Chapter Summaries

After drawing Water Howler into the Three Pure Ones, Li Qingyun faced the Great Ruinfall and protected his Ba Snake Mountain fief. He left Water Howler and Quan Lei concealed beneath the riverbed, while the Three Pure Ones’ first major trial began.

• Quan Lei told Water Howler that Qingyun was a Hundred Domains Envoy and described the Three Pure Ones’ hierarchy, inspiring Water Howler to seek Dao merit and advancement.
• As the Great Ruinfall began, Water Howler and Quan Lei hid beneath the riverbed and waited for Qingyun’s orders.
• Li Qingyun considered Ba Snake Mountain his foundation and raised the Heaven-Shrouding Curtain to protect its villages and people.
• Dao Lords across the Eastern Wasteland raised protective curtains over their fiefs as the Great Ruinfall threatened them.

During the Great Ruin Fall, Li Qingyun contained a monstrous outer demon at Ba Snake Mountain while Dao Lord Le Zhao struggled to defend Wind Horse Mountain. Suspecting Mishin and Bai Cang were plotting to seize Le Zhao’s fiefdom and coveting his own, Li Qingyun prepared a counterattack against Lingqiu Great Temple.

• A Ruin Stone broke through Ba Snake Mountain’s canopy, destroyed half of Foolish Village, and spread blackened Xu Qi that killed several villagers.
• Li Qingyun summoned Xuanhuang Giant Spirits to suppress the black Qi, captured the half-human, half-spider monster, and ordered Jiang Wang to protect the mountain folk.
• A Ruin Stone also breached Wind Horse Mountain’s canopy, leaving Dao Lord Le Zhao struggling to contain the spreading black Qi amid continued bombardment.
• At Lingqiu Great Temple, Mishin urged Bai Cang to help him seize Le Zhao’s enfeoffment, but Bai Cang wanted to wait and target Ba Snake Mountain instead.
• Li Qingyun sent Quan Lei and Water Hou to the junction of the Ba River and Qingqu River, instructing them to exploit chaos at Lingqiu Great Temple while he attacked Mishin.

As the ruins battered the Eastern Wilderness, Mishin Dao Lord and Bai Cang seized the chance to attack Le Zhao and take Wind Horse Mountain. Just as they overturned Le Zhao’s Jade Body, Li Qingyun launched a counterattack against the Lingqiu Great Temple with Quan Lei, revealing that Mishin’s own seat was under threat.

• Mishin Dao Lord urged Bai Cang to claim Wind Horse Mountain, and Bai Cang agreed to attack Le Zhao’s dao field.
• Mishin Dao Lord struck Wind Horse Mountain while Bai Cang broke through its defenses and fought Le Zhao.
• Qi Gong stormed the sacrificial temple and overturned Le Zhao’s Jade Body as Bai Cang dragged Le Zhao’s Primordial Spirit from it.
• Li Qingyun unleashed Ba Snake Mountain’s Earth Qi against the Lingqiu Great Temple and summoned Quan Lei.
• Quan Lei burst from the ground, swept the temple guards and Qi Family cultivators away with a roar, and shocked Mishin Dao Lord.

Quan Lei and Water Kui attacked Lingqiu Great Temple while Bai Cang seized Wind Horse Mountain’s Jade Body from Le Zhao. As backlash weakened Mishin, Li Qingyun launched his decisive assault on Lingqiu.

• Quan Lei shattered Lingqiu Great Temple’s defenses, and Water Kui entered to seize Mishin’s investiture.
• Qi Gong turned back toward Mishin, but Bai Cang blocked him and took over Wind Horse Mountain’s Jade Body.
• Le Zhao unleashed Wind Horse Mountain’s destructive power, but Bai Cang dispersed his attack and wounded him, forcing him to flee.
• Quan Lei moved to overturn Mishin’s Jade Body while Mishin redirected part of Lingqiu’s protective canopy toward the temple.
• Li Qingyun’s Soul Blue Bird killed nearly a hundred Louse tribe residents, and the resulting resentment backlash weakened Mishin.
• Li Qingyun drove Ba Snake Mountain into the Lingqiu Daoist field and commanded, “Destroy it!”

