Chapter Summaries

Emperor Xia and the Five Great Immortal Sects discussed the battle in Hanshui City and the mysterious Heavenly Court Sect. After they concluded it was a new demonic cult, Yun Zhi revealed that she led it.

• Emperor Xia summoned the Five Great Immortal Sects to hear about the events in Hanshui City and the threat to Great Xia’s national fortune.
• Qiu Jinan recounted how Wu Youdao, Venerable Profound Thunder, and Venerable Witch Sacrifice threatened Hanshui City before Venerable Bean defeated them.
• Qiu Jinan described Venerable Bean’s connection to the Heavenly Court Sect and suggested the sect might seek to restore the ancient Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Xia and the others concluded that the secretive Heavenly Court Sect was likely a new demonic cult.
• Yun Zhi announced that she was the leader of the Heavenly Court Sect.

Yun Zhi revealed that she led the Heavenly Court Sect, explaining that it was an Ask Dao Sect organization infiltrating the Nine Nether Cult, not a demonic cult. She warned the righteous leaders not to disrupt the infiltration and asked them to help search Ji Province for Great Yu’s forces.

• Yun Zhi told the gathered leaders that Lu Yang had proposed the Heavenly Court Sect and praised his talent and role in destroying the Immortal Cult.
• Yun Zhi named the Heavenly Court Sect’s members, and the leaders recognized her as the Nine Nether Cult’s Bean Celestial Venerable.
• Yun Zhi asked the leaders not to attack the Nine Nether Cult because the Heavenly Court Sect had earned its trust and was cooperating with it through a barbecue restaurant.
• Yun Zhi shared Wu Youdao’s intelligence about Great Yu, and the Xia Emperor concluded that Great Yu likely had an immortal-level fighter.
• Yun Zhi asked the immortal sects to help search Ji Province, and the Five Elements Sect, the Suppressing Prison Sect, and the Hanging Temple agreed.

The Summer Emperor secured agreement to collect sect masters' soul lamps as protection against Great Yu possession, then revealed that his lifespan was nearly exhausted. With only about ten years left and no minor King Medicine able to help, he went to seek a solution from Great Xia's ancestors.

• The Summer Emperor proposed placing sect masters' soul lamps with the Five Great Immortal Sects and the imperial court, and Yun Zhi and the other leaders approved.
• The Summer Emperor began coughing blood, and Yun Zhi recognized that his lifespan had run dry.
• The Summer Emperor explained that a grave illness in his youth and the medicines used to save him had damaged his lifespan, leaving him about ten years to live.
• Qiu Jinan offered rare life-extending treasures, but the Summer Emperor said his body had developed resistance to medicinal treasures.
• The sect masters left to search for a remedy, while the Summer Emperor went to the imperial palace's ancestral grounds to consult his ancestors.

Li Haoran recounted Qin Haoran and Mu Baiyi’s misadventures in the Nine Serenities Cult before Yun Zhi learned that the Great Xia Emperor had only about ten years to live. The Undying Immortal suggested finding a lifespan-extending peach tree, and Lu Yang went to search the Scripture Depository for a longevity spell.

• Li Haoran told Lu Yang and Qin Yanyan how Qin Haoran and Mu Baiyi staged deposits for a money house, were imprisoned, and kept the cult’s deficit secret.
• Yun Zhi identified Mu Baiyi as the Nine Serenities Cult’s leader and took Lu Yang back to Heaven Gate Peak to meet the Undying Immortal.
• Yun Zhi asked the Undying Immortal for a way to help the Great Xia Emperor, whose lifespan had dwindled to about ten years.
• The Undying Immortal proposed making the emperor the Undying Lineage’s Fourth-in-Command, but Yun Zhi rejected the idea and asked for another solution.
• The Undying Immortal recalled a wandering Heaven and Earth Spirit Root peach tree whose fruit could extend lifespan, and Yun Zhi went to consult the elders.
• Lu Yang headed to the Scripture Depository to look for a longevity spell.

Lu Yang searched the Scripture Depository for a way to extend Emperor Xia’s lifespan after the Undying Fairy could offer no useful advice. He found a dusty book called Long Life Art, leaving him hopeful that it could help.

• The Undying Fairy told Lu Yang that she knew lifespan-burning spells from before she became an immortal and explained that immortals had no need to burn their infinite lifespans.
• Lu Yang and the Undying Fairy visited the Scripture Depository, where Zhou Lulu suggested two longevity methods but could not identify the one he sought.
• Lu Yang searched a forgotten corner of the repository for the spell he vaguely remembered.
• Lu Yang found the book Long Life Art, and the Undying Fairy recognized it as a useful discovery.

