Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing escaped the Zheng Family Old Woman’s attack and fled toward the city gate, using his runes to conceal his aura and increase his speed. The old woman reached the gate too late and learned that he had already escaped outside the city.

• The Zheng Family Old Woman attacked Lu Qing with her Innate Pressure, but he fired an arrow that knocked her through the roof without injuring her.
• Lu Qing mocked the old woman and fled, concealing his aura with the Divine Soul Rune as she chased him.
• Lu Qing used the Earth Movement Rune to match the old woman’s speed and reach the city gate first.
• Lu Qing rushed out of the city, unseen by the guards and travelers.
• The Zheng Family Old Woman arrived at the gate, questioned a guard, and sensed Lu Qing’s aura outside the city.

Lu Qing lured the Zheng Family Old Woman into believing he was exhausted, then suddenly attacked her outside Cang Prefecture City. He severed one of her arms, while the City Lord and several Innate Realm experts pursued them from the city.

• The Zheng Family Old Woman chased Lu Qing out of the city after sensing his aura weaken, and she injured the city gate guard Old Chen on her way out.
• Old Chen told the City Lord and the Refined Old Man that the Zheng Family Old Woman had pursued someone outside the city, prompting them to follow her.
• Nearly ten li from the city, the Zheng Family Old Woman caught sight of Lu Qing and believed he was too exhausted to escape.
• The Zheng Family Old Woman halted and threatened to torture Lu Qing, then sent force toward his limbs.
• Lu Qing vanished as the large rock behind him exploded, reappeared near the old woman, and cut off her arm with a dazzling blade.

Lu Qing revealed that his earlier weakness had been a feint and fought the Zheng Family Old Woman outside the city. After she used an Innate-level burst secret method, Lu Qing activated the Vajra Strength Rune and overpowered her, leaving her mutilated as the Refined Old Man and the others rushed toward the scream.

• The Zheng Family Old Woman demanded to know who Lu Qing was after he severed her arm, but he attacked again without answering.
• The Zheng Family Old Woman used an Innate-level burst secret method and knocked Lu Qing back with her Dragon Head Crutch.
• Lu Qing activated the Vajra Strength Rune and charged at the Zheng Family Old Woman again.
• Lu Qing's blade overpowered the old woman's staff, sending her flying and knocking the crutch from her hand.
• Lu Qing caught up to the Zheng Family Old Woman in midair and cut off her remaining limbs.
• The Refined Old Man and the others heard the old woman's scream and hurried toward the fight.

Lu Qing defeated the Zheng Family Old Woman and killed her despite the arrival of other Innate Realm experts. The newcomers turned their attention to Lu Qing, while the Refined Old Man's attempt to save the old woman left his intentions in question.

• Lu Qing taunted the grievously wounded Zheng Family Old Woman, revealing that he had killed her grandson and planned to destroy her son's grave.
• The old woman raged at Lu Qing, who then slashed at her neck as the Refined Old Man and the others arrived.
• The Refined Old Man sent sword qi to stop Lu Qing, but Lu Qing evaded it and beheaded the old woman.
• The Refined Old Man grieved over Yun Mei, while the Crane-Hair Youthful-Face Old Man restrained him.
• The city lord, the Jade-Faced Man, and the other Innate Realm experts stared at Lu Qing in shock, wondering how he had killed the old woman so quickly.

Lu Qing revealed that the Zheng Family Old Woman had committed live sacrifices and demanded that the Refined Old Man repay his earlier ambush by taking one sword strike. After Lu Qing wounded him and left, the City Lord and the other Innate Realm experts decided to investigate the Zheng Family Eldest Son’s grave, while the Refined Old Man worried about his promise to someone connected to the Zheng Family.

• Lu Qing told the Innate Realm experts that the Zheng Family Old Woman had intended live sacrifices and challenged the Refined Old Man over his earlier sneak attack.
• The Refined Old Man accepted Lu Qing’s challenge, but Lu Qing’s blade forced him back and left him internally injured.
• Lu Qing declared their debt settled and departed before the City Lord could learn his name.
• The experts wondered whether Lu Qing was truly in the Postnatal Realm and discussed rumors that a great change would bring forth monstrous geniuses.
• The City Lord announced that they would open the Zheng Family Eldest Son’s grave to investigate the live-sacrifice accusation, leaving the Refined Old Man troubled by an old promise.

Lu Qing recovered from his fight with the Refined Old Man and followed him back to the State Prefecture City, where the Zheng Family's live-sacrifice crime was exposed by opening Zheng Shihao's tomb. As the Zheng Family Head collapsed under the accusation, unseen attacks destroyed the tomb and pierced his chest.

