secrets.
• Lu Zhou collected the entire palace and its treasures into his Qiankun Heaven and Earth, expanding it by a fifth.
• Lu Zhou, Yang Yi, and Yan Ruyu erased traces of their visit and escaped to a distant oasis using self-destructing Mysterious Jade Platforms.
• Yang Yi declined a formal share of the spoils, but Lu Zhou gave her Enlightenment Tea Leaves, divine spring water, medicines, and a Saint King Weapon.
• Lu Zhou gave Yan Ruyu medicines, divine spring water, Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and King-grade divine weapons.
• Yan Ruyu brewed Enlightenment Ancient Tea with divine spring water, and the three gained insights in a state of Dao enlightenment.

After a month of cultivation, Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu traveled to Licheng, where clues to the Nine Secrets had drawn many powerful figures and familiar faces. Lu Zhou joined the gathering for amusement and curiosity about a Chaos Stone, while Ye Fan and the others prepared to search for the Nine Secrets.

• Lu Zhou, Yan Ruyu, and Yang Yi returned from their month-long retreat, during which Yan Ruyu reached the consummate Four Extremities Realm and Lu Zhou grew stronger after consuming Azure Lotus Seeds.
• Yan Ruyu told Lu Zhou that Big Black Dog had persuaded Ye Fan and Pang Bo to visit Azure Flood Dragon King's treasury, where Ye Fan resonated with a Sacred Body and became entangled with Qin Yao.
• Lu Zhou advised Yan Ruyu to keep an eye on Qin Yao, then traveled with her and Yang Yi to Licheng after hearing that clues to the Nine Secrets had appeared there.
• Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu arrived openly in Licheng and drew Azure Flood Dragon King, Peacock King, Northern Region bandits, Yao Xi, Shi Yao, An Miaoyi, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Big Black Dog, and others to them.
• Ye Fan told Lu Zhou that Immoral Taoist had located old Licheng and identified possible great tombs to excavate, and said the group felt more confident about finding the Nine Secrets now that Lu Zhou had arrived.

Lu Zhou watched the factions gather in Licheng and let Ye Fan and Big Black Dog pursue the Nine Secrets, which he had already obtained. When a great tomb was discovered, the younger powerhouses rushed inside while Lu Zhou and his companions moved closer to watch.

• Lu Zhou told the Immoral Taoist he had no interest in the Nine Secrets, then privately told Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, and the others that he had obtained a clue to the Xingzi Secret.
• Lu Zhou confirmed to Ye Fan and Big Black Dog that he had obtained the Nine Secrets and encouraged them to try finding it themselves.
• The Immoral Taoist led Ye Hei, Big Black Dog, and the Jiang Family's two moons toward another tomb while Lu Zhou stayed back with Yan Ruyu and the others.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King fought the Jiang Family divine body as the factions gathered, and Lu Zhou observed that the Peng King had recovered and grown more restrained.
• After a great tomb and treasures beneath it were announced, the young powerhouses attacked the Yin people and Yin horses and rushed into the underground city.
• Lu Zhou told Yan Ruyu and the others to move closer and watch as the larger spectacle began.

Lu Zhou led his group into Wushi's Sleeping Palace, where they discovered the tomb's Yin-filled passages and the sacred halls built beyond them. In the Hall of Light, Lu Zhou knocked aside its guardian, and a scramble for the beast-hide scroll containing the Nine Secrets began.

• Ji Ziyue joined Lu Zhou's group after Shi Yao agreed to let her stay by their side.
• Lu Zhou's group fought off Yin soldiers and learned from Lu Zhou that a peak Great Sage had arranged the tomb in an attempt to prove the Emperor Dao through his corpse.
• Lu Zhou led the group through the sacred jade halls to the Hall of Light, where they saw three enormous coffins and found other cultivators attacking a translucent seven-story tower.
• Lu Zhou slapped the tower aside, and the cultivators rushed toward the black divine platform and its beast-hide scroll.
• Lu Zhou stopped An Miaoyi and the other women from joining the rush and told them to watch the show.

At Wushi's Sleeping Palace, Lu Zhou collected the Chaos Stone while Ye Fan escaped with a scroll and left the Immoral Taoist to face the factions. After signing in and traveling with Yan Ruyu and the others, Lu Zhou reached Luanyunzhou and remembered someone whose first appearance was there.

