Recaps

Li Zhōujūn met Xu Azuo, a boy searching for medicine for his sick mother, and promised to make a pill for her tetanus. The next morning, as Li Zhōujūn went herb gathering, Yi Yan Sect elder Hu Qinyi arrived at Soul Mountain and spotted him.

• True Person Yi Yan ordered Hu Qinyi to check Soul Mountain for nearby mortals and make them leave.
• Li Zhōujūn met Xu Azuo, who explained that he was searching for medicine for his bedridden mother.
• Li Zhōujūn promised to gather herbs and refine a First-grade Pill for Xu Azuo's mother, while warning that he could not guarantee it would work.
• Xu Azuo thanked Li Zhōujūn and left to return home.
• The next morning, Li Zhōujūn set out to gather herbs with a basket and hoe, and Hu Qinyi spotted him from above the mountain.

Li Zhōujūn gathered herbs in the mountains where he had subdued a Soul Cultivator, while Hu Qinyi mistook him for a mortal and nearly attacked him. After Yu Ziyue showed Li Zhōujūn great respect, Li Zhōujūn accepted a Healing Pill from Hu Qinyi and gave her his hoe, which she discovered was a valuable Spirit Artifact that transformed earth into Spirit Soil.

• Hu Qinyi found the mountain's baleful aura gone and warned Li Zhōujūn about a female demon sealed there, but he calmly continued gathering herbs.
• Hu Qinyi raised her hand to test Li Zhōujūn, but Yu Ziyue arrived with Xiao Shi and respectfully greeted him, revealing how powerful they believed he was.
• Yu Ziyue inferred that Li Zhōujūn had subdued the Soul Cultivator, and Hu Qinyi apologized for nearly offending him.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Hu Qinyi for a First-grade Healing Pill, and she gave him one she had with her.
• Li Zhōujūn offered his visitors tea, then gave Hu Qinyi his hoe in return for the pill; she recognized it as a Third-grade Spirit Artifact that could turn soil into Spirit Soil.

Li Zhōujūn gave Hu Qinyi a Spirit Hoe and later gave Xu Azuo a pill meant to cure his mother’s tetanus. Xu Azuo hurried home with the medicine, but his mother suspected he had been tricked into taking on another debt.

• Li Zhōujūn gave Hu Qinyi the Spirit Hoe, and Yu Ziyue warned her to guard the rare treasure and keep it hidden.
• Xu Azuo visited Li Zhōujūn by the stream, received Hu Qinyi’s pill, and eagerly set off to save his mother.
• Li Zhōujūn recognized Xu Azuo’s devotion to his mother but discovered that the boy had no spiritual root.
• Xu Azuo reached home and found his frail mother worried that he had gone out at night again.
• Xu Azuo told his mother that a gentleman had given him medicine for her tetanus, but she suspected he had been deceived into promising labor in exchange.

Xu Azuo’s mother recovered after taking the medicine Li Zhōujūn gave him, and she decided to visit Li Zhōujūn with Xu Azuo to thank him. Li Zhōujūn hid his hut and left Xu Azuo a carved message, only to discover that Xu Azuo could not read it until his mother read it aloud.

• Xu Azuo’s mother took the pill and quickly showed signs of recovering from tetanus.
• Xu Azuo’s mother told him to bring an old hen and visit Li Zhōujūn to thank him.
• Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to leave Xu Azuo the impression of a reclusive expert, then hid his hut and carved a saying into a boulder.
• Xu Azuo and his mother arrived, found the hut gone, and called for Li Zhōujūn, who watched them while concealed.
• Xu Azuo found the carved words but admitted he could not read them, so his mother read the message aloud.

Li Zhōujūn completed his mission, gained mid-stage Void Immortal cultivation, and visited Changqing Town, where he accepted a system mission to eat ten stinky preserved eggs. Meanwhile, Hu Qinyi transformed a barren mountain at Yi Yan Sect with Li Zhōujūn’s hoe, drawing the attention of Ghost Extreme Sect.

