Chapter Summaries

Tai Cang joined Tongtian’s Jie Sect as an inner disciple to activate his One-Click Max Level System, then mastered the Upper Clarity Tongtian Art and rapidly advanced to early Golden Immortal. After the system assigned him a task to repel an enemy, Cihang challenged him over a spiritual land, and Tai Cang proposed a wager involving the Upper Clarity Divine Thunder.

• Tai Cang reluctantly joined Tongtian’s Jie Sect as an inner disciple, activating the system after Tongtian accepted him.
• Tongtian taught the Jie Sect disciples the Upper Clarity Tongtian Art and sent Tai Cang away without the personal guidance given to direct disciples.
• Tai Cang mastered the art, used a max-level authorization to perfect it, and broke through to early Golden Immortal.
• The system assigned Tai Cang tasks, including winning the Three Sects Competition and defeating direct disciples, before giving him a new task to repel an enemy.
• Cihang demanded that Tai Cang yield the spiritual land by his bamboo house, and Tai Cang challenged him to a spar with the Upper Clarity Divine Thunder as the wager.

Tai Cang defeated Cihang, learned and mastered the Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder, then accepted Yunxiao’s invitation to Duobao’s gathering after the System tasked him with defeating Duobao. At the valley, Tai Cang befriended Zhao Gongming and the San Xiao, while Duobao treated him coldly as they entered the gathering.

• Tai Cang evaded Cihang’s Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder, overwhelmed him in close combat, and received the jade slip containing the thunder cultivation method.
• Tai Cang learned the Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder in seven days and used One-Click Max Level to raise it to destructive-grade power.
• Yunxiao invited Tai Cang to a gathering organized by Duobao, and the System assigned Tai Cang a task to defeat Duobao.
• Tai Cang met Zhao Gongming and the San Xiao, explained his cultivation progress as the result of an epiphany, and agreed to discuss the Dao with them.
• Duobao emerged from the valley, ignored Tai Cang’s greeting, and led the others inside; Tai Cang calmly accepted the slight.

Tai Cang disrupted Duobao’s bid to control Jie Sect affairs by accepting Zhao Gongming and the San Xiao’s recommendation, then challenged Duobao’s authority in battle. Their fight left Duobao struggling against Tai Cang’s strength, while Yunxiao revealed that Tai Cang had cultivated the Supreme Pure Heaven-Connecting Art to the eighth layer or higher.

• Duobao proposed that the direct disciples organize and manage new entrants, with himself as their leader and representative to Sect Master Tongtian.
• At Tai Cang’s request, Zhao Gongming and the San Xiao recommended him for the role, provoking Duobao and splitting the direct disciples into opposing factions.
• Duobao challenged Tai Cang to prove his worth, and Tai Cang accepted, revealing that he had reached early Golden Immortal.
• Duobao attacked with flying swords, but Tai Cang broke through them and fought him across the valley as Zhao Gongming and the others raised a barrier.
• Tai Cang’s power steadily increased as he battled peak Golden Immortal Duobao, and Yunxiao concluded that Tai Cang had cultivated the Supreme Pure Heaven-Connecting Art to the eighth layer or higher.

Tai Cang defeated Duobao with overwhelming lightning, prompting Tongtian to summon the disciples and the other Saints to the Upper Clarity Palace. After Tai Cang explained how he had learned the Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder, Tongtian sentenced him to five hundred years of reflection and Duobao to eight hundred, leaving Duobao’s standing in the Jie Sect weakened.

• Duobao attacked Tai Cang with the Upper Clarity Divine Thunder, but Tai Cang countered with black Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder and defeated him.
• Tongtian appeared, stopped the lightning, and ordered Duobao and the other direct disciples to report to the Upper Clarity Palace.
• Tai Cang joined Zhao Gongming and San Xiao on the way to the palace, where Laozi, Yuan Shi, and Tongtian questioned him about the technique.
• Tai Cang claimed he had won the technique from Cihang and gained insight while cultivating it, and Yuan Shi accepted his explanation.
• Tongtian sentenced Tai Cang to reflect at Siguo Cliff for five hundred years and Duobao to remain confined for eight hundred years.

