Chapter Summaries

Fú Xuěsōng plotted to cripple Li Zhōujūn after Yú Xīndá left for a hundred years, but Li stayed on Rao Yun Mountain and avoided taking missions. A year later, Fú Jìndào grew anxious about his dwindling contributions while Fú Xuěsōng remained confident Li would eventually leave the academy.

• Fú Xuěsōng told Fú Jìndào he planned to lure Yú Xīndá away with Godly Drunken Hundred Years, then cripple Li Zhōujūn during a mission and force him to surrender the spirit plants on Rao Yun Mountain.
• Yú Xīndá warned Li Zhōujūn that Fú Xuěsōng would hold a grudge, but Li dismissed the threat.
• Yú Xīndá left to sample Godly Drunken Hundred Years for what might be a hundred years, asking Li Zhōujūn to watch over her spirit plants.
• Li Zhōujūn spent his days leisurely on Rao Yun Mountain, occasionally giving True God Realm Outer Disciples cultivation advice, and took no missions for a year.
• Fú Jìndào complained that Li had stayed inside the academy and admitted he had rejected easy missions, while Fú Xuěsōng told him to wait and reassured him about cultivation resources.

After harvesting the mature rare treasures on Rao Yun Mountain, Li Zhōujūn learned that Fú Xuěsōng wanted to use his Spirit Soil to grow the forbidden Demon Head Flower. Fú Xuěsōng planned to poison and control Li, but the system issued Li a mission to make Fú Xuěsōng drink his own poison.

• After sixty years of watching Li Zhōujūn avoid missions, Fú Xuěsōng went to Rao Yun Mountain to secure its Crimson Sun Spirit Soil for his son’s forbidden cultivation plan.
• Li Zhōujūn harvested the mature rare treasures and offered Fú Xuěsōng permission to use the Spirit Soil.
• Fú Xuěsōng recalled that his son intended to grow the forbidden Demon Head Flower and considered poisoning Li to keep the scheme secret.
• Li Zhōujūn joked that Fú Xuěsōng should not plant anything crooked or unorthodox, and Fú Xuěsōng resolved to poison him.
• The system warned Li Zhōujūn of Fú Xuěsōng’s plan and assigned him a mission to make Fú Xuěsōng drink the poison he had prepared.

Fú Xuěsōng invited Li Zhōujūn to drink and secretly poisoned his cup, but Li Zhōujūn used the system’s warning to make Fú Xuěsōng drink it instead. After completing the system’s mission, Li Zhōujūn gained cultivation, while Fú Xuěsōng tried to leave and find the antidote as the poison began to affect him.

• Fú Xuěsōng offered Li Zhōujūn wine in gratitude for lending him Spirit Soil, secretly placing God King Down poison in Li Zhōujūn’s cup.
• The system warned Li Zhōujūn about the poison and told him to switch cups with Fú Xuěsōng.
• Li Zhōujūn insisted they exchange cups and threatened to have the wine inspected, so Fú Xuěsōng drank the poisoned wine.
• The system announced that Li Zhōujūn had completed the mission and advanced to the Sixth Tribulation God Monarch Realm.
• Fú Xuěsōng claimed the wine had made him pale and tried to leave, but Li Zhōujūn urged him to stay as the poison made his body itch.

Li Zhōujūn prevented Fú Xuěsōng from taking the antidote and killed him after revealing that he knew about the poisoning. When Law Enforcement Hall Elders arrived, the Dean confirmed that Fú Xuěsōng had admitted to poisoning Li Zhōujūn and that Li had acted in self-defense.

• Li Zhōujūn kept Fú Xuěsōng at the table as the poison took effect and stopped him from leaving.
• Li Zhōujūn seized Fú Xuěsōng's antidote and deliberately scattered it, leaving Fú Xuěsōng unable to save himself.
• Fú Xuěsōng accused Li Zhōujūn of discovering the poisoning, then tried to attack him and self-detonated; Li Zhōujūn survived and Fú Xuěsōng was killed.
• Brother System rewarded Li Zhōujūn by raising his cultivation to the Nine Tribulation Divine Lord Realm.
• Law Enforcement Hall Elders arrived and accused Li Zhōujūn of killing a fellow disciple, but the Dean declared that Fú Xuěsōng had poisoned Li and that Li was the victim.

