Chapter Summaries

Li Zhōujūn wandered through the mountains, secretly saving Lu Wenshu and Yuxiang from a demon wolf before meeting them again near Purple Cloud Mountain. As True Person Ziyun’s sermon began, a powerful old man arrived, whom someone on the mountain greeted as the Vast Emperor.

• Li Zhōujūn declined Lu Wenshu and Yuxiang’s offer to travel together, then concealed himself as he entered the mountain range.
• While roasting a pheasant, Li Zhōujūn saw Lu Wenshu and Yuxiang fleeing a demon wolf and drove it away with a leaf.
• Three days before the sermon, Li Zhōujūn met Lu Wenshu and Yuxiang at an inn beneath Purple Cloud Mountain, where Lu Wenshu suspected he was their rescuer.
• On the morning of True Person Ziyun’s sermon, Li Zhōujūn joined the crowd heading toward Purple Cloud Mountain.
• A terrifying pressure descended as an old man in splendid robes appeared, and someone on Purple Cloud Mountain hailed him as the Vast Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn and Hao Huang reunited with True Person Ziyun as he prepared to preach to the gathered beings of Southern Continent. After revealing his Fifth-Rank True Immortal Dharma Form, Ziyun began his lecture on the Dao, and Li Zhōujūn listened while Hao Huang guarded the assembly.

• Hao Huang recognized Li Zhōujūn among the crowd, and Li Zhōujūn joined him and True Person Ziyun in the void.
• Yuxiang and Lu Wenshu realized Li Zhōujūn was a True Immortal and regretted how they had acted toward him.
• True Person Ziyun led Li Zhōujūn and Hao Huang to Purple Cloud Mountain's summit and manifested a ten-thousand-zhang Dharma Form.
• Countless humans and demons gathered around Purple Cloud Mountain to hear Ziyun preach, while Hao Huang told Li Zhōujūn he should ascend to the Immortal Realm soon.
• True Person Ziyun began his lecture amid surging purple clouds and rising golden lotuses, and Li Zhōujūn listened as Hao Huang watched over the crowd.

True Person Ziyun broke through the barrier to ascend to the Immortal World, but Nether Ghost Daoist ambushed him and emerged to threaten the gathered beings. Ziyun was injured, and the Sixth-Rank True Immortal’s overwhelming power left the Southern Continent’s cultivators unable to resist kneeling.

• After Daoist Ziyun finished expounding on the Dao, Li Zhōujūn awakened and shared his insights with Emperor Hao.
• True Person Ziyun punched through the world barrier, opening a passage to the Immortal World as the gathered cultivators watched.
• As Ziyun entered the passage, a gigantic palm struck his Dharma Form and sent him crashing back, badly injured.
• Emperor Hao explained that Immortal World ambushers preyed on True Immortals who ascended by breaking through the barrier themselves.
• Nether Ghost Daoist emerged from the passage, announced his intention to claim the lower world, and unleashed the might of a Sixth-Rank True Immortal.

Emperor Hao and Li Zhōujūn trapped Nether Ghost Daoist after he attacked True Person Ziyun, revealing that Li Zhōujūn had secretly set an Immortal Locking Array. As Emperor Hao prepared to kill him, Nether Ghost Daoist offered to join their ambushes before vowing to drag Li Zhōujūn down with him.

• Nether Ghost Daoist confronted True Person Ziyun, but Emperor Hao revealed his Seventh-Rank True Immortal aura and moved to capture him.
• Nether Ghost Daoist escaped Emperor Hao’s first attack with a substitution and evasion technique, only to be caught by Li Zhōujūn’s Immortal Locking Array.
• Emperor Hao praised Li Zhōujūn’s formation skill, while Nether Ghost Daoist accused them of secretly ambushing Immortals from the Immortal Realm.
• Nether Ghost Daoist offered to join their operation and take a share of the spoils, but Emperor Hao rejected him and summoned a gigantic mountain above him.
• As Emperor Hao prepared to crush him, Nether Ghost Daoist angrily swore to drag Li Zhōujūn down with him.

Li Zhōujūn and Emperor Hao defeated Nether Ghost Daoist, and True Person Ziyun recovered before ascending to the Immortal Realm. Li Zhōujūn then continued touring the Southern Continent, where three sect disciples found him napping beside a lake.

• Nether Ghost Daoist burned his body and attacked Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn matched his strength while Emperor Hao seized and killed him.
• Ghost Lord watched the battle and gained insight that he hoped would help him break through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
• Emperor Hao comforted the injured True Person Ziyun, who resolved to study ambushes after the attack.
• After several days of recovery, True Person Ziyun ascended to the Immortal Realm, and Emperor Hao left for the Azure Continent.
• Li Zhōujūn spent ten days touring the Southern Continent before stopping for a nap by a lake, where three sect disciples discovered him.

