Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingfeng reassured Lin Ye that she could still become an Earth Immortal, supplying her with immortal elixirs and fruits and comforting her as she wept. Meanwhile, Daoist Jiyuan received news from Seven Treasures Mountain, and Immortal Master Zhengqing reacted with fury after calculating what had happened.

• Lu Qingfeng explained that Lin Ye could still prove the Dao and become an Earth Immortal with his guidance and support.
• Lu Qingfeng gave Lin Ye rare immortal elixirs and seventeen Immortal Bodhi Fruits to restore her cultivation and prepare her breakthrough.
• Lin Ye broke down in tears, and Lu Qingfeng comforted her as she grieved over her long years of hardship.
• At Deliverance Peak, Daoist Jiyuan and Immortal Master Zhengqing discussed the conflict at Seven Treasures Mountain and the threat to Seven Treasures Immortal Aunt.
• An immortal crane arrived with a message from Seven Treasures Mountain, and Daoist Jiyuan read it while Immortal Master Zhengqing noticed the Divine Empyrean Sect's Golden Tiger was absent.
• Immortal Master Zhengqing calculated the situation, shouted in anger, and overturned the chessboard.

Lin Ye reunited with Lu Qingfeng at Seven Treasures Mountain and explained why she had asked him to spare two Divine Empyrean Sect Immortal Masters: she hoped to trade them for Wen Guang, who had been captured after helping her escape. The chapter ended with Lin Ye revealing the brutal torture Wen Guang had endured.

• Lin Ye declined to refine the Immortal Bodhi Fruit immediately and explained that the two captured Daoists could be exchanged for Wen Guang.
• Lin Ye recounted how she and Wen Guang fought Divine Empyrean Sect Daoists over a Returning-Sage Herb, and how Wen Guang destroyed his Immortal Body to help her escape.
• Lin Ye said Immortal Master Zhengqing had captured Wen Guang after divining his location, while she took shelter under the Mount Mao Dao.
• Lin Ye explained that Seven Treasures Mountain lay beyond the Meng Kingdom, where neither sect could freely wield a nation's fortune, making it a suitable place for a prisoner exchange.
• Lu Qingfeng asked how Wen Guang had fared in captivity, and Lin Ye revealed that he had been torn apart by five horses and subjected to the Yanxiao Torture.

Lin Ye told Lu Qingfeng how the Divine Empyrean Sect had tortured her Third Junior Brother, Wen Guang, while Lu Qingfeng prepared to confront the sect. At Seven Treasures Mountain, Immortal Master Zhengqing attacked the Zhurong Demon God, but Lu Qingfeng struck back and left Zhengqing badly injured, with much of the Divine Empyrean Sect’s treasures and foundation destroyed.

• Lin Ye explained that the Divine Empyrean Sect had dismembered Wen Guang and imprisoned his body parts beneath six dragon veins, where Yanxiao Devouring Wu Ants tormented him.
• Lu Qingfeng revealed a blood-red saber, and Lin Ye recoiled from its overwhelming ferocity.
• Daoist Jiyuan and Immortal Master Zhengqing rode south toward Seven Treasures Mountain, where Jiyuan recognized the Zhurong Demon God and furnace as signs of a powerful opponent.
• Immortal Master Zhengqing charged Seven Treasures Mountain and slashed at the Zhurong Demon God, scattering the cultivators nearby.
• Lu Qingfeng’s blood light shattered Zhengqing’s sword and Golden Tiger, then battered him through seven exchanges and destroyed several of the Divine Empyrean Sect’s treasures and guardian beasts.
• Lu Qingfeng advanced on the bloodied, retreating Zhengqing as Daoist Nun Cheng Jin and Daoist Yuan Shan watched.

Lu Qingfeng continued beating Daoist Zhengqing, taking his Five-Brilliance Ghost-Subduing Fan and leaving the Divine Empyrean Sect headmaster badly injured. When a heavenly goddess arrived at Zhengqing’s call, she addressed Lu Qingfeng as the Pure Great Sage and apologized for coming rashly, leaving Zhengqing stunned.

• Daoist Jiyuan accepted the Ancestor Sa Iron Jar and considered an alliance between Mount Mao Dao and Lu Qingfeng against the Divine Empyrean Sect.
• Lu Qingfeng ignored Daoist Zhengqing’s attempt to negotiate, seized the Five-Brilliance Ghost-Subduing Fan with his blue divine radiance, and struck Zhengqing with the Green Bamboo Staff.
• Lu Qingfeng’s staff attacks worsened Zhengqing’s injuries as the Six Roots Purification Method and Pure Heavenly Fire restricted and harmed him.
• Daoist Zhengqing called for an Immortal Lord, and a goddess descended with celestial attendants and a four-cornered treasure pagoda.
• The goddess ignored Zhengqing’s plea and greeted Lu Qingfeng as the Pure Great Sage, apologizing for arriving rashly.