After Tongtian sent Tai Cang to Siguo Cliff, Tai Cang discovered the Three Pure Ones’ inheritance and mastered the Shangqing Sword Art. His breakthrough stirred the Three Calamities, drawing the attention of the Kunlun disciples and the Three Pure Ones as he prepared to face the tribulation.

• Tongtian dismissed his disciples, while Laozi invited Tai Cang to visit the Grand Clarity Palace in five hundred years.
• Laozi told Yuan Shi and Tongtian that Tai Cang might help them reclaim Pangu’s Destiny, and Tai Cang found the Three Pure Ones’ inheritance at Siguo Cliff.
• Tai Cang mastered the Grand Clarity Alchemy Technique, Primordial Clarity Artifact Forging Technique, and Shangqing Sword Art, then forged a wooden sword to practice with.
• After using One-Click Max Level on the Shangqing Sword Art, Tai Cang triggered a powerful phenomenon that alerted the Kunlun disciples and the Three Pure Ones.
• Zhao Gongming urged Tai Cang to prepare for the Three Calamities, and Tai Cang realized he had to overcome them to attain the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.

Tai Cang shattered all Three Disasters with his sword despite being only a mid Golden Immortal, then formed his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and advanced to late Golden Immortal. As Cang Du approached, a system mission appeared requiring Tai Cang to defeat the Human Sect’s sole direct disciple.

• Tai Cang warned Zhao Gongming and the others to retreat as the Three Disasters descended before he had reached peak Golden Immortal.
• Tai Cang destroyed the Fire Calamity and the Nine Heavens Cang Water with sword strikes, stunning the Chan and Jie Sect cultivators.
• Tai Cang endured the Ziwei Gang Wind and shattered its wind blade and calamity eye, completing the Three Disasters as his Wooden Sword crumbled.
• A pillar of five-colored light entered Tai Cang, forming his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and completing Five Qi Towards Origin.
• Tai Cang refined the power, advanced to late Golden Immortal, and saw a system mission to defeat Cang Du, the Human Sect’s only direct disciple.

Tai Cang reached Golden Immortal perfection after refining Laozi’s Six-Revolutions Golden Elixir, then learned that Duobao’s failed breakthrough had damaged his foundation. Tongtian summoned the Jie Sect disciples to prepare for a battle against the Ten Golden Crow Princes, while Tai Cang left to meet Laozi at the Grand Clarity Palace.

• Cang Du congratulated Tai Cang on surviving the Three Calamities and gave him a Six-Revolutions Golden Elixir on Laozi’s orders.
• Tai Cang refined the elixir for more than three hundred years and advanced to Golden Immortal perfection.
• Water-Fire Boy told Tai Cang that Duobao’s failed attempt to enter the Grand Unity realm had damaged his Dao foundation and that a battle against the Ten Golden Crow Princes was needed to obtain the healing ingredients.
• Tongtian ordered his disciples to prepare for the battle in one hundred years and began expounding the Dao, while Tai Cang received permission to leave and stabilize his cultivation.
• Tai Cang arrived at the Grand Clarity Palace, where Cang Du welcomed him and invited him to share a drink after they met with Laozi.

Laozi taught Tai Cang two Pangu-derived arts and revealed that he was preparing him to reclaim Pangu's Destiny. After Tai Cang began cultivating the Grand Clarity Bright Jade Body, he joined the Severing Sect's expedition to the Sun Star, where Di Yi offered to share Sun Moon Essence if Tai Cang would accompany him somewhere.

• Laozi gave Tai Cang the Supreme Five Qi Method and Grand Clarity Bright Jade Body, explaining that he valued Tai Cang's exceptional comprehension and intended him to help reclaim Pangu's Destiny.
• Laozi gave Cang Du the Nine Revolutions Cang Skill, and after the two disciples drank together, Cang Du entered seclusion while Tai Cang returned to his cave abode.
• Tai Cang studied the Grand Clarity Bright Jade Body, received a system task to defeat the Ten Golden Crows, and began cultivating until he successfully entered the first realm.
• Yun Xiao summoned Tai Cang to join the Severing Sect's departure for the Sun Star, where Tongtian led the disciples to meet Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi.
• Di Yi approached Tai Cang, heard that he wanted Sun Moon Essence, and offered to share some if Tai Cang dared to accompany him somewhere.

