Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn defeated Old Immortal Pengchi, protected Congyang Mountain, and helped heal Ning Xuan. After Pengchi returned to Ye Qi, Master Congyang arrived to find Li Zhōujūn and her disciples after the battle.

• Old Immortal Pengchi attacked Li Zhōujūn with thunder and a giant silver bracelet, but Li Zhōujūn effortlessly blocked both attacks.
• Old Immortal Pengchi conceded defeat and withdrew, while Li Zhōujūn completed his mission and advanced to the Ninth-Rank Dao Sect realm.
• Pengchi returned to Ye Qi and explained why he had abandoned his attempt to obtain the Golden Rainbow Grass, and Ye Qi agreed not to pursue it.
• Li Zhōujūn gave Feng Lingxiu a healing pill for the injured Ning Xuan, who recovered enough to thank him.
• Master Congyang emerged from the void as the disciples of Congyang Mountain expressed their gratitude to Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn wandered into a city and discovered a young girl disguised as a boy confronting Ao Sifang, who had tried to force himself on a child selling a family heirloom. A system mission revealed that the heirloom was a Condensing Heaven Dao Fruit, and the chapter ended as Ao Sifang’s Uncle Golden Lion moved to seize the two girls.

• Master Congyang thanked Li Zhōujūn for saving her disciples and left him the damaged spirit ship, which he stored before resuming his travels.
• Back at Congyang Mountain, Ning Xuan struggled to break through while Feng Lingxiu began dressing up; Master Congyang realized both disciples had fallen for the Azure Emperor and decided to confront them.
• Old Immortal Pengchi suspected Master Congyang was looking for him and continued teaching Ye Qi to cultivate.
• In a large city, Li Zhōujūn found a girl disguised as a boy standing up to Ao Sifang after he harassed a little girl selling a family heirloom.
• The system ordered Li Zhōujūn to buy the heirloom and identified it as a Condensing Heaven Dao Fruit that could help him reach the Dao Venerable realm.
• Ao Sifang called Uncle Golden Lion, who arrived and told the disguised girl and the little girl to cooperate with the Ao Family.

Li Zhōujūn intervened when Ao Sifang mistreated Zhang Yan, forcing Ao Tianguang to apologize and leave. He bought Zhang Yan’s Condensing Heaven Dao Fruit with cultivation resources, then broke through to the Dao Venerable realm; the cross-dressed girl asked why he wanted the fruit.

• Ao Sifang insulted Li Zhōujūn, and Ao Tianguang appeared and struck his son down before respectfully apologizing to the Azure Emperor.
• The cross-dressed girl challenged Ao Tianguang over Ao Sifang’s behavior, then comforted Zhang Yan and learned her name.
• Li Zhōujūn dismissed Ao Tianguang, who left with Ao Sifang and Uncle Golden Lion while warning his son not to cause trouble again.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to buy the contents of Zhang Yan’s wooden box, giving her cultivation resources worth far more than her asking price in exchange for the Condensing Heaven Dao Fruit.
• Li Zhōujūn’s cultivation broke through to the Dao Venerable realm, and the cross-dressed girl asked why he needed the fruit.

Li Zhōujūn parted ways with the cross-dressing girl, then learned from Emperor Nian about a Supreme Gathering that would take place in a year. After accepting the task of recommending a Ninth-Rank Dao Sect cultivator, he traveled to Fuzhou City in search of a promising candidate.

• Li Zhōujūn said goodbye to the cross-dressing girl, who watched him leave and called him interesting.
• Ao Tianguang punished Ao Sifang for his misdeeds and for cursing the Azure Emperor, then ordered Uncle Golden Lion to treat his injuries.
• Emperor Nian told Li Zhōujūn that the Supreme Gathering would be held in a year and invited him to recommend one candidate for its trial.
• The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to recommend a Ninth-Rank Dao Sect cultivator, promising a breakthrough to the Second-Rank Dao Venerable realm upon completion.
• Li Zhōujūn traveled to Fuzhou City to seek the Jiang Family's Third Young Lady, who had recently reached the Ninth-Rank Dao Sect realm.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Jiang Family as Old Immortal Pengchi pressured them to hand over Jiang Yan to his disciple, Ye Qi. Just as Jiang Yan agreed to go to protect her family, Li Zhōujūn entered the hall, leaving Old Immortal Pengchi wary.

