Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing rescued Old Doctor from Hanging Sky Mountain’s conversion formation and returned with him to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, where he explained their feud and thanked the Pavilion Master. The Pavilion Master reassured Lu Qing that they could stay, then revealed he had sensed an exceedingly evil aura outside.

• Old Doctor asked why Lu Qing had left Lin Zhi Rui behind, and Lu Qing explained that Zhi Rui had told them to go and could reveal their origins if questioned.
• Old Doctor recounted how Hanging Sky Mountain’s monks trapped him with the Vajra Subduing Demon Formation, and Lu Qing condemned their use of it as a sign that the sect had lost its former righteousness.
• Lu Qing and Old Doctor quietly descended Holy Mountain and returned safely to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, where Ma Gu and the others welcomed them and comforted Old Doctor.
• Lu Qing thanked the Master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion for helping them, then said they should leave to avoid bringing trouble to the sect.
• The Master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion said they could remain and assured Lu Qing that Lin Zhi Rui was fine, but warned him that an exceedingly evil aura had appeared outside.

After Hanging Sky Mountain plotted to retaliate against Lu Qing and his companions, Lu Qing decided to break through to protect them and discovered that the incomplete laws of heaven and earth could not support his extraordinary Innate breakthrough. The chapter ended as several hidden auras infiltrated Heaven's Secret Pavilion and approached their courtyard.

• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion told Lu Qing that a powerful, evil presence had spied on the courtyard, so Lu Qing accepted the invitation to keep staying there.
• Lin Zhi Rui reported that Hanging Sky Mountain intended to brand Lu Qing and Old Chen as demonic, while Xuan Ming decided to have Avici Pavilion deal with Lu Qing after Hui Xin's death.
• Feeling the danger around his companions, Lu Qing stopped suppressing his cultivation and opened the Qi Aperture in his lower Dantian.
• Lu Qing drew in Heaven and Earth Primal Qi and refined True Qi, but remained in the Acquired Realm because the incomplete laws of heaven and earth could not accommodate his unusually deep foundation.
• Lu Qing sensed several concealed auras infiltrating Heaven's Secret Pavilion and moving toward the small courtyard.

Lu Qing and the Old Doctor killed four assassins who attacked their courtyard, and the Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion identified them as members of the supposedly eradicated Avici Pavilion. After learning that the assassin organization had resurfaced and revived its concealment arts, Lu Qing asked who had sent them.

• Lu Qing sensed four hidden attackers approaching and warned his master while preparing to protect Xiao Yan.
• The four Black Figures attacked Lu Qing and the Old Doctor, but Lu Qing killed two with his saber and the Old Doctor killed the other two with Sword Qi.
• The Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion identified the assassins by their tattoos as Avici Pavilion remnants and explained the group's brutal history and secret techniques.
• The Master said Avici Pavilion had improved its Interdimensional Wanderer concealment inheritance, then wondered privately how Lu Qing had detected the attackers.
• Lu Qing asked the Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion who had sent the assassins to kill them.

After Avici Pavilion assassins attacked Lu Qing and his companions, the Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion recounted the sect's mysterious survival and warned Lu Qing not to act rashly against Hanging Sky Mountain. Lu Qing tracked down the remaining assassins and launched a surprise attack with Xiao Li, beginning to eliminate them.

• Ma Gu and Wei Zi'an suspected Hanging Sky Mountain had sent the Avici Pavilion assassins, and the Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion described how Avici Pavilion's leaders had vanished after its headquarters burned centuries earlier.
• The Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion warned Lu Qing that Avici Pavilion's return was suspicious and said he would report it to Holy Mountain; Lu Qing told Lin Zhi Rui he would not act recklessly.
• Avici Pavilion assassins discovered that their first group had died and blamed Hanging Sky Mountain for giving them incomplete intelligence, but they decided to continue the mission themselves.
• Lu Qing, disguised in black and wearing a Ghost Face Mask, ambushed the assassins with Xiao Li and beheaded their Third Brother in one strike.
• Lu Qing ordered Xiao Li to kill the remaining assassins, while he charged the other three; one of them found a bloody hole in his chest and his heart missing.

