Chapter Summaries

The Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing accepted and stored the Yellow Center Plums while Eastern Duke activated the Three Talents Formation and established Penglai Immortal Court. Eastern Duke announced that seventy-two fellow Daoists from Purple Cloud Palace had joined him, leaving the Three Pure Ones expecting his next move against them.

• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian ate Yellow Center Plums, while Zhou Qingqing juiced one and absorbed its power.
• The Three Pure Ones gave their remaining Yellow Center Plums to Zhou Qingqing to keep, and she stored them in Lotus Space.
• Eastern Duke activated the Three Talents Formation across the three islands, including Penglai Island.
• Eastern Duke appeared and declared that he was establishing Penglai Immortal Court under Dao Ancestor Hongjun's appointment.
• Merit descended as Penglai Immortal Court was established, and Eastern Duke announced that seventy-two Purple Cloud Palace Red Dust Guests had agreed to join him.

At the Immortal Court’s founding ceremony, Eastern Duke accused the Three Pure Ones of eating the Yellow Center Plums meant for seventy-two divine generals and demanded an apology. Jade Pure Yuanshi refused and challenged Eastern Duke to defeat them, while Eastern Duke prepared to use the divine generals and his new authority to suppress the Three Pure Ones.

• Eastern Duke welcomed the Three Pure Ones as guests and said the seventy-two Yellow Center Plums were prepared for the seventy-two divine generals.
• Supreme Pure Laozi calmly admitted that the Three Pure Ones had eaten all the Yellow Center Plums, leaving the assembled immortals and gods stunned.
• Eastern Duke accused Upper Pure Tongtian of deliberately embarrassing him, and Jade Pure Yuanshi dismissed the accusation without defending himself.
• Eastern Duke demanded that the Three Pure Ones apologize to the seventy-two divine generals, who backed his demand.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi refused to apologize and challenged Eastern Duke to defeat the Three Pure Ones.
• Eastern Duke resolved to use the divine generals and the Immortal Court’s momentum to punish the Three Pure Ones and strengthen his prestige.

Jade Pure Yuanshi fought Eastern Duke’s seventy-two divine generals with his Yin-Yang Gourd, overwhelming them as Zhou Qingqing cheered him on. When Eastern Duke activated the Three Talents Formation, Supreme Pure Laozi blocked it with his Taiji Gourd, leaving Yuanshi free to continue humiliating the Immortal Court.

• Jade Pure Yuanshi challenged the Red Dust Guests to attack him together while Zhou Qingqing cheered him on.
• Yuanshi used his Yin-Yang Gourd to break down and absorb the divine generals’ spirit treasures as he fought them.
• Yuanshi taunted Eastern Duke to intervene before his seventy-two divine generals were defeated.
• Eastern Duke brought out the Heavenly Dipper Shield and Pure Yang Sword and activated the Three Talents Formation.
• Supreme Pure Laozi used his Taiji Gourd to block the formation, allowing Yuanshi to continue fighting without interference.

Jade Pure Yuanshi defeated Eastern Duke with the Jade Void Heaven-Opening Palm, forcing him to admit his mistake before the Three Pure Ones. Yuanshi then ordered the cultivators to leave the Three Immortal Islands, and Zhou Qingqing realized he planned to loot the Immortal Court.

• Eastern Duke taunted Jade Pure Yuanshi and tried to drive a wedge between him and Tongtian, but Tongtian praised his elder brother instead.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi manifested the Jade Void Palace with his Jade Void Heaven-Opening Palm and struck Eastern Duke, sending him flying off Penglai Island and making him spit blood.
• Eastern Duke put away his treasures, bowed to the Three Pure Ones, and admitted that he had been discourteous.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi said Eastern Duke's mistake required a price and ordered the cultivators on the Three Immortal Islands to leave.
• Zhou Qingqing realized Jade Pure Yuanshi intended to loot the Immortal Court as he waved his sleeve and sent another gourd into the air.

Jade Pure Yuanshi used the Chaos Gourd to take Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang Islands, along with the Penglai Immortal Court’s formation, leaving Eastern Duke’s court in ruins. The Three Pure Ones returned to Eastern Kunlun, while Eastern Duke announced that he would rebuild his court in Purple Mansion Province.

• Jade Pure Yuanshi brought out the unfinished Chaos Gourd and began refining the three islands into it.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi lifted Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang from the sea and swallowed them, taking the Penglai Immortal Court and its formation.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi told Eastern Duke that his karmic debt was settled, then left with the other Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing.
• Eastern Duke reassured the remaining immortals and named Purple Mansion Province as the site of his new Immortal Court.