• Jiang Wuhui and the Jiang Family elders debated Old Immortal Pengchi’s demand to take Jiang Yan as Ye Qi’s wife, fearing for her and their clan.
• Old Immortal Pengchi used his Sixth-Rank Dao Venerable pressure to force the Jiang Family to accept the marriage, while Ye Qi watched without affection for Jiang Yan.
• Jiang Yan entered the hall and agreed to go with Ye Qi on the condition that Old Immortal Pengchi leave her family unharmed.
• Li Zhōujūn entered the hall and greeted Old Immortal Pengchi, who recognized him as the Azure Emperor and grew wary.

Li Zhōujūn stopped Old Immortal Pengchi from forcing Jiang Yan to marry Ye Qi and offered her a slot in the Supreme Gathering's trial. After Old Immortal Pengchi and Ye Qi left, Jiang Yan accepted the opportunity, and Li Zhōujūn agreed to stay with the Jiang Family until the gathering.

• Li Zhōujūn revealed that he had come to recommend Jiang Yan for the Supreme Gathering's trial and warned Old Immortal Pengchi not to force her into marriage.
• Jiang Yan refused the marriage, and Ye Qi persuaded Old Immortal Pengchi to leave rather than challenge Li Zhōujūn.
• Old Immortal Pengchi departed with Ye Qi after wishing Jiang Yan success at the gathering.
• Jiang Wuhui and the Jiang Family elders thanked Li Zhōujūn, and Jiang Yan vowed to do her best in the trial.
• Li Zhōujūn told Jiang Yan to prepare and agreed to stay at the Jiang Family, asking for roast chickens.
• On the road, Ye Qi learned that the trial was for Ninth-Rank Dao Sects, while Old Immortal Pengchi lamented his bad luck in repeatedly meeting Li Zhōujūn.

In Fuzhou City, Zhang Rihai and Tan Huaijun decided to curry favor with the Jiang Family after the Azure Emperor backed Jiang Yan. The Azure Emperor refused to meet the City Lord and the family heads, leaving them to show their goodwill to Jiang Wuhui instead.

• Zhang Rihai and Tan Huaijun agreed to offer the Jiang Family goodwill and planned to visit the Azure Emperor alongside the City Lord.
• Jiang Yan overheard servants gossiping that the Azure Emperor favored her, then brought him roast chicken and promised to discipline them.
• Li Zhōujūn praised Jiang Yan’s cooking but told her to focus on training and bring ingredients instead of preparing roast chicken.
• Jiang Yan told Li Zhōujūn that the City Lord, Tan Huaijun, and Zhang Rihai had come to see him, but he refused to meet them.
• The City Lord, Tan Huaijun, and Zhang Rihai accepted the refusal, praised Jiang Wuhui’s daughter, and left the Jiang Family.

Li Zhōujūn took Jiang Yan to the Supreme Gathering, where she entered the square for the trial. He reunited with Xu Xi'an, Emperor Nian’s daughter, while Old Immortal Pengchi and Ye Qi arrived to watch.

• Li Zhōujūn told Jiang Yan the Supreme Gathering would begin the next morning and summoned her to prepare.
• Jiang Wuhui and the Jiang Family saw Jiang Yan off, and Li Zhōujūn transported her to the gathering’s enormous square.
• Li Zhōujūn gave Jiang Yan the Supreme Token and encouraged her to do her best as she joined the trial participants.
• Xu Xi'an recognized Li Zhōujūn, revealed herself as Emperor Nian’s daughter, and walked with him to front-row seats.
• Old Immortal Pengchi brought Ye Qi into the viewing area and warned him not to pursue Xu Xi'an, then speculated that her powerful suitors could cause trouble for Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn left the protected square to face the Purple Gold Emperor, who was jealous of his closeness with Xu Xi'an. The two confronted each other on a mountaintop, and the Purple Gold Emperor prepared to fight as onlookers watched.