Lu Qing and Xiao Li killed four Avici Pavilion assassins sent by Hanging Sky Mountain, then escaped before other martial artists arrived. Back at the courtyard, Lu Qing reflected on the threat from Hanging Sky Mountain and his stalled breakthrough, sensing that another Heaven and Earth Dao Sound might soon let him enter the Innate Realm.

• Lu Qing and Xiao Li swiftly killed four Avici Pavilion assassins, whose supposed Great Perfection cultivation came from methods that had left their foundations weak.
• Lu Qing learned from the corpses that Hanging Sky Mountain had sent the assassins and seemed to be concealing other evil deeds, then left with Xiao Li as people approached.
• Fang Xiong and the other arriving martial artists examined the devastation and bodies, and one man recognized a tattoo on a corpse.
• Lu Qing returned to the courtyard, where the Old Doctor asked whether he had finished what he needed to do and then went back to his room.
• Lu Qing considered how his and Xiao Li's abilities countered Avici Pavilion's assassins and resolved to be wary of Hanging Sky Mountain.
• Lu Qing reflected that his profound foundation had stalled his Innate Realm breakthrough, but sensed the next Heaven and Earth Dao Sound might soon let him cross the boundary.

Sect Master Qiu and the other leaders discovered that Avici Pavilion had survived, while Hanging Sky Mountain’s monks planned to use the turmoil to restore Buddhism’s influence and pursue a mysterious opportunity. As Lu Qing finished carving a protective array into Xiao Yan’s pendant, a massive disturbance shook the heavens.

• Sect Master Qiu showed the gathered leaders four slain Innate Realm experts, whose tattoos and cultivation arts identified them as remnants of Avici Pavilion.
• Xuan Nu reported that Avici Pavilion’s assassination operation had failed, and Xuan Ming urged the monks to focus on their mission to seize an opportunity on Holy Mountain.
• News of Avici Pavilion’s return spread among Central Province’s major sects, stirring unease in Holy City while Lu Qing and his companions remained undisturbed.
• Hu Ze Zhi’s leg healed, and Lu Qing completed a Basic Defense Array in Xiao Yan’s Fish Stone Pendant to protect her from danger.
• A sudden, enormous fluctuation of heaven and earth erupted as Lu Qing looked toward the sky.

The third Heaven and Earth Dao Sound rang eighteen times as the rules of heaven and earth rapidly evolved, signaling that the long-awaited opportunity on Holy Mountain was about to emerge. After the sound ended, the mountain's mists vanished and a vast White Vortex appeared above its summit.

• Lu Qing and the Old Doctor sensed the rules of heaven and earth changing and predicted the opportunity on Holy Mountain would soon emerge.
• The Black-Robed Figure welcomed the third Dao Sound, believing its end would let him formally condense his demonic body.
• Xuan Ming told the Hanging Sky Mountain monks to seize the opportunity by force if necessary, while the Cloud Water Secret Realm's Eldest Brother urged his group to put their safety first.
• The Heaven and Earth Dao Sound rang eighteen times, exceeding the nine echoes of the previous occurrences, while the world's growing majesty weighed on everyone.
• The mists around Holy Mountain dispersed, revealing a gigantic White Vortex turning high above its summit.

A White Vortex above Holy Mountain was revealed to contain World Source Energy, a rare chance to remake a cultivator’s foundation. After the vortex reshaped the world’s laws, it scattered streams of light across the land, sending experts rushing after them as some flew toward Holy City.

• Lu Qing used his Supernatural Ability to identify the White Vortex as a projection of the World Origin containing World Source Energy that could serve as a Dao Seed.
• Lu Qing realized the Source Qi could greatly improve his foundation, while a Black-Robed Figure decided to seize it to resolve his reincarnation danger and strengthen his demonic path.
• A pillar of light descended onto Holy Mountain, and the evolving laws of Heaven and Earth prompted Lu Qing, the Old Doctor, and many experts to meditate and comprehend.
• The White Vortex released streams of light across the land, and Great Monk Xuan Ming and the Cloud Water Secret Realm’s Eldest Brother ordered their disciples to pursue them.
• The secret realms sent out their own forces to chase the streams of light, while Holy City erupted into chaos as some lights headed toward it.