Li Zhōujūn survived Fú Xuěsōng’s attempt to kill him, and the Law Enforcement Hall sealed Xuesong Mountain after announcing Fú Xuěsōng’s death. At the Old Dean’s courtyard, Li Zhōujūn met Mu Tingxuan, who ordered him to accompany her on a mission so he could claim God Emperor resources.

• Li Zhōujūn found Fú Xuěsōng’s storage ring and learned it contained a Demon Head Flower seed that could release a clone of Crimson Eye God Emperor.
• A Law Enforcement Elder told Fú Jìndào that Fú Xuěsōng had fallen for trying to murder a fellow disciple, ordered him to leave Xuesong Mountain, and had the mountain sealed.
• Li Zhōujūn visited the Old Dean and kept his recording of Fú Xuěsōng’s confession as protection against accusations of harming a fellow disciple.
• The Old Dean introduced Mu Tingxuan, and Li Zhōujūn awkwardly apologized after mistaking her for an old woman.
• Mu Tingxuan criticized Li Zhōujūn for idling instead of claiming resources or completing missions, then asked him to join her on an assignment.

Mu Tingxuan took Li Zhōujūn to the Dragon Bone Mountain Range to find a Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm for refining a Top-grade God Emperor Pill. They entered a poisonous mist and emerged into a battle, where an arrogant voice challenged them.

• The Old Dean explained that Mu Tingxuan wanted the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm to refine a Top-grade God Emperor Pill for the academy competition.
• Mu Tingxuan and Li Zhōujūn traveled by spirit boat to the Dragon Bone Mountain Range, and Li Zhōujūn fell asleep on the way.
• Mu Tingxuan used a Treasure-Seeking Jade Rabbit to search for the worm, but the rabbit trembled when it sensed danger ahead.
• Mu Tingxuan warned Li Zhōujūn that the unnatural white mist was poisonous and gave him a Calming Pill before they entered it.
• Li Zhōujūn and Mu Tingxuan emerged from the mist amid a fierce battle, and an arrogant voice called them fools for coming after the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm.

Mu Tingxuan and Li Zhōujūn found the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm beside a dead Seven Tribulation God Emperor, guarded by two fighting Eight Tribulation God Emperors. Li Zhōujūn seized the worm and gained First Tribulation God King cultivation from his system mission, leaving the two opponents joining forces to attack him as Mu Tingxuan watched in alarm.

• Mu Tingxuan and Li Zhōujūn came upon Cheng Mengyu and a Body-Refining Man fighting beside a dead man and the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm.
• Mu Tingxuan decided they should leave rather than risk fighting two Eight Tribulation God Emperors, but Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to seize the worm and chose to act.
• Li Zhōujūn caught Cheng Mengyu’s spear-generated gust with his Fifty-Fifty ability, picked up the worm, and completed the mission, gaining First Tribulation God King cultivation.
• Cheng Mengyu and the Body-Refining Man agreed to join forces against Li Zhōujūn, who taunted them about his roast chicken.
• Cheng Mengyu thrust his spear at Li Zhōujūn as the Body-Refining Man bombarded him with sand, while Mu Tingxuan tried to intervene and Li Zhōujūn stopped her.

Li Zhōujūn fought off the Body-Refining Man and Cheng Mengyu over the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm. The Body-Refining Man withdrew, leaving Cheng Mengyu to challenge Li Zhōujūn, who enlisted Mu Tingxuan as an ally.

• Li Zhōujūn blocked the Body-Refining Man and Cheng Mengyu’s attacks, then faced the Body-Refining Man’s powerful physical techniques.
• Mu Tingxuan warned Li Zhōujūn about the Fuyue Sect cultivator, but Li Zhōujūn charged forward, caught his punch, and struck him with the golden light from his divine eye.
• Cheng Mengyu held back and urged the Body-Refining Man to fight Li Zhōujūn, hoping to take advantage after they weakened each other.
• The Body-Refining Man decided the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm was not worth risking his life over, so he tore open the void and left.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Mu Tingxuan to join him against Cheng Mengyu, and she agreed.
• Cheng Mengyu accused Li Zhōujūn of needing Mu Tingxuan because his fight with the Body-Refining Man had exhausted him.

