Chapter Summaries

After Lu Yi’s long-awaited Golden Finger appeared, he discovered that it assigned tasks and gave rewards. He accepted a task to practice swordplay and set out to claim its reward, while preparing to enter the White Cloud Sect Outer Sect Competition.

• Lu Yi saw an interface listing his cultivation and techniques, realized it had a task function, and learned that it did not respond to his thoughts.
• At breakfast, Lu Gaoyang told Lu Yi to sign up for the Outer Sect Competition, and the interface generated a task for him to participate.
• Lu Yi accepted the competition task and asked his parents if they needed help with anything.
• Lu Gaoyang told Lu Yi to practice the White Cloud Swordplay ten times, triggering a task that would raise the technique’s level by one.
• Lu Yi accepted the swordplay task, reassured Wang Siqi that he was fine, and hurried off with two meat buns to practice.

Lu Yi discovered he could issue cultivation tasks to himself and used them to improve the White Cloud Swordplay, White Cloud Footwork, and White Cloud Qi Guiding Art. After claiming the Qi Guiding Art reward at dawn, he gained a deeper understanding of the technique.

• Lu Yi practiced the White Cloud Swordplay ten times, claimed the reward, and raised it from lv2 to lv3, producing Sword Qi that cut a mark into the courtyard stones.
• Lu Yi realized he could issue himself a task to practice the White Cloud Footwork, though the panel ignored tasks about ordinary actions.
• Lu Yi completed ten rounds of White Cloud Footwork practice that afternoon and received improved comprehension of the technique.
• Lu Yi issued himself a task to cultivate the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art ten times and completed the cycles by dawn.
• Lu Yi claimed the reward, and information about the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art surfaced in his mind as his comprehension rose.

Lu Yi improved his cultivation methods through daily practice before heading to White Sheep Peak for the monthly Elder's lecture. He climbed past the usual gathering places for stronger disciples, and a burly Outer Sect disciple blocked his way near the summit.

• Lu Yi discovered that his improved White Cloud Qi Guiding Art made cultivation and technique casting much more efficient, so he set himself a task to practice it ten times.
• For two weeks, Lu Yi practiced the White Cloud Swordplay, White Cloud Footwork, and White Cloud Qi Guiding Art every day, rapidly improving all three.
• Lu Gaoyang reminded Lu Yi about the Outer Sect Elder's monthly lecture, and Lu Yi left for White Sheep Peak after breakfast.
• Lu Yi climbed past groups of disciples who had stopped according to their cultivation levels, intending to reach the summit platform.
• A tall, sturdy Outer Sect disciple blocked Lu Yi near the summit and told him to head back down, while the surrounding disciples watched eagerly.

Lu Yi challenged an Outer Sect Disciple at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer to reach the platform and discovered he could earn rewards by setting tasks for himself. After winning while concealing most of his strength, he received the option of a Perfect Qi Condensation Pill and issued a new task to ascend the White Sheep Peak platform.

• Lu Yi asked to go onto the platform, and when the burly Outer Sect Disciple refused, he set himself a task to defeat him for a pill reward.
• Lu Yi fought the Qi Refining Eighth Layer disciple with White Cloud Swordplay, impressing the watching disciples with his apparent mastery.
• Lu Yi narrowly defeated the burly disciple, who accepted the loss and stepped aside after Lu Yi praised his strength.
• Lu Yi chose the Perfect Qi Condensation Pill as his reward and set a new task to ascend the White Sheep Peak platform, then reacted with joy to its reward.

Lu Yi accepted a mission to climb onto the White Sheep Peak platform for a Middle-Grade Magic Item reward and reached it without being challenged, thanks to his victory over Lin Gang. After claiming the spot at the platform’s edge, he waited for someone to challenge him and finally faced a cold Qi Refining Eighth Layer disciple who said the spot was his.

• Lu Yi accepted the mission to climb onto the White Sheep Peak platform for Flowing Cloud Boots.
• The disciples below let Lu Yi pass because he had defeated Lin Gang and displayed White Cloud Swordplay at the Transformation Realm.
• Lu Yi reached the platform, chose a seat at the edge, and completed the mission but postponed claiming the reward.
• As more disciples arrived, a Qi Refining Eighth Layer youth told Lu Yi that the spot he occupied belonged to him.
• Lu Yi stood up and cheerfully insisted that the spot was his now.

Lu Yi defeated Wang Xinqi in a challenge, displaying techniques that astonished the outer sect disciples and earning the right to take his spot. The gathering was interrupted by the arrival of a beautiful female cultivator whom Lu Yi recognized as the Sermon Elder, contrary to his expectation of an old man.

