Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing confronted Wu Qianfeng, the Heavenly Heart Sect disciple who had come seeking revenge for his slain Junior Brother and the treasures taken from the Secret Realm. Lu Qing admitted to both deeds and launched the Myriad Law Palm, beginning their battle above the village.

• Wu Qianfeng followed the Causal Red Thread to the village and realized it was protected by an array.
• Lu Qing flew out to meet Wu Qianfeng and admitted he had killed the White Robe Man.
• The villagers recognized Wu Qianfeng as the White Robe Man’s Senior Brother, while the Old Doctor strengthened the village’s protective array.
• Lu Qing learned through his ability that Wu Qianfeng was a Middle Grade Golden Core cultivator from the Heavenly Heart Sect in the Thousand Yuan Great World.
• Lu Qing admitted he had taken the Secret Realm treasures and summoned the Myriad Law Palm against Wu Qianfeng.

Lu Qing overwhelmed the Gray Robe Man, an outside-world invader, with a blade strike and the Li Fire Cauldron’s sealing power. Just as the Gray Robe Man reached his Void Ark and broke through in divine sense and will, Lu Qing’s illusion technique trapped him in an endless illusion.

• Lu Qing tested the Myriad Law Palm on the Gray Robe Man, who recognized the technique but dodged its attack with his silver light and movement art.
• Lu Qing drew his War Blade and severed the Gray Robe Man’s right arm with a strike that pierced his defenses.
• The Gray Robe Man identified Lu Qing as a dual body-and-law cultivator and fled, but Lu Qing’s blade light tore through his spells and struck the Void Ark, injuring his divine soul.
• Lu Qing summoned the Li Fire Cauldron and suppressed the area, while the Gray Robe Man hurried toward the Void Ark and resolved to escape the Small World.
• The Gray Robe Man’s divine sense and will broke through, allowing the Void Ark to reach him, but an invisible ripple trapped him in an illusion and his divine sense sank beyond recovery.

Lu Qing suppressed the Gray Robe Man and discovered that the Silver Flying Boat was a remnant of a Dao Artifact. He returned to Nine Li Village, confirmed he had broken through to the Golden Core Realm, and reassured everyone that the village was safe.

• Lu Qing trapped the Gray Robe Man in his Illusion Divine Ability and stored him in the Li Fire Cauldron.
• Lu Qing inspected the Silver Flying Boat and learned it was the Void Flying Boat, a Dao Artifact Remnant with a master’s Divine Soul Imprint.
• Lu Qing stored the Void Flying Boat in his Universe Qi Bag and returned to Nine Li Village.
• The Old Doctor told Lu Qing that the village was unharmed, and Lu Qing confirmed he had recently broken through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Lin Zhi Rui recognized that the Heavenly Tribulation he had sensed in the Ten Thousand Mountains had been Lu Qing’s.

Lu Qing interrogated the captured Gray Robe Man after freeing him from an illusion and learned that he and his martial brother claimed to have reached Lu Qing’s world by accident. The Gray Robe Man swore that they had not deliberately entered the world, while Lu Qing’s reaction remained unreadable.

• Lu Qing entered the Li Fire Cauldron and found the Gray Robe Man trapped in Yan’s Spatial Prison and lost in an illusion.
• Lu Qing dispelled the illusion, and the Gray Robe Man stopped himself from attacking when he saw Lu Qing and Yan.
• Lu Qing threatened to send the Gray Robe Man back into the illusion unless he answered his questions honestly.
• The Gray Robe Man claimed that he and his martial brother came from a distant Great World and arrived in Lu Qing’s world after activating an ancient teleportation array while fleeing the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
• The Gray Robe Man concealed details about the Purity Lotus and the Void Ark, then swore upon his divine soul that he and his martial brother had arrived by accident.

Lu Qing forced the Gray Robe Man to reveal the Purity Lotus’s location, then killed him despite his threats that the spirit medicine would be destroyed. After claiming the man’s Storage Bag, Lu Qing found the Purity Lotus intact inside a Jade Box.

• Lu Qing searched the Gray Robe Man’s memories and learned that the Purity Lotus was in his Storage Bag.
• The Gray Robe Man offered the Purity Lotus and its usage methods in exchange for his life, claiming its treasure box would self-destruct if he died.
• Lu Qing rejected the bargain and incinerated the Gray Robe Man and his Divine Soul with Spirit Fire.
• Lu Qing refined the Storage Bag’s restrictions, searched it, and found the Purity Lotus intact in a Jade Box.

Lu Qing discovered that Gray-robed Man had possessed the Purity Lotus and valuable treasures, including five High-Grade Spirit Stones. After leaving the Spirit Artifact Space with Five Elements, he introduced the winged snake to Xiao Li and gave Xiao Li a golden spirit fruit, leaving Five Elements disappointed.

