Chapter Summaries

The Dao Defense Alliance defeated Beast King Valley’s invasion, but a sudden assault on Beast King Valley’s headquarters by Fourth-Order Avian Kings forced its leaders to retreat. Lan Chang'an and Zhang Tieshan sensed a True Spirit Bloodline nearby and withdrew, while Lan Chang'an later learned new information from the fully lit Fifth Life of the Nine Imprint Tablet.

• Zhang Tieshan used the Damaged Spirit Treasure to kill the Insect Cultivator Old Woman, and the Dao Defense Alliance pressed Beast King Valley’s Nascent Souls into a retreat.
• Chu Tianfeng and Zhang Tieshan attacked together, but Sect Master Meng used the Mountain and River Map to block their strongest blows, so the alliance advanced only cautiously into Beast King Valley territory.
• Beast King Valley’s leaders received news that Fourth-Order Avian Kings were attacking their mountain gate and that sealed Beast Kings were breaking loose, forcing them to abandon more territory and hurry back.
• Lan Chang'an divined that Beast King Valley’s crisis was tied to its demon-hunting and preparations for war, then followed the retreat with Zhang Tieshan to investigate.
• Lan Chang'an sensed danger and fled with Zhang Tieshan; the Damaged Spirit Treasure’s Artifact Spirit identified the aura as belonging to a True Spirit Bloodline, while the Green-Faced Man confronted and attacked Beast King Valley’s Grand Elder.
• After returning to an occupied Immortal City, Lan Chang'an entered the Nine Imprint Tablet and received new information from its fully illuminated Fifth Life.

Lan Chang'an unlocked the Nine Imprint Tablet’s Fifth Life and gained new reincarnation abilities, then began refining True Lord Qingmu’s Green Profound Sword Formation. Meanwhile, the Human-Faced Flood Dragon turned toward Beast King Valley, whose strongest sealed Beast King broke free and brought the sect to the brink of annihilation.

• Lan Chang'an learned that the Fifth Life could be erased and replaced, expanded his reincarnation range beyond the Tianheng Human Realm, and decided to keep advancing in his current life unless he faced a dead end or certain death.
• Lan Chang'an began refining True Lord Qingmu's sixteen Green Profound Wood swords to strengthen his direct offensive power.
• Liang Shaotian, enraged by the death of his eldest disciple Li Hai, slaughtered a Demonic Sect-affiliated Core Formation family before Zhang Tianfeng and another Nascent Soul True Lord stopped him.
• The Human-Faced Flood Dragon trapped the Beast King Valley Grand Elder inside his Cocoon Rebirth and learned that True Lord Changqing had helped cause Beast King Valley's defeat.
• The four Avian Kings broke into Beast King Valley, destroyed its defenses, and released the strongest sealed Beast King from the Forbidden Abyss.
• Sect Master Meng returned to find Beast King Valley in ruins, the freed Beast King attacking, and an injured Fourth-Order Beast King turning against the sect's cultivators.

Lan Chang'an refined treasures taken from True Lord Qingmu, learned of Beast King Valley’s losses, and helped clear himself after True Lord Golden Moon was assassinated by the Wujian Sect Master. He shared the Dao Defense Alliance’s postwar spoils, returned to Golden Cloud Valley to cultivate, and became famous throughout Great Qing while refusing all visitors.

• Lan Chang'an refined the Green Profound Sword Formation and three powerful magical treasures, then reviewed reports on Beast King Valley’s devastating losses and the retreat of the Black Mist Mountain Range’s forces.
• Lan Chang'an reunited with Xia Wenyue and Di Yan Jun, let Di Yan Jun keep his war spoils, and learned that Pei Shuyuan’s hopes had collapsed after Beast King Valley’s defeat and the deaths of her husband and grandfather.
• Lan Chang'an and the alliance’s True Lords determined that the Wujian Sect Master had impersonated him and assassinated True Lord Golden Moon; Fairy Xia later secured compensation for Proud Moon Palace during the division of postwar interests.
• Lan Chang'an returned to Golden Cloud Valley, agreed to cultivate there for the next few years, and gave Zhang Tianfeng his damaged Dragon Scale Armor to repair.
• Lan Chang'an entered seclusion to complete his sword formation, improve his abilities, and advance his soul art, while planning to pursue True Lord Qingmu for the complete Evergreen Art cultivation method.
• Over the next two years, Lan Chang'an’s fame spread throughout Great Qing, but he refused visitors and remained in seclusion.