• Zhan Pingying and Xu Azuo thanked Li Zhōujūn at the stone before leaving the mountain, and Li Zhōujūn received mid-stage Void Immortal cultivation from the system.
• Li Zhōujūn traveled to Changqing Town and accepted the system’s mission to eat ten stinky preserved eggs in exchange for a Ninth-grade Formation.
• Li Zhōujūn bought ten preserved eggs from an Old Woman, who refused his extra money and returned the change.
• Hu Qinyi used Li Zhōujūn’s hoe to turn Yi Yan Sect’s barren mountain into Spirit Soil, and True Person Yi Yan ordered her to keep the treasure secret.
• A Ghost Extreme Sect elder told the Sect Master that Yi Yan Sect’s barren mountain had become Spirit Soil and urged him to uncover the secret.

Black Snake Protector attacked Yi Yan Sect after learning of its Spirit Soil mountain, intending to slaughter its cultivators rather than simply claim the Spirit Hoe. Yi Yan True Person activated the sect’s reinforced protective array, but the sect remained trapped against a vastly stronger enemy.

• Black Snake Protector told the Ghost Lord about the Spirit Soil mountain, then headed to Yi Yan Sect under orders to investigate its secret.
• Yi Yan True Person, Hu Qinyi, and the elders were inscribing formations when Black Snake Protector arrived above the sect on his enormous black snake Dharma Form.
• Yi Yan True Person offered to surrender the treasure and spare his sect, but Black Snake Protector revealed that he wanted everyone’s blood.
• Black Snake Protector’s snake phantom struck Yi Yan True Person, badly injuring him and collapsing the Spirit Soil mountaintop.
• Yi Yan True Person activated the sect’s reinforced Qian-Kun Grand Formation, and Black Snake Protector said it would only delay the sect’s deaths.

Li Zhōujūn used the Ao Xue Flying Sword to save the Yi Yan Sect from the Black Snake Protector, revealing a terrifying power that alarmed forces across the Azure Continent. As Yu Ziyue and Xiao Shi traveled past Hao Huang Mountain, the Mountain God awakened and became curious about Mr. Li of Soul Mountain.

• Li Zhōujūn received an Immortal Locking Array and a mission to save the Yi Yan Sect, then sent the Ao Xue Flying Sword to help them.
• The Ao Xue Flying Sword killed the Black Snake Protector with a single strike, and the Yi Yan Sect bowed in gratitude to the sword and its master.
• The Ghost Lord sensed the sword strike, saw the Black Snake Protector's soul tablet shatter, and decided the Ghost Extreme Sect should move again.
• Yu Ziyue told Xiao Shi that Hao Huang had been a True Immortal Mountain God who could remain in the Tian Yuan Realm, and warned him not to compare Mr. Li carelessly.
• The old man atop Hao Huang Mountain overheard Yu Ziyue and Xiao Shi discussing Mr. Li and wondered about Soul Mountain.

After Ao Xue Flying Sword killed the Black Snake Protector, Li Zhōujūn was confronted by Jia Hu and his thugs at a Preserved Egg stall. The Nangong Three Sisters reunited with him, and Nangong Xinran dealt with the thugs before they fled.

• Ao Xue Flying Sword returned to Li Zhōujūn after killing the Black Snake Protector, and Li Zhōujūn offered to reward it with Preserved Eggs.
• Jia Hu and his men approached Li Zhōujūn and demanded money while the Nangong Three Sisters arrived in Changqing Town and recognized him.
• Nangong Xinran rushed to Li Zhōujūn's side, and the three sisters greeted him as the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.
• When Jia Hu and his men insulted the sisters, Nangong Xinran sealed their acupoints with spiritual-energy needles and asked Li Zhōujūn how to handle them.
• Li Zhōujūn left the punishment to Nangong Xinran, who secretly crippled the men's ability to perform and made them buy and eat the Preserved Eggs.
• Nangong Xinran warned Jia Hu and his men not to do evil again, then released them, and they fled.

After Li Zhōujūn parted from the Nangong Three Sisters, he returned to Soul Mountain and practiced the Ninth-grade Immortal Locking Array. The Mountain God Hao Huang visited him, mistook him for a True Immortal formation grandmaster, and introduced himself after Li Zhōujūn finished the array.

