Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingfeng spent three years cultivating in Sorrow River Dragon Palace’s Dragon Transformation Pool, burning experience points to acquire artifact-refinement methods and strengthen his cultivation techniques while deepening his Dao comprehension. Two years before entering Chunshen Realm, Min River Dragon Lord gave him a Succession Token and the Sizhao Sword.

• Lu Qingfeng entered the Dragon Transformation Pool and used its water and experience points to acquire several artifact-refinement methods and improve his cultivation techniques.
• As Lu Qingfeng cultivated, he comprehended the Dragon Transformation Pool’s mysterious aura and advanced his Fate Dao understanding, though his cultivation itself could not progress.
• Three years later, Lu Qingfeng left the pool and followed Min River Dragon Lord out of Dragon Transformation Hall amid whispers from the gathered experts.
• Min River Dragon Lord told Lu Qingfeng that he would enter Chunshen Realm in two years and gave him a Succession Token to conceal his fortune and a Sizhao Sword to fight enemies.

Lu Qingfeng entered the Chunshen Realm with other Ancient Sorrow cultivators after the Dragon Palaces and Heavenly Court opened a passage through a powerful formation. He arrived under the realm’s rejection, while Ao Yin and Ao Pi fell elsewhere nearby.

• The Min River Dragon Lord gave Lu Qingfeng the seventh-rank Sizhao Sword, warned him not to trust others completely in the Chunshen Realm, and promised to retrieve him in two years.
• Lu Qingfeng spent two years refining the Sizhao Sword and considered the risks posed by rival Ancient Sorrow cultivators and the unfamiliar Red Cypress.
• At the Sorrow River Dragon Palace’s Eight Trigrams formation, Lu Qingfeng encountered Ao Yin and Ao Pi, accepted their apology for how they had treated Ao Le, and exchanged emergency formulas with them.
• The East Sea, West Sea, Sorrow River Dragon Palace, and Heavenly Court joined forces to open a passage, sending the cultivators through amid a clash of powerful beings and artifacts.
• Lu Qingfeng fell toward the Chunshen Realm inside golden light, saw Ao Yin and Ao Pi descending elsewhere, and struck the realm as his body and soul suffered its rejection.

Lu Qingfeng entered the Chunshen Realm, recovered from his descent, and borrowed a dead youth’s identity and roots. He returned to the Chen residence as Chen Fan, killed Chen Xun and two guards, and declared that he had come to avenge himself and his father.

• Lu Qingfeng concealed his heavenly secrets, healed his injuries, and learned that his clone was far away in the Sea of No Delusion.
• Lu Qingfeng reached a forest in Western Extremity Province and used the Succession Token to take the identity and roots of a newly dead youth.
• Lu Qingfeng learned that Chen Fan had left the Chen household to seek immortals and that the household was searching for him.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to the Chen residence disguised as Chen Fan, then killed Chen Xun, Zhang Qi, and Zhou Wu.
• Lu Qingfeng told the Chen household that Chen Xun had arranged his murder and that he had returned to avenge himself and his father.

Lu Qingfeng used Chen Fan’s identity to settle its karmic ties, spent ten years cultivating at Dragon-Trapping Mountain, and waited for a summons from Ao Yin and Ao Pi. When the brothers finally called, Lu Qingfeng’s clone Luofuzi was still in Dongxiang Province, studying a mysterious Golden Lotus and awaiting a chance to confront them.

• The Director of Yuzhou City’s Demon Suppression Bureau recorded Chen Fan’s revenge killings and chose not to investigate further after learning he was Spirit-Subduing Daoist’s disciple.
• Lu Qingfeng subdued Spirit-Subduing Daoist, resolved Chen Fan’s obsessions, and established himself in Chunshen Realm under Chen Fan’s identity.
• Lu Qingfeng planned to rest for ten years before traveling to the Sea of No Delusion to seek Astral Baleful and a suitable spirit tree.
• After ten years, Ao Yin and Ao Pi used Lu Qingfeng’s communication incantation to summon him, intending to kill him and plotting against Ao Le.
• Luofuzi continued studying the Golden Lotus in Dongxiang Province, unable to decipher its three hidden characters, while recalling his long wait for Ao Yin and Ao Pi.

Lu Qingfeng considered how Scattered Characters could advance his clone’s cultivation before abruptly attacking Ao Yin and Ao Pi at Jade House Mountain. He killed Ao Pi’s physical body and trapped his escaping soul, while Ao Yin fled in another direction.

