Chapter Summaries

Newly transmigrated Lu Yang discovered the Hundred Lives Book, which let him restart after death, as he was inducted into the murderous First Saint Sect. Assigned to the Joyous Union Hall, he learned that its trial involved dual cultivation, and Yu Suzhen began guiding him.

• Lu Yang found that his system had no point-adding feature, then discovered the Hundred Lives Book could return him to the start of his life after death.
• The black-robed Daoist killed Chen Liang and ordered his body divided among the sect halls, explaining that disciples were valued according to the use they provided.
• The black-robed Daoist assigned Lu Yang to the Joyous Union Hall and gave him a Jade Plaque containing his Life Fire and the Yin-Yang Great Joy Ode.
• Yu Suzhen welcomed Lu Yang to the Joyous Union Hall and explained that nominal disciples had to pass their hall's trial to enter the inner sect.
• Yu Suzhen told Lu Yang that the Joyous Union Hall's trial was dual cultivation and placed a hand on his head.

Lu Yang was drained and killed by Yu Suzhen, then restarted his life with a talent that made him immune to being Plundered through dual cultivation. In his second life, he turned the Yin-Yang Great Joy Ode against Yu Suzhen, took her qi, and advanced to Qi Refining.

• Yu Suzhen Plundered Lu Yang through the Yin-Yang Great Joy Ode, but he warned her that he had a venereal disease before she beat him to death.
• The Hundred Lives Book restarted Lu Yang's life and granted him the Dual Cultivation Prodigy talent, which made him difficult to Plunder and gave him greater insight into the Yin-Yang Great Joy Ode.
• Lu Yang returned to Joyous Union Hall and again caught Yu Suzhen's attention, but used the dual cultivation method to Plunder her instead.
• Lu Yang sensed qi within Yu Suzhen and drew it out, causing her to die as he broke through to Qi Refining Level One and became an official disciple.

Lu Yang was promoted to an official disciple of the First Saint Sect and learned that the sect turned failed cultivators into magical artifacts. After collecting several promotion benefits, he received Mending Heaven Peak’s cultivation method, the Primordial Dao Scripture, while his promised Cauldron remained unavailable.

• Liu Xin transferred Lu Yang’s name to Mending Heaven Peak and explained Contribution Points and the benefits official disciples could claim.
• Lu Yang learned that official disciples received a magical treasure, a pill, a Spiritual Beast, and a Cauldron without charge.
• At the Treasure Refining Hall, Chen Hao turned a failed cultivator into the Bone Jade Sword and gave it to Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang collected a Qi Replenishing Pill from the Alchemy Hall and a Human-Faced Owl from the Beast Taming Hall.
• Liu Xin said the Joyous Union Hall’s Cauldrons had not arrived, then gave Lu Yang a Jade Slip containing the Primordial Dao Scripture.

Lu Yang cultivated the Primordial Dao Scripture and transformed his body into true qi, but clues about Yu Suzhen’s death made him suspect that Liu Xin had given him a dangerous or altered inheritance. The chapter ended with Liu Xin calling to him outside his cave residence.

• Liu Xin explained that Lu Yang had received only the first half of the Primordial Dao Scripture and would need Contribution Points to obtain its Foundation Establishment teachings.
• Lu Yang settled into a cave residence on Mending Heaven Peak and found that its abundant Spiritual Qi made his cultivation far faster than in the outer sect.
• Lu Yang studied the grades of true qi and decided to cultivate the Primordial Dao Scripture for now, hoping to pursue a stronger inheritance later with the help of the Hundred Lives Book.
• After ten days, Lu Yang refined his body into Primordial True Qi, healed his venereal disease, and updated his cultivation record.
• Lu Yang realized Yu Suzhen should have been able to cure her illness by cultivating the Primordial Dao Scripture, so he suspected she had received a different method and wondered whether Liu Xin had prepared the scripture specifically for him.
• Liu Xin called to Lu Yang from outside his cave residence.

