Chapter Summaries

Lin Firmament brought Old Chen to the Empress's Tomb and demolished its sealed entrance with a precisely controlled kick. She sensed a crude formation on the tomb gate, then destroyed it with another kick.

• Lin Firmament reflected on her failed chance to excavate the First Emperor's tomb and resolved to find another large tomb to raid.
• Lin Firmament carried Old Chen and a massive coffin to the Empress's Tomb in less than ten minutes while Security Department personnel watched nervously.
• Lin Firmament kicked apart the fortified passage entrance, then swept the debris away with True Essence without damaging the tomb beyond it.
• The Resident Happiness Living Department Ministers watched the footage and agreed to destroy it so archaeologists like Zhou Chuan would not see it.
• Lin Firmament sensed traces of cultivators and a formation on the tomb gate, and she kicked once more to destroy the formation.

Lin Firmament explored the Empress's Tomb and found an ancient copy of the Tui Bei Tu, which suggested Wu Zetian and the diviners Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng had survived. The book's final drawing showed Lin Firmament's unusual form, leaving her horrified that they had predicted her arrival more than a thousand years earlier.

• Lin Firmament entered the tomb, opened its central coffin, and found a male skeleton and an ancient book serving as the array's eye.
• Lin Firmament read Yuan Tiangang's and Li Chunfeng's messages, which claimed the Empress was chosen by Heaven's Mandate and hinted that she and the diviners had left a message for a future visitor.
• Lin Firmament considered how the historical figures might have survived and doubted that the book's references to a future Fellow Daoist meant her.
• Lin Firmament turned to a drawing that depicted Lin Fan with Qi Zixiao's soul above him, and realized the diviners had predicted her existence and her arrival at the tomb.

Lin Firmament discovered that the Tui Bei Tu depicted Qi Zi'Fan dead and herself grieving at his grave, leaving her shaken but determined to defy that fate. Elsewhere, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng sensed that she had found their book, while a vast Black Armor Army prepared for battle under the Qin banner.

• Lin Firmament recognized that the Tui Bei Tu had predicted her secret with Qi Zi'Fan and showed her grieving before what appeared to be his grave.
• Lin Firmament cried over the prediction, wondered whether she had fallen for Qi Zi'Fan, and resolved that she would not let him die.
• Lin Firmament rejected the prediction and cursed Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng for calling fate difficult to defy.
• Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng sensed that Lin Firmament had found the Tui Bei Tu and discussed the growing uncertainty surrounding the future and the Empress's expedition.
• The Black Armor Army shouted beneath the Qin banner and launched a rain of arrows toward the distance.

Lin Firmament explored the Empress's Tomb, learned that the Empress had apparently left Earth like the First Emperor, and decided there was little reason to search other tombs for treasure. Back in Green Mountain Town, she became determined to grow stronger and began imagining how cultivation could transform modern firearms into powerful weapons.

• Lin Firmament told Old Chen that the Empress's condition resembled the First Emperor's and concluded that most powerful figures had likely taken their treasures Beyond the Heavens.
• Lin Firmament carried Old Chen back to Green Mountain Town in the Giant Coffin, while people below briefly glimpsed it flying overhead.
• Zhou Na welcomed Lin Firmament and Old Chen in the Greenhouse Area, then joked that collecting rent was her only work.
• Lin Firmament admitted she knew little beyond cultivation and considered combining technology with formations and True Essence to improve firearms and bullets.
• Lin Firmament imagined nurturing a magically modified machine gun as a Natal Divine Weapon so its power could continue to grow.

Lin Firmament decided to postpone developing immortal-modified weapons until she had enough materials and could protect herself from them, then entered the Giant Coffin to absorb the Spiritual Crystal and raise her cultivation. She rapidly advanced to the peak of the Golden Core Realm, while questions about the First Emperor’s intentions remained unanswered.

• Lin Firmament considered combining guns, bullets, formations, and modern technology into weapons capable of threatening powerful cultivators, but decided the risks and lack of materials made it too early to begin.
• Lin Firmament chose to focus on strengthening herself and improving her companion’s survival and combat abilities rather than trying to solve the mysteries surrounding the Spiritual Crystal.
• Old Chen agreed to set up a concealment formation, and Lin Firmament entered the Giant Coffin to break through in secret.
• Lin Firmament adjusted her state of mind inside the closed coffin, then absorbed the Spiritual Crystal’s abundant spiritual energy.
• Lin Firmament’s Golden Core advanced two levels in a short time and reached its peak.

Lin Firmament broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, but discovered that her Nascent Soul resembled her original self more than Lin Fan. After confirming it worked normally, she joined Old Chen and Zhou Na in planning additional protections for the Greenhouse Area against cameras and satellites.

