Chapter Summaries

Zhang Bo and four other disciples began the Immortality Trial in the Weeping Marsh while Lu Qingfeng prepared to support future disciples by gathering materials for Teleportation Formations. At Brocade Cloud Peak, the Sunset Glow Sect learned that the Scarlet Rainbow Sect had attacked its mine, and Sui Jiufeng suspected the other three sects had united against them.

• Zhang Bo and four other disciples entered the Weeping Marsh to begin the Immortality Trial.
• Lu Qingfeng planned to prepare deployment sites and rewards for future disciples and sought Refined Crystal, Dream Illusion Stone, and Purple-Gold Copper for Teleportation Formations.
• The Scarlet Rainbow Sect's attackers killed thirty-six Sunset Glow Sect disciples at a Spirit Stone mine and seriously wounded Sui Hanshan, Yue Miaofa, and Luo Yunsheng.
• Mei Qingyan condemned the attack, while Zhou Yuan and Yue Lingxi questioned why the Scarlet Rainbow Sect would risk open war.
• Sui Jiufeng reasoned that the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, Golden Billows Sect, and Demon-Slaying Fort might have joined forces against the Sunset Glow Sect, prompting the others to identify Silver Horn Mountain as a concern.

After the three rival sects attacked Sunset Glow Sect, Lu Qingfeng avoided Demon-Slaying Fort’s assault by hiding away and leaving puppet disguises on Silver Horn Mountain. As Sunset Glow Sect struggled through the siege, he prepared for Foundation Establishment and finally triggered the lightning tribulation.

• Scarlet Rainbow Sect and Golden Billows Sect attacked Sunset Glow Sect’s mines, gardens, and other holdings while Demon-Slaying Fort found only puppet disguises on Silver Horn Mountain.
• Lu Qingfeng used the Heaven-Peering Earth-Reading Grand Art to observe the attacks and explained that the three sects’ alliance was driven by their shared interests, not by Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu’s actions in Hundred Herbs Garden.
• Lu Qingfeng told Lu Qingyu he would bring his plans forward, then focused on cultivation and preparation for Foundation Establishment while the three sects and Sunset Glow Sect fought over their holdings.
• Sunset Glow Sect defended its territory and raided enemy industries as Lu Qingfeng refined pills, talisman artifacts, and other supplies to support the war.
• Seven months after the trip to Hundred Herbs Garden, Lu Qingfeng swallowed twelve Foundation Establishment Pills, broke through the pinnacle of True Qi, and triggered the Foundation Establishment lightning tribulation.

Lu Qingfeng endured Foundation Establishment Tribulation Lightning in the Gathering Cloud Mountains and used it to temper his body, true qi, and Zhurong Demon God. He successfully entered Foundation Establishment, then concealed himself and left, planning to advance his techniques and Divine Abilities.

• Lu Qingfeng faced the Foundation Establishment Tribulation Lightning in the Gathering Cloud Mountains as dark clouds gathered and wild beasts fled.
• Lu Qingfeng flew into the thunderclouds and used the Yellow Robe True Formula to withstand the lightning while it tempered his body and cultivation.
• The Zhurong Demon God emerged from Lu Qingfeng and swallowed thunder, growing stronger as his true qi began transforming into True Essence.
• Lu Qingfeng survived the tribulation, opened his crown chakra, and absorbed spiritual qi as he officially reached Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Qingfeng concealed himself from approaching cultivators, stabilized his cultivation, and left to raise his techniques and Divine Abilities.

Lu Qingfeng reviewed the limits of his magic artifacts and puppets, then left to protect Qingshan and Qingyu while he pursued his plans. At the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, disciples celebrated their campaign against the Sunset Glow Sect and discussed slowly weakening it before launching a full attack.

• Lu Qingfeng considered how treasures could strengthen Divine Abilities, but concluded that his current magic artifacts and puppets could not be improved much without better materials and methods.
• Lu Qingfeng planned to investigate more puppet-refining methods and possibly strengthen the Spirit-Control Formation and Thousand Mechanisms Stone in a future life.
• After a month of cultivation, Lu Qingfeng left his only sixth-level puppet to protect Qingshan and Qingyu and walked out of the low hills.
• Disciples on Late Cloud Peak discussed the Scarlet Rainbow Sect’s recent seizure of Sunset Glow Sect mines and the rewards its forces had received.
• The Scarlet Rainbow Sect’s disciples recounted Elder Li’s interception of Mei Qingyan’s raid and expected to seize the Sunset Glow Sect’s six cities, while others urged a gradual campaign to avoid a costly counterattack.