Lu Yang discovered that Liu Xin had used the Primordial Dao Scripture to turn him into Primordial True Qi, but he restarted his life with the Hundred Lives Book and retained that qi as a treasure. He stayed cautious, entered the inner sect, and went to the Library Pavilion to focus on cultivating before seeking revenge.

• Liu Xin broke into Lu Yang’s cave, controlled him with the Primordial Dao Scripture, and refined away his consciousness, revealing that the scripture was a method for turning cultivators into Primordial True Qi.
• The Hundred Lives Book restarted Lu Yang’s life with 98 pages remaining, and he chose to retain the Primordial True Qi he had refined in his previous life.
• Lu Yang returned to Joyous Union Hall, fed Yu Suzhen’s Primordial Yin to his Primordial True Qi, and concealed his breakthrough while Liu Xin selected another disciple, Qin Yu, instead.
• After Liu Xin entered seclusion and a new guide took over, Lu Yang waited before breaking through and entering the inner sect without drawing attention.
• Lu Yang learned that Liu Xin had reached Qi Refining Late Stage and become a personal disciple of Mending Heaven Peak’s peak master, then entered the Library Pavilion to choose a cultivation method and grow stronger.

Lu Yang claimed the Dragon-Tiger Yin-Yang Joy Scripture and borrowed the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art, discovering that the sect delivered a Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciple along with the loan. The chapter ended with Lu Yang realizing the First Saint Sect expected him to Plunder the woman’s knowledge to learn the art.

• Lu Yang claimed the Dragon-Tiger Yin-Yang Joy Scripture and learned that he had received only its Qi Refining section.
• Lu Yang tried to cultivate the scripture alone, failed to form its new kind of true qi, and browsed the Library Pavilion’s other methods.
• Lu Yang borrowed the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art at a high interest rate, intending to avoid repayment by using Restart.
• The Library Pavilion’s old man told Lu Yang not to worry about finding a Cauldron after learning he had taken out a cultivation manual loan.
• Three suns later, Lu Yang received a bound Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciple in a delivery box and realized he was meant to Plunder her knowledge of the sword art.

Lu Yang mastered the basic Divine Firmament Sword Control Art and learned from Yun Miaoqing that a Sword Pellet would greatly increase its power. After leaving her, he realized he needed to earn Contribution Points to afford next month’s cave dwelling rent.

• Lu Yang practiced the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art, splitting his White Bone Flying Sword into two Sword Lights and moving between them.
• Yun Miaoqing refused to help Lu Yang at first, but later explained that Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciples used Sword Pellets to strengthen their sword techniques.
• Lu Yang learned the Sword Pellet refinement method from Yun Miaoqing and ended their interrogation without using Plunder again.
• Lu Yang calculated that his 50 Contribution Points would not cover his rent after the monthly deduction and decided he needed to take sect missions.

Lu Yang sought a safe, lucrative sect mission but Zhao Xuhe steered him toward a debt-funded scheme to grow Yin-Yang Immortal Flowers. After calculating that the loans and expenses would consume his earnings, Lu Yang realized the First Saint Sect had trapped him in debt, and Yun Miaoqing came to investigate his curses.

• Lu Yang visited the Merit Building, where Zhao Xuhe tried to recruit him as a husband for the peak master's daughter.
• Lu Yang claimed he had a venereal disease to refuse the marriage proposal, then asked Zhao Xuhe for a safe mission with high Contribution Points.
• Zhao Xuhe gave Lu Yang five hundred borrowed Contribution Points and a contact for buying Yin-Yang Immortal Flower seeds.
• Lu Yang calculated that growing the flowers would leave him with no money after rent and loan payments.
• Lu Yang cursed the First Saint Sect and vowed to default on his debt, prompting Yun Miaoqing to come see what was wrong.

Lu Yang used his borrowed money to buy Vitality Pills so he could raise his cultivation before his next Restart, and he refused Fairy Qingchen’s offer to explore a cave abode. Qingchen reported back to Zhao Xuhe, who revealed that the sect could reclaim debts by selling disciples’ bodies and hinted that they could prevent Lu Yang from using his pills.

