Recaps

The City Lord recruited cultivators for the Shangqing Sacred Land, drawing many disciples away from other sects. As Li Chungang and Han Paopao discussed the likely danger behind the recruitment, frost suddenly covered the City Lord’s Residence banquet hall.

• Many cultivators, including disciples who had already chosen other sects, declared that they would join the Shangqing Sacred Land.
• The City Lord welcomed the recruits, and the old man began registering them for a month of requirements before they could use the Sacred Land’s teleportation array.
• Han Paopao asked Li Chungang whether joining as a menial worker would be safer, but Li Chungang told him changing his choice would be difficult.
• Li Chungang suspected the recruitment was connected to a major event, while Han Paopao said he would avoid the danger.
• Frost spread from the City Lord’s Residence main hall doors and covered the banquet hall within moments.

A powerful white-haired woman arrived at the gathering and invited Chang Yue'er and Xiao Mei'er to join the Moon Palace. The chapter ended with Xiao Huo Huo considering the offer after hearing that the Moon Palace was relatively safe for its female disciples.

• A white-haired woman entered the hall and froze nearly everyone with her ice power, while Li Chungang struggled to resist.
• The woman identified Chang Yue'er’s rare talents and offered her an Inner Disciple position in the Moon Palace.
• Chang Yue'er accepted the offer and joined the Moon Palace.
• The woman offered Xiao Mei'er an Inner Disciple position, and Xiao Mei'er looked to Xiao Huo Huo before answering.
• Xiao Huo Huo asked about the dangers and competition in the Moon Palace, and the woman explained its small, female-only membership and its three lineages.

Xiao Huo Huo agreed that Xiao Mei'er should join the Moon Palace after learning that its palace masters could rival the Shangqing Sacred Land's strongest experts. Xiao Mei'er departed with the Moon Palace emissary, while Xiao Huo Huo told the city lord that her decision had been voluntary and the Shangqing Sacred Land would not pursue her.

• Xiao Huo Huo asked whether the Moon Palace would protect Xiao Mei'er and how its palace masters compared with the Shangqing Sacred Land's leaders.
• The Moon Palace emissary revealed that its three palace masters were eighth-stage Daluo experts who could match a ninth-stage Daluo when they joined forces.
• Xiao Huo Huo advised Xiao Mei'er to choose the cultivation path best suited to her, and she agreed to join the Moon Palace.
• The emissary took Xiao Mei'er and Chang Yue'er away after releasing the city lord from her freezing power.
• Xiao Huo Huo told the city lord that Xiao Mei'er's departure was their choice, and the city lord agreed that the Shangqing Sacred Land would not forcibly reclaim her.

Li Chungang learned how vast the gulf between Daluo realms was and began plotting with Han Paopao to use his clones to help him become a Lesser Child of Fortune. When two stowaways fled at the end of the month, the banquet guests tried to pursue them but discovered their spiritual power had been sealed.

• Li Chungang and Han Paopao discussed the terrifying strength of the highest Daluo realms after understanding the Moon Palace woman's explanation.
• Li Chungang realized Han Paopao had many clones and proposed working together, but postponed the details until they entered the Heaven Sword Sect.
• At midnight, Li Chungang swallowed a pill at the city lord's instruction and went to the entrance as several figures approached.
• Two stowaways with Hunyuan Sage-level auras fled past Li Chungang when the appointed time arrived.
• The cultivators in the hall tried to chase the stowaways, but their power and spiritual energy were sealed.

Li Chungang exposed himself as a Stowaway to pursue two poisoned Stowaways, killed them, and received a reward from Pangu's Will. The Nine-Star Stowaway appeared on a distant rooftop, confronting him.

• Li Chungang sensed that poison in the wine had weakened nearly everyone in the City Lord's Residence and told the City Lord to hold off the attackers while he pursued two Stowaways.
• Li Chungang revealed his red light and charged out, while the City Lord sealed the Residence and went after him; the old man stayed behind to protect the Ascenders.
• Li Chungang found the two Stowaways incapacitated by poison and cut them to dust with his Low-Grade Divine Sword.
• Pangu's Will rewarded Li Chungang with a random draw and raised his cultivation to the Middle Golden Elixir Stage.
• A black-cloaked Nine-Star Stowaway with a dense spatial aura appeared on a distant rooftop and angrily confronted Li Chungang.

Li Chungang confronted the space-element man, who sought to learn about the poisoning at the City Lord's Residence before deciding to kill him. The man overwhelmed Li Chungang, leaving him to call for the City Lord's help as he faced imminent death.