Several streaks of World Source Energy descended into Lu Qing’s courtyard, entering Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and Hu Ze Zhi while Lu Qing and the Old Doctor caught theirs. More than a dozen Innate Realm experts demanded the energy, but Wang Cangyi and Zhao Xiong recognized Lu Qing and his master, and Wang Cangyi warned the others about the Old Doctor’s strength.

• More than a dozen streaks of light flew from the White Vortex toward the Holy City, and Innate Realm experts raced to claim them.
• Several streaks entered Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and Hu Ze Zhi, while Lu Qing and the Old Doctor caught the two aimed at them.
• Lu Qing identified the streaks as World Source Energy and told the Old Doctor that they would need to absorb and refine it.
• More than a dozen Innate Realm experts surrounded the courtyard and demanded that Lu Qing and the Old Doctor surrender the energy.
• Wang Cangyi and Zhao Xiong recognized Lu Qing and his master from their past encounter, and Wang Cangyi warned the others that the Old Doctor had comprehended the essence of an Innate Domain.

Lu Qing faced a group of Innate Realm experts who wanted to seize the five opportunities, while the Source Qi threatened to trigger his breakthrough. After Lu Qing crippled Wang Cangyi with one saber strike and trapped the other experts with his killing intent, someone called on him to show mercy.

• Lu Qing realized that absorbing the Source Qi would force him to break through while the hostile Innate Realm experts could attack him at his weakest.
• The Innate Realm experts attacked Lu Qing’s group, but Lu Qing sent Wang Cangyi flying with one saber strike and severely injured Zhao Xiong when he tried to catch his master.
• Lu Qing challenged the remaining experts, drew a Line of Life and Death, and refused their demand for two of the five opportunities.
• An expert threatened Lu Qing’s companions, prompting Lu Qing to unleash terrifying killing intent that immobilized the Innate Realm fighters and caused Wang Cangyi to faint.
• Lu Qing reached for his Universe Qi Bag to use his trump card, but an unseen voice asked him to show mercy.

Lu Qing killed Leng Tao, Wang Cangyi, and Zhao Xiong after the Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion stopped him from slaughtering the gathered martial artists. With the courtyard secured, the Old Doctor began refining the Source Qi while Lu Qing prepared to guard the others and conceal their auras.

• The Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion and Lin Zhi Rui persuaded Lu Qing to spare the gathered martial artists, while the Old Doctor's words caused him to withdraw his killing intent.
• Lu Qing bound Leng Tao with Yuan Magnetic Power and killed him, then killed the unconscious Wang Cangyi and Zhao Xiong when Zhao Xiong tried to attack.
• Lu Qing spared the Heavenly Azure Sect Grand Elder after the Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion confirmed that Wang Cangyi had acted privately, and the remaining martial artists fled the courtyard.
• The Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion explained that the other Source Qi streams had caused conflicts and casualties, then agreed with Lin Zhi Rui to guard the courtyard while Lu Qing's group refined their opportunities.
• Lu Qing told the Old Doctor and Xiao Li to refine their Source Qi first and promised to make concealment talismans for Hu Ze Zhi and Xiao Yan; the Old Doctor's aura then surged.

Lu Qing began refining the Source Qi to break through into the Innate Realm while, in the Holy City, a demon cultivator claimed a third strand of Source Qi and escaped pursuit by Green Goat Temple. A strange Tribulation Cloud appeared over the city, drawing the attention of Taoist Yang Ming, the demon cultivator, and its other inhabitants.

• The Old Doctor concealed the Source Qi within his Dantian Qi Sea, reached the peak of Major Accomplishment, and told Lu Qing to refine it next.
• Lu Qing drew the Source Qi into his body and began comprehending its Dao Rhyme as he prepared to break through into the Innate Realm.
• A Brawny Man survived his Senior Brother’s betrayal and seized a strand of Source Qi, but a Black Figure ambushed him, drained his blood essence, and took the strand.
• Taoist Yang Ming and the Green Goat Temple Taoists pursued the Black Figure through the Holy City, but he repeatedly evaded them and fled with three strands of Source Qi.
• A gray Tribulation Cloud appeared above the Holy City, and Taoist Yang Ming and the Black Robed Man recognized it as a Tribulation Cloud and moved toward it.