Lu Qingfeng secretly surveyed Late Cloud Peak and spent thirteen days laying the preliminary foundations for a formation. After looting the empty cave dwellings of nine Scarlet Rainbow Sect elders, he failed to enter the guarded Treasure Repository Hall and began preparing to strike Late Cloud Peak with his talismans.

• Lu Qingfeng concealed himself while surveying Late Cloud Peak and spent thirteen days placing talismans around the mountain.
• After investigating the elders’ dwellings and the Treasure Repository Hall, Lu Qingfeng raided the empty cave dwellings of nine Scarlet Rainbow Sect elders and took their stored supplies.
• Lu Qingfeng found the Treasure Repository Hall guarded by two disciples and protected by formations, so he left without entering.
• Lu Qingfeng sat in the woods and visualized hundreds of talismans, connecting them through his true essence to a distant realm.

Lu Qingfeng activated the Nine Heavens Talisman Inverting Heaven and Earth Method, grievously injuring the Scarlet Rainbow Sect cultivators on Late Cloud Peak and destroying their cultivation. After overturning the peak, he survived the backlash and walked toward the Treasure Repository Hall.

• Lu Qingfeng activated the talismans covering Late Cloud Peak, shaking the mountain and sending Yang Bufan and the sect’s cultivators into turmoil.
• The method’s first strike injured Yang Bufan and caused hundreds of Postnatal cultivators and the Foundation Establishment elders to suffer devastating internal damage; Wu Ming died.
• Yang Bufan tried to flee, but Lu Qingfeng’s second strike inverted the mountain’s weight and pinned everyone on Late Cloud Peak except Lu Qingfeng.
• The backlash damaged Lu Qingfeng and destroyed his newly formed Jumang Demon God, but he smiled and walked toward the Treasure Repository Hall.
• Lu Qingfeng reflected on the divine ability’s origins and its power to overturn a mountain and suppress or kill everyone upon it.

Lu Qingfeng destroyed Late Cloud Peak and the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, then chose to recover before dealing with Demon-Slaying Fort and the Golden Billows Sect. The Gathering Cloud Mountains fell into chaos, and Feng Yun learned that the Scarlet Rainbow Sect had been devastated and Yang Bufan was missing.

• Lu Qingfeng sent the Zhurong Demon God to the rear mountain, where it killed the gravely injured Yang Bufan and took his Storage Bag.
• Lu Qingfeng recuperated in a hidden cave and decided to postpone attacking Demon-Slaying Fort and the Golden Billows Sect until his injuries healed.
• Feng Yun learned that half the Scarlet Rainbow Sect’s cultivators were dead and the survivors were crippled.
• Feng Yun heard that Yang Bufan was missing and presumed dead, while Late Cloud Peak had become a cultivation dead zone.

After the Scarlet Rainbow Sect was destroyed, the Gathering Cloud Mountains descended into turmoil as the remaining sects fought over its abandoned territory. Lu Qingfeng aided the Sunset Glow Sect from the rear, and the chapter ended with Wang Yuan reporting that Zhou Chenggu had found a lead on Refined Crystal for Lu Qingfeng’s Teleportation Array Disc.

• Feng Yun ordered the Demon-Slaying Fort to tighten its defenses and patrol Soaring Cloud Peak, then decided to accept Scarlet Rainbow Sect survivors and send them to fight the Sunset Glow Sect.
• The Demon-Slaying Fort and Golden Billows Sect continued battling the Sunset Glow Sect and fought over the Scarlet Rainbow Sect’s abandoned industries.
• Lu Qingfeng’s pills and Talisman Artifacts helped the Sunset Glow Sect survive the conflict, and he gave the sect a list of materials needed for his Teleportation Array Disc and Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks.
• Wang Yuan told Lu Qingfeng that Zhou Chenggu had heard of Refined Crystal from a rogue cultivator friend, delighting Lu Qingfeng because it was a key material for the Teleportation Array Disc.