Zhou Qingqing received and began refining the Chaos Gourd as the Three Pure Ones took her south to seek the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner. They reached the Undying Fire Mountain, where a sudden magma eruption was blocked by Laozi’s Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda.

• Yuanshi gave Zhou Qingqing the fully refined Chaos Gourd, and she began refining it with plans to plant the Yellow Center Plum on Mount Kunlun.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed Eastern Duke’s reestablished Purple Mansion Immortal Court while Zhou Qingqing realized they had changed course to find her the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner.
• The Three Pure Ones brought Zhou Qingqing to the southern Undying Fire Mountain, which Primal Phoenix had once suppressed.
• Zhou Qingqing warned her masters about the mountain’s heat, and Laozi used the Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to block a sudden magma eruption.

The Three Pure Ones searched the former Phoenix Clan ancestral grounds for Primal Phoenix and found her cultivating beneath Undying Fire Mountain. They asked for the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner, but Primal Phoenix questioned why she should hand it over.

• The Three Pure Ones searched the ruins and sacred sites of Undying Fire Mountain but could not find Primal Phoenix.
• Zhou Qingqing reasoned that Primal Phoenix was hidden beneath the volcanoes, and Supreme Pure Laozi led the group underground.
• The Three Pure Ones followed the lava streams to a central lake, where Primal Phoenix appeared amid transformed lava.
• The Three Pure Ones introduced themselves and explained that they sought the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner on news from Azure Dragon.
• Primal Phoenix confirmed that she possessed the banner and asked why she should give it to them.

The Three Pure Ones tried to persuade Primal Phoenix to give them the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner, while Zhou Qingqing’s private thoughts revealed more about the Phoenix Clan’s legacy. Primal Phoenix agreed to trade the banner if they could find a way to free her from the southern Undying Fire Mountain.

• Supreme Pure Laozi told Primal Phoenix that the Three Pure Ones had come to request the banner, not take it by force, and invited her to consider their reasons.
• Second Master described the Three Pure Ones’ resources, and Third Master explained their deal with Azure Dragon for the Northern Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner.
• Zhou Qingqing privately praised her masters and revealed that Primal Phoenix had created the Golden-Winged Great Peng and Kong Xuan, though the Three Pure Ones kept their reactions hidden.
• Primal Phoenix said the Phoenix Clan had perished and that she had no need to pursue its revival as Azure Dragon had for the Dragon Clan.
• Primal Phoenix offered the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner if the Three Pure Ones could devise a way to free her from the southern Undying Fire Mountain.

The Three Pure Ones struggled to find a way to help Primal Phoenix leave Undying Fire Mountain, until Zhou Qingqing conceived a solution involving a Vermilion Bird avatar. Supreme Pure Laozi presented the idea, and Primal Phoenix’s divination confirmed it could work.

• The Three Pure Ones considered finding a fire-attributed treasure or another Fire Great Dao cultivator to suppress Undying Fire Mountain, but rejected both options.
• Supreme Pure Laozi suggested postponing the problem until after the next lecture at Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing realized Primal Phoenix could create a Vermilion Bird avatar from her own flames to suppress Undying Fire Mountain.
• Supreme Pure Laozi stepped forward and explained how Primal Phoenix could form the Vermilion Bird using the principles of the Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, and Four Symbols.
• Primal Phoenix used Phoenix Avian Divination and confirmed that she could become the Vermilion Bird and potentially solve her problem.

Primal Phoenix used Supreme Pure Laozi’s avatar method to create the Vermilion Bird, resolving the mystery of their connection and freeing herself from her confinement at Undying Fire Mountain. She gave the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner to the Three Pure Ones and invited them to discuss the Dao.

• Primal Phoenix agreed to try Supreme Pure Laozi’s avatar method, while he explained how she could create a Vermilion Bird incarnation.
• Primal Phoenix transformed at Undying Fire Mountain and separated the Southern Bright Fire from herself, bringing the Vermilion Bird into being.
• Zhou Qingqing declared that the Vermilion Bird was Primal Phoenix herself, and the Three Pure Ones recognized that her influence had resolved the ancient mystery.
• Primal Phoenix’s new Vermilion Bird suppressed Undying Fire Mountain, and Primal Phoenix gave the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner to the Three Pure Ones.
• Primal Phoenix celebrated her newfound freedom and invited the Three Pure Ones to discuss the Dao, and they agreed.