Powerful factions gathered outside Heaven's Secret Pavilion as a tribulation cloud formed over Lu Qing, who realized it was testing his extraordinary foundations. He began another breakthrough to the Innate Realm, but the cloud struck him with lightning, leaving him charred amid the ruins.

• The Black Robed Man concealed himself near Heaven's Secret Pavilion while Taoist Yang Ming, Xuan Ming, and the Cloud Water Secret Realm disciples arrived and debated the tribulation cloud and a possible Exotic Treasure.
• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion recognized the cloud as a tribulation cloud and evacuated Old Doctor, Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and the pavilion's disciples from the small courtyard.
• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion and Old Doctor feared the tribulation was aimed at Lu Qing, while Xiao Yan remained determined that her brother would survive.
• Lu Qing woke from his cultivation, understood that his deep foundations had drawn a heavenly tribulation, and launched another attempt to break through to the Innate Realm.
• The tribulation cloud struck Lu Qing with a bolt of white lightning that demolished the house and left him charred and badly wounded in the ruins.

Lu Qing endured successive bolts of Tribulation Lightning, relying on the Vitality Qi that followed each strike to heal and strengthen his body. After nearly dying to the seventh bolt, he realized the Earth Spirit Pearl had made his glabella aperture unusually resistant to the tribulation, and resolved to use the ordeal to break through in the Runic Path as well as the martial path.

• Lu Qing absorbed Vitality Qi after the first bolt healed his injuries, then faced a second, stronger strike as Ma Gu and the others watched in alarm.
• Lu Qing endured successive lightning bolts, saving some Vitality Qi in his Dantian while the Old Doctor and the others watched him recover after each blow.
• By the sixth bolt, Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion realized how deep Lu Qing's foundation must be, while Monk Xuan Ming and the Black Robed Man outside suspected an exceptionally high-grade Exotic Treasure was undergoing tribulation.
• The seventh bolt nearly shattered Lu Qing's glabella aperture, but the Divine Soul Rune and Earth Spirit Pearl protected his consciousness until Vitality Qi arrived.
• Lu Qing put the Earth Spirit Pearl into the Universe Qi Bag and saw the Tribulation Cloud weaken, then realized it had intensified its strikes to break through his unusually stable glabella aperture.
• Lu Qing resolved to use the tribulation to break through the Runic Path and brought the Divine Soul Rune out of his glabella aperture.

Lu Qing endured the ninth tribulation lightning bolt, survived near-fatal injuries, and reached the Innate Realm as his Divine Soul Rune transformed. Heaven and Earth granted him two Divine Abilities, but Great Monk Xuan Ming and the monks from Hanging Sky Mountain arrived and demanded the rune as an Exotic Treasure.

• Lu Qing used his Divine Soul Rune to share the burden of the eighth lightning bolt and absorbed lightning in an attempt to transform the rune from yin to yang.
• Lu Qing faced the ninth lightning bolt, which nearly destroyed his body, but survived by relying on his Divine Soul Power and Earth Vein Spirit Liquid.
• Lu Qing absorbed the dense Vitality Qi, recovered his body, and reformed his Divine Soul Rune with a warmer, more restrained aura.
• Two streams of light bestowed Divine Abilities on Lu Qing as the tribulation clouds dispersed.
• Great Monk Xuan Ming and the Hanging Sky Mountain monks rushed to Lu Qing, and Xuan Nu demanded that he hand over his Divine Soul Rune as an Exotic Treasure.

After surviving the tribulation and entering the Innate Realm, Lu Qing was mistaken for an Exotic Treasure’s guardian and wounded Xuan Nu with a single blade aura. He confronted Xuan Ming over the Avici Pavilion assassins and attacked the Hanging Sky Mountain monks; as Lu Qing gathered power to break their golden barrier, Xuan Ming brought out a Vajra Pestle and prepared to fight.

• Taoist Yang Ming and the others arrived as Xuan Nu lunged for Lu Qing’s Divine Soul Rune, which Lu Qing drew into his brow before cutting off Xuan Nu’s arm and grievously wounding him with a blade aura.
• Xuan Ming recognized Lu Qing, who accused Hanging Sky Mountain of sending the Avici Pavilion assassins; Xuan Ming denied the connection and warned Lu Qing not to be misled.
• Lu Qing declared that he would kill the monks and attacked, sending Xuan Ming’s Golden Bowl flying and severing most of the Hanging Sky Mountain monks at the waist with his blade aura.
• Xuan Ming used prayer beads to stabilize the wounded monks, while the surviving Elders activated the Golden Bowl to shield them from Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing gathered power to break the barrier, and Xuan Ming brought out a Vajra Pestle, declared Lu Qing demonic, and prepared to kill him.