Fifteen years after the Dao Defense Alliance’s victory, Lan Chang'an advanced his soul art and found that the Fourth Life’s descent could raise his spiritual sense to near Nascent Soul Great Cultivator levels. After preparing for a journey to track True Lord Qingmu, he left Golden Cloud Valley with Di Yan Jun, while a mysterious green-robed man arrived in Fengyuan Kingdom and forced Heavenly Master Zhong to accept a request involving Qingmu’s remains.

• Lan Chang'an broke through to the seventh layer of the Thousand Mechanisms Soul Derivation Art, then tested the Fourth Life’s descent and briefly released spiritual pressure powerful enough to alarm Zhang Tianfeng and his Artifact Spirit.
• Lan Chang'an tended the Mystic Heaven Gourd Vine and promised the Mystic Water Turtle that he would help it advance to Tier 4 once he had gathered the needed resources.
• Lan Chang'an met Zhang Tianfeng, gave him a second Quasi-Tier 4 Puppet, and discussed the postwar situation before privately visiting Zhao Tan'er and urging her not to remain alone.
• Lan Chang'an visited Xia Wenyue at Proud Moon Palace, left her a Tier 4 puppet for protection, and departed with Di Yan Jun to pursue True Lord Qingmu.
• Chu Tianfeng arrived at Proud Moon Palace the day after Lan Chang'an left, but Xia Wenyue told him Lan Chang'an had no interest in the alliance’s authority or strategy.
• A green-robed man entered Fengyuan Kingdom with Qingmu’s headless corpse, gave Heavenly Master Zhong a frozen hand, and secured his help before leaving; Zhong feared the man’s overwhelming power.

Lan Chang'an tracked True Lord Qingmu to Bishan Sect in the Central Region and crossed into the Seven Nations Alliance under the guise of Nie Yuan. He left Wang Feng with a promise to deal with the Blood Bat King after completing his journey.

• Lan Chang'an used Tier 4 divination to locate True Lord Qingmu in the Central Region, where he had joined Bishan Sect.
• Lan Chang'an passed over the Profound Yin Cult, observed Zhu Xueqing and Xiang Shaolong, then met True Lord Stealth Shadow, who shared demonic sect intelligence and revealed that Wujian Sect's Faceless treasure had two halves.
• Lan Chang'an traveled toward the Seven Nations Alliance while concealing his Nascent Soul power, then encountered Wang Feng near the front line.
• Wang Feng recognized Lan Chang'an as his Senior Brother Nie and gave him a Blazing Fire Palace identity and passage token.
• Wang Feng asked Lan Chang'an to help against the Blood Bat King, and Lan Chang'an promised to slay him after returning before leaving for the Seven Nations Alliance.

Lan Chang'an tracked True Lord Qingmu to the Bishan Sect but found him recovering behind the sect’s defenses, while Qingmu sought protection from Seven Stars Temple and considered his options. After months of surveillance, Lan Chang'an spotted the Central Region’s upcoming auction as a chance to draw Qingmu out.

• Lan Chang'an crossed the Demonic Path battlefield without being detected and reached the Central Region, while True Lord Qingmu recovered at Bishan Sect with Senior Brother Chen and Junior Sister Tian.
• True Lord Qingmu told his fellow Nascent Soul cultivators that Lu Changqing had defeated him, warned them against confronting Lu Changqing carelessly, and asked Senior Brother Chen to use a favor to seek help from Seven Stars Temple.
• True Lord Qingmu worried that Lan Chang'an and a Tier 4 Divination Grandmaster could track him, and studied a map that showed Tianhe Province as a possible destination.
• Lan Chang'an secretly watched Bishan Sect, judged that an assault or assassination would be too risky, and disguised himself as a False Core cultivator in Bishui City while waiting for an opening.
• After more than half a year of surveillance revealed no flaws in Bishan Sect, Lan Chang'an learned that a major Central Region auction would take place in two years and realized it might draw out Qingmu or another important sect cultivator.

