Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu discussed the Immortal Palace’s weakened position and the Scheming Sect’s separation, which the Palace Lord had arranged as a cautious division rather than open hostility. After Ju Yunxiu rebuffed Qin Yi’s advances, the Palace Lord summoned him.

• Ju Yunxiu explained that the Palace Lord’s dog had driven Heavenly Mystery Child away with help from the Palace Lord’s divine soul, and that the Immortal Palace’s Mountain Protection Array could withstand Qianyuan-level threats.
• Ju Yunxiu told Qin Yi that Heavenly Mystery Child and the Scheming Sect were being given Great Joy Temple’s former site and nearby resources, making their split resemble a division of the household rather than a full break.
• Qin Yi considered the risks of the Scheming Sect’s new territory and concluded that peace would likely hold until Heavenly Mystery Child or the Palace Lord grew stronger.
• Qin Yi asked about the Palace Lord’s name and mentioned an old acquaintance named Xu who had a Big Yellow Dog, prompting Liusu to laugh.
• Ju Yunxiu teased Qin Yi about Minghe, then angrily told him not to touch her and walked away from the stream.
• Liusu urged Qin Yi to chase after Ju Yunxiu, but the Palace Lord summoned Qin Yi.

Qin Yi advised the Palace Master on how the Immortal Palace could recover its strength, only to be assigned to lead its newly planned War Hall. Back at Qinqi Peak, Ju Yunxiu accepted the patrol assignment but remained angry with Qin Yi, who tried to escape with Qing Cha for an outing.

• The Palace Master asked Qin Yi how the Immortal Palace could manage its new resource sites and weakness after Heavenly Mystery Child's faction broke away, and Qin Yi proposed using spirits and mechanisms for patrols.
• Qin Yi urged the Immortal Palace to build alliances, hold an exchange with Penglai Sword Pavilion, and delegate resource sites to subordinate sects and cultivation lineages.
• The Palace Master appointed Qin Yi to establish and lead a War Hall, with the medical sect's pill refiners providing its logistical support.
• Qin Yi told Ju Yunxiu about the appointment, and she agreed to assign Painting Souls and Book Spirits to patrols while dismissing him.
• Qin Yi persuaded Qing Cha to go exploring with him, but Ju Yunxiu sprang up and angrily stopped them.

Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu wandered through a maple forest, where they painted together and shared a quiet embrace. The chapter left them enjoying their peaceful closeness as Qing Cha watched and wanted to paint them.

• Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu explored the mountain paths and discovered a brilliant maple forest on Zheng Yunyi’s mountain.
• Ju Yunxiu painted the evening scenery and told Qin Yi she wished she had more suitable treasures to give him.
• Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu painted side by side, and Ju Yunxiu’s cultivation breakthrough to the fourth level of the Shining Sun Realm was revealed.
• Ju Yunxiu saw that Qin Yi had painted her among the maples, and he called her the most beautiful scenery in the Immortal Palace.
• Qin Yi drew Ju Yunxiu into a gentle embrace while Qing Cha watched and wished to paint the moment.

Qin Yi arrived at the Immortal Palace Inner Hall to establish the War Hall after a passionate but unfinished night with Ju Yunxiu. With Hall Master Yan's help, he inspected the new hall and its spoils from Great Joy Temple, where he found martial arts and the complete Great Joy Paradise Sutra.

• Qin Yi and Ju Yunxiu kissed in a maple grove, but stopped when Qing Cha was nearby; Ju Yunxiu later teased him and secretly reached beneath his clothes.
• Qin Yi entered the Inner Hall grinning, and Yin Yizhong scolded him for assigning him the work of managing Outer Sect affiliates.
• Hall Master Yan showed Qin Yi the vacant hall complex set aside for the War Hall and explained that its importance could grow.
• Qin Yi inspected Great Joy Temple's confiscated supplies and found martial arts manuals, including the complete Great Joy Paradise Sutra.
• Qin Yi considered studying the sutra's spiritual secret arts while insisting he had no interest in its Yin-Yang Harvesting technique.

