Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun gained Sifeng Dao Lord as a disciple and learned from Dao Lord Hongni about the dangers and customs of the Time Ruin Mother River. He planned to establish the Three Pure Ones Sect there, and Hongni advised him to claim the Eye of Guixu at the edge of explored waters.

• Sifeng Dao Lord submitted to Li Qingyun, increasing the Jade Pure Mysterious Pearl's essence, and took his place behind him.
• Dao Lord Hongni invited Li Qingyun to Hongni Palace, where Li Qingyun accepted his offer of guidance through the Mother River.
• Dao Lord Hongni explained that the Incense Seller appeared after the yearly Qinghe Fu attacks and sold Primordial Spirit-benefiting Binding Incense.
• Dao Lord Hongni warned Li Qingyun that Qinghe Fu was a white-haired aberration that hunted living beings and could threaten his planned temples and shrines.
• Li Qingyun considered establishing the Three Pure Ones Sect in the Mother River with Soul-Qingyun stationed there.
• Dao Lord Hongni advised Li Qingyun to claim the Eye of Guixu at the edge of the explored waters and establish his temples there.

Dao Lord Hongni explained the Time Ruin Mother River’s legends of Great Transcendence, leaving Li Qingyun to consider how to seek a path beyond the Wei Zu Great Thousand. Li Qingyun decided to establish a Three Pure Ones Temple at the Eye of Guixu and spread his teachings, then departed with Sifeng Dao Lord.

• Dao Lord Hongni told Li Qingyun that seekers pursued Great Transcendence by waiting for the Ferryman or leaping into the Eye of Guixu, though those who entered it vanished.
• Li Qingyun learned that many Dao Lords feared the Dao Path ended beyond the Eighth Fruit Position and sought a way forward in the Mother River.
• Dao Lord Hongni asked whether Li Qingyun had attained the Body Root Fruit, and Li Qingyun said he could not yet explain his mysterious state.
• Li Qingyun decided to establish a Three Pure Ones Temple at the Eye of Guixu and share his insights, including teachings from the Dao De Jing.
• Li Qingyun left Dao Lord Hongni’s palace with Sifeng Dao Lord, while Dao Lord Hongni watched them depart with awe.

Li Qingyun reached the Eye of Guixu and established the Three Pure Ones Temple there as the Three Pure Ones Sect’s Grand Altar. Sifeng Dao Lord became its first disciple and was appointed Hundred Domains Envoy.

• Li Qingyun crossed the dangerous Blackwater Mother River, while its time-force and yellow corpse-water undercurrents failed to harm him.
• Li Qingyun arrived at the Eye of Guixu and chose its abyssal mouth as the site for the Three Pure Ones Temple.
• Li Qingyun seized green-bronze rock from the river wall, formed it into a Dao-mountain, and summoned the Three Pure Ones Temple atop it.
• Sifeng Dao Lord prostrated himself before the temple, and Li Qingyun welcomed him into the Three Pure Ones lineage.
• Li Qingyun told Sifeng Dao Lord that he could temporarily serve as Hundred Domains Envoy.

Li Qingyun established the Three Pure Ones Sect in Guixu, and Sifeng Dao Lord’s formal entry into the sect cleared the gloom surrounding his Fruit Position. Two Eighth Fruit Saint Ancestors arrived to investigate Li Qingyun’s mysterious power and possible connection to a long-ago ferrying event, and he told them he had come from beyond the heavens.

• Li Qingyun explained the Three Pure Ones’ hierarchy to Sifeng Dao Lord, whose Fruit Realm Clear Light brightened after he formally joined the sect.
• Ancestor Yin and Ancestor Zhu watched the Three Pure Ones Temple from upstream and speculated that Li Qingyun might possess the Body Root Fruit or resemble a Daoist ferried away over a million years earlier.
• Ancestor Yin and Ancestor Zhu rode toward Guixu to meet Li Qingyun, who welcomed them and opened a passage through the black-water current.
• Sifeng Dao Lord lit his treasured Binding Incense and withdrew while Li Qingyun hosted the two Saint Ancestors in the temple’s rear hall.
• Ancestor Yin asked whether Li Qingyun came from beyond the upstream, and Li Qingyun replied that he came from beyond the heavens.