Li Zhōujūn and Mu Tingxuan overwhelmed Cheng Mengyu, who used a secret technique after Li seized his spear. The two attacked him from opposite sides, leaving Cheng Mengyu trapped and pleading for his life by invoking the Moonfall Sect.

• Li Zhōujūn caught Cheng Mengyu's spear barehanded and bound it, while Mu Tingxuan struck at Cheng Mengyu with an azure sword slash.
• Cheng Mengyu dodged Mu Tingxuan's attack and began considering retreat after Li took control of his natal magic treasure.
• Cheng Mengyu activated a secret technique and attacked Li, but Li caught his wrist and endured his blows.
• Mu Tingxuan attacked Cheng Mengyu again as Li used Cheng's own spear to strike at him.
• Trapped between Li and Mu Tingxuan, Cheng Mengyu cried that he was an elder of the Moonfall Sect and could not be killed.

Li Zhōujūn defeated Cheng Mengyu, had his sentient spear devoured by the Ao Xue Flying Sword, and accepted a system quest to eat ordinary white rice for ten years. He found the Mortal Worldly Delights restaurant, where its owner offered him a free bowl and invited him to guess why she had opened it.

• Mu Tingxuan stabbed Cheng Mengyu through the heart as Li Zhōujūn held off his spear thrust, killing him.
• Li Zhōujūn let the system erase the spear’s sentience and feed it to the Ao Xue Flying Sword, raising the sword to the Eight Tribulation God Emperor Artifact realm.
• The system ordered Li Zhōujūn to eat ordinary white rice for ten years and forbade him from eating roast chicken; he agreed rather than risk losing roast chicken forever.
• Li Zhōujūn gave Mu Tingxuan the Gold-rimmed Primordial Emperor Worm, learned that Moonfall Sect rivaled Taicang Holy Academy, and went looking for naturally grown mortal rice.
• Li Zhōujūn found the Mortal Worldly Delights restaurant and ordered green pepper fried pork rice without the green peppers or fried pork.
• The restaurant’s owner offered Li Zhōujūn a free bowl of white rice, then told him to guess why she had opened the restaurant.

Li Zhōujūn made Otaku Happy Water and agreed to share its earnings with Zheng Yuhan, helping the drink spread beyond her tavern. After Gu Qingle tasted it and recognized its commercial potential, she set out to obtain the recipe and ingredients.

• Li Zhōujūn rejected Zheng Yuhan’s offer of work and proposed making Otaku Happy Water for a fifty-fifty share of the earnings.
• Li Zhōujūn gathered ingredients in Zheng Yuhan’s small world and spent more than half a month perfecting the drink.
• Li Zhōujūn gave Zheng Yuhan the recipe, and she offered him the tavern’s finest guest room and agreed to manage the drink’s sales.
• Otaku Happy Water became famous in Moonlit City and the surrounding cities, drawing cultivators to Mortal Worldly Delights.
• Gu Qingle tasted the drink, realized adapting its recipe could profit the Gu House, and ordered preparations to travel to the tavern.

At the Mortal Worldly Delights, Long Yuying tried to force Zheng Yuhan to surrender the Otaku Happy Water recipe and threatened the Gu Household. Li Zhōujūn refused him and used a power that convinced Gu Qingle and the others that he might be a God King, leaving Long Yuying terrified and unable to resist.

• Gu Qingle arrived at the Mortal Worldly Delights and confronted Long Yuying, who demanded Zheng Yuhan sell him the Otaku Happy Water recipe.
• Long Yuying threatened Zheng Yuhan and boasted that his elder brother, Long Zhenfeng, had become a True Disciple of Elder Fan Liang of the Moonfall Sect.
• Li Zhōujūn revealed that he had supplied the drink’s ingredients, refused to give the recipe to Long Yuying, and ordered him to leave.
• When Long Yuying challenged him, Li Zhōujūn made Long Yuying slap himself, then made him and his white-haired guard slap each other.
• Gu Qingle recognized the display as a possible God King's True Word, and Long Yuying feared that Li Zhōujūn was a God King.

