Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingfeng’s whereabouts were exposed when Azurewood Valley used an Immortal Artifact to trace the Azurewood King Cauldron, but he escaped before its experts could arrive. He left Ancestor Guyue and Daoist Bingyi behind as the Cold Jade Black Tortoise quietly let him pass.

• Lu Qingfeng comprehended the twenty-fifth Constellation Stele, received the Scarletflame Ring, and left the Heaven Stele Secret Realm.
• Ancestor Guyue confronted Lu Qingfeng at Military Tome and Treasure Sword Gorge and demanded to know why he had deceived Myriad Beasts Immortal Mountain.
• Lu Qingfeng returned the White Geng Ring and tried to flee before Azurewood Valley’s experts arrived.
• The Cold Jade Black Tortoise froze the gorge with its Cold Jade Pearl, but Lu Qingfeng found an easy way through and understood that the tortoise was letting him escape.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Di Jiang and Tianwu Demon Gods and a golden chariot to flee into the Nine-Heavens astral wind, evading Ancestor Guyue’s net.
• Daoist Bingyi arrived and revealed that he had advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Lu Qingfeng escaped Ancestor Guyue and fled across the wilderness to End Mountain in the East Sea, with Yue Zhong and Granny Miaoyi pursuing him. He arrived as Volcano Child and Windchill Child attacked End Mountain’s defenders, and he struck at Volcano Child with his Five-Colored Divine Light.

• Daoist Bingyi apologized after Lu Qingfeng escaped, while Yue Zhong and Granny Miaoyi arrived and set off in pursuit.
• Ancestor Guyue chose not to involve Xiling Gorge in the conflict, and Daoist Bingyi worried about Myriad Beasts Immortal Mountain’s future strength.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Nine-Heavens Cloud-Piercing Awl to flee west, then crossed the Spirit-Severing Wilderness and reached the East Sea.
• Lu Qingfeng headed for End Mountain, where Volcano Child and Windchill Child were attacking a great formation defended by Daoists and generals.
• Volcano Child recognized Lu Qingfeng and turned his Stardust Sand Sword toward him, but Lu Qingfeng’s Five-Colored Divine Light descended before Volcano Child could grasp the sword.

Lu Qingfeng seized Volcano Child’s Stardust Sand Sword and defeated him by freezing his Dharma Form and trapping him in the Thunderbolt Examination Prison. Windchill Child remained caught in Jin Mountain’s formation as the hidden onlookers reeled at Lu Qingfeng’s strength.

• Lu Qingfeng used the Five-Colored Divine Light to take Volcano Child’s Stardust Sand Sword, shocking the demons and devils watching from hiding.
• Volcano Child revealed his Primordial Spirit Dharma Form and attacked Lu Qingfeng with Swordfire Meteor.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned a water dragon to swallow Volcano Child and his Dharma Form, then froze them with the Water-Freezing Art.
• Lu Qingfeng threw the frozen Volcano Child into the Thunderbolt Examination Prison, where the Five-Prison Mystic Thunder Demon-Subduing Array kept him trapped.
• High Person Golden Light, Daoist Six-One, and the other onlookers were stunned, while Windchill Child struggled against Jin Mountain’s formation and watched Volcano Child’s defeat.

Lu Qingfeng fought Windchill Child with divine abilities and the Dutian Demon Gods, overcoming the cultivator’s powerful Eye of Cold Wind Dharma Form. He trapped Windchill Child in the Blazing Meteor Prison, leaving him unable to escape.

• Lu Qingfeng pierced Windchill Child’s defenses with the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetism Annihilating Divine Light and disrupted his Dharma power.
• Windchill Child attacked Lu Qingfeng’s soul with a cold blade, but Lu Qingfeng dodged it and destroyed the attack with the Five-Colored Divine Light and his Twelve Demon Gods.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned Tianwu, Xizi, and Jumang Demon Gods and their three seventh-tier magical artifacts, forcing Windchill Child to reveal his Eye of Cold Wind Dharma Form.
• Lu Qingfeng called forth Zhurong, Gonggong, and Shebi Shi; their formation, rising waters, and freezing attack sealed Windchill Child inside a massive ice sphere.
• The Demon Gods rolled the ice sphere into End Mountain, where Lu Qingfeng trapped Windchill Child in the Blazing Meteor Prison.