Lu Qingfeng sought Refined Crystal and met Lu Rong, who offered him two Ironfire Ant Eggs instead. Lu Qingfeng accepted that raising Ironfire Ants might provide a future source, but learned they were nearly impossible to tame and required harsh living conditions.

• Lu Qingfeng learned that Zhou Chenggu had left Brocade Cloud Peak to find his Rogue Cultivator friend.
• Zhou Chenggu introduced Lu Qingfeng to Lu Rong, who had brought a pair of Ironfire Ant Eggs but no Refined Crystal.
• Zhou Chenggu explained that Refined Crystal could be found inside Ironfire Ants, and Lu Rong said he did not know where the eggs had come from.
• Lu Rong gave Lu Qingfeng the eggs, and Zhou Chenggu suggested raising them while continuing to search for Refined Crystal.
• Lu Rong warned that Ironfire Ants were difficult to keep and could not be tamed, often killing their would-be masters.

Lu Qingfeng acquired two Ironfire Ant eggs and traveled to the Evergreen Realm seeking a way to breed and tame them. He learned that Seven Insect Immortal Mountain specialized in raising insects and set out for Dragon River, where its leader Chang Qi was cultivating strange insects.

• Lu Qingfeng accepted two Ironfire Ant eggs from Lu Rong after promising to refine pills or an artifact for him in the future.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to his cave residence and entered the Evergreen Realm to search for an Ironfire Ant breeding method.
• Ren Changsheng told Lu Qingfeng about Seven Insect Immortal Mountain and its rise under the insect-controlling prodigy Chang Qi, whom Lu Qingfeng suspected was a reincarnated True Immortal.
• Lu Qingfeng set off for Dragon River to investigate Seven Insect Immortal Mountain.
• Chang Qi inspected caves filled with spirit insects and dormant eggs, then murmured that the purple-black strange bees would soon be ready.

Lu Qingfeng discovered that Chang Qi, a reincarnated True Immortal, planned to use him as a sacrifice for his spirit insects, so he attacked Seven Insect Immortal Mountain. He destroyed Chang Qi’s insect guards and trapped him in the Blazing Fire Immortal Formation, leaving the battle decided in Lu Qingfeng’s favor.

• Chang Qi used the Violet Copper Bell to accelerate his spirit insects’ growth, but ran short of the rare feed needed for his Nine-Yin Miasma Bees.
• Lu Qingfeng observed Seven Insect Immortal Mountain from hiding and learned that Chang Qi intended to kill him and sacrifice him to the bees.
• Lu Qingfeng attacked Chang Qi in the insect caves with the Blazing Fire Immortal Formation and the Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks.
• Chang Qi summoned his Blood Jade Centipedes and Red-Tailed Ground Scorpions, but Lu Qingfeng’s formation burned them to ashes and wounded Chang Qi.
• Lu Qingfeng combined the formation around Chang Qi, trapping him as the battle’s outcome became clear.

Lu Qingfeng killed Chang Qi, took the Violet Insect Bell, and forced Seven Insect Immortal Mountain to hand over its insect-controlling technique. News of his actions spread, astonishing cultivators at Six-Eyed Heavenly Gate.

• Lu Qingfeng killed Chang Qi in the immortal formation and took the Violet Insect Bell, promising the Upper Realm ancestor he would return it in thirty years.
• Lu Qingfeng reasoned that Upper Realm immortals were restricted from interfering directly in the Evergreen Realm, then headed back to Seven Insect Immortal Mountain to obtain its insect-controlling technique.
• Lu Qingfeng used the threat of Chang Qi’s death to make Seven Insect Immortal Mountain give him its secret technique before he left.
• Lin Chao and Yuyangzi discussed Lu Qingfeng’s killing of Chang Qi and his coercion of Seven Insect Immortal Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng studied the Odd-Insect Heart Sutra and discovered that it contained methods for cultivating and taming Ironfire Ants, which he hoped to raise in reality. He began preparing for that plan, then arrived at Sinkhole Mine Mountain with Lu Qingyu.

