Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing defeated the Third Holy Master, killed Xuan Ming, and looted the fallen Hanging Sky Mountain monks. He exposed and pursued a hidden demonic-path figure, but the man escaped with the Celestial Demon Disintegration Art, leaving Lu Qing with a mysterious Ink Jade Bottle and a new connection to Taoist Yang Ming.

• The Third Holy Master conceded defeat after Lu Qing wounded him, warned him about Xuan Ming’s status, and departed.
• Lu Qing killed Xuan Ming, searched his corpse and other Hanging Sky Mountain Elders, and took their treasures, including the Red Kasaya.
• Lu Qing detected a concealed Black-Robed Figure and attacked him, forcing him to flee as Taoist Yang Ming identified him as someone of the demonic path.
• The Black-Robed Figure used the Celestial Demon Disintegration Art to escape, leaving behind several items, including an Ink Jade Bottle that Lu Qing collected.
• Taoist Yang Ming explained the escape art and introduced himself as a member of Green Goat Temple, while Lu Qing agreed to make contact with him.

After surviving tribulation, Lu Qing learned that the black-robed man had escaped and lost the Source Qi, while Taoist Yang Ming warned that Hanging Sky Mountain might seek revenge. Lu Qing reunited with his companions, discovered Hu Ze Zhi’s calamity had ended, and joined Lin Zhi Rui in preparing for the dangers accompanying heaven and earth’s revival.

• The injured black-robed man discovered the Ink Jade Bottle and its Source Qi were gone, then fled into the forest and vowed to reclaim what he had lost.
• Taoist Yang Ming gave Lu Qing a token for Green Goat Temple and warned him that Hanging Sky Mountain might send Protectors after him for killing Xuan Ming.
• Lu Qing returned to the tower, comforted Xiao Yan, apologized for destroying the courtyard, and reunited with his master and companions.
• Lu Qing and the others noticed that the black qi on Hu Ze Zhi’s forehead had disappeared, and Lu Qing suggested her calamity had ended after the black-robed man was driven away.
• Lin Zhi Rui worried that demons and other threats had returned with the revival of heaven and earth, but Lu Qing urged him to face them with confidence.

After surviving the Thunder Tribulation, Lu Qing examined his transformed body and divine soul, tested his new ability to make Spiritual Energy Talismans, and reflected on how other cultivators might learn to refine spiritual energy. He began cultivating his two growth-type Divine Abilities and left the Old Doctor quietly training in the neighboring room.

• Lu Qing sensed that the Thunder Tribulation and Source Qi had transformed his body into an Innate Body and strengthened his divine soul.
• Lu Qing compared Primal Qi Talismans with stronger Spiritual Energy Talismans and stored five Spiritual Energy Talismans in his glabella aperture.
• The Old Doctor sensed Lu Qing cultivating, then unfolded his Innate Domain and trained without disturbing him.
• Lu Qing identified his two new innate Divine Abilities as Great Strength, which multiplied his strength and defense, and Illusion, which trapped weaker souls in an illusion.
• Lu Qing judged that both Divine Abilities could grow stronger through cultivation and kept them in reserve after using Great Strength against the Third Holy Master's Puppet Avatar.

After his breakthrough, Lu Qing learned that his two innate Divine Abilities were Minor Divine Powers that could be cultivated to higher ranks. He examined his recovered treasures and discovered that a black jade bottle contained Source Qi, while the Black Robed Man remained nearby, wounded and unable to flee.

• Lu Qing studied the Divine Ability ranks and cultivation methods, then resolved to master his two Minor Divine Powers as he improved his cultivation.
• Lu Qing returned the Earth Spirit Pearl to his glabella aperture and found that his stronger Divine Soul Power would let him refine it within three days.
• Lu Qing examined the recovered treasures and identified the black and white jade bottles as Artifact-grade containers that concealed their contents and preserved medicinal potency.
• Lu Qing broke the restriction on the black jade bottle, causing the distant Black Robed Man to feel the restriction's destruction and resent Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing sensed Source Qi inside the black jade bottle and was delighted by the discovery.

