Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu’s newly created Ascension Method stunned Zhang Huaiyi and persuaded him to share it with Dragon Tiger Mountain in exchange for its Zhengyi inheritance. Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong learned the method and Twin Full Hands, leaving them hopeful of ascending and restoring Tian Jinzhong’s limbs.

• Ji Shu explained his Ascension Method, and Zhang Huaiyi and the others recognized that it offered a clear path to ascension.
• Zhang Huaiyi told Ji Shu he wanted to exchange the method with Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Zhengyi inheritance, and Ji Shu agreed.
• Zhang Huaiyi visited Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong, explained Ji Shu’s achievement, and persuaded them to share their sect’s inheritance.
• Zhang Huaiyi transmitted the Ascension Method to Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong, who realized it gave them hope of ascension and of restoring Tian Jinzhong’s body.
• The three martial brothers celebrated their reunion and drank together, while Zhang Zhiwei reflected on how their prospects had changed.

Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Huaiyi, Tian Jinzhong, and Lu Jin spread Ji Shu’s Ascension Method across hundreds of sects, making him famous as a saint of the age and gathering fortune for Earth’s Will. After absorbing the sects’ Fundamental Laws, Ji Shu created the Earth Immortal Method and began teaching it to Feng Baobao, Xia He, and Zhang Chulan.

• Zhang Zhiwei demonstrated his immortal power to convince Lu Jin that Ji Shu’s Ascension Method could lead to ascension, and Lu Jin exchanged the Fundamental Law of Reverse Life Triple for it.
• Lu Jin joined Zhang Huaiyi, Zhang Zhiwei, and Tian Jinzhong as they visited hundreds of sects, exchanged their Fundamental Laws for the Ascension Method, and converted their cultivation.
• Ji Shu’s reputation spread throughout the Otherworlder World, bringing fortune that flowed into Earth’s Will as it began to condense toward something new.
• After reaching the Loose Immortal realm, Ji Shu gathered the methods brought by Zhang Zhiwei and the others, entered seclusion with Feng Baobao, and created the Earth Immortal Method.
• Ji Shu explained the Earth Immortal realm to Feng Baobao, Xia He, and Zhang Chulan, then began teaching them the new method.

After Feng Baobao, Xia He, and Zhang Chulan mastered the Earth Immortal Method, Ji Shu took them traveling by train to broaden their experience. Their journey reached a confrontation when a seat-stealing man harassed Xia He and threatened her.

• Feng Baobao, Xia He, and Zhang Chulan successfully converted to the Earth Immortal Method, and Feng Baobao flew to Jingcheng City on a golden cloud.
• Ji Shu explained that his talents and the Earth Immortal Method let him cultivate far faster than others, while he planned to wait until he became an Earth Immortal before traveling abroad.
• Ji Shu agreed to travel by train with his companions and told them to avoid using spells unless they faced danger.
• On a crowded train in late December 2005, Xia He confronted a middle-aged man who had taken her seat, and he threatened and harassed her.
• Xia He asked Ji Shu for help, while the man mocked Ji Shu and eyed Feng Baobao.

Xia He punished a man who harassed her on the train, while Ji Shu used the journey to help his companions observe human nature and temper their spirits. After they left the train, Feng Baobao spotted two abused child beggars, and Ji Shu revealed that human traffickers had mutilated them, prompting Feng Baobao to want to hunt down the criminals.

• Xia He broke the harasser’s hands and leg after he tried to assault her, then sat with Ji Shu, Feng Baobao, and Zhang Chulan as he screamed on the floor.
• The train attendant initially questioned Xia He, but Xu San’s calls led the attendant to arrange for the harasser to be arrested at the next station.
• Ji Shu explained that witnessing the human world could help temper their spirits and advance their cultivation.
• Feng Baobao noticed two disabled child beggars, and Zhang Chulan gave them his money before realizing their injuries might have been inflicted by traffickers.
• Ji Shu confirmed that the children had been deliberately mutilated and that one child’s tongue had been cut; Feng Baobao proposed tracking down the human traffickers.