Qin Yi learned that the Palace Master had secretly secured Qian Yuan protection for the Immortal Palace, then met the Medicine, Divination, and Calculations disciples assigned to his War Hall. After hearing why the Medicine branch had declined, Qin Yi began considering how their talent could be put to better use.

• Hall Master Yan told Qin Yi that a Qian Yuan cultivator’s divine sense guarded the palace, explaining why no one challenged the Palace Master’s authority.
• Qin Yi learned that more than fifty disciples from the Medicine, Divination, and Calculations branches had been assigned as War Hall support staff, while the Scheming Sect members had left.
• Qin Yi met the group and discovered that their most senior member, Xi Lingzi, had once lost the Medicine Sect leadership position to Xi Xiangzi.
• Xi Lingzi explained that the Medicine Sect pursued pill refinement for its own sake, but the rising cost of ingredients had left the branch unable to advance.
• Qin Yi realized the alchemists’ unusual dedication could lead to innovation and thought it was wasteful to limit them to making routine medicines.

Qin Yi won over the Medicine Sect disciples by revealing pill formulas made from common ingredients and proposing a new way to investigate the nature of matter. They accepted him as their Sect Master, and he turned his attention to the Calculation Sect disciples.

• Qin Yi asked the Medicine Sect disciples about their abilities, and Xi Lingzi challenged his right to guide their Dao.
• Qin Yi wrote out a seventh-grade pill formula using common ingredients, and Xi Lingzi recognized its extraordinary value before fainting from shock.
• Qin Yi produced another formula and urged the disciples to pursue new discoveries instead of relying on established methods.
• Qin Yi proposed investigating whether water could be broken down into other elements, leaving the Medicine Sect disciples and Hall Master Yan stunned.
• The Medicine Sect disciples knelt and acknowledged Qin Yi as their Sect Master, and he asked the Calculation Sect disciples about their arithmetic skills.

Qin Yi introduced the Arithmetic Calculation Sect to functions, inspiring breakthroughs and reflecting on how different paths sought the same Dao. He dissolved the combined Medicine, Divination, Schemes, and Calculations Sect, assigned Xi Lingzi to oversee internal affairs, and left to play the flute for his senior sister.

• Qin Yi tested the Arithmetic Calculation Sect disciples and explained how variables and functions described change, which they connected to Yi and the principles of the Dao.
• Six Arithmetic Calculation Sect disciples reached Qin Heart, while nearly all the others advanced to Phoenix Initial Completion; Qin Yi briefly neared a breakthrough himself.
• Qin Yi told the Divination Sect disciples that divination deserved to develop as an independent path, then declared that the Medicine, Divination, Schemes, and Calculations Sect no longer existed as one sect.
• Qin Yi appointed Xi Lingzi as temporary internal affairs supervisor and told everyone to organize the rooms and warehouse while he went home to play the flute for his senior sister.

After establishing the War Hall, Qin Yi returned to Qinqi Peak and reflected on the Immortal Palace’s many paths and his sense of belonging there. Ju Yunxiu gave him guidance and a treasured book to prepare for his attempt to ascend into Soaring Clouds.

• Qin Yi retrieved the Great Joy Paradise Sutra and flew back to Qinqi Peak, thinking about the War Hall and deciding not to rush into organizing it.
• Liusu came out of the Wolf Tooth Club, discussed Qin Yi’s state of mind, and urged him to cultivate toward Soaring Clouds.
• Qin Yi returned to Ju Yunxiu and Qing Cha, then spoke with Ju Yunxiu about his new appreciation for the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace.
• Ju Yunxiu admitted she sometimes wanted to wander beyond the Immortal Palace, but Qin Yi insisted they would go together if she ever left.
• Qin Yi asked Ju Yunxiu for advice on his Soaring Clouds ascent, and she gave him a book of past cultivators’ experiences with a blank page that could temporarily seal his Elixir Tribulation.