Li Qingyun invited the Mother River overlords to hear him expound the Dao at Three Pure Ones Temple, promising a path for those seeking to transcend the Great Thousand cage. After Ancestor Zhu and Ancestor Yin departed, Li Xuanji arrived and joined Li Qingyun, who insisted that transcendence would ultimately depend on the Three Pure Ones path.

• Li Qingyun revealed his origins to Ancestor Zhu and Ancestor Yin and invited sincere Dao seekers to attend his sermon in three days.
• Ancestor Zhu and Ancestor Yin accepted the invitation and left Three Pure Ones Temple, expecting Li Qingyun to reveal the secrets of the Body Root.
• Li Xuanji emerged from the Blackwater and told Sifeng Dao Lord that he had come to see the newly established Three Pure Ones.
• Li Qingyun introduced Li Xuanji as Great Emperor Beiji Xuanji and assigned him responsibility for sect affairs when the other sect masters were absent.
• Li Xuanji examined Li Qingyun's recovered soul corpse and said it gave them confidence to face the terror behind the Wei Zu Great Thousand, but Li Qingyun said transcendence would depend on the Three Pure Ones path.

Li Qingyun revealed the remnants of Li Xuanji’s past and preached the Jade Pure Dao to him and Sifeng Dao Lord. He persuaded Li Xuanji to bow to the Three Pure Ones, setting the stage for the sect’s altar and sermon in three days.

• Li Xuanji explained that he had preserved himself by lodging within Li Qingyun and had hidden his traces to evade the great terror.
• Li Qingyun dismissed Li Xuanji’s suspicions about the Three Pure Ones and named him Head of the Four Emperors.
• Li Xuanji asked Li Qingyun to demonstrate the Dao he planned to expound, and Li Qingyun recited the opening lines of the Jade Pure scripture.
• Sifeng Dao Lord became absorbed in the recitation as black smoke rose from him and his corruption was driven out.
• Li Qingyun stopped the recitation and told Li Xuanji that only those who entered the Three Pure Ones would hear the rest in three days.
• Li Xuanji hesitated over worshipping the Three Pure Ones but ultimately knelt before their Daoist effigies.

Li Xuanji’s bow fused Li Qingyun’s past, present, and future life bodies, perfecting his foundation and drawing the attention of the terrifying being known as “He.” After Li Qingyun blocked the being’s gaze, Li Xuanji revealed that He was Wei Zu and began explaining the world’s erased history, but warned that Li Qingyun’s essential appearance had not changed.

• When Li Xuanji bowed, Li Qingyun’s three life bodies fused, and his foundation reached the pinnacle of perfection.
• Li Qingyun used Jade Pure Profound Light to disrupt Wei Zu’s gaze and conceal his new divine radiance.
• After the danger passed, Li Xuanji explained that Wei Zu had seized the Great Thousand World and warned that they must act with doubled caution.
• Li Qingyun asked what Wei Zu was, and Li Xuanji revealed that Wei Zu was the being who could neither be spoken of nor seen.
• Li Xuanji described an ancient upheaval and said Wei Zu had erased its traces, then used the Heavenly Eye Fruit to tell Li Qingyun that his essential appearance remained unchanged.

Li Qingyun steadied Li Xuanji’s Dao heart and opened the Three Pure Ones Temple to disciples at the Eye of Guixu. As hesitant Dao Lords and desolate beasts watched, the green ox Si braved the currents and earned Li Qingyun’s acceptance into the sect.

• Li Qingyun told Li Xuanji to trust her Dao heart and refuse to let the world’s strange appearances unsettle her.
• Three days later, Li Qingyun ordered Sifeng Dao Lord to announce that the Three Pure Ones Temple would accept all who were fated to join.
• Wandering Dao Lords and powerful desolate beasts gathered near Guixu, but most feared crossing its dangerous currents.
• The Ancestral Return Realm green ox Si swam through the currents toward the green-bronze Dao mountain.
• Li Qingyun welcomed Si and invited him ashore as the first disciple of the newly opened sect.

