Chapter Summaries

At Juyong Pass, Daoist Zhengqing promised to use the Divine Empyrean Sect’s Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Formation against Wu’s forces. After the formation slaughtered thousands of probing soldiers, Lu Qingfeng sent Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal in with Wen Guang and thirty thousand troops to investigate, while an unnoticed flying ant followed them inside.

• Chen Shu asked Daoist Zhengqing for a way to counter Wu’s generals and their extraordinary arts.
• Daoist Zhengqing agreed to help Meng and laid down the Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Formation outside Juyong Pass.
• Wen Guang sent successive groups of soldiers into the formation, where wind, clouds, thunder, and rain killed most of them.
• Lu Qingfeng ordered Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal to investigate the formation, supported by Wen Guang, eight fierce generals, and thirty thousand troops.
• An unnoticed flying ant settled on Wen Guang’s armor and entered the formation with the army.

Lu Qingfeng infiltrated the Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Formation, killed Daoist Zhengqing, and helped Great Wu break through Juyong Pass. Afterward, he worried over Wen Guang’s fatal injuries and sensed a battle among powerful beings beyond the heavens; he stayed to oversee the war against Meng and prepare for his own attempt at Earth Immortality.

• Daoist Zhengqing used the Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Formation to attack Wen Guang and the Great Wu troops, while Wen Guang deployed Lin Feng’s three thousand Fire Crow Dao Soldiers to defend himself.
• Lu Qingfeng appeared on the altar and killed Daoist Zhengqing and the eight Divine Empyrean Daoists maintaining the formation.
• With the formation broken, Wen Guang, Gan Yun, Song Qian, and the Great Wu army charged through the enemy and took Juyong Pass.
• Lu Qingfeng told the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal that Wen Guang’s damaged Dao foundation left him only decades to live and that reincarnation might be his only chance to cultivate anew.
• Lu Qingfeng and the Nine-Heavens Loose Immortal sensed a battle beyond the heavens; after it subsided, Lu Qingfeng stayed to oversee the campaign against Meng and sent Lin Feng into the Lesser Shu Mountain Realm.

The Withered Bamboo Elder paid Kumbhanda to use the Shadow-Seeking Crystal Disk to locate a treasure in the Lesser Shu Mountain Realm, and she traced it to the Southern Florescence Realm. Ten years later, Lu Qingfeng prepared to leave after strengthening Changqing Temple, while Consort Jiang sought his protection after the Meng Kingdom collapsed.

• The Withered Bamboo Elder gave Kumbhanda a cluster of Heaven-Dry Spiritual Fire and three Grand Unity Azure Spirit Arrows in exchange for a calculation and a crystal token that could track the treasure for a hundred years.
• Kumbhanda saw Lu Qingfeng’s image in the Shadow-Seeking Crystal Disk and decided to visit, but Lu Yu arrived at the Devil Palace first.
• Ten years passed as Great Wu seized territory and the Meng Kingdom disintegrated; Daoist Zhengyuan died, and the Divine Empyrean Sect lost its Pure Yang figure.
• Lu Qingfeng summoned Shouyang, Shouzhen, Shouyu, and Shoujing, passed down the Four Changqing Arts and three volumes of secret techniques, and dismissed them.
• Consort Jiang begged Lu Qingfeng to save her from officials and Divine Empyrean Daoists after the Meng Kingdom’s collapse stripped away the fortune that had protected her.
• Lu Qingfeng reminded Consort Jiang that he had already taught her methods and Divine Abilities, and that she had helped bring about the Meng Kingdom’s downfall.

Lu Qingfeng transformed the endangered Demon Consort Jiang Huan into the Spirit Fox Lad and brought her to join his disciple, then prepared to return to Yellow Wind Ridge with Lin Ye. Before he could leave, Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun confronted him over Daoist Zhengqing’s death, and four powerful demonic figures appeared as the confrontation escalated.

• Lu Qingfeng saved the Demon Consort Jiang Huan by transforming her into the Spirit Fox Lad and sending her to serve his disciple.
• Lu Qingfeng told Lin Ye that Wen Guang had entered reincarnation and asked her to return with him to Yellow Wind Ridge in three days.
• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun arrived outside the Southern Florescence Realm and accused Lu Qingfeng of killing Daoist Zhengqing.
• Lu Qingfeng pretended the killing had been an accident and claimed that his friend Lu Changqing and disciple Wu Guang had died and reincarnated.
• Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun attacked Lu Qingfeng with the Primordial Lord Pagoda, but the Red-Haired Ancestor, the Leader of the Saha Sect, Old Man Withered Bamboo, and Old Monster Granny Lu appeared to intervene.