Ju Yunxiu urged Qin Yi to prepare carefully before attempting the Soaring Cloud breakthrough and offered to retrieve the final painting from her master’s tomb. Back in his cave, Liusu explained the dangers and requirements of the Life and Death First Barrier, while Qin Yi rejected her suggestion to use a harmful shortcut.

• Ju Yunxiu gave Qin Yi the paintings and said she would retrieve the final one from her master’s tomb while he prepared for seclusion.
• Qin Yi returned to his cave, where Liusu discussed Ju Yunxiu’s role in calming his mind and suggested using the Great Joy Paradise Sutra to speed his cultivation.
• Qin Yi refused to use a method that would harm Ju Yunxiu, even slightly, and Liusu explained why a mutually beneficial dual cultivation method was unavailable to them.
• Liusu described how Soaring Cloud required immense energy to form a Golden Elixir and the opening of Ming Tang to begin forging the soul.
• Liusu explained the upper dantian’s three parts, and Qin Yi’s joke about the Bridal Chamber eased the serious mood.

Qin Yi studied the Immortal Palace’s Soaring Clouds insights and considered the dangers of breaking through. A divination at the Battle Hall produced a familiar ominous verse, leaving him wondering what major event it foretold.

• Qin Yi spent the night reading the Immortal Palace seniors’ Soaring Clouds insights and reconsidered how difficult the breakthrough could be.
• Qin Yi examined Ju Yunxiu’s account, noting that she described gaining enlightenment easily but had struggled through the core tribulation.
• Liusu studied the Great Joy Paradise Sutra beside Qin Yi as he prepared for his breakthrough.
• Qin Yi went to the Battle Hall to seek materials about resisting inner demons and found a Divination Sect Daoist conducting a daily divination.
• The Daoist recited the verse “Dense clouds, but no rain; they rose from my western outskirts... He did not encounter those who passed by; the flying bird leaves,” and Qin Yi recognized it from earlier predictions and worried that a major event was approaching.

Qin Yi prepared to enter seclusion and break through to the Soaring Cloud Realm, brushing off the Battle Hall’s vague divination while gathering what he needed. After sealing his Cave Dwelling and taking a Soaring Cloud Pill, he began to face the turbulent power of his Immortal Dao foundation.

• Liusu explained that the Battle Hall’s divination was too vague to offer useful guidance, and Qin Yi took a soul-cleansing incense burner from the storeroom.
• Qin Yi left the Battle Hall’s affairs to Xi Lingzi and told him he would go into seclusion.
• Qin Yi returned to Qinqi Peak, learned Ju Yunxiu had gone to visit her master’s tomb, and told Qing Cha to be careful while he was away.
• Qin Yi activated the Cave Dwelling’s highest protections, arranged his magical treasures, and swallowed a Soaring Cloud Pill.
• Qin Yi entered deep meditation as his Immortal Dao foundation stirred into a raging sea and a colossal dragon surged skyward.

Qin Yi refined his Mana and Gale Qi into a Taiji-shaped Golden Elixir, then overcame a heart-born flame tribulation and opened his Ming Tang Aperture. He broke through the Soaring Cloud barrier and woke to find Liusu beside him.

• Qin Yi drew in the Spiritual Energy of the Huiyang Cave Dwelling and combined his Mana and Gale Qi into a rotating Taiji.
• Qin Yi used Witchcraft Sacrifice Fire and a fire-element crystal to refine his Immortal Martial United Core into a Golden Elixir.
• Qin Yi survived a flame tribulation that arose around his heart by shielding himself, calming his thoughts, and absorbing the flames into a Huiyang-grade Buddhist bead.
• Qin Yi opened his Ming Tang Aperture, began developing his divine soul, and broke through the Soaring Cloud barrier.
• Qin Yi opened his eyes, and he and Liusu exchanged smiles.