Li Qingyun accepted Si, Deng Jing, and other disciples into the Three Pure Ones Temple after opening a path through the Eye of Guixu. He closed recruitment as Mother River overlords arrived to congratulate the temple, leaving the hesitant onlookers regretting their choice.

• Li Qingyun parted the Blackwater currents for Si, who entered the Three Pure Ones Hall, bowed to him, and accepted a temporary post as one of the Ten Administrators.
• Si bowed to Li Xuanji, while Sifeng Dao Lord watched with bitterness at the new administrator’s status.
• Deng Jing attempted to cross the Eye of Guixu, was nearly swept away, and was rescued by Li Qingyun’s clear light before joining the temple.
• Li Qingyun accepted more applicants, including a Third Fruit Realm Dao Lord, until twelve additional students and disciples had joined.
• Li Qingyun ordered Sifeng Dao Lord to announce the end of recruitment and barred the hesitant onlookers from joining in the future.
• Ancestor Yin, Ancestor Zhu, Ancestor Wang, Dao Lord Hongni, and other Mother River overlords arrived with gifts, while the onlookers regretted missing their chance.

Li Qingyun welcomed the Mother River overlords to Three Pure Ones Temple and recited three chapters of the Dao De Jing, giving them a glimpse of a path beyond the Great Thousand. He left them wanting more and urged them to join the Three Pure Ones if they wished to receive the complete teachings.

• Ancestor Yin, Ancestor Zhu, Ancestor Wang, Dao Lord Hongni, and the other Mother River overlords congratulated Li Qingyun and greeted the Three Dao Ancestors.
• Li Xuanji quietly disappeared after the visitors entered the temple, avoiding the seasoned overlords.
• Li Qingyun explained that the Body Root Fruit was part of an ancient conspiracy and offered to teach the overlords three chapters of the Dao De Jing.
• Li Qingyun recited the three chapters, and the overlords experienced profound insights as black ash and murky corruption left their bodies.
• The Jade Pure Mysterious Pearl shone more brightly, and Li Qingyun's Jade Pure Essence increased as the divine being within the pearl took clearer shape.
• Ancestor Yin and the others begged Li Qingyun to continue, but he told them to join the Three Pure Ones to receive the complete teachings.

Li Qingyun failed to recruit the Mother River overlords, then returned from the Time Ruin Mother River to Langtian Continent in his true Third Fruit Realm form. His Soul-Qingyun avatar took on the identity of the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Tongtian Sect Master and returned to Three Pure Ones Temple with Si.

• The Mother River overlords departed Three Pure Ones Temple without joining Li Qingyun’s sect, and he promised his disciples six chapters of the Dao De Jing.
• Li Qingyun traveled with Si to the Langtian Continent ruin eye, where he sent his true Primordial Spirit back to Langtian Continent.
• Li Qingyun sensed that the Fourth Fruit Position was within reach and hurried toward Ba Snake Mountain.
• Soul-Qingyun changed his robes to purple, returned through the ruin eye, and ordered Si to take him back to the temple.
• Si recognized that the purple-robed Soul-Qingyun looked like Li Qingyun but felt colder and more imposing.

Li Qingyun returned from the Mother River to Ba Snake Mountain, found the temple safe, and arranged for Tushan Wenshan to seek Earth Dragon Fruit in the Central Lands. The chapter left Tushan Wenshan preparing to depart with Quan Lei as Li Qingyun pursued the Heart Connection Fruit.

• Si carried Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Master back to the Three Pure Ones Temple, where the disciples welcomed him as the Shangqing Dao Ancestor.
• Li Qingyun returned to his jade body at Ba Snake Mountain and found that the temple and its offerings had remained undisturbed.
• Li Qingyun rewarded Qing Nu and Spider Two with permission to have a snack at the next Ruin.
• Li Qingyun ordered Tushan Wenshan to buy Earth Dragon Fruit and gather information about it.
• Tushan Wenshan asked for protection on a journey to the Central Lands, and Li Qingyun assigned Quan Lei to escort him.
• Tushan Wenshan agreed to select clan disciples and leave for the Central Lands the next day.