• Li Chungang recognized the space-element man and warned him that revealing himself in Lin City could get him killed.
• The man explained that the poisoning had weakened Lin City's experts and questioned Li Chungang about the poison used at the City Lord's Residence.
• Li Chungang told the man the poison had nothing to do with him, and the man abandoned his questions and attacked.
• Li Chungang swung his divine sword, but the man destroyed the attack with a wave and sent Li Chungang crashing into ruins.
• The man appeared over the ruins, and Li Chungang shouted for the City Lord to act before he was killed.

Li Chungang’s simulated Stowaway pillar had lured the Nine-Star Stowaway into a trap, and the City Lord sealed the area to prevent his escape. After the old man revealed Li Chungang’s role in the Fishing Operation, the City Lord attacked the captured man.

• The City Lord activated Space Lock, sealing the area and preventing the man from escaping with the Law of Space.
• Li Chungang explained that the man had drawn the City Lord’s attention by killing nine Stowaways in Lin City.
• The City Lord revealed that Li Chungang’s red pillar came from a special pill and that he was not a Stowaway.
• The old man and Lin City experts arrived to reinforce the Sealing Space Formation.
• The old man confirmed that Li Chungang had served as bait in the Fishing Operation and successfully lured out the Nine-Star Stowaway.
• The City Lord summoned a massive golden palm and struck at the trapped man.

The City Lord defeated the Nine-Star Stowaway, revealing that he had only recently entered the Divine Realm. Li Chungang killed the wounded stowaway, advanced to Seven-Star Stowaway, and looked forward to the City Lord fulfilling his promise.

• The Nine-Star Stowaway's Dimensional Space Slash shattered against the City Lord's attack, and a golden spike pierced his shoulder, leaving him barely alive.
• Li Chungang learned that the City Lord had only just entered the Divine Realm and decided to contact his true self after joining the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The City Lord told Li Chungang to finish off the Nine-Star Stowaway and explained that killing him would bring Li Chungang's total to seven kills and grant three reward draws.
• Li Chungang beheaded the Nine-Star Stowaway and destroyed his divine soul, triggering Pangu's Will to advance him to Seven-Star Stowaway and grant two reward draw attempts.
• Li Chungang approached the City Lord, eager for him to fulfill his promise and secure Li Chungang's status.

After Li Chungang helped kill the Nine-Star Stowaway, the City Lord publicly cleared him of suspicion and explained why Stowaways who might become Lesser Children of Fortune were considered a threat. The City Lord then prepared to announce Li Chungang’s promised recognition to the Eastern Wasteland powers, but the chapter ended before he revealed the details.

• Li Chungang asked the City Lord to honor his promise, and the City Lord removed the barrier so the other cultivators could approach.
• The City Lord told everyone that Li Chungang was not a Stowaway but had risked himself to lure out and kill the Nine-Star Stowaway.
• The cultivators examined Li Chungang’s aura and thanked him for protecting Lin City, while Li Chungang used the inspection to consider how to conceal his identity in the future.
• The City Lord explained that Stowaways who became Lesser Children of Fortune could not be controlled and might betray the Pangu Great World.
• Li Chungang pressed the City Lord about his promise, and the City Lord announced that he would publicly introduce Li Chungang to representatives of the Eastern Wasteland powers.

The city lord announced that the Shangqing Sacred Land would recognize Li Chungang and protect him from the restrictions on his chaos spiritual root origin. As the gathering dispersed, Li Chungang gave Xiao Huo Huo a Jade Talisman before leaving, and the elderly man took Xiao Huo Huo and Xiao Xun'er back to the Shangqing Sacred Land.

• The city lord announced that the Shangqing Sacred Land would recognize Li Chungang and lift the restrictions on his origin within the Eastern Wasteland.
• Han Paopao and the man in sword robes congratulated Li Chungang and praised the protection and rewards he would receive.
• The city lord ended the banquet and told the sect representatives to return with their disciples after checking for problems.
• Li Chungang gave Xiao Huo Huo a Jade Talisman that could communicate, track him, and open an unstable Space-Time Tunnel in an emergency.
• The elderly man took Xiao Huo Huo and Xiao Xun'er and left for the Shangqing Sacred Land.

After returning to the Heaven Sword Sect encampment, Li Chungang agreed to explain why he had been allowed to kill the Nine-Star Stowaway the next day. He then privately met with Han Paopao, whose question about Li Chungang’s choice of faction led them to discuss Han’s avatars.