• Lu Yi accepted a quest to defeat the Qi Refining Eighth Layer disciple Wang Xinqi and faced him with their swords drawn.
• Lu Yi used White Cloud Footwork and White Cloud Swordplay at extraordinary levels to overwhelm Wang Xinqi and hold a sword to his neck.
• Lu Yi praised Wang Xinqi after winning, and Wang Xinqi agreed to seek his guidance and gave him the spot.
• Wang Xinqi challenged Li Qi for his spot, and Li Qi protested that Wang should challenge Lu Yi instead.
• A beautiful female cultivator arrived at the Sermon Platform, leaving Lu Yi stunned because he had expected the Sermon Elder to be an old man.

Liu Ningshuang replaced Elder Lin Feng to lecture the disciples at White Sheep Peak, while Lu Yi accepted a mission to make her fall in love with him for powerful rewards. Her lesson deepened Lu Yi’s understanding of cultivation and brought his White Cloud Qi Guiding Art closer to advancing.

• Lu Yi recognized Liu Ningshuang, saw the mission and its rewards, and accepted the task of making her fall in love with him.
• Liu Ningshuang announced that Elder Lin Feng was occupied and that she would give the lecture instead.
• Li Qi blamed Wang Xinqi for his lack of a seat, then left the platform in embarrassment.
• Liu Ningshuang lectured on cultivation foundations and the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art, giving the gathered disciples new insights.
• Lu Yi benefited greatly from Liu Ningshuang’s explanations and felt close to advancing his White Cloud Qi Guiding Art to Lv. 7.

After Liu Ningshuang finished teaching cultivation foundations, she invited Lu Yi to demonstrate White Cloud Swordplay, which he had mastered at the Return to Simplicity Realm. Their demonstration impressed the disciples, and Liu Ningshuang suggested that Lu Yi consider Drifting Soul Peak if he entered the Inner Sect.

• Liu Ningshuang finished explaining cultivation foundations and began teaching White Cloud Swordplay to the Qi Refining disciples.
• A female disciple told Liu Ningshuang that Lu Yi had mastered White Cloud Swordplay to the Return to Simplicity Realm, prompting Liu Ningshuang to praise his talent and ask him to demonstrate it.
• Lu Yi accepted the task to demonstrate White Cloud Swordplay for the Outer Sect Disciples, earning a reward that would raise his technique level.
• Lu Yi and Liu Ningshuang performed White Cloud Swordplay together as she explained its principles, leaving the disciples impressed and enlightened.
• Liu Ningshuang praised Lu Yi's swordplay and suggested that he take Drifting Soul Peak's assessment if he entered the Inner Sect.

Liu Ningshuang invited Lu Yi to take Drifting Soul Peak’s assessment and gave him a Top Grade Qi Condensation Pill after his swordplay demonstration. Back at home, Lu Yi claimed the rewards from four completed missions and discovered he could choose where they appeared.

• Liu Ningshuang invited Lu Yi to take Drifting Soul Peak’s assessment and gifted him a Top Grade Qi Condensation Pill.
• Liu Ningshuang answered disciples’ cultivation questions, then ended the sermon and left White Sheep Peak.
• Disciples crowded around Lu Yi to befriend him and invite him out, so he escaped to his home on White Spirit Peak.
• Lu Yi reviewed his four completed missions and claimed a Perfect Qi Condensation Pill as a reward for defeating Lin Gang.
• Lu Yi made the pill appear in his pocket and realized he could choose where mission rewards materialized.

Lu Yi claimed his rewards, gaining the Flowing Cloud Boots and advancing his White Cloud Swordplay to Lv. 7, which greatly increased its power without raising its Spiritual Qi cost. As Lu Yi wondered if his parents had finished work, a rosy-nosed man approached Lu Gaoyang at the Outer Sect Affairs Hall and praised Lu Yi, leaving Lu Gaoyang confused.

• Lu Yi claimed the Flowing Cloud Boots, bound them, and found they increased his speed by nearly thirty percent.
• Lu Yi claimed two Perfect Qi Condensation Pills for defeating Wang Xinqi and received a White Cloud Swordplay level increase for practicing with Liu Ningshuang.
• Lu Yi absorbed the insights from reaching Lv. 7 and discovered that his optimized swordplay was nearly fifty percent more powerful without consuming extra Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yi calmed himself by insisting he was still an ordinary Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator and should keep cultivating carefully.
• A rosy-nosed man praised Lu Yi to Lu Gaoyang at the Outer Sect Affairs Hall, and Lu Gaoyang asked what he meant.

Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi learned that Lu Yi had mastered White Cloud Swordplay and earned Liu Ningshuang’s favor, which brought them prestigious new posts in the Affairs Hall. They returned to White Spirit Peak to confront Lu Yi, who was left wondering why they had made such a commotion.

• Li Mang told Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi that Lu Yi had mastered White Cloud Swordplay and received pills and an invitation from Liu Ningshuang.
• Qi Feiyu appointed Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi as stewards responsible for distributing outer sect resources because of Lu Yi’s promise and connection to Liu Ningshuang.
• Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi left the Affairs Hall and hurried back to White Spirit Peak as other stewards treated them with new deference.
• Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi arrived at Lu Yi’s courtyard, where Lu Gaoyang demanded to know why Lu Yi had caused all the commotion.

Lu Yi told Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi that he had reached the Return to Simplicity realm in White Cloud Swordplay and gained insight, leaving them astonished but supportive. After dinner, he used a Perfect Qi Condensation Pill and reached the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

• Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi questioned Lu Yi about his performance at White Sheep Peak, and he confirmed his swordplay had reached the Return to Simplicity realm and Liu Ningshuang had invited him to Drifting Soul Peak for an assessment.
• Lu Yi explained that his mind had grown clearer and that his cultivation insights had improved, while his parents wondered whether he had consumed a heavenly treasure.
• Wang Siqi cooked dinner for Lu Yi and Lu Gaoyang, and Lu Yi later saw that practicing the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art ten times would raise its level.
• Lu Yi swallowed a Perfect Qi Condensation Pill and cultivated as its Spiritual Qi flowed into his Dantian.
• Lu Yi sensed a barrier preventing further Spiritual Qi from gathering and realized he had reached the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Lu Yi broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and discovered that his lv7 White Cloud Qi Guiding Art cultivated Spiritual Qi more efficiently and refined its quality. After using his remaining Perfect Qi Condensation Pills, he headed to the Martial Arts Stage to seek sparring partners and earn more.

• Lu Yi broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer in less than a minute and accepted the reward for completing his White Cloud Qi Guiding Art task, raising it to lv7.
• Lu Yi tested the lv7 White Cloud Qi Guiding Art, finding that it absorbed Spiritual Qi at more than twice its previous efficiency and refined the Spiritual Qi in his body.
• Lu Yi cultivated through the night, fully digested the Perfect Qi Condensation Pill, and made significant progress toward the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
• Lu Yi spent the next two days practicing the White Cloud Swordplay, White Cloud Footwork, and White Cloud Qi Guiding Art until he ran out of Perfect Qi Condensation Pills.
• Lu Yi went to the Martial Arts Stage hoping to spar with fellow disciples and earn more pills, while Outer Sect Disciples recognized him and asked him for guidance.

Lu Yi went to the Martial Arts Stage seeking a sparring partner, but his strength had outgrown Wang Xinqi. Wang Xinqi brought him to meet Lu Ling and Wang Wulian, and Lu Yi received a mission to defeat Lu Ling.

• Lu Yi arrived at the Martial Arts Stage, and disciples followed him hoping to witness his swordsmanship.
• Lu Yi realized the panel gave him no mission for defeating Wang Xinqi because their strength gap was too large.
• Wang Xinqi introduced Lu Yi to Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciples Lu Ling and Wang Wulian, who were eager to meet him.
• Lu Yi accepted a mission to defeat Lu Ling, earning a reward of ten Top Grade Qi Condensation Pills or one Perfect Qi Condensation Pill.

Lu Yi sparred with Wang Wulian, defeated him using his Returning to Purity Realm White Cloud Swordplay, and agreed to spar again so Wang could build on his insights. After earning a Perfect Qi Condensation Pill, Lu Yi planned to complete his task of defeating Lu Ling.

• Lu Yi asked Lu Ling and Wang Wulian to spar, and Wang Wulian volunteered to go first.
• Lu Yi and Wang Wulian fought before the watching Outer Sect Disciples, with Lu Yi holding back his strongest swordplay while demonstrating his Returning to Purity Realm technique.
• After several hundred exchanges, Lu Yi knocked aside Wang Wulian's sword and held his own blade to Wang's throat, winning the match.
• Wang Wulian said the fight had given him insights, and Lu Yi offered to spar with him again after he had contemplated them.
• Lu Yi completed his task, received a Perfect Qi Condensation Pill, and issued another task to defeat Wang Wulian.