Lu Qingfeng confronted Daoist Zhengqing at Seven Treasures Mountain, but Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun intervened after recognizing him as a Thunder Ministry general with ties to Yellow Wind Old Monster. Zhengqing apologized and agreed to return Wen Guang, while Bin Yuanjun later warned him that Yellow Wind Old Monster was powerful enough to make immortals and Buddhas tremble.

• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun arrived to help Daoist Zhengqing and discovered that his opponent was Lu Qingfeng, the Pure Great Sage.
• Bin Yuanjun urged Zhengqing to apologize, and Zhengqing bowed to Lu Qingfeng after learning of his connection to Yellow Wind Old Monster.
• Lu Qingfeng asked Bin Yuanjun to secure Wen Guang's return, and Zhengqing sent a message ordering his disciple's release and promising an apology gift.
• Bin Yuanjun and Zhengqing departed, while Zhengqing asked Lu Qingfeng to return Yun Qing and Yun De and left without reclaiming the Five-Brilliance Ghost-Subduing Fan.
• After Lin Ye praised Lu Qingfeng's reputation, Bin Yuanjun told Zhengqing that even True Person Sa could not claim to oppose Yellow Wind Old Monster.

Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun frightened Daoist Zhengqing into agreeing to join Primordial Lord Hall once Ancestor Sa’s approval arrived. At Seven Treasures Mountain, Daoist Jiyuan returned the Ancestor Sa Iron Jar to Lu Qingfeng, who gave it to him to settle Lin Ye’s debt to the Mount Mao Dao.

• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun warned Daoist Zhengqing that Yellow Wind Old Monster had once overpowered four renowned Heavenly Court gods and urged him to join Primordial Lord Hall.
• Daoist Zhengqing agreed to join after Ancestor Sa’s Decree arrived, and Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun promised to seek permission for him to leave the Divine Empyrean Sect.
• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun told Daoist Zhengqing to heal in seclusion and return Pure Serenity Lad’s disciple, then went back to the Immortal Realm.
• Daoist Jiyuan, Daoist Nun Cheng Jin, and Daoist Yuan Shan greeted Lu Qingfeng at Seven Treasures Mountain and entered Polarity Hall with him and Lin Ye.
• Daoist Jiyuan offered Lu Qingfeng the Ancestor Sa Iron Jar, but Lu Qingfeng gave it back to him to settle Lin Ye’s karmic debt to the Mount Mao Dao.

Lin Ye learned why Lu Qingfeng gave the Ancestor Sa Iron Jar to the Mount Mao Dao, while Lu Qingfeng planned a restrained revenge against the Divine Empyrean Sect. Ten years later, Lu Qingfeng was living as Deputy Governor Lu Changqing in the Sui Kingdom’s Lingnan Commandery, where Zhao Jian had just reunified all twenty-one counties as his health failed.

• Lu Qingfeng told Lin Ye that giving away the Ancestor Sa Iron Jar helped settle karmic ties before her attempt to attain the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit, then sent her to retrieve Wen Guang with the Green Bamboo Staff for protection.
• Lu Qingfeng considered how to punish the Divine Empyrean Sect without provoking a larger conflict and devised a practical strategy.
• Ten years after the battle at Seven Treasures Mountain, Yun Qing and Yun De had died, the Divine Empyrean Sect’s investigation had failed, and the whereabouts of Lu Qingfeng and his companions remained unknown.
• Lu Qingfeng, living under the name Lu Changqing, helped Zhao Jian recover all twenty-one counties of Lingnan Commandery and gained his trust as Deputy Governor.
• After Zhao Jian celebrated the recovery of Ye County, Lu Qingfeng recognized that Zhao Jian’s fortune was rising beyond what his failing health could sustain.

Zhao Jian asked Lu Qingfeng for advice on proclaiming himself King of Southern Ridge, but Lu Qingfeng persuaded him to take a marquisate first, while recognizing that Zhao Jian's fate remained doomed. Lu Qingfeng gave Lin Ye a powerful Immortal Artifact to prepare for her Earth Immortal breakthrough, then met with his seven registered disciples and reflected on the Fangxian Path’s rapid growth and its costs.

