Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingfeng refined the Qingyuan Pearl’s role in gathering territorial information and protecting the Azure Origin Sword Sect’s disciples. After Gu Buyan warned that Rogue Person Blazing Fire might threaten the Mystic Origin Sect, Lu Qingfeng swore to remain with the sect.

• Lu Qingfeng reviewed how the Azure Origin Sword Sect’s disciples explored the Heavenly Fire Domain and supplied information to help him locate astral fiend resources.
• Lu Qingfeng finalized the Qingyuan Pearl as a means to exchange territorial information and teachings, with safeguards against outsiders discovering its origins.
• Two and a half months after the battle at Blazing Fire Isle, Gu Buyan summoned Lu Qingfeng to explain that the sect feared Rogue Person Blazing Fire might retaliate for Han Ji’s death and endanger the Mystic Origin Sect.
• Gu Buyan told Lu Qingfeng that the sect planned to send selected disciples beyond the Mystic Origin Realm and asked him to lead one group, taking a disciple from Flying Cloud Island.
• Lu Qingfeng rejected the idea of leaving and swore to live and die with the Mystic Origin Sect.

As Rogue Person Blazing Fire’s power unsettled the Mystic Origin Sect, Lu Qingfeng refused to flee and left the sect to make its own plans. In the Primordial World, three centuries of preaching had established the Guangyuan Immortal Sect, and Luo Gu arrived near Iron Ring Mountain while seeking to learn about it.

• Lu Qingfeng refused Gu Buyan’s plea to evacuate, insisting he would face the Mystic Origin Sect’s danger alongside the sect.
• Qian Lai, Shi Wan, Gu Buyan, and Wu Jie discussed evacuating disciples and how to respond to Rogue Person Blazing Fire and Daoist Watercloud’s gifts to Zhou Su.
• Over the following centuries, Patriarch Guangyuan preached three times, the Immortal Dao spread through Heaven’s Punishment Abyss, and the Guangyuan Immortal Sect was founded on Abyss-Suppressing Mountain.
• Yufengzi established himself at Iron Ring Mountain and gathered six disciples after Xuanchengzi destroyed the Cave Demons that had occupied the area.
• Luo Gu traveled with Wulff toward Iron Ring Mountain, heard about the Guangyuan Immortal Sect, and asked about its experts.

Luo Gu attacked the Skeleton King in the Dark Deadlands to seize the Abyssal Authority, forcing Ferdinand to flee to Abyss-Suppressing Mountain and ask Lu Qingfeng for help. Lu Qingfeng set out to intervene, while Luo Gu continued pursuing Ferdinand and learned that Patriarch Guangyuan might come to meet him.

• Luo Gu found the Skeleton King cultivating Immortal Dao techniques and demanded that he surrender the Abyssal Authority, but the Skeleton King refused and escaped his attack with the Abyss Scepter.
• Ferdinand rushed to Cloud Platform and revealed to Lu Qingfeng that he was the Skeleton King, pursued by an Immortal Dao cultivator from beyond Heaven's Punishment Abyss.
• Lu Qingfeng left with Ferdinand for the Dark Deadlands, then sent Neham into an abyss beneath Cloud Platform to bear the mountain for sixty years.
• Luo Gu pursued Ferdinand through the Dark Deadlands, using dark light to destroy undead creatures and overwhelm the Skeleton King's defenses.
• Luo Gu learned that Ferdinand served Patriarch Guangyuan and expected Guangyuan to come to the Dark Deadlands.

Lu Qingfeng arrived in the Dark Deadlands and fought Luo Gu after stopping him from killing Ferdinand and seizing the Abyssal Authority. Lu Qingfeng gained the upper hand, but Luo Gu unleashed the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell against him as six of Lu Qingfeng’s Demon Gods attacked.

• Luo Gu used a dark divine light to nearly destroy Ferdinand, but Lu Qingfeng intercepted it and saved him.
• Luo Gu questioned Lu Qingfeng about his divine ability, then attacked when Lu Qingfeng demanded an explanation for his attempt to seize the Abyssal Authority.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Taiyin Calamity-Crossing Robe and Great Possession Ring to fight Luo Gu, overpowering him in close combat.
• Luo Gu summoned the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell, annihilating undead creatures across three thousand miles while Lu Qingfeng’s robe shielded him.
• Lu Qingfeng recognized the bell as an Immortal Artifact and summoned six Demon Gods to attack Luo Gu, who rang the bell repeatedly in response.