• The sword-robed man asked Li Chungang why the Shangqing Sacred Land had let him kill the Nine-Star Stowaway, and Li Chungang promised to explain the next day.
• Han Qingxue returned to her residence while Li Chungang accepted Han Paopao’s invitation to talk privately.
• Han Paopao sealed the room with a roulette and warned Li Chungang that his actions had been dangerously risky.
• Han Paopao asked why Li Chungang had not joined the Shangqing Sacred Land, and Li Chungang said he wanted to stay hidden and needed Han’s help.
• Han Paopao realized Li Chungang wanted to discuss his avatars.

Li Chungang revealed to Han Paopao that he was an incarnation and asked for help killing three more Stowaways to become a Lesser Child of Fortune. Han Paopao agreed to investigate a possible target in the Heaven Sword Sect, and Li Chungang returned home to draw three rewards.

• Li Chungang explained that he needed three more Stowaway kills to become a Lesser Child of Fortune, and Han Paopao suggested he pursue the higher rank of Child of Fortune instead.
• Li Chungang hinted that he was an incarnation, and Han Paopao realized they shared the same cautious approach of sending incarnations into unknown worlds.
• Han Paopao agreed to provide one Stowaway through his incarnation in the Heaven Sword Sect and proposed secretly investigating Han Qingxue and another possible Stowaway there.
• Li Chungang and Han Paopao agreed to cooperate for the sake of their futures, and Li Chungang left Han Paopao's residence.
• After returning home, Li Chungang called for three rewards, and three white orbs of light appeared before him.

Li Chungang claimed three rewards from Pangu's Will that addressed his origin, his main body's bloodline, and his ability to travel between realms. He stored the bloodline pill and Traversal Gate, planning to prepare before bringing his main body into the Pangu Great World.

• Li Chungang exchanged his chaos golden bamboo origin for a chaos jade origin with a flawless heart and luminous sword heart traits.
• Li Chungang received a Bloodline Evolution Pill and stored it for his main body, which possessed an incomplete Pangu bloodline.
• Li Chungang received a Traversal Gate that allowed limited travel to the Lower Realm and stored it in his sea of consciousness.
• Li Chungang decided to prepare suitable items and an identity for his main body before bringing it into the Pangu Great World.

Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue traveled from Lin City to Heaven Sword Sect after the sect accelerated its inspections following Li Chungang’s actions. They arrived at the sect’s summit and saw many other Ascenders gathered there, leaving Han Qingxue wary of the competition.

• The man in sword robes took Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue aboard a flying vessel bound for Heaven Sword Sect.
• Han Paopao thanked Li Chungang for prompting Heaven Sword Sect to take inspected newcomers away sooner, and Li Chungang wondered whether the sect might contain other hidden Stowaways.
• Han Paopao and Han Qingxue discussed their need for better cultivation techniques and pills, and the three grew closer through conversation.
• After half a day, the flying vessel arrived at Heaven Sword Sect, where Li Chungang sensed powerful cultivators and marveled at the sect’s immense sword peak and floating islands.
• At the sect’s summit, Han Qingxue noticed many Ascenders gathered from other cities, and the man in sword robes explained that Heaven Sword Sect recruited from dozens of Ascension Pools.

Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue registered at the plaza and learned that newcomers would be tested and assigned according to their potential. As Han Paopao investigated a white-haired youth receiving special attention, Li Chungang and Han Qingxue privately weighed the risks of trusting each other.

• A sword-robed man left Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue to register on their own after saying his role as an Outer Disciple was finished.
• Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue registered and received temporary identity tokens before their upcoming potential tests.
• Han Paopao pointed out a sword-robed guide fawning over a white-haired youth, then went to investigate the youth's aptitude.
• Li Chungang and Han Qingxue discussed staying in contact after their assignments, while Li Chungang suspected Han Qingxue wanted to gain his trust so she could kill him.
• Han Paopao returned and reported that the white-haired youth had SSS-Grade Potential and had been sent to the Heaven Sword Sect to study before entering the Shushan Immortal Sect.

Li Chungang and Han Qingxue learned that the white-haired newcomer had SSS-grade potential and cultivated the Ruthless Sword Dao, prompting the Heaven Sword Sect to change its disciple-acceptance ceremony. The sect master announced that newcomers would compete for cultivation areas on a remodeled Sword Peak, with their resources and status determined by their rankings.