• Zhao Jian told Lu Qingfeng he intended to proclaim himself King of Southern Ridge and send troops north, but Lu Qingfeng advised him to become Marquis of Southern Ridge first and wait until Northern Ridge was pacified.
• Lu Qingfeng saw signs of impending death in Zhao Jian’s appearance and returned to his residence to make final arrangements.
• Lin Ye told Lu Qingfeng she had refined all seventeen Immortal Bodhi Fruits and was ready to attempt the Earth Immortal realm, so he gave her the Five-Brilliance Ghost-Subduing Fan to refine before her breakthrough.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned the Seven Changqing Disciples and noted their remarkable cultivation progress along the Fangxian Path over ten years.
• Lu Qingfeng considered the Fangxian Path’s rapid advancement and its risks, including unstable foundations, limited longevity, and entanglement with worldly karma.

Lu Qingfeng reviewed Changqing Temple’s growth, urged it to recruit Rogue Cultivators, and gave the Seven Changqing Disciples a technique for handling incense. The story left them facing a deadly mystery on the Yi River, where Wu Guang led soldiers downstream after boatmen and Changqing Temple Daoists vanished.

• Attendant Shouyang reported that Changqing Temple had temples in six counties, with a seventh planned, and listed its ranks of Daoist practitioners.
• Lu Qingfeng told the Seven Changqing Disciples to recruit sound-hearted Rogue Cultivators and avoid clashing with established Daoist sects.
• Shouchun presented incense from the six temples, and Lu Qingfeng refined it into Heavenly Silver before teaching the disciples the Primordial Yang Heart Lamp.
• Lu Qingfeng ordered the disciples to watch Taihu County City closely because the marquis-conferring ceremony was approaching.
• In Yixiu County, boatmen disappeared along the Yi River, and Daoist Priest Jingyi and three disciples vanished while investigating; Jingyi’s bloodstained robe was later found by the river.
• Wu Guang led three hundred soldiers aboard a ship downstream along the Yi River.

Wen Guang killed a demon python and captured the Daoist controlling it, while Lu Qingfeng uncovered efforts by outside sects to interfere in Lingnan and sent two Demon Gods south. Two West River Sect Daoists arrived in Taihe County to investigate their disciple Zhou Fang’s death, sensing a hidden power amid the great tribulation.

• Wen Guang slew the demon python on the Yihe River and captured its controller, Zhou Fang, who was later executed as the West River Daoist Temple’s mage.
• Wen Guang reported that the West River Sect had tried to replace Changqing Temple, while Gongsun Qing of the Radiant Sun Dao had joined Zhao Gong and Zhao Xun.
• Lu Qingfeng told Wen Guang that he had cursed Gongsun Qing and ordered him to focus on defenses for the coming enfeoffment ceremony.
• Lu Qingfeng explained his work compiling Changqing Temple’s cultivation methods and secret arts, then sent two of his Dutian Demon Gods away.
• Two West River Sect Daoists crossed into Taihe County to investigate Zhou Fang’s death and sensed that a hidden True Dragon might be present.

West River Sect and other Daoist masters who entered Lingnan died mysteriously, while the Radiant Sun Dao prepared to invade. After Zhao Jian died and his young son became Southern Ridge Marquis, Lu Changqing took control as Southern Ridge Chancellor Lu, then left Lingnan with Lin Ye to seek her eldest brother and help her pursue the Earth Immortal Realm.

• A hidden Daoist force killed the West River Sect masters and other outsiders who entered Lingnan, making the region a forbidden land.
• The Radiant Sun Dao mobilized an army to invade Lingnan through West Ridge and destroy Changqing Temple.
• Zhao Jian died shortly after becoming a marquis, entrusted Zhao Ce to Lu Changqing, and passed his title to his eight-year-old eldest son.
• Lu Changqing seized control of Lingnan, suppressed Zhao Gong and Zhao Xun's rebellion, and reformed the region while Wu Guang gathered troops against the coming war.
• Lu Qingfeng left Lingnan with Lin Ye for the Four Sages Immortal Domain, reassuring her that Wen Guang and the forces he had left behind could manage the crisis.
• Lin Ye asked why Wen Guang had been placed in the army, and Lu Qingfeng reflected that Wen Guang's long imprisonment had badly damaged his cultivation and foundation.

Lu Qingfeng and Lin Ye crossed into the Four Sages Immortal Domain and discovered that Lin Feng was trapped in the Bleak-Cold Ravine. Lu Qingfeng prepared Lin Ye to reach the Earth Immortal Realm before entering the dangerous ravine, then helped her begin another breakthrough attempt.