• Xu Xi'an urged Li Zhōujūn to stay in the Four Seasons Domain under her father's protection from the Purple Gold Emperor, but Li Zhōujūn refused.
• The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to fight the Purple Gold Emperor, promising a breakthrough to Third-Rank Dao Venerable when it was settled with his previous mission.
• Li Zhōujūn left the square and flew to a mountaintop, and the Purple Gold Emperor pursued him while Xu Xi'an followed.
• Master Congyang and the other Dao Venerables noticed the confrontation, while Jiang Yan and Ning Xuan watched with concern.
• Xu Xi'an arrived and scolded Li Zhōujūn; when the Purple Gold Emperor demanded that he stay away from her, Li Zhōujūn refused.
• The Purple Gold Emperor proposed that they fight and set an example for the Supreme Gathering trial participants.

Li Zhōujūn faced Purple Gold Emperor and revealed strength that made the onlookers suspect he was a Seventh-Rank Dao Venerable. Emperor Nian stopped their escalating fight before the Supreme Gathering trial began, while Li Zhōujūn had already completed his mission to fight Purple Gold Emperor.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted Purple Gold Emperor’s challenge, and Purple Gold Emperor’s first attack left him completely unmoved.
• Purple Gold Emperor activated the Purple Gold Emperor Extreme Body and struck Li Zhōujūn, who caught the blow without stepping back.
• Purple Gold Emperor unleashed a barrage of punches, but Li Zhōujūn caught each one while remaining calm and never attacking back.
• Purple Gold Emperor grew furious at Li Zhōujūn’s defense, but Emperor Nian appeared and separated them.
• Li Zhōujūn and Purple Gold Emperor agreed to pause their fight, and Li Zhōujūn learned that his mission was complete.

The Supreme Gathering trial began as the Ninth-Rank Dao Sects entered a secret realm where only the final three participants would win the Spiritual Vein Baptism. After ten days, Jiang Yan was discovered by an allied group of three, leaving her exposed and outnumbered.

• Emperor Nian explained the trial rules, opened the secret-realm gate, and sent the participants inside.
• Li Zhōujūn’s system announced that he had advanced to the Third-Rank Dao Venerable realm, and he discussed Purple Gold Emperor and his refusal to follow Xu Xi'an’s father with Xu Xi'an.
• The participants scattered across the secret realm, and Jiang Yan hid in a secluded tree while Li Zhōujūn and Jiang Wuhui watched from the square.
• After ten days, three allied Ninth-Rank Dao Sects found Jiang Yan, and one woman shot an arrow at her hiding place.
• Jiang Yan dodged the arrow but was exposed to the three opponents, while Jiang Wuhui worried and Li Zhōujūn watched silently.

Jiang Yan lost the trial after three contestants overwhelmed her with coordinated attacks and poisoned her with an arrow. She returned to the square, where Li Zhōujūn comforted her and resolved to make the Purple Gold Emperor regret mocking him.

• The Leopard Print Leather Woman, the Red Palace Dress Woman, and the dark-skinned burly man confronted Jiang Yan and urged her to withdraw, but she refused and prepared to fight.
• The three contestants attacked together, and the Leopard Print Leather Woman's poisoned arrow left Jiang Yan powerless before the dark-skinned burly man struck her away.
• Jiang Yan's Supreme Token shattered when it judged her condition dangerous, healing her wounds and teleporting her out of the trial secret realm.
• Jiang Wuhui checked on Jiang Yan, and Li Zhōujūn gave her a jade pendant that could summon one of his avatars.
• The Purple Gold Emperor mocked Li Zhōujūn over Jiang Yan's defeat, and Li Zhōujūn resolved to make him regret it as the Purple Gold Emperor felt a chill creep up his back.

Li Zhōujūn left the Supreme Gathering and confronted the Purple Gold Emperor, easily defeating him and chasing him for three years until he surrendered. The Purple Gold Emperor challenged Li Zhōujūn to face Evil Spirit Mie, and the system issued a task to make the Purple Gold Emperor kneel, kowtow, and call him Dad.

