Chapter Summaries

After fleeing Sword One, the Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth discovered a Small World undergoing Spiritual Qi Revival and planned to enter it once it was ripe. Meanwhile, Lu Qing guided Lin Zhi Rui in considering his future cultivation path, leaving him to reflect.

• The Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth found themselves on a desolate meteor and spotted a Small World in the Starry Sky beginning to revive.
• The brothers decided to explore and plunder the Small World before notifying their sect, but agreed to wait until its laws could accommodate the Golden Core Realm and they had recovered.
• Lu Qing explained common Immortal Dao cultivation paths to Lin Zhi Rui and encouraged him to consider which one suited him.
• Lin Zhi Rui pondered his future path while Lu Qing left him by the Spirit Field, considering that he might later share cultivation methods from the Li Fire Sect inheritance.

After Lin Zhi Rui chose the Law Cultivator path, Lu Qing entered seclusion in the Jade Cave Chamber and smoothly broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. He left the chamber with his strength greatly increased and planned to return to the village to test his new abilities and revise his cultivation plans.

• Lin Zhi Rui told Lu Qing he wanted to become a Law Cultivator, and Lu Qing agreed to teach him a basic technique after he converted his true qi into spiritual power.
• Lu Qing entered the Jade Cave Chamber and began breaking through, drawing in vast amounts of spiritual energy as his body transformed.
• After three days and nights, Lu Qing completed his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage without encountering a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Yan congratulated Lu Qing and estimated that he could now contend with a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
• Lu Qing decided to return to the village and test his increased strength there.

After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lu Qing returned to Nine Li Village and replaced the spirit runes in his glabella aperture with low-grade ones. He then considered focusing his cultivation on divine abilities, since his Five Elements Body Refining Art and Rune Dao were progressing smoothly.

• Lu Qing found and sealed a Thousand-Year Ginseng near the Jade Cave Chamber, then flew back to Nine Li Village.
• The Old Doctor welcomed Lu Qing home and learned that he had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
• Lu Qing learned that Xiao Yan and Xiao Li were visiting the Wei Family Residence, while the others remained unaware of his breakthrough.
• Over the next two days, Lu Qing replaced all the basic spirit runes in his glabella aperture with low-grade spirit runes.
• Lu Qing decided to devote more effort to cultivating divine abilities after reviewing his progress in the Five Elements Body Refining Art and Rune Dao.

Lu Qing cultivated his Divine Powers while the Golden Core Realm Senior Brother and Junior Brother confirmed that they had reached the edge of the Great Yuan Immortal Domain. They decided to plunder the nearby Small World and sell its coordinates to a sect in the Tian Yuan Great World, then watched it recover enough to admit them.

• Lu Qing continued cultivating his Great Strength and Illusion Divine Powers as unrest spread through the provinces and Nine Li Village remained peaceful.
• The Gray Robe Man used a magic treasure to confirm that he and the White Robe Youth were at the edge of the Great Yuan Immortal Domain.
• The Gray Robe Man concluded that the Void Ark had triggered an ancient teleportation array, sending them across half an immortal domain.
• The Gray Robe Man decided to plunder the nearby Small World and sell its coordinates to an immortal sect in the Tian Yuan Great World.
• After waiting for the Small World to recover, the two watched its light suddenly surge.

After the fifth Heaven and Earth Dao Sound, the world's laws developed immortal intent, making Golden Core breakthroughs possible for the first time in ages. Lu Qing explained the dangerous tribulation and recovery required to reach the Golden Core Realm, reassuring the Old Doctor that any new Golden Core cultivator from Hanging Sky Mountain would be too weakened to threaten them right away.

• The Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth sensed that the Small World could accommodate their entry, but the Gray Robe Man chose to wait for its laws to stabilize.
• Lu Qing sensed the fifth Heaven and Earth Dao Sound and realized that the evolved laws could now support Golden Core cultivators.
• The Old Taoist and powerful figures in several secret realms welcomed the return of immortal intent, while some imprisoned figures vowed revenge after escaping.
• The Old Doctor asked Lu Qing about the changes and feared that an expert from Hanging Sky Mountain might break through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Lu Qing explained that a Golden Core breakthrough required surviving the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and a period of recovery, so a newly advanced cultivator would not threaten them immediately.

