Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing studied the Eighteen Profound Heavens Array and its connection to the earlier Nine Revolutions Chain Array while the ancient wills watched the trials. After Su Xingtu passed ahead of him, Lu Qing swiftly deciphered every array screen and entered the third trial, astonishing the other cultivators and the ancient wills.

• The ancient wills discussed the cultivators progressing through the trials and worried that no one would meet their Master's standards for a disciple.
• Lu Qing realized the Eighteen Profound Heavens Array shared an origin with the Nine Revolutions Chain Array and spent several hours studying their underlying principles.
• Su Xingtu, a Seven Tribulations Nascent Soul of Yuan Fa Sect born with innate array runes, deciphered the array screens and entered the third trial.
• The ancient wills praised Su Xingtu's array talent while concluding that Lu Qing, who had not yet broken a screen, was unlikely to pass.
• Lu Qing began deciphering the screens and quickly broke through them all, entering the third trial as the surrounding cultivators watched in disbelief.

Lu Qing comprehended the third-stage Twenty-Seven Limitless Array and shattered its layers in fewer than fifty breaths, stunning Su Xingtu and the three ancient wills. As a pillar of light carried him onward, the wills rejoiced at the possibility that he could fulfill their master's wish.

• The three ancient wills learned that Lu Qing had cleared the second stage in thirty breaths and resolved to watch his progress closely.
• Lu Qing entered the third stage, where he found Su Xingtu and twenty-seven formation light screens.
• Lu Qing used his ability to study the Twenty-Seven Limitless Array and grasped its principles in just over an hour.
• Su Xingtu saw Lu Qing break more than half the formation layers in moments and was stunned by his speed.
• Lu Qing shattered all the third-stage formation screens in fewer than fifty breaths, and a pillar of light enveloped him as the ancient wills rejoiced.

Lu Qing rapidly cleared the formation trials and reached the ninth stage, where he comprehended the Nine-Nine Return to Origin Array and completed the formation inheritance. The three ancient wills watched in anticipation as he prepared to break the final formation.

• The three ancient wills marveled at Lu Qing’s swift mastery of the third-stage formation, while Su Xingtu doubted his own formation talent after watching Lu Qing clear the trial.
• Lu Qing entered the fourth stage, comprehended its formations in an hour, and continued clearing each later stage just as quickly.
• Lu Qing reached the eighth stage, prompting the ancient wills to worry that cultivators from other passages might harm him, though none could catch up.
• Lu Qing entered the ninth stage and discovered that its Nine-Nine Return to Origin Array contained power beyond the Nascent Soul Realm and a trace of Integration Realm intent.
• Lu Qing comprehended the final array for three hours, connected it to the previous eight stages, and completed the formation inheritance.

Lu Qing broke the final array trial and entered the Immortal Palace, where three ancient Strange Beasts revealed that he could become the direct disciple of the palace’s master in the Dao of arrays. After the Calming Mirror confirmed that his bloodline had no connection to the master’s enemy clan, the three welcomed him as a potential heir to the array inheritance.

• Lu Qing comprehended the Great Evolution Array Solution, broke all eighty-one layers of the Nine-Nine Return to Origin Array, and passed the trial.
• Three enormous Strange Beasts greeted Lu Qing in the Immortal Palace, then shrank their bodies and explained that they had mistaken him for a prospective disciple.
• Ming Feng explained that passing one of the Immortal Palace’s Trial Passages gave Lu Qing the chance to become the master’s nominal or direct disciple.
• Lu Qing asked what he would need to give in return, and Old Cang Long used the Calming Mirror to examine a drop of his True Blood.
• The Calming Mirror found no connection between Lu Qing’s bloodline and the clan that bore a blood feud with the master, so the three Strange Beasts approved him as a direct disciple in the Dao of arrays.

Lu Qing became Guixu Daoist’s direct disciple and learned that his Void Flying Boat was a component of Guixu Daoist’s damaged Dao Artifact. The Strange Beasts told him the secret realm would remain open for one hundred years, while questions about Guixu Daoist’s past and the battle that damaged the artifact remained unanswered.