• Nangong Anran told Li Zhōujūn that she and her sisters were traveling to the Guanhai Mountain Secret Realm to seek a chance to reach the Void Immortal realm, and the sisters left after he departed.
• Li Zhōujūn returned to his hut, received the system's delayed Golden Spirit Pill reward, and considered whether Jiang Xiaobai would enter the Guanhai Mountain Secret Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn practiced drawing the Ninth-grade Immortal Locking Array, while Hao Huang watched and concluded that he was a True Immortal and an accomplished formation grandmaster.
• After Li Zhōujūn completed the array, Hao Huang praised his skill and introduced himself as the Mountain God of Hao Huang Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn confirmed he was the master of the second-grade Immortal Sword and respectfully greeted Hao Huang.

Li Zhōujūn met Hao Huang, a True Immortal Mountain God, and earned his admiration by choosing to cultivate in the lower realm. After the two played Go and discussed Guanhai Mountain, Li Zhōujūn returned to his lazy routine.

• Hao Huang asked why Li Zhōujūn had not ascended, and Li Zhōujūn said he was born in the Tian Yuan Realm.
• Hao Huang praised Li Zhōujūn for remaining in the lower realm and invited him to play Go.
• Li Zhōujūn relied on the system's Fifty-Fifty ability, and Hao Huang conceded the game to him.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Hao Huang about Guanhai Mountain, and Hao Huang said its secret realm was insignificant before departing.
• Li Zhōujūn spent three days in bed, and the system scolded him for treating mortal life as an excuse to sleep.

Dao Tian Sect prepared for the threat of Red Lotus Sect as Li Yueru arrived in Azure Continent and learned about Li Zhōujūn. Meanwhile, Li Zhōujūn accepted Hao Huang’s invitation, but Ying Shanshan sensed someone hiding nearby.

• Mu Taiyu and Dao Tian Sect’s mountain lords discussed Red Lotus Sect’s threat, and Mu Taiyu decided to visit Supreme Hall.
• Li Yueru arrived at Azure Continent’s border and ordered Chen Wuchang to investigate Li Zhōujūn and bring him to her if possible.
• Li Zhōujūn left Soul Mountain to gather ingredients and accepted Ying Shanshan’s invitation to visit Hao Huang Mountain with a fish dish.
• Ying Shanshan suddenly sensed someone concealed nearby and demanded that the intruder reveal themself.

Ying Shanshan defeated the Scarlet Lotus Incense Master and his Red Lotus Sect followers when they attacked Li Zhōujūn. After the wounded Incense Master returned to the sect, Li Yueru ordered the attack on the Dao Tian Sect moved up, while Mu Taiyu reached an ancient gate in the clouds.

• The Scarlet Lotus Incense Master confronted Ying Shanshan and attacked, but she swallowed his Skyfall Scarlet Lotus and killed his followers with her Dharma Form’s roar.
• Ying Shanshan wounded the Incense Master’s Primordial Spirit as he escaped, then apologized to Li Zhōujūn and resumed helping him prepare food.
• Chen Wuchang reported the defeat to Li Yueru, who ordered the wounded Incense Master treated and the fallen disciples’ families cared for.
• After Chen Wuchang left, Li Yueru privately condemned the failed attack and decided to launch the assault on the Dao Tian Sect ahead of schedule.
• Mu Taiyu arrived before a thousand-zhang-tall ancient gate suspended above a mountain peak.

Mu Taiyu informed Dao Tian Sect’s Supreme Elders that a True Vehicle had survived the Lightning Tribulation, and Zhen Yunzi vowed to deal with the threat himself. Meanwhile, Li Zhōujūn traveled toward Hao Huang Mountain as Li Yueru led the Red Lotus Sect’s army toward Dao Tian Sect, where Zhen Yunzi confronted them in a canyon.

• Mu Taiyu reported the surviving True Vehicle and the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord’s prodigious talent to Zhen Yunzi, who said he would act when the True Vehicle arrived.
• Li Zhōujūn shared fish soup with Ying Shanshan, then set off with her toward Hao Huang Mountain.
• Li Yueru led tens of thousands of Red Lotus Sect disciples toward Dao Tian Sect, while Chen Wuchang worried they might face an ambush.
• Zhen Yunzi appeared at the end of a canyon, stopped Li Yueru’s army, identified himself, and declared that they were surrounded.