Lu Qing reassured the Old Doctor that he had a plan if a Golden Core Realm cultivator emerged from Hanging Sky Mountain, then listened to Yan’s warning about the gulf between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core strength. After achieving Minor Divine Power Accomplishment in Great Strength, Lu Qing revealed that heaven had bestowed the divine power secret art on him during Tribulation Transcendence, leaving Yan astonished.

• Lu Qing told the Old Doctor that he would not necessarily fear a Golden Core Realm cultivator from Hanging Sky Mountain, and the Old Doctor trusted his confidence.
• Yan warned Lu Qing not to underestimate Golden Core Realm cultivators and said his spiritual artifacts would not guarantee an advantage against one.
• Lu Qing achieved Minor Divine Power Accomplishment in Great Strength and felt his physical strength rivaled that of a Golden Core Realm Body Cultivator.
• Yan worried Lu Qing might have used a demonic secret art that harmed his potential, but Lu Qing denied it and reassured him that he still cultivated the Five Elements Body Refining Art.
• Lu Qing explained that heaven had bestowed a divine power secret art on him during Tribulation Transcendence, and Yan reacted with shock at his rare inheritance.

Lu Qing reassured Youth by revealing that he possessed a Divine Power, then concluded that heaven and earth’s evolution had stabilized. At Holy Mountain, the First Holy Master began his tribulation, and the gathering clouds alerted the people in Holy City.

• Youth recognized Lu Qing’s secret art as a Divine Power and stopped worrying about his cultivation path.
• Lu Qing resumed cultivating and achieved minor mastery of Illusion while the rules of heaven and earth gradually stabilized.
• Lu Qing realized that another Heaven and Earth Dao Sound would not come soon and expected the old monsters to begin breaking through.
• The First Holy Master rejected his brothers’ advice to wait and decided to undergo tribulation immediately.
• The First Holy Master released his cultivation aura atop Holy Mountain, summoning tribulation clouds that shocked the experts in Holy City.

The First Holy Master faced a powerful Golden Core tribulation atop Holy Mountain while the Second Holy Master and Third Holy Master withdrew to safety. After he endured the first lightning bolt, he wondered how many more his tribulation would send.

• Powerful figures in Holy City watched the tribulation clouds gather above Holy Mountain but dared not approach.
• The First Holy Master sent the Second Holy Master and Third Holy Master away so their auras would not trigger their own tribulations.
• The First Holy Master recognized the deep gray clouds tinged with red as a sign of an unusually powerful tribulation and prepared to fight.
• The First Holy Master blocked the first lightning bolt with an Earth Dragon and an earth-element spell, then absorbed the Vitality Qi it released.
• The First Holy Master considered the possible number of lightning bolts and waited to see how many his tribulation would bring.

Two cultivators from a Great World entered a newly revived Small World aboard the Gray Robe Man’s Void Flying Boat, intending to explore it and claim its resources. As they arrived, they sensed an approaching Heavenly Tribulation.

• The White Robe Youth asked whether the Small World’s evolution had stabilized, and the Gray Robe Man prepared his damaged Void Flying Boat for entry.
• The Gray Robe Man explained that he could not repair the boat because its materials were unknown, then said they would loot the Small World and sell its coordinates to the Tian Yuan Great World.
• The Gray Robe Man flew the Void Ark through the world membrane and astral winds, bringing both brothers safely into the Small World.
• The Gray Robe Man and the White Robe Youth assessed the world’s rich spiritual energy and discussed the danger posed by its native cultivators.
• An aura swept toward the brothers, and they recognized it as the aura of a Heavenly Tribulation.

The First Holy Master survived the sixth bolt of his Golden Core Tribulation, formed a Low Grade Golden Core, and celebrated becoming the first Golden Core cultivator in the world. Two powerful outsiders then appeared, dismissed the Holy Masters as weak, and moved to capture them.

• The Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth sensed the Golden Core Tribulation and flew toward its source to gather intelligence and seek captives.
• The First Holy Master endured the sixth bolt with the help of his Earth Essence Treasure Pearl, which shattered, and the tribulation clouds dispersed without a seventh strike.
• The First Holy Master received the Heavenly Dao’s radiance, healed, and formed a Golden Core, while the Second Holy Master and Third Holy Master congratulated him.
• The Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth appeared in the sky, saw through the Holy Masters’ cultivation, and the White Robe Youth called the First Holy Master’s Low Grade Golden Core trash.
• The Gray Robe Man ordered the outsiders to capture the three Holy Masters, and the White Robe Youth summoned a colossal palm to seize them.

