Chapter Summaries

Li Zhi used the Chaos Green Lotus to sever his cultivation and shed the hidden influence of the Myriad Dragon Emperor’s Aura, enduring a painful transformation that left him physically and spiritually diminished but mentally liberated. After emerging from the Uninhabited Region, he returned to the Jade Pool Oasis and met a Dragon Transformation cultivator named Yi Maocai.

• The Jade Pool Queen Mother urged Li Zhi to cultivate at the Qishi Mansion with Yan Ruyu after the Immortal Peach Gathering, and Li Zhi agreed while asking that Jade Pool disciples also receive places.
• Li Zhi recalled how the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Chaos Aura may have been intended to remove his hidden injuries, but he accepted that he had left the Myriad Dragon Nest before completing that trial.
• The Green Lotus Emperor Weapon revived as Li Zhi and Yan Ruyu quietly left the Jade Pool Oasis, alarming the Primordial Royal Races and drawing demon-race Great Powers toward Yan Ruyu, who assured them she was unharmed.
• Deep underground, Li Zhi used Chaos Sword Qi from the Chaos Green Lotus to sever much of his cultivation, bodily strength, and longevity essence; the escaping Life Essence nourished the Humanoid Immortality Elixir.
• Three days later, Li Zhi awoke with diminished powers but a liberated mind, piloted the Life Divine Coffin to the surface, and returned to the Jade Pool Oasis.
• Li Zhi learned that ordinary cultivators without invitations could not enter the Immortal Peach Gathering, then encountered a group of Dragon Transformation cultivators, whose member Yi Maocai introduced himself.

Li Zhi entered the Jade Pool Pure Land after offering to help find the missing Longevity, then revealed his identity to Sun Yi and Hu Qin and joined the observers gathered around the Immortal Egg. He discussed the Egg and his changed cultivation with Black Emperor while the Jade Pool Saintess still believed Longevity had not come.

• Li Zhi learned why the five siblings wanted to attend the Immortal Peach Gathering, then hurried to the Jade Pool Pure Land after sensing the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s aura.
• Hu Qin refused Li Zhi entry without an invitation, but Sun Yi brought him inside to help search for the missing Longevity.
• Li Zhi revealed that he was Longevity and asked Sun Yi and Hu Qin to keep his identity secret before they took him to the Stone Kings.
• At the Stone Kings, Li Zhi examined the Immortal Egg and secretly spoke with Black Emperor, who recognized him and explained that his earlier cultivation had been out of balance.
• Li Zhi told Black Emperor that the Immortal Egg was likely the Little Immortal Phoenix, whose foundation had been established with half of the Creation Source Eye.

Li Zhi planned to use a forbidden altar to observe the Undying Immortal Phoenix imprint within the unborn Son of Heaven. After Ye Fan and Xiao Nannan discovered the nighttime ritual, Li Zhi began casting the spell with Jade Pool experts secretly watching nearby.

• Li Zhi told Black Emperor he intended to steal the unborn Son of Heaven’s innate imprint, and the two agreed to act that night.
• Li Zhi revealed his natural appearance to the Jade Pool Saintess and obtained materials to craft a three-layered forbidden altar.
• Li Zhi finished the altar, and the Jade Pool Saintess arranged to clear the area around the Stone King while Black Emperor agreed to lend the Ancient Emperor Token.
• Li Zhi and Black Emperor brought the altar and an Immortal Source to the Stone King, but Ye Fan and Xiao Nannan arrived and interrupted them.
• Ye Fan learned that Li Zhi had cut away his bestowed Longevity Immortal Body and become a Mortal Physique, while Xiao Nannan reassured Li Zhi that his body had improved.
• Li Zhi began casting the spell to observe the Immortal Phoenix imprint as Ye Fan discovered Jade Pool experts watching from the sky.