Feng Baobao, Ji Shu, Xia He, and Zhang Chulan pursued a human-trafficking group after discovering its members in Nandu. After Feng Baobao uncovered the traffickers’ atrocities and buried their hidden sentries, the group headed for the organization’s mountain lair.

• Feng Baobao marked two children with a tracking talisman, and Ji Shu agreed to wait before intervening against the suspected traffickers.
• Han Mo and Zhang Mazi recognized Ji Shu in Nandu and abandoned their operation, but Feng Baobao sensed them and followed them with Xia He and Zhang Chulan.
• Feng Baobao captured the group’s hidden sentries, while Xia He and Zhang Chulan learned that the traffickers tortured children to create powerful little ghosts.
• Feng Baobao buried the captured sentries and led Xia He and Zhang Chulan toward the traffickers’ concealed grotto in the mountains.

Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, and Xia He defeated Han Lin and uncovered his failed attempt to raise a Ghost King, along with maps leading to several evil organizations. Ji Shu decided to destroy the Medicine Immortal Society next and set the group to erase the sect’s remaining traces.

• Feng Baobao used Feng Hou Qi Men to freeze time while Zhang Chulan and Xia He fought through the cavern and confronted Han Lin.
• Han Lin tried to stall them by activating the ritual altar, but Feng Baobao stopped time and Zhang Chulan knocked him unconscious before the altar could produce a Ghost King.
• Feng Baobao examined Han Lin’s memories and learned about his Nanyang sect, the little ghosts, and the failed ritual to create a Ghost King.
• Ji Shu reunited with Feng Baobao, praised her, Zhang Chulan, and Xia He, then examined Han Lin’s memories and safely opened a lethal restriction.
• Ji Shu found maps to the Nanyang main altar, the Medicine Immortal Society headquarters, and a ninja organization’s altar, then chose the Medicine Immortal Society as their next target.
• Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, and Xia He began wiping out the evil sect’s traces in the cavern.

Feng Baobao and her companions destroyed the Holy Cult’s branches, rescued and healed the children, then raided the Medicine Immortal Society’s headquarters. They defeated its leader and found a terrified little girl sealed in a room.

• Han Lin recognized Ji Shu’s group after Feng Baobao captured his soul, and he revealed that his restrictions contained maps to treasures guarded by several major sects.
• Feng Baobao and her companions destroyed the Holy Cult’s branch helms, rescued the children, healed them, and helped them reunite with their families.
• After arranging to destroy the Nanyang evil sects, Ji Shu’s group joined Xu San and the others in raids on the Medicine Immortal Society’s footholds.
• Feng Baobao, Xia He, and Zhang Chulan fought through poisonous creatures in the Medicine Immortal Society’s underground headquarters.
• Feng Baobao knocked out the Society’s leader and subdued the black-clad members before Zhang Chulan and Xia He found a frightened little girl in a sealed room.

Ji Shu rescued Chen Duo from the Medicine Immortal Society and began helping her recover from the abuse and gu poison that had shaped her life. Months later, Chen Duo had grown closer to Ji Shu and his companions, while Feng Baobao expressed hope that she and Ji Shu could have children.

• Feng Baobao struggled to speak with the terrified green-eyed girl, so Ji Shu took her hand, named her Chen Duo, and led her away.
• Feng Baobao uncovered that the Medicine Immortal Society had raised forty-nine infants in medicinal liquid and conditioned the survivors to become Gu Body Sacred Children; Ji Shu's group killed the Society's members and burned its headquarters.
• Ji Shu brought Chen Duo to an estate in Nandu, suppressed her gu poison, and began guiding her cultivation while the group considered finding her parents or raising her themselves.
• Over several months, Chen Duo's gu poison became controllable and she grew dependent on Ji Shu, regarding him and Feng Baobao as family and Zhang Chulan as a friend.
• Feng Baobao told Ji Shu she wanted them to have a son and a daughter, and Ji Shu said he would leave the matter to fate.