Li Qingyun and his allies seized Lingqiu Great Temple after Li used the Mouth Connection Fruit to shatter its defenses and force Dao Lord Mishin from the Jade Body Divine Statue. The chapter left Mishin gravely wounded and begging for his life as Quan Lei stood over him.

• Li Qingyun’s Mouth Connection Fruit manifested Ba Snake Mountain’s power as a gigantic Ba Snake that shattered the heavens and earth around Lingqiu Great Temple, leaving Dao Lord Mishin dazed and unable to control it.
• Water Hou Dao Lord merged with the fallen Jade Body Divine Statue, while Merfolk Quan Lei set it upright and Qi Gong attacked him with bone arrows.
• Quan Lei destroyed Qi Gong with a punch, and Li Qingyun ordered Water Hou to block Dao Lord Mishin’s escape with walls of Xuanhuang Earth Qi.
• Quan Lei caught up to Mishin and battered his Primordial Spirit, breaking through his defenses and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Dao Lord Mishin fell to the ground and pleaded for mercy as Quan Lei prepared to finish him.

Li Qingyun defeated Mishin and seized Lingqiu Great Temple’s enfeoffment, but Dao Lord Mìwù intervened with superior authority and rescued Mishin. Li Qingyun returned to guard Lingqiu while considering the threat from Mìwù and the Mishin Dao Alliance.

• A massive power from Lingqiu’s heaven and earth struck Quan Lei and drove him back as Dao Lord Mìwù’s authority freed Mishin.
• Li Qingyun recognized Mìwù as the Eastern Desolation Regional Temple’s master, while Water Roar argued that their Three Pure Ones status placed them above the Mishin Dao Alliance.
• Li Qingyun returned to Lingqiu Great Temple to help Water Roar complete his fusion with the enfeoffment and resolved to guard against Mìwù and the alliance.
• Li Qingyun reflected that Le Zhao had lost Wind Horse Mountain’s enfeoffment and suffered heavy casualties, though he felt no guilt over the outcome.
• The Soul Blue Bird returned from slaughtering lice, and Li Qingyun ordered it to make the captured half-human, half-demonic spider submit.

After the Great Ruin ended, Li Qingyun sent Qing Nu and Spider Two to comfort Ba Snake Mountain’s people, who praised him for protecting them. His power and new commandment brought refugees and offerings to Lingqiu, while he tested whether worship of the Three Pure Ones would strengthen his Jade Pure Essence.

• The Great Ruin receded at dawn, and Li Qingyun ordered Qing Nu and Spider Two to soothe Ba Snake Mountain’s people and introduce the new temple boy.
• Qing Nu and Spider Two found the mountain folk praising Li Qingyun because Ba Snake Mountain had suffered far fewer deaths than neighboring lands.
• Jiang Wang feared Li Qingyun’s power and Spider Two, and resolved to leave Ba Snake Mountain and seek help from the domain temple.
• Water Howler Dao Lord welcomed the offerings and migrants arriving at Lingqiu Great Temple, then promised Li Qingyun he would worship the Three Dao Ancestors.
• Li Qingyun tested whether Water Howler’s worship would strengthen his Jade Pure Essence, which he believed might eventually become a divine version of himself.

Li Qingyun gained offerings and worship at Ba Snake Mountain from newly settled Qingqiu noble houses, strengthening his cultivation. Water Howler then worshipped the Three Dao Ancestors, and Li Qingyun felt Jade Pure Essence appear within his Mysterious Pearl.

• The Qingqiu noble houses brought precious flowers, fruits, and Crimson Blood Ginseng to worship Li Qingyun at Ba Snake Mountain.
• Li Qingyun praised the clans and absorbed the spiritual essence of their offerings, then welcomed their plans to build estates near the mountain temple.
• The Qingqiu nobles began constructing residences by the Ba Water River and near the sacrificial temple mountain.
• Water Howler arrived at the hidden Water Manor to thank the Three Dao Ancestors for helping him seize Lingqiu's investiture.
• Li Qingyun entered the Jade Pure Divine Statue as Water Howler performed the rites and kowtowed, causing a fresh wisp of essential power to appear in Li Qingyun's Jade Pure Mysterious Pearl.