• Lu Qingfeng examined the Golden Lotus’s three Acquired Scattered Characters and reflected on how Scattered Characters helped cultivators progress through the four Primordial Spirit realms.
• Lu Qingfeng put away the Golden Lotus and sensed a sudden threat, then transformed into Sword Qi and rushed out of his cave abode.
• Lu Qingfeng struck Jade House Mountain, destroying the cave where Ao Yin and Ao Pi were hiding and forcing the injured brothers to flee separately.
• Lu Qingfeng trapped Ao Pi in a sword formation, shattered his dragon body, and pursued his Golden Core as Ao Pi pleaded for his life.
• Lu Qingfeng vowed to torment Ao Pi’s soul with the Luofu Heart Lamp, and Ao Pi stopped begging and prepared to self-detonate his Golden Core.

Lu Qingfeng captured Ao Yin and Ao Pi, extracted their treasures, and tormented their souls in the Luofu Heart Lamp. He set out for Whitehead Island while studying the Acquired Scattered Characters, but found that his comprehension remained painfully slow.

• Lu Qingfeng sealed Ao Pi's Golden Core, then fed it into the Dutian Creation Pool and tortured Ao Pi's soul until he obtained nine Acquired Scattered Character Rubbings.
• Lu Qingfeng placed Ao Pi's soul in the Luofu Heart Lamp, then did the same to Ao Yin when he arrived in another Sword Seal.
• Lu Qingfeng reflected on how Ao Yin and Ao Pi had schemed against him, then found a Golden Lotus containing three Acquired Scattered Characters and collected eighteen rubbings in total.
• Lu Qingfeng removed hidden tricks from the rubbings, absorbed them into his soul, and departed Dragon-Trapping Mountain to reunite with his incarnation and return to Whitehead Island.
• As Lu Qingfeng traveled across Western Extremity Province, he studied the Golden Lotus's characters and realized that his Core Formation-level comprehension was progressing extremely slowly.

Lu Qingfeng used the Great Enlightenment Method to comprehend an acquired scattered character, then entered a profound state of Sudden Enlightenment in the real world. As spiritual energy surged across two hundred li around Flying Cloud Island, the Mystic Origin Sect’s leaders recognized the spectacle as a sign that he was about to achieve Core Formation.

• Lu Qingfeng used Enlightenment to master an acquired scattered character whose power could make weeds grow rapidly before they withered.
• Lu Qingfeng realized that studying scattered characters strengthened his soul and could let him use the Great Enlightenment Method once a year.
• In the real world, Lu Qingfeng sensed the auras of heaven and earth, entered Sudden Enlightenment, and rapidly strengthened his soul as spiritual energy surged around Flying Cloud Island.
• The disturbance ruined pills and alarmed the island’s cultivators, while Gu Buyan ordered nearby islands to release their Spirit-Locking Formations so Lu Qingfeng could draw in spiritual energy from as far as two hundred li.
• Gu Buyan and the arriving Mystic Origin Sect True Persons recognized the golden-lotus phenomena and mysterious aura as signs that Lu Qingfeng was about to achieve Core Formation.

Lu Qingfeng reached the pinnacle of Spirit Void, formed his core after seven days of cultivation, and passed the forty-nine heavenly tribulation. He left the chapter declaring himself a True Person as the Mystic Origin Sect celebrated his breakthrough.

• Zhuang Bie arrived at Flying Cloud Island and ordered everyone to clear the area so Lu Qingfeng could pursue sudden enlightenment without disturbance.
• Lu Qingfeng rapidly advanced through Spirit Void, formed a true essence vortex, and gathered spiritual energy from a range of three hundred li.
• After seven days, Lu Qingfeng condensed his true essence vortex into a core, while his tiger's roar and dragon's cry shook nine hundred li.
• Lu Qingfeng accepted Essence-Replenishing Pills from Gu Buyan and left Flying Cloud Island to undergo the heavenly tribulation.
• Lu Qingfeng entered the tribulation clouds and endured the lightning for an hour as the Mystic Origin Sect's True Persons watched over him.
• Lu Qingfeng emerged after the tribulation passed and declared, "From this day forth, I am a True Person!"

After Lu Qingfeng advanced to core formation, Gu Buyan urged him to leave the Profound Origin Water Realm for safety, and Lu Qingfeng departed alone using a secret art. The chapter then revealed Gu Buyan presenting the Mystic Origin Sect with powerful texts and Longevity Pills, while Lu Qingfeng cultivated in the Illusory Wave Sea and reflected on how an acquired scattered character had accelerated his breakthrough.