In 2007, Zhang Chulan took Chen Duo out in Central Capital and confronted Wang Bing after Wang Bing attacked them. Zhang Chulan buried Wang Bing, turned him into a guardian spirit, and discovered from his memories that he had committed countless atrocities.

• Ji Shu brought Chen Duo and the others to Central Capital after traveling from Nandu, and Chen Duo had grown more confident and settled into life with them.
• Zhang Chulan took Chen Duo for ice cream, and they chatted about how grateful they were to Ji Shu.
• Wang Bing collided with Zhang Chulan and Chen Duo, demanded they kneel, and attacked Zhang Chulan with a black-smoke guardian spirit.
• Zhang Chulan defeated Wang Bing and recognized him as a member of the Wang Family; Wang Bing realized Zhang Chulan was Ji Shu's disciple and begged to be released.
• Feng Baobao told Zhang Chulan to bury Wang Bing, and Zhang Chulan took him to a wasteland, buried him alive, and turned him into a guardian spirit.
• Zhang Chulan used Twin Full Hands to examine Wang Bing's memories and learned that Wang Bing had committed countless evil deeds.

After Zhang Chulan killed Wang Bing, Ji Shu and Feng Baobao advanced their cultivation through the Earth Immortal Method while the Ascension Method spread across the Ancient Country and into foreign lands. As more people recognized Ji Shu’s influence, Earth’s Will gathered around him, and he began sharing the first version of his method with Zhang Zhiwei and the others.

• Zhang Chulan buried Wang Bing, reported the killing to Ji Shu, and returned to cultivation.
• Feng Baobao cultivated jointly with Ji Shu and reached the high stage of Loose Immortal, while Ji Shu advanced to Human Immortal perfection.
• Zhang Huaiyi and his allies collected more than a hundred sects’ Fundamental Laws in exchange for the Ascension Method, which spread widely among otherworlders.
• Sophia, Isabella, and Chloe stole a copy of the Ascension Method, converted to it, and decided to delay returning to the Witch World until they grew strong enough to take control there.
• Foreign organizations warned their members not to provoke Ji Shu, while the growing recognition caused Earth’s Will to gather around him.
• After receiving thirteen final Fundamental Laws from Zhang Huaiyi, Ji Shu completed the Earth Immortal Method 2.0 and taught its first version to Zhang Zhiwei, Tian Jinzhong, Zhang Huaiyi, and others.

After hearing Ji Shu teach the Earth Immortal Method, Lu Linglong became infatuated with him and praised him in a viral forum post. Lu Jin learned of her one-sided admiration and urged her to keep her feelings to herself because Ji Shu was married and she was still young.

• Lu Linglong and the others learned that Ji Shu's Earth Immortal Method had transformed her Qi and greatly improved her prospects for cultivation.
• At dinner, Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin, Tian Jinzhong, and the others discussed Ji Shu's power and the methods he had created, while Lu Linglong listened and grew more fascinated by him.
• Lu Linglong wrote a glowing post about Ji Shu on the Otherworlders' forum, and she uploaded a video proving that she had met him after commenters doubted her claims.
• After reading suggestive comments from netizens, Lu Linglong blushed and imagined being with Ji Shu, then denied having a relationship when Lu Jin questioned her.
• Lu Linglong admitted that she admired Ji Shu, and Lu Jin apologized for misunderstanding before advising her to keep her feelings private because Ji Shu had a family and she was still young.

Lu Linglong developed a crush on Ji Shu and confided in Xia He, while Chen Duo continued to grow through his teachings. After several months, Zhang Zhiwei became a Loose Immortal, and Xu San and Nezha caught Shen Chong as he tried to flee.

• Lu Jin tried to discourage Lu Linglong’s growing affection for Ji Shu and began taking her away after his lectures.
• Lu Linglong admitted her feelings to Xia He, who revealed that she had loved Ji Shu for years and intended to remain by his side.
• Chen Duo grew more confident and advanced quickly in her cultivation by listening to Ji Shu’s teachings.
• After several months of lessons, Zhang Zhiwei became a Loose Immortal, while Zhang Huaiyi and the others reached the peak of the Half-Immortal realm.
• Shen Chong used the Ascension Method and his contracts to drain qi from victims and grow stronger without being identified as the culprit.
• Xu San confronted Shen Chong, and Nezha overtook him on the Wind Fire Wheels and struck him down with the Fire-Tipped Spear.