• Ye Fan used the Cauldron of Myriad Mother Qi to approach the Chaos Stone, took the ancient beast-hide scroll, hid the brocade, and let the Immoral Taoist take the blame for the scroll pointing to Purple Mountain.
• Pang Bo and Big Black Dog attacked the Immoral Taoist after he tried to seize Ye Fan's cauldron, while Ye Fan and his companions escaped with a Mysterious Jade Platform.
• Lu Zhou destroyed the ancient tower, gave it to Yan Ruyu and the others, then collected the Chaos Stone with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal as the frozen cultivators regained their freedom.
• The Immoral Taoist was left to face the arriving factions with the scroll, while Lu Zhou led Yan Ruyu and the others out and signed in at Wushi's Sleeping Palace to obtain three uses of Great Emperor-level comprehension.
• Lu Zhou traveled with An Miaoyi and the others, heard that Ye Fan was being hunted over his cauldron, and arrived at Luanyunzhou, where he recalled someone whose first appearance was there.

Lu Zhou and his group went to Shanyan City while the factions pursued Purple Mountain and younger cultivators hunted Ye Fan for his cauldron. In a tavern, Xia Jiuyou confronted the scheming hunters and struck Li Rui, just as Lu Zhou arrived.

• Lu Zhou told the leading disciples of Yaoguang, Jade Pool, and Misty Palace they could investigate Purple Mountain if they wished.
• Lu Zhou and his group reached Shanyan City and heard that people had gathered at a tavern to search for Ye Fan.
• Li Rui claimed he was seeking Ye Fan to help Yaoguang's Saint Son, while Ji Biyue questioned his motives.
• Xia Jiuyou mocked Li Rui and the other hunters for coveting Ye Fan's cauldron and openly declared her own ambitions.
• Xia Jiuyou attacked Li Rui with a Dao Stele, forcing him to brace himself as the floorboards cracked.
• Lu Zhou and his group arrived upstairs, and Lu Zhou applauded as Li Rui prepared to counterattack.

Lu Zhou met Xia Jiuyou’s challenge and negotiated a wager before agreeing to fight her outside Shanyan City. They left for the outskirts to settle the contest, with the crowd following to watch.

• Lu Zhou arrived at the tavern with his companions as Xia Jiuyou challenged him to a fight.
• Lu Zhou agreed to wager his Kirin Divine Medicine seed and insisted Xia Jiuyou offer an equivalent stake.
• Xia Jiuyou offered her life, but Lu Zhou instead asked her to play the zither for him for ten years if she lost.
• Xia Jiuyou realized Lu Zhou knew her origins and accepted the wager.
• Lu Zhou and Xia Jiuyou flew outside Shanyan City to fight, and the crowd followed them.

Xia Jiuyou and Lu Zhou fought a fierce battle in Shanyan City, matching her Nine Nether Immortal Melody and divine abilities against his techniques evolved through the Fighting Character Secret. The battle continued with Lu Zhou unharmed behind the Wushi Bell as Xia Jiuyou’s Eye of the Divine struck it.

• Xia Jiuyou began the fight with the Nine Nether Immortal Melody, and onlookers speculated that she was connected to Gai Jiuyou.
• Lu Zhou used the Fighting Character Secret to evolve nine black dragons modeled on the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal and attack Xia Jiuyou’s pure land.
• Xia Jiuyou merged with the Dao and used beasts and Dao diagrams to destroy the dragons, then summoned black-gold armor and an immortal sword to break their assault.
• Xia Jiuyou praised Lu Zhou’s strength and fired a beam from the Eye of the Divine at him.
• Lu Zhou evolved a Wushi Bell with the Fighting Character Secret and blocked Xia Jiuyou’s repeated divine beams without injury.

Lu Zhou defeated Xia Jiuyou by entering her Pure Land with the Xingzi Secret and restraining her, then publicly disciplined her while revealing that she was a girl. He sent her away with Undying Divine Liquid to heal Gai Jiuyou’s Dao Injury, leaving Xia Jiuyou shaken as she opened the bottle in the void passage.