Zhen Yunzi killed Chen Wuchang and the Red Lotus Sect members, while Li Yueru escaped and vowed to target the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord. Later, Li Yueru ambushed Li Zhōujūn and Ying Shanshan on their way to Soul Mountain and declared her intent to kill him.

• Zhen Yunzi revealed his third-grade True Immortal power and struck down Chen Wuchang and the Red Lotus Sect members as Li Yueru fled with a Heavenly-grade spatial treasure.
• Ghost Lord narrowly avoided the sword strike and decided to move his Ghost Extreme Sect far away from the Dao Tian Sect.
• Li Yueru arrived in a remote part of the Azure Continent and resolved to attack the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord at Soul Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn drank with the Hao Emperor late into the night, then left with Ying Shanshan as the Hao Emperor secretly retched after their drinking session.
• Li Yueru blocked Li Zhōujūn and Ying Shanshan with a blood-red lotus and announced that she would kill Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn protected Ying Shanshan from Li Yueru, an Immortal Realm disciple who attacked him with a Golden Armored Divine General. After Hao Huang destroyed the puppet and Li Yueru escaped, Li Zhōujūn reflected on the Golden Armor Sect and the Immortal Realm.

• Li Yueru attacked Li Zhōujūn and Ying Shanshan with a rain of fiery lotus petals, but Li Zhōujūn blocked the assault.
• Li Yueru summoned her damaged Golden Armored Divine General, and Li Zhōujūn stopped its enormous palm with a single finger.
• Li Yueru threatened Li Zhōujūn, crushed a realm-shattering jade slip, and escaped through a vortex.
• Hao Huang arrived and crushed the Golden Armored Divine General with a mountain phantom, shattering the puppet.
• Hao Huang praised Li Zhōujūn's strength and mentioned the Immortal Locking Array, while Li Zhōujūn turned his attention to the Golden Armor Sect and the Immortal Realm.

Li Zhōujūn broke through to the late Virtual Immortal Realm while Dao Tian Sect’s mountain lords and cultivators gathered at Guanhai Mountain to enter its newly opened secret realm. After the entrance closed and the realm began to shake, Jiang Xiaobai kept searching corpses for treasure, attracting the attention of a sneering young man.

• Li Zhōujūn used the Golden Spirit Pill to break through to the late Virtual Immortal Realm after three days in seclusion.
• Jiang Xiaobai and the Nangong Three Sisters gathered at Guanhai Mountain as Murong Xue, Liǔ Yán, and Duan Tianchen arrived to investigate a possible surviving Tribulation Crossing Stage sea creature.
• Murong Xue warned the Nangong Three Sisters to be careful, and Nangong Xinran resolved not to give up on Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord despite Murong Xue’s apparent feelings for him.
• Duan Tianchen, Murong Xue, and Liǔ Yán entered the Sea-Gazing Secret Realm first, followed by the other cultivators, who found a field of ruins and dried corpses.
• The secret-realm entrance closed and the realm began to shake, but Jiang Xiaobai continued searching the corpses for treasure.
• A young man in luxurious robes noticed Jiang Xiaobai collecting items and sneered that the boy could gather things for him.

Du Xiu revealed that he had survived the Lightning Tribulation and was using cultivators as sacrifices to speed his transformation into a dragon. As he overwhelmed the Dao Tian Sect cultivators at Guanhai Mountain, Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to rescue Jiang Xiaobai and the others.

• Du Xiu emerged from a fissure with the Guanhai Old Ancestor’s corpse and revealed that he had reached the dragon-transformation realm by obtaining the ancestor’s dragon blood.
• Du Xiu killed a Spirit Transformation cultivator and declared that he intended to sacrifice everyone present to complete his transformation.
• Liǔ Yán challenged Du Xiu, and Duan Tianchen’s Natal Flying Sword shattered when he blocked Du Xiu’s strike, leaving Duan Tianchen gravely wounded.
• Murong Xue and Liǔ Yán charged Du Xiu but were thrown back by his protective spiritual energy, while Jiang Xiaobai feared that he would die before seeing Yao Tao again.
• Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to rescue Jiang Xiaobai and the Dao Tian Sect disciples at Guanhai Mountain.