• Lu Yang rejected Yun Miaoqing’s offer to help him escape to the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion and bought ten Vitality Pills to advance his cultivation.
• Fairy Qingchen delivered Lu Yang’s pills and tried to lure him to a supposedly safe cave abode after learning he had borrowed money.
• Lu Yang suspected Qingchen was setting a trap, declined her offer, and returned to his cave abode with the pills.
• Fairy Qingchen told Zhao Xuhe that Lu Yang had bought pills instead of Yin-Yang Immortal Flowers and might not intend to repay his loans.
• Zhao Xuhe explained that the sect could reclaim its costs by selling indebted disciples’ bodies and suggested they could keep Lu Yang from using his pills.

Lu Yang broke through to the Middle Qi Refining Stage by consuming his remaining pills and Primordial Breath, then killed three masked intruders who entered his cave dwelling. He wondered who had sent them and reflected on the value of ambushing stronger opponents.

• Lu Yang used his remaining spiritual pills and Plundered Yun Miaoqing until he reached Qi Refining Third Layer, then consumed the Primordial Breath to break through to the Middle Qi Refining Stage.
• Lu Yang tested his new strength with the White Bone Flying Sword and noticed that someone had disturbed a Sword Light near the cave entrance.
• Three masked men stealthily entered Lu Yang’s cave dwelling, and he concealed his breakthrough and waited for them in the shadows.
• Lu Yang ambushed the leading man with his Flying Sword, crushed a second intruder with the Primordial Breath Great Hand Seal, and killed the leader after overpowering his defenses.
• Lu Yang examined the corpses and concluded that his higher cultivation and ambush had let him defeat opponents with greater combat experience.

After the three black-clad men died, Lu Yang collected their belongings and learned the Life-Killing Curse, a deadly art that could kill both his enemy and himself. He then discovered that newly initiated disciple Xiao Shiye had won the Merit Pool’s one-billion grand prize and disappeared into seclusion.

• Lu Yang found 400 Contribution Points and the Breath Concealment Art among the three black-clad men's belongings, then buried their bodies.
• Lu Yang learned that refining a Sword Pellet would cost 2,000 Contribution Points and decided to spend his points on knowledge he could carry into his next life.
• Lu Yang exchanged 300 Contribution Points for the Life-Killing Curse and refined killing intent from the black-clad men's weapons into his chest.
• Lu Yang saw the old Library Pavilion attendant enraged over the news that Xiao Shiye had won the Merit Pool grand prize and vanished after entering seclusion.

Lu Yang learned that newcomer Xiao Shiye had won the Merit Pool’s billion Contribution Point jackpot, then refused to join Fairy Qingchen and the Library Pavilion elder on a cave-abode expedition. Qingchen and Zhao Xuhe suspected Lu Yang had killed her three lovers, but Zhao dismissed the possibility that Lu Yang had reached the mid stage as they prepared to exploit the cave-abode expedition.

• Lu Yang heard that Xiao Shiye had won the Colorful Merit Fish and the Merit Pool’s billion Contribution Points, and memorized the winning number, 2025113.
• Fairy Qingchen arrived at the Library Pavilion to take the elder to explore a cave abode, while the elder explained how the Sacred Sect’s recovery of a Ten Thousand Man Pit had caused his Death-Substitute Yin Corpses to lose value.
• Qingchen invited Lu Yang to join the expedition, but he refused, and she left with the elder for a concealed cave abode on Mending Heaven Peak.
• Qingchen told Zhao Xuhe that her three lovers’ Life Lamps had gone out after she sent them to kill Lu Yang, and Zhao reasoned that Lu Yang had likely used the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art rather than advanced to the mid stage.
• Zhao Xuhe and Qingchen confirmed that they had gathered people for the cave-abode plan, including Wang Borong, and Zhao prepared to profit from the opportunity.