• Lu Qing found the Purity Lotus and several treasures in Gray-robed Man's Storage Bag, including five High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Qing brought Five Elements out of the Li Fire Cauldron after the winged snake begged to leave the Spirit Artifact Space.
• Xiao Li attacked Five Elements, but Lu Qing stopped them and ordered Five Elements to obey Xiao Li when he was away.
• Lu Qing gave Xiao Li a golden spirit fruit that could purify a spirit beast's bloodline and increase its cultivation.
• Five Elements eyed the fruit hopefully, but Lu Qing gave it only to Xiao Li.

Lu Qing derived and tested the first revolution of his Perfect Golden Core Method, confirming that it strengthened his Mana Golden Core but consumed an enormous amount of cultivation resources. He considered searching for Spirit Stone mines and then turned his thoughts to settling old grudges.

• Lu Qing completed the framework for the first three revolutions of his Golden Core Method and named it the Perfect Golden Core Method.
• Lu Qing cultivated the method in the Jade Cave Chamber, but his rapid absorption of spiritual energy soon outpaced the chamber's formation.
• Lu Qing used a Low-Grade Spirit Stone to complete the first major circulation and felt his Mana Golden Core grow stronger.
• Lu Qing realized the method consumed roughly one-fifth of a Low-Grade Spirit Stone per major circulation and worried his resources would not last.
• Lu Qing considered searching for Spirit Stone mines, then decided some grudges could be settled immediately.

Lu Qing prepared to use the Void Flying Boat to penetrate Hanging Sky Mountain’s Secret Realm and settle his grudge with the sect. Meanwhile, Hanging Sky Mountain’s Golden Bell Elder survived his tribulation, leaving the sect on the verge of gaining a second Golden Core cultivator.

• Lu Qing examined the Void Flying Boat’s exceptional speed, durability, and ability to traverse space, then set out west to challenge Hanging Sky Mountain’s Secret Realm.
• In Western Province, the Red-Faced Old Monk and other elders watched Golden Bell Elder undergo tribulation and discussed their plans to strengthen Hanging Sky Mountain.
• The elders discussed the mysterious experts in Central Province and vowed to find and kill the Ghost-Faced Mysterious Man.
• Golden Bell Elder survived the final lightning strike, and the elders celebrated his impending achievement of the Golden Core.

After Golden Bell Elder overcame his tribulation and condensed a Golden Core Relic, he vowed to avenge Hanging Sky Mountain’s fallen disciples by hunting the Ghost-Faced Mysterious Man. Lu Qing appeared above the monks, and as their combined Buddhist attack met his Five-Colored Glaze palm, the confrontation began.

• Golden Bell Elder successfully condensed a Golden Core Relic while the Red-Faced Old Monk and the other monks guarded him.
• Golden Bell Elder promised to kill the Ghost-Faced Mysterious Man and avenge the Hanging Sky Mountain disciples he had slain.
• Lu Qing appeared above the monks, startling them with his ability to approach undetected.
• Golden Bell Elder and the other monks attacked Lu Qing with a Buddhist palm and their magic treasures.
• Lu Qing formed a hand seal and summoned a gigantic Five-Colored Glaze dharma palm as the monks looked on in disbelief.

Lu Qing unveiled the Five Elements Myriad Law Palm and annihilated the Hanging Sky Mountain old monks, then left with their damaged Buddhist treasures and artifacts. After he departed, Golden Bell Elder crawled out alive from beneath the enormous palm print.

• Lu Qing used his Five Elements dharma power to form the Five Elements Myriad Law Palm and drove it down at the Hanging Sky Mountain old monks.
• Golden Bell Elder and the other monks overloaded their formation with essence blood and spiritual power, strengthening their Golden Light Giant Dragon to meet the attack.
• Lu Qing's palm instantly destroyed the Golden Light Giant Dragon and badly damaged the Buddhist treasures and dharma artifacts, causing the monks to vomit blood and collapse.
• The Five Elements Myriad Law Palm flattened the monks' mountain peak and nearby peaks, leaving a vast palm print where the monks' auras disappeared.
• Lu Qing collected the Buddhist treasures and artifacts as refining materials, then departed after reflecting on his new Daoist Art.
• After Lu Qing had vanished, Golden Bell Elder crawled out from the earth at the center of the palm print.

Golden Bell Elder survived Lu Qing’s attack and opened the entrance to Hanging Sky Mountain’s secret realm, only for Lu Qing to seize him and enter. Lu Qing arrived at the mountain’s headquarters, where a disciple rang the alarm bell, alerting the secret realm to the invasion.