• Lin Firmament compressed her Golden Core to its limit, then broke through and formed a Nascent Soul that looked more like her original self than Lin Fan.
• Lin Firmament emerged from the Giant Coffin, tested her Divine Sense, and confirmed she could use the Nascent Soul’s power without difficulty.
• Old Chen told Lin Firmament that the Formation had concealed her breakthrough, and they realized the Bewilderment Array might not fool cameras or satellites.
• Lin Firmament and Old Chen agreed to arrange a new Formation to protect the Greenhouse Area from machine-based surveillance.
• Zhou Na said cultivation and Formations were not omnipotent, and Old Chen lamented a past mistake that still troubled him.

Lin Firmament began melting the Giant Coffin while Qi Zi learned how Qi Zixiao had arranged for him to pose as True Person HeHe Lin Fan. As Lin Fan, Qi Zi registered for the Heaven's Chosen Assembly and met Qi Zixiao, who greeted him as True Person HeHe.

• Lin Firmament decided to bring her Alchemy Furnace to the Giant Coffin and melt it, since her Nascent Soul Initial Stage cultivation and Strange Fire could handle it.
• Sister A'Wu sent Qi Zi the memories of Qi Zixiao's past three days, revealing that she had arranged for him to play Lin Fan and use the title True Person HeHe.
• Qi Zi recognized that the disguise let him act independently outside the Purple Mansion Holy Land while cooperating with Qi Zixiao, and decided to register for the Heaven's Chosen Assembly.
• Lin Fan registered as a twenty-one-year-old Void Refining cultivator from the Western Wilderness, passed the bone-age test, and received a jade identity tablet.
• Lin Fan encountered Qi Zixiao and her companions; Qi Zixiao greeted him as True Person HeHe, and he answered with a playful "Hehe."

Lin Fan, using Qi Zixiao’s original body as Fellow Daoist HeHe, accepted Dan the Fatty and Fan Jianqiang’s invitation to play mahjong after Dan abused his Purple Mansion Holy Land status to register the group without paying or taking bone-age tests. His example stirred other cultivators to challenge the registration rules, and the Sword Child of the Sword and Sabre Divine Sect made his move.

• Dan the Fatty and Fan Jianqiang invited Fellow Daoist HeHe to play mahjong, hoping to win Spirit Stones from him.
• Dan the Fatty intimidated the registration officials into registering Qi Zixiao and her companions while skipping their fees and bone-age tests.
• Lin Fan accepted the invitation to play mahjong, and the group headed to the tavern with Dan the Fatty and Fan Jianqiang.
• The other cultivators protested the unfair privileges, while influential figures began considering copying Dan the Fatty’s example.
• The Sword Child of the Sword and Sabre Divine Sect summoned countless flying swords, making them ring out across the sky.

After Qi Zixiao’s example inspires powerful young cultivators to act arrogantly at registration, the City Lord orders his staff to tolerate them as long as they keep within bounds. Back at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Qi Zixiao wins a mahjong hand with Lin Fan’s help, then grows flustered when he invites her to share a meal.

• Sword Child and Chi Xiaomo demand to be registered ahead of others, prompting other high-status prodigies to cut in line and act arrogantly.
• The subordinate reports the chaos to Lord City Master, who tells him to maintain the bottom line and otherwise let the prodigies behave as they please.
• Divine Calculator is refused a seat at mahjong, so Qi Zixiao joins Dan the Fatty, Fan Jianqiang, and Lin Fan instead.
• Lin Fan discards tiles that help Qi Zixiao complete a Pure Suit, All Pungs hand, and she wins Spirit Stones from him.
• Lin Fan discreetly touches Qi Zixiao while handing over the winnings, and she angrily scolds him while privately finding the moment thrilling.
• Lin Fan invites Qi Zixiao to share the lion’s head she saved for him, and she hesitates as she wonders whether the meal would count as a date.

Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao won most of a long mahjong session, then Qi Zixiao bought Zhong Feiyu’s intelligence on the Heaven’s Chosen Assembly. After reviewing the many prodigies and her companions’ likely weak matchups, Qi Zixiao began considering how to help them before the tournament.

• Lin Fan invited Qi Zixiao to meet for food after their affairs were settled, and she agreed to contact him through the immortal communicator.
• Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao won twenty-two of twenty-three mahjong rounds against Dan the Fatty and Fan Jianqiang, taking a large amount of Spirit Stones.
• Lin Fan sent Qi Zixiao his location and waited for her, but Zhong Feiyu arrived at her residence with intelligence about prodigies and sects.
• Qi Zixiao paid Zhong Feiyu one million Spirit Stones for his information, and Zhong Feiyu planned to use the sale to attract more customers.
• Qi Zixiao read the intelligence and judged that Dan the Fatty, Chen Cheng, and Zhou Yining might be eliminated early, so she resolved to find a way to help them.