• Lu Qingfeng gave Wen Guang a martial-general cultivation method based on the Yellow Robe True Formula, while keeping his faint hopes of restoring Wen Guang to himself.
• Lu Qingfeng and Lin Ye crossed the Black Sea into the Four Sages Immortal Domain and headed southeast to search for Lin Feng.
• Lin Ye recognized the Bleak-Cold Ravine and explained that its formation allowed entry but rarely permitted escape; Lu Qingfeng confirmed that Lin Feng was inside and said he could enter and leave safely.
• Lu Qingfeng advised Lin Ye to reach the Earth Immortal Realm before entering the ravine, then settled with her on a nearby mountain.
• After Lin Ye prepared herself for three days, Lu Qingfeng used Spirit-Nourishing True Liquid to help her begin another attempt to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Lu Qingfeng guarded Lin Ye as she reached the brink of attaining the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit, drawing the Four Sages Immortal Domain’s Earth Immortals to Bleak-Cold Ravine. As the gathering grew, Lu Qingfeng learned that Zhong Qiu’s Upper Origin Palace might be connected to a sect from his past, while Lin Ye’s breakthrough remained underway.

• Lu Qingfeng sealed Lin Ye’s cave abode with a formation and waited outside as her Dao Fruit condensed and wondrous manifestations filled the mountain.
• Lin Ye’s pure yang aura broke free, announcing her impending attainment of the Dao to Earth Immortals across the Four Sages Immortal Domain.
• Zhong Qiu of Endless-Cliff Mountain and Pan Ji of Spring-Autumn Mountain arrived, met Lu Qingfeng, and learned that the person in the mountain was his disciple.
• Lu Qingfeng discovered that Zhong Qiu belonged to the Upper Origin Palace and wondered whether it was connected to the Upper Origin Palace he had encountered on Maple Moon Star.
• Several more righteous-path Earth Immortals arrived, and Lu Qingfeng discussed the Dao and described the Earth Immortal Realm while Lin Ye continued cultivating.

Lu Qingfeng’s disciple Lin Ye attained the Earth Immortal dao fruit, and the two entered Bleak-Cold Ravine a month later to rescue her eldest brother. The chapter ended with a sinister young man and four monstrous allies closing in on an unseen opponent amid the ravine’s smoke.

• Pan Ji told Lu Qingfeng about Bleak-Cold Ravine’s three Earth Immortal Venerables: the Origin-Returning Adept, the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal, and Venerable Blazing Fire.
• On the ninth day of her seclusion, Lin Ye completed her breakthrough, and Lu Qingfeng introduced her to the gathered immortals.
• Lin Ye thanked Lu Qingfeng for his help, and he told her to consolidate her cultivation before they entered Bleak-Cold Ravine in a month.
• Lu Qingfeng and Lin Ye entered Bleak-Cold Ravine, where a sinister young man followed a guiding flame through a cloud of smoke and dust.
• The young man attacked an unseen pursuer with a flame ribbon and Black Baleful Beads, then summoned four monstrous allies who exposed a figure trying to flee.

After escaping Han Feng and the Four Beasts of Mount Ji, Lin Feng spent thousands of years mastering the Grand Unity Azure-Spirit Divine Light and strengthened the Golden Phoenix Sparrow. He asked the Golden Phoenix King to help him break through Bleak-Cold Ravine’s formation, promising freedom if they escaped.

• Lin Feng summoned the Golden Phoenix Sparrow to break the Dragon-Capturing Nets and escaped while Han Feng and the Four Beasts of Mount Ji pursued him.
• Lin Feng completed the Grand Unity Azure-Spirit Divine Light after cultivating nine clusters of Grand Unity Azure-Spirit Flame over three thousand years.
• Lin Feng revealed that he had taken twelve Plum-Blossom Needles and two Dragon-Capturing Nets, then considered using the Golden Phoenix Sparrow to open a way out of Bleak-Cold Ravine.
• Lin Feng summoned the Golden Phoenix King and promised to stop restricting him if he helped Lin Feng escape.
• The Golden Phoenix King’s eyes lit up as he asked whether Lin Feng’s promise was genuine.

Lin Feng and Golden Phoenix King planned to seek Origin-Returning Immortal Venerable’s permission to reach Heaven’s Extremity and escape Bleak-Cold Ravine. Their preparations were interrupted when Lin Feng recognized a powerful sword immortal arriving to battle beyond the firmament, and he rushed to see her.