• Lu Qing asked about cultivating other paths, and Ming Feng, Old Cang Long, and the Black Barbarian Bull advised him to focus on the array Dao and explained that other inheritances required passing their own trials.
• Lu Qing revealed that he already had a living Master, and Old Cang Long said Guixu Daoist had allowed disciples from other schools to join his sect.
• Lu Qing kowtowed before Guixu Daoist’s white jade statue, received an approving aura, and officially became his direct disciple.
• Old Cang Long told Lu Qing that his Master’s Daoist title was Guixu Daoist, and Lu Qing asked how long the secret realm stayed open.
• Lu Qing showed the Strange Beasts his Void Flying Boat, and Old Cang Long explained that it was a component of Guixu Daoist’s damaged Dao Artifact, which bore his mark and had let Lu Qing pass the Star River Array.
• Old Cang Long said the Guixu Secret Realm stayed open for one hundred years each time it appeared.

Lu Qing entered the Array Dao inheritance ground and used his ability to download its Nascent Soul- and Integration-grade array knowledge, though the Integration-grade runes exhausted him when he tried to comprehend them. As he headed toward the final area of Dao-Transformation-grade patterns, an invisible force blocked his way.

• Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng opened the inheritance ground and sent Lu Qing inside.
• Lu Qing found that he could leave by setting up a Nine Revolutions Chain Array, but chose to stay and gather more of the inheritance.
• Lu Qing downloaded the Nascent Soul-grade array runes, then used his ability to download the Integration-grade array inheritance.
• Old Cang Long noticed another cultivator reach the Trial Passage's fourth stage, while Ming Feng argued that the Immortal Palace had too few resources to train other disciples.
• After trying and failing to comprehend the Integration-grade runes without exhausting himself, Lu Qing recovered and headed toward the Dao-Transformation-grade patterns.
• An invisible force stopped Lu Qing before he reached the final area, and information appeared in his mind.

Lu Qing obtained the Dao Transformation Realm inheritance by using his ability to read rune-patterns through a barrier, then left the inheritance space after mastering the Nascent Soul Realm formation. The three Strange Beasts were amazed by his talent and gave him access to cultivation resources before he chose Lingxu Peak as his cave dwelling.

• Lu Qing used his ability to download and simulate the Dao Transformation Realm inheritance, but decided to postpone studying it until his cultivation advanced.
• Lu Qing formed a Nine Revolutions Chain Array to leave the inheritance space, astonishing Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng with how quickly he had mastered the Nascent Soul Realm rune-patterns.
• Old Cang Long gave Lu Qing a Guixu Token and a Glazed Pure Bottle filled with cultivation pills, then offered to take him to choose a cave dwelling.
• Lu Qing examined the abandoned immortal mountains and chose Lingxu Peak as his cave dwelling.
• Lu Qing directed the Guixu Token’s aura toward the cave abode, causing light to flare and the immortal mountain to tremble.

Lu Qing refined Lingxu Peak’s cave abode and began cultivating there with Xiao Li as the three Strange Beasts discussed how to nurture him. Meanwhile, Qing Xi and Yu Jian entered the fourth stage of the Sword Dao trial, while a man in purple dragon robes finally cleared the third stage.

• Lu Qing refined the formation core of Lingxu Peak, dismissed the three Strange Beasts, and checked that the cave abode was secure.
• Lu Qing told Xiao Li that he had become a Dao Dissolution Immortal’s disciple, then began cultivating with a Spirit Nurturing Pill while Xiao Li settled in a distant corner.
• Old Cang Long, Ming Feng, and the Black Barbarian Bull discussed Lu Qing’s potential and the resources available to support his cultivation.
• Qing Xi and Yu Jian broke through to the fourth stage of the Sword Dao trial, warned each other about possible battles in the fifth stage, and began comprehending its Sword-Testing Stone.
• A man in purple dragon robes blasted apart the black pillar in the third stage, but showed no joy after passing.

The middle-aged man in purple dragon robe and Peach Fairy advanced into the fourth stage of their respective trials, while Mo Tu Shan reached the fifth stage and recruited Peach Fairy to help him ambush Yu Jian and Qing Xi. Their plan led to a fight in the Sword Dao Passage, where Peach Fairy fled as Mo Tu Shan and Yu Jian prepared to unleash their full strength.