• Han Paopao explained that the white-haired youth had been sent to the Heaven Sword Sect because he cultivated the Ruthless Sword Dao and Shushan Immortal Sect feared the danger he could pose.
• Han Paopao told Li Chungang and Han Qingxue that all newcomers would live and cultivate together on an emptied Sword Peak until they entered the Immortal Realm or the white-haired youth left.
• The Heaven Sword Sect's sect master and Eight Peak Masters arrived and received greetings from the gathered disciples.
• The sect master announced that newcomers would earn their disciple ranks through their performance rather than immediately taking masters.
• The sect master explained that newcomers would compete for the Sword Peak's limited cultivation areas, and that their resources, identity, and status would depend on their rankings.

Li Chungang and his companions began Heaven Sword Sect’s entrance examination, where Wang Teng’s extraordinary potential and Li Chungang’s altered origin and bloodline drew attention. The chapter ended with Han Paopao confirming Li Chungang’s account of receiving rewards from Pangu’s Will to the registering disciple.

• The sect master ordered the newcomers to take the true entrance examination, warning that disobedient candidates would be expelled.
• Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue joined a testing line and saw Wang Teng receive an SSS rating for his unawakened Void God Body and Heavenly God Bloodline.
• Li Chungang told Han Paopao that they should avoid Wang Teng because of his dangerous potential.
• The bronze mirror rated Li Chungang SS and identified him as Chaos Jade with an unverifiable bloodline, surprising his companions and the registering disciple.
• Li Chungang explained that Pangu’s Will had replaced his origin and granted him a time-related bloodline after he helped kill Stowaways.
• Han Paopao testified that Li Chungang had helped kill a Nine-Star Stowaway and received the Shangqing Sacred Land’s endorsement.

Li Chungang negotiated Direct Disciple resources and a Supreme Immortal Artifact in exchange for accepting the Heaven Sword Sect’s restrictions. After agreeing to stay, he followed the sect master with Wang Teng to the Scripture Repository, where Wang Teng glared at him with hostility.

• The sect master accepted Li Chungang as a Direct Disciple and offered him the corresponding resources, while restricting him to the mountain peak’s area under the Shushan Immortal Sect’s order.
• Li Chungang accepted the arrangement but asked whether the rules could be changed, and the sect master said the Shushan Immortal Sect’s supreme order could not be altered.
• Li Chungang requested a cave-heaven Immortal Artifact as compensation for giving up the chance to compete for better residences.
• The sect master offered Li Chungang the Supreme Immortal Artifact Qinghua Immortal Abode, and Li Chungang agreed to remain in the Heaven Sword Sect without betraying it.
• The sect master took Li Chungang and Wang Teng to the Scripture Repository to choose cultivation techniques, where Li Chungang noticed Wang Teng glaring at him.

The sect master explained the requirements for Wang Teng to become a Core Disciple, and Wang Teng asked for a path to advance. Li Chungang learned that the Core Disciple ranks offered access to a Sword Dao inheritance connected to the Supreme Purity Sacred Land, leaving him determined to pursue it too.

• The sect master told Wang Teng that he could only enter the Direct Disciple ranks for now and would need to prove his value and reach Void Refinement to become a Core Disciple.
• Wang Teng declined a cultivation method, requested resources, and left without a farewell salute.
• Li Chungang asked what the Core Disciple ranks offered, and the sect master said the benefit was related to the Sword Dao and a Sacred Land.
• Li Chungang realized the inheritance was likely from the Supreme Purity Sacred Land and told the sect master he would strive to obtain it.

The sect master gave Li Chungang his Direct Disciple resources and offered him three cultivation arts, including a fragment of the Supreme Purity Dao Origin Art. Li Chungang chose the difficult fragment and received the Qinghua Immortal Abode before being sent to Sword Peak.

• The sect master gave Li Chungang a Qian Kun Bag containing his Direct Disciple resources and explained that he could attempt the Core Disciple trial after reaching Void Refinement.
• The sect master presented three cultivation arts, including the Supreme Purity Dao Origin Art, whose later portions were held by the Shushan Immortal Sect and Supreme Purity Sacred Land.
• Li Chungang chose the Supreme Purity Dao Origin Art despite its tenfold cultivation difficulty, relying on his potential and abilities to comprehend it.
• The sect master gave Li Chungang the Qinghua Immortal Abode and told him to claim it with his blood and explore its cultivation chambers.
• The sect master dismissed Li Chungang and arranged for someone to take him to Sword Peak, where he would live.