Du Xiu massacred the cultivators trapped in the Sea-Gazing Secret Realm, but Li Zhōujūn appeared and killed him with one sword. The survivors began exploring the realm, while a black-robed figure outside Guanhai Mountain Secret Realm stood stunned.

• Du Xiu struck down Liǔ Yán and crushed hundreds of helpless cultivators beneath his giant tail.
• As Du Xiu prepared to strike again, Li Zhōujūn appeared with the Ao Xue Flying Sword and killed him with a single slash.
• Jiang Xiaobai and the other survivors recognized Li Zhōujūn as the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord and marveled at his strength.
• Liǔ Yán introduced Duan Tianchen to Li Zhōujūn's identity, then the Dao Tian Sect members left the secret realm.
• The surviving cultivators rejoiced and prepared to search the secret realm as a black-robed figure stood stunned outside it.

Li Zhōujūn completed his six-month mission and prepared to leave Soul Mountain, but first visited Xu Azuo and discovered that a white snake named Bai Ling had been unknowingly harming him with her demonic aura. He concealed Bai Ling’s aura, cleared the aura from Xu Azuo, and left for Hao Huang Mountain.

• The Ghost Lord fled toward the border of Azure Continent after sensing a tremendous sword intent, while Li Zhōujūn received an early Integration Stage cultivation reward for completing his mission.
• As his six-month stay ended, Li Zhōujūn concealed his cottage and went to check on Xu Azuo before leaving.
• Li Zhōujūn discovered that Bai Ling, a white snake Xu Azuo had saved, was releasing demonic aura that drained the boy’s vitality.
• Li Zhōujūn concealed Bai Ling’s demonic aura and removed the aura already inside Xu Azuo, then advised Bai Ling to cultivate patiently.
• Li Zhōujūn departed for Hao Huang Mountain as Bai Ling watched him go.

Li Zhōujūn left Hao Huang Mountain after accepting an invitation to Daoist Ziyun’s Dao assembly, then returned to Dao Tian Sect and found that Lu Zhining and Sū Nán had reached Foundation Establishment. His return drew Murong Xue’s attention and prompted Zhen Yunzi to come see him after discovering he was a second-grade True Immortal.

• Li Zhōujūn advised Ying Shanshan on the formations in her stone lion, then told her and Hao Huang that he was leaving Soul Mountain.
• Hao Huang invited Li Zhōujūn to observe Daoist Ziyun’s ascension at a Dao assembly on Purple Cloud Mountain, and Li Zhōujūn agreed to attend in a month.
• After leaving Hao Huang Mountain, Li Zhōujūn received rewards for completing a mission, including mid-Integration Stage cultivation, an upgraded Ao Xue Flying Sword, and spirit stones.
• Li Zhōujūn returned to Yunju Mountain and sensed that Lu Zhining and Sū Nán had both reached Foundation Establishment.
• Murong Xue confronted Li Zhōujūn about leaving the Sea-Gazing Secret Realm without saying goodbye, and their joking exchange left her frustrated.
• Zhen Yunzi learned that Li Zhōujūn was a second-grade True Immortal and decided to visit him, while other awakened elders wondered whether their own juniors were hiding their cultivation.

Li Zhōujūn left Dao Tian Sect for the Southern Continent and reached Lin Hai City, where a sudden Sea Clan invasion began. As City Lord Xia Wenjing prepared to defend the city, its soldiers feared the unexpected attack signaled a powerful Sea Clan foe.

• Li Zhōujūn gave Nascent Soul Imprints to Lu Zhining and Sū Nán, then departed Dao Tian Sect for the Southern Continent.
• Li Zhōujūn traveled to Lin Hai City to board a Tower Ship across the sea and entered the city ruled by the Xia Family.
• Lin Hai City shook as the Sea Clan attacked, and soldiers ushered cultivators into shelter.
• Cultivators in the building discussed Xia Wenjing's strength and praised Li Zhōujūn's feats while he listened.
• Li Zhōujūn used his Spiritual Sense to observe hundred-zhang waves battering the southern wall and saw Xia Wenjing preparing to defend the city.
• A soldier confirmed that the Tower Ships had been recalled, while the sudden attack raised fears that a powerful Sea Clan being had joined the battle.