Tai Cang arranged to spar with all Ten Golden Crow Princes and received a Fusang Tree branch, which he forged into a top-grade acquired Lingbao wooden sword. He began fighting Lu Ya, and the battle drew Tongtian, Di Jun, and the others’ attention, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Tai Cang accepted Di Yi’s invitation to spar and insisted on challenging all Ten Golden Crow Princes in exchange for a Fusang Tree branch.
• Di Yi agreed, and Lu Ya brought Tai Cang a branch, which Tai Cang forged into a wooden sword; the Golden Crow Princes then asked him to forge acquired Lingbao for them.
• Tai Cang postponed the forging and began his match with Lu Ya, countering Lu Ya’s Solar True Fire with Shangqing Sword Qi.
• Tai Cang pressed Lu Ya with a swift barrage of sword attacks while Lu Ya dodged with the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique and counterattacked with fire.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi noticed the battle, and Tongtian displayed it to the guests in a mirror; Tongtian and Di Jun praised the two fighters as the contest continued.

Tai Cang defeated Lu Ya and then accepted challenges from the other Golden Crow Princes, using his swordsmanship and divine abilities to win one fight after another. After the Princes fell in succession, he faced Di Yi, whose defeat would complete Tai Cang’s mission to unlock One-Click Max Level Privilege.

• Tai Cang narrowly spared Lu Ya’s life with a decisive sword strike, and Di Yi acknowledged Lu Ya’s defeat and thanked Tai Cang for showing mercy.
• The Jie Sect won the contest, but Di Jiu challenged Tai Cang; Tai Cang defeated him with sword intent and Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder.
• Di Ba and the remaining Golden Crow Princes challenged Tai Cang in turn, and Tai Cang defeated each of them.
• The Jie Sect disciples cheered Tai Cang’s victories while Di Jun and the Demon Race experts worried about the Golden Crow clan’s lost dignity.
• Tai Cang challenged Di Yi as the final opponent, and the other Golden Crow Princes urged their eldest brother to defend their honor.

Tai Cang defeated Di Yi in a fierce duel, completing his mission to defeat the Ten Golden Crows and earning a One-Click Max Level Privilege. After Tongtian healed both fighters and collected the Sun Moon Essence from Di Jun, Tai Cang offered to forge acquired Lingbao in exchange for materials containing the Power of the Five Elements, and Lu Ya brought out a mountain of treasures.

• Di Yi challenged Tai Cang with a high-grade innate Lingbao spear, and the two fought with spear strikes and Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder.
• Di Yi pierced Tai Cang's shoulder, but Tai Cang's thunder struck Di Yi down, leaving him more severely injured and securing Tai Cang's victory.
• The System announced that Tai Cang had defeated the Ten Golden Crows and granted him one One-Click Max Level Privilege.
• Tongtian healed Tai Cang and Di Yi; Di Yi then broke through to the late stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal, while Di Jun handed Tongtian the Sun Moon Essence.
• Tai Cang renewed his agreement to forge acquired Lingbao, and his Jie Sect fellow disciples agreed to pay with Five Elements materials.
• Lu Ya returned with Qiankun Bags full of precious materials, astonishing the Jie Sect disciples.

Tai Cang forged sets of powerful fire-element spiritual treasures for the Ten Golden Crow Princes, earning their admiration. Before departing, Di Jun gave Tai Cang a token granting access to the Primordial Star Domain and the Thirty-Three Heavens, and invited him to Di Yi's coming-of-age ceremony in five thousand years.

• Di Yi asked Tai Cang to forge spiritual treasures for the Ten Golden Crow Princes and offered him the leftover materials.
• Tai Cang forged an upper-grade acquired spiritual treasure cauldron, then used it to create a supreme-grade set for Di Yi, including a jade pendant that could help its wearer escape danger.
• The other nine Golden Crow Princes supplied Fusang Tree branches, and Tai Cang forged each of them a matching set of fire-element spiritual treasures.
• Tongtian praised Tai Cang's self-taught artifact-forging skill, and the Golden Crow Princes told Di Jun that the treasures had greatly strengthened their Solar True Fire.
• Di Jun offered Tai Cang a pass to the Primordial Star Domain and the Thirty-Three Heavens; after Tongtian approved, Tai Cang accepted it.
• Di Jun invited Tai Cang to Di Yi and the other princes' coming-of-age ceremony, which would take place in five thousand years.

