Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingfeng secretly killed Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun, leaving the Gathering Cloud Mountains in turmoil and the Sunset Glow Sect fearing it would be next. At his cave abode, Yue Miaoyin visited him, and the chapter ended as they studied one another.

• Lu Qingfeng destroyed Jin Jiuxiao's corpse, escaped Flowing Cloud Peak, and worsened his injuries after killing him.
• Lu Qingfeng decided to kill Feng Yun before news of Jin Jiuxiao's death spread, then took Chenke Pills and headed back toward Flowing Cloud Peak.
• Mei Jiancheng reported Jin Jiuxiao's and Feng Yun's deaths to Zhou Yuan and Sui Hanshan, who suspected the demonic path and worried the Sunset Glow Sect might be targeted.
• The Gathering Cloud Mountains erupted in speculation and panic as the Golden Billows Sect and Demon-Slaying Fort descended into chaos, while most people did not suspect Lu Qingfeng.
• Yue Miaoyin visited Lu Qingfeng at his cave abode on Peak Rain Mountain, and they looked each other over.

After Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun died, Sunset Glow Sect expanded across the Gathering Cloud Mountains while Lu Qingfeng recovered and developed the Blazing Sun Pill. The chapter ended with Yue Lingxi refusing a Revival Fruit and dying after returning from a journey to gather materials for Lu Qingfeng.

• Lu Qingfeng concealed his role in Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun's deaths when Yue Miaoyin visited, then returned to his cave dwelling to recover from his injuries.
• Half a year later, Zhou Yuan, Yue Lingxi, Mei Qingyan, and Sui Hanshan learned that Sunset Glow Sect had seized most of the Gathering Cloud Mountains and was advancing on the fallen sects' cities.
• Zhou Yuan praised Lu Qingfeng's Blazing Sun Pill, and Lu Qingfeng explained that it helped promising cultivators reach Foundation Establishment sooner but could not overcome a poor foundation.
• Zhou Yuan offered Yue Lingxi a Revival Fruit, but she refused it so it could be saved for a younger cultivator.
• Yue Lingxi gave Lu Qingfeng the materials she and Mei Qingyan had gathered, then died as Zhou Yuan, Mei Qingyan, Sui Hanshan, and Lu Qingfeng mourned her.

After Yue Lingxi’s death, Lu Qingfeng examined the materials in her Storage Bag and planned how to obtain the rare resources needed for his magical artifacts and Teleportation Array Discs. He began refining the Violet Insect Bell while cultivating the Ironfire Ants, as his progress in the game also reached a new stage.

• Lu Qingfeng opened Yue Lingxi’s Storage Bag and found materials for several magical artifacts, formations, and Teleportation Array Discs.
• Lu Qingfeng identified the Mystic Origin Auction, the Illusory Origin Demon Sect’s Nightmare Realm, and his Ironfire Ants as possible sources of Purple-Gold Copper, Dream Illusion Stone, and Refined Crystal.
• Lu Qingfeng planned to travel to the Profound Origin Water Realm with Zhou Yuan and began refining the Violet Insect Bell.
• Lu Qingfeng continued cultivating the Ironfire Ants and advancing in the game, where Guangyuanzi had become the world’s foremost immortal.

Lu Qingfeng overcame the forty-nine heavenly tribulation and entered the core formation realm, becoming the Evergreen Realm’s first Core Formation True Person. The God-Seeking Abbey learned that several powerful reincarnated true immortals were preparing to undergo their own tribulations.

• Lu Qingfeng returned the spirit-insect bell to the Seven Insect Immortal Mountain after his allotted time ended.
• The God-Seeking Abbey gathered at Thundercry Mountain as Lu Qingfeng began his forty-nine heavenly tribulation.
• Lu Qingfeng charged into the tribulation lightning and emerged safely after the clouds dispersed.
• Lu Qingfeng celebrated his breakthrough with the abbey’s cultivators and explained that his deep foundation let him overcome the tribulation easily.
• Ren Changsheng reported that Lin Chao, Sima Han, Ling Feng, Chen Shang, and Luo Ming had entered seclusion to prepare for their tribulations.
• Xuanyin told Lu Qingfeng that Chen Shang and Luo Ming were exceptional true immortals who had unexpectedly chosen to reincarnate in the mortal world.

Lu Qingfeng learned that Chen Shang and Luo Ming had reincarnated to pursue the Celestial Immortal Dao Fruit, then watched as they and several others became Core Formation true persons. Three years later, the mist around a chain-bound Demon-Suppressing Mountain in the Jin Kingdom began to disperse, drawing cultivators from across the Evergreen Realm; Lu Qingfeng and the God-Seeking Abbey arrived to investigate.