After Qin Yi completed his difficult Immortal Martial United Core breakthrough, he fused his tribulation fire with Witchcraft Sacrifice Fire and let Liusu test his soul. Liusu taught him soul arts, and Qin Yi left the cave feeling confident in his new strength and increasingly aware of Liusu’s vast power.

• Liusu explained that Qin Yi’s Immortal Martial United Core was unusually difficult to form and identified his captured heartfire as Square Inch Tribulation Fire.
• Qin Yi fused the tribulation fire with Witchcraft Sacrifice Fire in his Ming Tang and named the result Square Inch Sacrificial Fire.
• Liusu entered Qin Yi’s Sea of Consciousness, tested his soul, and warned him about the dangers and methods of soul invasion.
• Liusu described several ways souls could enter another person’s spiritual platform and began teaching Qin Yi secret arts, including the Soul Searching Art.
• After spending an unknown amount of time training, Qin Yi felt confident he could defeat Guan Ji and reflected on the extraordinary power behind Liusu’s teachings.

Qin Yi searched Zheng Yunyi’s Cave Dwelling and discovered records suggesting that Ye Bieqing’s paintings concealed a treasure clue and that Ye Bieqing might still be alive. He realized the Sun and Moon Painting was a trap and rushed out to warn Ju Yunxiu.

• After leaving seclusion, Qin Yi found Qinqi Peak dark and went to inspect Zheng Yunyi’s Cave Dwelling instead.
• Qin Yi used his mosquito transformation to enter the Cave Dwelling, searched it, and found a hidden compartment with two jade slips.
• Qin Yi read Zheng’s father’s records, which described Ye Bieqing scattering a set of paintings that might lead to a precious treasure or location.
• The records warned that the Sun and Moon Painting in Ye Bieqing’s Grave should not be taken because it might contain a split soul.
• Qin Yi concluded that Ju Yunxiu’s master might still be alive and that the Sun and Moon Painting was a trap, then rushed out of the Cave Dwelling.

Qin Yi discovered that Ju Yunxiu had been missing for thirty-three days and hurried to her master’s tomb with Qing Cha. The chapter revealed that Ye Bieqing had trapped Ju Yunxiu inside a sealed painting world, where she confronted him about his hidden plans.

• Qin Yi found Ju Yunxiu absent from her room and took Qing Cha to guide him to Ye Bieqing’s tomb.
• Liusu told Qin Yi that Ju Yunxiu was likely still resisting Ye Bieqing inside the painting world.
• Ju Yunxiu entered Ye Bieqing’s tomb, found the final painting, and was drawn into its sealed world when the paintings merged.
• Ye Bieqing revealed that he was alive and refused to let Ju Yunxiu leave the painting realm.
• Ju Yunxiu questioned Ye Bieqing about faking his death, and he asked how she had obtained the Sword Pavilion Maiden Painting and whether she had Gu Song Layman’s burial objects.

Ye Bieqing explained that he had used the scattered paintings to lure someone into his tomb and planned to complete his painting world to attain Qianyuan. Ju Yunxiu realized she was meant to become the painting’s core, and the two prepared to fight over her fate.

• Ye Bieqing told Ju Yunxiu how he had used Gu Song’s memorial portrait and the Zheng household to set his scheme in motion.
• Ye Bieqing explained that he had intended a marriage alliance between Ju Yunxiu and the Zheng household’s son, but could not bring himself to arrange it.
• Ye Bieqing revealed that the paintings were meant to complete a world, with the mortal painting providing its foundation and Ju Yunxiu’s spiritual nature embodying the Dao.
• Ye Bieqing said Zheng Yunyi was meant to supply the nature of living beings and help evolve the painting’s firmament.
• Ju Yunxiu realized Ye Bieqing intended for her to become the painting’s True Spirit and asked how he planned to refine her.
• Ye Bieqing urged Ju Yunxiu to unite herself with the Dao, and she took up her zither as killing intent rose between them.