Tai Cang returned from the Sun Star with heavenly treasures, shared his insights into the Upper Clarity Tongtian Art, and used his system to strengthen his body and begin cultivating the Supreme Five Qi. His progress was interrupted when Duobao attacked his home and accused him of causing the loss of his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.

• Tai Cang left the Sun Star with Tongtian, Zhao Gongming, and the others, taking the scattered treasures as compensation.
• Tai Cang discussed the Upper Clarity Tongtian Art with Zhao Gongming, San Xiao, Wudang, Guiling, and Jinling; Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao broke through to the eighth level.
• Tai Cang used a max-level permission to raise the Grand Clarity Bright Jade Body to max level, improving his physical strength and innate foundation to that of a mid-grade innate deity.
• Tai Cang absorbed Sun Moon Essence and transformed his origin gold qi into Supreme Gold Qi, greatly increasing his mana.
• Duobao shattered Tai Cang's barrier and wooden house, then accused him of causing Duobao to lose his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit by delaying his return from the Sun Star.

Tai Cang confronted Duobao after Duobao blamed him for his cultivation setbacks, but Tongtian publicly backed Duobao’s authority over the Jie Sect. Disillusioned by Tongtian and his fellow disciples, Tai Cang destroyed his competition talisman and left to enter secluded cultivation.

• Duobao accused Tai Cang of causing his lost cultivation and challenged him to a fight, but the Water-Fire Boy summoned them to Tongtian’s palace before they could clash.
• Zhao Gongming and the San Xiao offered to support Tai Cang, and the group went with him to the Upper Clarity Palace.
• Tongtian declared that Duobao had authority to test his junior disciples and announced the Three Sects Competition, then gave the disciples jade talismans to choose whether to participate.
• Tai Cang hesitated over joining the competition and crushed his jade talisman, prompting Duobao and the other disciples to accuse him of disrespecting Tongtian and the Jie Sect.
• Tai Cang told Tongtian he would enter secluded cultivation, withdrew from the competition, and left the palace.

After his residence was destroyed and conflict with Duobao and Tongtian soured him on the Jie Sect, Tai Cang settled with Yuding and joined the Chan Sect Golden Immortals’ celebration. He learned the Three Sects Tournament offered innate spirit treasures, then asked the Golden Immortals to fight him as he prepared to challenge the Jie Sect’s plans.

• Tongtian ended the dispute with Tai Cang and began expounding the Dao for the tournament contestants.
• Tai Cang left his ruined residence and encountered Yuding while searching for a new place to live.
• Yuding invited Tai Cang to stay in his valley, where Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect Golden Immortals arrived to celebrate Yuding’s breakthrough.
• Tai Cang drank with the Golden Immortals and said he would not enter the Three Sects Tournament, but would help them win.
• Yuding told Tai Cang that the tournament concerned innate spirit treasures, and Tai Cang realized why Duobao and the Jie Sect disciples had targeted him.
• Tai Cang urged the Golden Immortals to focus on cultivation rather than treasures, then stood up and asked if they were willing to fight him.

Tai Cang challenged the Twelve Golden Immortals, forged a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, and decisively defeated them. After explaining the cultivation advantages behind his strength, he left the Chan Sect disciples with new insights into their Dao.

• Tai Cang invited the Twelve Golden Immortals to spar and forged the top-grade acquired spiritual treasure Yinghuo Sword before them.
• Tai Cang offered to forge treasures for the Twelve Golden Immortals, then defeated Guangchengzi in their initial duel.
• Guangchengzi ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to attack together, but Tai Cang defeated them and completed his system task.
• Cang Du sensed the battle’s threatening auras and decided to enter seclusion, while Laozi declared Tai Cang the Second Generation of Cang Gate.
• Tai Cang explained that his strength came from cultivating body and Dharma, his high-grade Upper Clarity Tongtian Art, and mastering the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and Five Qi Towards Origin.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals thanked Tai Cang for his guidance and reflected on their cultivation.