Lu Qingfeng suppressed Windchill Child and Volcano Child at End Mountain, then captured High Person Golden Light and Daoist Six-One while summoning three other East Sea experts to meet him. He revealed that the Azurewood of End Mountain was his incarnation and asked Compassionate Heart, Su He, and Zhou Yang to stay, leaving them wary that he planned to involve them in his conflict with Azurewood Valley.

• Lu Qingfeng sealed Windchill Child and reflected that the arrangements inside End Mountain made it difficult for the Azurewood Valley cultivators to escape.
• Lu Qingfeng spotted five observers, then sent demon gods after High Person Golden Light and Daoist Six-One and had both captured and imprisoned.
• Compassionate Heart, Su He, and Zhou Yang revealed themselves after Lu Qingfeng noticed them hiding in the void.
• Lu Qingfeng's disciples greeted him as Teacher, and he demonstrated how the Azurewood King Cauldron incarnation merged into his true body.
• Lu Qingfeng identified himself as Du Tian, explained his grudge with Azurewood Valley, and invited the three East Sea experts to remain at End Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng worked to erase the traces by which Azurewood Valley tracked him while defeating Volcano Child and Windchill Child with his varied techniques and treasures. After seeing the battle, Azurewood Valley’s Primordial Spirits debated how to counter him, and Yue Zhong proposed killing his six Demon Gods and breaking the End Mountain Array despite the risks to borrowed treasures.

• Lu Qingfeng used Invert-Grand-Void Glazed Wall to cleanse the tracking traces and began improving the Divine Ability.
• Yue Zhong and Granny Miaoyi pursued Lu Qingfeng toward the East Sea, then abruptly turned back after receiving a message.
• Xun Tiange showed Yue Zhong and Granny Miaoyi how Lu Qingfeng defeated and imprisoned Volcano Child and Windchill Child.
• Su Muzhe, Xi Yunzi, and Granny Miaoyi proposed borrowing treasures to counter Lu Qingfeng’s techniques, but the group could not find a way to counter the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Yue Zhong proposed borrowing treasures, killing Lu Qingfeng’s six Demon Gods, and asking Grandmaster Muyang to break the End Mountain Array; Su Muzhe and Xi Yunzi objected to risking the borrowed treasures.

After three thousand years in the Immortal Qin Realm, Lu Qingfeng had reached the Integration Realm and turned his attention to preparing for a journey to the West Sea. He arrived at Jade Radiance Palace in disguise, where Princess Yun had been imprisoned for more than five thousand years.

• Lu Qingfeng reflected on his stalled progress toward the Mahayana True Immortal Realm and resolved to cultivate the Invert-Grand-Void Glazed Wall.
• Ao Jun hurried to Ao Le and told her that his grandfather had suffered cultivation deviation while attempting a breakthrough, so she left to provide a Unity Golden Core.
• Lu Qingfeng traveled unseen through the West Sea Dragon Palace and reached Jade Radiance Palace.
• The palace maids discussed Princess Yun’s separation from her family and Guangyuan’s influence in Sorrow River.
• Lu Qingfeng revealed his true identity in Princess Yun’s courtyard as she gazed sorrowfully at the sky.

Lu Qingfeng proved his identity to Ao Yun and rescued her from the West Sea Dragon Palace, bringing her safely to East Submerging Continent. The West Sea Dragon King ordered Ao Feng to pursue them, while Lu Qingfeng prepared to reunite Ao Yun with Ao Le and her family at Poison Dragon Pool.

• Lu Qingfeng showed Ao Yun his Merit Radiance, convinced her he was Guangyuan, and offered to take her away from the West Sea.
• Ao Yun put on the Fate-Void Robe and followed Lu Qingfeng past the palace guards and formations.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Great Five Ghosts Transportation Method to carry Ao Yun out of the West Sea and back to East Submerging Continent.
• The West Sea Dragon King learned Ao Yun had vanished, blamed Guangyuan, and ordered Ao Feng to lead troops in pursuit.
• Lu Qingfeng told Ao Yun that Ao Zhan and her three elder brothers were at Poison Dragon Pool, then summoned Ao Le, whose extravagant carriage arrived.

Lu Qingfeng brought Ao Yun back from the West Sea and escorted her to Poison Dragon Pool, where she reunited with Ao Le and Ao Zhan. Ao Zhan collapsed after the emotional shock, but Lu Qingfeng said he was out of danger and would recover under Ao Yun’s care.

