Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn met Nàlán Cái, Nàlán Yè, and their guards while they sheltered from the rain in a temple, and heard Shí Yì describe a world where cultivators and monsters were rarely seen. When the Wang Family came after the Nàláns, their attackers fell silent, and Shí Yì discovered the ground outside covered in mutilated corpses.

• Li Zhōujūn welcomed Nàlán Cái’s party into the temple and spoke with Shí Yì, the Nàlán Family guards’ leader.
• Shí Yì told Li Zhōujūn about the Nàlán family’s journey to Chángkāng City and his past encounters with Immortal Masters.
• Shí Yì felt uneasy beneath the temple’s Buddhist statues, while Li Zhōujūn sensed that the Nàlán party’s situation was about to change.
• A voice outside threatened Nàlán Cái, and Shí Yì identified the attackers as members of the Wang Family.
• When no attackers entered the temple, Shí Yì went outside and returned pale, warning the others that corpses torn to pieces covered the ground.

Shí Yì warned Nàlán Cái and the others that the Wang Family guards had been brutally killed, while a supernatural presence outside the temple called to them in familiar voices. After Ā Jīn answered the voice of his dead acquaintance, the temple door shattered and the ghost killed a fleeing guard, leaving everyone in terror.

• Shí Yì told Nàlán Cái and the guards that the Wang Family people outside had been torn apart, and swore he was telling the truth.
• A voice impersonating Xiāo Shūyī called from outside, then mimicked the son of the square-faced guard, but Shí Yì warned everyone not to answer.
• The ghost called to the goateed guard and Ā Jīn using familiar voices, and Ā Jīn answered when he thought he heard Ā Zhū.
• The temple door shattered, revealing a mangled woman in white, and she split the guard with inverted-triangle eyes in two as he tried to escape.
• Shí Yì scolded Ā Jīn for answering the ghost, and Ā Jīn explained that he had mistaken its voice for Ā Zhū's.

The golden Buddha statue drove off the White-robed Woman and invited Nàlán Yè to become its disciple, but Li Zhōujūn challenged it as a fraud. A Great Dream True Buddha arrived and shattered the statue, revealing something terrifying within.

• The bronze Buddha statue glowed and forced the White-robed Woman to retreat into the woods.
• The statue asked Nàlán Yè to become its disciple, and she agreed to stay until its true body came for her the next night.
• Li Zhōujūn called the statue a little cricket and questioned its claim to be a True Buddha.
• The statue attacked Li Zhōujūn with a golden suppressing character, but a voice from outside dispersed it.
• A Great Dream True Buddha appeared, and the statue split apart as something inside began to emerge.

Li Zhōujūn and the Great Dream True Buddha met at the temple after the Buddha’s giant cricket escaped, then discussed the Dao as supernatural visions appeared around them. The True Buddha left praising Li Zhōujūn, while Shí Yì and the others became convinced he was a legendary immortal.

• A giant cricket emerged from the cracked bronze Buddha, but the Great Dream True Buddha captured it in a flying bowl and entered the room.
• The Great Dream True Buddha recognized Li Zhōujūn as a True Vehicle and respectfully greeted him.
• The Great Dream True Buddha confirmed that Nàlán Yè had spiritual insight but said he could not guide her into the Immortal Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn and the Great Dream True Buddha discussed moral dilemmas and cultivation as golden lotuses, mist, and enormous phantoms appeared around them.
• The Great Dream True Buddha thanked Li Zhōujūn for his insight, then departed, leaving Shí Yì and the others revering Li Zhōujūn as a legendary immortal.

Li Zhōujūn saved the dying Jiang Xiaobai and took him as a disciple, earning Void Immortal cultivation from the system. Jiang Xiaobai revealed that his family’s branch and the Zhang Family were conspiring to seize control of the Jiang Family’s main branch in Great Deer City.

• Nàlán Cái and the others thanked Li Zhōujūn as he left their house and continued along the mountain path.
• A badly injured young man fell in front of Li Zhōujūn, and the system identified him as a Child of Destiny.
• Li Zhōujūn gave the young man a Bone-Regenerating Pill and carried him beneath a tree to recover.
• The young man woke and introduced himself as Jiang Xiaobai, and Li Zhōujūn demanded that he become his disciple.
• After Li Zhōujūn revealed his Spirit Transformation power, Jiang Xiaobai kowtowed and became his disciple, earning Li Zhōujūn Void Immortal cultivation.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Li Zhōujūn that Jiang Family branch members had allied with the Zhang Family to take over the main branch’s shops and resources in Great Deer City.

Jiang Xiaobai returned to Great Deer City and confronted Jiang Suanjing, who was trying to seize control of the Jiang Family from the gravely injured Jiang Anlang. As Jiang Suanjing demanded the Great Patriarch’s position, Jiang Xiaobai declared that his plans would fail.

