Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuanji fought Ye Feixue in the Illusionary Realm, where her Ten-Revolutions Golden Core and Gathering and Scattering at Will overwhelmed him. He defeated her with the Pure Yang Broken Sword, leaving the sword at her neck as she admitted defeat.

• Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue clashed at high speed, and he was wounded despite using the Dragonfly Divine Form.
• Ye Feixue revealed that she had condensed a Ten-Revolutions Golden Core and unleashed the Seven Flames Divine Blade and divine thunder.
• Lu Xuanji fused his Five Elements, Yin-Yang, and Primordial Magnetism blades, then empowered the attack with the Flea Divine Form, but Ye Feixue scattered into primordial energy and reformed.
• Ye Feixue pressed her attack, and Lu Xuanji drew the Pure Yang Broken Sword to counter her overwhelming strike.
• The Pure Yang Broken Sword tore Ye Feixue out of her scattered state, and Lu Xuanji held it against her neck as she admitted defeat.

Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue recognized each other inside the Illusionary Realm and refused to kill one another to overcome their tribulations. The realm shattered, and Lu Xuanji returned to reality after only three breaths, having passed his human tribulation.

• Ye Feixue realized Lu Xuanji was her real brother rather than a heart demon and embraced him after nearly killing him.
• Ye Feixue told Lu Xuanji about surviving the Chaos Sea and asked about his family; he told her he had married Ye Wanyi and had two sons, Lu Xian and Lu Fan.
• Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue agreed they would not sacrifice each other to overcome their tribulations.
• Lu Xuanji reasoned that the Illusionary Realm could not last forever, and it began to crack apart as they were pulled back to reality.
• Lu Xuanji awoke in the real world, found that only three breaths had passed, and sensed the Heavenly Dao's malice.

Ye Feixue emerged from a Fate Tribulation in the Blood Moon Forbidden Zone, rejected the Supreme Devil Lord’s cultivation path, and prepared to take revenge on her enemies. At Ziyang Mountain, Lu Xuanji triggered his own Fate Tribulation and became lost in a Dream World, where an Immortal King in the Creation Heavenly Court awoke to a woman he called Xuan’er.

• Ye Feixue recalled that her brother had been the heart demon in her earlier tribulations and that they had been tribulations to each other.
• Ye Feixue read the Supreme Forgetfulness of Emotion Record and reflected on the Supreme Devil Lord’s legacy, then burned the jade slip because she would not follow his path.
• Ye Feixue put on a Ghost Mask and left the Cave Mansion to settle scores with the enemies who had hunted her.
• Lu Xuanji triggered another Fate Tribulation at Ziyang Mountain and sank into an endless Dream World.
• An Immortal King awoke on his throne in the Creation Heavenly Court and recognized a woman in white as Xuan’er.

After passing his Fate Tribulation, Lu Xuanji reflected on a dream in which he had been the Creation Immortal King and then condensed a Creation Golden Core. His breakthrough left him with Golden Core Third Revolution magic power and a lifespan of 1,200 years.

• As the Creation Immortal King, Lu Xuanji recounted his mortal life to Xuan'er, who compared his cultivation system with the one used in their world.
• Lu Xuanji woke from the dream, wondered which life had been dreaming, and realized he had forgotten most of the Immortal King's knowledge.
• After overcoming his tribulations, Lu Xuanji considered more than thirty Golden Core paths and chose the Creation Golden Core.
• Jin Xi concealed the phenomenon as Lu Xuanji condensed his Golden Core, and she praised his strength.
• Lu Xuanji's Golden Core became real and gained Creation magic power, raising his lifespan to 1,200 years and his magic power to Golden Core Third Revolution.

After forming the Creation Golden Core, Lu Xuanji explored its powers and cultivated a stronger divine ability during three years of seclusion. He emerged with his cultivation consolidated, and Jin Xi explained the standards for advancing toward Nascent Soul.

• Lu Xuanji formed the Golden Core, which nourished and transformed his body, soul, and magic treasures with Creation magic power.
• Lu Xuanji tested Creation magic power, discovering that it could promote growth and refinement as well as destroy treasures at the particle level.
• Lu Xuanji found that his Golden Core could absorb many kinds of energy and contained five Supreme Divine Abilities.
• Lu Xuanji cultivated the Five Elements Yin Yang Primordial Magnetism Divine Blade, bringing it to minor mastery and power comparable to a Late Golden Core cultivator.
• After about three years in seclusion, Lu Xuanji emerged with his cultivation consolidated, thanked Jin Xi, and heard her explain the requirements for proving the Dao to Nascent Soul.