Lan Chang'an disguised himself as a wealthy Southern Region Nascent Soul cultivator to attend the Central Region auction, where he acquired useful treasures and attracted the attention of Fairy Bishui and True Lord Ai. At the private exchange meeting, he arrived just as the powerful True Lord Lingyu appeared, and the two unexpectedly noticed each other.

• Lan Chang'an abandoned the risky plan to infiltrate the Bishan Sect and followed Fairy Bishui's group to Five Spirits City.
• At the auction, Lan Chang'an disguised as the Cloaked Elder outbid True Lord Leiming for the Tribulation-Resolving Umbrella and bought other rare items, including a fire-attribute spiritual herb.
• True Lord Ai invited Lan Chang'an to the Nascent Soul exchange meeting, where he learned that True Lord Lingyu and other major figures would attend.
• Lan Chang'an hid near Lake Heart Island and watched Fairy Bishui arrive for the exchange meeting.
• True Lord Lingyu arrived at the last moment, and he and Lan Chang'an both noticed each other despite their concealment.

Lan Chang'an traded for a Tier 4 Longevity Pill and a Heavenly Baleful Beast Soul Pill at the Nascent Soul exchange meeting, then used his disguise to provoke Fairy Bishui and gather information. After Bishui returned to the Bishan Sect with Su Can, he revealed a strange interest in the Ethereal Sandalwood she had given him.

• Lan Chang'an attended the exchange meeting in disguise, traded an ancient pill formula to Pharmacist Gongyang for a Tier 4 Longevity Pill, and later traded for True Lord Subduing Dragon's Heavenly Baleful Beast Soul Pill.
• Lan Chang'an teased Fairy Bishui over whether she had a Dao companion, then left the meeting after provoking her and drawing attention to her connection with True Lord Qingmu.
• A disguised Nascent Soul cultivator mistook Lan Chang'an for an evil-path ally and proposed a scheme against True Lord Qingmu; Lan Chang'an agreed to meet in seven days before departing.
• Lan Chang'an collected Fairy Bishui's aura and considered impersonating her to enter the Bishan Sect, but recognized weaknesses in the plan.
• Fairy Bishui returned safely to the Bishan Sect and gave Su Can Ethereal Sandalwood to help him prepare for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Su Can examined the Ethereal Sandalwood in his cave abode and revealed a strange, inscrutable smile.

Lan Chang'an failed to kill True Lord Qingmu after Seven Stars Temple Master helped him escape, then disguised himself as Qingmu and clashed with the Bishan Sect. The chapter ended with an explosion destroying the formation hub at Tianshu Pavilion as the sect’s two Nascent Soul elders confronted him.

• Lan Chang'an used True Lord Bishui's appearance to infiltrate Tianshu Pavilion, where Di Yan Jun planted Tier 4 Treasure Talismans on the Sect-Protecting Array's pivotal foundation.
• Lan Chang'an entered True Lord Qingmu's cave abode intending to assassinate him, but discovered that Qingmu had fled and left behind an illusion talisman and a piece of finger flesh.
• Seven Stars Temple Master appeared through a Seven Stars Array Diagram, admitted he had helped Qingmu escape to another province, and warned Lan Chang'an about the dangers of taking the Evergreen Dao Fruit.
• Senior Brother Chen and Fairy Bishui arrived, but Temple Master Mi initially persuaded them to let Lan Chang'an leave; they attacked after learning Su Can was missing.
• Lan Chang'an disguised himself as Qingmu and fought back against the Bishan Sect elders, while a blast destroyed Tianshu Pavilion's array core and weakened the sect's grand array.

Lan Chang'an, disguised as True Lord Qingmu, escaped the Bishan Sect after badly injuring Fairy Bishui and breaking through its weakened protective array. Two months later, he crossed into the Seven Nations Alliance battlefield, killed True Lord Zihuan, and continued through Demonic Path territory.

• Fairy Bishui and Senior Brother Chen attacked Lan Chang'an under the Bishan Sect's weakened array, so he used Illusion Wood Clones and the Soul-Splitting Spike to overwhelm them.
• Lan Chang'an struck Fairy Bishui with the Thunder Wood Stake, then broke through the array while Senior Brother Chen diverted its power to protect her.
• Lan Chang'an declared that Qingmu had severed ties with the Bishan Sect and fled; he encountered True Lord Subduing Dragon, whose suspected plot against him he recognized.
• Temple Master Mi warned Senior Brother Chen against accusing Lu Changqing without proof, and the gathered Nascent Souls blamed Wujian Sect Master for the incident.
• Two months later, Lan Chang'an crossed the Seven Nations Alliance battlefield, shattered True Lord Zihuan's illusion, and captured his Nascent Soul after defeating him with the Green Profound Sword Formation.