• The middle-aged man in purple dragon robe entered the fourth stage, and Peach Fairy reached it in the divine soul trial after struggling through the third stage.
• Peach Fairy swallowed a Blood God Pill and spent three days clearing the fourth stage before entering the fifth stage, where Mo Tu Shan was waiting.
• Mo Tu Shan asked Peach Fairy to help him ambush Yu Jian and Qing Xi, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Ming Feng, Old Cang Long, and the Black Barbarian Bull watched the trial-takers clash and noted that Lu Qing had focused on breaking the formation rather than using the Teleportation Arrays.
• Mo Tu Shan attacked the injured Yu Jian while Peach Fairy trapped Qing Xi in pink mist, but Yu Jian held his defense for half an hour.
• Mo Tu Shan and Yu Jian summoned the phantoms of a demonic tower and a treasured sword, prompting Peach Fairy to abandon her fight with Qing Xi and flee toward a Teleportation Array.

Qing Xi and Yu Jian survived Mo Tu Shan’s ambush, while Lu Qing rapidly reached the perfection of Nascent Soul Four Tribulations and began his fifth tribulation. The chapter ends with Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng waiting as extraordinary life-force fluctuations spread from Lu Qing’s cave abode.

• Qing Xi broke free and attacked Mo Tu Shan, who withdrew through the teleportation array when Yu Jian’s strength and Qing Xi’s support made the fight too dangerous.
• Yu Jian revealed that he was badly injured, and Qing Xi agreed to protect him while he recovered for up to ten days.
• Mo Tu Shan found Peach Fairy gone and returned to the body Trial Passage to focus on clearing the trial rather than pursuing her.
• Lu Qing cultivated to the perfection of Four Tribulations, then began undergoing the Nascent Soul Fifth Tribulation after further tempering his aura.
• Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng sensed Lu Qing’s tribulation and waited outside Lingxu Peak as powerful life-force fluctuations followed its fading heavenly might.

After reaching Nascent Soul Five Tribulations, Lu Qing began to understand the role of laws in cultivation and glimpsed a path toward the sixth tribulation. He brought Xiao Li to meet the three Strange Beasts to ask for guidance, and they were astonished to learn Xiao Li had a spatial divine ability.

• Lu Qing sensed that his Five Tribulations breakthrough had strengthened his mana, body, and Nascent Soul, letting him perceive laws throughout the void and glimpse the method for the sixth tribulation.
• Xiao Li lamented that it could no longer help Lu Qing despite advancing to Golden Core Seventh Revolution, and Lu Qing reassured it that it had always protected him.
• Old Cang Long summoned Lu Qing to meet with him and the other two Strange Beasts, who noticed Xiao Li and learned it was Lu Qing's companion rather than an enslaved spirit beast.
• Lu Qing asked the three Strange Beasts for suitable cultivation methods or resources for Xiao Li, explaining its exceptional talent and innate spatial divine ability.
• Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng reacted with astonishment when Lu Qing revealed that Xiao Li possessed a spatial divine ability.

Lu Qing learned that Xiao Li could tear open space with her innate divine ability, and Old Cang Long agreed to teach her the Dao of Space. Lu Qing discovered that the Immortal Palace had almost no Nascent Soul pills left, then learned that Yu Jian and Mo Tu Shan had reached the sixth trial stage and that Mo Tu Shan had ambushed Yu Jian.

• Xiao Li demonstrated her spatial divine ability by entering a shallow spatial interstice, impressing Old Cang Long and the other Strange Beasts.
• Old Cang Long offered to guide Xiao Li in the Dao of Space, and Lu Qing agreed to leave her in his care.
• The three Strange Beasts warned Lu Qing against relying too heavily on pills, then learned he had consumed nearly all the pills they had given him and could use pill toxins as nourishment.
• Old Cang Long explained that the Immortal Palace had almost exhausted its Nascent Soul pills, leaving Lu Qing without a new supply.
• Lu Qing asked about Yu Jian and Mo Tu Shan, and Old Cang Long said both had reached the sixth trial stage after Mo Tu Shan ambushed and badly injured Yu Jian at the fifth stage.
• Old Cang Long explained that some Trial Passages connected at checkpoint nodes through teleportation arrays, and Lu Qing realized the significance of the arrays he had seen.