Lu Qingfeng defeated Luo Gu in the Dark Deadlands, seized the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell, and destroyed Luo Gu’s body, though his golden core escaped. Back at Abyss-Suppressing Mountain, Lu Qingfeng examined the sealed tier-2 immortal artifact while Ferdinand resolved to pursue the Immortal Dao.

• Lu Qingfeng used the five-colored divine light to take the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell from Luo Gu after Luo Gu’s bell shattered several demon gods and damaged the Dutian Blazing Fire Divine Banners.
• Luo Gu unleashed his soul-severing divine radiance, but Lu Qingfeng’s Taiyin Calamity-Crossing Robe blocked it, and Lu Qingfeng struck him with the Great Sun Nirvana Divine Light and Grand Five-Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Divine Light.
• Luo Gu’s body shattered, but his golden core escaped with his divine soul, leaving him remorseful over his lost immortal artifact and ruined prospects for proving the Dao.
• Lu Qingfeng ordered Ferdinand to clean up the Dark Deadlands and return to Abyss-Suppressing Mountain, where Ferdinand decided to pursue the Immortal Dao.
• At Abyss-Suppressing Mountain, Lu Qingfeng examined the sealed Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell and learned that it was a tier-2 immortal artifact containing eleven heavenly dipper restrictions.

Lu Qingfeng claimed Luo Gu’s Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell, accepted Ferdinand’s Abyss Scepter, and bestowed a cultivation technique on him before focusing on cultivation. In the Funeral Bell Plains, Luo Gu returned to the Peach Haven Immortal Sect without his body and recounted his defeat by Guangyuan, prompting speculation that Guangyuan was connected to the Peacock Clan.

• Lu Qingfeng removed many of the seals on the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell, expelled Luo Gu’s restrictions, and decided to refine the artifact before confronting him again.
• Ferdinand offered Lu Qingfeng the Abyss Scepter and relinquished his position as lord of the abyss; Lu Qingfeng rewarded him by transmitting the Profound Jade Chapter technique.
• Lu Qingfeng began comprehending the immortal artifact and Abyss Scepter while condensing the six great demonic gods.
• Three hundred years later, Luo Gu returned to Jade Cliff Mountain as a Golden Core after Guangyuan destroyed his physical body.
• Luo Gu told Daoist Shaoyang, Wei Wuding, and Daoist Feihua how Guangyuan defeated him with powerful Divine Abilities.
• Wei Wuding and Daoist Feihua suspected Guangyuan was connected to the Peacock Clan, but Daoist Shaoyang dismissed the possibility of its involvement in the Barbarian God Realm.

Luo Gu and the others pieced together Daoist Guangyuan’s formidable ties to Venerable Six-Eyes and the Thunder Ministry, while Lu Qingfeng strengthened his sect and resolved to claim the abyssal authorities. The chapter ended with Xuan Ningzi leading an attack on Bloodring Grand Duke Simmons at Bloodring Castle.

• Daoist Feihua recalled hearing the Six-Eyed Lightning Deity mention Guangyuan’s deep friendship with Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun, alarming Wei Wuding, Daoist Shaoyang, and Luo Gu.
• Daoist Shaoyang concluded that Guangyuan likely had Venerable Six-Eyes’ backing, while Luo Gu revealed that Guangyuan had taken the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell and wielded Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Lu Qingfeng reviewed his disciples’ cultivation and abilities, then decided that Guangyuan Immortal Sect should seize all thirty-six authorities in the abyss.
• Lu Qingfeng sent Xuanyin away and resumed refining the Abyss Scepter and cultivating.
• Xuan Ningzi and three demon gods surrounded Bloodring Grand Duke Simmons at Bloodring Castle, where Simmons protested that he had never provoked Abyss-Suppressing Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng brought the thirty-six Material World Abyss layers under Guangyuan Immortal Sect’s control, greatly strengthening the sect and his own cultivation. Meanwhile, Yuxiangzi and Daoist Longming arrived at Abyss-Suppressing Mountain to meet Lu Qingfeng, but found him away and agreed to wait at Falling Geese Peak.

• Xuanningzi withdrew her attack on Simmons, who abandoned Bloodring Castle and fled the First Layer of the Abyss.
• Lu Qingfeng conquered the remaining Abyss layers, placing his disciples and allies in charge as their Lords.
• The Guangyuan Immortal Sect gained most of the Material World Abyss’s fortune, and Lu Qingfeng condensed the Tianwu Demon God and advanced his refinement of the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell.
• Yuxiangzi and Daoist Longming discussed Lu Qingfeng’s abilities and journeyed to Abyss-Suppressing Mountain to visit him.
• Xuanningzi told them Lu Qingfeng had been away for more than half a year, so Yuxiangzi and Daoist Longming agreed to wait at Falling Geese Peak.