• Li Zhōujūn left the Supreme Gathering, and the Purple Gold Emperor followed him to a ruined city to confront him.
• The Purple Gold Emperor revealed his mastery of both body and technique, but Li Zhōujūn blocked his attack with one finger.
• The Purple Gold Emperor fled, and Li Zhōujūn pursued and beat him whenever he tried to make peace, continuing the chase for three years.
• The Purple Gold Emperor stopped running and challenged Li Zhōujūn to face Evil Spirit Mie, a Ninth-Rank Dao Venerable.
• The system tasked Li Zhōujūn with making the Purple Gold Emperor kneel, kowtow, and call him Dad in exchange for breaking through to the Sixth-Rank Dao Venerable realm.

Li Zhōujūn entered the sealed space where Evil Spirit Mie was imprisoned to collect strands of her hair, then repeatedly demonstrated that he could shuttle in and out at will. He escaped her attempt to seize him, leaving her stunned and furious.

• Li Zhōujūn left the Purple Gold Emperor and headed for Evil Spirit Mie's sealed space, while the Purple Gold Emperor departed to avoid a surprise attack.
• The Three Ancestors of Evil Spirits contacted Evil Spirit Mie and asked her to help them rule the Dao Realm, and she agreed to wait for their release attempt.
• Li Zhōujūn entered the sealed space and told Evil Spirit Mie he wanted strands of her hair to win a bet.
• Li Zhōujūn repeatedly shuttled out of the seal and back in, bewildering Evil Spirit Mie as she tried to stop him.
• Evil Spirit Mie lunged to seize Li Zhōujūn, but he escaped at matching speed and reappeared behind her.

Li Zhōujūn obtained a strand of Evil Spirit Mie's hair by enduring three of her blows, then used it to complete his mission and gain a cultivation breakthrough. At the chapter's end, two powerful emissaries had arrived at the Jiang Family to force Jiang Yan into the dangerous Extreme Martial Trial, and Jiang Wuhui had called for Li Zhōujūn's help.

• Li Zhōujūn agreed to endure three blows from Evil Spirit Mie, took them without injury, and received one strand of her hair.
• Evil Spirit Mie wondered whether Li Zhōujūn had reached the complete Dao Lord realm and reconsidered her promise to Greed, Anger, and Ignorance.
• Li Zhōujūn teleported to the Purple Extreme Imperial Dynasty and showed the Purple Gold Emperor Evil Spirit Mie's hair, prompting the emperor to kneel and call him Father.
• The system announced that Li Zhōujūn had completed his mission and advanced to the Sixth-Rank Dao Venerable realm.
• Li Zhōujūn and the Purple Gold Emperor noticed the Two Emissaries of Wuji, both Seventh-Rank Dao Venerables, gathering over the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Wuhui explained that the emissaries wanted Jiang Yan to enter the deadly Extreme Martial Trial and said he would not let her take that risk.

Li Zhōujūn stopped the Two Emissaries of Wuji from forcing Jiang Yan into the Extreme Martial Trial, then learned that Lin Junwu planned to pursue her for her Innate Spirit Spring Physique. The chapter ended with Lin Junwu dismissing Li Zhōujūn and preparing to respond to his interference.

• Jiang Wuhui refused to let Jiang Yan participate in the Extreme Martial Trial, but Zhao Wushan threatened the Jiang Family and sent over an Extreme Martial Token.
• Li Zhōujūn caught the token, learned Jiang Yan did not want to participate, and ordered Zhao Wushan and Chen Zhihe to leave.
• Li Zhōujūn returned the token to Zhao Wushan and told Jiang Wuhui to crush his jade pendant if the Great Emperor Jíwǔ's side caused trouble.
• Xu Xi'an warned Li Zhōujūn that Lin Junwu, a Seventh-Rank Dao Venerable, would not let him off easily and offered him refuge in the Four Seasons Domain.
• Lin Junwu rebuked Zhao Wushan and Chen Zhihe for failing to get Jiang Yan into the trial, then dismissed Li Zhōujūn as a jumping clown.

After a meal with Xu Xi'an, Li Zhōujūn faced Lin Junwu and the Two Emissaries of Wuji, who challenged him for defying Great Emperor Jíwǔ. Li Zhōujūn accepted the fight against all three, and their attacks converged on him as Xu Xi'an braced for the worst.