After leaving Xiao Li with Old Cang Long, Lu Qing spent two years comprehending laws and developing his cultivation method, then another year cultivating in earnest. He reached Five Tribulations Great Accomplishment and decided he was ready to face Mo Tu Shan.

• Lu Qing entrusted Xiao Li to Old Cang Long and returned to Lingxu Peak to stabilize his breakthrough and comprehend the Sea of Laws.
• Lu Qing recognized the Great Dao of Wu Xing as his strongest affinity and began deducing later techniques for the Perfected Nascent Soul Method.
• Over two years, Lu Qing completed the Sixth Tribulation technique and formed frameworks for the next three tribulations while mastering spatial distortion and Space Teleportation.
• Lu Qing gathered Spirit Stones and pills to cultivate, rapidly strengthening himself over the following year.
• Lu Qing reached Five Tribulations Great Accomplishment and wondered whether his strength was now enough to fight Mo Tu Shan.

After years in seclusion, Lu Qing emerged with greatly increased strength and entered the Sword Dao Trial Passage to pursue its inheritance and catch up with Mo Tu Shan. He cleared the first two stages at astonishing speed, then cut down a cultivator who tried to stop him in the third stage.

• Lu Qing left the Immortal Palace and chose the Sword Dao Trial Passage, surprising Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng.
• Xiao Li told the three Strange Beasts that Lu Qing likely intended to confront Mo Tu Shan and that his sword-path talent was extraordinary.
• Lu Qing used his supernatural ability to learn the Sword-Testing Stone's inheritance and cleared the first and second stages in quick succession.
• Lu Qing arrived in the third stage, where a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator tried to grab him and claim the Sword-Testing Stone first.
• Lu Qing shouted at the cultivator to get lost and severed his arm with a sword strike, leaving him screaming as the other cultivators stared in shock.

Lu Qing swiftly cleared the third and fourth trials of the Sword Dao Passage, killing two Nascent Soul cultivators who attacked him along the way. He entered the empty fifth trial and began advancing toward Mo Tu Shan, while Old Cang Long and the others worried about how Yu Jian and Qing Xi might react when Lu Qing reached them.

• Lu Qing crippled and killed a Sixth Tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator who attacked him in the third trial, then carved a three-inch mark into the Sword-Testing Stone and cleared the trial.
• Lu Qing reached the fourth trial, where he killed a Sixth Tribulation Perfection disciple from the Black and White Monastery with one sword strike and quickly cleared the trial as well.
• Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng watched Lu Qing's rapid progress and discussed whether they might need to intervene if he faced danger.
• Lu Qing found the fifth trial empty except for seven Teleportation Arrays and chose to continue toward Mo Tu Shan rather than explore the other passages.
• Old Cang Long and the others worried that Yu Jian and Qing Xi might mistake Lu Qing for a threat when he reached the seventh trial, then Ming Feng announced that Lu Qing had entered the sixth stage.

Lu Qing reached the seventh stage of the Sword Dao Passage and learned that Mo Tu Shan was in the Physical Body Passage, so he went there to settle their grudge. Yu Jian and Qing Xi followed, but they found Mo Tu Shan allied with Peach Fairy and Hei Ming, and Lu Qing challenged Mo Tu Shan despite the odds.

• Yu Jian and Qing Xi discussed their progress in the seventh stage, where they had been stuck for nearly three years.
• Lu Qing arrived at the seventh stage, asked about Mo Tu Shan, and learned that he had entered the Physical Body Passage.
• Lu Qing teleported to the Physical Body Passage to seek out Mo Tu Shan, and Yu Jian and Qing Xi followed to help him.
• Lu Qing found Mo Tu Shan with Peach Fairy and Hei Ming, while Yu Jian urged Lu Qing to withdraw because their side was outnumbered.
• Lu Qing refused to leave and called Mo Tu Shan out to claim his death.