Li Qingyun rejected Dao Lord Mìwù’s order to surrender part of Ba Snake Mountain after the Great Ruin, openly defying the domain temple. When Bai Cang Dao Lord arrived to claim the territory, Li Qingyun faced a rival he already intended to eliminate.

• Li Qingyun dismissed the domain temple’s reprimand and ordered Jiang Wang to declare its decrees null and void, while offering him the option to return to Ba Snake Mountain.
• Jiang Wang left for the domain temple, resolved not to return, and Spider Two asked Li Qingyun to make it temple keeper; Li Qingyun told it to train as a Dao boy first.
• Li Qingyun meditated for three days without finding an opportunity for the Fourth Fruit Position, then focused on thunder techniques and preparing to become the eighth-tier Lightning Ancestor.
• On the fourth day, Bai Cang Dao Lord visited the border and demanded to know which Ba Snake Mountain territory and residents Li Qingyun would transfer to Fengma Mountain.

Li Qingyun drove Dao Lord Bai Cang away from Ba Snake Mountain and watched as Bai Cang rebuilt Wind Horse Mountain. After discovering that Shadowed Domain’s incense offerings had sharply declined, Li Qingyun learned that the Three Divine Palaces and their allies were attacking the Lingbao and Moon Yin sects in the mortal world, and promised to investigate.

• Li Qingyun warned Bai Cang not to claim land or resources on Ba Snake Mountain, then shattered Bai Cang’s divine-sense phantom with a powerful shout.
• Bai Cang considered attacking Ba Snake Mountain but held back, suspecting Li Qingyun’s Mouth Connection Fruit was unusually powerful.
• Bai Cang forbade Wind Horse Mountain’s lice-clan residents from migrating and brought in nearly ten thousand more members to restore the mountain.
• Li Qingyun visited the Wind Bear Tribe, cultivated in his temple, and searched unsuccessfully for an opportunity to advance to his next Fruit Position.
• Li Qingyun noticed that Shadowed Domain’s incense offerings had fallen sharply and connected with the Spiritual Treasure Ancestors.
• Chi Hun Ancestor explained that the Three Divine Palaces and allied sects were attacking Lingbao and Moon Yin fiefs with the help of Heaven Purification Talismans, and Li Qingyun promised to investigate.

Li Qingyun discovered that the Mishin Dao Alliance had used Heaven Purification Talismans to empower rival sects in the Shadowed Domain, threatening the Lingbao Sect and Moon Yin Palace. He secretly made He Xiao draw Heaven Abandonment Talismans, crippling the rivals’ cultivation, while the chapter ended with Dao Lord Mìwù refusing a bloody offering after overindulging.

• Li Qingyun surveyed the Shadowed Domain and learned that the Three Divine Palaces Dao Alliance’s talismans had strengthened rival sects and cost the Lingbao Sect several nations’ offerings and fiefs.
• Li Qingyun resolved to counter the scheme by breaking the cultivation of those who had relied on the Heaven Purification Talismans.
• Li Qingyun possessed He Xiao and used him to draw Heaven Abandonment Talismans, then ordered Mengshan to burn the papers in secret.
• Two days later, Pure Self Realm cultivators from the Three Divine Palaces and other great sects vomited black blood, suffered diminished cultivation, and entered death seclusion.
• Dao Lord Mìwù told the temple keepers to remove the remaining bloody human offering because he had already eaten too much.

Li Qingyun’s Heaven Abandonment Talismans crippled the Mishin Dao lineage’s mortal-world forces, while his growing influence among the Eight Sons of Lingbao accompanied a new insight about seeking opportunities amid danger. He entered the Time Ruin Mother River and accepted a green Flood Dragon’s offer to guide him through its perils.