Zhou Qingqing completed her fire element at the Southern Undying Fire Mountain, while Yuanfeng warned the Three Pure Ones not to trust Dao Ancestor Hongjun. The Three Pure Ones departed for the second lecture at Purple Cloud Palace and turned their attention to questioning Qingqing.

• Zhou Qingqing used the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner at the Southern Undying Fire Mountain, completing her fire element and stabilizing her Primordial Spirit at the middle Golden Immortal stage.
• The Three Pure Ones asked Yuanfeng how the Three Innate Races had failed to attain the Dao through Fortune, and she explained that they had sought dominance over the skies, land, and seas.
• Yuanfeng refused to attend the second lecture at Purple Cloud Palace and warned the Three Pure Ones that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had stood by during the Three Innate Races' downfall.
• The Three Pure Ones thanked Yuanfeng, remained wary of Hongjun, and left for Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Three Pure Ones questioned Zhou Qingqing about Penglai Island, her artifact-refining lessons, and her cultivation, while she resolved to be wary whenever all three smiled.

At the Purple Cloud Palace’s second lecture, Zhou Qingqing watched the major powers gather as the Witch-Demon Calamity approached. Hongjun explained his Quasi-Sage corpse-severance method, while Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts revealed crucial details that prompted the Three Pure Ones to listen with great care.

• Red Cloud showed the Three Pure Ones his Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, and Eastern Duke spotted it and quickly avoided them.
• Di Jun and Taiyi arrived with Kunpeng, while Houtu entered alone; Zhou Qingqing anticipated the Witch-Demon Calamity.
• Haotian and Yaochi closed the palace gates, and Hongjun began his lecture on the path from Daluo Golden Immortal to Quasi-Sage.
• Hongjun described severing good, evil, and obsession or past, present, and future with spiritual treasures, then merging the three corpses.
• Zhou Qingqing’s inner voice warned that matching treasures helped the corpses merge and that few completed the method; Supreme Pure Laozi urged Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian to examine it closely.

Zhou Qingqing slept through the deeper lecture on Three Corpse Severance, then watched Eastern Duke prepare to complain before Hongjun’s announcement changed everything. The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa received places in the Mystic Gate and treasures, while Zhou Qingqing turned her attention to whether Red Cloud would be accepted.

• Zhou Qingqing slept through the Three Corpse Severance lecture and woke when the class-ending bell rang.
• Eastern Duke rose to report his grievance, but Hongjun postponed his matter and announced the Mystic Gate.
• Hongjun made Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian his disciples and granted them the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Hongjun made Nuwa his sect’s senior sister and granted her the Mountain River State Painting and the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Zhou Qingqing waited to see whether Hongjun would accept Red Cloud into the sect.

At the second Purple Cloud Palace exposition, Dao Ancestor Hongjun rejected Red Cloud as a disciple but gave him the Nine Li Pot, while Zhunti and Jieyin cried their way into becoming registered disciples. The session ended after Eastern Duke reported on his Immortal Court, leaving Red Cloud exposed to the notice of powerful figures such as Di Jun and Fuxi.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun rejected Red Cloud, Zhunti, and Jieyin as formal disciples, then bestowed spiritual treasures on them, including the Nine Li Pot to Red Cloud.
• Zhou Qingqing’s inner voice warned that Hongjun’s arrangement cleverly tied Red Cloud to the Demon Clan through the Nine Li Pot.
• Zhunti and Jieyin knelt and pleaded through tears for registered-disciple status, and Hongjun accepted them.
• Red Cloud did not imitate the Western Duo, while Di Jun and Fuxi sensed a trace of discord surrounding him.
• Eastern Duke reported that he had established the Immortal Court and registered many male immortals, and Hongjun ended the exposition.

The Three Pure Ones discussed whether to pursue the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal path or the Three Corpse Severance Method. Inspired by Zhou Qingqing’s suggestion, Supreme Pure Laozi proposed combining the two into a secret method of their own.

• The Three Pure Ones returned to Eastern Kunlun and watched Zhou Qingqing transplant the Yellow Center Plum beside the Lotus Pond.
• Upper Pure Tongtian argued that the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal path was best, while Jade Pure Yuanshi favored severing corpses as disciples of the Mystic Gate.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested that Supreme Pure Laozi combine the two breakthrough methods rather than choose between them.
• Supreme Pure Laozi embraced Zhou Qingqing’s idea and proposed creating a secret method belonging to the Three Pure Ones.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian agreed that their elder brother’s plan was the best course.

Zhou Qingqing broke through to the late Golden Immortal stage while her three masters struggled to finish a secret method that would let them reach Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal. After Qingqing’s thoughts reminded Supreme Pure Laozi of the thirty-six heavens, the Three Pure Ones set out for the Heavenly Court and invited her along.