• Lu Qing healed his injuries, sensed the Innate Realm experts leaving, and followed them to the Zheng Residence.
• The Refined Old Man told the Zheng Family Head that his mother was dead, and the family saw her mutilated corpse.
• The Jade-Faced Man demanded that Zheng Shihao's tomb be opened to investigate allegations of a live sacrifice, and the Zheng Family Head unsuccessfully tried to stop them.
• The City Lord's investigators found a clay figurine and bones in the tomb, confirming that the Zheng Family had conducted a live sacrifice.
• The Zheng Family Head pleaded that he had known nothing, but the City Lord accused him of lying and he realized his family was finished.
• Powerful unseen attacks shattered Zheng Shihao's grave and tomb chambers, and one blast pierced the Zheng Family Head's chest.

Lu Qing killed the Zheng Family Head after exposing the family’s Live Sacrifice, then returned to the Zheng Residence to loot its treasuries. He reached a secret chamber beneath the Zheng Family Old Ancestor’s room, where an object caught his attention.

• Lu Qing shot and killed the Zheng Family Head, then urged the City Lord to punish the Zheng Family for its Live Sacrifice.
• The City Lord agreed to enforce the law, while Lu Qing used an Earth Movement Rune to return to the State Prefecture City.
• Lu Qing infiltrated the Zheng Residence, emptied its treasury, and suspected that the family had another hidden vault.
• Lu Qing killed the Green-Clad Matron and forced the Middle-Aged Beautiful Woman to guide him toward the Zheng Family Old Ancestor’s secret vault.
• Lu Qing cut through a Hidden Door and entered the secret chamber, where a particular object immediately drew his attention.

Lu Qing discovered that the Zheng Family’s secret chamber contained an Earth Spirit Pearl, a rare and immensely heavy Earth Element treasure, and collected it along with the chamber’s other valuables. He then killed the Middle-Aged Beautiful Woman after she realized he would not let her leave alive.

• Lu Qing examined the earthen-yellow pearl and identified it as a Purple Light Earth Spirit Pearl containing the Earth Element Law.
• Lu Qing used his Blood Qi Power to lift the thousand-jin pearl and stored it in the Universe Qi Bag.
• Lu Qing collected the remaining items from the secret chamber without inspecting them individually.
• The Middle-Aged Beautiful Woman guessed that Lu Qing intended to kill her because she had witnessed his storage abilities and pleaded for her life.
• Lu Qing reminded her of her cruelty to the Zheng Residence’s servants, then killed her with a strike to the spot between her brows.

Lu Qing escaped Zheng Residence after killing the Middle-Aged Beautiful Woman and setting fires to hide his theft. Back in the Jade Cave Chamber, he refined the Earth Spirit Pearl enough to control it and called it into his glabella aperture.

• Lu Qing confirmed that the Middle-Aged Beautiful Woman had died, then left the secret chamber and set fire to several buildings in Zheng Residence to conceal his looting.
• Lu Qing watched the fire from a tower, then left the city as the Refined Old Man and his group hurried back toward Zheng Residence.
• Lu Qing returned to Nine Li Village, went to the Jade Cave Chamber, and prepared to refine the Earth Spirit Pearl using a method from the Li Fire Sect's inheritance.
• After a long effort, Lu Qing left a Divine Soul Imprint in the Earth Spirit Pearl and gained limited control over it.
• Lu Qing activated the imprint, and the Earth Spirit Pearl shrank into a streak of light and entered his glabella aperture.

Lu Qing refined the Earth Spirit Pearl, which strengthened his body, Divine Soul, and cultivation foundation beyond their previous limits. He then sensed nine Heaven-Earth Upheavals, marking the start of a world-changing transformation that left Heaven's Secret Pavilion unable to predict what would come next.

• The Earth Spirit Pearl entered Lu Qing's glabella aperture, where it absorbed and nourished the Divine Soul Rune while strengthening his body and the space within the aperture.
• Lu Qing realized the Earth Spirit Pearl was allowing his physical body and Divine Soul to surpass their former limits, and he anticipated entering the Innate Realm with an exceptional foundation.
• Lu Qing felt nine pulses of heaven and earth and sensed that the world had become subtly more vital as its rules began to change.
• At Heaven's Secret Pavilion, a handsome young man asked the white-haired, white-bearded old man about the nine pulses.
• The old man confirmed that the Heaven and Earth Transformation had begun, but said Heaven's Secret Pavilion would wait because Tianji had become clouded and reckless action was too dangerous.

Long Tian sensed that the loosening of the Heavenly Laws could let him eventually enter the Cloud Water Secret Realm and avenge his stolen wife. Meanwhile, the Ten Directions Demon Lord slaughtered young Martial Artists to strengthen his body, then headed for Cang Province to target Lu Qing.