• Lu Qingfeng learned that the Divine Lord of Palace Clerks had gone to Poison Dragon Pool and escorted Ao Yun there in a grand carriage procession.
• Ao Le and the Turtle Chancellor explained that Ao Zhan had suffered cultivation deviation repeatedly because he was desperate to reunite with Ao Yun.
• Ao Jun and Ao Le greeted Lu Qingfeng’s carriage, then realized the woman with him was Ao Yun, whom he had brought back from the West Sea.
• Ao Zhan rushed out to greet Ao Yun, called to her, and collapsed after spitting blood.
• Lu Qingfeng assured Ao Le that Ao Zhan was no longer in danger and explained that he had entered and left Jade Radiance Palace without informing the West Sea.

Lu Qingfeng reunited Ao Yun with her family despite West Sea’s objections, while Sorrow River’s leaders and people tolerated his defiance because of his merit and the benefits he brought them. He continued cultivating in peace, and three hundred years later his Invert-Grand-Void Glazed Wall neared mastery.

• Ao Le worried that West Sea would retaliate for Lu Qingfeng rescuing Ao Yun, but Lu Qingfeng said West Sea could not cause trouble in East Submerging Continent.
• Ao Yun reunited with Ao Zhan, and their sons and families gathered at Poison Dragon Pool to celebrate.
• Ao Feng and Tuoba Moyei asked Ao Jue to persuade Lu Qingfeng to return Ao Yun, but Ao Jue refused and went to congratulate Lu Qingfeng instead.
• Ao Feng accepted that his mission had failed, and West Sea’s protests against Lu Qingfeng’s rescue ultimately went unanswered.
• Sorrow River’s leaders and cultivators overlooked Lu Qingfeng’s actions because his merit, control of the Divine Censure Office, and past rescue of East Sinking Continent benefited them.
• Lu Qingfeng lived peacefully with Ao Le and cultivated for three hundred years, bringing Invert-Grand-Void Glazed Wall close to mastery.

Xun Tiange led Azurewood Valley’s Primordial Spirit cultivators and two array masters to End Mountain to demand the release of its prisoners and the return of two treasures. Du Tian refused to leave his defensive array, and Yue Zhong’s attack on Compassionate Heart left Azurewood Valley’s group on the back foot.

• Xun Tiange and the others gathered borrowed treasures and recruited Chengfeng and Liu Bi, while the Celestial Star Sect refused to help.
• At End Mountain, Xun Tiange demanded the Azurewood Valley cultivators, Azurewood King Cauldron, and Stardust Sand Sword, but Du Tian refused.
• Du Tian’s five Primordial Spirit allies emerged as End Mountain’s vanguard, complicating Azurewood Valley’s plans.
• Yue Zhong nearly summoned the Golden Jade Divine Edge, but Granny Miaoyi warned him that Du Tian could seize it with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Yue Zhong attacked Compassionate Heart with his Three-Point Double-Edged Saber, while End Mountain’s array sent lightning to aid her.

Lu Qingfeng watched Azurewood Valley’s forces battle End Mountain while secretly infiltrating Azurewood Valley. He sent the Five Ghosts to loot the valley’s treasury, confident its layered formations could not stop them.

• Chengfeng and Liu Bi failed to decipher the End Mountain Array, and Chengfeng was injured by its thunder before both array masters withdrew.
• Xun Tiange and the other Azurewood Valley Primordial Spirits attacked End Mountain’s defenders, who were driven into a worsening disadvantage by the five-on-five battle.
• As the fighting began, Lu Qingfeng slipped past Azurewood Valley’s mountain-protecting array and surveyed its complex formations.
• Lu Qingfeng ordered the Five Ghosts to empty Azurewood Valley, and they infiltrated the formation core at Azurewood Treasure Peak.
• The Five Ghosts entered the hidden treasury inside the mountain, while Lu Qingfeng explained that Azurewood Valley’s array could not prevent them from taking its wealth.

Lu Qingfeng used the Five Ghosts to empty Azurewood Valley’s treasury and raid seven Primordial Spirit grotto-heavens, then stole the Hollow Divine Willow from beneath Xun Bai’s guard. Azurewood Valley sealed Yellow Maple Gorge and blamed the Changqing Demon, but Lu Qingfeng escaped undetected.