Li Qingyun led the Tushan Clan’s merchant caravan toward the Central Lands while cultivating Quan Lei’s merfolk body and hoping to break through to the Roaring Heaven Realm. As the caravan departed Ba Snake Mountain, the Wind Horse Mountain Temple’s Jade Body Divine Statue plotted to kill Quan Lei and destroy Li Qingyun’s support before the Great Ruin.

• Li Qingyun decided to preserve Quan Lei’s merfolk body and continued cultivating its desolate veins while preparing for the journey to the Central Lands.
• Tushan Wenshan and the caravan’s clan members waited for Quan Lei as Chi Feng and Ling Yi mocked Tushan Fei for defending him.
• Quan Lei emerged from the Ba Water River, impressed the young disciples with his Void Capturing Realm aura, and ordered the caravan to depart.
• Li Qingyun rode in the lead carriage and cultivated toward the Roaring Heaven Realm while reflecting on the dangers of the journey and the merfolk bloodline’s potential.
• The Wind Horse Mountain Temple’s Jade Body Divine Statue watched the caravan leave and vowed to kill Quan Lei as part of the Mishin Dao Alliance’s plan to uproot Li Qingyun before the Great Ruin.

Li Qingyun secretly sent Daoist Si to Langtian Continent to protect the caravan carrying the Earth Dragon Fruit. As night fell, Tushan Wenshan hurried the caravan toward Huqiu Stone Grotto, where Chi Feng was wounded during a bandit ambush.

• Li Qingyun ordered Daoist Si to travel secretly to Langtian Continent and carry out a task for the caravan’s protection.
• Tushan Wenshan urged the caravan toward Huqiu Stone Grotto before nightfall and told Chi Feng and the others to patrol nearby.
• Li Qingyun encouraged the young merfolk to cultivate during the journey and believed the caravan faced little danger from the Mishin Dao Alliance.
• As darkness fell, armed figures began watching the caravan from the forests, and Chi Feng warned the others to stay alert.
• A scar-faced hunter shot at Chi Feng, who intercepted the first arrow before the hunters fired a volley.
• Chi Feng ducked beneath his horse, but an arrow wounded the horse and cut a bloody gash across his face.

Li Qingyun, controlling Quan Lei, protected the caravan from Huqiu shrine bandits and killed their Sea-Chasing Realm leader with a single strike. The caravan reached Huqiu Stone Grotto, where Li Qingyun rejected the young women sent to attend him as he remained focused on advancing Quan Lei to the Roaring Heaven Realm.

• A Sea-Chasing Realm bandit attacked the caravan and demanded five horses and three people, while Tushan Wenshan tried to negotiate.
• Li Qingyun controlled Quan Lei and killed the bandit leader with a single strike, terrifying the other hunters and brigands into fleeing.
• Chi Feng, Ling Yi, Tushan Fei, and the other youths realized how dangerous their journey through the Central Lands was and marveled at Quan Lei's power.
• Tushan Wenshan settled the caravan at Huqiu Stone Grotto and prepared a pool for Quan Lei to rest in.
• Several young women, including Tushan Fei's cousin and Chi Feng's cousin, offered to bathe Quan Lei, but Li Qingyun dismissed them and focused on making Quan Lei break through to the Roaring Heaven Realm.

Li Qingyun, controlling Quan Lei’s merfolk body, saved the Ba Snake Mountain caravan from a raid led by the Void Capturing Realm bandit Zhu Peng. After killing Zhu Peng, Li Qingyun recognized a Dao Lord fleeing through the night and was asked by Daoist Si whether to pursue him.

• Black-clad bandits attacked the caravans at Huqiu Stone Grotto, and two Sea-Chasing Realm cultivators broke through the defenders’ resistance.
• Zhu Peng seized Tushan Wenshan and prepared to kill him, but Quan Lei arrived and struck Zhu Peng back.
• Quan Lei defeated Zhu Peng and killed the bandits, including the two Sea-Chasing Realm cultivators.
• Li Qingyun pursued Zhu Peng into the mountains, where Zhu Peng begged for his life but refused to identify who had hired him, so Li Qingyun killed him.
• Li Qingyun spotted a familiar Dao Lord fleeing in the night, and Daoist Si asked whether he should eliminate the Fourth Fruit Position Daoist.