• Golden Phoenix King demanded that Lin Feng remove the Dragon-Tiger Altar’s restraints before helping him escape, but Lin Feng refused and promised to free him and the Golden Phoenix Sparrow Race after they left Bleak-Cold Ravine.
• Lin Feng swore a Heart-Demon Oath, then explained that reaching Heaven’s Extremity required an Earth Immortal’s help and chose to approach Origin-Returning Immortal Venerable in Immortal Court.
• After an Earth Immortal battle shook Strange-Earth Cave, Lin Feng decided to advance his plans and seek battle merits during the conflict between Immortal Court and Demon Court.
• Lin Feng spotted a sword light cleaving through the sky, recognized its significance, and surged upward with Golden Phoenix King following him.
• Beyond the firmament, a female sword immortal fought Blazing-Fire Demon Emperor, while onlookers said she had also fought Origin-Returning Immortal Venerable without giving way.
• Lin Feng approached Han Feng to ask whether the Four Beasts of Mount Ji were present, but Han Feng saw Golden Phoenix King and fled.

Lin Feng discovered that the female sword immortal battling the Blazing-Fire Demon Emperor was his younger sister Lin Ye, and the siblings reunited in Strange-Earth Cave. Lu Qingfeng revealed his connection to the Golden Phoenix King and told him to follow Lin Feng, leaving the three master and disciples together.

• Lin Feng questioned Ding Xiong about the sword immortal and suspected she might be Lin Ye because she used the Luofu Sword Canon.
• A powerful gaze from another Earth Immortal unsettled Lin Feng, while the hidden young Daoist struck the Blazing-Fire Demon Emperor with a Green Bamboo Staff and headed toward Strange-Earth Cave.
• Lin Ye rushed into Lin Feng's arms, and the Blazing-Fire Demon Emperor and Origin-Returning Immortal Venerable realized the battle had helped her find her brother.
• At Lin Feng's abode, Lu Qingfeng greeted the Golden Phoenix King, who eagerly offered to serve him.
• Lu Qingfeng told the Golden Phoenix King to follow Lin Feng honestly, then sent him to guard the outer room.

After reuniting with Lin Feng and Lin Ye, Lu Qingfeng revealed that Six Wings had returned and explained that Zhang Yang was likely in the Northern Frost Snow Domain. Lu Qingfeng prepared to search for Zhang Yang alone, leaving Lin Ye to consolidate her Earth Immortal cultivation and Lin Feng to manage Bleak-Cold Ravine.

• Lin Ye recounted the hardships she and Lin Feng had endured, and Lin Feng rejoiced that she had proven her Dao and Wen Guang was safe.
• Lu Qingfeng said Zhang Yang was likely in the Northern Frost Snow Domain, where Lin Ye revealed he had been hunted before vanishing.
• Lu Qingfeng showed Lin Feng and Lin Ye that Six Wings had returned, and Six Wings greeted his senior siblings before retreating to recover.
• Lin Ye urged Lu Qingfeng to take them to find Zhang Yang, but Lu Qingfeng said he would go alone and told Lin Ye to consolidate her cultivation.
• Lu Qingfeng instructed Lin Feng to use the Golden Phoenix King and Bleak-Cold Ravine’s resources to recruit and organize cultivators for a future war.

Lu Qingfeng recruited the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal to guard the Southern Ridge while he went to the Northern Frost Snow Domain to rescue his disciple. The two formation experts exchanged texts and agreed to meet again, leaving Lu Qingfeng free to continue his mission.

• Lu Qingfeng told Lin Ye that she would oversee Bleak-Cold Ravine and asked who could guard the Southern Ridge in her place.
• Lu Qingfeng found the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal immersed in formations and introduced himself as Pure.
• Lu Qingfeng and the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal discussed formations for three days before Lu Qingfeng explained his need to travel to the Northern Frost Snow Domain.
• The Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal agreed to stop any opposing Earth Immortals from threatening the Southern Ridge.
• Lu Qingfeng gave the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal formation teachings by the Ten Celestial Lords, and the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal gave Lu Qingfeng his own notes.

Lu Qingfeng found the Lesser Weakwater Pool in the Northern Frost Snow Domain and entered the hidden Weakwater Realm. After spending six months as a bamboo in Wu Meng’s grove, he left Whitecloud Mountain after transforming the youth’s sword and helping him advance.

• Lu Qingfeng discovered the weak-water pool, interrogated four Peach Blossom Sword Sect cultivators, and learned it concealed the Lesser Weakwater Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng entered the Weakwater Realm and learned that four factions had explored it over more than a hundred thousand years.
• Wu Meng practiced beside Lu Qingfeng in his green-bamboo form and advanced from basic swordsmanship to hundred-step sword control.
• Golden Silkworm grew angry when Wu Meng accidentally struck the bamboo, but Lu Qingfeng calmed him and transformed Wu Meng’s iron sword.
• Wu Meng’s sword cut down seventeen bamboo stalks and returned to his hand, while Lu Qingfeng left Whitecloud Mountain.