Jin Xi explained to Lu Xuanji that spirit stones were mostly produced by powerful cultivators rather than mined, and demonstrated how Golden Core cultivators condensed them. She also described the Danyang Sect’s requirements for Golden Core cultivators settling in Chu Kingdom, leaving Lu Xuanji with the rules and obligations tied to his new realm.

• Jin Xi told Lu Xuanji that she expected him to reach Nascent Soul and become her Dao companion, and they discussed the limits of Golden Core cultivation.
• Lu Xuanji told Jin Xi that he had encountered a Golden Core Tenth Revolution genius during his human tribulation and had defeated her by cheating.
• Jin Xi explained that Golden Core cultivators could condense low-grade spirit stones, while higher realms could produce higher-grade stones, and demonstrated the process.
• Jin Xi explained that spirit stones were essential commodities whose demand absorbed the large supply produced by cultivators.
• Jin Xi told Lu Xuanji that Golden Core cultivators settling in Chu Kingdom had to join one of its three great sects as Guest Elders, answer recruitment calls once every century, and provide ten million spirit stones per century.

After returning to the Lu Clan, Lu Xuanji used his Golden Core powers and the Heaven Devouring Cauldron to produce spirit stones, then experimented with making medium-grade ones. A month later, Danyang Sect disciples arrived to invite him to become a Guest Elder.

• Lu Xuanji returned from Ziyang Mountain and found Ye Wanyi and the Grand Elder in seclusion, with the Lu Clan safe.
• Lu Xuanji condensed fifteen thousand low-grade spirit stones in one day, then used the Heaven Devouring Cauldron to make one hundred thousand more.
• Lu Xuanji's first attempts to produce medium-grade spirit stones exploded and damaged his Cave Mansion, but he eventually made defective stones and produced one hundred in a day.
• A month later, a Danyang Sect disciple congratulated Lu Xuanji on reaching Golden Core and invited him to join the sect as a Guest Elder.

Lu Xuanji learned about the benefits and obligations of becoming a Guest Elder of the Danyang Sect, along with the sect’s power structure and Golden Core ranks. He was advised to take the assessment in three days.

• A female cultivator listed the Danyang Sect’s benefits for Guest Elders, and Lu Xuanji asked what he would owe the sect in return.
• The female cultivator explained the sect’s obligations and showed Lu Xuanji its rules, including a shorter set of three rules for Golden Core cultivators.
• Lu Xuanji learned that Guest Elders had to complete tasks every thirty years and establish a lineage within the Danyang Sect.
• The female cultivator described the Danyang Sect’s families, halls, and peaks, and said about fifty Golden Core cultivators were confirmed alive and regularly active.
• The female cultivator explained the three Guest Elder assessment grades and advised Lu Xuanji to take the assessment in three days.

Lu Xuanji arrived at the Danyang Sect, where Sect Master Sun Beiwang warmly introduced him to the sect and explained the rules governing Golden Core cultivators. Sun Beiwang then urged Lu Xuanji to take concubines to produce talented descendants and led him toward the servant and outer sect peaks to choose maidservants.

• Three days after learning the Danyang Sect's rules, Lu Xuanji traveled to the sect and assessed its mountains and powerful formations.
• Sun Beiwang welcomed Lu Xuanji at Ziyang Mountain and brought him to the registration hall.
• Sun Beiwang explained that Golden Core cultivators must not betray the sect or massacre humans, and that they should avoid harming lower-level cultivators without cause.
• Sun Beiwang asked about Lu Xuanji's Dao companion and concubines, then argued that Golden Core cultivators should have more children to strengthen the human race.
• Sun Beiwang took Lu Xuanji toward Servant Peak and the outer sect mountains to select maidservants, and Lu Xuanji followed.

Lu Xuanji and Sect Master Sun visited Servant Peak, where Elder Qian gathered female cultivators for Lu Xuanji to choose as personal maidservants. After candidates who failed the initial requirements were removed, more than two hundred remained for Lu Xuanji to consider.

• Lu Xuanji and Sect Master Sun entered Servant Peak in disguise and explored its bustling town.
• Lu Xuanji praised the food at a restaurant while Sect Master Sun hosted him.
• Sect Master Sun introduced Lu Xuanji to Elder Qian at the Servant Hall, where Elder Qian summoned female cultivators seeking maidservant positions.
• Elder Qian gave the gathered women a chance to withdraw, but none left.
• Elder Qian expelled women who were not virgins or did not meet his appearance standard, leaving more than two hundred candidates for Lu Xuanji to choose from.

Lu Xuanji tested candidates for personal maids, chose Hong Fu to cook for him and Ning Xue after the Pure Yang Broken Sword reacted to her. He then arrived at his new mountain, named it Creation Peak, and began exploring it with the two maids.