Lu Yi sparred with Lu Ling and Wang Wulian, earning sixteen Perfect Qi Condensation Pills before spending half a month cultivating for the Outer Sect Competition. On the day the Competition began, he met Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi for breakfast, confident in his progress, and prepared to head to the Martial Arts Stage.

• Lu Yi defeated Lu Ling in a spar, then repeatedly sparred with Lu Ling and Wang Wulian, completing sixteen tasks and receiving sixteen Perfect Qi Condensation Pills.
• Lu Ling and Wang Wulian thanked Lu Yi, saying the sparring had brought their swordplay close to the Transformation Realm.
• Lu Yi returned to White Spirit Peak and spent half a month cultivating White Cloud Swordplay, White Cloud Footwork, and White Cloud Qi Guiding Art.
• Lu Yi reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, and his cultivation method and both techniques advanced to lv8.
• Lu Yi joined Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi for breakfast on the day of the Competition, reassured them that he felt ready, and prepared to go to the Martial Arts Stage.

Lu Yi arrived at the Outer Sect Competition and joined Lu Ling, Wang Wulian, and Wang Xinqi as the Preliminary Selection began. He easily endured Dugu Fang’s pressure, while fewer than half the competitors passed and remained in the plaza.

• Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi brought Lu Yi to the Martial Arts Stage and encouraged him before joining the other elders in the air.
• Lu Yi met Lu Ling, Wang Wulian, and Wang Xinqi in the Martial Arts Plaza, where Wang Wulian said he aimed to place in the top thirty.
• Dugu Fang arrived, announced that competitors had to endure his pressure for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and began the Preliminary Selection.
• Dugu Fang’s pressure overwhelmed many lower-level disciples, but Lu Yi barely felt it and watched Lu Ling and Wang Wulian begin circulating their Spiritual Qi.
• After the incense burned down, Dugu Fang withdrew his pressure and dismissed the failed competitors, leaving nearly ten thousand disciples in the plaza.

Lu Yi joined the preliminary round of the Outer Sect Competition at Arena 101, where the other contestants feared facing him. As the matches began and he watched the early bouts, he grew so bored that he put on the Mask of Suffering.

• Dugu Fang distributed arena assignments, and Lu Yi learned he would compete in the twenty-fifth match at Arena 101.
• Lu Yi parted from Wang Wulian, Lu Ling, and Wang Xinqi, then headed to his assigned arena as they went to theirs.
• The contestants at Arena 101 despaired when they saw Lu Yi, while referee Feng Tian wondered whether his reputation matched his strength.
• Qi Feiyu told Dugu Fang that sixteen-year-old Lu Yi had mastered the White Cloud Swordplay to Return to Simplicity and had reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Lu Yi watched several preliminary matches, found the contestants' techniques unimpressive, and put on the Mask of Suffering as the bouts continued.

Lu Yi advanced from the preliminaries to the ranking matches after every opponent on Arena 101 conceded, leaving him frustrated that he never got to fight. He returned to White Spirit Peak and resumed cultivating, sensing that the Qi Refining Eighth Layer was near.

• Lu Yi faced Li Qi in the preliminaries, but Li Qi conceded immediately and left the arena.
• Lu Yi’s opponents on Arena 101 continued to concede, making him first place without drawing his sword.
• Dugu Fang ended the day’s preliminaries and announced that the ranking matches would begin the next day.
• Lu Yi hurried home before Lu Gaoyang could carry him, while Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi celebrated his apparent victories with the deacons.
• Lu Yi returned to White Spirit Peak, accepted his daily task, and cultivated with his improved White Cloud Qi Guiding Art and Perfect Qi Condensation Pill.

Lu Yi arrived at the Martial Arts Stage for the ranking matches, where he learned why several Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciples viewed him as a threat. As the competition began, Lu Yi remained confident that he could enter the top ten and aimed for first place.

• Lu Yi persuaded Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi to let him travel to the Martial Arts Stage alone, hoping to avoid being carried there.
• Lu Yi reached the arena and learned from Wang Wulian that Lu Ling had failed to advance after drawing Jiang Fan in the preliminaries.
• Wang Wulian explained that Mo Lingxi and other Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciples resented Lu Yi because his breakthrough made him a contender for one of the four top-ten spots available to them.
• Lu Yi declared that he expected to enter the top ten and explained that he was aiming for first place to earn better competition rewards.
• Dugu Fang addressed the 320 advancing disciples, announced the start of the ranking matches, and sent out stone plaques.