Song Muhan, Deng Qing, and Leng Feiwen investigated a lake for a fish demon, only to discover it had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. As the demon attacked, Li Zhōujūn remained untouched, and Song Muhan ordered her companions to use their trump cards.

• Deng Qing warned Li Zhōujūn about the man-eating demon, but Li Zhōujūn chose to remain by the lake.
• Leng Feiwen used talismans to heat the lake, drawing out a giant crab that the three disciples mistook for the demon.
• The Green Fish Demon emerged and attacked everyone with water arrows, revealing cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Deng Qing raised an earthen wall to shield the group, while the water arrows passed harmlessly around the still Li Zhōujūn.
• The Green Fish Demon blamed the group for killing its crab friend during its seclusion, and Song Muhan told Deng Qing and Leng Feiwen to unleash their trump cards.

Li Zhōujūn watched as True Monarch Red Snow rescued three disciples and descendants from a Green Fish Demon, then encountered her over the Gate of Ascension key. True Monarch Wei arrived to demand the key, but froze when he recognized Li Zhōujūn as a Sixth-Rank True Immortal.

• True Monarch Red Snow killed the Green Fish Demon with her Red Snow technique and warned Deng Qing, Song Muhan, and Leng Feiwen not to misuse her name.
• True Monarch Red Snow revealed that Old Ancestor Xuanling was her disciple, then sent the three cultivators away.
• True Monarch Red Snow asked Li Zhōujūn whether he had meant to save them, and he denied it.
• True Monarch Wei appeared and demanded the key to the Gate of Ascension, claiming one of True Monarch Red Snow's disciples had betrayed her.
• True Monarch Red Snow challenged True Monarch Wei to take the key by force, but he recognized Li Zhōujūn and froze in shock.

Li Zhōujūn accepted Monarch Red Snow and Monarch Wei’s offer to guide him to the Gate of Ascension on Cheng Tian Mountain. On arrival, Monarch Juxiang attacked them and revealed that only the person who gathered all nine keys could enter the gate.

• Monarch Wei recognized Li Zhōujūn as a true immortal, and Monarch Red Snow offered to lead him to the Gate of Ascension on Cheng Tian Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn agreed to travel with Monarch Red Snow and Monarch Wei, and the three reached Cheng Tian Mountain ten days later.
• Monarch Juxiang attacked the group with his giant palm, which Monarch Wei tried to stop.
• Monarch Juxiang emerged from Cheng Tian Mountain and revealed that the rumor about nine people entering the Gate of True Immortals was false.
• Monarch Juxiang explained that only someone holding all nine keys could enter, and he intended to take the final key from the group.

Li Zhōujūn killed True Monarch Juxiang just as the Gate of Ascension fled Cheng Tian Mountain, then caught the living door and learned it was a Blood Sophora Tree Demon that had lured cultivators into its inner world. The system rewarded Li Zhōujūn with complete Integration Stage cultivation, and the demon begged him for mercy.

• True Monarch Juxiang transformed into a giant and attacked Li Zhōujūn, True Monarch Wei, and True Monarch Red Snow, but Li Zhōujūn beheaded him with one sword strike.
• True Monarch Wei and True Monarch Red Snow rushed toward True Monarch Juxiang's corpse to search for the key, but the Gate of Ascension fled from Cheng Tian Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn chased the Gate of Ascension, stopped it, and triggered the system's reward of complete Integration Stage cultivation.
• The Gate of Ascension transformed into an old man and confessed that he was a Blood Sophora Tree Demon who had lured cultivators into his inner world to devour them.
• Li Zhōujūn praised the demon for confessing, while reflecting that his system had helped him survive the schemes of True Monarch Juxiang and the demon.

Li Zhōujūn spared the Blood Sophora Tree Demon and ordered it to protect a village, where the demon gradually learned to value the villagers and planned to teach a boy cultivation. The incense Li Zhōujūn had sent to the Divine Feather Dynasty began burning, hinting that trouble had arrived.

• Li Zhōujūn spared the Blood Sophora Tree Demon on the conditions that it protect the village for a thousand years, avoid indiscriminate killing, and accept a Sword Qi seal.
• The Blood Sophora Tree Demon restored the damaged land and settled beside the village, where the villagers revered it as the Tree God.
• After spending time among the villagers, the Blood Sophora Tree Demon reflected that its previous pursuit of cultivation had led it astray and thanked Li Zhōujūn for his guidance.
• The Blood Sophora Tree Demon told Li Zhōujūn that it planned to teach an orphaned boy a body-tempering method through his dreams, and Li Zhōujūn approved.
• Li Zhōujūn sensed that the incense he had sent to the Divine Feather Dynasty had begun burning and suspected trouble had arrived.