Lu Yang learned the Longevity Art, only to discover it made hair grow, while his senior sister reported that the elders had no feasible way to extend Emperor Xia’s lifespan. The Indestructible Fairy exchanged the souls she captured for two months as acting Sect Master, then agreed to oversee the Ask Dao Sect’s upcoming twelve-thousand-year celebration.

• Lu Yang quickly learned the Longevity Art and found that circulating it made his hair grow; he discovered the spell was written to treat hair loss and had been authored by his grandmaster, Tang Shengyi.
• The Indestructible Fairy explained that she had known what the spell did and connected it to Lu Yang’s Arhat Fist.
• Lu Yang’s senior sister returned from consulting the elders and said the World Spiritual Root was the only feasible clue for extending Emperor Xia’s lifespan.
• The Indestructible Fairy asked to exchange the three Tribulation Transcendence souls she had captured for Sect Master experience, and his senior sister said they were worth two months.
• Lu Yang objected to the Fairy serving as acting Sect Master again, but his senior sister said Daoist Unspeaking could appoint him and provide an explanation.
• After learning that a sect celebration would be held in two months, the Indestructible Fairy agreed to serve as acting Sect Master and organize it.

The Undying Immortal took over Lu Yang’s body and appointed herself acting Sect Master, then paraded through the Ask Dao Sect and inspected Once More Barbecue. Her tour ended when Yun Zhi arrived to make her handle sect affairs.

• The Undying Immortal took control of Lu Yang’s body and ordered Yun Zhi to announce that she was the acting Sect Master.
• The news spread through the Ask Dao Sect, prompting disciples to speculate about why Lu Yang had replaced Yun Zhi.
• The Undying Immortal watched two Spirit Transformation disciples fight but stayed off the arena after the invincible pill warned her she might get beaten.
• She visited Once More Barbecue, praised the Undying Church’s business, and ordered a painting of her inspection to be displayed at the entrance.
• The Undying Immortal began planning to visit the sect’s mountain peaks, but Yun Zhi appeared and told her it was time to handle sect affairs.

Lu Yang handled sect affairs as acting sect master, assigning reinforcements to Ji Province and responding to invitations. He learned Sword Tower wanted Daoist Silent Words to accept a title, but the eldest senior sister said Master would refuse because the gathering was a trap.

• The eldest senior sister gave Lu Yang a pile of documents and explained that Ask Dao Sect had many Body Integration cultivators beyond its nine elders.
• Lu Yang assigned the Second, Third, and Fourth Elders, both Mission Hall deputy hall masters, and three other senior cultivators to reinforce Ji Province.
• Lu Yang replied to Yun Province's celebration invitation by sending Wei Nanfei and Jin Qinqin instead of himself or Meng Jingzhou.
• Lu Yang read the Golden Buddha Kingdom's complaint that his Second Senior Brother had posed as a Buddha statue for a week and was worshipped by monks.
• Lu Yang learned Sword Tower had invited Daoist Silent Words to accept a plaque naming him the foremost sword cultivator, but the eldest senior sister said Master would not attend because his enemies would be there.
• The eldest senior sister suggested she could write Master a letter recommending he go to Ji Province.

Lu Yang and Eldest Senior Sister handled the sect’s documents and prepared invitations for its celebration, while the Everlasting Immortal took her turn doing the work. The chapter ended with Lu Yang asking whether he could learn Second Senior Brother’s Six-Zhang Golden Body.

• Eldest Senior Sister sent Daoist Buyu a paper-crane letter suggesting a trip to Jizhou, then took over the elders’ requests for spirit stones and denied them.
• Lu Yang finished reviewing the documents, but the Everlasting Immortal possessed him and was assigned to sort out the sect celebration’s invitation list.
• Eldest Senior Sister guided the Everlasting Immortal in screening invitations; they decided to invite the transcendent-grade sects and filter the first-grade sects.
• Eldest Senior Sister told the Everlasting Immortal to ignore the Golden Buddha Kingdom’s complaint about Second Senior Brother, and the Everlasting Immortal wrote that reply.
• Lu Yang asked Eldest Senior Sister if he could learn the Six-Zhang Golden Body, and she told him he could try.

Lu Yang learned the Eighteen-Foot Golden Body under the guidance of First Senior Sister and the Everlasting Immortal, but his technique produced an immobile golden shell far from his body. He climbed inside to control it, only to find that it still would not move.

• The Everlasting Immortal explained that the Eighteen-Foot Golden Body dated back to ancient times and that the five immortals had standardized its size and measurements.
• First Senior Sister and the Everlasting Immortal disagreed over how Lu Yang should begin cultivating the art, and the Everlasting Immortal used her authority as acting Sect Master to make him follow her instructions.
• Lu Yang stirred his blood and qi while keeping his mind calm, then released the intertwined forces to form a golden body ten meters away.
• Lu Yang discovered that the golden body could neither defend him nor respond to his commands, so the Everlasting Immortal suggested he climb inside it.
• Lu Yang entered through the golden body's sole and tried to make it move, but it remained completely still.