• Lu Qingfeng survived the heavenly tribulation, advanced to core formation, and received the Mystic Origin Sect’s congratulations.
• Gu Buyan praised Lu Qingfeng and urged him to hide in the Fierce Nether Domain because his advancement could attract dangerous enemies.
• Lu Qingfeng demonstrated a secret art that let him vanish and reappear elsewhere, convincing Gu Buyan that he could travel safely alone.
• Lu Qingfeng quietly left the Profound Origin Water Realm, and Gu Buyan told the sect leaders he had already departed.
• Gu Buyan presented forty-six jade slips, four golden books, and seven Longevity Pills to the gathered Mystic Origin Sect leaders.
• In the Illusory Wave Sea, Lu Qingfeng mastered an acquired scattered character and reflected that it had saved him decades of cultivation.

Lu Qingfeng discovered that condensing acquired scattered characters would greatly accelerate his cultivation, then went to the White Bone Realm to settle matters with the White Bone Demon Sect. Daoist Lightboat offered to help the sect deal with Evergreen, but Evergreen appeared and killed Heavenly King Soul-Locking before Lightboat could act.

• Lu Qingfeng realized that acquired scattered characters strengthened his soul and could let him reach the spell gathering realm in under a hundred years.
• Lu Qingfeng decided to remain in the Mystic Origin Realm and turned his attention to the White Bone Demon Sect, which had been besieged by Evergreen for decades.
• Daoist Lightboat appeared at Cloudmist Mountain and offered to eliminate Evergreen in exchange for a favor from the White Bone Demon Sect.
• True Person Illusory Nether accepted the offer, and Heavenly King Soul-Locking left the sect gates to lure Evergreen out.
• Evergreen struck Heavenly King Soul-Locking with lightning, killing him, then appeared before Daoist Lightboat and the White Bone Demon Sect's True Persons.

Lu Qingfeng slaughtered the White Bone Demon Sect’s True Persons and killed Daoist Lightboat after uncovering his plan to seize Lu Qingfeng’s opportunity. He returned to Blazing Fire Isle and secluded himself to cultivate, leaving the upheaval in the Three Realms to unfold without him.

• Lu Qingfeng unleashed Minor Thousandfold Thunder Prison, killing True Person Illusory Nether and the White Bone Demon Sect’s other True Persons as they tried to flee.
• Daoist Lightboat escaped aboard the Coldglow Lightboat, but Lu Qingfeng caught up, smashed through its defenses, and killed him, capturing his golden core with the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl.
• Cultivators who witnessed the battle spread news that Daoist Evergreen had wiped out the White Bone Demon Sect’s True Persons, raising his fame across the Three Realms.
• Back in the Illusory Wave Sea, Lu Qingfeng reflected on his Core Formation strength and used divination to understand Daoist Lightboat’s scheme to take his fortuitous opportunity.
• Lu Qingfeng entered secluded cultivation on Blazing Fire Isle and ignored the turmoil caused by the sect’s destruction.

Daoist Guyang reported Qing Yuanzi’s extraordinary talents and suspicious history to True One Guxuan, who received an order from Ancestor Ronghong to recruit him with a lavish offer. On Whitehead Island, Lu Qingfeng considered joining Mount Yu Sect to gain Scattered Characters, and Daoist Guyang arrived to see him.

• Daoist Guyang told True One Guxuan that Qing Yuanzi was a seventh-rank alchemist and artifact refiner whose cultivation history raised doubts about his identity.
• True One Guxuan said Ancestor Ronghong had ordered Qing Yuanzi’s recruitment and gave Daoist Guyang thirty-two Iron Lotus Seeds to offer him alongside access to three top-tier sword-cultivation inheritances.
• Lu Qingfeng reviewed his growing sword-avatar strength and his shortage of Scattered Characters, concluding that he needed to obtain more before Chunshen Realm merged with Ancient Sorrow Continent.
• Lu Qingfeng considered joining Mount Yu Sect despite the risks, hoping to secure more Scattered Characters.
• A Daoist boy reported that True One Guyang had arrived at Whitehead Island to request an audience.

Lu Qingfeng agreed to join the Mount Yu Sect as Ancestor Ronghong’s disciple and received thirty-two Iron Lotus Seeds before traveling to meet him. After formally entering the sect, Lu Qingfeng received a branch of the Vast Wisdom Tree and was assigned to establish a dwelling in the southern region of East Sinking Continent and help suppress hostile cults, with Yun Luo accompanying him.