• True Immortal Xuanyin told Lu Qingfeng that Chen Shang and Luo Ming had been famed Thunder Ministry prodigies who reincarnated despite having hopes of attaining the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Spirit-Seeking Guangyuan became the Evergreen Realm’s first true person beneath heaven, and over the next three years Lin Chao, Sima Han, Ling Feng, Chen Shang, and Luo Ming also advanced to Core Formation.
• The mist around the Jin Kingdom’s chain-bound black mountain began to disperse, revealing ghostly qi, restless chains, and signs of demons suppressed beneath it.
• Cultivators and immortal sects from across the Evergreen Realm gathered at the mountain, and Guangyuanzi led the God-Seeking Abbey party to the Jin Kingdom.
• Lu Qingfeng arrived with Chang Lin, Purple-Qi, Xuanyin, and Spirit Void cultivators, then claimed the nearest hill outside the mountain from the Seven Insect Immortal Mountain cultivators.

As the fog around Black Mountain lifted, Lu Qingfeng and the other cultivators learned that Demon-Suppressing Mountain held ancient demons and the resentful souls of those who died fighting them. Lu Qingfeng entered with Chang Lin, Purple-Qi True Immortal, and Xuanyin, while Zhang Wenye and the other Spirit Void cultivators stayed behind to purify the outer region; deeper inside, Lu Qingfeng’s unexplained ability to absorb resentment drew the three True Immortals’ suspicion.

• Ling Feng of the Siming Sect watched God-Seeking Abbey with disgust and vowed to teach Lu Qingfeng a lesson inside Demon-Suppressing Mountain.
• Lin Chao and Sima Han arrived, and Lu Qingfeng greeted the two old friends before the fog around Black Mountain finally vanished.
• The first cultivators to rush into Demon-Suppressing Mountain were overwhelmed by evil ghosts and resentment, and Xuanyin explained that ancient souls and their accumulated resentment filled the mountain.
• Lu Qingfeng led God-Seeking Abbey inside, then told Zhang Wenye and the other Spirit Void cultivators to remain in the outer region and purify the resentment.
• Lu Qingfeng went deeper with Chang Lin, Purple-Qi True Immortal, and Xuanyin as the three reincarnated True Immortals underwent the Heart-Demon Tribulation.
• Chang Lin, Purple-Qi True Immortal, and Xuanyin noticed that Lu Qingfeng absorbed the mountain’s sinister wind and resentment without protection and wondered how he could withstand it.

Lu Qingfeng advanced through Demon-Suppressing Mountain while his four Demon Gods devoured resentment and killing intent, then confronted Ling Feng, who demanded an apology and the return of the Fire-Wind Pearl. Their battle began with Ling Feng’s Siming Divine Eye and Lu Qingfeng’s Thunderbolt Purgatory, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lu Qingfeng’s four Demon Gods absorbed resentment and killing intent until they reached Core Formation, while Lu Qingfeng avoided letting them devour the sealed yin souls.
• The Purple-Qi True Immortal explained that slaying demons deep inside Demon-Suppressing Mountain could earn Heaven and Earth’s rewards, and Lu Qingfeng continued toward the depths.
• Xuanyin, Chang Lin, and the Purple-Qi True Immortal wondered whether Lu Qingfeng was a reincarnated great immortal as he passed them and caught up with the vanguard.
• Lu Qingfeng encountered Ling Feng, who demanded three bows and nine kowtows to the Siming Ancestor and the return of the Fire-Wind Pearl.
• Ling Feng attacked with the Siming Divine Eye, but Lu Qingfeng blocked its thunder with his Yellow-Robed True Body and countered with the Taiyin Calamity-Crossing Robe and Thunderbolt Purgatory.

Lu Qingfeng overwhelmed True Person Ling Feng in a duel and pursued him after Ling Feng tried to flee. He trapped Ling Feng inside the Heaven-and-Earth Reversal Formation as the other true persons watched from outside.

• Lu Qingfeng broke through Ling Feng's Siming Divine Eye and Gongbin Treasure Pagoda with Thunder Prison and Great Sun Nirvana Divine Light, injuring him and destroying the pagoda.
• Ling Feng recognized the Great Sun Nirvana Divine Light as a Black-Veined Golden-Spot Butterfly Tribe divine ability, then tried to escape when Lu Qingfeng brought out the Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Light-Splitting Shadow-Transforming Void Sword Movement to block Ling Feng and formed the Four Spirits World-Suppressing Grand Formation to prevent his escape.
• Lin Chao, Sima Han, Chen Shang, and Luo Ming arrived and saw Lu Qingfeng holding the advantage over the battered Ling Feng.
• Ling Feng began the life-staking Ninefold Firmament Method, and Lu Qingfeng used Grand Luo Insight to examine it before entering the formation and sealing it with the Heaven-and-Earth Reversal Formation.