Zhao Xuhe lured the disciples to Coiling Dragon Island, slaughtered them to seize Coiling Dragon True Person’s inheritance, and escaped with two Third Grade cultivation manuals. Lu Yang waited outside with a Lost Track Formation and ambushed Zhao Xuhe as he emerged.

• Zhao Xuhe, Fairy Qingchen, and Wang Borong persuaded more than a dozen formal disciples to join them in exploring Coiling Dragon Island.
• Lu Yang followed the group, set up a Lost Track Formation outside the island, and waited to ambush survivors.
• Zhao Xuhe used the Blood Demon Soul-Slaughtering Blade to kill the disciples and Wang Borong, then killed Fairy Qingchen to strengthen the blade.
• Zhao Xuhe broke into a meditation chamber and took the Nine Transformations Dragon Art and Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll.
• Zhao Xuhe flew out of Coiling Dragon Island, where Lu Yang struck him with a sudden Sword Light.

Lu Yang trapped Zhao Xuhe in the Lost Track Formation and wore him down while refusing to reveal himself. He tricked Zhao Xuhe into handing over a Foundation Establishment cultivation method, then detonated the Life-Killing Curse, leaving Zhao Xuhe furious and the method destroyed.

• Lu Yang repeatedly attacked Zhao Xuhe with Sword Lights, and Zhao Xuhe recognized him but failed to escape the formation.
• Zhao Xuhe used the Primordial Magnetic Golden Seal to restrain Lu Yang’s Flying Sword, while Lu Yang continued attacking from concealment.
• Zhao Xuhe offered to share a Third Grade cultivation method, and Lu Yang agreed to let him go in exchange for the Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll.
• Lu Yang seized the scroll with a hand of true qi, memorized it, and activated the Life-Killing Curse.
• The explosion destroyed the scroll, and Zhao Xuhe cursed Lu Yang for taking it before self-destructing.

After blowing himself up to escape Zhao Xuhe, Lu Yang restarted his life with his cultivation intact and discovered that his previous life’s Primordial Breath had carried over too. He failed to win the Merit Lottery’s grand prize but used his knowledge of a coming market bubble to lure Zhao Xuhe into a risky investment in Death Substitute Puppets.

• Lu Yang chose to retain his cultivation, returned to the moment Liu Xin was assigning disciples, and realized the Hundred Lives Book restarted him from his previous life rather than the original Anchor Point.
• Lu Yang repeated his path into Joyous Union Hall, became a formal disciple, and drew a Purple Merit Fish instead of the Colorful one he had expected.
• Lu Yang ate the Purple Merit Fish in public, broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, and turned his attention to the rising price of Death Substitute Puppets.
• Lu Yang approached Zhao Xuhe for Contribution Points, claimed he had heard that the Ten Thousand Man Pit had fallen, and asked to borrow 2,000 points to invest in Death Substitute Puppets.
• Zhao Xuhe grew excited by the alleged inside information, while Lu Yang privately concluded that Zhao Xuhe had taken the bait.

After news of the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Man Pit drove a speculative frenzy in Death Substitute Puppets, prices surged amid rumors of war, and Lu Yang sold his stock for a tenfold profit. Zhao Xuhe regretted selling early and reentered the market as prices kept climbing.

• Zhao Xuhe borrowed money to buy Death Substitute Puppets after learning that the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion had taken the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Man Pit.
• Sect members rushed to buy the puppets, driving their price from 200 to 500 Contribution Points before Zhao Xuhe began selling his stock.
• Rumors spread that the First Saint Sect would counterattack, and the prospect of war sent puppet prices soaring to 1,000 Contribution Points and beyond.
• Wang Borong celebrated his growing fortune, while stories of ordinary disciples becoming rich fueled the buying frenzy and a disciple credited trading the puppets with funding his Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• Lu Yang sold his ten puppets at 2,000 Contribution Points each, earning 20,000 Contribution Points.
• Zhao Xuhe regretted selling early, then reentered the market with his profits as returning buyers pushed prices upward again.