• Lu Xuanji tested the female cultivators’ comprehension and strength, then used a God-Questioning Talisman to check their identities.
• Lu Xuanji tested seven candidates’ cooking skills in a dream and chose Hong Fu as his cook.
• At Elder Qian and Sect Master Sun’s urging, Lu Xuanji considered taking more maids, and the Pure Yang Broken Sword led him to choose Ning Xue.
• Lu Xuanji traveled with Elder Qian and Sect Master Sun to his new mountain and named it Creation Peak.
• After Sect Master Sun left, Lu Xuanji explored the mountain with Hong Fu and Ning Xue.

Lu Xuanji inspected his new mountain and summoned his maidservants, Hong Fu and Ning Xue, warning them against betraying him. He then imparted the Vast Sea Sword Art to Hong Fu, leaving her with its Qi Refinement scriptures unlocked and its contents magically protected from disclosure.

• Lu Xuanji surveyed the mountain, calculated the potential income from crops, and assessed its formation and mid-grade fourth-rank Spirit Vein.
• Hong Fu and Ning Xue met Lu Xuanji without his disguise and felt drawn to his appearance and bearing.
• Lu Xuanji warned the maidservants that he would kill them if they betrayed him, and they pledged their loyalty.
• Lu Xuanji invited Hong Fu onto the bed and imparted the Vast Sea Sword Art to her.
• Hong Fu received the Qi Refinement portion of the art, whose remaining scriptures were sealed and whose contents could not be revealed or stolen through soul-searching.

Lu Xuanji discovered that Ning Xue possessed the Pure Yin Sacred Body and taught her the Pure Yin Scripture, explaining its power and fatal weakness. He then asked Ning Xue and Hong Fu about their families and how they would settle their ties, leaving their family obligations to be repaid with pills and a visit home.

• Lu Xuanji examined Ning Xue and discovered that she possessed the Pure Yin Sacred Body.
• Lu Xuanji taught Ning Xue the Pure Yin Scripture and revealed that losing her virginity before reaching Great Accomplishment would transfer all her cultivation to a man.
• Ning Xue praised Lu Xuanji for telling her the truth about her physique, and he asked whether she and Hong Fu would choose him over their families if conflict arose.
• Hong Fu asked Lu Xuanji for three Purple Mansion Pills for her declining family, but proposed leaving them an IOU until the family had suitable recipients, and he agreed.
• Ning Xue said her family had a nearly exhausted Purple Mansion cultivator and asked to visit her parents, offering to repay her family with three Pure Yang Pills.

Hong Fu and Ning Xue returned to their families to give them gifts and settle their worldly debts before leaving with Lu Xuanji. Back at Creation Peak, Sect Master Sun told Lu Xuanji that the assessment was about to begin.

• Lu Xuanji accompanied Hong Fu to the Zhang Family, where she said she would follow him and explained that she had returned to settle her karmic debts.
• Hong Fu gave the Zhang Family pills and other resources, declared that she would prioritize Lu Xuanji if the family conflicted with him, and offered limited help in future crises.
• Hong Fu left the Zhang Family with Lu Xuanji, while Ning Xue visited the Ning Family, left gifts, and said her farewells to her relatives.
• The three returned to Creation Peak after a single day, and Sect Master Sun arrived to tell Lu Xuanji that the assessment was about to begin.

Lu Xuanji began the Danyang Sect’s assessment on Danyang Peak and fought an incarnation of Pill Aura Celestial Venerable. He survived the first fifty moves, but the incarnation then unleashed its Pill Fire Divine Intent, leaving the trial’s outcome unresolved.

• Sun Beiwang explained the three assessment grades and sent Lu Xuanji to Danyang Peak, where the sect’s Golden Core Elders gathered to watch.
• Lu Xuanji greeted Ye Xuance, who regretted that Lu Xuanji and Ye Linglong had been separated despite both reaching the Golden Core Realm.
• After Lu Xuanji climbed ten steps, Pill Aura Celestial Venerable’s incarnation appeared and attacked him, beginning the first trial.
• Lu Xuanji countered with Pure Yang True Fire and fought the incarnation through thirty moves, then used the Primordial Magnetism Celestial Blade as its techniques grew stronger.
• Lu Xuanji reached the fiftieth move, and the incarnation warned him before summoning a Great Cauldron empowered by Pill Fire Divine Intent.

After defeating Pill Aura Celestial Venerable’s incarnation, Lu Xuanji failed to grasp Divine Intent before entering an illusion. He woke in an ordinary life, where he broke up with Ye Linglong and met Ye Wanyi, who claimed they might have been husband and wife in a previous life.