Lu Qingfeng nearly killed Ling Feng, but Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun intervened and destroyed Lu Qingfeng’s cultivation and soul. Ling Feng then died under a powerful curse, leaving Lin Chao and the others fearing that a conflict between High Gods would engulf the Evergreen Realm and beyond.

• Lu Qingfeng found a flaw in Ling Feng’s Ninefold Firmament Method and attacked, but Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun’s ritual sword struck him down and destroyed his Void Core and divine soul.
• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun’s sword spared Ling Feng, while Lin Chao, Sima Han, Chen Shang, and Luo Ming realized that a High God had interfered in their battle.
• Ling Feng claimed Lu Qingfeng had been cast into reincarnation, then began collecting the Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks left behind.
• A blood-red curse bound Ling Feng’s divine soul, and he died despite Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun’s intervention.
• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun’s magic sword flew away in fury, while Lin Chao and the others feared the escalating clash between High Gods would bring chaos beyond the Evergreen Realm.

Lu Qingfeng died again after Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun attacked him, but used his final moments to curse Ling Feng to death and order the God-Seeking Abbey to wage war on the Siming Sect. He resolved to wait for his next reincarnation while, on Peak Rain Mountain, Wang Yuan led twenty-four Sunset Glow Sect cultivators to assist him.

• Lu Qingfeng used Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun's attack to trigger his own death, then cursed Ling Feng to death and sent his belongings and a war order to General Ridge.
• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun struck again and destroyed the barren mountains, while Lu Qingfeng's warning to the God-Seeking Abbey prompted Xuanyin, the Purple-Qi True Immortal, and Chang Lin to prepare for war against the Siming Sect.
• Lu Qingfeng awoke in his cave abode, concluded that he could not return to the Evergreen Realm, and decided to wait for his next reincarnation while tending his medicinal plants and refining the Violet Insect Bell.
• Wang Yuan led twenty-four Sunset Glow Sect cultivators up Peak Rain Mountain, warning them about its restrictions and showing them the spirit birds raised there.
• A white crane arrived carrying a young female cultivator in green, who descended before Wang Yuan and the group.

Lu Qingfeng recruited Sunset Glow Sect disciples to train in alchemy and artifact refining, hoping to build the sect’s foundations and reduce the workload he expected to face after the Azure Origin Sword Sect’s Immortality Trial. After two busy months screening and teaching disciples on Peak Rain Mountain, he turned his attention back to Shangyang Country and the trial.

• Lu Qingyu arrived at Peak Rain Mountain on White Crane, greeted Wang Yuan, and flew off as he escorted twenty-four selected cultivators to their lodgings.
• Wang Yuan settled the disciples into the mountain residences and warned them to keep quiet and make the most of Lu Qingfeng’s instruction.
• Lu Qingfeng explained that he planned to train disciples to assist with alchemy and artifact refining, repaying the Sunset Glow Sect and preparing for future demands.
• Lu Qingfeng taught the Fundamentals of Alchemy and the Fundamentals of Artifact Refining, while repeatedly screening new disciples; after half a month, thirty-one disciples were on the mountain.
• Lu Qingfeng spent two months managing the disciples and other work, recited the Yellow Court Scripture in the game each night, and then resumed paying attention to Shangyang Country and the Immortality Trial.

Lu Qingfeng reviewed the Azure Origin Sword Sect’s expansion and watched Zhang Bo’s trial group kill a Water Ape before entering the newly discovered Heavenly Shaman Realm. He reached the Sixth Layer True Qi Realm there and set out to search for people and techniques that could protect him from death.

• Lu Qingfeng reviewed the Azure Origin Sword Sect’s growth and found that only thirty disciples had begun the Immortality Trial so far.
• Zhang Bo’s group waited for Han Baiyun to finish refining Clear Spirit Powder, then joined forces to kill a second-rank Water Ape in the Weeping Marsh.
• Lu Qingfeng examined the other trial teams and saw that several had suffered injuries, casualties, or disqualification.
• Two months later, Lu Qingfeng entered the Heavenly Shaman Realm, gained thirty thousand experience points, and learned that the realm had entered the Age of Declining Dharma.
• Lu Qingfeng cultivated to the Sixth Layer True Qi Realm, found that techniques were weakened without spiritual energy, and went searching for people and protective techniques.