• After obtaining Seven Insect Immortal Mountain’s inheritance, Lu Qingfeng examined the Odd-Insect Heart Sutra and learned about its ranked odd insects.
• Lu Qingfeng found that Ironfire Ants ranked ninety-ninth and that the sutra included methods for cultivating and taming them.
• Lu Qingfeng planned to hatch the two Ironfire Ant eggs he had in reality and use the ants to produce Refined Crystal and strengthen his combat abilities.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to General Ridge to study the sutra, refine Ironfire Ant feed, and analyze the Violet Insect Bell while preparing for reality.
• Lu Qingfeng rode to Sinkhole Mine Mountain, where Lu Qingyu joined him on a crane.

Lu Qingfeng settled with Lu Qingyu on Peak Rain Mountain near Sinkhole Mine Mountain and received medicinal materials and spirit-herb seeds from Wang Yuan. After learning Elder Guqin had sent valuable seeds, he gave Wang Yuan three Blazing Sun Pills to deliver to her and explained the pill’s effects, leaving the destination of the fourth pill unstated.

• Lu Qingfeng chose a peak near Sinkhole Mine Mountain as a home for himself and Lu Qingyu, while Lu Qingshan returned to the Sunset Glow Sect as the fighting eased.
• Lu Qingyu named their new home Peak Rain Mountain.
• Wang Yuan brought Lu Qingfeng forty-eight jade boxes of medicinal materials and several bags of seeds, including spirit-herb seeds sent by Elder Guqin.
• Lu Qingyu teased Lu Qingfeng about rumors that Elder Guqin admired him, but Lu Qingfeng dismissed the gossip.
• Lu Qingfeng gave Wang Yuan a bottle of four Blazing Sun Pills and instructed him to deliver three to Elder Guqin.
• Lu Qingfeng explained that the first-order Blazing Sun Pill increased true essence, healed hidden injuries, and could aid True Qi Realm cultivators advancing to Foundation Establishment.

Lu Qingfeng gave Wang Yuan a bottle of four Blazing Sun Pills, which could greatly improve his chances of reaching Foundation Establishment. He explained to Lu Qingyu that he intended the pills to strengthen the Sunset Glow Sect, then gathered the seeds Wang Yuan had brought to the Sinkhole Mine Mountain.

• Lu Qingfeng gave Wang Yuan four Blazing Sun Pills, and Wang Yuan gratefully accepted the gift.
• Lu Qingfeng explained that the pills could give Wang Yuan a strong chance of establishing his foundation, though Wang Yuan did not know their full effect.
• Lu Qingfeng told Lu Qingyu that he had sent Blazing Sun Pills to Elder Guqin so the Sunset Glow Sect could grow stronger and cause fewer problems during their long stay in the Gathering Cloud Mountains.
• Lu Qingfeng collected the Spirit Medicine seeds and medicinal herb seeds from the ground and put them in his Storage Bag.

Lu Qingfeng used the Jumang Demon God to accelerate herb growth and began cultivating rare spirit herbs on Peak Rain Mountain while fortifying the mountain with formations. He also prepared Sinkhole Mine Mountain as a suitable habitat for Ironfire Ants.

• Lu Qingfeng used the Jumang Demon God’s green mist to rapidly grow medicinal herbs, then fed the weakened demon god heavenly silver to restore him.
• Lu Qingfeng planned to grow nine precious spirit herbs himself and have the Sunset Glow Sect collect the remaining herbs needed for pills and Ironfire Ant feed.
• Lu Qingfeng laid layers of formations and restrictions on Peak Rain Mountain, including a powerful spirit-gathering formation.
• Lu Qingfeng prepared Sinkhole Mine Mountain for Ironfire Ants by connecting it to underground magma and fire and drawing down the sun’s essence to create true solar flame.

After raising two newly hatched Ironfire Ants at Sinkhole Mine Mountain, Lu Qingfeng considered how to strengthen them and expand their numbers. Meanwhile, Jin Jiuxiao learned where Lu Qingfeng was hiding and agreed with Sun Li that Lu Qingfeng had to be eliminated; Lu Qingyu remained in cultivation at Peak Rain Mountain.