Xu San escorted Shen Chong toward Xidu while planning to capture Dou Mei, as Ji Shu’s disciples reported destroying the Nanyang Evil Sect. Their victory brought Ji Shu more fortune and influence, and he prepared them to attack the Eastern Ocean Ninja Society next.

• Xu San warned Shen Chong not to flee and told him he might face death depending on how he cooperated with the investigation.
• Xu San told Shen Chong that Dou Mei would be captured for seizing resources from minor sects and killing people, and that Gao Ning would not escape either.
• Xia He, Zhang Chulan, Lu Linglong, and Chen Duo reported that they had destroyed the Nanyang Evil Sect’s headquarters and taken its wealth.
• Ji Shu accepted the sect’s gold, silver, and rare treasures, gave the disciples its money and valuables, and instructed them to rest before attacking the Eastern Ocean Ninja Society.
• Ji Shu sent a storage ring of treasures to Nezha, who fed them to his Magic Tools and grew stronger while traveling with Xu San and Shen Chong.

Xu San and Nezha captured Dou Mei, while Ji Shu’s disciples wiped out the Ninja Association after Ji Shu taught them a tracking technique. Earth’s Will revealed Ji Shu’s quests, prompting him to launch universal cultivation; Xia He began teaching the Ascension Method at Central Capital University.

• Nezha pinned Dou Mei with his Fire-Tipped Spear, and she gave up resisting as she realized how powerful Ji Shu must be.
• The Eastern Ocean Ninja Association disbanded before Xia He and Zhang Chulan arrived, but Ji Shu taught them a tracking technique that let them hunt down its branches and hidden leaders.
• The Ninja Association’s surviving upper ranks complained online as Xia He’s team killed them, and the purge shook the Otherworlder World.
• Earth’s Will showed Ji Shu that retrieving the Earth Fragment required 80% fortune and that winning over Feng Baobao was another completed main quest.
• Ji Shu assigned Xia He and the others to spread a simplified Ascension Method, beginning an era of universal cultivation.
• Xia He arrived at Central Capital University to expound the Dao, inspiring many students while those who had neglected the Ascension Method regretted it.

Xia He and Ji Shu’s other disciples preached the Ascension Method at universities, while recordings and interviews made Ji Shu famous as the King of the Immortal Path. The chapter ended with Feng Baobao happily reaffirming her love for Ji Shu and insisting they try to have a child.

• Xia He finished preaching from her Divine Sword and flew away as the crowd marveled at her display.
• Videos of cultivators and their preaching spread online, and students who had missed the chance to hear the Dao regretted it.
• Xia He and Chen Duo described Ji Shu’s guidance and kindness in interviews, increasing the public’s admiration for him.
• Passersby filmed Ji Shu traveling with Feng Baobao, and online commenters envied Feng Baobao for marrying him.
• Feng Baobao read praise of Ji Shu, told him that meeting him meant she had no regrets, and urged him to carry her to the bedroom so they could try for a child.

Feng Baobao and Ji Shu continued their devoted married life as their fame and fortune grew, while Zhang Zhiwei persuaded Ji Shu to lead the newly formed Ascension Sect. Ji Shu accepted, finalized the sect’s rules, and prepared to give a sermon in a global livestream.

• Feng Baobao cooked fish for Ji Shu and fed him while Zhang Zhiwei visited them in Central Capital.
• Zhang Zhiwei explained that the world’s major sects had formed the Ascension Sect and asked Ji Shu to become its Sect Leader.
• Ji Shu initially refused, but agreed after Zhang Zhiwei pressed him and Ji Shu saw that the Main Quest’s fortune progress had reached 98%.
• Ji Shu and Feng Baobao arrived at the Ascension Sect’s island, where Ji Shu took the Sect Leader’s seat and approved its regulations.
• Ji Shu proposed a global livestream and announced that he would give a sermon.