First Holy Master escaped the White Robe Youth’s crushing attack by invoking Holy Mountain’s Mountain Soul and using the Earth Escape Technique, but suffered severe injuries. The White Robe Youth and Gray Robe Man left to seek information in Holy City, where the White Robe Youth attacked the residents, while First Holy Master recovered inside the mountain.

• First Holy Master summoned Holy Mountain’s Mountain Soul, creating an opening to pull his sworn brothers underground with the Earth Escape Technique as the giant palm struck.
• The White Robe Youth learned from the Gray Robe Man that the three Holy Masters were protected by the mountain’s Mountain Soul and could not be reached unless Holy Mountain was destroyed.
• The Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth flew to Holy City to seize residents for information, and the White Robe Youth struck the city with a Mana Giant Palm.
• Inside a cavern, First Holy Master suppressed his injuries and absorbed Holy Mountain’s Earth Qi while the Second and Third Holy Masters watched over him.

The First Holy Master recovered inside the Holy Mountain and speculated that the two attackers were Extraterrestrial Visitors descended from ancient cultivators who had left their world. Above the Holy City, the White Robe Youth tortured captured Innate Realm experts to verify their testimony, then dropped them to their deaths.

• The Second and Third Holy Masters asked about the First Holy Master's injuries, and he said he needed about ten days to recover and stabilize his Mana Golden Core.
• The First Holy Master speculated that the two attackers were Extraterrestrial Visitors, possibly descendants of powerful cultivators who had departed during the ancient Age of Dharma Decline.
• The First Holy Master began healing with Earth Qi inside the Holy Mountain and planned to face the attackers again after mastering his Golden Core.
• The White Robe Youth questioned Qi Xiong and the other captured Innate Realm experts about their testimony, and they insisted it was true.
• The White Robe Youth used Divine Soul Power to incapacitate the captives, then released them and let them fall into the ruins below.

Two mysterious cultivators from beyond the world seized treasures and slaughtered people in Central Province, leaving the Holy City devastated. Lin Zhi Rui told Lu Qing what happened, and Lu Qing was left wondering whether the intruders were truly Extraterrestrial Visitors.

• The White Robe Youth and Gray Robe Man discussed the Secret Realms in the Small World and decided to wait before approaching the Four Great Secret Realms.
• The two cultivators flew away from the Holy City, where survivors later emerged and mourned the dead.
• Lin Zhi Rui told Lu Qing that the First Holy Master had survived tribulation and entered the Golden Core Realm, but was then severely injured by one of two mysterious visitors.
• Lin Zhi Rui reported that the mysterious visitors had slaughtered thousands in the Holy City and seized several nearby Blessed Lands after wiping out multiple sects.
• Lu Qing thanked Lin Zhi Rui for the warning, and Lin Zhi Rui asked whether the mysterious visitors were truly Extraterrestrial Visitors.

After learning that two likely extraterrestrial Golden Core cultivators had defeated the First Holy Master, Lu Qing chose to avoid them and focused on cultivating in remote Nine Li Village. He and Xiao Li both advanced to Foundation Establishment, but a tremendous boom and spatial ripple from the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains interrupted their peace.

• Lu Qing and Yan concluded that the two mysterious figures were likely powerful visitors from another world and decided not to provoke them.
• Lu Qing cultivated more diligently and broke through to Foundation Establishment Minor Completion in less than a month.
• Xiao Li reached the introductory stage of her inherited cultivation method and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lu Qing sparred with Xiao Li and found that her strength and speed let her hold her own against him.
• A tremendous boom and powerful spatial ripple came from the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Lu Qing discovered an unstable Secret Realm Gate in the Ten Thousand Mountains and decided to prepare to claim the opportunity inside before others arrived. On his way back, he met Wei Shanhai, who chose not to risk entering the secret realm, and they agreed to return and discuss how to respond.

• Lu Qing, Xiao Li, and Yan sensed powerful spatial fluctuations, and Yan identified them as signs of a secret realm opening.
• Lu Qing flew to a valley and found an unstable Secret Realm Gate whose space could sweep entrants into Space Turbulence.
• Lu Qing decided to prepare to enter the secret realm once its gate stabilized and left a Jade Talisman in the valley before heading back.
• Lu Qing encountered Wei Shanhai, told him about the secret realm entrance, and warned that it would take several days to stabilize.
• Wei Shanhai declined to pursue the secret realm, and he and Lu Qing returned to discuss how to respond.