• Daoist Guyang offered Lu Qingfeng membership in the Mount Yu Sect and a chance to become Ancestor Ronghong’s disciple, and Lu Qingfeng accepted.
• Daoist Guyang gave Lu Qingfeng thirty-two Iron Lotus Seeds, and the two set off from Whitehead Island to meet Ancestor Ronghong.
• Lu Qingfeng met Ancestor Ronghong beneath the Vast Wisdom Tree and formally joined the Mount Yu Sect as his ninth disciple.
• Ancestor Ronghong gifted Lu Qingfeng a branch of the Vast Wisdom Tree and ordered him to establish a dwelling in the southern region of East Sinking Continent and suppress the Bloodspring Demon Sect and Golden Lotus Heretical Cult.
• Ancestor Ronghong assigned Yun Luo to accompany Lu Qingfeng, and Lu Qingfeng accepted the mission.

Lu Qingfeng and Yun Luo arrived at Blackwater Mountain to establish a Mount Yu Sect cave abode amid the Southern Borderlands’ rival powers. Lu Qingfeng purified the mountain, revealed powerful Dao Soldiers to reshape its peaks, and drew the attention of nearby forces as they descended on Blackwater Mountain.

• Lu Qingfeng warned Yun Luo that King Xunfeng, Jian Zhang, and Gongsun Luan might oppose the Mount Yu Sect’s new cave abode, and Yun Luo offered to hold off one of them.
• Two Mystic Smoke Beasts attacked Lu Qingfeng and Yun Luo, but Lu Qingfeng subdued them with Sword Qi and Demon-Subduing Golden Rings, then gave Yun Luo the control incantation.
• Lu Qingfeng used his sword and the Three Radiances True Water to clear the poisonous miasma and transform nine hundred li around Blackwater Mountain into a spiritual land, secretly keeping some divine water.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned three hundred Mountain-Moving Strongmen, who lifted and carried the surrounding peaks to reshape the mountain range, astonishing Yun Luo.
• The Strongmen’s upheaval alerted the neighboring forces, whose powerful figures arrived at Blackwater Mountain from the east, west, and south.

Lu Qingfeng confronted Gongsun Luan, Xunfeng, and Jian Zhang as they arrived at Blackwater Mountain, and a struggle erupted over his three hundred Mountain-Moving Strongmen. The chapter left Lu Qingfeng fighting Xunfeng and Jian Zhang while Yun Luo battled Gongsun Luan.

• Gongsun Luan, Xunfeng, and Jian Zhang arrived at Blackwater Mountain and examined Lu Qingfeng's Mountain-Moving Strongmen.
• Xunfeng tried to seize a Mountain-Moving Strongman, so Lu Qingfeng trapped him in a sword formation.
• Lu Qingfeng introduced himself as Qing Yuanzi, a disciple of True Immortal Ronghong, and Gongsun Luan tried to befriend Yun Luo, who called her an evil sect demoness.
• Jian Zhang unleashed his thirty-six blood shadows, which drained thirty-six Mountain-Moving Strongmen into dry bones despite Lu Qingfeng's Sword Qi.
• Lu Qingfeng threw thirty-six crystal beads at the blood shadows while Yun Luo charged Jian Zhang and Gongsun Luan intervened to fight her.
• Yun Luo summoned her sword pill and clashed with Gongsun Luan as Lu Qingfeng faced the other two attackers.

Lu Qingfeng used Iceflame Cold Thunder to trap Jian Zhang’s Blood Shadows, then fought Jian Zhang and the Xunfeng great demon with sword qi and powerful thunder artifacts. Jian Zhang’s Blood Shadows were destroyed and both opponents were injured, but the battle continued with Lu Qingfeng facing them together.

• Lu Qingfeng detonated Iceflame Cold Thunder to freeze Jian Zhang’s Thirty-Sixfold Blood Shadows inside the Mountain-Moving Strongmen, then attacked Jian Zhang with a sword strike.
• Jian Zhang sacrificed the frozen Mountain-Moving Strongmen to escape, and his Blood Shadow used the Bloodspring to clash with Lu Qingfeng’s sword, damaging both fighters and worsening the frigid poison in Jian Zhang.
• Jian Zhang called on the Xunfeng great demon, who broke free of Lu Qingfeng’s sword formation and charged at him with the Crescent Moon Halberd.
• Lu Qingfeng unleashed a river of sword qi and hurled Yellow-Mystery Pearls at Jian Zhang and Purple Pearls at the Xunfeng great demon.
• The Yellow-Mystery Pearls’ thunder and flames destroyed Jian Zhang’s Blood Shadow, while the Purple Pearls’ Thunderbolt Purgatory badly burned the Xunfeng great demon.

Lu Qingfeng used an array of divine thunders to force Jian Zhang and the Xunfeng great demon to retreat, securing Blackwater Mountain. He rebuilt the area into a fortified spiritual abode, where Yun Luo also settled to cultivate.