• Li Zhōujūn offered to help Jiang Xiaobai take revenge, but Jiang Xiaobai insisted on doing it himself, and Li Zhōujūn promised to support him.
• Jiang Suanjing pressured the injured Jiang Anlang to surrender the Great Patriarch’s position, backed by an alliance with the Zhang Family.
• Jiang Xiaobai returned to the Jiang Family hall, surprising Jiang Anlang and unsettling Jiang Suanjing.
• Jiang Xiaobai accused Jiang Suanjing and his son of crippling his meridians and pushing him off a cliff, while Jiang Suanjing denied knowing anything about it.
• Jiang Suanjing openly demanded that Jiang Anlang hand over the position, but Jiang Xiaobai said his plans would fail.

Jiang Xiaobai gave Jiang Anlang a pill that restored his injuries and strength, foiling Jiang Suanjing’s attempt to seize control of the Jiang Family. With Jiang Anlang back on his feet, Jiang Suanjing and his son were forced to kneel as the branch heads turned against them.

• Jiang Xiaobai offered Jiang Anlang a black Stretching-Eye-Opening Pill, but Jiang Anlang and the Jiang Family branch heads doubted it could help him.
• Jiang Xiaoyu arrived with Zhang Huilan, taunted Jiang Xiaobai, and revealed that he and Zhang Huilan were together.
• Jiang Anlang swallowed the pill and rapidly recovered, while Jiang Suanjing tore a talisman to summon reinforcements.
• Zhang Duogan arrived, saw Jiang Anlang’s recovery, and hurriedly left with Zhang Huilan rather than confront him.
• Jiang Anlang pressured Jiang Suanjing and his son to their knees, and the branch heads denounced Jiang Suanjing’s attempt to take power.

Jiang Anlang killed Jiang Xiaoyu and Jiang Suanjing for their betrayal, then reunited with Jiang Xiaobai and met his master, Li Zhōujūn. Li Zhōujūn gave Jiang Xiaobai a cultivation technique and a protective clone mark before Jiang Xiaobai headed to the rear mountain and encountered someone lying by the roadside.

• Jiang Xiaobai confirmed that Jiang Xiaoyu had crippled him and pushed him off a cliff, leading him to meet Li Zhōujūn.
• Jiang Xiaobai killed Jiang Xiaoyu, and Jiang Anlang killed Jiang Suanjing after rejecting his plea for mercy.
• Jiang Anlang thanked Jiang Xiaobai's absent master for saving them, and Li Zhōujūn entered the hall soon afterward.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to take Jiang Xiaobai to the mountain, but Jiang Xiaobai chose to make his own way in the world.
• Li Zhōujūn taught Jiang Xiaobai the Great Sun Golden Crow Scripture and placed a clone mark in his body for protection.
• Jiang Xiaobai set off for the rear mountain and stopped when he saw someone lying beside the road.

Jiang Xiaobai cared for Yao Tao after she fell into his world from the Immortal Realm, and over three months they grew close as he fell in love with her. Her family’s steward Lu Bei arrived to take her home, leaving Yao Tao asking whether she could stay.

• Jiang Xiaobai found the injured Yao Tao in the mountains, carried her to the Jiang Family estate, and had a maid care for her.
• Over three months, Yao Tao recovered and grew fond of Jiang Xiaobai, while he learned she had come from the Immortal Realm.
• Dark clouds gathered above the Jiang Family estate, and Lu Bei arrived on a colossal Kunpeng to bring Yao Tao home at her father's command.
• Yao Tao asked Lu Bei if she could refuse to return, and he narrowed his eyes as he examined Jiang Xiaobai.

Lu Bei warned Jiang Xiaobai that his feelings for Yao Tao would bring danger, but Jiang Xiaobai refused to give up on her despite the gulf between their status and cultivation. When Lu Bei attacked him with his aura, Jiang Xiaobai’s master arrived and dispersed it.

• Lu Bei offered Jiang Xiaobai pills powerful enough to raise his cultivation to the peak of the world, but Jiang Xiaobai refused them.
• Lu Bei warned Jiang Xiaobai not to entertain feelings for Yao Tao, but Jiang Xiaobai openly declared his love and vowed to earn the Yao Family’s recognition.
• Lu Bei described Yao Tao’s birth as a Golden Core cultivator and the powerful suitors seeking marriage alliances with the Yao Family, while Yao Tao defended Jiang Xiaobai.
• Lu Bei unleashed his immortal aura at Jiang Xiaobai, but a young man’s voice appeared and the aura scattered.
• Jiang Xiaobai recognized the newcomer as his master.