After refining nine strands of Source Qi, Lu Qing’s body transformed and began radiating treasure light, placing his physical strength on par with a Foundation Establishment Stage Body Cultivator. While he rested, news of his tribulation and victory over the Third Holy Master spread across Central Province, drawing the attention of a powerful figure who set out to find him.

• Lu Qing refined nine strands of Source Qi, causing his body to transform and radiate white treasure light.
• Lu Qing recognized that his physical strength had reached the level of a Foundation Establishment Stage Body Cultivator and considered practicing body cultivation.
• Lu Qing sealed the two jade bottles, stored the remaining five strands of Source Qi and Xuan Ming’s Buddhist Artifacts, then went to sleep.
• News of Lu Qing’s tribulation, slaughter of the Hanging Sky Mountain monks, and defeat of the Third Holy Master spread through the major sects of Central Province.
• A powerful figure, angered that someone had undergone tribulation transcendence before him, decided to seek out Lu Qing and vanished from his mountaintop.

Lu Qing prepared protective jade talismans for Hu Ze Zhi and Xiao Yan, then decided to leave Holy City with Old Doctor Chen and their companions. He refused the three Holy Masters’ invitation to the Holy Mountain and departed, leaving Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion to report his decision.

• Lu Qing carved aura-concealing, defensive jade talismans for Hu Ze Zhi and Xiao Yan to protect the Source Qi within them.
• Lu Qing and Old Doctor Chen decided to return home, and Hu Ze Zhi chose to travel with them.
• Lin Zhi Rui told Lu Qing that the three Holy Masters had invited him and Old Doctor Chen to a banquet on the Holy Mountain, but Lu Qing refused because he distrusted their intentions and feared the danger.
• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion brought the carriage and accepted Lu Qing’s gift, while Lin Zhi Rui received Plum Blossom Tea from Old Doctor Chen.
• Lu Qing and his companions left Holy City, and Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion told Lin Zhi Rui to report their refusal truthfully.

Lu Qing left Heaven's Secret Pavilion and departed the Holy City in a Wind-Riding Carriage after cowing the gathered cultivators with a Divine Soul Tremor. Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion offered Lin Zhi Rui the Source Qi Lu Qing had gifted him, while the Third Holy Master and a Gray Figure discussed Lu Qing's battle and questioned whether he had seen through the Third Holy Master's Puppet Avatar.

• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion opened Lu Qing's jade bottle and discovered it contained a strand of Source Qi.
• Lu Qing's carriage drew spies and powerful cultivators as it crossed the Holy City, and his cold snort injured some and forced the rest to restrain their auras.
• Lu Qing ordered Ma Gu to speed up, and the Dragon Blood Horses carried the Wind-Riding Carriage out of the city at great speed.
• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion told Lin Zhi Rui that Lu Qing had meant for him to receive the Source Qi, but Lin Zhi Rui urged his master to use it instead.
• Master of Heaven's Secret Pavilion said his insights from observing Lu Qing's tribulation would soon let him reach Innate Realm Completion.
• The Third Holy Master told a Gray Figure that Lu Qing had seemed to recognize his Puppet Avatar, though the Gray Figure doubted that was possible.

The Three Holy Masters discussed Lu Qing’s unusual abilities and decided not to provoke him, while Lu Qing’s group left the Holy City and camped for the night. Lu Qing gave Ma Gu and Wei Zi'an Source Qi, then studied the Old Doctor’s Sword Qi Domain and used his ability to gain its insights.

• The Third Holy Master warned the Gray Figure against plotting against Lu Qing, and the Black Figure agreed that they should leave him alone.
• Lu Qing’s group traveled several thousand li from the Holy City and made camp for the evening.
• Lu Qing gave Ma Gu and Wei Zi'an a strand of Source Qi each and Jade Talismans to conceal its aura.
• Lu Qing asked the Old Doctor how he had comprehended his Domain, and the Old Doctor demonstrated his Sword Qi Domain.
• Lu Qing used his ability to download and simulate the Domain, then began learning its insights.

Lu Qing comprehended his master’s domain insights and chose the Five Elements Body Refining Art to cultivate spiritual power from all five elements. He successfully fused his first five elemental strands into a new strand of Five Elements Spiritual Power.