Li Zhi activated the Jade Pool altar to draw a fragment of the Phoenix Divine Art from the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Immortal Egg, but destroyed the resulting Dao Diagram before the Heavenly Tribulation could strike again. He later refused Black Emperor’s pleas to repeat the ritual, and explained to Ye Fan that the Immortal Egg could become a Saint within decades and might one day rival a Primordial Emperor.

• Li Zhi used the Ancient Emperor Token and the altar to draw the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s aura from the Immortal Egg, producing a scarlet Phoenix and a Dao Diagram.
• When Heavenly Thunder struck at the Dao Diagram, Li Zhi shattered it with the Immortal Slaying Guillotine, leaving him with most of its pattern memorized.
• Xiao Nannan recognized an incomplete little Phoenix in the fading diagram, while Li Zhi identified it as a fragment of the Phoenix Divine Art inherited through the Heavenly Emperor’s bloodline.
• The Jade Pool Queen Mother said the Primordial Royal Races had detected the Stone King’s aura, and Li Zhi left the altar site with Ye Fan and Black Emperor.
• Black Emperor asked Li Zhi to repeat the ritual so he could memorize the diagram, but Li Zhi refused because another attempt could bring Chaos Divine Thunder or trigger the Heavenly Emperor’s safeguards.
• Li Zhi told Ye Fan that the Immortal Egg’s powerful Phoenix bloodline could let it become a Saint in thirty to fifty years and potentially attain the Dao.

Li Zhi rebuilt his cultivation realms after cutting himself down, returning to Tai Xuan Sect briefly before continuing his training across the domains. After hearing that Ye Fan had become famous for his battle at Fire Demon Ridge, Li Zhi departed for Central State, while the Saintess of Dao Yi Holy Land emerged and visited Divine Doctor Wang.

• Li Zhi explained to Ye Fan and Black Emperor how he infiltrated Myriad Dragon Nest and discussed the Immortal Phoenix Imprint and the Dao Diagram they had seen.
• After the Immortal Peach Gathering ended, Li Zhi returned the Guardian General to the Jiang Clan burial grounds and left Jiang Shuwen Divine Spring Water and a letter before leaving the Northern Domain.
• Li Zhi reconstructed his Sea of Wheels Realm and Dao Palace Realm while cultivating in the Barren Ancient Forest and across the Southern Domain, then returned to Tai Xuan Sect and taught the Sect Master techniques from the Star Cave.
• Li Zhi rebuilt his Four Extremes Realm outside Immortality Mountain using the Black Tortoise True Scripture, gaining greater control over the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• In Wang Kong City, Li Zhi heard that Ye Fan had slain twelve young Heavenly Prides and several Half-step Great Powers and Immortal Two Great Powers at Fire Demon Ridge, then opened a Domain Gate and left for Central State.
• The Saintess of Dao Yi Holy Land emerged from the sect's Divine Soil and visited Divine Doctor Wang at the Tianxuan Ruins.

Li Zhi reached Central State, used the Miniature Dragon Nest to find and consume three drops of Dragon Marrow, and encountered a young Kirin Beast fleeing from Chiyang Kingdom soldiers. After learning that superior Dragon Marrow might be forming in Chunqiu City, he hurried there and found the city under martial law.

• Li Zhi studied Central State’s Earth Attribute and Dragon Veins, then used the Miniature Dragon Nest to locate and consume three drops of Dragon Marrow.
• A young Kirin Beast fled into Li Zhi’s Miniature Dragon Nest while soldiers pursued it, and Li Zhi denied seeing it when the soldiers questioned him.
• The captain recognized that Li Zhi was too powerful to provoke after seeing his Tracking Rat freeze in fear, and the soldiers withdrew.
• Li Zhi overheard the soldiers discuss a possible supply of Superior Dragon Marrow near Chunqiu City and traveled there.
• Li Zhi saw Purple Qi rise above Chunqiu City in the shape of a dragon and found that the city had been sealed to outside cultivators.

Li Zhi posed as an inexperienced cultivator while accompanying a Dragon-Seeking Master who planned to exploit the battle over the Top-grade Dragon Marrow beneath Spring Autumn Ancient City. As Chiyang Kingdom attacked the city, the old man began digging a tunnel toward its protective array, leaving Li Zhi curious about how his scheme would work.