• Zhou Qingqing reached the late Golden Immortal stage using the Metal-Element and Wood-Element lotus leaves.
• Tongtian gave Zhou Qingqing her refined Creation Gourd, while Jade Pure Yuanshi asked whether Tongtian had also made a mountain-protecting formation for Mount Kunlun.
• Zhou Qingqing thought of the thirty-six heavens and wondered whether visiting them might help her masters break through.
• Supreme Pure Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to deduce the emergence of the thirty-six heavens and declared that part of them was fated with the Three Pure Ones.
• Supreme Pure Laozi invited Zhou Qingqing to accompany the Three Pure Ones to the Heavenly Court.

Di Jun led Taiyi and Kunpeng to the Thirty-Six Heavens to establish the Heavenly Court, but the Three Pure Ones barred their way to the Upper Three Heavens. Di Jun accepted Supreme Pure Laozi’s terms for a contest, while the fighters chose their opponents and challenges.

• Di Jun used the River Map and Luo Scroll to lead Taiyi and Kunpeng up the heavens, intending to claim them for the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court.
• At the Thirty-Third Heaven, Di Jun found the Three Pure Ones blocking passage to the Upper Three Heavens.
• Supreme Pure Laozi proposed settling ownership through a magical battle, matching their use of innate supreme treasures, and Di Jun agreed.
• Kunpeng lunged at Tongtian, but Jade Pure Yuanshi stepped in and attacked Kunpeng over the grievance Zhou Qingqing described.
• Tongtian challenged Di Jun to a contest of formations, and Supreme Pure Laozi approved of how the brothers had divided their opponents.

Supreme Pure Laozi defeated Taiyi, while Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian overcame their opponents, allowing the Three Pure Ones to claim the Upper Three Heavens. The chapter ended with Tongtian eager to examine the heavens after Zhou Qingqing mentioned a future formation there.

• Taiyi challenged Supreme Pure Laozi for control of the Upper Three Heavens, and Laozi used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to defeat him.
• Taiyi admitted defeat, while Zhou Qingqing praised Laozi and urged her other masters to finish their fights quickly.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi struck Kunpeng with Jade Purity Divine Lightning, leaving him in a desperate state.
• Di Jun withdrew the Primordial Chaos River-Luo Formation and conceded to the Three Pure Ones, agreeing that the Demon Clan would stay out of the Upper Three Heavens.
• Zhou Qingqing told Tongtian that a more powerful Cosmic Stellar Formation would later appear in the Thirty-Three Heavens, and Tongtian eagerly urged his brothers to go inspect the Upper Three Heavens.

The Three Pure Ones recognized that the Upper Three Heavens formed Three Pure Ones Heaven and used that insight to complete their secret method for advancing beyond the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Supreme Pure Laozi gave Three Pure Ones Heaven to Zhou Qingqing as her abode, and the chapter ended with the Three Pure Ones entering the Shangqing Realm and naming the three stages of their method after their divine titles.

• Tongtian and Yuanshi discussed the Dao resonance and divine materials of the Upper Three Heavens while waiting for Supreme Pure Laozi to speak.
• After hearing Zhou Qingqing call the heavens Three Pure Ones Heaven, Supreme Pure Laozi realized their unity could guide the Three Pure Ones' secret method.
• Supreme Pure Laozi granted Three Pure Ones Heaven to Zhou Qingqing, and Yuanshi and Tongtian agreed that it belonged to her.
• Zhou Qingqing settled in a pool as the Three Pure Ones joined their fortunes and cultivated their new method around her.
• The Three Pure Ones broke through the Daluo Golden Immortal realm into the Shangqing Realm and established the Three Pure Ones Three Realms as their cultivation system.

After the Three Pure Ones broke through, Di Jun visited to apologize and discuss establishing the Heavenly Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens. Tongtian refused to seek compensation for the Three Pure Ones but demanded it for Zhou Qingqing, whose cave abode would be disturbed.

• Zhou Qingqing congratulated her three masters on creating a secret art and breaking through their realms.
• Di Jun arrived at the boundary of the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Thirty-Fourth Heaven to visit the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian invited Di Jun to Upper Clarity Heaven, where Di Jun recognized that the Three Pure Ones had surpassed the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Jun apologized for their earlier battle and asked the Three Pure Ones to name their requests before he established the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian declined compensation for the Three Pure Ones but said Di Jun must compensate Zhou Qingqing because the Heavenly Court would disturb her cave abode in the Upper Three Heavens.