• Lu Qing realized that domains involved controlling the space around oneself, then considered which Heaven and Earth Primal Qi he should command.
• Lu Qing decided to cultivate all five elements and selected the Five Elements Body Refining Art from the Li Fire Sect’s inheritance.
• Lu Qing comprehended the art and drew water-attributed spiritual qi into his dantian, condensing his first strand of spiritual power.
• Lu Qing condensed spiritual power of all five elements, while the Old Doctor sensed the multiple auras and worried but chose not to interrupt.
• Lu Qing used his spiritual sense to fuse the five strands, successfully creating a new strand of Five Elements Spiritual Power.

Lu Qing easily condensed Five Elements Spiritual Power and cultivated the Five Elements Body Refining Art at a speed far beyond its records, strengthening his body in a single session. After encouraging Xiao Yan, Wei Zi'an, and Ma Gu about their cultivation prospects, he showed Old Doctor the result of his domain comprehension.

• Lu Qing condensed Five Elements Spiritual Power with ease, attributed it to the nine streams of Source Qi in his body, and let the new power devour his Innate True Qi.
• Lu Qing cultivated the Five Elements Body Refining Art, absorbing all five kinds of spiritual qi and condensing an egg-sized cluster of Five Elements Spiritual Power in less than an hour.
• Lu Qing circulated Five Elements Spiritual Power through his body, completing his first nourishing refinement and strengthening his physical body by more than ten percent.
• Xiao Yan asked about Lu Qing's glowing body, and Lu Qing encouraged her to cultivate so she could gain similar abilities.
• Lu Qing told Wei Zi'an and Ma Gu that their Source Qi could improve their aptitudes and promised to teach them the Qi Eating Method once they absorbed it.
• Old Doctor asked about Lu Qing's domain comprehension, and Lu Qing held out his palm, making Old Doctor's eyes widen.

Lu Qing and the Old Doctor became true cultivators by abandoning true qi, and Lu Qing gave his master a jade slip about the cultivation schools. The group returned toward Nine Li Village, reached Azure Dragon City, and heard reports of strange phenomena and powerful beasts appearing across Central Province.

• Lu Qing revealed that his domain contained all five elements and explained his Five Elements Body Cultivation Method to the Old Doctor.
• The Old Doctor converted all his true qi into spiritual power, and Lu Qing gave him a jade slip describing different cultivation schools.
• Lu Qing and the others decided to return to the village and continued traveling toward Azure Dragon City with Hu Ze Zhi.
• The group crossed One Line Sky Gorge and Azure Dragon Bridge, reaching the city as its gates were due to open.
• Lu Qing overheard travelers describe strange opportunities in Holy City and reports of a giant white wolf and a powerful white elephant appearing in Central Province.

Lu Qing learned from traveling merchants about a White Wolf and a giant White Elephant that had appeared since the Spiritual Qi Revival. Before returning to his companions, he cured a merchant’s severe Chill Fiend Energy with acupuncture, and the Old Doctor agreed that many Strange Beasts were appearing.

• Lu Qing asked merchants for details about the White Wolf that had escaped the Returning Origin Sect and the enormous, peaceful White Elephant.
• Lu Qing recognized that the White Elephant merchant’s nighttime leg pain came from Chill Fiend Energy caused by the Frigid Yin Rain.
• Lu Qing used acupuncture and spiritual power to expel the Chill Fiend Energy, curing the merchant, who revealed that his suffering had driven him to consider suicide.
• Lu Qing refused payment, returned to his companions, and told the Old Doctor about the Strange Beasts the merchants had described.
• The Old Doctor acknowledged that many Strange Beasts had appeared outside.

Lu Qing and his companions entered Azure Dragon City and escorted Hu Ze Zhi to her home, where they found Hu Lao San injured and threatened by a Qi Family youth. Wei Zi'an and Ma Gu intervened, and an unknown expert's Innate Pressure froze the attackers.