Ling Mu led the Divine Elephant Legion to demand that Yuhua Ji surrender the Divine Feather Dynasty, but Yuhua Ji refused and lit the incense Li Zhōujūn had given him. As the army charged, a flying sword blocked its path, leaving Ling Mu shaken by what he recognized as an immortal sword.

• Ling Mu brought the Divine Elephant Legion to the capital of the Divine Feather Dynasty and demanded Yuhua Ji submit.
• Yuhua Ji refused to surrender, and Ling Mu struck the city tower with a flying teacup to threaten him.
• The Feather Emperor urged Yuhua Ji to surrender, but Yuhua Ji lit the incense Li Zhōujūn had given him.
• Ling Mu ordered the Divine Elephant Legion to attack the city.
• A flying sword carved a vast ravine in front of the golden-armored elephants, and Ling Mu recognized it as an immortal sword.

Li Zhōujūn repaid Yuhua Ji’s favor by saving the Divine Feather Dynasty from Ling Mu, then learned that his pursuit of the Sea Swallowing Demon Lord had made him famous. Beneath the sea, Ao Yu volunteered to confront him and set out to seek him.

• Li Zhōujūn appeared before Ling Mu and Yuhua Ji, and Ling Mu recognized him as Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.
• Li Zhōujūn ordered Ling Mu to withdraw and stay away for a thousand years in repayment for the Divine Feather Dynasty’s favor, and Ling Mu obeyed.
• Yuhua Ji warned the Feather Emperor that the dynasty would still face annexation unless he reached the Integration Stage within a thousand years.
• At a teahouse, Li Zhōujūn heard a storyteller recount exaggerated tales of his exploits and listened with interest.
• Ancient sea powers debated who should kill Li Zhōujūn, and Ao Yu challenged them before declaring that he would seek Li Zhōujūn himself.

After hearing that a fiend was terrorizing the Sunset Mountain Range, Li Zhōujūn headed there to investigate. Murong Xue pursued Zhao Pengyun into the forest, where he called the poisonous Medicine Woman to help him ambush her.

• In a teahouse, a disciple listened to his master recount the Sea Clan attack and became inspired by the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.
• Li Zhōujūn overheard that a fiend in the Sunset Mountain Range was killing children and decided to go there.
• Murong Xue chased Zhao Pengyun into the depths of the mountain range and wounded him with her sword.
• Zhao Pengyun summoned the Medicine Woman, who surrounded Murong Xue with poisonous black mist and attacked her with deceptive copies.
• Murong Xue blocked the Medicine Woman's poisoned strike, but Zhao Pengyun and the Medicine Woman attacked her from opposite sides.
• Murong Xue raised an ice wall to hold back Zhao Pengyun as she dodged the Medicine Woman's black mist, but the wall shattered and Zhao Pengyun struck at her.

Murong Xue was poisoned and nearly killed by Zhao Pengyun and the Medicine Woman, but Li Zhōujūn arrived in time to save her. He revealed his immortal sword as he faced the two attackers, who began to suspect he was the legendary Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.

• Murong Xue fought Zhao Pengyun and the Medicine Woman, but the Medicine Woman's Flying Flower Needles poisoned her and disabled her spiritual energy.
• Zhao Pengyun prepared to kill Murong Xue with the Mother-Child Sword as she despaired that she had not confessed her feelings to Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared, blocked the Mother-Child Sword, and caught Murong Xue as she collapsed.
• Zhao Pengyun and the Medicine Woman attacked Li Zhōujūn, but his immortal sword overwhelmed their assault and made them suspect he was the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.

Li Zhōujūn killed Zhao Pengyun and Medicine Woman, then healed Murong Xue and prepared to leave with her. A young man mistook him for a villain and challenged him, while the tiger demon summoned by the young man hurried over after sensing a True Immortal’s power; Murong Xue began to stir.

• Li Zhōujūn killed Zhao Pengyun and Medicine Woman with his immortal sword.
• Li Zhōujūn examined Murong Xue, found her injuries survivable, and forced the Flying Flower Needles from her body.
• Ao Yu waited on the road to the Dao Tian Sect, planning to meet the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.
• A young man accused Li Zhōujūn of harming Murong Xue and attacked him, but Li Zhōujūn sent him stumbling back with a wave of spiritual power.
• The young man blew a bamboo whistle to summon a tiger demon, while the demon’s towering mother ran toward the forest’s edge with the tiger cub, cursing him for provoking a True Immortal.
• Li Zhōujūn prepared to leave, but Murong Xue moaned softly in his arms, making him stop.

Li Zhōujūn rescued Murong Xue and headed back with her to Dao Tian Sect, where Ao Yu ambushed them with a True Immortal attack. Ao Yu fled after Li Zhōujūn survived, then told the sea clan elders that Dao Tian Sect’s two powerful predecessors had likely ascended.