• Lu Zhou entered Xia Jiuyou’s Pure Land with the Xingzi Secret and bound her, interrupting her Tribulation Crossing Immortal Melody.
• Lu Zhou spanked and lectured the restrained Xia Jiuyou while the crowd watched, and her fallen jade crown revealed that she was a girl.
• Lu Zhou released Xia Jiuyou to her two old servants and gave her a jade bottle containing Undying Divine Liquid for Gai Jiuyou.
• Xia Jiuyou and the two servants entered a domain gate, and Xia Jiuyou opened the bottle in the void passage to find its powerful vitality and phoenix aura.

Lu Zhou reunited with Ye Fan and his companions, discussed the plots surrounding Ye Fan, and learned that Duan De might be behind the scheme in Luanyunzhou. As Shi Yao and the other women prepared to return and forge their Dao vessels, An Miaoyi committed to pursuing alchemy.

• Lu Zhou met Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, and the others east of Pingyan City, and Ye Fan described the recent attempts on his life.
• Ye Fan explained that he and Black Emperor planned to exploit those hunting him, then watch for another schemer who had drawn Ji Biyue, Li Rui, and Xiang Yifei to Shanyan City.
• Lu Zhou identified Duan De as the likely schemer and agreed with Ye Fan's group to observe what happened before deciding whether to follow their original plan.
• Lu Zhou said Shi Yao and the other women would return to refine their Dao vessels, using the immortal metals he had given them.
• An Miaoyi planned to forge the Phoenix Blood Red Gold into a pill furnace and follow the alchemical Dao, and Lu Zhou and the other women supported her with medicinal materials and offers of help.

Lu Zhou traveled through the Northern Region, studying dragon veins and reflecting on the transformations his body had undergone. His physique completed its transformation, and the system prompted him to name it, while a sudden sense of impending danger struck him.

• Lu Zhou and the women parted ways with Ye Fan before the women returned home to consolidate their cultivation.
• Yan Ruyu, An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and Shi Yao each met Lu Zhou in turn and spent a night with him during his travels.
• Lu Zhou continued exploring the Northern Region and realized that Emperor blood and Lotus Seeds had nourished his body's gradual transformation.
• The system announced that Lu Zhou's physique transformation was complete and asked him to name his new physique.
• As Lu Zhou considered the changes to his body, waves of palpitations warned him that a great terror was approaching.

Lu Zhou drew down a terrifying Great Dragon Tribulation and used it to temper his body, Dao-bearing vessel, and Divine Sense Avatar. After defeating eighty-one heavenly dragons, his blood transformed into nine-colored blood, leaving Yang Yi stunned.

• Lu Zhou emerged from the Qiankun Pearl as tribulation clouds gathered, and Yang Yi asked whether he was about to break through.
• The Great Dragon Tribulation engulfed Lu Zhou, who sat within the lightning and used it to temper himself and comprehend the Dao.
• Lu Zhou's spine began transforming as his Wheel Sea and Dao Palace resonated, and he charged into the sky to face eighty-one heavenly dragons.
• Lu Zhou destroyed all eighty-one dragons with his attacks, though he sustained some injuries.
• Lu Zhou's blood changed from crimson to nine-colored, and Yang Yi watched the extraordinary transformation from afar.

Lu Zhou survived the Great Dragon Tribulation, slaughtered all eighty-one heavenly dragons, and reached great completion of the fourth transformation of the Dragon Transformation Realm. He named his newly completed physique the Limitless Dao Body and prepared to continue advancing.

• Yang Yi watched Lu Zhou kill all eighty-one heavenly dragons and wondered whether his physique surpassed the Desolate Ancient Saint Body.
• Lu Zhou absorbed the heavenly dragon essence, while his spine, Divine Sense Avatar, and Qiankun Pearl gained nine-colored power and new Dao patterns.
• Lu Zhou saw Young Great Emperors manifested within the Ancient Heavenly Court, but the tribulation ended before they attacked him.
• Lu Zhou assessed his cultivation as great completion of the fourth transformation and concluded he had surpassed Ye Fan at the same stage.
• Lu Zhou named his minor-completion physique the Limitless Dao Body, and his system panel updated with the name.

Lu Zhou continued exploring the Northern Region, refining his understanding of dragon veins and the Limitless Dao Body, before encountering the Purple Mansion Holy Maiden, Zixia. They spoke about their unlikely meeting and his attraction to her, while Zixia teased him about his closeness with Yao Xi and Shi Yao.