• The city guard recognized Lu Qing from a portrait but let him and his companions enter Azure Dragon City.
• Lu Qing told Hu Ze Zhi that the group planned to leave after taking her home, unsettling her as she returned to her family.
• Hu Ze Zhi found Hu Lao San pinned and injured by an Effeminate Youth from the Qi Family, who ordered his servants to seize her.
• Wei Zi'an struck down two servants with his iron staff, and Ma Gu wounded two Inner Organs Realm guards and severed the Effeminate Youth's lower leg.
• The Effeminate Youth ordered his remaining men to attack, but an invisible pressure immobilized everyone in the courtyard and alerted an Innate Realm expert nearby.

Lu Qing subdued Qi Wenzheng and his men after they attacked Hu Lao San, while the Azure Dragon City Lord learned that Lu Qing’s group had entered Azure Dragon City and feared provoking him. The chapter ended as Qi Wenzheng’s uncle challenged Lu Qing, drawing the attention of the city’s martial arts powers and alarming the City Lord.

• Lu Qing used his Innate pressure to immobilize Qi Wenzheng and the Qi Manor guards, then reunited Hu Ze Zhi with Hu Lao San.
• Hu Lao San explained that Qi Wenzheng had targeted him over Third Young Master Ji, and Lu Qing let Hu Lao San decide what to do with the Qi family men.
• Hu Lao San refused to release Qi Wenzheng, so the richly dressed middle-aged man called Fifth Uncle challenged Lu Qing.
• Left City Guard told the Azure Dragon City Lord that Lu Qing’s group had entered the city, and the City Lord warned him never to offend Lu Qing.
• The City Lord and martial artists across Azure Dragon City sensed Fifth Uncle’s Innate pressure, and the City Lord recognized that the disturbance came from Lu Qing’s direction.

Lu Qing severely wounded Fifth Master Qi and crippled Second Master Qi after the Qi family challenged him in Hu Ze Zhi’s courtyard. The Azure Dragon City Lord recognized Lu Qing’s extraordinary realm and waited to see whether the Qi family would stop provoking him.

• The Azure Dragon City Lord and other Innate Realm experts rushed toward City South after sensing Fifth Master Qi’s aura, then saw a knife light strike and weaken it.
• Lu Qing revealed that he had cut off Fifth Master Qi’s arm, and Fifth Master Qi confirmed that Lu Qing had deliberately spared his life and apologized.
• Qi Wenzheng demanded revenge, and Second Master Qi charged Lu Qing despite Fifth Master Qi’s warning.
• Lu Qing formed a massive knife aura from Heaven and Earth Primal Qi and blasted Second Master Qi through a wall, leaving him gravely injured and crippled.
• The Azure Dragon City Lord recognized Lu Qing’s Divine Fusion with Heaven and Earth and chose not to approach while the Qi family decided how to respond.

Lu Qing defeated the Qi family’s leaders and guest experts after First Master Qi tried to appease him and then ambush him. He exposed the Qi family’s alleged role in the Feng Province Plague, leaving Fifth Master Qi demanding that the Azure Dragon City Lord uphold justice.

• First Master Qi apologized to Lu Qing and killed Qi Wenzheng as an offering, but Lu Qing saw through the gesture and questioned whether Qi Wenzheng was truly dead.
• First Master Qi and the Qi family’s guest experts attacked Lu Qing, who froze them, crushed them into the ground, and killed them.
• Lu Qing confronted Fifth Master Qi about the Qi family’s crimes in Feng Province, and Fifth Master Qi reacted with alarm.
• The gathered experts suspected the Qi family had caused the Feng Province Plague, which had killed more than a hundred thousand people, and the Old Doctor asked Lu Qing if the accusation was true.
• Lu Qing confirmed his deduction, and Fifth Master Qi denied the charge before calling on the Azure Dragon City Lord to intervene.

Lu Qing confronted the Azure Dragon City Lord over the Qi Family’s role in the Feng Province Plague, then killed Fifth Master Qi despite his threat to appeal to Holy Mountain. Lu Qing left Azure Dragon City with Hu Ze Zhi and Hu Lao San, while the City Lord revealed that even Holy Mountain was unwilling to provoke him.