Lu Qing confronted Mo Tu Shan over a necklace made from infant skulls and revealed swordsmanship powerful enough to threaten him. After Mo Tu Shan shielded himself with the Nine Abyss Demonic Pagoda, Lu Qing prepared to face him with a Spirit Sword.

• Mo Tu Shan attacked Lu Qing, but Lu Qing struck him with sword qi and forced him back, nearly killing him.
• Lu Qing asked whether Mo Tu Shan’s necklace was made from infant skulls, and Mo Tu Shan admitted it was forged from the bones of eighteen infants.
• Lu Qing declared that Mo Tu Shan and the Black and White Monastery would die, then launched another sword strike.
• Mo Tu Shan blocked Lu Qing’s attack with the phantom of the Nine Abyss Demonic Pagoda and threatened to torture him.
• Lu Qing identified the pagoda as a High-Grade Demon Artifact and summoned a Spirit Sword.

Lu Qing used the Azure Radiance Sword to overwhelm Mo Tu Shan, then revealed a colossal demonic body of his own and crushed Mo Tu Shan with a single palm. The blast of power engulfed the seventh trial as Yu Jian and the others struggled to withstand it.

• Lu Qing drew the High-Grade Spirit Sword Azure Radiance Sword, and the others recognized the Po Tian Sword Qi while Yu Jian realized the sword had belonged to A Qing.
• Mo Tu Shan attacked Lu Qing with the Nine Abyss Demonic Pagoda, but Lu Qing dodged his punch and shattered the pagoda’s protective phantom with sword qi.
• Lu Qing’s sword storm battered Mo Tu Shan, who transformed into a giant Black Demon Body and swung the Black Demon Tower at him.
• Lu Qing caught the descending tower with one hand, then pinched it between two fingers after Mo Tu Shan tried to strike again.
• Lu Qing took the Black Demon Tower and crushed Mo Tu Shan with a giant palm, unleashing a destructive blast across the seventh trial.

Lu Qing crushed Mo Tu Shan with his True Witch Body, then extracted his Primordial Spirit and condemned him to torment for the lives he had slaughtered. After Lu Qing entered the Sword Dao Passage, the other trial participants left, while Old Cang Long and the other Strange Beasts remained stunned by his strength.

• Lu Qing manifested a hundred-zhang True Witch Body and repeatedly crushed Mo Tu Shan, reducing his body and nearly erasing his origin.
• Lu Qing extracted Mo Tu Shan’s weakened Primordial Spirit with a Divine Ability and trapped him in illusions that forced him to suffer the revenge of his victims.
• Lu Qing stored Mo Tu Shan’s Primordial Spirit, burned his body, took the Black Demon Tower, and entered the Sword Dao Passage.
• Hei Ming and Peach Fairy questioned Yu Jian about Lu Qing, but Yu Jian gave no explanation and left for the Sword Dao Passage with Qing Xi.
• Hei Ming returned to the Law Passage to pursue a breakthrough, and Peach Fairy departed separately.
• Old Cang Long, the Black Barbarian Bull, and Ming Feng marveled that Lu Qing had defeated an Eight Tribulations Primordial Spirit despite being at Nascent Soul Five Tribulations.

Lu Qing cleared the remaining trials of the Sword Dao Passage and gained the Nascent Soul inheritance of the Guixu Zizai Sword. After returning to the Immortal Palace, he explained how he had obtained the True Witch Body, then paused before entering the Sword Dao inheritance ground because he had another matter to attend to.

• Yu Jian and Qing Xi waited to speak with Lu Qing, but he cleared the seventh trial after only a quarter of an hour and moved on before they could approach.
• Lu Qing quickly cleared the eighth and ninth trials, comprehending the Nascent Soul Chapter of the Guixu Zizai Sword.
• Old Cang Long brought Lu Qing back to the Immortal Palace, where he and the others asked about Lu Qing's True Witch Body and abilities.
• Lu Qing said he had received an Ancient Witch Race inheritance and tempered his body in a Witch Race Blood Pool, prompting Old Cang Long and the others to suspect its origin.
• Old Cang Long confirmed that Lu Qing could enter the Sword Dao inheritance ground, but Lu Qing stopped and formed an illusory space in his palm, saying he had another matter to attend to.