Lan Chang'an defeated Demonic Path Nascent Souls in the Seven Nations Alliance, returned to Golden Cloud Valley, and cultivated for sixty years before meeting a mysterious elder in Tianhe Province who called himself Changqing. The chapter left True Lord Qingmu unsettled by the elder’s powerful, unreadable presence.

• Lan Chang'an used the sixteen-sword Green Profound Sword Formation to overwhelm Yin-Yang Old Demon, then killed Blood Bat King with his soul technique and Blazing Fire Gourd.
• Yin-Yang Old Demon fled, and Lan Chang'an withdrew from the battlefield after collecting his spoils; his victories forced the Demonic Path sects to contract their forces and stop fighting.
• Lan Chang'an returned to Golden Cloud Valley, consumed a Tier 4 Longevity Pill, examined the memories and treasures of the Nascent Souls he had devoured, and pretended to Zhang Tianfeng that he would enter long-term seclusion to avoid True Lord Qingmu.
• Lan Chang'an gave the Mystic Water Turtle the materials needed for a Tier 4 transformation, then cultivated for sixty years while keeping in contact with Fairy Xia.
• True Lord Qingmu encountered a mysterious elder beside his cave abode in Blue River Immortal Market, and the elder introduced himself as Changqing.

Yan Donglai killed True Lord Qingmu after explaining the Evergreen Art’s true principles, then realized Lan Chang'an might be impersonating his name. Sensing Qingmu’s death and a distant crisis, Lan Chang'an fled Great Qing through the Listen-to-the-Sea Pavilion teleportation array, leaving his return for after he reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Yan Donglai revealed the origins and teachings of the Evergreen Art, and True Lord Qingmu realized his cultivation had gone astray.
• True Lord Qingmu tried to detonate his dharma body, but Yan Donglai suppressed him, extracted his Nascent Soul, and drained his lifespan; Qingmu’s final words mentioned Bishan Sect and Junior Sister Tian.
• Yan Donglai inferred that Lan Chang'an had impersonated his name and reflected on the approaching Tianyi Great Tribulation, while Jing Wufeng prepared to face True Lord Baolian in their trial duel.
• Lan Chang'an sensed Qingmu’s fate vanish, strengthened his awareness with the Listen-to-the-Sea Divine Ear, and decided to leave Great Qing with Lord Mystic Water and Di Yan Jun.
• Lan Chang'an visited Xia Wenyue at Proud Moon Palace, then traveled to the Seven Nations Alliance and entered the teleportation array bound for Great Abyss.
• After Lan Chang'an departed, timed Tier 4 Spirit Talismans and Sea-Suppressing Pearls destroyed the teleportation array and its surroundings.

Temple Master Mi died after his divination of the mysterious healer triggered a deadly backlash, while Yan Donglai traced clues to Lu Changqing and the Hunyuan Golden Staff. Lan Chang'an returned to the Great Abyss and reunited with Jiang Ziyan at Cloud Glow Sect, where she began telling him about the hundred years they had been apart.

• Temple Master Mi divined the identity of Fairy Bishui's healer, suffered a heavenly-secret backlash, and died after leaving his will.
• Yan Donglai entered the Great Qing Eastern Region, found Zhang Tianfeng with the Hunyuan Golden Staff, and repaired it while giving him a matching Treasure Connection Art.
• Yan Donglai deduced that Zhang Tieshan had been Ouyang Zi's reincarnation and that Lu Changqing's fate held unusual potential, then discovered clues linking Lu Changqing to Xu Xuan and the Evergreen Art.
• Lan Chang'an returned to the Great Abyss with Di Yan Jun and Puppet Master Wei, then calculated that True Lord Ming Shui still posed a potential threat.
• Lan Chang'an arrived at Cloud Glow Sect as Xiang Dalong and reunited with Jiang Ziyan, who welcomed him and asked him how he would respond to the hardships she had endured.