• Lu Qingfeng sent the Five Ghosts into Treasure Peak and spent three days taking all the treasures from its twenty-eight levels.
• Lu Qingfeng sent the Five Ghosts to loot seven Primordial Spirit grotto-heavens belonging to Xun Tiange, Yue Zhong, and other absent cultivators.
• Lu Qingfeng identified the Hollow Divine Willow guarded by Xun Bai and decided to take it for his Mortal-World Longevity Method.
• Lu Qingfeng used Houtu Demon God and Jumang Demon God to uproot the Hollow Divine Willow, while the Five Ghosts carried it away.
• Xun Bai recognized the Demon Gods, raised the alarm, and imposed martial law as Azurewood Valley’s formations activated.
• Xun Bai and Kuang Tianqi discovered that both the Hollow Divine Willow and treasury were gone, while Lu Qingfeng escaped the valley’s search.

Ghost Immortal Zhu Yang joined the battle at End Mountain and wounded Yue Zhong with the Bloodflame Blade, but the fighting escalated when Azurewood Valley’s forces realized the Five-Colored Divine Light had not appeared. Xun Tiange killed Daoist Six-One and helped batter the End Mountain Array until it began to crack.

• Zhu Yang ambushed Yue Zhong with the Bloodflame Blade, poisoning his hand and forcing him to retreat after Granny Miaoyi gave him a Cold Cloud Pill.
• When the Golden Jade Divine Edge struck the End Mountain Array without drawing out the Five-Colored Divine Light, Su Muzhe and the others recognized the Changqing Demon and unleashed their full strength against the array.
• Su Muzhe pursued Zhou Yang to the array while Granny Miaoyi and Xi Yunzi joined the assault, forcing High Person Golden Light to retreat behind End Mountain’s defenses.
• Xun Tiange trapped Daoist Six-One in Solar True Fire, killed his body, and shattered the Six-One Soul-Gathering Banner, leaving only a badly wounded wisp of soul to escape.
• Xun Tiange spread Solar True Fire across the End Mountain Array, and the Five-Prison Mystic Thunder Demon-Subduing Array split open with a thin fissure.

Zhu Yang and the Golden Eyes Demon King arrived to help defend End Mountain after learning Evergreen had stolen Azurewood Valley’s Hollow Divine Willow. Lu Qingfeng revealed that Volcano Child and Windchill Child had been brought under his control, then made them collapse in agony as Xi Yunzi and Su Muzhe moved to attack.

• As the Five-Prison Mystic Thunder Demon-Subduing Array broke, Zhu Yang and the Golden Eyes Demon King entered End Mountain to aid Daoist Azurewood.
• Yue Zhong demanded that Lu Qingfeng return the Hollow Divine Willow, but Lu Qingfeng refused and challenged him to try taking it.
• Yue Zhong attacked High Person Golden Light, while Compassionate Heart, Su He, and Zhou Yang joined forces to hold him back; the Golden Eyes Demon King engaged Granny Miaoyi.
• Xi Yunzi and Su Muzhe advanced on Lu Qingfeng, but Volcano Child and Windchill Child emerged from the Five Hells and attacked him instead.
• Lu Qingfeng chanted the Nameless Seal, causing Volcano Child and Windchill Child to crash down and writhe in agony as Xi Yunzi and Su Muzhe stopped in shock.

Lu Qingfeng used the Five-Colored Divine Light to seize the Scarlet Crow Pearl and Golden-Jade Divine Edge, then forced Azurewood Valley’s experts to retreat after Yue Zhong was injured. With his enemies gone and Azurewood Valley’s treasures in hand, he planned to digest his gains and begin Foundation Establishment cultivation in the Mortal-World Longevity Method.

• Lu Qingfeng stopped tormenting Volcano Child and Windchill Child after they begged for mercy, leaving Xi Yun and Su Muzhe wary of him.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to Mount Jin in Evergreen’s guise and used the Five-Colored Divine Light to take the Scarlet Crow Pearl from Xun Tiange.
• Lu Qingfeng seized Yue Zhong’s Golden-Jade Divine Edge, and Yue Zhong collapsed after the poisonous fire in his body flared up.
• Xun Tiange used black mist to help himself and his companions escape with the injured Yue Zhong, while Lu Qingfeng chose not to pursue them.
• Lu Qingfeng resolved to use the time to absorb his gains and begin Foundation Establishment cultivation in the Mortal-World Longevity Method.