Li Chungang chose secluded Crescent Moon Lake in Sword Peak’s Back Mountain instead of competing for one of the upper-level cave abodes. After arriving with Han Paopao, he began clearing the lakeside to build a residence, while sensing that the lake concealed unusual power.

• Li Chungang surveyed Sword Peak and selected Crescent Moon Lake as a quiet place to settle and cultivate.
• Han Paopao urged Li Chungang to compete for an upper-level cave abode, but Li Chungang declined and invited him to claim an unoccupied area instead.
• Li Chungang and Han Paopao flew to Crescent Moon Lake, where Han Paopao admired its secluded scenery and suitability for cultivation.
• Li Chungang sensed strange power in the lake, flew to its center, and used his Divine Sword to cut down spirit bamboo.
• Li Chungang asked Han Paopao to help clear weeds and rocks so he could build a residence and courtyard, and Han Paopao agreed.

Li Chungang learned from Han Paopao that Sword Peak had been transformed into a Gu Breeding Ground, where most residents lost their fortune to three summit residences. Han Paopao believed Crescent Moon Lake was a Safe Zone, and Li Chungang understood the danger of the cave abodes.

• Li Chungang finished building a bamboo house beside Crescent Moon Lake and invited Han Paopao inside.
• Li Chungang asked Han Paopao why he had chosen to come to him, and Han Paopao said they had become nourishment for others on Sword Peak.
• Han Paopao revealed that Sword Peak had been turned into a Gu Breeding Ground and that the three summit residences absorbed the fortune of those below.
• Han Paopao explained that he had sought Li Chungang’s help to compete for a summit residence, but had discovered that Crescent Moon Lake seemed to be a Safe Zone.
• Li Chungang thanked Han Paopao for the warning and recognized the danger hidden in the cave abodes.

Li Chungang learned from Han Paopao that Wang Teng was being groomed as a Child of Fortune and that Han planned to oppose him. Han explained the stages of Children of Fortune, and Li Chungang asked how to reach the ninth stage of the Lesser Child of Fortune path.

• Li Chungang and Han Paopao discussed Wang Teng’s unusual treatment and agreed that Han would investigate his background.
• Han Paopao said he intended to keep participating because Wang Teng threatened his path to becoming a Child of Fortune.
• Han Paopao explained his plan to awaken his potential, reclaim fortune from his clones, and become a true Child of Fortune.
• Han Paopao described the five stages of Children of Fortune and said Lesser Children of Fortune had nine stages, with the ninth rivaling a fourth-stage Child of Fortune.
• Li Chungang warned Han Paopao that fighting over fortune was dangerous, then asked how to reach the ninth stage of the Lesser Child of Fortune path.

Li Chungang learned how fortune ranks advanced and decided to become a Lesser Child of Fortune before others could claim his fortune. After Han Paopao left, Li Chungang contacted Yang Mei and resumed cultivating, while Li Yun prepared to travel through parallel worlds.

• Han Paopao explained that advancing to the ninth tier required killing one hundred thousand Stowaways and that fortune holders could hunt one another.
• Li Chungang learned that Lesser Children of Fortune gained only two blessings at each stage and decided to become one as soon as possible.
• Han Paopao left to deal with someone watching his residence and promised to bring Li Chungang the avatar he had offered.
• Li Chungang crushed the jade pendant Yang Mei had given him to send a message, then sat down to cultivate with an item he had obtained from the sect master.
• Li Yun placed his newly refreshed Space-Time Seed beneath a rocky hill in the Chaos Sea and prepared to explore parallel worlds.
• A Jade Talisman flew out of Li Yun's embrace.

Li Yun learned from Li Chungang about the Supreme Primordial World and decided to seek power in parallel worlds before entering it. He entered a parallel Primordial World during the Investiture of the Gods era, where the Sages and Hongjun hoped the tribulation would restore their control of a chaotic Heavenly Dao.

• Li Yun read Li Chungang's message about the Supreme Primordial World and chose to avoid becoming an ascender who would have to cultivate anew.
• Li Yun released his clone's aura, then entered the River of Time as Yang Mei arrived and found him gone.
• Yang Mei created an early Sage incarnation from a hollow willow and sent it into the River of Time to gather information.
• Li Yun found an entrance to a parallel Primordial World and entered it to obtain new traits.
• Li Yun learned that the world had reached the Investiture of the Gods era, where the Six Saints and Hongjun hoped the tribulation would eliminate hidden threats and restore control of the Heavenly Dao.