• Li Qingyun’s Heaven Abandonment Talismans ruined most of the Three Divine Palaces’ True Lord seedlings and damaged cultivators who had used Mishin Palace sacrificial talismans.
• The Eight Sons of Lingbao recognized Li Qingyun’s achievements, learned he had reached the Third Fruit Realm, and began treating him as their leader.
• After six months without finding an opportunity for the Fourth Fruit Position, Li Qingyun realized he had become too cautious and left Ba Snake Mountain to seek danger.
• Li Qingyun followed his Dao heart to the Time Ruin Mother River and entered its chaotic black water.
• A colossal green Flood Dragon invited Li Qingyun to travel with it toward Dragon Bone Continent and offered to steer him away from unfamiliar Ruin Eyes; Li Qingyun agreed.

Li Qingyun followed Yuanjiu through the Time Ruin Mother River and witnessed its deadly undercurrents and ruin eyes. After Yuanjiu entered a ruin eye, Li Qingyun held back and discovered Sifeng Temple, a shelter for wandering Dao Lords.

• Li Qingyun followed Yuanjiu deeper into the Mother River and learned that time-power undercurrents could rapidly age and erode even an ancient dragon.
• Yuanjiu warned Li Qingyun to avoid yellow corpse water, which could corrupt ancient beasts and destroy a Dao Lord’s cultivation, as well as other dangerous currents.
• Yuanjiu reached a ruin eye on the route to Dragon Bone Continent, warned Li Qingyun about its suction and the hostility investiture attracted, then entered the vortex.
• Li Qingyun barely resisted the ruin eye’s suction and saw Sifeng Temple built along its wall.
• Li Qingyun sensed multiple Dao Lords inside the temple and realized it served as a refuge for those who had lost their investiture.

Li Qingyun left Sifeng Temple after sensing the wandering Dao Lords’ greed, but five pursued him to seize his enfeoffment. He defeated their assault and killed the Dao Lord who lagged behind, while the others fled.

• Five wandering Dao Lords at Sifeng Temple spotted Li Qingyun and plotted to capture him for his enfeoffment.
• Li Qingyun sensed their malice and left, but the five pursued him through the Time Ruin Mother River.
• Li Qingyun struck the five with water thunder and shattered their attacks with his Mouth Connection Fruit wonder.
• The five overwhelmed Li Qingyun with their Fruit Realm wonders until he used the Jade Pure Mysterious Pearl to clear their effects.
• Li Qingyun declared the five corrupted and should be executed, shattering their Fruit Realm Clear Light and driving them to flee.
• Li Qingyun caught the rearmost Dao Lord and killed him with water thunder and a lethal declaration; the black tide swallowed the remains.

Li Qingyun pursued Sifeng Temple’s fleeing Dao Lords through the Time Ruin Mother River, but their Temple Master, Sifeng, emerged and proved far stronger than him. As Sifeng chased the wounded Li Qingyun, Soul-Qingyun sensed a chance to escape the coffin and Burial Abyss.

• Li Qingyun killed two of Sifeng Temple’s wandering Dao Lords and pursued the rest, while a third tried to flee through a temporal-force current that rapidly aged him.
• Li Qingyun killed the third Dao Lord and chased the last survivor to Sifeng Temple at the Ruin Eye, where the Temple’s protective clear light blocked his attack.
• Sifeng emerged as a sixth Fruit Realm Dao Lord and attacked Li Qingyun with a six-layer flying sword, piercing his Primordial Spirit body.
• Li Qingyun fled through the black water, but Sifeng rapidly closed the distance and threatened to kill him.
• Soul-Qingyun sensed Li Qingyun’s peril as an opportunity to escape the coffin and Burial Abyss.

Li Qingyun stalled Sifeng Dao Lord in the Blackwater Mother River while Soul-Qingyun tried to escape the Burial Abyss through a mysterious half-open door. Li Qingyun broke free of Sifeng Dao Lord’s Water Prison with Jade Pure Radiance, but his pursuer remained close behind.