• Li Zhi questioned a gray-clothed Dragon-Seeking Master and learned that Anping Kingdom had sealed Chunqiu City because Top-grade Dragon Marrow was expected to emerge there.
• Princess Yudie arrived to oversee Anping Kingdom’s defense, while Chiyang Kingdom sent an army led by its Iron-Blooded Great General to attack the city.
• Li Zhi followed the old man around the city and used flattery to persuade him to boast about his Dragon-Seeking Art and promise to demonstrate it.
• Chiyang Kingdom’s army bombarded the city’s protective array, while Princess Yudie stayed on the walls with her guardian, Senior Qi.
• The old man located an underground Dragon Vein in a forest and told Li Zhi to help him dig a robber’s tunnel toward the city’s protective array.
• Li Zhi and the old man dug a winding tunnel more than two hundred miles long in just over an hour.

Li Zhi entered a Dragon Lair ahead of Princess Yudie and manipulated the Dragon Marrow’s maturation, then subdued her when she arrived. The Dragon Marrow continued to gather Dragon Qi and Law Fragments as Li Zhi held Princess Yudie captive.

• Li Zhi killed an old man who tried to use his blood for a formation-breaking sacrifice, searched his soul, and took his Dragon Seeking Secret Art, Pure Source, and White Jade Small Cauldron.
• Li Zhi mastered the Dragon Seeking and Dragon Controlling Secret Arts, crossed the City Protection Array, and entered the Dragon Vein.
• Princess Yudie and her Guardian Uncle Qi followed a Dragon Seeker to the Dragon Lair, where they waited for the Dragon Marrow to mature.
• Li Zhi reached the Dragon Lair first, added thirteen drops of mature Dragon Marrow to the Spirit Pool, and used the Miniature Dragon Nest to draw in more Dragon Qi.
• Princess Yudie entered the Dragon Lair after the Dragon Scale Slate lost its Dragon Qi, and Li Zhi sealed her magic power and warned her not to use her Divine Talisman.
• Li Zhi resealed the entrance while the Dragon Marrow continued gathering Dragon Qi and Law Fragments in the Spirit Pool.

Li Zhi transformed the Dragon Marrow in Spring Autumn Ancient City’s underground Dragon Lair into Divine Dragon Marrow, promising Princess Yudie half of the harvest. As Chiyang Kingdom’s forces captured the city, a Heavenly Tribulation began testing the transformed Dragon Marrow, and its final outcome remained uncertain.

• Li Zhi used ten thousand seals to draw in Heaven and Earth Essence and the Myriad Dao Laws, upgrading thirty-six drops of Dragon Marrow into Divine Dragon Marrow.
• Li Zhi promised Princess Yudie half of the matured Dragon Marrow and explained that Qishi Mansion led to the Human Race’s Ancient Starry Road.
• Thirty-six purple dragons appeared above the Spirit Pool as Divine Thunder struck the area, while Uncle Qi heard that Spring Autumn Ancient City had fallen and went to intercept the attackers.
• Li Zhi removed Princess Yudie’s seal and told her not to interfere with the Heavenly Tribulation, which would determine whether the Dragon Marrow could transform.
• The first wave of Divine Thunder destroyed nine drops of Dragon Marrow, the second destroyed three, and the third shattered two more.

Li Zhi left Spring Autumn Ancient City after refining the Dragon Marrow and traveled to Qishi Mansion, where he confronted a Kirin Beast hiding in his Miniature Dragon Nest. The chapter ended with the beast accusing him of being a pervert, and Li Zhi insisting he was a normal man.