Lu Yang trained the Six-Zhang Golden Body while the Silent Daoist gained fame by telling an embellished tale of Lu Yang’s exploits in a Ji Province teahouse. After receiving Yun Zhi’s message asking him to investigate an important matter in Ji Province, the Silent Daoist realized he was already there and wondered how her paper crane had pierced the city’s canopy.

• The Undying Fairy told Lu Yang that only Palm-sized Village could significantly damage his Six-Zhang Golden Body, and Lu Yang resolved to use it for defense.
• The Silent Daoist entertained teahouse guests with an exaggerated account of Lu Yang’s talent, heroism, victories, and modest nature.
• The Silent Daoist announced that he would tell a story about Meng Tianjiao the following day and accepted payment from the teahouse owner.
• A paper crane delivered Yun Zhi’s letter asking the Silent Daoist to go to Ji Province for an important matter entrusted by Wu Youdao.
• The Silent Daoist realized he was already in Ji Province and noticed that the paper crane had pierced the city’s airtight canopy.

Daoist Bu Yu uncovered Great Yu’s attempt to study the power of national fortune through the Rules surrounding Dingxin City and challenged their Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, Venerable Dawn. After Bu Yu was badly wounded in their battle, Chen Tao arrived and stopped Venerable Dawn’s attack.

• Daoist Bu Yu learned from a paper crane that Great Yu’s plans for Dingxin City were connected to its failed scheme in Hanshui City and aimed to study the power of national fortune.
• Daoist Bu Yu revealed himself to Venerable Dawn, a mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator from Great Yu, and attacked with Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.
• Daoist Bu Yu severed one of Venerable Dawn’s arms, then fought him with the sword technique until Venerable Dawn pierced his protective gate and weakened him.
• Venerable Dawn raised his six arms to kill Daoist Bu Yu, but Chen Tao halted him with a roar and introduced himself as Chief of the Nine Palaces of the Luoshui Guard.

The Unspeaking Daoist helped draw Venerable Dawn into a battle while imperial and sect forces assembled to capture him. After Venerable Dawn was bound, the Unspeaking Daoist slipped away, leaving the gathered experts furious that they had missed their chance to catch him.

• The Unspeaking Daoist recovered from his injuries and watched Chen Tao of the Luoshui Guards confront Venerable Dawn.
• A second Nine Palaces cultivator, Uncle Ba, and experts from the Five Great Immortal Sects surrounded Dingxin City and blocked Venerable Dawn's escape.
• More than forty Integrated Body cultivators joined the battle, while the people of Dingxin City cheered the end of Venerable Dawn's oppressive rule.
• The Unspeaking Daoist quietly left while the gathered experts focused on Venerable Dawn.
• Chen Tao and the sect cultivators bound Venerable Dawn, then realized the Unspeaking Daoist had escaped and ordered Venerable Dawn tortured for information.

The National Preceptor learned that Venerable Dawnbreak had been captured after Daoist Unspeaking exposed the operation in Settled Heart City. He concluded that Great Xia and Ask Dao Sect threatened Grand Yu’s plans, but ordered his people to relocate rather than attack Ask Dao Sect.

• The National Preceptor heard that Great Xia had captured Venerable Dawnbreak and that Grand Yu’s hidden agents in Settled Heart City had gone silent.
• The subordinate explained how Daoist Unspeaking drew Dawnbreak into a fight, while a paper crane breached the rules canopy and Jiugong arrived with forces from the imperial court and the immortal sects.
• The National Preceptor reasoned that Daoist Unspeaking had been searching for Grand Yu’s whereabouts and that a Half-Immortal had helped arrange the ambush.
• The National Preceptor and his subordinate concluded that Ask Dao Sect had repeatedly obstructed Grand Yu’s restoration and would have to be dealt with.
• The National Preceptor ordered his people to gather and relocate because Great Xia could learn the pocket realm’s location from Dawnbreak.

The Imperial Preceptor of Great Yu blamed Ask Dao Sect for repeatedly thwarting Great Yu and ordered Lu Yang killed. After learning Lu Yang had become acting Sect Master, he planned to use Ask Dao Sect’s upcoming anniversary celebration to get inside and attack him, while Lu Yang remained unaware and was asked to attend a meeting at the imperial palace.

• The Imperial Preceptor reviewed three setbacks caused by Ask Dao Sect and ordered his subordinate to find and kill Lu Yang.
• Five days later, the subordinate reported that Lu Yang had become acting Sect Master, and the Imperial Preceptor assumed the sect had promoted him to protect him.
• The Imperial Preceptor learned Ask Dao Sect would hold its twelve-hundred-thousandth anniversary celebration in two months and decided Great Yu could use it to get inside and destroy the sect.
• Lu Yang remained unaware that he was on Great Yu’s kill list and asked his Senior Sister whether he had to attend an imperial palace meeting as acting Sect Master.