Lu Qingfeng encountered Hermit Purple Pavilion at the Mass Burial Mound and defeated his yin ghosts and supernatural spells. He spared the subdued man for his knowledge of the region and found him living as Immortal Master Tiger Might at Tiger Might Mountain.

• Hermit Purple Pavilion used a grave, a vine, and a Glazed Vial to create four yin ghosts at the Mass Burial Mound.
• Lu Qingfeng emerged and asked Hermit Purple Pavilion for directions out of the mountains and information about others with supernatural arts.
• Hermit Purple Pavilion attacked with mind-affecting spells and yin ghosts, but Lu Qingfeng broke the spells and destroyed the ghosts, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Hermit Purple Pavilion surrendered to Lu Qingfeng, who chose to keep him alive because he knew the area and the Heavenly Shaman Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng accompanied Hermit Purple Pavilion to his Daoist temple on Tiger Might Mountain and learned that the villagers revered him as Immortal Master Tiger Might.

Lu Qingfeng examined Hermit Purple Pavilion’s three cultivation texts and discovered that the incomplete Contemplation of the Eight-Nine Calamities was a profound-grade method containing powerful Daoist arts. As he settled on Tiger Might Mountain to study it and learn about the region, he assessed the Heavenly Shaman Realm’s martial path and its limits.

• Hermit Purple Pavilion presented Lu Qingfeng with the Yin Talisman Secret Record, the Soul-Seizing Art, and the Contemplation of the Eight-Nine Calamities.
• Lu Qingfeng recorded the Contemplation of the Eight-Nine Calamities in his Attribute Panel and learned that it was a profound-grade method derived from Demon God Bai Ze’s scripture.
• Lu Qingfeng realized that Hermit Purple Pavilion’s three Daoist arts came from the Human Tribulation Chapter and that its first difficulty contained three powerful tribulations.
• Lu Qingfeng settled on Tiger Might Mountain, studied the incomplete method, and gathered information about the surrounding Southern Borderlands and the Radiant Tribe.
• Lu Qingfeng learned how the Heavenly Shaman Realm’s martial ranks worked and compared Dragon-Tiger Realm martial artists with True Qi Realm cultivators.

Lu Qingfeng considered how he could establish himself in the Heavenly Shaman Realm as the Yin Talisman Sect prepared for war against the Hundred Poisons Sect. When Immortal Master Guangyuan and Immortal Master Tiger Might arrived, Changye attacked Guangyuan and was sent flying with a single blow.

• Lu Qingfeng assessed the Yin Talisman Sect’s ghost arts and devised a plan to gain influence in the Heavenly Shaman Realm.
• Elder Flying Tiger reported that the Hundred Poisons Sect was defeating the Dragon Mountain Sect with poisonous miasma and advancing toward Wanshe Mountain.
• Tingfeng urged the Yin Talisman Sect to prepare its troops, weapons, and rattan armor while considering an alliance with the Dragon Mountain Sect.
• A messenger announced that Immortal Master Guangyuan and Immortal Master Tiger Might had come to visit the Yin Talisman Sect.
• Guangyuan and Tiger Might entered the hall after knocking several figures aside, and Changye charged Guangyuan with the Wind-Slaying Fist.
• Guangyuan struck Changye back across the hall, leaving him kneeling and spitting blood.

Lu Qingfeng took control of the Yin Talisman Sect, reorganized its ranks, and began planning its expansion. After learning that the sect had only a few dozen members and hearing about the Central Plains’ invasion of the Southern Borderlands, he turned his attention to the nearby war.

• Lu Qingfeng secured the submission of Tingfeng, Changye, Flying Tiger, Cloudglow, and the sect’s protectors, and was recognized as the Yin Talisman Sect’s new sect master.
• Lu Qingfeng appointed Hermit Purple Pavilion deputy hall master of the Discipline Hall and Law-Enforcement Hall, demoted the former leaders, and ordered absent members recalled and everyone to remain on the mountain.
• Protector Cloudglow reported that the Yin Talisman Sect had only thirty-nine disciples and a small roster of leaders, prompting Lu Qingfeng to plan a broader organization and expansion.
• Lu Qingfeng explained that he wanted to gather resources, discover life-preserving methods, and find traces of cultivators so he could advance his cultivation.
• Protector Flying Tiger told Lu Qingfeng that the Central Plains had united its martial factions and invaded the Southern Borderlands, bringing fighting near the Yin Talisman Sect.