Monk Xuan Ming used Hanging Sky Mountain’s Demon Subduing Vajra to immobilize Lu Qing, but Lu Qing had only pretended to be subdued and secretly took the artifact. He revealed the theft and attacked Xuan Ming, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Taoist Yang Ming identified the Demon Subduing Vajra as a powerful treasured artifact, and Lu Qing learned its properties through the information in his vision.
• Xuan Ming changed formations and used the vajra’s golden light to appear to fix Lu Qing’s divine soul, while Lu Qing privately assured Old Doctor that he was unharmed and only acting.
• Xuan Ming and the other monks decided to capture Lu Qing and redeem him into a puppet, strengthening the vajra’s power as it descended over him.
• Lu Qing grasped the Demon Subduing Vajra and made it disappear, severing Xuan Ming’s connection to it and leaving the monks and spectators stunned.
• Lu Qing picked up his war blade, mocked Xuan Ming, and vanished before reappearing to strike him.

Lu Qing overwhelmed the Hanging Sky Mountain Elders, killing the five who attacked him and exposing Xuan Ming’s feigned death. As Lu Qing tried to finish Xuan Ming, an unknown sword qi intervened and blocked his blade qi.

• Lu Qing struck Xuan Ming with his War Blade, crushing his shoulder through the Red Kasaya’s protection and burying him in the ground.
• Five Hanging Sky Mountain Elders attacked Lu Qing, but he broke their combined force with a roar and killed them one by one.
• The observing powerhouses watched Lu Qing’s victory in fear, while a concealed figure wondered how he had become so powerful.
• Lu Qing discovered that Xuan Ming was still alive and pretending to be dead, then declared that no Hanging Sky Mountain monk would leave alive.
• An unknown strand of sword qi intercepted Lu Qing’s blade qi just before it could kill Xuan Ming.

Lu Qing rejected Bai Qingfeng’s request to spare Xuan Ming and challenged the Third Holy Master to a fight. Bai Qingfeng neutralized Lu Qing’s first attack with his domain, but Lu Qing pressed on, and Bai Qingfeng drew a sword as Lu Qing launched a more powerful strike.

• The gathered experts recognized the white-haired newcomer as Bai Qingfeng, the Third Holy Master, and Lu Qing’s supernatural ability revealed that he was a Puppet Avatar with limited strength outside the Holy Mountain.
• Bai Qingfeng asked Lu Qing to spare Xuan Ming, offering to owe him a favor, but Lu Qing refused and insisted that Bai Qingfeng honor the Holy Mountain’s policy of staying out of private grudges.
• When Bai Qingfeng said he would take Xuan Ming away by force, Lu Qing challenged him to a fight; Bai Qingfeng agreed to exchange three moves and promised to withdraw if Lu Qing forced him back half a step.
• Lu Qing unleashed a storm of saber qi, but Bai Qingfeng froze and dispersed it with his domain, which Taoist Yang Ming identified as Divine Fusion with Heaven and Earth.
• Lu Qing attacked again with a lightning-fast saber strike, and Bai Qingfeng sensed its power and drew a longsword.

Lu Qing forced the Third Holy Master to retreat with a burst of speed, winning their wager and revealing that he was the one who had undergone tribulation. The Third Holy Master then fought him in earnest, and their battle ended the chapter with one of them hurled through a house.

• Lu Qing and the Third Holy Master exchanged sword and blade strikes, and Lu Qing was driven back while remaining unharmed.
• The Third Holy Master realized Lu Qing had undergone tribulation, shocking Xuan Ming, Taoist Yang Ming, and the other experts.
• Lu Qing prepared his third move, unleashed a terrifying aura, and rushed at the Third Holy Master with enough speed to make him retreat.
• Lu Qing shattered the Third Holy Master's restraints and pursued him, forcing both fighters into a full-power battle.
• The two fought fiercely until a figure flew out of the dust and smashed through a house.