Li Zhōujūn forced Long Yuying and his guard Lü Mujie to dance, then ordered them to keep dancing in Moonlit City for ten years. Long Yuying submitted for now, while Li Zhōujūn awaited the system reward for completing its new mission.

• Long Yuying and Lü Mujie admitted they had been wrong, and Li Zhōujūn asked whether Long Yuying's elder brother had joined the Moonfall Sect as a True Disciple.
• After the system assigned him a mission, Li Zhōujūn made Long Yuying and Lü Mujie dance, raising his cultivation to the Second Tribulation God King Realm.
• Gu Qingle warned Li Zhōujūn that killing the pair could put the Gu Household at risk, while Long Yuying continued dancing and secretly vowed revenge.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to make Long Yuying dance for ten years, and Li Zhōujūn ordered him to do so.
• Lü Mujie urged Long Yuying to submit until help arrived, and Long Yuying told Li Zhōujūn he would not dare object.

Li Zhōujūn kept Long Yuying and Lü Mujie dancing outside the tavern while Long Yuying’s family summoned help from the Moonfall Sect. Long Yuying’s brother arrived with Elder Fan Liang, but Li Zhōujūn’s voice ordered the dancers to continue, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Li Zhōujūn told Zheng Yuhan that anyone except the Long Household could receive the Otaku Happy Water recipe, and Gu Qingle collected a copy before leaving.
• Long Yuying and Lü Mujie danced outside the tavern for three days while crowds watched, and Long Kaotian sent for his eldest son, Long Zhenfeng.
• Long Zhenfeng returned with his master, Fan Liang, a First Tribulation God Emperor, and the three set out for Moonshine City to confront Li Zhōujūn.
• Long Yuying stopped dancing to reunite with his family and begged Fan Liang to avenge him, while Fan Liang promised to help.
• As Long Yuying pointed toward the tavern, Li Zhōujūn’s voice asked whether he had told them to stop dancing.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his overwhelming strength when his Ao Xue Flying Sword frightened Elder Fan Liang into abandoning Long Yuying and his family. He ordered everyone who had come to help Long Yuying to dance for ten years, leaving the Long Household humiliated and afraid of his power.

• Elder Fan Liang threatened Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn sent out the Ao Xue Flying Sword, whose aura made Fan Liang realize he faced a far stronger opponent.
• Li Zhōujūn emerged from the restaurant and summoned the sword, leading the onlookers to recognize him as a God Emperor.
• Elder Fan Liang introduced himself and pleaded for mercy, offering the Moonfall Sect's reward and abandoning Long Yuying and his companions.
• Li Zhōujūn demanded that Elder Fan Liang and everyone who had come with him dance for ten years, or face his judgment.
• Elder Fan Liang began dancing and ordered Long Kaotian, Long Yuying, Long Zhenfeng, and Lü Mujie to join him, while Long Kaotian blamed Long Yuying for the Long Household's predicament.

Li Zhōujūn and Zheng Yuhan discussed the Long family’s fate while Fan Liang secretly sought help from Moonfall Sect. Sect Master Gu Huaiyan learned that an Eight Tribulation God Emperor had forced Fan Liang, Long Zhenfeng, and the Long family to dance outside a restaurant.

• Li Zhōujūn assured Zheng Yuhan that no one would threaten her restaurant, and she proposed wiping out the Long family while keeping the ten-year dancing punishment in place.
• Long Zhenfeng persuaded Fan Liang to notify Moonfall Sect’s Sect Master, and Fan Liang used the sect’s secret technique to send a message.
• Fan Liang reassured Long Zhenfeng that the Nine Tribulation God Emperor Sect Master could defeat the Eight Tribulation God Emperor and rescue his family.
• Gu Huaiyan investigated the death of Cheng Mengyu and concluded that the evidence pointed toward either Taicang Holy Academy or Fuyue Sect.
• Fan Liang’s phantom appeared before Gu Huaiyan and reported that an Eight Tribulation God Emperor had made him, Long Zhenfeng, and the Long family dance outside Mortal Worldly Delights.
• Gu Huaiyan’s expression darkened after hearing Fan Liang’s report.