Lu Qingfeng was trapped by several Celestial Immortals seeking revenge and treasure, but Great Sage Huangfeng swept in with the Threefold Samadhi Divine Wind and rescued him. Lu Qingfeng escaped on the yellow wind, while his attackers were scattered across the void and suffered severe injuries.

• The Red-Haired Ancestor sealed Lu Qingfeng inside the Five Aggregates Peach-Blossom Miasma and moved in to kill him as the other enemies watched.
• Lu Qingfeng called for help, and Great Sage Huangfeng unleashed the Threefold Samadhi Divine Wind, sweeping Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun and the ambushers into chaos.
• The yellow wind exposed Kumbhanda and four more Celestial Immortals who had been hiding nearby, while Granny Lu’s poisonous flames burned several of those caught in the gale.
• Lu Qingfeng rode the yellow wind away from the Southern Florescence Realm after revealing that he had arranged for Great Sage Huangfeng to protect him.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor and Saha Cult Master eventually escaped, while Kumbhanda, the Withered Bamboo Elder, Granny Lu, and the four Peach Mountain sect immortals were scattered and badly injured.

Lu Qingfeng returned to Yellow Wind Ridge, reunited with Great Sage Huangfeng and Azure Fox Great Sage, and began studying the Seven-Treasure Gourd in safety. He recognized its value as a potential cultivation aid and External Incarnation, then had an avatar submit a tearful complaint against Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun to Heaven-Supervising Marshal Zhang Weiyu.

• Lu Qingfeng returned to Yellow Wind Ridge and reunited with his eldest brother, Great Sage Huangfeng, and his second brother, Azure Fox Great Sage.
• Lu Qingfeng introduced Lin Ye to the two great sages, then celebrated with them for three days before sealing his cave to cultivate.
• Lu Qingfeng examined the Seven-Treasure Gourd and learned that its seven attributes could support powerful incarnations and aid his cultivation of the Dutian Great Dao.
• Lu Qingfeng recalled his avatars and divine sense from abroad, but first ordered his General's Manor avatar to submit a complaint against Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun.
• He watched Heaven-Supervising Marshal Zhang Weiyu fly into a rage and head for Jade Clarity Heaven, then recalled the avatar.

Lu Qingfeng broke through to Earth Immortality, shattered the immortal gate, and created a three-thousand-mile Blessed Land from Chaos. After three years outside and three thousand years within, he awoke in the Dust-Cleansing Realm and declared his Dao complete.

• Lu Qingfeng endured the Everlasting-Life Mist and shattered the Everlasting Immortal Gate, proving the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Lu Qingfeng’s twelve Demon Gods joined together to open Heaven and Earth, repel three thousand external demons, and establish the world’s elements, light, and time.
• Lu Qingfeng’s newly formed world evolved through wars between fiends, Spirits, and Devils as generations of life arose.
• Lu Qingfeng awoke in Green Bamboo Cave after three years outside and three thousand years within his Blessed Land, having reached the Dust-Cleansing Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng inspected his stable, three-thousand-mile Blessed Land and declared his Dao complete.

Lu Qingfeng celebrated proving the Dao and becoming a Longevity Earth Immortal, then examined his new cultivation and the changes to the Yellow Court Scripture. He discovered that its Fourth Layer’s Evolving Method had changed upon his breakthrough, though the chapter ended before explaining how.

• Great Sage Huangfeng, Azure Fox Great Sage, Lin Ye, Golden Phoenix King, Spirit Fox Attendant, and the demons of Yellow Wind Ridge congratulated Lu Qingfeng on becoming an Earth Immortal.
• Great Sage Huangfeng ordered a ten-day feast to celebrate Lu Qingfeng’s breakthrough.
• Lu Qingfeng reviewed his new Earth Immortal status, doubled magic power, and Blessed Land, which was close to reaching the Immortal Destiny Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng recalled how the Yellow Court Scripture’s Evolving Method had enabled him to deduce arts, analyze techniques, and enlighten others into cultivation.
• Lu Qingfeng focused on the Fourth Layer of the Yellow Court Scripture and realized that its Evolving Method had changed after he proved the Dao.

Lu Qingfeng announced that he had attained the Dao and held three lectures at Green Bamboo Palace, using the listeners’ insights to advance his cultivation through the Yellow Court Scripture. After the third lecture, he learned that the scripture’s special benefits for his Dao lectures in the Azure Bamboo Blessed Land had reached their limit, though observing the land would continue to aid his cultivation.