• Xu Xi'an urged Li Zhōujūn to hide in the Four Seasons Domain, but Lin Junwu arrived with Zhao Wushan and Chen Zhihe and accused Li Zhōujūn of obstructing Great Emperor Jíwǔ's orders.
• Lin Junwu challenged Li Zhōujūn to survive his attack, while Xu Xi'an warned Li Zhōujūn that Lin Junwu had been personally trained by Great Emperor Jíwǔ.
• The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to face the three men and promised to raise his cultivation to Seventh-Rank Dao Venerable upon completion.
• Li Zhōujūn challenged Lin Junwu, Zhao Wushan, and Chen Zhihe to attack him together despite Xu Xi'an's protests.
• Zhao Wushan, Chen Zhihe, and Lin Junwu launched a mountain phantom, a sweeping horsetail whisk, and a devastating punch at Li Zhōujūn as Xu Xi'an shut her eyes.

Li Zhōujūn overwhelmed Lin Junwu and the Two Emissaries of Wuji before Zhong Ya arrived and apologized for her son. Their uneasy truce was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a woman in hemp clothes, whose arrival shocked everyone.

• Li Zhōujūn blocked the combined attack of Lin Junwu and the Two Emissaries of Wuji with one palm, then suppressed them with Golden Lightning and Chess Pieces.
• Dao Realm experts watched in shock as the Azure Emperor drove Lin Junwu and the Two Emissaries of Wuji onto the defensive, while Purple Gold Emperor welcomed the reversal of his fortunes.
• Zhong Ya appeared as a clone, stopped Li Zhōujūn's attacks, reprimanded Lin Junwu, and apologized to Li Zhōujūn for her son's actions.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted Zhong Ya's apology, and she invited him to visit the Extreme Martial Domain.
• A woman in hemp clothes entered, leaving Xu Xi'an, the Two Emissaries of Wuji, Lin Junwu, Zhong Ya, and the watching Dao Realm experts stunned.

Li Zhōujūn rejected Li Menglan’s offer to become her disciple, then proved he was Qin Tianyi’s descendant and received a protective sword from her. Meanwhile, the evil spirit ancestors gathered at Evil Spirit Mie’s prison to offer help breaking him out, but Mie refused.

• Li Menglan offered to take Li Zhōujūn as her disciple, but he declined because he already had a sect grand ancestor.
• Li Zhōujūn named Qin Tianyi as his grand ancestor and showed Li Menglan Qin Tianyi’s calligraphy, confirming his descent.
• Li Menglan gave Li Zhōujūn a sword containing three of her projections and invited him to visit her at Grinding Sword Mountain if he learned Qin Tianyi’s whereabouts.
• Zhong Ya offered Li Zhōujūn the support of the Extreme Martial Domain, while Lin Junwu left fearing punishment and Xu Xi'an departed after accepting that Li Zhōujūn would not join her in the Four Seasons Domain.
• Greed, Anger, and Delusion offered to help Evil Spirit Mie escape his prison, but Mie refused.

Evil Spirit Mie stayed behind after Greed, Envy, and Foolishness left, while Li Zhōujūn spent a century in Little Bay Village and befriended Cai Youwan. He encouraged Cai Youwan to try for the Xiao Jian Sect, then listened as the boy explained why he had refused a girl’s offer to marry him.

• Greed, Envy, and Foolishness confronted Evil Spirit Mie for abandoning their plan to conquer the Dao Realm, but she ordered them to leave.
• After the three Evil Spirits departed, Mie warned that attacking the Dao Realm would lead to their deaths, and strands of power from dead Evil Spirits entered her body.
• A hundred years later, Lin Ahui sent Cai Youwan to deliver demon-beast meat to Mister in Green, who was Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn shared roast chicken with Cai Youwan and encouraged him to try out for the Xiao Jian Sect, confident he would be recruited.
• Cai Youwan told Li Zhōujūn that he had rescued a girl from a demon beast but refused her offer to marry him because he felt responsible for his pregnant dog, Big Yellow.