• Lu Qingfeng displayed seventy-two Flintfire Divine Thunder and eighteen Heavenly-Origin Thunderclap Pellets, frightening the Xunfeng great demon into fleeing.
• Jian Zhang threatened Lu Qingfeng before escaping to Yanqing Ridge, and Lu Qingfeng vowed to destroy him there in three hundred years.
• Gongsun Luan fled to Shenshi Mountain, leaving Lu Qingfeng and Yun Luo at Blackwater Mountain after the battle ended.
• Lu Qingfeng arranged one hundred and eight peaks and seventy-two Sun, Moon, and Stars Banners around Blackwater Mountain, summoning Protective Dharma Marshals and Demon-Subduing Divine Generals to guard it.
• Yun Luo established a concealed abode on a nearby peak, while Lu Qingfeng opened a more profound secluded abode beside Blackwater Pool.

Lu Qingfeng refined the Vast Wisdom Tree Branch and established his Foundation Establishment in the Mortal-World Longevity Method, while True Immortal Ronghong and True Immortal Guangning speculated about his origins and the coming merger with Ancient Sorrow. The chapter left Lu Qingfeng preparing to exploit the Mount Yu Sect’s uncertainty and use the thirty-two Innate Scattered Characters he had received.

• Lu Qingfeng identified the Vast Wisdom Tree Branch as an Eighth-Rank immortal tree branch, suspected True Immortal Ronghong had ulterior motives, and used Five-Colored Divine Light to test it before refining it.
• True Immortal Ronghong discovered that the Vast Wisdom Tree could no longer sense the branch and discussed Lu Qingfeng’s mysterious origins with True Immortal Guangning.
• True Immortal Ronghong and True Immortal Guangning considered whether Lu Qingfeng came from Ancient Sorrow and weighed the Mount Yu Sect’s future as the Chunshen Realm faced Ancient Sorrow’s growing power.
• Lu Qingfeng completed Foundation Establishment in the Mortal-World Longevity Method and concluded that True Immortal Ronghong had not reacted angrily to his refining the branch.
• Lu Qingfeng decided to exploit the Mount Yu Sect’s uncertainty while concealing his origins, then revealed the thirty-two Innate Scattered Characters he had received from the sect.

Lu Qingfeng used his Mount Yu Sect connections to gather Scattered Characters and resources while cultivating in Chunshen Realm, and two hundred years passed. In Ancient Sorrow Continent, Ao Le learned that Chunshen Realm would merge with the continent within fifty years, bringing the prospect of Guangyuan’s return and Ao Lie’s departure for war.

• Lu Qingfeng sensed the Innate Scattered Character inside an Iron Lotus Seed but found that his cultivation and knowledge were not yet sufficient to comprehend it.
• Lu Qingfeng’s true body cultivated in the Sea of No Delusion while his Three Radiance Heavenly Xin Swords clone joined the Mount Yu Sect and guarded Blackwater Mountain.
• The clone traded divine thunder and other services for Scattered Characters and cultivation resources, gaining one hundred and twelve Acquired Scattered Characters in a hundred years.
• Two hundred years passed as Lu Qingfeng continued cultivating in Chunshen Realm.
• Ao Jun brought Ao Le Guangyuan’s portrait, and Ao Le smiled as she looked at it.
• Ao Lie told Ao Le that Chunshen Realm would merge into Ancient Sorrow Continent within fifty years and that he would lead Min River Dragon Palace troops there; Ao Le rejoiced that Guangyuan might return but worried for her brother.

Venerable Ten Thousand Evils learned that the Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formation was complete and went to investigate its purpose. Meanwhile, Lin Fan disappeared after reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm, and seven years later he revealed himself as Lu Qingfeng, newly ascended and ready to protect Ao Le and the Min River Dragon Palace.

• He Shan reported that the thirteen Abyss-Suppressing Marshals and three hundred sixty-nine altars were complete, and Venerable Ten Thousand Evils rewarded him with a Ten-Thousand Souls Banner and thirty Acquired Scattered Character rubbings.
• Venerable Ten Thousand Evils suspected that the Abyss-Suppressing Grand Formation served a purpose beyond imitating the Mount Yu Sect's Manifestation Great Formation and went to inspect it.
• After seven years of farming and painting as Lin Fan, Lu Qingfeng reached the Primordial Spirit tribulation, erased his hut and fields, and vanished from the island.
• Seven years later, Lu Qingfeng appeared as a Primordial Spirit cultivator in the Spirit-Nourishing Realm, reflecting on his rapid advancement and newfound confidence in defending Ao Le and the Min River Dragon Palace.
• Lu Qingfeng cultivated on an unnamed island, where his immense soul and divine sense continued to grow.