After learning about the conflict between the Hundred Poisons Sect and the Dragon Mountain Sect, Lu Qingfeng went to Wanshe Mountain to demand the Dragon Mountain Sect's surrender. He defeated She Tu and forced him to submit, leaving the Yin Talisman Sect poised to absorb its rival.

• Protector Flying Tiger told Lu Qingfeng that the Hundred Poisons Sect had destroyed two small sects and was threatening the Dragon Mountain Sect, while the Central Plains and the Southern Borderlands were locked in a wider conflict.
• Lu Qingfeng decided to deal with the Dragon Mountain Sect and the Hundred Poisons Sect first, then traveled to the Dragon Mountain Sect's Wanshe Mountain stronghold.
• She Tu ordered the Dragon Mountain Sect to retreat and fortify its defenses, while Tie Mu and Han Jiang reported that the Yin Talisman Sect had refused to help and had appointed the young Guangyuan as sect leader.
• Lu Qingfeng entered the hall and asked She Tu whether he would submit to the Yin Talisman Sect, but She Tu refused and mocked him.
• Lu Qingfeng slapped She Tu's snake king Flying Lightning unconscious and kicked She Tu down, then defeated him again when he tried to rise.
• She Tu finally agreed to submit to Lu Qingfeng.

Over seven years, Lu Qingfeng expanded and consolidated the Yin Talisman Sect, strengthening its fighters and disciplines while cultivating and contemplating the Contemplation of the Eight-Nine Calamities. As the Longsong Sect threatened to renew its war against the Heavenly Corpse Alliance, the alliance’s leaders considered seeking help from the Yin Talisman Sect.

• Lu Qingfeng subdued thirteen sects, absorbed them into the Yin Talisman Sect, and organized its halls to govern the enlarged sect.
• Lu Qingfeng used pills, improved martial arts, sect rules, and assigned duties to strengthen and control the Yin Talisman Sect.
• Lu Qingfeng cultivated and contemplated the Contemplation of the Eight-Nine Calamities as seven years passed.
• The Longsong Sect grew stronger during a thirteen-year stalemate with the Heavenly Corpse Alliance, prompting the alliance’s leaders to discuss the likelihood of renewed war.
• Hun He proposed asking the Yin Talisman Sect for reinforcements, and Huoyun and Tie Shan hesitated over the suggestion.

Lu Qingfeng considered using corpse-refining methods and then led the Yin Talisman Sect to conquer the Heaven Corpse Alliance and Longsong Sect, greatly expanding its territory. Eight years passed in the Heavenly Shaman Realm, and back in reality he invited Lu Qingyu on a long trip, leaving her surprised by his sudden change of plans.

• Flying Tiger reported that the Heaven Corpse Alliance's three leading sects refined Black Zombies, Hairy Zombies, and Unmelting Bones, and Lu Qingfeng considered whether corpse refinement could be made worthwhile.
• Lu Qingfeng ordered Flying Tiger to send intelligence on the Heaven Corpse Alliance and Longsong Sect to the Might-Subduing Hall and Life-Slaying Hall.
• Lu Qingfeng led the Yin Talisman Sect against the Heaven Corpse Alliance and Longsong Sect, capturing both within half a year and bringing the Mountain-Ghost Tribe's territory under the sect's control.
• The Yin Talisman Sect consolidated its new territory while Lu Qingfeng entered seclusion on Great Sun Peak, and eight years passed in the Heavenly Shaman Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng told Lu Qingyu he wanted to take her on a distant trip, and she questioned why he had suddenly decided to travel.

Lu Qingfeng persuaded Lu Qingyu to open a shop at Oxhead Mountain Market, then took her with Zhou Yuan to the Profound Origin Water Realm. After a forty-seven-day journey across several cultivation regions, they arrived at their destination as Lu Qingyu looked forward to trying the local delicacies on the way back.

• Lu Qingfeng offered to teach Lu Qingyu Grand Luo Insight and help her open a shop, claiming the Sunset Glow Sect took a twenty-percent share of their profits.
• Lu Qingyu agreed to open the shop as long as she could come and go between Oxhead Mountain Market and Peak Rain Mountain as she pleased.
• Lu Qingfeng and Lu Qingyu met Zhou Yuan at Brocade Cloud Peak and set out for the Profound Origin Water Realm on their flying mounts.
• Zhou Yuan described Frostwater Marshes and its valuable resources, then suggested Lu Qingyu try its famous delicacies on their return.
• The three crossed Frostwater Marshes, Seven-Star Linked Ravines, Starwoven Sea, and Giant Spirit Mountain over forty-seven days and reached the Profound Origin Water Realm.