• An elder reported to Jin Jiuxiao that Wang Yuan’s advancement to Foundation Establishment had led them to Lu Qingfeng’s hiding place near Sinkhole Mine Mountain.
• Jin Jiuxiao asked Sun Li how to handle Lu Qingfeng, and Sun Li said the Sunset Glow Sect could remain but Lu Qingfeng could not.
• Lu Qingfeng visited the cave at Sinkhole Mine Mountain, where the two Ironfire Ants he had hatched three days earlier flew to him.
• Lu Qingfeng tested the ants’ toughness and reflected that they needed to form a swarm to reach their full power.
• Lu Qingfeng considered sending the two female ants to find males and mate, and decided to strengthen them first so they would be less likely to die searching.
• Lu Qingfeng returned to Peak Rain Mountain, where Lu Qingyu was cultivating in the cave dwelling.

Lu Qingfeng recovered from the backlash caused by toppling Late Cloud Peak while guiding Lu Qingyu’s cultivation and considering safer ways to deal with his enemies. He practiced visualizing the Luofu Heart Lamp and planned to gather artifact materials, especially those needed for the Violet Insect Bell.

• Lu Qingyu diligently cultivated and tended the medicinal gardens on Peak Rain Mountain, while the Jumang Demon God used its daily divine ability to speed the plants’ growth.
• Lu Qingfeng found that his hidden injuries still prevented ordinary cultivation and concluded that Demon Dao methods carried a severe cost.
• Lu Qingfeng explained to himself why he had not taught Lu Qingshan or Lu Qingyu the dangerous Twelve Dutian Demon God Method, then took Chenke Pills and guided Lu Qingyu’s cultivation.
• Lu Qingfeng practiced visualizing the Luofu Heart Lamp and expected to form it within a month, once his injuries healed.
• Lu Qingfeng realized he needed more artifact-crafting materials, and Yue Lingxi and Mei Qingyan went beyond the Gathering Cloud Mountains to search for them.

Lu Qingfeng prioritized gathering the materials needed to refine the Violet Insect Bell and Teleportation Array Disc. When three Golden Billows Sect cultivators attacked him at Peak Rain Mountain, he trapped and killed them with the Demon-Slaying Evil-Breaking Five-Thunder Grand Array.

• Lu Qingfeng concluded that the Violet Insect Bell and Teleportation Array Disc were his most urgent artifacts, with Purple-Gold Copper and Dream Illusion Stone still needed for the array disc.
• Lu Qingfeng burned seven feathers and identified the Golden Billows Sect as a target of interest.
• Chang Chun and Wang Gu followed Sun Li into Peak Rain Mountain to ambush Lu Qingfeng.
• The mountain’s hidden array struck the attackers’ artifacts with lightning, and Lu Qingfeng seized Sun Li’s Lingyun Sword.
• Lu Qingfeng unleashed the Thunder Prison, shattered the three cultivators’ defenses, and killed Sun Li, Chang Chun, and Wang Gu.

Lu Qingfeng killed the three Golden Billows Sect elders who ambushed him, then flew to Billowing Cloud Peak to confront Jin Jiuxiao. He overwhelmed the sect master with his abilities and struck him down with the Great Sun Nirvana Divine Light.

• Lu Qingfeng used the Demon-Slaying Evil-Breaking Five-Thunder Grand Array to kill Sun Li, Chang Chun, and Wang Gu on Peak Rain Mountain.
• Lu Qingfeng decided to deal with the Golden Billows Sect and Demon-Slaying Fort, then rode an Ironwing Flying Eagle toward Billowing Cloud Peak.
• Jin Jiuxiao grew restless as he waited for the three elders to return, then sensed something was wrong and prepared to investigate.
• Lu Qingfeng appeared in the Golden Billows Sect's main hall and attacked Jin Jiuxiao with Thunder Prison, the Zhurong Demon God, and the Jumang Demon God.
• Jin Jiuxiao's Void-Slaying Sword and Sword Qi failed against Lu Qingfeng's Magnetic Annihilation Sword Qi, thunder, flames, and vines.
• Lu Qingfeng struck Jin Jiuxiao with the Great Sun Nirvana Divine Light, leaving his consciousness scattered.