• Golden Bell Elder recovered enough to open Hanging Sky Mountain’s secret realm gate after discovering that Red Heart Elder and the others had been killed.
• Lu Qing revealed that he had seen through Golden Bell Elder’s false death, sealed his abilities, and carried him through the gate.
• Lu Qing emerged on a jade platform atop a mountain floating in the sky and found two Hanging Sky Mountain disciples nearby.
• The disciples recognized Lu Qing as the Ghost Face Evil Demon and realized their headquarters was under attack.
• One disciple struck the ancient bell, sending its alarm throughout the secret realm as Golden Bell Elder watched helplessly.

Lu Qing confronted Hanging Sky Mountain while holding the captured Elder Golden Bell, and the temple rang its alarm bell to summon its forces. As monks gathered around him, Lu Qing crushed Elder Golden Bell’s head after the hidden abbot refused to appear.

• Hanging Sky Mountain rang its alarm bell, prompting monks throughout the secret realm to rush toward its entrance.
• Lu Qing killed Mingyi with a glance after Mingyi struck the alarm bell, while Minghui watched in terror.
• Hanging Sky Mountain monks gathered on the platform, recognized Lu Qing and the captive Elder Golden Bell, and formed battle formations.
• Lu Qing sensed the hidden abbot on the mountain summit and challenged him to reveal himself, but the abbot stayed hidden.
• Lu Qing threatened to kill the gathered monks and crushed Elder Golden Bell’s head when the abbot did not appear.

Lu Qing killed Golden Bell Elder and slaughtered the assembled Hanging Sky Mountain cultivators with Earth Vein Yuan Magnetic Power. The Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot emerged, drawing on the mountain’s spirit artifact to empower and protect himself, as Lu Qing prepared to fight him in the air.

• Lu Qing crushed Golden Bell Elder’s head, destroying his body and soul.
• A Foundation Establishment Realm monk rallied more than a hundred Hanging Sky Mountain cultivators and attacked Lu Qing with an earth-element pearl artifact.
• Lu Qing nullified the artifact’s gravity with the Earth Spirit Pearl, then lifted the monks and crushed them all against the Jade Platform.
• The Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot arrived too late to save his disciples and accused Lu Qing of seeking to exterminate the sect.
• The Abbot drew power from the mountain’s spirit artifact, which protected him and absorbed the corpses, while black qi gathered around him.
• Lu Qing recognized the spirit artifact’s protection, flew away from the platform, and summoned an ancient little cauldron that rapidly grew.

Lu Qing summoned the Li Fire Cauldron and struck Hanging Sky Mountain with it as the Abbot completed a demonic transformation. Their spiritual artifacts collided with devastating force, leaving one-third of the mountain destroyed and the Avici Pavilion stronghold in ruins; the Abbot then vowed to perish together with Lu Qing.

• Lu Qing summoned the Li Fire Cauldron, and Yan emerged as a Chilong to wield it against Hanging Sky Mountain.
• The Avici Pavilion Master and Elder You recognized that Lu Qing was attacking the mountain and hoped the battle might let them escape the secret realm.
• The Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot finished his secret technique, transformed into a demonic-looking figure, and threatened Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing ordered Yan to smash the Li Fire Cauldron into Hanging Sky Mountain, and the mountain's spiritual artifact met the blow.
• The collision tore through the secret realm's space, leveled the mountains below, and reduced the Avici Pavilion stronghold to ruins.
• The Avici Pavilion survivors saw that a third of Hanging Sky Mountain was gone, and the Abbot shouted that he would perish together with Lu Qing.

Lu Qing defeated the Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot, who tried to destroy Hanging Sky Mountain and the Secret Realm by detonating its spirit artifact. Lu Qing escaped through the collapsing space aboard the Void Flying Boat, leaving the mortally wounded Abbot behind.

• Yan and Lu Qing saw that the Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot had survived the Li Fire Cauldron's strike, though he was gravely injured and his temple's disciples were likely dead.
• The Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot crushed a golden bead to make the spirit artifact destroy the Secret Realm, whose exit formation had already been ruined.
• Yan urged Lu Qing to hide inside the Li Fire Cauldron and force a way out, but Lu Qing refused and revealed the Void Flying Boat.
• Lu Qing shattered the Abbot's Mana Golden Core with a blade aura, then boarded the Void Flying Boat and escaped through a Space Vortex.
• The Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot realized Lu Qing had escaped and cried out in despair as the Secret Realm collapsed.

Lu Qing escaped the destruction of Hanging Sky Mountain’s secret realm in the Void Flying Boat and returned to Cang Province. After arriving at a county town, he heard someone criticizing its condition.