The Nine-Headed Serpent Lord attacked Lin Hai City, forcing Xia Wenjing to choose between surrender and the city’s destruction. As his enormous wave threatened to overwhelm the city, Li Zhōujūn launched the Ao Xue Flying Sword, which appeared on the horizon.

• Xia Wenjing ordered the city’s archers to fire on the advancing shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but their ranks kept charging.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent Lord emerged from the sea, demanded that Xia Wenjing surrender and become his wife, and threatened to destroy Lin Hai City when she refused.
• Xia Wenjing ordered Xia Kui to seek help from Dao Tian Sect, and he reluctantly agreed to leave.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to repel the sea clan and preserve peace across Azure Continent, and he sent the Ao Xue Flying Sword toward the horizon.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent Lord raised a thousand-zhang wave to swallow Lin Hai City, and Xia Wenjing and the city’s cultivators watched in despair as a flying sword arrived from the horizon.

Li Zhōujūn arrived in the sky above Lin Hai City as the Fifth-Rank True Immortal Sea Swallowing Demon Lord emerged and threatened the city. After putting away the Ao Xue Flying Sword, Li Zhōujūn faced the demon lord, who wondered if he was surrendering.

• The Ao Xue Flying Sword killed the Nine-Headed Serpent Lord, and the fleeing shrimp soldiers and crab generals scattered.
• The Sea Swallowing Demon Lord burst from the sea and swallowed many of the fleeing soldiers in one bite.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared beside the Ao Xue Flying Sword, and the people of Lin Hai City recognized him as the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord and learned he was a Third-Rank True Immortal.
• The Sea Swallowing Demon Lord took human form and told Li Zhōujūn that his luck had run out.
• Li Zhōujūn put away the Ao Xue Flying Sword, leaving the cultivators baffled, and the Sea Swallowing Demon Lord asked if he planned to admit defeat.

Li Zhōujūn revealed that he was a Fifth-Rank True Immortal and fought Sea Swallowing Demon Lord to stop him invading Azure Continent. When Sea Swallowing Demon Lord tried to flee, Li Zhōujūn pursued him, and the chapter ended with their evenly matched brawl continuing.

• Li Zhōujūn revealed his Fifth-Rank True Immortal aura, shocking the defenders of Lin Hai City and making Sea Swallowing Demon Lord reconsider fighting him.
• The system changed Li Zhōujūn’s mission to pursue and hunt Sea Swallowing Demon Lord for ten days and ten nights.
• Sea Swallowing Demon Lord tried to escape into the sea, but Li Zhōujūn grabbed his ankle and pulled him back out.
• Li Zhōujūn and Sea Swallowing Demon Lord exchanged punches, matching each other’s physical strength as their clash devastated the sea and killed countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
• Sea Swallowing Demon Lord tried to negotiate an end to the fight, but Li Zhōujūn kept attacking and repeating that anyone who offended Azure Continent must be executed, driving Sea Swallowing Demon Lord to curse him.

Li Zhōujūn completed his ten-day pursuit of the Sea Swallowing Demon Lord, received a cultivation reward, and traveled to the Southern Continent. After arriving, he set out to explore before Daoist Ziyun’s lecture and encountered a young woman and her young master.

• Li Zhōujūn chased the Sea Swallowing Demon Lord through the sea for ten days until the demon lord escaped, while news of the battle spread across Qingzhou and Murong Xue watched Li Zhōujūn’s Life Tablet.
• Li Zhōujūn completed the system mission, received Late Integration Stage cultivation, and headed for the Southern Continent instead of returning to the Azure Continent.
• The Ghost Lord, whose seabed home had been damaged by the battle, decided to move to the Southern Continent as well.
• Li Zhōujūn arrived in the Southern Continent, bought and memorized a map, then walked toward a forested mountain range.
• A girl in a blue-and-white skirt invited Li Zhōujūn to travel with her young master and regretted that he appeared to be a mortal.