• Li Zhi and Princess Yudie collected three shapeshifting Purple Dragon Marrow each, then Li Zhi left the Dragon Lair through the Dragon Veins.
• Princess Yudie was pursued by the Iron Blood Army of Chiyang Kingdom as fighting erupted across Spring Autumn Ancient City over her Top-grade Dragon Marrow.
• Li Zhi traveled toward Qishi Mansion, reflecting that its gathered geniuses and ancient sages' insights could help him measure his strength against the past.
• At an inn near Qishi Mansion, Li Zhi found a Kirin Beast in the Miniature Dragon Nest after it had eaten the last surviving drop of Divine Dragon Marrow.
• The Kirin Beast tried to escape, explained that humans had repeatedly captured her to use as a mount, and called Li Zhi a pervert; he denied the accusation.

Li Zhi investigated the Kirin Beast’s mysterious origins, then refined Dragon Marrow to restore and strengthen his Golden Divine Dragon. After searching unsuccessfully for the beast’s birthplace, he arrived at Qishi Mansion as it opened to recruit young Heavenly Prides.

• Li Zhi searched the Kirin Beast’s memories and discovered it had hatched from a mysterious Egg, wandered through a sacred mountain forest, and gained strength through its bloodline rather than cultivation.
• Li Zhi examined the Kirin Beast, found its sex was still undetermined and shifting toward female, then fed it Saint Spirit Kirin essence blood; it formed a Dao Cocoon as it began to evolve.
• Li Zhi searched for the Kirin Beast’s birthplace but found no matching mountain forest or evidence that it had come from the nearby sealed Sage Small World.
• Li Zhi refined three Divine Dragon Marrows and thirteen drops of ordinary Dragon Marrow, reviving his Golden Divine Dragon and growing it to one zhang.
• Li Zhi reached Qishi Mansion, where Heavenly Prides from the five great domains had gathered for its recruitment of new disciples.

Li Zhi arrived at Qishi Mansion seeking Dragon Marrow and was admitted without an assessment after speaking with Wei Ding. The Old Mansion Lord met him and listened as Li Zhi described his view of cultivation as seeking the Dao, cultivating the Dao, and ultimately sacrificing it to begin anew.

• Li Zhi inspected the Dragon Veins beneath Qishi Mansion and asked Wei Ding whether the mansion would provide or sell him Dragon Marrow.
• Wei Ding recognized Li Zhi as the Longevity Daoist awaited by the Mansion Lord and invited him into Qishi Mansion without an assessment.
• Li Zhi told Wei Ding that he needed Dragon Marrow to replenish his vital essence, but Wei Ding was astonished by the amount he requested.
• The Old Mansion Lord summoned Li Zhi and remarked on his unusual nature and his ability to enter and leave Myriad Dragon Nest.
• Li Zhi explained that he believed immortality was only the beginning of cultivation, then outlined the stages of seeking the Dao, cultivating the Dao, and sacrificing the Dao.
• The Old Mansion Lord was left speechless by Li Zhi's aspirations and vision.

Li Zhi discussed the Great Dao and the Five Secret Realms with the Old Mansion Lord, provoking Heavenly Thunder when he approached a taboo. After testing Li Zhi against his own youthful cultivation, the Old Mansion Lord watched as Li Zhi began displaying his achievements in each Secret Realm.

• The Old Mansion Lord exchanged Dao insights with Li Zhi in Qishi Mansion's Small Tavern and learned that Li Zhi believed Desolate Heaven Emperor had created the Five Secret Realms Method.
• Li Zhi began to explain the perfected Five Great Secret Realms, but Heavenly Thunder struck after he approached a forbidden topic, so the Old Mansion Lord warned him to change subjects.
• Li Zhi reasoned that the perfected Five Secret Realms and immortality were taboos because Desolate Heaven Emperor had reached them, then asked whether Qishi Mansion could test cultivators against a young Great Emperor.
• The Old Mansion Lord restrained Li Zhi with Holy Light containing his achievements in every realm, but Li Zhi comprehended them and broke free after an hour.
• The Old Mansion Lord agreed to examine Li Zhi's cultivation, and Li Zhi began by displaying the pure Yin and Yang Qi he had cultivated in the Wheel Sea Realm.