Li Zhōujūn’s Nascent Soul Imprint appeared to protect Jiang Xiaobai from Lu Bei, who opposed Jiang Xiaobai’s relationship with Yao Tao. Li Zhōujūn and Lu Bei exchanged attacks, leaving them apparently evenly matched as Lu Bei warned that the encounter was only the beginning.

• Li Zhōujūn’s Nascent Soul Imprint activated when Lu Bei threatened Jiang Xiaobai and dispelled Lu Bei’s pressure.
• Lu Bei explained that he wanted to take Yao Tao away because the Yao Family considered Jiang Xiaobai, a Qi Refining cultivator, unworthy of her.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Yao Tao whether she truly liked Jiang Xiaobai, and she blushingly agreed.
• Lu Bei declared that Jiang Xiaobai and Yao Tao could never be together, then attacked Li Zhōujūn with a claw strike.
• Li Zhōujūn countered with a storm of ice spikes, and Lu Bei shattered them, judging their strength evenly matched.
• Lu Bei warned Li Zhōujūn not to underestimate the Yao Family, while Li Zhōujūn answered with a faint smile.

Li Zhōujūn fought Lu Bei to a draw while defending Jiang Xiaobai and Yao Tao’s relationship, until Lu Bei summoned Yao Huangcun. Yao Huangcun refused to approve the young couple’s relationship and threatened Li Zhōujūn if he persisted.

• Lu Bei attacked Li Zhōujūn with a golden Dharma Seal, but Li Zhōujūn countered with Sword Qi, and both emerged unharmed.
• Jiang Xiaobai resolved to become powerful himself so he could earn the Yao Family’s respect and marry Yao Tao.
• Lu Bei declared he would take Yao Tao home and summoned his master by rubbing a lamp.
• Yao Huangcun appeared, and Lu Bei explained that Yao Tao loved a Qi Refining cultivator whose master was a Heavenly Immortal.
• Li Zhōujūn argued that love mattered more than the gap in cultivation, but Yao Huangcun refused to approve the relationship and threatened him.

Li Zhōujūn fought Yao Huangcun’s clone and used his Fifty-Fifty ability to match the Esteemed Immortal’s strength. After they acknowledged each other as fellow Daoists, Li Zhōujūn proposed a wager to settle Yao Huangcun’s objection to Jiang Xiaobai and Yao Tao’s relationship.

• Yao Huangcun attacked Li Zhōujūn with a giant hand made of vines, and Li Zhōujūn countered with an ice sword and a powerful strike.
• Li Zhōujūn and Yao Huangcun’s auras proved evenly matched, astonishing Lu Bei, Yao Tao, and Jiang Xiaobai.
• Yao Huangcun realized Li Zhōujūn was also an Esteemed Immortal and greeted him as a fellow Daoist.
• Yao Huangcun objected to his daughter being with Jiang Xiaobai, whom he considered unworthy.
• Li Zhōujūn argued that the couple loved each other and proposed a wager to Yao Huangcun.

Li Zhōujūn and Yao Huangcun agreed that Jiang Xiaobai would have a hundred years to ascend before Yao Huangcun approved his relationship with Yao Tao. After the Yao Family departed, Li Zhōujūn received a sword upgrade and a new mission to live among mortals for half a year.

• Li Zhōujūn proposed giving Jiang Xiaobai a hundred years to ascend, and Yao Huangcun accepted the wager.
• Yao Huangcun gave Jiang Xiaobai a hundred years to reach the Immortal Realm before he would approve the relationship, then took Yao Tao and Lu Bei away on Kunpeng.
• Jiang Xiaobai promised to work hard, and Li Zhōujūn encouraged him before his avatar disappeared.
• Li Zhōujūn's system upgraded the Ao Xue Flying Sword to a Second-Rank True Immortal Artifact and assigned him a mission to experience mortal life for half a year.
• Li Zhōujūn wondered whether the mortal-world mission would lead to an opportunity to show off.

Li Zhōujūn chose a resentment-filled mountain near a village for his six-month mortal-life trial and killed the Soul Cultivator sealed there. At Yi Yan Sect, True Person Yi Yan welcomed Yu Ziyue and Xiao Shi, unaware the threat had already been eliminated.

• Li Zhōujūn found a mountain filled with resentment and chose it as his secluded home for the system's trial.
• Li Zhōujūn used his Void Immortal Spiritual Sense to crush the Old Woman, a Nascent Soul Soul Cultivator who had nearly escaped her chains.
• Li Zhōujūn built a humble dwelling beside a stream on the mountain.
• True Person Yi Yan welcomed Yu Ziyue and Xiao Shi to Yi Yan Sect to help deal with the sealed Soul Cultivator.
• True Person Yi Yan explained how he had sealed the Soul Cultivator two hundred years earlier, and Yu Ziyue agreed to rest at the sect before going to the mountain the next day.

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.