• Li Qingyun retreated through the black water, laying water mines as Soul-Qingyun sensed an opening in the Burial Abyss and leaped out of his ancient bronze coffin.
• Soul-Qingyun descended through the Burial Abyss, passing countless silent coffins until he saw a ghostly door standing one-third open.
• Sifeng Dao Lord broke through Li Qingyun’s water mines and trapped him in a Water Prison filled with deadly wind swords.
• Li Qingyun used Jade Pure Radiance to erode the wind swords and shield himself, though the defense rapidly consumed his Jade Pure Essence.
• Li Qingyun tore open the Water Prison with Jade Pure lightning and sent a Jade Pure Sword Qi toward Sifeng Dao Lord, who dodged it.

Li Qingyun escaped the Zang Abyss through Soul-Qingyun and reunited with the soul corpse in the Time Ruin Mother River. With his spirit and flesh merged, he confronted Sifeng Dao Lord from a position of overwhelming power.

• Sifeng Dao Lord pursued Li Qingyun, tried to persuade him to submit, and trapped him in a Blackwater Prison as Li Qingyun waited for Soul-Qingyun to emerge.
• Soul-Qingyun encountered a white-furred Guǐ Corpse pursuing him through the Zang Abyss, escaped through a half-open door, and sensed Li Qingyun calling to him from the void.
• Sifeng Dao Lord shattered Li Qingyun's Jade Pure protection and reached to seize him, but Soul-Qingyun emerged behind Li Qingyun and caused the surrounding Blackwater to boil and retreat.
• Li Qingyun merged with Soul-Qingyun, gaining the soul corpse's powerful body, and declared that Sifeng Dao Lord should kneel before Jade Pure Primordial Lord.

Li Qingyun merged with the mysterious soul corpse’s body root and easily subdued Sifeng Dao Lord, who called on his patron, Dao Lord Hongni, for help. While waiting to meet the Mother River overlord, Li Qingyun found his lost Inner Scenery Mansion and declared it would become the Three Pure Ones Temple.

• Li Qingyun used the body root’s immense power to crush Sifeng Dao Lord’s defenses and seal him in a sphere of light.
• Sifeng Dao Lord begged for mercy and secretly summoned reinforcements, then invoked Dao Lord Hongni’s protection.
• Li Qingyun acknowledged that Dao Lord Hongni ruled the region and decided to wait for him at the Blackwater Mother River ruin eye.
• Li Qingyun explored the soul corpse and discovered that it contained vast, unknown depths and potential.
• Li Qingyun sensed and retrieved his lost Inner Scenery Mansion from the Mother River, naming it the Three Pure Ones Temple.

Dao Lord Hongni struggled against the reality that had been invading his existence, then received a sign that Sifeng was in danger and set out for Sifeng Temple. Wary of the mysterious holy patriarch who had appeared in his river realm, he traveled with Qiu Niu and summoned his followers.

• Dao Lord Hongni resisted reality’s pollution until a dark Dao tablet fell forward, prompting him to open his eyes and restore order in the hall.
• Dao Lord Hongni interpreted the fallen tablet as a sign that Sifeng was in danger and ordered his followers to accompany him to Sifeng Temple.
• Dao Lord Hongni summoned Qiu Niu, an enormous ancestral dragon beast, and rode it out of the Great Ruin Eye with three fifth-fruit Dao Lords following.
• Dao Lord Hongni considered the mysterious holy patriarch’s arrival in his realm and prepared for the possibility of either danger or opportunity.
• Sixth-fruit Dao Lords from across Hongni’s river realm appeared in the black water to pay their respects as the group traveled.

Li Qingyun confronted Dao Lord Hongni and his retinue in the Blackwater Mother River, demonstrating overwhelming strength and forcing Hongni to submit. The encounter ended with Sifeng Dao Lord pledging himself to Li Qingyun, who ordered him to watch the temple.

• Dao Lord Hongni arrived with Qiu Niu and a dozen Dao Lords to confront Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun swept his sleeve, blasting open a vast passage through the Blackwater and sending Hongni’s retinue flying.
• Dao Lord Hongni greeted Li Qingyun humbly and struck at Sifeng Dao Lord to show submission, but Li Qingyun stopped the blow and let it erase part of Sifeng instead.
• Sifeng Dao Lord begged for his life and offered to serve Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun spared Sifeng and told him to remain in the Blackwater Mother River to watch the temple.