Lan Chang'an returned to the Cloud Glow Sect, learned how the sect had suffered during his absence, and reunited with Jiang Ziyan and Xiao Qingshan. As Great Snake Mountain prepared for his retaliation, Lan Chang'an settled in and began arranging to trade for materials to expand his Tier 4 Puppet Array.

• Lan Chang'an reunited with Jiang Ziyan and found her adopted son Jiang Haoran guarding Yunlan Peak after a poisoned Golden Core and failed Nascent Soul attempt had ruined his prospects.
• Jiang Ziyan explained Great Snake Mountain's pressure on the Cloud Glow Sect, the imperial clan's intervention, and the growing tensions between Great Dayu and Great Daluo; Lan Chang'an learned she had been unable to advance to Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Lan Chang'an and Jiang Ziyan spent seven days together, and he later met Xiao Qingshan, told him what had become of the Li and Mu families, and sensed that Zhao Siyao's next life had obtained an overseas opportunity.
• True Lord Red Snake and True Lord Chilian ordered Great Snake Mountain to lie low and seek support from True Lord Ming Shui after learning Lan Chang'an had returned.
• Lan Chang'an settled at the Cloud Glow Sect, revealed Di Yan Jun but kept Lord Mystic Water hidden, and tasked the Green-Armored Puppet with discreetly trading Great Qing materials for supplies to build a Tier 4 Puppet Array.

Jing Wufeng won the second Tianyi trial round by revealing his Tier 4 Ink Water Qilin and defeating Baolian. Meanwhile, Lan Chang'an refused Emperor Yu’s invitation to join the campaign against Great Daluo, and after the war stalled, he received offers from Baqi Mountain and Great Daluo to betray Great Dayu and sent their letter to the imperial clan.

• Jing Wufeng used his Ink Water Qilin and Sea-Heaven Holy Flag to defeat Baolian, winning the second trial round and advancing toward the final contest against Ji.
• Lan Chang'an rejected Emperor Yu’s invitation to discuss joining the campaign against Great Daluo, demanding an inherited imperial treasure before he would consider helping.
• Seven years later, Emperor Yu invaded Great Daluo, and Baqi Mountain sent forces to support it and pressure Great Dayu.
• As the war stalled, Jiang Ziyan went to the front line with Di Yan Jun, while Lan Chang'an stayed behind to cultivate.
• Baqi Mountain and Great Daluo offered Lan Chang'an rewards to remain neutral or turn against Great Dayu, and he ordered the Snow Peak Sect Master to deliver their secret letter to the imperial clan.

The Great Dayu Imperial Clan tried to secure Xiang Dalong’s loyalty with gifts and access to rare puppet materials, while Lan Chang'an accepted their benefits without joining the war. Years later, as he continued cultivating and trading, the Grand Elder of the Black Marsh Sect arrived near Great Snake Mountain with Junior Sister Underworld Water, intending to pressure someone there.

• The Yu Clan leader and True Lord Iron Calculation decided to appease Xiang Dalong with imperial resources and discussed offering Princess Zhiwei as a concubine.
• True Lord Hongxiu visited Lan Chang'an with gifts and secret puppet inheritances, and Lan Chang'an refused Princess Zhiwei after learning she had a live-in son-in-law.
• Lan Chang'an traded with the imperial clan for Tier 4 puppet materials while staying out of the war, and the clan eventually limited the trades after he accumulated too much.
• Lan Chang'an continued building his Tier 4 Puppet Array, monitored Great Snake Mountain, and used a White-Clad Puppet to guard Cloud Glow Sect while he went out secretly.
• The Grand Elder of the Black Marsh Sect arrived near Great Snake Mountain with Junior Sister Underworld Water and urged her to pressure the local target into submitting.

Lan Chang'an refused to join Great Dayu's war but agreed to protect Le Qingni from True Lord Lian Ding, then used a puppet double to lure Black Marsh Sect's pursuers away from his real body. He killed Master Gou and faced True Lord Ming Shui, while Black Marsh Sect's Grand Elder also closed in.