Lu Yang avoided buying back into the soaring Death Substitute Puppet market while Zhao Xuhe borrowed heavily to bet on another price surge. After the First Saint Sect announced that the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Man Pit had been recaptured and peace talks were underway, the market collapsed, leaving Zhao Xuhe ruined as Lu Yang came to visit.

• Lu Yang repaid Zhao Xuhe’s loan and entered seclusion, refusing to reenter the Death Substitute Puppet market.
• As the First Saint Sect prepared for war, clan disciples poured into the market and prices climbed to five thousand Contribution Points per puppet.
• Zhao Xuhe borrowed heavily and went all in, convinced the coming war would drive prices higher.
• The Sect Master announced the recapture of the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Man Pit and the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion’s willingness to negotiate peace, causing the market to crash.
• Zhao Xuhe discovered the puppets had fallen to fifty Contribution Points and nearly suffered a cultivation deviation.
• Lu Yang visited Zhao Xuhe and asked how much he had made, prompting Zhao Xuhe to invite him to an ancient cave abode with a vicious glint in his eyes.

Lu Yang avoided Zhao Xuhe’s invitation and prepared for their expected conflict by advancing to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. At the Library Pavilion, he asked Wang Borong for a powerful divine ability and became eager to learn one with severe side effects after realizing he could use it in a future life.

• Lu Yang declined Zhao Xuhe’s invitation to explore a predecessor’s cave estate, and Zhao Xuhe secretly planned to kill him and take his Contribution Points.
• Lu Yang revealed that he had cultivated to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, cured his venereal disease with a Dust-Cleansing Pill, and believed he could escape a direct fight with Zhao Xuhe.
• Lu Yang brought Drunken Flower Brew to Wang Borong, who explained that the Library Pavilion’s strongest divine abilities came with serious side effects.
• Wang Borong described the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light, which shortened the user’s lifespan and ended their cultivation.
• Lu Yang eagerly accepted the prospect of learning the divine ability because its side effects would not matter in his next life.

Lu Yang studied the dangerous Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light and obtained Yun Miaoqing’s knowledge of refining Sword Pellets. After his first attempt exploded, he decided to use the demonic art during his next attempt to make up for his lack of sword mastery.

• Wang Borong warned Lu Yang about sacrificing cultivation and longevity for divine abilities, then drunkenly recounted how a low-grade cultivation method had ruined his prospects.
• Lu Yang exchanged for the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light and learned that it could turn him into a blood shadow bound to a magical treasure, halving his lifespan and ending his cultivation progress.
• Lu Yang obtained Yun Miaoqing’s methods and experience for refining Sword Pellets, then rented an earthfire furnace at Myriad Treasure Peak.
• Lu Yang’s first attempt to refine a Sword Pellet exploded, and he realized he lacked the sword-and-heart unity needed to control it.
• Lu Yang decided to refine a Sword Pellet while practicing the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light, and began the painful process without anesthetic.

After completing his divine ability, Lu Yang reached the Qi Refining Late Stage and tested its power above Myriad Treasure Peak. He met Xiao Shiye, whose remarkable fortune and treasures caught Lu Yang’s attention, leaving him considering the junior brother’s potential.

• After eighty-one days in the earthfire furnace chamber, Lu Yang completed his divine ability and broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Lu Yang transformed into a blood shadow merged with his Sword Pellet and sent a surge of sword light into the sky, startling the disciples around Myriad Treasure Peak.
• Lu Yang attacked a young man who evaded his Sword Light with a small flag until he identified himself as Xiao Shiye.
• Xiao Shiye gave Lu Yang the Void-Escaping Flag and explained that its paired gates could help someone escape danger.
• Lu Yang used the Qi Observation Technique and saw Precious Light shining from Xiao Shiye’s many treasures, then considered following the fortunate junior brother to share in his opportunities.