Lu Qingfeng reached Jade Cliff Mountain to challenge the Peach Haven Immortal Sect and seize its immortal artifacts. He confronted the sect’s six Reincarnated True Immortals, then summoned seven demon gods as the confrontation turned toward battle.

• Lu Qingfeng traveled from Heaven’s Punishment Abyss across the Funeral Bell Plains toward Jade Cliff Mountain, intending to confront the Peach Haven Immortal Sect before its strength grew further.
• He arrived at Jade Cliff Mountain and saw three hundred Mountain-Moving Strongmen helping arrange the sect’s mountains.
• Lu Qingfeng put away his carriage, merged with the Tianwu Demon God, and descended outside the mountain gate, provoking the sect’s cultivators.
• Six Reincarnated True Immortals—Daoist Sanyang, Luo Gu, Wei Wuding, and Daoist Feihua—appeared to face him.
• Daoist Zhongyang accused Lu Qingfeng of ruining Luo Gu, but Lu Qingfeng rejected the charge and declared that he had come to test the Peach Haven Grotto lineage’s arts.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned Zhurong, Jumang, Gonggong, Qiangliang, Rushou, Houtu, and Tianwu, filling the sky with demonic might.

Lu Qingfeng used the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell to catch Daoist Zhongyang off guard, destroy his body, and shatter his Golden Core and soul, then fought Daoist Shaoyang and the others. As the six Demon Gods engaged the remaining True Immortals, Lu Qingfeng attacked Daoist Shaoyang with the bell, but Shaoyang countered through the Shaoyang Sword.

• Daoist Zhongyang attacked Lu Qingfeng, who stole the Zhongyang Sword with the Five-Colored Divine Light before Shaoyang and Taiyang helped Zhongyang reclaim it.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell to immobilize Daoist Zhongyang and struck him with the Great Sun Nirvana Divine Light, destroying his body.
• Lu Qingfeng seized Zhongyang's Golden Core and sword, then shattered the Golden Core and scattered Zhongyang's soul, leaving him to reincarnate.
• Daoist Shaoyang, Daoist Taiyang, Wei Wuding, and Daoist Feihua surrounded Lu Qingfeng while the six Demon Gods engaged Taiyang, Wei Wuding, and Feihua.
• Lu Qingfeng attacked Daoist Shaoyang with the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell, but Shaoyang sent the Shaoyang Sword toward him, using it to bypass the bell's mystic light.

Lu Qingfeng killed Daoist Shaoyang and Luo Gu, captured the Mountain-Moving Strongmen, and drove Daoist Taiyang, Wei Wuding, and Daoist Feihua to flee toward the Heavenly Realm. He pursued Daoist Taiyang through the dangerous void interlayer, determined to kill him or seize his immortal artifacts before he ascended.

• Lu Qingfeng used the Five-Colored Divine Light to seize the Sun Sword, then killed Daoist Shaoyang and destroyed his Golden Core when Shaoyang tried to trap him in a formation.
• Lu Qingfeng captured the three hundred Mountain-Moving Strongmen and killed Luo Gu with thunder, while Daoist Taiyang remained trapped by the Demon Gods.
• Daoist Feihua urged retreat, and Daoist Taiyang, Wei Wuding, and Daoist Feihua escaped through the void toward the Heavenly Realm as Lu Qingfeng pursued them.
• The Peach Haven Immortal Sect was left vulnerable after its patriarchs fell or fled, while Lu Qingfeng entered the void interlayer to chase the fugitives and reclaim their immortal artifacts.
• Lu Qingfeng caught sight of Daoist Taiyang in the chaotic currents, and Daoist Taiyang desperately sped toward the Heavenly Realm without turning to fight.

Lu Qingfeng escaped the Heavenly Realm after a terrifying sea creature attacked him, carrying off the Three-Yang One-Qi Sword. He returned to Abyss-Suppressing Mountain, where Yuxiangzi and Longming were stunned to see the immortal treasures he had acquired.