• Lu Qingfeng proclaimed his enlightenment and invited all who were fated to hear him lecture at Green Bamboo Palace in thirty years.
• Lu Qingfeng created two jade attendants, then welcomed three thousand Gods and Devils, ferocious beasts, and Spirit Clans to his first lecture on the Great Dao.
• Lu Qingfeng’s lecture helped the listeners understand cultivation, while their varied insights improved his own cultivation and Dao attainment.
• Lu Qingfeng held further lectures three hundred years apart as conflict and new arrivals changed the crowds attending Green Bamboo Palace.
• After the third lecture, Lu Qingfeng realized the Yellow Court Scripture would no longer support further Dao lectures in the Azure Bamboo Blessed Land, though studying its evolution could still benefit him.

Lu Qingfeng moved the Seven-Treasure Gourd Vine into his completed Blessed Land, where it consumed immense resources before producing its first avatar, the fire-wielding Gourd Baby King Zhurong. He brought King Zhurong to meet Great Sage Huangfeng and Azure Fox Great Sage and asked his elder brother to recommend a fire-element treasure land for cultivation.

• Lu Qingfeng planted the Seven-Treasure Gourd Vine in Azure Bamboo Peak and spent thirty million Spirit Stones and three hundred Immortal Crystals to replenish the energy it devoured.
• After six hundred and sixty years, the red Treasure Gourd fell from the vine and split open, giving birth to a tiny fire-attributed avatar.
• Lu Qingfeng learned that King Zhurong possessed a powerful Flame Dao Body and a Treasure Gourd that could unleash a sea of fire, then watched him declare himself Gourd King.
• Lu Qingfeng visited Great Sage Huangfeng and Azure Fox Great Sage, who laughed at the baby-sized avatar and startled him by spitting wine over Lu Qingfeng.
• Lu Qingfeng asked Great Sage Huangfeng to recommend a fire-element treasure land where King Zhurong could cultivate.

Lu Qingfeng chose Mount Hao’s Huoyun Cave as Great King Zhurong’s cultivation ground, then remained at Yellow Wind Ridge to cultivate. In the real world, Daoist Du Tian’s invitation to lecture on becoming an immortal drew Lu Qingfeng and many sect leaders to Black Cloud Island, where Lu Qingfeng reunited with Lu Qingshan and Xu Mi.

• Great Sage Huangfeng recommended Mount Hao’s Huoyun Cave, and Lu Qingfeng agreed to send Great King Zhurong there to cultivate.
• Lu Qingfeng stayed at Yellow Wind Ridge to cultivate after recently becoming an Earth Immortal.
• Ten years after Daoist Du Tian ascended, he invited cultivators to hear him share his insights on becoming an immortal, prompting major sects to send representatives to Black Cloud Island.
• Lu Qingfeng, Wu Jiu, Lu Changsheng, and the others crossed the water toward the island, where a trial prevented Pei Qi and two others from proceeding.
• Lu Qingfeng and other Primordial Spirit True Ones gathered at the mountain platform, and Lu Qingshan and Xu Mi arrived with Floating Mountain Sect.
• Lu Qingfeng greeted Lu Qingshan and Xu Mi after Zhao Yunji and Nanshanzi took their seats.

Lu Qingfeng lectured on Black Cloud Island for nine years, and the Great Dao insights drove his cultivation from the Soul Projection Realm to the peak of the Integration Realm. As the lecture ended, he and three other cultivators began breaking through to True Immortalhood.

• Lu Qingshan, Xu Mi, and Lu Changsheng arrived on Black Cloud Island and waited for Lu Qingyu and Lu Jing, who were delayed by the island's sealed boundary.
• Lu Qingyu called to Lu Qingfeng through the black fog, and he opened a path that let her and Lu Jing reach the last two meditation mats just in time.
• Lu Qingfeng began lecturing on the immortal path, drawing all three thousand cultivators into the Dao's mysteries and gaining insights that steadily raised his cultivation.
• Over nine years, Lu Qingfeng advanced through the Integration Realm to its peak, forged a Dharma Body, and attained sudden understanding of True Immortalhood.
• When the lecture ended, Wu Jiu discovered that he had reached the peak of Spirit Transformation and saw Lu Qingfeng beginning his breakthrough.
• Wu Jiu also sensed the Heavenly Dragon Goddess, Ancient Moon True One, and Xunyangzi approaching True Immortalhood.