Qi Zixiao gathered the Saintess Squad to review Zhong Feiyu’s intelligence and warned that Dan the Fatty, Chen Cheng, and Zhou Yining faced dangerous matchups at the Heaven’s Chosen Assembly. After sending Chen Cheng and Zhou Yining to cultivate, Qi Zixiao followed Lin Fan’s location signal to a dilapidated residence, while watchers reported her movements.

• Qi Zixiao showed the Saintess Squad Zhong Feiyu’s detailed intelligence, and the group studied their opponents and matchups.
• Qi Zixiao warned Dan the Fatty, Chen Cheng, and Zhou Yining that their opponents were formidable; Dan despaired at facing the Sword Child, Qiu Mobai.
• Chen Cheng and Zhou Yining said they would fight with all their strength, and Qi Zixiao advised them to cultivate before their battles.
• Qi Zixiao sent the others away and told Chen Cheng and Zhou Yining to return to their rooms to prepare for the next day’s fights.
• Qi Zixiao followed Lin Fan’s location signal through the streets and entered a dilapidated commoner’s residence.
• Several cultivators watched Qi Zixiao enter and sent messages with sound-transmission talismans.

Lin Fan invited Qi Zixiao to share the Braised Lion's Head, and their meal turned into a series of awkward attempts by him to charm and touch her. They began eating the huge dish together, while Qi Zixiao remained embarrassed and suspicious of his motives.

• Qi Zixiao joined Lin Fan in his room, where he served pieces of the Braised Lion's Head from his Storage Bag.
• Lin Fan urged Qi Zixiao to eat the meat with her hands, and she grew embarrassed when he thumped his chest while boasting that he would never deceive her.
• Lin Fan argued that spiritual energy might cause viruses to evolve, then used the excuse to take Qi Zixiao's hands and wash them himself.
• Qi Zixiao realized Lin Fan had tricked her so he could touch her hands, but he denied it and offered to feed her.
• Qi Zixiao picked up an enormous piece of meat, took a cautious bite, and found it surprisingly delicious.

Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao shared a meal before Lin Fan planned to exploit a Heaven's Chosen Assembly rule to raise money for Spiritual Wine to restore Qi Zixiao's incomplete soul. After their teasing farewell, Qi Zixiao ambushed him with a grab and left, then messaged to ask if he needed her help.

• Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao ate half a lion's head, and Qi Zixiao lamented that her incomplete soul limited her cultivation.
• Qi Zixiao gave Lin Fan Zhong Feiyu's intelligence, which showed Dan the Fatty, Chen Cheng, and Zhou Yining faced poor odds in their matches.
• Lin Fan proposed using the assembly's forfeiture rule to charge contestants for help, raising money to buy Spiritual Wine for Qi Zixiao.
• Lin Fan restrained Qi Zixiao when she prepared to strike him for suggesting a kiss, then released her after teasing her.
• As Qi Zixiao departed, she grabbed Lin Fan's chest and fled before messaging him to ask whether he needed her to do anything.

Dan Chengzi lamented drawing Sword Child as his first opponent, while Divine Calculator discovered that Dan Chengzi’s future was too vast and variable to predict. Lin Fan, posing as Fellow Daoist HeHe, promised Dan Chengzi a way to defeat Sword Child in exchange for ten million Spirit Stones, leaving Dan Chengzi hopeful he could place near the top.

• Dan Chengzi complained to Divine Calculator about losing to Sword Child, and Divine Calculator’s divination revealed Dan Chengzi had an extraordinary future beyond his ability to see through.
• Divine Calculator put up a Soundproof Barrier to escape Dan Chengzi’s rambling, while Dan Chengzi added Lin Fan as a friend and poured out his worries.
• Lin Fan told Dan Chengzi he had a dangerous plan that could help him defeat Sword Child, then asked for wealth to carry it out.
• Dan Chengzi promised Lin Fan ten million Spirit Stones, and Lin Fan told him to face Sword Child confidently the next day.
• Dan Chengzi stopped lamenting and wondered whether Lin Fan could help him defeat his later opponents too.

Lin Fan prepared to build his reputation by selling information and offering limited help to his friends, while Zhong Feiyu’s matchup intelligence spread among the Purple Mansion Disciples. After learning that Lu Yao faced a dangerous opponent, Lu Ming warned her, and Lin Fan provoked Qiu Mobai by calling him a “sword person,” leaving the Sword Person ready to attack.