• Daoist Taiyang entered the Heavenly Realm after sacrificing the Sun Sword, which Lu Qingfeng seized along with the other two swords of the Three-Yang One-Qi Sword.
• A colossal creature from the Heavenly Realm’s deep sea attacked Daoist Taiyang and reached for Lu Qingfeng, but a violent void storm drove its tentacles away.
• Lu Qingfeng escaped to the Material World and traveled through the interlayer of void toward Abyss-Suppressing Mountain.
• The six Demon Gods returned without finding Wei Wuding or Daoist Feihua, while Lu Qingfeng reflected on the immortal artifacts he had missed and the three swords he had secured.
• At Abyss-Suppressing Mountain, Yuxiangzi and Longming greeted Lu Qingfeng, then recognized the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell and the Three-Yang One-Qi Sword he displayed.

Lu Qingfeng revealed that he had destroyed Jade Cliff Mountain and killed three of its immortals, then examined the immortal artifacts of Daoist Longming and Yuxiangzi. After leaving Abyss-Suppressing Mountain, Yuxiangzi realized that Lu Qingfeng might not belong to their Purple Billow Water Palace lineage.

• Lu Qingfeng confirmed that the swords he carried were Daoist Sanyang’s Three-Yang One-Qi Swords and said he had killed Luo Gu, Daoist Shaoyang, and Daoist Zhongyang at Jade Cliff Mountain.
• Daoist Longming showed Lu Qingfeng his Dragon-Whale Mountain, and Yuxiangzi displayed his Golden Centipede Bamboo Staff.
• Daoist Longming asked Lu Qingfeng to reveal his own bestowed treasure, but Lu Qingfeng did not answer, so Yuxiangzi made excuses and left with him.
• Daoist Longming asked Yuxiangzi whether he had feared Lu Qingfeng would seize their artifacts, and Yuxiangzi pointed out that Lu Qingfeng had never acknowledged belonging to their lineage.
• Yuxiangzi reconsidered the evidence and concluded that Lu Qingfeng’s knowledge of the Du Tian Profound Method did not prove he belonged to the Purple Billow Water Palace lineage.

Yuxiangzi and Daoist Longming decided to avoid Lu Qingfeng and wait for him to leave the Material World, while Lu Qingfeng continued cultivating and studying the immortal artifacts he had taken from Jade Cliff Mountain. A thousand years after his battle there, he had reached the peak of the Dharma Gathering Realm and was preparing to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

• Yuxiangzi told Daoist Longming that Guangyuan might belong to a third force, and the two decided to remain in the Storm Sea Region until Lu Qingfeng left the Material World.
• Lu Qingfeng observed the brothers’ departure and chose not to seize their immortal artifacts, then left Abyss-Suppressing Mountain to continue cultivating.
• Over the following decades, Lu Qingfeng analyzed the Soul-Severing Spirit-Scattering Bell and the three swords, learning their methods and discovering Soul-Severing Divine Radiance.
• During six centuries of cultivation, Lu Qingfeng condensed all nine layers of Astral Baleful Force and reached perfection in the Dharma Gathering Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng recognized that Enlightenment worked best when he had prior experience, so he relied more on his own cultivation and used the art mainly for other disciplines.
• A millennium after fighting at Jade Cliff Mountain, Lu Qingfeng began comprehending the Golden Core and preparing for his first breakthrough into the Golden Core Realm.

Lu Qingfeng reached the Golden Core peak, unified the Material World under Guangyuan, and completed the third stage of the Mortal-World Longevity Method. As he comprehended the world through the twelve Dutian Demon Gods, he mastered extraordinary control over space and crossed from the Material World into the Heavenly Realm.

• Lu Qingfeng formed a Golden Core after four hundred years, while Ferdinand, Branlet, and his disciples also achieved the Golden Core and ascended.
• Guangyuan’s influence spread across the Funeral Bell Plains and Moonlight Archipelago, and Lu Qingfeng later destroyed Purple Billow Water Palace’s power in the Material World by killing Yuxiangzi and Daoist Longming.
• Lu Qingfeng became the Material World’s unrivaled ruler and, at age 3,420, reached the Golden Core peak.
• Lu Qingfeng completed the Cosmic Star Fist, greatly extended his lifespan, and began advancing his soul, magical power, and body together.
• Lu Qingfeng transformed into different Dutian Demon Gods as he traveled across the Material World, mastering the powers of earth, water, wind, thunder, and space.
• Lu Qingfeng transformed into Di Jiang Demon God, shattered the void, and emerged in the Heavenly Realm.

After the Barbarian God Realm’s gods ambushed and killed Lu Qingfeng, he resurrected, identified the Fate God-King as the one who had tracked him, and abandoned his plans to cultivate in the realm. Thirty years later, he reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, cursed the Fate God-King, and was expelled from the Material World.