After the Old Mansion Lord praised Li Zhi’s understanding of the Secret Realms, Li Zhi cultivated in the Saint’s Cave Mansion and used Dragon Marrow to strengthen his Golden Divine Dragon. Needing more Dragon Marrow, he set up a gambling Arena at Qishi Mansion and drew a crowd after defeating Cheng Hui in a contest of physical strength.

• Li Zhi demonstrated his cultivation of the Secret Realms, and the Old Mansion Lord praised his insight and told him to continue his path.
• Wei Ding led Li Zhi to the Old Mansion Lord’s Saint’s Cave Mansion and gave him a token and Dragon Marrow from the Mansion Lord.
• Li Zhi absorbed the Dragon Marrow and grew his Golden Divine Dragon to seven zhang and six chi before leaving to find more Dragon Marrow.
• Li Zhi set up an Arena for gambling through discussions of the Dao and challenged Qishi Mansion students to contests in exchange for Dragon Marrow.
• Cheng Hui accepted Li Zhi’s challenge to a contest of physical strength, but Li Zhi sent him flying and revealed that he was at the Nine Heavens of Dragon Transformation.
• Cheng Hui gave Li Zhi his Dragon Marrow and agreed to spread the word, bringing several hundred students to the Arena.

Li Zhi set up a Dragon Marrow betting arena at Qishi Mansion and defeated seventy-three young Heavenly Prides before returning to the Old Mansion Lord’s cave abode with his winnings. Duan De tried to approach him but left after being spotted, and the Old Mansion Lord asked Li Zhi whether he knew the disguised disciple.

• Li Zhi challenged the Heavenly Prides gathered at Qishi Mansion to wager Dragon Marrow on contests of physical strength, magical power, divine soul, or comprehension.
• Wang Chong bet a jar of Superior Dragon Marrow on physical strength, and Li Zhi stopped his fist with one hand and took the wager.
• Li Zhi defeated seventy-three challengers in succession, while the highest-profile Heavenly Prides declined to take the platform.
• Li Zhi packed up his arena and returned to the Old Mansion Lord’s cave abode with hundreds of drops of ordinary Dragon Marrow and dozens of drops of Superior Dragon Marrow.
• Duan De approached the rear mountain in disguise, was discovered by its guardian, and left while remarking that Li Zhi could help on the trip to the Immortal Abode.
• The Old Mansion Lord showed Li Zhi an image of Duan De leaving and asked whether Li Zhi knew him.

Li Zhi used the Old Mansion Lord’s Dragon Pool, Dragon Marrow, and a Dao-Suppressing Divine Talisman to nurture his Human Body Great Dragon. His transformation drew an immense Heavenly Tribulation, and the chapter ended as he emerged from the Dragon Nest to face thunder at the Great Power level.

• Li Zhi praised Duan De as Qishi Mansion’s greatest talent, but the Old Mansion Lord could not see through Duan De’s physique.
• The Old Mansion Lord warned Li Zhi not to set up more Arenas, then listened as Li Zhi proposed nurturing his Human Body Great Dragon with Dragon Marrow and Dragon Veins.
• After learning Li Zhi’s plan resembled a dangerous Source Heavenly Master technique, the Old Mansion Lord inscribed a Dao-Suppressing Divine Talisman to protect him from the Heaven and Earth Myriad Daos.
• The Old Mansion Lord opened the Dragon Pool, and Li Zhi used his Miniature Dragon Nest and Dragon Marrow to begin transforming inside a Dragon Egg.
• A Tribulation Cloud accumulated for a month as Li Zhi’s aura rose, prompting the Old Mansion Lord to awaken him and move him to a Wilderness three thousand li away.
• Li Zhi emerged as a Golden Divine Dragon, swallowed the Miniature Dragon Nest, and charged into the Great Power-level Heavenly Thunder.

Li Zhi endured a super Great Dragon Tribulation, using his Golden Divine Dragon Dao Fruit to withstand the Thunder Dragons before his body was reduced to a ball of flesh. Duan De rescued him, and after recovering in Duan De’s cave mansion, Li Zhi discussed the Immortal Burial Ground hidden in Qishi Mansion.