• Lan Chang'an dismissed the imperial clan's request to fight and heard that Fairy Zixia had been injured on the front lines.
• Lan Chang'an read Le Qingni's plea for help and ordered the Cloud Glow Sect to warn True Lord Lian Ding against harming her.
• Black Marsh Sect's Grand Elder, True Lord Ming Shui, and Master Gou tracked a white-robed Nascent Soul cultivator they believed was Lan Chang'an, unaware it was his puppet.
• Lan Chang'an ambushed Master Gou with the Nail-Head Arrow and Thunder Wood Stake, killing him before the others could return.
• Black Marsh Sect's Grand Elder struck Lan Chang'an's puppet, while True Lord Ming Shui raced back and found Master Gou dead.
• Lan Chang'an admitted he had ambushed Master Gou, and True Lord Ming Shui confronted him as the Grand Elder pursued them.

Lan Chang'an drove off the Black Marsh Sect’s pursuit, concealed his interest in the Listen-to-the-Sea Pavilion ruins, and secured a period of relative peace. After years of war and cultivation, he reached the peak of Nascent Soul Early Stage and emerged from seclusion as Cloud Glow Sect’s puppet array advanced.

• Lan Chang'an wounded True Lord Ming Shui with his poison-fire fan and needles, then escaped as the Black Marsh Sect Grand Elder arrived.
• The Black Marsh Sect Grand Elder questioned Lan Chang'an about the Listen-to-the-Sea Pavilion ruins, but Lan Chang'an denied knowing of them and warned the sect to stop pursuing him.
• Lan Chang'an met Puppet Master Wei in a hidden valley and recovered the storage bag while confirming that Wei had guarded the illusion formation with a Tier 4 puppet.
• True Lord Lian Ding sent his disciple to apologize and deliver compensation, but Lan Chang'an refused to receive him and accepted the gift through Snow Peak Sect Master.
• Fairy Le thanked Lan Chang'an, and after the war campaign continued for twenty-eight years, he reached the cultivation limit of Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• Puppet Master Wei returned with three completed Tier 4 puppets, and Lan Chang'an prepared to develop the Puppet Array further.

Lan Chang'an joined Great Dayu Kingdom’s war effort and ambushed and killed Great Daluo’s True Lord Luofeng with Monarch Diyan. After returning to the rear, True Lord Chilian was caught off guard by an apparent insider who struck him with a Nail-Head Arrow.

• Lan Chang'an negotiated with the Great Dayu Imperial Clan for battlefield rewards and agreed to act independently against enemy Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Jiang Ziyan returned from the front, gave Lan Chang'an the imperial clan’s first payment, and recounted how she and Monarch Diyan had killed an Evil Path Nascent Soul’s body.
• Lan Chang'an departed for the battlefield with Monarch Diyan and used the Fourth Life’s soul power to strengthen his divine sense.
• At Shuiyue Mountain, Lan Chang'an and Monarch Diyan ambushed True Lord Luofeng after her battle with True Lord Chilian and killed her before she could escape.
• True Lord Chilian moved to Qingfeng City to recover, where a black-skinned Golden Core True Person posing as a messenger attacked him with a Nail-Head Arrow.

Lan Chang'an assassinated True Lord Chilian, concealed his role, and then fought True Lord Yunlei to a standstill while posing as Xiang Dalong. The chapter ended with Emperor Yu questioning him about Chilian’s death before presenting him with the promised Azure Phoenix Feather and Golden Scale Blood.

• Lan Chang'an killed True Lord Chilian with the Nail-Head Arrow, collected his poisonous treasures, and escaped Qingfeng City disguised as a patrol cultivator.
• Lan Chang'an and his Puppet Avatar switched identities, while the Great Dayu cultivators suspected True Lord Evil Face of the assassination.
• Lan Chang'an smelted Chilian’s poisons into the Five-Bird Poison Fire Fan and reviewed memories absorbed from True Lord Chilian and True Lord Luofeng.
• Lan Chang'an and Di Yan Jun fought True Lord Yunlei, forcing Great Daluo Kingdom’s forces to retreat and earning praise and battle merit from Great Dayu Kingdom.
• Emperor Yu summoned Lan Chang'an and challenged him over True Lord Chilian’s death; Lan Chang'an denied the accusation, and Emperor Yu let the matter rest for lack of proof.
• Emperor Yu presented Lan Chang'an with the Azure Phoenix Feather and Golden Scale Blood.