• Long Tian sensed the bottleneck loosening but vowed to enter the Cloud Water Secret Realm and take revenge for his wife.
• The Ten Directions Demon Lord celebrated the revival of heaven and earth and drained several captured young Martial Artists of their blood essence.
• An Innate Realm expert approached, so the Ten Directions Demon Lord concealed his aura and fled the abandoned village.
• The Ten Directions Demon Lord decided to leave Ji Zhou because the sects were guarding their young geniuses and pursuing him.
• The Ten Directions Demon Lord chose to travel to Cang Province and make Lu Qing, a famed young genius, his next target.

Lu Qing returned from a six-day seclusion after refining the Earth Spirit Pearl, while the old doctor and Wei Shanhai sensed signs that the Heaven and Earth Transformation was beginning. As Lu Qing learned how the Zheng Family had been destroyed and expelled from the State Prefecture City, the upheaval’s wider changes remained uncertain.

• The old doctor told Wei Shanhai that a disturbance in heaven and earth signaled the legendary Heaven and Earth Transformation, and Xiao Yan revealed that she had heard it too.
• Wei Shanhai wondered if Xiao Yan had exceptional talent and asked to teach her, but the old doctor said Lu Qing had made special arrangements for her cultivation.
• Lu Qing returned to the courtyard, apologized to Xiao Yan for his long seclusion, and told Wei Shanhai that he had strengthened his foundation but had not reached the Innate Realm.
• Lu Qing cooked for the old doctor and Wei Shanhai, then asked about the State Prefecture City and learned that the Zheng Family Old Woman’s Live Sacrifice had been exposed.
• Wei Shanhai said that the city lord had imprisoned the Zheng Family’s direct line, confiscated the branch clansmen’s property, and expelled them from the city after the family lost its Innate Realm support.

After sensing omens of a coming upheaval, the Old Doctor decided to travel with Lu Qing to Central Province and strengthen their abilities. They left Nine Li Village with Wei Zi'an, Ma Gu, and Xiao Yan, while the chapter ended with a disheveled figure arriving outside the village.

• The Old Doctor told Lu Qing that the Spiritual Qi Revival had brought ominous signs of disasters and upheaval, so he planned to visit the Holy Mountain in Central Province.
• Lu Qing chose to accompany the Old Doctor, and Wei Shanhai asked them to take Wei Zi'an and Ma Gu along; they agreed.
• Lu Qing and the Old Doctor prepared for the journey and promised Wei Shanhai they would leave Nine Li Village in his household's care.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Yan said farewell to the villagers, tied their Red Ropes around the Letter Tree, and departed by carriage with the group.
• The villagers returned to their routines, and two days later a disheveled figure appeared outside Nine Li Village.

The Disheveled Figure arrived at Nine Li Village seeking Lu Qing, but learned that Lu Qing and Old Doctor Chen had left for Central Province. He spared two village women who had unknowingly escaped disaster and departed, determined to hunt Lu Qing down.

• The Disheveled Figure reached the village and decided to wait outside rather than risk confronting Lu Qing's powerful master.
• He overheard two village women say that Lu Qing, Old Doctor Chen, and their companions had left for Central Province two or three days earlier.
• Pretending to be a sick old man seeking a doctor, the Disheveled Figure asked the women about Old Doctor Chen's whereabouts and learned the group might be gone for half a year to a year.
• The women gave the Disheveled Figure food, which he threw into a ditch after they left, though he chose not to kill them because a powerful aura was nearby.
• The Disheveled Figure recognized Lu Qing as a Child of Destiny and vowed to devour him before disappearing beyond Nine Li Village.

Lu Qing and his companions took shelter from an extraordinary downpour in a ruined Daoist temple, where the Old Doctor recalled the temple’s deceased Abbot. As the rain weakened, strange noise outside interrupted their conversation, leaving them alert to whoever or whatever was approaching.

• The Old Doctor guided Lu Qing and the others to an abandoned Daoist temple when a storm threatened to strand them on the road.
• Lu Qing gathered firewood, started a fire, and cooked meat porridge as the rain became a fierce downpour.
• The Old Doctor told them that the temple’s late Abbot had been his friend, a solitary man with little martial skill but a noble character.
• The group waited out the storm in the temple’s sturdy main hall, while the Old Doctor and Lu Qing worried that the abnormal rain might signal something.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Li noticed a disturbance outside, and the Old Doctor soon sensed it too before a burst of clamor reached the hall.

Doctor Chen treated Fang Tao’s injured daughter and helped his party shelter from the rain at the Daoist temple. After discovering Chill Fiend Energy in their bodies, Doctor Chen warned Lu Qing that the strange rain might signal changes beyond Spiritual Qi Revival.