• Murong Xue woke in Li Zhōujūn’s arms, and she and Li Zhōujūn bickered while the young man who had tried to rescue her realized he had misunderstood and left.
• Li Zhōujūn warned Murong Xue against rushing her cultivation, then set off with her toward Dao Tian Sect.
• Ao Yu waited in a melon shed and launched a colossal palm attack at Li Zhōujūn and Murong Xue as they flew past.
• Li Zhōujūn activated his Fifty-Fifty ability, reached Seventh-Rank True Immortal cultivation, and blocked Ao Yu’s attack with a punch.
• Ao Yu suspected the sea clan elders had hoped he and Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord would weaken each other, so he fled back to the deep sea.
• Ao Yu told the sea clan elders he had not encountered Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord and suggested Dao Tian Sect’s two powerful predecessors had ascended.

Ao Yu deceived the sea immortals to protect his schemes, while Li Zhōujūn returned to Dao Tian Sect and found Sū Nán and Lu Zhining planning a day off. He warned Sū Nán to take her cultivation seriously.

• Ao Yu convinced the sea immortals to withdraw, then laughed in private after returning to his secret chamber.
• Murong Xue told Li Zhōujūn that Supreme Elder Zhenyun had come looking for him, and they returned to Dao Tian Sect.
• Li Zhōujūn noticed that the other mountain lords were cultivating in seclusion, then declined Murong Xue’s invitation for tea and headed to Yunju Mountain.
• Li Zhōujūn found Sū Nán and Lu Zhining sparring, but Sū Nán soon suggested skipping training to go catch fish.
• Sū Nán awkwardly admitted she would cultivate properly after Li Zhōujūn returned and warned her not to slack off.

Li Zhōujūn met Dao Tian Sect’s Supreme Elders, who approved him for promotion after learning of his True Immortal strength. He accepted the Supreme Elder position and agreed that either Sū Nán or Lu Zhining could succeed him as Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord.

• Mu Taiyu arrived at Yunju Mountain and escorted Li Zhōujūn to the Supreme Hall to meet the waiting Supreme Elders.
• Zhen Yunzi, Burning Mountain True Monarch, and Wuchenzi greeted Li Zhōujūn and praised his talent and strength.
• Zhen Yunzi offered Li Zhōujūn the position of Supreme Elder, and Li Zhōujūn accepted the jade token from Mu Taiyu.
• Zhen Yunzi offered to help either Sū Nán or Lu Zhining become the next Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord, and Li Zhōujūn agreed.

Mu Taiyu left Burning Mountain True Monarch, while Zhen Yunzi brought Li Zhōujūn into the Dao Tian Sect’s Supreme Hall and explained the True Immortal ranks. Unable to leave the hall’s small world with his current cultivation, Li Zhōujūn stayed to drink with Zhen Yunzi, and a month later he was still there, ready to go fishing after nearly emptying his host’s wine stores.

• Burning Mountain True Monarch praised Mu Taiyu as sect master, prompting Mu Taiyu to flee after hearing he was expected to serve another thousand years.
• Zhen Yunzi led Li Zhōujūn into the Supreme Hall’s small world and invited him to live there, while urging him to seek the Immortal Realm.
• Zhen Yunzi explained the ranks of True Immortals and told Li Zhōujūn that two Dao Tian Sect ancestors had ascended after reaching the Ninth Rank.
• Li Zhōujūn asked about the sect’s strongest cultivator, then discovered he could not leave the small world with his current cultivation.
• Zhen Yunzi invited Li Zhōujūn to drink, and a month later Li Zhōujūn went out to catch fish after drinking nearly all of Zhen Yunzi’s reserved wine.

Zhen Yunzi sent Li Zhōujūn to the Supreme Hall, where he discovered that the Supreme Elder Token and Sect Master Token were required to enter the Cloud Hidden Realm. Li Zhōujūn returned to Yunju Mountain, reprimanded Sū Nán and Lu Zhining for their antics, and elsewhere Ao Yu tried to force a Lobster Demon to submit.

• Zhen Yunzi forcibly sent Li Zhōujūn to the Supreme Hall after deciding it was time for him to handle his Mountain Lord affairs.
• Li Zhōujūn found the Cloud Hidden Realm stele and learned entrants needed the Supreme Elder Token and Sect Master Token.
• Li Zhōujūn returned to Yunju Mountain and found Sū Nán reading while Lu Zhining's alchemy experiment filled the room with smoke.
• Li Zhōujūn ordered Sū Nán and Lu Zhining to clean the alchemy room and stand outside it as punishment for a day.
• Ao Yu whipped the Lobster Demon and demanded that he submit, but the demon angrily complained that Ao Yu had not let him answer.