• Lu Zhou studied the Northern Region's mountains and dragon veins, becoming more adept at seizing their law fragments after reaching the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Lu Zhou assessed his Lesser Accomplishment Limitless Dao Body and believed that support from the Enlightenment Tree Heart Pendant and World Tree could make it surpass the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo.
• Lu Zhou spotted Zixia comprehending heaven and earth atop a mountain and reflected on his curiosity about her hidden appearance.
• Zixia noticed Lu Zhou, and the two exchanged greetings when he arrived before her.
• Lu Zhou told Zixia that he had been thinking about her just before they met, and she teased him by asking whether he feared she would tell Yao Xi and Shi Yao.

Lu Zhou and Zixia traveled through the Northern Region, where they treated villagers and shared personal stories. When Zixia asked what he had thought about her, Lu Zhou confessed he had imagined having many children with her and revealed that he possessed the Limitless Dao Body.

• Lu Zhou and Zixia wandered through the Northern Region, and Lu Zhou felt that walking beside her brought him closer to the Dao.
• They treated the people of a small village for free, and Zixia explained that an ancestor of the Purple Mansion Sacred Land had rescued her after an epidemic killed her village.
• As they watched the sunrise over snow-covered mountains, Zixia said she simply followed her heart rather than thinking about becoming a ray of light for others.
• Zixia asked what Lu Zhou had thought about when he remembered her, and he explained that he had considered the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo and imagined having a hundred or eighty children with her.
• Zixia asked about the constitution people believed Lu Zhou possessed, and he told her it was the Limitless Dao Body, a name she had never heard before.

Lu Zhou reunited with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Big Black Dog, and Tu Fei outside Ice Snow Palace as they pursued Li Rui, a Yaoguang cultivator who had ambushed Ye Fan. Lu Zhou backed their plan to kill Li Rui, leaving the group ready to confront him.

• Lu Zhou and Zixia encountered Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Big Black Dog, and Tu Fei in the snowy wilderness near Ice Snow Palace.
• Pang Bo explained that they had come to capture Li Rui, who had joined others in ambushing Ye Fan to steal his Cauldron of Myriad Mother Qi, divine source, and immortal gold.
• Ye Fan said Li Rui had been gravely wounded and had hidden in Ice Snow Palace to recover.
• Tu Fei asked Lu Zhou what they should do with Li Rui, and Lu Zhou said they should kill him if he deserved it, regardless of his ties to Yaoguang.
• Big Black Dog celebrated Lu Zhou's support, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo had worried about putting Lu Zhou in a difficult position.

Lu Zhou joined Ye Fan and the others on their way to Ice Snow Palace after learning that people from Yaoguang and Purple Mansion had targeted Ye Fan. The group continued through the snow, where they spotted a frail elderly man and Yang Yi appeared beside Lu Zhou.

• Ye Fan showed Lu Zhou the Golden Steel Ring containing Yaoguang's Ten Great Experts, and Lu Zhou ordered him to kill them; Ye Fan poured out their ashes.
• Tu Fei greeted Zixia as Lu Zhou's sister-in-law, and Zixia denied it before saying she would not interfere with Ye Fan's response to Purple Mansion's attack.
• Ye Fan told Lu Zhou that he had cut Divine Mark Purple Gold from Nine Heavens Holy Land's stone workshop, drawing attention to his treasures.
• Lu Zhou traveled with Ye Fan and the others toward Ice Snow Palace, suspecting they might enter Myriad Dragon Nest and find the Immortal True Dragon Divine Medicine.
• Pang Bo spotted a figure in the snow, and Yang Yi appeared beside Lu Zhou as they recognized the figure as a frail elderly man.

Lu Zhou met the still-living Gai Jiuyou at Ice Snow Palace, where Gai Jiuyou sought answers about the Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine Liquid and how Lu Zhou knew of his Dao Injury. Lu Zhou agreed to explain privately, leaving Ye Fan and the others behind as they brawled with Big Black Dog.

• Lu Zhou's group encountered a frail old man in the snow, and Lu Zhou recognized him as Gai Jiuyou.
• Gai Jiuyou confirmed his identity, stunning Tu Fei, Pang Bo, Yang Yi, and the others.
• Gai Jiuyou asked why Lu Zhou had gifted him the Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine Liquid and how he had learned about his Dao Injury.
• Lu Zhou agreed to answer and led Gai Jiuyou away to talk privately.
• Big Black Dog complained about being left behind, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo hit it as a fight broke out.