Lu Yang and the Immortal Fairy discussed the ancient immortals’ gatherings before Senior Sister told them Emperor Xia had summoned the Five Great Immortal Sects’ leaders to discuss a competition for young cultivators. As they traveled to the imperial palace, the State Preceptor spotted Lu Yang and resolved to attack him and destroy the Ask Dao Sect during the ceremony.

• The Immortal Fairy described the ancient immortals’ gatherings, where they exchanged cultivation insights, devised trials, wrote stories, and tossed planets around.
• Senior Sister told Lu Yang and the Immortal Fairy that Emperor Xia wanted the Five Great Immortal Sects’ masters to meet at the imperial palace, and that she would accompany them.
• Yun Zhi summoned an auspicious cloud, and the Immortal Fairy tumbled across it when Yun Zhi accelerated without warning.
• Lu Yang learned that Emperor Xia planned a competition for young cultivators to identify people who had destroyed their cultivation and started over.
• The State Preceptor recognized Lu Yang near the Ask Dao Sect and decided to wait until the ceremony to kill him and annihilate the sect in front of everyone.

Lu Yang and Yun Zhi attended an imperial meeting with Xia Emperor and the Immortal Sect Masters, where they discussed extending Xia Emperor’s life and Daoist Silent’s exploits in Jizhou. The Everlasting Immortal ended the meeting by proposing to take control of the Ask Dao Sect so she could rein in Daoist Silent.

• Lu Yang, Yun Zhi, and the Everlasting Immortal met Xia Emperor and the Immortal Sect Masters in the imperial palace.
• Yun Zhi introduced Luo Hongxia, Yang Ding, and Grandmaster Jiesha, while the Everlasting Immortal sensed someone spying on the gathering.
• Yun Zhi said a senior had revealed that a heavenly spirit-root peach tree could extend Xia Emperor’s lifespan, and Xia Emperor ordered a search for it.
• Xia Emperor recounted Daoist Silent’s role in exposing the Great Yu plot in Jizhou, and the others questioned the exaggerated account in a folk tale.
• The Everlasting Immortal said she would recommend that the Ask Dao Sect Master abdicate so she could become Sect Master and control Daoist Silent.

Emperor Xia proposed a nationwide competition to identify ancient cultivators who had dissipated their cultivation and started over, with its final round hosted at the Ask Dao Sect’s celebration. Luo Hongxia then challenged Lu Yang to demonstrate a technique, setting up a supposedly fair fight with their realms adjusted.

• Emperor Xia said the Imperial Preceptor and his subordinates had escaped before Chen Tao reached their emptied grotto-heaven.
• Emperor Xia proposed summoning young cultivators to compete at city, prefecture, and national levels so officials could identify ancient cultivators by their cultivation experience and fighting styles.
• Emperor Xia explained that sects could compel their disciples to participate, though hidden cultivators in grotto-heavens might evade detection, and the group accepted the plan.
• Emperor Xia arranged for the national competition to take place at the Ask Dao Sect’s celebration, and the Undying Fairy agreed on Lu Yang’s behalf.
• Luo Hongxia asked Lu Yang to demonstrate a unique technique, then produced an Immortal Palace treasure that would adjust their realms to the same level.

The narrator tested the competing wills of two planets by asking them to write a novel based on his ideas. Their manuscripts disappointed him, so he decided to take a day off.

• The two planetary wills competed for the narrator’s trust with promises of power and immortality.
• The wills manifested as two beautiful women and entered his room at night.
• The narrator gave them computers and asked them to write a novel according to his ideas.
• The two wills wrote through the night and handed him their manuscripts.
• The narrator judged both manuscripts to be garbage and concluded neither was Blue Star’s will.
• The narrator abandoned the plan and took a day off.

Luo Hongxia challenged the Immortal Fairy to a duel inside the Light-Binding Treasure Box, which equalized their cultivation realms. The Immortal Fairy destroyed Luo Hongxia’s moon laurel tree and struck her with it, then Luo Hongxia flew out of the box defeated.

• Luo Hongxia activated the Light-Binding Treasure Box and brought herself and the Immortal Fairy into a vast space at the middle stage of Golden Core.
• Luo Hongxia planted a moon laurel tree for power and attacked the Immortal Fairy with beams of moonlight and a falling moon.
• The Immortal Fairy dodged Luo Hongxia’s attacks, turned the earth to steel, and burrowed underground toward the moon laurel tree.
• The Immortal Fairy used Withering-Grass Fist to kill the moon laurel tree, causing Luo Hongxia to suffer its backlash.
• Luo Hongxia attacked from above, but the Immortal Fairy uprooted the tree and swung it at her, sending her flying out of the box.