Tai Cang forged acquired spirit treasures for the Twelve Golden Immortals, then cultivated the remaining Supreme Qi in seclusion and emerged with power rivaling a late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal. As the San Xiao sisters tried to meet him and were driven away by the Chan Sect disciples, Tai Cang and the others were summoned to the Primordial Clarity Palace for a banquet before the great gathering.

• Tai Cang agreed to forge acquired spirit treasures for the Twelve Golden Immortals and made Yuding a sword and a whisk before completing treasures for them all.
• Tai Cang cultivated the Supreme Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth Qi over more than a hundred years, completing Five Qi Towards Origin without advancing to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao came to the valley seeking Tai Cang, but Yuding blocked them and accused the Jie Sect of trying to exploit him.
• Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect Golden Immortals arrived to support Yuding, and Yunxiao led her sisters away rather than fight them.
• Tai Cang emerged from seclusion with an aura comparable to a late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal and told the Chan Sect disciples he would delay his breakthrough until after the Three Sects discussion of Dao.
• Taiyi arrived with Tongtian's order for them to gather at the Primordial Clarity Palace for a banquet before the great gathering.

Tai Cang visited Laozi at the Grand Clarity Palace, where Laozi’s guidance helped him break through to the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and earn recognition as Second Generation of Cang Gate. After receiving a supreme cultivation art and a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, Tai Cang returned to his residence and began training while Cang Du remained in seclusion.

• Tai Cang declined to refine artifacts for the Jie Sect and traveled to the Grand Clarity Palace, where Golden Horn and Silver Horn escorted him to meet Laozi.
• Laozi explained why Tongtian favored Duobao, and Tai Cang’s understanding dissolved his bottleneck, advancing him to the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Tai Cang revealed that the Grand Clarity Bright Jade Body was purifying his bloodline, and Laozi gave him the Nine Revolutions Cang Skill and the True Martial Black Eagle Banner, recognizing him as Second Generation of Cang Gate.
• Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning and Tongtian learned of Tai Cang’s new status; the Twelve Golden Immortals celebrated, while Duobao and the Jie Sect disciples reacted with shock and unease.
• Tai Cang searched for Cang Du but could not find him, so he returned to his residence and began cultivating the Nine Revolutions Cang Skill.
• Seven days later, Tai Cang mastered the first revolution, purifying his mana and improving the Grand Clarity Bright Jade Body.

Tai Cang perfected the Sixth Revolution of the Nine Revolutions Cang Skill, refined the True Martial Black Eagle Banner, and attended the Three Sects’ banquet as the orthodox heir of the Cang Lineage. The gathered Primordial World powers learned of his status, prompting shock and uncertainty.

• Tai Cang used One-Click Max Level to advance the Nine Revolutions Cang Skill to the Sixth Revolution and greatly strengthen his mana.
• Tai Cang refined thirty-seven restrictions of the True Martial Black Eagle Banner before Yuding summoned him to the Three Sects’ banquet.
• Tai Cang arrived at the Primordial Clarity Palace with Yuding, where the Three Pure Ones and disciples reacted with astonishment to his late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation and Sixth Revolution skill.
• Great powers including Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, and Minghe arrived at the banquet, followed by Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi with the Demon Race.
• Hong Yun asked which sect Tai Cang belonged to, and Tongtian declared that Tai Cang was his Severing Sect disciple and the orthodox heir of the Cang Lineage.

Tai Cang received public recognition as Cang Gate’s chief disciple and drew attention by speaking with the Ten Golden Crow Princes. Laozi then revealed that the Three Sects’ competition would take place in the dangerous Beast Realm, and he invited Tai Cang to join the trial.

• Laozi defended Tai Cang’s Cang Gate identity before the assembled immortals, and they accepted him after he greeted them.
• Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived, and Tai Cang joined the Ten Golden Crow Princes at the banquet.
• Laozi opened a view into the Beast Realm and announced that it would host the Three Sects’ competition.
• Laozi reassured the worried Sages and disciples that the Sages would guard the grounds and that jade talismans could teleport participants to safety.
• Laozi distributed protective talismans to the Three Sects’ disciples, then gave Tai Cang a talisman and invited him to participate in the trial.