Ju Yunxiu resisted Ye Bieqing’s attempt to sacrifice her body and soul to create a world, holding out for Qin Yi to reach her. Just as she was about to lose consciousness, Qin Yi’s Wolf Tooth Club broke into the painted world.

• Ju Yunxiu used her zither and calligraphy to resist the world’s refining pressure, while Ye Bieqing urged her to merge with heaven and earth.
• Ju Yunxiu estimated she could endure for at most thirty-three days and pinned her hopes on Qin Yi finding her.
• Qin Yi rushed to the tomb with Qing Cha, left her outside, and transformed into a dog to follow Ju Yunxiu’s scent through the maze.
• Ju Yunxiu’s consciousness faded as Ye Bieqing questioned what her life had been for and tried to persuade her to give in.
• Qin Yi’s Wolf Tooth Club tore through the painted world, and Ju Yunxiu recognized that her Dao Companion had arrived.

Qin Yi used the Wolf Tooth Club to disrupt Ye Bieqing’s attempt to refine Ju Yunxiu, but could not rescue her from inside the painting. He lured Ye Bieqing out by revealing the fragment, leaving Qin Yi facing a powerful enemy as Ju Yunxiu understood his willingness to risk everything for her.

• Qin Yi used the Wolf Tooth Club to enter and exit the painted realm, disrupting Ye Bieqing’s refinement while Ye Bieqing refused to leave the painting.
• Qin Yi and Liusu realized they could not safely enter the realm or destroy the painting, while Ju Yunxiu recognized that Ye Bieqing might be tempted by the fragment.
• Qin Yi asked Ye Bieqing about the Sword Pavilion Maiden Painting and revealed that he had the fragment from its owner’s tomb.
• Ye Bieqing left the painting to seize the fragment, and Qin Yi smiled as Ju Yunxiu realized he had put himself in danger for her.

Qin Yi and Liusu drove Ye Bieqing from Qin Yi’s Sea of Consciousness, while Ju Yunxiu altered the painted world so Ye Bieqing could no longer merge with it. They defeated and divided Ye Bieqing, leaving his barren soul to become the sky’s firmament and his living nature to awaken the mountain imp.

• Ye Bieqing attacked Qin Yi’s soul, and Qin Yi resisted with a Soul Protecting Pill, the incense burner, and the Yunxiu Flute.
• Ye Bieqing tried to seize Qin Yi’s body, but Liusu ambushed him inside Qin Yi’s Sea of Consciousness and wounded him.
• Ye Bieqing fled back toward the painting, but Ju Yunxiu’s altered mountains, rivers, sun, and moon made the painted world incompatible with him.
• Qin Yi entered the painted world with the Wolf Tooth Club, and Liusu swallowed Ye Bieqing before splitting his soul and nature.
• Ye Bieqing’s barren soul joined the firmament, while his living nature awakened the mountain imp and made it obey the painted world.

Qin Yi rescued the unconscious Ju Yunxiu from Ye Bieqing’s tomb and brought her home, while Ju Yunxiu’s dream helped her recognize that Qin Yi was the person she wanted as her Dao Companion. After she awoke, they shared a tender moment, though Ju Yunxiu admitted she no longer knew what Dao she sought.

• Qin Yi carried the exhausted Ju Yunxiu out of the tomb, left its remaining treasures unexplored, and found Qing Cha hiding nearby.
• Qing Cha cared for Ju Yunxiu during their flight home, and she and Qin Yi exchanged grateful salutes.
• Ju Yunxiu dreamed of her master taking traces of Dao nature from his disciples and remembered Qin Yi’s willingness to risk himself for her.
• Ju Yunxiu awoke in her own bed and pushed Qing Cha aside so she could see Qin Yi.
• Ju Yunxiu said she no longer had a Dao, then asked Qin Yi to stop talking and stay with her.