• Zhang Yizhi identified himself as the Azure Dragon City Lord and refused to defend the Qi Family against Lu Qing.
• Hu Lao San revealed that Third Young Master Ji held evidence linking the Qi Family to the Feng Province Plague, and the Ji Family Head learned his son was alive but injured.
• Fifth Master Qi threatened to report Lu Qing to Holy Mountain, but Lu Qing killed him with a blade aura.
• Lu Qing invited Hu Ze Zhi and Hu Lao San to leave the city with him, and Hu Lao San gave the Ji Family Head a note revealing Third Young Master Ji’s whereabouts.
• The Azure Dragon City Lord told the gathered experts that Holy Mountain would not punish them because it was unwilling to provoke Lu Qing.

The Azure Dragon City Lord revealed Lu Qing’s power and ordered an investigation into the Qi Family’s role in the Feng Province Plague. Lu Qing realized that Third Young Master Ji’s Miasma Mark might point to an evil cultivator, so he hurried to find him outside Azure Dragon City.

• The Azure Dragon City Lord told the gathered experts that Lu Qing had survived tribulation, defeated the Third Holy Master, and faced no punishment from the Holy Mountain, then ordered them to investigate the Qi Family and seize its remaining members.
• Hu Lao San told Lu Qing that Third Young Master Ji had hidden outside the city because of a Miasma Mark and that Qi Wenzheng had attacked him after he received a letter.
• Lu Qing deduced that the Qi Family might have detected miasma on the letter and warned the Old Doctor that the mark suggested a genuine evil cultivator was behind the plague.
• Lu Qing hurried with Hu Lao San to an abandoned village where Third Young Master Ji was hiding, leaving Ma Gu and Wei Zi'an to guard the carriage.
• Lu Qing and his companions entered a thatched hut and found Xiao Rou protecting the unconscious Third Young Master Ji; he recognized Hu Lao San’s voice and let them approach.

Lu Qing began removing the Miasma Mark from Ji Fei, whose unusual constitution had kept the plague curse from fully erupting. As Lu Qing sealed the mark near Ji Fei’s heart, the cultivator who planted it headed toward the village, while Patriarch Ji arrived and watched anxiously.

• Lu Qing examined Ji Fei and learned that the Cloud Dream White Fruit had helped him endure the Miasma Mark; he began treating him with the Old Doctor standing guard.
• Lu Qing moved Ji Fei outside, drew a protective formation, and used spirit talismans to force the miasma into a mark over his heart.
• The Plague Gourd’s owner sensed the mark being disturbed and set out for the village, intending to reclaim Ji Fei as a future poison-miasma puppet.
• Patriarch Ji arrived with Ji family experts, was admitted by Ma Gu and the Old Doctor, and saw Lu Qing treating Ji Fei inside the formation.
• Lu Qing sealed Ji Fei’s heart meridians with eighteen silver needles and began forming a golden spirit talisman as the trapped Miasma Mark writhed violently.

Lu Qing nearly purified the Miasma Mark afflicting Third Young Master Ji when Qi Changfeng arrived and attacked. The Old Doctor intercepted Qi Changfeng’s strikes, then unleashed his Sword Qi Domain as Qi Changfeng tried to escape.

• Lu Qing used a Heaven Purification Rune to shrink the Miasma Mark in Third Young Master Ji’s heart meridian, but a gray light and an invisible ripple strengthened the mark.
• Qi Changfeng appeared and revealed himself as the one who had planted the Miasma Mark; Ji Tingtao accused him of causing the Feng Province Plague and told him the Qi Family had been destroyed.
• Ji Tingtao attacked Qi Changfeng, but gray-mist chains corroded his sword and a gray light nearly struck him before the Old Doctor blocked it with sword qi.
• The Old Doctor warned Ji Tingtao not to fight rashly and confronted Qi Changfeng over the Plague Gourd and the Feng Province Plague.
• Lu Qing asked the Old Doctor to hold Qi Changfeng off while he finished treating Third Young Master Ji, and the Old Doctor drew his sword and revealed overwhelming sword intent.
• Qi Changfeng released gray vapor to cover his retreat, but the Old Doctor’s Sword Qi Domain shredded the vapor and swept toward him.