After End Mountain’s crisis, Lu Qingfeng learned that Zhu Yang wanted his help obtaining cold marrow to refine Rejuvenating True Water, a medicine that could extend a cultivator’s lifespan. Zhu Yang offered him and Golden Eyes Demon King the remaining drops, and Golden Eyes eagerly agreed to the venture.

• Lu Qingfeng gathered Zhu Yang and Golden Eyes Demon King in Zhurong Hall after the East Sea spectators withdrew, while Volcano Child and Windchill Child remained imprisoned.
• Lu Qingfeng revealed that he and Daoist Azurewood were the same person using the External Incarnation Method.
• Zhu Yang showed Lu Qingfeng a bottle of Sun Essencefire and asked him about Rejuvenating True Water.
• Lu Qingfeng explained that the medicine could repair the body and extend the lifespan of cultivators below the Mahayana True Immortal level by one quarter.
• Zhu Yang said he knew where to find cold marrow and offered Lu Qingfeng and Golden Eyes Demon King the other drops if they helped him obtain it.
• Golden Eyes Demon King eagerly agreed to join Zhu Yang and Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng agreed to help Zhu Yang obtain the Cold Marrow in exchange for Rejuvenating True Water, then used Grand Luo Insight to uncover Zhu Yang’s dwindling lifespan and extraordinary treasures. After spending three days reshaping End Mountain’s defenses, Lu Qingfeng settled in to sort through his gains as twelve years passed.

• Lu Qingfeng agreed to Zhu Yang’s proposal after asking him to disclose the Cold Marrow’s holder and their plan.
• Zhu Yang and Golden Eyes Demon King left End Mountain and agreed to reunite in twelve years to seize the Cold Marrow.
• Lu Qingfeng used Grand Luo Insight to discover Zhu Yang’s Bloodflame inheritance, Great Expansion Treasure Mirror, and severely depleted lifespan.
• Lu Qingfeng spent three days using Divine Abilities to transform End Mountain and conceal it behind powerful defenses.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to Jumang Hall to organize his gains, and twelve years passed.

After twelve years of cultivation, Lu Qingfeng emerged from the Heaven Stele Secret Realm stronger and planned to build End Mountain’s strength before ascending. An Upper Realm True Immortal’s clone confronted him, but Lu Qingfeng broke its strongest attack and left it with no clear path to victory.

• Lu Qingfeng left the Scarletflame Dark Star after entering the Spell Gathering Realm and considered how End Mountain’s disciples could use the Five Elements Dark Stars to cultivate.
• Lu Qingfeng decided to remain in Three Mountains and Nine Rivers until he reached the Primordial Spirit Peak, while preparing disciples to help him and learn about the Upper Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng identified a hidden enemy near End Mountain and used the Dutian Demon Flame to force a black-faced Daoist to reveal himself.
• The black-faced Daoist revealed that Azurewood Valley had called on its Upper Realm ancestral masters, and Lu Qingfeng recognized him as a Primordial Spirit clone carrying a burst of True Immortal power.
• The black-faced Daoist attacked with the Three Prohibitions Great Seal, but Lu Qingfeng used the Stardust Sand Sword and Earth-Pole Magnetism Annihilation Sword Qi to destroy the technique.

Lu Qingfeng drove Xun Zhenbei’s incarnation from the mortal world, while Xun Zhenbei obtained the God-Burning Tome to curse him. Lu Qingfeng then set out with Zhu Yang and the Golden Eyes Demon King for the North Sea, where the Old Mother of Mount Gui ruled.

• Lu Qingfeng rejected Xun Zhenbei’s demands and forced his incarnation to flee beyond Three Mountains and Nine Rivers, threatening Azurewood Valley unless Xun Zhenbei paid one hundred Immortal Crystals.
• Xun Zhenbei visited Violet Spirit Fairy and traded twenty Immortal Crystals for a page of the God-Burning Tome to curse Lu Qingfeng.
• Lu Qingfeng recognized Xun Zhenbei as the man named in Yushan Daoist’s request for vengeance and resolved to repay his debt, while trusting his defenses in the mortal world.
• Lu Qingfeng met Zhu Yang and the Golden Eyes Demon King at Mount Funiu after the twelve-year deadline and traveled with them toward the North Sea in the Nine-Heavens Cloud-Piercing Awl.
• Zhu Yang and the Golden Eyes Demon King discussed their flying methods as the group approached the North Sea, domain of the Old Mother of Mount Gui.