• Fang Tao and his companions arrived at the temple with his unconscious daughter, and Doctor Chen treated her with acupuncture, medicine, and dry clothes.
• Doctor Chen examined Fang Tao and his disciples, found only slight chill in most of them, and asked Lu Qing to prepare ginger soup and porridge.
• Fang Tao thanked Doctor Chen as his daughter’s condition improved, and Doctor Chen said she should awaken by morning.
• After nightfall, Doctor Chen privately told Lu Qing that Chill Fiend Energy had entered Fang Tao’s party, especially the injured Miss Fang.
• Doctor Chen and Lu Qing considered that the unusual rain could mean other forces would revive alongside Spiritual Qi.

Lu Qing and Old Doctor Chen sheltered Fang Tao’s group, and Fang Rou recovered after Lu Qing treated her and prepared medicinal porridge. As heavy rain kept everyone at the temple, Fang Tao weighed the danger of the Flowing Cloud Sect’s pursuit against his gratitude to their hosts and finally decided to explain the threat.

• Lu Qing overheard Fang Tao and Da Shi discuss fleeing to Azure Province and agreed to fight the Flowing Cloud Sect if its pursuers threatened Old Doctor Chen and his companions.
• Lu Qing prepared breakfast and medicinal porridge, and Fang Rou awoke and ate the porridge.
• Old Doctor Chen examined Fang Rou and confirmed that the cold energy had mostly left her body and her wound was healing.
• Fang Tao’s group ate breakfast with Lu Qing and Old Doctor Chen while the rain kept them at the temple.
• Fang Tao offered Old Doctor Chen gold leaves, accepted his modest fee, and began to reveal the danger posed by the Flowing Cloud Sect.

Fang Tao warned Old Doctor Chen that the Flowing Cloud Sect was pursuing them, while Lu Qing quietly refined the Earth Spirit Pearl as everyone waited out the storm. The group passed the time with Beast Chess, and the chapter ended with the Disheveled Figure studying scattered stones in a distant cave.

• Fang Tao told Old Doctor Chen that the Flowing Cloud Sect was hunting them and warned that the sect was tyrannical.
• Fang Tao explained that the Flowing Cloud Sect was the strongest of Cloud Province’s three first-rate sects, with multiple Innate Realm Ancestors.
• Old Doctor Chen agreed to leave once the rain eased, while Lu Qing and the others settled in to wait.
• Lu Qing refined the Earth Spirit Pearl and sought to understand the Dao Rhyme it contained.
• Xiao Yan played Beast Chess with Xiao Li, astonishing Fang Tao’s group and drawing them over to watch.
• The Disheveled Figure stared frantically at scattered stones in a dark cave several hundred li away.

The Frigid Yin Rain concealed Lu Qing and his companions from the Disheveled Figure, who set out for Central Province to hunt him. After the rain ended and Spiritual Qi began to emerge, Lu Qing’s group traveled to Clear Wind Town, where Zhao Qianlin fled pursuers and someone deflected an arrow aimed at her.

• The Disheveled Figure failed to divine Lu Qing’s whereabouts, then headed for Central Province to wait for him.
• After the rain stopped, Fang Tao and his group parted from Lu Qing’s party, and Lu Qing sensed that Spiritual Qi had begun to revive.
• Lu Qing activated the Universe Qi Bag to absorb the faint Spiritual Qi as the carriage traveled toward Clear Wind Town.
• Near the town, Lu Qing’s party learned that armed men were attacking people and saw Zhao Qianlin fleeing from the Gray-Clad Man and his followers.
• The Gray-Clad Man shot an arrow at Zhao Qianlin, but an unseen force deflected it, prompting him to confront the occupants of the carriage.

Ma Gu and the others rescued the wounded Zhao Qianlin and learned that Flowing Cloud Sect disciples had massacred townspeople and captured her companions. When the Gray-Clad Man ordered an attack, Ma Gu drove back the sect disciples and charged at them alone.

• Ma Gu deflected the Gray-Clad Man's arrow and helped Zhao Qianlin back to the carriage.
• The Old Doctor treated Zhao Qianlin and learned that Flowing Cloud Sect disciples had slaughtered townspeople and captured her companions.
• The Gray-Clad Man admitted the sect's cruelty and ordered his disciples to seize and torture the carriage's occupants.
• Ma Gu unleashed his War Blade, repelled more than ten Flowing Cloud Sect disciples, and sent one flying with a powerful slash.
• Ma Gu charged at the remaining disciples alone as Wei Zi'an and Zhao Qianlin watched in astonishment.