After Li Qingyun killed the bandit Zhu Peng through his Merfolk clone, the Ba Snake Mountain caravan resumed its journey with its wounded recovering and its travelers facing fewer threats. Ling Yi grew enamored of Quan Lei, while Li Qingyun continued cultivating in the clone as the caravan traveled cautiously through the fiefs.

• Li Qingyun told Daoist Si to keep Dao Lord Bai Cang alive for now, and Daoist Si vanished into the darkness.
• The injured caravan members recovered by feeding, and Quan Lei returned to Huqiu Stone Grotto and announced that Zhu Peng was dead.
• Li Qingyun cultivated in the Merfolk Body, trying to awaken its remaining potential after the battle.
• Ling Yi brought Quan Lei's torn robe to be mended, hoping to draw his attention, but he remained focused on cultivation.
• The caravan set out the next morning and traveled around Dao Lord fiefs, repelling several small bandit attacks without Quan Lei's help.
• Chi Feng fought in the skirmishes while Ling Yi continued visiting Quan Lei's carriage and lost interest in Chi Feng.

Li Qingyun pushed his merfolk avatar toward the Roaring Heaven Realm while Daoist Si warned that the Mishin Dao Alliance was moving to attack the caravan. As the assault began, Si intercepted the attackers, leaving Li Qingyun to complete his breakthrough.

• Li Qingyun ordered Tushan Wenshan to prepare a secluded pool and began his final push toward the Roaring Heaven Realm.
• Daoist Si told Li Qingyun that a Fifth Fruit Position Commanded Dao Lord, two Fourth Fruit Position wandering Dao Lords, and six Void Capturing Realm licefolk planned to attack.
• Dao Lord Chen Ming gathered Hanguang, Tusu, and six licefolk experts, ordering them to wipe out the Ba Snake Mountain caravan.
• Daoist Si sensed the attackers approaching and left to hold them back while Li Qingyun continued his breakthrough.
• Hanguang dodged an ambush, and Daoist Si appeared where he had just been.

Daoist Si fought Dao Lord Chen Ming and his forces to protect the Ba Snake Mountain caravan while Dao Lord Tusu attacked the camp. Li Qingyun’s Merfolk clone revealed his Roaring Heaven Realm strength and killed Tusu, leaving the remaining louse-clan experts fleeing.

• Daoist Si killed three Void Capturing Realm louse-clan experts and resisted Dao Lord Chen Ming’s curse attacks with his Ancestral Return Green Ox power.
• Daoist Si transformed into his true body, killed Dao Lord Hanguang, and gravely injured Dao Lord Tusu and the other louse-clan experts.
• While Daoist Si fought Chen Ming, Tusu led the injured survivors toward the Ba Snake Mountain caravan and threatened to destroy it with divine fire.
• Tushan Wenshan ordered the caravan to flee, but Li Qingyun’s Merfolk clone emerged from a tent and shattered Tusu’s fire attack.
• Tusu recognized that the Merfolk clone had Roaring Heaven Realm strength, and the three louse-clan experts fled as Li Qingyun caught and killed Tusu.

Li Qingyun’s Merfolk clone Quan Lei killed the remaining attackers and helped the Ba Snake Mountain caravan escape while Daoist Si held off Dao Lord Chen Ming. At dawn, Quan Lei sensed someone on a nearby ridge and quietly asked how things had gone.

• Li Qingyun destroyed Tusu and the three Void Capturing Realm Louse clan cultivators, then refined their blood to strengthen Quan Lei’s Desolate veins.
• Li Qingyun returned to the caravan, ordered Tushan Wenshan and the others to leave, and watched as they hurried away.
• Daoist Si feigned weakness and fled after fighting Dao Lord Chen Ming, who stopped his pursuit because the battle had exhausted him.
• As morning approached, Quan Lei sensed someone on a nearby ridge and asked, “How did it go?”