Lu Qing decided to enter the emerging secret realm and hid near its entrance to keep others from discovering it before it stabilized. Two Innate Realm brothers found the valley, but Lu Qing’s hidden power knocked them unconscious.

• Lu Qing told the Old Doctor and Lin Zhi Rui about the secret realm entrance and said he would enter it.
• Lu Qing returned to the valley, confirmed no one had visited, and concealed himself nearby to delay news of the entrance.
• Yan warned Lu Qing that the plan was risky, but Lu Qing stayed because he sensed the secret realm held an important opportunity for him.
• Two Innate Realm brothers traveled into the Ten Thousand Mountains after sensing the fluctuations and reached the valley.
• The two brothers saw the black vortex and immediately fell unconscious.

Lu Qing entered the newly stabilized secret realm and discovered its rich Five Elements Spiritual Qi and a Five Colors Treasure Lotus that powerfully drew him in. As experts from nearby provinces rushed toward the disturbance outside, Lu Qing inspected the lotus with his ability.

• Lu Qing detained three more Innate Realm experts while he waited for the Secret Realm Gate to stabilize, bringing the number of captives to nine.
• Lu Qing confirmed that the gate had stabilized and entered the secret realm before the powerful fluctuations could draw other experts there.
• Experts across Cang Province and nearby provinces sensed the disturbance and hurried toward its source, while Lin Zhi Rui and the Old Doctor worried about Lu Qing in Nine Li Village.
• Lu Qing found that the secret realm contained balanced Five Elements Spiritual Qi that stirred his cultivation and drew him toward its depths.
• Lu Qing flew to a pond at the heart of the secret realm, saw a Five Colors Treasure Lotus, suppressed his urge to approach it, and examined it with his ability.

Lu Qing discovered a matured Five Elements Treasure Lotus, a top-grade spirit medicine, and captured the Foundation Establishment Realm guardian spirit beast that protected it. With the beast contained, he turned his attention to the strange liquid in the pool.

• Lu Qing identified the Five Colors lotus as a matured Five Elements Treasure Lotus and learned that it could help form a Five Elements Dao Body.
• Yan recognized the lotus as a top-grade spirit medicine and urged Lu Qing to harvest it, but Lu Qing checked for a guardian first.
• Lu Qing provoked a Five Elements Winged Serpent hiding beneath the water and learned it had Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation with a body as strong as a Golden Core cultivator's.
• Lu Qing immobilized the winged serpent with the Universe Qi Bag, and Yan captured it inside the Li Fire Cauldron.
• After Yan confirmed he could suppress the beast, Lu Qing focused on the colored liquid in the pool.

Lu Qing harvested the Five Elements Treasure Lotus, Spirit Liquid, Yuan Stones, and Spirit Soil before leaving the secret realm. As he emerged through the gate, a group outside ambushed him with a barrage of attacks.

• Lu Qing identified the treasures in the spirit pool and stored the Five Elements Treasure Lotus in a Jade Box.
• Lu Qing drained the Five Elements Spirit Liquid and dug up all the Five Elements Yuan Stones and Spirit Soil.
• Worried that powerful figures, including two suspected Extraterrestrial Visitors, would arrive, Lu Qing flew toward the secret realm entrance.
• Lu Qing passed several groups exploring the secret realm, and one group recognized him as the man who had forced Hanging Sky Mountain to retreat.
• As Lu Qing emerged from the Secret Realm Gate, sword lights, saber qi, and hidden weapons rushed toward him.

Lu Qing returned safely from the Ten Thousand Mountains after killing the ambushers and freeing the experts he had imprisoned, then told his companions about the stabilized secret realm. He entered seclusion at home to absorb the Five Elements Spirit Liquid, leaving Yan to stand guard.

• Lu Qing killed the Innate Realm ambushers outside the valley, freed the experts sealed in the cave, and left the Ten Thousand Mountains by a roundabout route.
• Lu Qing returned to Nine Li Village and told the Old Doctor, Lin Zhi Rui, and the others that experts were entering the stabilized secret realm.
• Lu Qing arranged for Xiao Yan to stay with Xiao Li at Madam Wei's and warned everyone to avoid the mountains while he entered seclusion.
• Lu Qing activated the array around his house, asked Yan to guard him, and opened the Ink Jade Bottle of Five Elements Spirit Liquid.
• Lu Qing's Five Elements Gourd flew from his body and swallowed every drop of the spirit liquid.