Ji Shu preached to the entire world through livestreams, gathering enough fate to complete his task and prepare Earth’s transfer. He then brought Feng Baobao to the Jiashen Rebellion train, where she saw a body identical to herself and learned the grieving man beside it might be her father.

• Ji Shu arranged a global livestream so he could spread the Dao more quickly and gather fate from ordinary people.
• Ji Shu and Feng Baobao walked across the seabed, while the next day people worldwide watched Ji Shu preach and many began cultivating.
• Ji Shu preached twice daily for half a month, gaining billions of fans and raising his task progress to 99%; after another month, the progress reached 100% and Earth’s Will connected to the key.
• Ji Shu ended the preaching, then took Feng Baobao through a space-time tunnel to the train ridden by the founders of the Eight Wonders during the Jiashen Rebellion.
• Ji Shu showed Feng Baobao the person in the coffin who looked exactly like her and told her the man grieving beside it was probably her father.

Ji Shu helped Feng Baobao recover her memories in Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley, where she learned the truth about her origins and stayed devoted to him. After meeting her father, Wugensheng, she returned with Ji Shu and teased him about having a baby.

• Feng Baobao worried that recovering her memories might change her feelings for Ji Shu, and he promised to stay by her side.
• Duanmu Ying and Zhang Huaiyi joined the group, and Zhang Huaiyi explained why he and the other sworn brothers had been unable to rescue Duanmu Ying.
• Duanmu Ying and Zhang Huaiyi guided Ji Shu and Feng Baobao through Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley and showed them where Feng Baobao had been resurrected.
• Ji Shu gathered Feng Baobao's scattered memories and restored them, and she told him she was still herself and would not change.
• Duanmu Ying later sought revenge against the Lu Family, while Ji Shu took Feng Baobao to meet Wugensheng.
• Wugensheng approved of Ji Shu, then departed after telling Feng Baobao and Ji Shu to have a child, prompting Feng Baobao to tease her husband.

Ji Shu brought Feng Baobao from the Inhuman World to his homeland after merging their Earth into his Earth, then introduced her to his parents and told Ouyang Shirou the truth about her. Shirou accepted Feng Baobao as another sister, while Ji Shu considered continuing his journeys to retrieve the remaining Earth Fragments.

• Ji Shu asked Feng Baobao to leave her world with him, and she agreed to follow him wherever he went.
• Ji Shu used the secret key and the fortune he had gathered to carry the Inhuman World's Earth through dimensions and merge it into the core of his homeland's Earth.
• Ji Shu showed Feng Baobao his homeland, where she discovered his immense popularity, and he introduced her to his parents as their daughter-in-law alongside Ouyang Shirou.
• Ji Shu told his parents that Shirou did not yet know about Feng Baobao, then went to explain the situation and his past travels to Shirou.
• Shirou accepted Feng Baobao as another sister, and Feng Baobao offered to take her to the Inhuman World to cultivate.
• Ji Shu reflected on the energy the secret key had brought back from the Sea of Dimensions and on his plan to retrieve the remaining Earth Fragments.

Ji Shu sent a clone into another world to find an Earth Fragment, then met the ostracized Hua Qiangu near his arrival point. He suspected she was the female protagonist and asked why the villagers mistreated her, leaving her about to explain.

• Ji Shu refined the Eternity Aura brought back by the key and realized its Dao Rules could help his true self advance toward the Eternity Realm.
• Ji Shu kept his true self behind to study the Eternity Dao Rules and sent a clone carrying the key and Talent Tower to search for another Earth Fragment.
• The clone crossed into a new world, where the passage stripped away its power and dimensional aura before its talents began returning.
• Ji Shu followed a forest trail and found children beating Hua Qiangu and calling her a jinx.
• Ji Shu approached Hua Qiangu, learned her name and village, and promised not to dislike her if she explained why others shunned her.