• The Hanging Sky Mountain Abbot destroyed the secret realm, while the Lord of Avici Pavilion and Elder You were caught in the devastation.
• Lu Qing and Yan emerged near the gateway in Western Province, and Lu Qing explained that he had used the secret realm entrance to navigate safely back out through space.
• Lu Qing confirmed that the secret realm had housed the Avici Pavilion clan and left without confronting them.
• Lu Qing flew back to Cang Province in the Golden Shuttle and descended into a county town after sensing something below.
• Lu Qing concealed himself among the townspeople, then revealed himself and heard a shrill voice complain to Fourth Brother that the county town was shabby.

Lu Qing overheard Yan Cangshan ask Yan Canghai to introduce him to Lin Zhi Rui, a Heaven's Secret Pavilion disciple, so he could decipher a coded map. When Yan Cangshan revealed that the map came from the family of Li Weitian, Lu Qing understood why he had felt a sudden palpitation near the County Town.

• Lu Qing recognized Grand Steward Wei and Yan Canghai at a tavern, where Yan Cangshan confronted his older brother about their past and asked for his help preparing a Longevity Gift for their father.
• Yan Cangshan promised to help Yan Canghai regain his freedom if he supported him, and revealed that Heavenly Elder backed his claim to the throne after breaking through to a realm beyond Innate.
• Yan Cangshan asked Yan Canghai to introduce him to Lin Zhi Rui so the disciple could decipher a coded map, and Yan Canghai questioned what made it so valuable.
• Yan Cangshan said the map came from a family whose ancestor was Li Weitian, and Lu Qing realized this explained the palpitation he had felt near County Town.

Lu Qing intervened when Yan Cangshan threatened the Wei Family and demanded its treasure, revealing that he possessed the ancient cauldron himself. Yan Cangshan and his Innate Realm guards recognized its extraordinary value, leaving him to decide whether to seize it from Lu Qing.

• Lu Qing realized that Li Weitian’s descendants had survived and decided to repay the debt he owed Li Weitian.
• Yan Cangshan told Yan Canghai that he had obtained a map from Li Weitian’s descendants and planned to seek Zhi Rui’s help in uncovering its secret.
• Yan Cangshan pressured Grand Steward Wei to make the Wei Family Head apologize and hand over the family’s treasure, while his Innate Realm guards intimidated Wei Hai.
• Lu Qing appeared in the room and declared that the Wei Family’s treasure was in his hands, then displayed a tiny ancient cauldron.
• Yan Cangshan’s guards recognized the cauldron as a rare magic treasure and urged him to seize it, while Yan Canghai seemed to want to warn him about Lu Qing.

Lu Qing captured Yan Canghai’s Seventh Brother and his guards, then demanded that the Yan Family deliver Li Weitian’s descendants and cede the Ten Thousand Mountains in exchange for their lives. After returning to Nine Li Village, Lu Qing watched the prisoners panic inside the Li Fire Cauldron and released them from the Spatial Prison.

• Lu Qing swallowed the Seventh Prince and his guards into the Li Fire Cauldron after the prince tried to harm Yan Canghai.
• Lu Qing told Yan Canghai to deliver Li Weitian’s descendants within half a month and declared the Ten Thousand Mountains his territory; Yan Canghai agreed to relay the demands.
• Lu Qing gave Grand Steward Wei pills and a protective Jade Talisman, then flew back to Nine Li Village.
• Lu Qing returned home and checked on the Seventh Prince and his guards, who were trapped in a Spatial Prison and unable to contact their martial ancestor.
• As the Seventh Prince neared panic, Lu Qing released the Spatial Prison and appeared before him with another figure.

Lu Qing obtained and deciphered the map tied to Li Weitian, then demanded that the Yan Family escort Li Weitian’s descendants and cede the Ten Thousand Mountains. Yan Canghai sought Lin Zhi Rui’s advice, and Lin warned him that even the Yan Family’s recently ascended Old Ancestor could not withstand Lu Qing.

• Lu Qing severed both arms of the Seventh Prince, took the map, and learned it revealed the Jade Cave Chamber and an Innate Realm inheritance left by Li Weitian.
• Lu Qing burned the map and imprisoned the Seventh Prince again, warning that the Yan Family’s survival depended on accepting his terms.
• Yan asked Lu Qing why he wanted the Ten Thousand Mountains, and Lu Qing said it was a suitable place and that the demand was also a test of the Yan Family.
• Yan Canghai struggled to draft a message urging the Yan Family to accept Lu Qing’s terms, then summoned Lin Zhi Rui for help.
• Lin Zhi Rui told Yan Canghai to persuade the Yan Family to comply and warned that Lu Qing could destroy even their Old Ancestor with a single breath.