Lu Qingfeng’s lecture led him, the Heavenly Dragon Goddess, Ancestor Guyue, and Xunyangzi to break through to the True Immortal Realm, astonishing cultivators across Three Mountains and Nine Rivers and beyond. After celebrating with his family and fellow cultivators, Lu Qingfeng joined the other three new True Immortals in congratulating one another.

• Lu Qingfeng, the Heavenly Dragon Goddess, Ancestor Guyue, and Xunyangzi broke through to the True Immortal Realm during the lecture, leaving the assembled cultivators envious and stunned.
• Four True Immortals beyond Three Mountains and Nine Rivers noticed the simultaneous breakthroughs, and Daoist Hu Feng and Zheng Tu sent divine sense avatars to investigate.
• Lu Changsheng, Lu Jing, and other members of Lu Qingfeng’s family heard that he had become a True Immortal and hurried toward the summit to see him.
• The four newly ascended True Immortals completed their breakthroughs as the avatars arrived at Black Cloud Mountain.
• Lu Qingfeng accepted congratulations from Wu Jiu, his family, and the gathered cultivators, then congratulated the Heavenly Dragon Goddess, Ancestor Guyue, and Xunyangzi.

After becoming a True Immortal, Lu Qingfeng said goodbye to his friends and disciples in the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers and prepared to ascend with his family. He left the mortal world with Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingyu, their families, and Little Nine, while Yue Miaoyin remained behind and resolved to meet them again in the Spirit Domain.

• Han Ling'er and Meng Ba congratulated Lu Qingfeng on becoming a True Immortal and reminded him that he had to leave the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers.
• Lu Qingfeng reflected on his family, old friends, former sects, and late master before reassuring Lu Qingyu that he could bring her along when he ascended.
• Lu Qingshan chose to ascend with Lu Qingfeng, and the four newly advanced True Immortals thanked Daoist Du Tian for teaching them the Dao.
• Daoist Du Tian departed Black Cloud Mountain, and Lu Qingfeng asked Wu Jiu to look after the mortal world and his disciples Chai Junshan and Pei Qi.
• Lu Qingfeng invited Yue Miaoyin to join them, but she declined and said she hoped to meet them again in the Spirit Domain.
• Lu Qingfeng gathered Little Nine and ascended with Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingyu, Xu Mi, Lu Changsheng, and Lu Jing.

Lu Qingfeng and his companions arrived in the Nine Nether Domain and reached Heaven-Piercing Gorge, the home of the Celestial Star Sect. Patriarch Qin welcomed Lu Qingfeng as his fourth disciple, formally bringing him into the Heaven-Piercing Gorge lineage.

• Han Ling'er explained the Spirit Domain and the Mountain-Water Realm’s ranking as the Divine Wind Boat carried Lu Qingfeng and his companions to the Lesser Dragon-Tiger Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng and the others admired Heaven-Piercing Gorge and arrived at Spiritglow Peak, where they saw the damaged Jade Dragon return from the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Han Ling'er introduced Lu Qingfeng to True Immortals Gu Jin, Ji Han, and Shen Bing aboard the Jade Dragon, then left Lu Qingshan and the others with Meng Ba.
• Han Ling'er led Lu Qingfeng through Heaven-Piercing Gorge and explained the sect’s strength and history on their way to meet Patriarch Qin.
• Patriarch Qin recognized Lu Qingfeng from his breakthrough at Formation Mountain and accepted him as his disciple.

Lu Qingfeng settled his family on Jade Seal Peak in Heaven-Piercing Gorge and discussed Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu’s cultivation plans with them. As he watched his siblings sleep, he considered how to help them advance in the Spirit Domain and reflected that their circumstances had changed greatly.

• Lu Qingfeng brought Qingshan, Qingyu, Xu Mi, Lu Changsheng, Lu Jing, and Little Nine to Jade Seal Peak, which Heaven-Piercing Gorge had granted him.
• The family celebrated their first day on the peak, and Lu Qingshan said he hoped to join the Ancient-Breaking Peak lineage after cultivating into a Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Qingfeng explained that Qingshan could cultivate on Jade Seal Peak first because the Spirit Domain’s sects restricted entry to qualified ascendants.
• Lu Qingfeng reassured Lu Qingyu about her cultivation prospects, and the three siblings drank together beneath the moon.
• After his family fell asleep, Lu Qingfeng planned to refine a Miniature Shu Mountain Realm and gather methods to help Qingshan and Qingyu advance.