• Lu Xuanji fought Pill Aura Celestial Venerable’s incarnation for sixty exchanges before it ran out of energy and disappeared.
• Lu Xuanji reflected on Pill Aura Celestial Venerable’s Divine Intent but could not understand how to comprehend it.
• After climbing ten steps, Lu Xuanji entered an Illusionary Realm and awoke believing his cultivation battle had been a dream.
• Lu Xuanji broke up with Ye Linglong and deleted her contact information.
• Lu Xuanji met Ye Wanyi at a coffee shop, and she agreed that they might have been married in a previous life.

Lu Xuanji and Ye Wanyi built a quiet life together after she chose him as her boyfriend, despite their differences in wealth and background. As Lu Xuanji lay dying decades later, Ye Wanyi revealed they had been married in a previous life and that she had searched for twenty-five years to find him again.

• Lu Xuanji asked Ye Wanyi to be his girlfriend, and she agreed; they began dating and married soon afterward.
• Ye Wanyi gave birth to twin sons, Ye Xian and Ye Fan, and later had a daughter with Lu Xuanji.
• Ye Wanyi’s company grew into a business giant, but she retired at thirty-six and moved with Lu Xuanji to an estate in the mountains.
• Decades later, Lu Xuanji fell gravely ill and asked Ye Wanyi why she had chosen him despite their different circumstances.
• Ye Wanyi told Lu Xuanji they had been husband and wife in their previous life and that she had searched for twenty-five years to find him.

Ye Wanyi passed her Fate and heavenly tribulations, formed a Golden Core, and realized Lu Xuanji had shared his fortune with her. After awakening from the mortal-life dream, Lu Xuanji comprehended the divine intent Endless Mortal World and continued toward the mountain peak, where he began crossing the Time Tablet.

• Ye Wanyi's Fate Tribulation ended when the Illusionary Realm shattered, and she awoke in her Cave Dwelling.
• Ye Wanyi faced the heavenly tribulation, broke its final bolt with the Ice Soul Sword, and formed a Golden Core with one hundred Jiazi of magic power.
• Ye Wanyi realized Lu Xuanji had delayed his own Golden Core breakthrough and shared his fortune and treasures to help her succeed.
• Lu Xuanji awoke from a dream in which he had lived seventy years, gained a trace of humanity, and comprehended the divine intent Endless Mortal World.
• Lu Xuanji reached the Time Tablet and began stepping forward, losing one year of lifespan with each step.

Lu Xuanji climbed Danyang Peak, sacrificing a hundred years of lifespan to obtain Pill Aura Celestial Venerable’s Golden Token, which contained a life-saving teleportation spell and could qualify him to become the Celestial Venerable’s disciple. After failing to comprehend the mountain’s time formation, he recalled the Time Blade chapter of a divine ability and began studying it.

• Lu Xuanji ignored Sect Master Sun’s warning and climbed one hundred steps to Danyang Palace, losing a hundred years of lifespan.
• Lu Xuanji offered incense to Pill Aura Celestial Venerable’s statue and received a Golden Token containing the Void Great Shift spell and a chance to seek discipleship.
• Lu Xuanji refined the token, then stayed on the summit to study the time formation while the other Golden Core Elders left.
• Lu Xuanji spent three days examining the mountain without gaining insight and prepared to leave.
• Lu Xuanji remembered that the divine ability’s Universe aspect involved Time Power, opened his phone, and focused on the Time Blade chapter.

While deducing a way to combine two time-based sword abilities, Lu Xuanji discovered a Grotto-heaven Pearl containing Ancestor Dongxu’s message and learned that Purple Gold Mountain was a hidden fake treasure. He suspected the mountain concealed Purple Gold Peak and vanished inside it, while its formation left an illusion of him meditating outside.

• Lu Xuanji failed to fuse his two time-acceleration runes but noticed a subtle spatial fluctuation and found a Grotto-heaven Pearl disguised as a grain of sand.
• Ancestor Dongxu’s message revealed that the Heavenly Gang Sect had been destroyed, entrusted Lu Xuanji with its cultivation methods and treasures, and demanded revenge against the Feathered Ascension Sect.
• Lu Xuanji learned that Purple Gold Mountain was a fake treasure concealing the pearl and suspected Ancestor Danyang had obtained it, along with the mountain’s Spirit Vein, Timefruit Tree, and cultivation methods.
• Lu Xuanji spread his divine intent through the mountain and was transported inside when a violet-gold radiance appeared.
• The mountain’s formation activated and left the outside cultivators seeing an illusion of Lu Xuanji meditating.