• Lin Fan decided to leave Chen Cheng and Zhou Yining to face the first round largely on their own while he focused on building a reputation for his business.
• Zhong Feiyu announced his matchup intelligence in the sect channel, and Purple Mansion Disciples flocked to buy it after learning that Qi Zixiao had purchased a copy.
• Lu Ming warned Lu Yao that her opponent, Huang Shang, had reached the late stage of Void Refining, while Lu Yao reassured him about his own weaker opponent.
• Lin Fan abandoned his plan to launch a nighttime sneak attack because Three Saints City remained bright and guarded after dark.
• Lin Fan approached Qiu Mobai and repeatedly called him a “sword person,” provoking Qiu Mobai into drawing his sword and unleashing his killing intent.

Lin Fan followed Qiu Mobai outside Three Saints City, where a mysterious Celestial Platform expert stopped the Sword Child from attacking near the walls. Qiu Mobai then attacked Lin Fan, who overwhelmed him with a seemingly endless barrage of condensed True Essence spheres.

• Qiu Mobai challenged Lin Fan to fight outside Three Saints City, and the two left the city while his Protector Disciples followed.
• As Qiu Mobai struck near the city walls, a hidden Celestial Platform expert dispersed his attack and warned him to move farther away.
• Qiu Mobai blamed Lin Fan for his humiliation and launched a sword attack against him outside the city.
• Lin Fan unleashed countless condensed True Essence spheres, burying Qiu Mobai in a barrage that left him wondering how Lin Fan could sustain it.

Lin Fan overwhelmed Qiu Mobai, caught and shattered his Cloud Piercing Giant Sword with the Golden Light Spell, then defeated him and his two Protector Disciples. He left all three unconscious, while Qiu Mobai’s threat to invoke the Sword and Sabre Divine Sect went unanswered.

• Qiu Mobai unleashed the Cloud Piercing Sword Art after Lin Fan’s barrage of True Essence spheres battered him.
• Lin Fan used the Golden Light Spell to catch Qiu Mobai’s giant sword barehanded and shattered it.
• Qiu Mobai fled toward Three Saints City, but Lin Fan caught up and struck him down despite the Protector Disciples’ attacks.
• Lin Fan knocked out both Protector Disciples and then rendered Qiu Mobai unconscious with a punch.

Lin Fan incapacitated Qiu Mobai and two other Heaven's Chosen Assembly participants, then hid the Sword Child and sabotaged the others’ chances by injuring them. He returned safely to his residence and ended the chapter on a video call with Qi Zixiao, who had guessed his plan.

• Lin Fan buried Qiu Mobai and his two companions beneath layers of arrays to keep them hidden and prevent Qiu Mobai from escaping, then took their Storage Bags and the Cloud Piercing Sword.
• Lin Fan sneaked into Three Saints City and lightly injured Chen Cheng and Zhou Yining, who separately reported the attacks to the patrols without identifying him.
• Lin Fan thanked A'Wu for using the Sky Gazing Mirror to shield his attacks and escape detection, while A'Wu praised his Three Sectors Kill card game.
• Lin Fan worried that releasing competitive games could provoke powerful cultivators into real-world violence, then set the idea aside.
• Lin Fan video-called Qi Zixiao near dawn, reassured her that he was unharmed, and learned she had guessed his plan to deal with the Sword Child.

The Heaven’s Chosen Assembly began in Three Saints City, where Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao won their first-round matches without fighting after their opponents forfeited. Huo Yuan’s newly revealed power put Lin Fan on guard as the simultaneous matches got underway.

• Lin Fan joked with Qi Zixiao after she ended their video call, then learned the battle pairings and competition schedule.
• Lin Fan arrived in the Southern District, reassured Dan the Fatty about his match against the Sword Child, and watched him leave unconvinced.
• Huo Yuan arrived at the arena with Sixth Order Celestial Platform strength, and his subordinate ordered the contestants to take their numbered platforms.
• Xia Wenwen forfeited rather than face the Void Refining cultivator HeHe, giving Lin Fan the win.
• Zhou Ziqiang forfeited rather than fight Qi Zixiao, giving her the win.

The Heaven’s Chosen Assembly battles continued as Purple Mansion disciples scored surprising victories, including Chen Cheng, Fan Jianqiang, and Lu Ming. Dan the Fatty waited for Sword Person to appear, while Qiu Mobai finally began waking in a pit far outside the city.

• Many opponents forfeited to Holy Sons and Saintesses, while Divine Calculator Fang Wu defeated his opponent with a single punch.
• Chen Cheng exploited her injured opponent’s mistake, then blasted him out of the arena with an exploding pill.
• Fan Jianqiang outlasted his opponent by running around the arena and won by knocking him off with a headbutt.
• Lu Ming used the Ten Thousand Stars Art and Ten Thousand Stars Body to defeat a Nascent Soul Peak opponent.
• Dan the Fatty waited onstage for Qiu Mobai, but Qiu Mobai failed to appear before the referee’s deadline.
• Qiu Mobai began to stir awake in a pit ten thousand li outside the city, still suffering from the Bewilderment Array.