• Lu Qingfeng reached half-step primordial spirit after twenty years of contemplation, then entered the Heavenly Realm and was ambushed by 3,600 gods; he destroyed his soul and body to escape through resurrection.
• Lu Qingfeng concluded that the Fate God had tracked him, realized he could no longer safely enter the Heavenly Realm, and ordered Jingyun to suppress worship of the gods while distributing immortal artifacts to his disciples.
• Thirty years later, Lu Qingfeng reached the Primordial Spirit Realm and cast the Demonic Baleful Entangling Silk Divine Curse on the Fate God-King, spending his remaining lifespan.
• Lu Qingfeng advanced four divine abilities into great divine abilities and the Mortal-World Longevity Method to Profound Grade, then disappeared as the Material World expelled him.
• The Fate God-King found the curse spreading across his soul and clouding his power, while Lu Qingfeng’s fate became unrelated to the Barbarian God Realm.

After finishing his cultivation in the Barbarian God Realm, Lu Qingfeng spent two peaceful months with Lu Qingyu before beginning his seventeenth life in the Immortal Qin Realm. Captured by Lan Feihu and taken toward the Min River Dragon Lord, he learned about the realm’s history and arrived at the mighty Min River.

• Lu Qingfeng left seclusion, visited Lu Qingyu on Peak Rain Mountain, and discussed the changing balance of power in the Three Realms with her.
• Lu Qingyu departed after two months, and Lu Qingfeng resumed his focus on Primordial World.
• In his seventeenth life, Lu Qingfeng was seized by Lan Feihu’s soldiers and carried across Fenglin Circuit toward the Min River Dragon Lord.
• Lu Qingfeng reviewed the system’s account of the Immortal Qin Realm and questioned Lan Feihu to learn more about its history and current era.
• Lan Feihu’s party reached the Min River after six to eight hours of travel, and Lu Qingfeng saw its vast waters.

Lan Feihu brought Lu Qingfeng to the Min River Dragon Palace after the Fortune-Observing Treasure Mirror revealed his extraordinary fortune. Lu Qingfeng woke from a drunken sleep to discover that he had been married to one of the Dragon Palace’s women, and the chapter ended with him alone with his veiled bride in the bridal chamber.

• Lan Feihu took Lu Qingfeng into the Min River and showed off the Water-Repelling Pearl on their way to the Dragon Palace.
• Lan Feihu presented Lu Qingfeng to the Min River Dragon Lord, and the Fortune-Observing Treasure Mirror revealed a brilliant red light around him.
• The Third Highness invited Lu Qingfeng to drink and joked that he would become his brother-in-law, but Lu Qingfeng passed out after three cups.
• While Lu Qingfeng slept, generals brought other youths to the Dragon Palace, a mirror examined him, and the palace prepared for a wedding.
• Lu Qingfeng awoke during the wedding ceremony, bowed with his veiled bride, and was escorted with her into the bridal chamber.

Lu Qingfeng learned how he had been chosen and hurriedly married to Ao Le, then accepted his place as Min River Dragon Palace’s consort and began getting to know his new family. Ao Lie explained that Ao Le’s timid nature came from growing up without her parents and being bullied by her foster brothers.

• Lu Qingfeng pieced together how Lan Feihu had abducted him after discovering his exceptional fortune and how the Dragon Lord had chosen him as a son-in-law.
• Lu Qingfeng met his shy bride, Ao Le, and they spent their wedding night together after a spell brought his drunkenness back.
• The next morning, Lu Qingfeng and Ao Le visited Min River Dragon Lord, and Lu Qingfeng addressed him as Father King.
• Ao Lie escorted Lu Qingfeng around the Dragon Palace, warned him to cherish Ao Le, and learned that Lu Qingfeng had no resentment about the marriage.
• Ao Lie recounted how his parents were separated by the East and West Sea Dragon Palaces and how Ao Le was bullied while growing up in Wu River Dragon Palace.

Lu Qingfeng studied the Nature-Life Dao and chose Nature Cultivation, then went with Ao Lie to select cultivation methods in the Dragon Palace. He returned to Ao Le and explained his day, leaving the newly married pair to grow more familiar with each other.

• Ao Lie gave Lu Qingfeng the Nature-Life Dao and explained that Nature Cultivation refined the mind while Destiny Cultivation tempered the body.
• Lu Qingfeng compared the two systems with the Immortal Dao and decided to choose Nature Cultivation because he disliked fighting.
• Ao Lie took Lu Qingfeng to the Glazed Pavilion, where he spent the afternoon selecting cultivation methods and books.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to his bedchamber, explained his day to Ao Le, and told her he had chosen Nature Cultivation.