Lu Qingfeng considered how to expand his power through avatars and preaching the Dao, then focused on managing the Nineteenth Defense Zone in the Outer Realm. The chapter left him preparing to rebuild the zone’s resources and recruit forces while its realms faced Demonic Beast threats.

• Lu Qingfeng decided the Outer Realm offered a promising place to preach the Dao, while he avoided acting openly in the Spirit Domain because of the Immortal Court.
• Lu Qingfeng kept the Azure Wood Avatar in Three Mountains and Nine Rivers to preserve the appearance that Daoist Du Tian remained there, and planned to create more avatars using paths he had learned.
• Lu Qingfeng sent five strands of Primordial Spirit origin into the black-hole vortex and turned his attention to his Eight-Wastes Avatar in the Outer Realm.
• The Eight-Wastes Daoist established five satellite cities around Eight-Wastes City, where 2,400 Five-Elements Dao Soldiers were stationed.
• Zhu Yang reported that Azurecloud, Nine Cauldrons, and Black Sea lacked defenders and that Demonic Beasts threatened the Nineteenth Defense Zone.
• Lu Qingfeng said he would supervise the realms and dispatch Dao Soldiers, then asked Zhu Yang to recruit mining teams so the zone could rebuild its ore sites and attract more Primordial Spirit fighters.

Lu Qingfeng completed the sixth level of the Invert-Grand-Void Glazed Wall, strengthening his defenses against Kumbhanda’s divinations. He surveyed Azure Bamboo Blessed Land, where the Great Emperor Dao had developed from Stone Ancestor’s teachings, and found the second Treasure Gourd nearing maturity before leaving in response to a summons.

• Lu Qingfeng advanced the Invert-Grand-Void Glazed Wall to the sixth level after nine hundred years of study, making it much harder for Kumbhanda to locate him.
• Lu Qingfeng observed Azure Bamboo Blessed Land’s many cultivation systems and learned how Stone Ancestor had founded the Great Emperor Dao, a path later generations continued developing.
• Lu Qingfeng inspected the Stone Ancestor Holy Land and approved of the Great Emperor Dao as a comparatively complete cultivation path.
• Lu Qingfeng visited the Treasure Gourd on Azure Bamboo Peak, gave immortal peaches to its two attendants, and saw that the second gourd was nearly mature.
• Lu Qingfeng heard someone calling from outside the Blessed Land and hurriedly left.

Oxhead Yin Deity told Lu Qingfeng that a soul from the Immortal Qin Realm had reincarnated in the Starsea Realm, and Lu Qingfeng learned that Qin Zhen had established an empire there. The Heavenly Court’s forces descended on the Starsea Realm to capture Qin Zhen, but Lu Qingfeng saw that his star formation could withstand their thunder.

• Oxhead Yin Deity reported that a soul from the Immortal Qin Realm had reincarnated in the Starsea Realm and gave Lu Qingfeng the means to find it.
• Zheng Chi told Lu Qingfeng that Qin Zhen had established the Immortal Qin Empire in the Starsea Realm and was causing chaos there.
• Marshal Zhang Weiyu ordered the Heaven-Watching Marshal’s Manor to join the God-Seeking Marshal’s Manor in attacking the Starsea Realm.
• The two marshal-led armies descended on the Starsea Realm and bombarded its defenses with thunder.
• Lu Qingfeng used Grand Luo Insight to examine the formation of 365 stars, which blocked the celestial army’s attack.

Lu Qingfeng and the Heavenly Court’s generals faced Qin Zhen’s Celestial Star Formation and planned to cut off its stellar power before opening a passage into the Starsea Realm. As the generals volunteered to enter, Lu Qingfeng anticipated capturing Qin Zhen and finding the Immortal Qin Realm, where his old acquaintances waited.

• Lu Qingfeng recognized Qin Zhen’s formation as the Celestial Star Formation, and the God-Seeking Marshal sent the Eastern God-Seeking General to ask the Dipper Mother Sovereign to block the stars’ power.
• Lu Qingfeng recognized the Earthly God-Seeking Great General, Xuanyin, and Ren Changsheng among the allied generals, and exchanged greetings with them.
• The Earthly God-Seeking Great General recalled his resentment toward Siming Duke Bin Yuanjun and his jealousy over Luo Ming’s success in the Evergreen Realm.
• The Heaven-Watching Marshal explained that he and the God-Seeking Marshal could open a passage into the Starsea Realm after the stars were blocked, allowing their forces to break the formation without destroying the realm.
• The generals, including Lu Qingfeng, volunteered to enter the Starsea Realm.