Li Zhōujūn faced Gu Huaiyan, the Nine Tribulation God Emperor who came to defend the Moonfall Sect, while his system assigned him a mission to make Gu Huaiyan dance for ten years. Gu Huaiyan waited for Li Zhōujūn to answer, unaware that he was chatting with the system.

• Gu Huaiyan left a clone to oversee the Moonfall Sect and rushed to Moonlit City after Fan Liang reported the humiliation.
• Gu Huaiyan's arrival filled Moonlit City with his powerful aura, and Fan Liang and Long Zhenfeng stopped dancing while Long Kaotian, Long Yuying, and Lü Mujie continued until Fan Liang scolded them.
• Li Zhōujūn came out of the restaurant and told the group to keep dancing, and Fan Liang slapped Long Yuying when she demanded that Gu Huaiyan kill Li Zhōujūn.
• Gu Huaiyan appeared above the city, introduced himself, and asked Li Zhōujūn for his name.
• Li Zhōujūn's system assigned him a mission to make Gu Huaiyan dance for ten years and discussed combining its rewards with earlier missions.
• Gu Huaiyan frowned as Li Zhōujūn stayed silent, wondering if the Eight Tribulation God Emperor had been frightened speechless.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his Four Tribulation God Venerable strength and forced Gu Huaiyan and the Long family group to dance for ten years. He returned to the tavern, where Zheng Yuhan hinted at her past connections to God Venerable cultivators.

• Long Zhenfeng tried to provoke Gu Huaiyan into attacking Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn dismissed the sect master's identity and ordered him to dance.
• Li Zhōujūn dispersed the dark clouds over Moonlit City and revealed his Four Tribulation God Venerable aura, terrifying Gu Huaiyan.
• Gu Huaiyan agreed to dance for ten years alongside Fan Liang and the others, then threatened to expel Long Zhenfeng for dragging Moonfall Sect into the conflict.
• Li Zhōujūn said he would not kill them and returned to the tavern, while Gu Huaiyan and the others continued dancing out of fear.
• Zheng Yuhan praised Li Zhōujūn's strength, and he suggested she had encountered many God Venerable cultivators before; she replied that she was now merely a tavern owner.

Li Zhōujūn left Mortal Worldly Delights to explore Moonlit City, where he met Tang Xi at a roast chicken stall. He gave her a conch shell that could summon his help, leaving the girl’s blacksmith father and the surrounding townspeople astonished.

• Li Zhōujūn asked Zheng Yuhan to watch the Moonfall Sect members dancing outside Mortal Worldly Delights, then set off through Moonlit City.
• Gu Huayan told Fan Liang that they could not escape because Li Zhōujūn could kill them with a thought, while townspeople discussed the Green-robed God Venerable and recognized him in the streets.
• Li Zhōujūn stopped at a roast chicken stall, where Tang Xi offered to buy him a chicken, unaware that he was a God Venerable.
• Li Zhōujūn learned that six-year-old Tang Xi had reached the Immortal Monarch Realm and joked that she owed him a roast chicken.
• Li Zhōujūn gave Tang Xi a conch shell she could use to call for his help, and her blacksmith father and nearby townspeople stared in surprise.

After guiding Tang Xi for ten years, Li Zhōujūn prepared to leave Moonlit City and encouraged her to forge her own cultivation path and explore the wider Hong Meng Continent. He departed after sharing roast chicken with her, while Tang Xi resolved to grow strong enough to see the world.

• Li Zhōujūn spent years living leisurely in Moonlit City, occasionally guiding Tang Xi in cultivation while Gu Huaiyan and the others continued dancing outside the inn.
• At sixteen, Tang Xi reached the First-Rank Immortal Emperor realm, and Li Zhōujūn told her to shape her own path instead of relying on his guidance.
• Li Zhōujūn revealed that he was leaving, and Tang Xi confirmed she had long known he was the Green-robed God Venerable.
• Tang Xi brought Li Zhōujūn ten roast chickens to thank him for teaching her, and they ate together with Otaku Happy Water.
• Li Zhōujūn encouraged Tang Xi to explore Hong Meng when she was strong enough, reminded her that her conch could contact him, and vanished.
• Tang Xi resolved to leave her little city one day and see the distant horizons Li Zhōujūn had described.