• Heavenly Prides across Qishi Mansion watched Li Zhi’s tribulation, while Southern Demon Qi Lin and Northern Emperor Wang Teng recognized the Golden Divine Dragon and marveled at its strength.
• The Old Mansion Lord explained that Li Zhi’s Golden Divine Dragon was a genuine Dao Fruit with a body of flesh and blood, cultivated through the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Li Zhi’s Golden Divine Dragon fused with his spine, and he entered the Thunder World, where eighty-one Thunder Dragons battered his body into a ball of flesh.
• Duan De collected Li Zhi as he fell from the Thunderclouds and secretly brought him back to Qishi Mansion.
• After three days, Li Zhi emerged from his Flesh Shell, recovered, and learned he was in Duan De’s cave mansion.
• Li Zhi told Duan De that Qishi Mansion’s Immortal Burial Ground contained the remains of an Ancient Great Emperor.

After surviving his tribulation, Li Zhi received Duan De’s body-tempering method and prepared to enter the Immortal Mansion World to gain combat experience. The Old Mansion Lord explained the world’s nature and gave Li Zhi a limited-use teleportation talisman for protection.

• Li Zhi told Duan De that he had cultivated the Feng Shui Burial Scripture and asked to accompany him when the Immortal Burial Ground opened; Duan De agreed to teach him the body-tempering chapter of the Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Merit.
• Duan De warned Li Zhi not to break his yang essence before reaching Great Accomplishment, then explained that the method’s goal was a body comparable to a Great Emperor.
• Li Zhi left Duan De’s cave dwelling in a new appearance and visited the Small Tavern, where he thanked the Old Mansion Lord for waking him before his tribulation became fatal.
• The Old Mansion Lord advised Li Zhi to use the coming Immortal Mansion World opening to improve his combat experience and explained that the vast world drifted through the void and connected to Qishi Mansion only at certain times.
• Li Zhi said he planned to train against the Immortal Mansion World’s Fierce Beasts, and the Old Mansion Lord warned him against excessive slaughter before giving him a Minor Teleportation Talisman that could be used three times.

Li Zhi met Li Heishui and the others, then consolidated his cultivation and refined the Body Refining Chapter of the Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Merit. When Qishi Mansion opened the Immortal Mansion World, Li Zhi entered alone to seek combat and flew toward its eastern shore.

• Li Zhi accepted Li Heishui's invitation, learned that the Divine Pill had helped him enter Qishi Mansion, and heard that they were waiting for Ye Fan.
• Li Zhi returned to the Old Mansion Lord's cave abode and extracted nearly a jar of Dragon Marrow to give Cheng Hui his promised share.
• Li Zhi meditated for seven days, studied the Body Refining Chapter of the Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Merit, and revised his Heavenly Thunder Tribulation technique.
• After the disciples returned from their first expedition into the dangerous Immortal Mansion World, Li Zhi asked the Mansion Lord to let him enter alone and set off toward the east.

Li Zhi explored the edge of the Immortal Mansion World, then trained by transforming into beasts and fighting them to refine his combat skills. After returning to the coast and absorbing what he had learned, he headed inland to challenge a powerful Giant Turtle.

• Li Zhi studied the sea at the Immortal Mansion World’s edge, then returned to the Primordial Wilderness and seized a dying Winged Golden Snake and two White-tailed Sea Eagles.
• Li Zhi transformed into a Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird and fought the sea eagles, then began training by imitating hundreds of beasts and battling them along the borderlands.
• After tens of thousands of battles, Li Zhi improved his combat instincts and upgraded his Seven Forms of Loose Hands, then decided to seek out powerful Desolate Ancient Fierce Beasts.
• Li Zhi flew toward the central region and found a Giant Turtle buried beneath a small mountain.
• Li Zhi pulled at the Giant Turtle’s jaws until it woke, and he welcomed the force radiating from the enraged beast.