Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Fairy used Lu Yang to defeat Luo Hongxia, Yang Ding, Qiu Jin'an, and Master Jiesha inside the treasure box. After Luo Hongxia released Lu Yang, the Immortal Fairy complained that Emperor Xia was the only leader who had not been beaten.

• Luo Hongxia recovered after losing to Lu Yang, and Yang Ding entered the treasure box to challenge him.
• The Immortal Fairy used an Invincibility Pill and Lu Yang's Arhat Fist to defeat Yang Ding, who emerged bald and furious.
• Yang Ding falsely claimed Lu Yang had insulted Qiu Jin'an, prompting Qiu Jin'an to enter the box and fight.
• Qiu Jin'an emerged bruised and revealed that Lu Yang had not provoked him; Master Jiesha then entered and was also defeated.
• Luo Hongxia opened the treasure box and released the Immortal Fairy, who complained that Emperor Xia had not fought her.

Emperor Xia tried to distract the Undying Fairy from challenging him by praising Lu Yang, while the Immortal Sect Masters’ boasts about their Golden Core Realm strength sparked a fight. After the three entered the treasure box to settle who had been strongest, Yun Zhi and the Undying Fairy left the palace with the meeting over.

• Emperor Xia avoided the Undying Fairy’s challenge and praised Lu Yang, while gesturing to Qiu Jinan and the others to change the subject.
• Qiu Jinan, Yang Ding, and Luo Hongxia each boasted that he had been the strongest Golden Core Realm cultivator, then challenged one another to fight.
• Luo Hongxia activated the treasure box and sent the three Sect Masters inside, suppressing their cultivation to the Golden Core Realm.
• The Undying Fairy wondered why the Immortal Sect Masters were not united, and Emperor Xia, Yun Zhi, and the Undying Fairy agreed to return.
• Yun Zhi and the Undying Fairy departed the palace, and Grandmaster Jiesha left without entering the treasure box.

The Ask Dao Tournament drew gifted disciples and schemers from across the continent as sects selected their representatives. At Ask Dao Sect, Lu Yang told Meng Jingzhou he would compete in the Golden Core mid-stage division, then revealed that he would be a judge instead.

• News of the Ask Dao Tournament spread, and leaders across the continent chose disciples to compete for its valuable rewards.
• The Tower of Swords selected Mingtai, the Flying Waterfall Sect urged Kong Hao to participate, and several other figures prepared for the tournament for their own reasons.
• Moon Laurel Immortal Palace chose Lanting, who asked whether she would see Lu Yang, while the Five Elements Sect and Prison-Suppressing Sect assigned Bai Ming and Yan Tianzhi to compete.
• At the Slaughterhouse, Shi Chan struggled to understand his silent master Jiesha and returned to slaughtering pigs.
• Lu Yang summoned Meng Jingzhou and named him Ask Dao Sect's Golden Core mid-stage representative, then disclosed that he would serve as a judge.

As acting Sect Master, Lu Yang prepared Ask Dao Sect for its celebration while the Immortal Fairy claimed she was cultivating by sleeping. Visitors arrived for the celebration, where Mingtai met Zhao Po and learned they had both been close to the Battle of Hanshui City.

• Lu Yang reviewed documents for the celebration with his Wood Clone while the Immortal Fairy slept in his body and defended her Sleeping Cultivation Method.
• Mingtai arrived at Ask Dao Sect with Elder Sikong and marveled at its mountain range and spiritual energy.
• Elder Sikong examined the elaborate ancient-style altar and discussed the celebration preparations.
• Lu Bachi greeted Elder Sikong, showed off his Tribulation Transcendence cultivation, and learned that Mingtai had inherited the Sword Tower Supreme's legacy.
• Mingtai introduced himself to Zhao Po and asked about the Battle of Hanshui City, then became excited when Zhao Po said he had fought alongside Lu Yang.

Zhao Po recounted Lu Yang’s exploits in Hanshui City, while Mingtai shared the exaggerated tales that had made Lu Yang famous. As Ask Dao Sect’s celebration began, the young disciple Mingtai had stopped revealed that he was Lu Yang.

• Zhao Po told Mingtai how Lu Yang had defeated Huang Ming and survived a confrontation with Great Yu’s emperor in Hanshui City.
• Zhao Po went to buy barbecue, leaving Mingtai waiting; Mingtai decided to ask an Ask Dao Sect disciple where Lu Yang was.
• Mingtai praised the stories claiming Lu Yang had defeated powerful cultivators and the immortal sect masters, while the young disciple listened with growing unease.
• The bell rang twelve times to mark Ask Dao Sect’s twelve-hundred-thousand-year history and signal the start of its celebration.
• The young disciple changed into ceremonial robes and told Mingtai, “I’m Lu Yang.”

The Undying Fairy took control of Lu Yang to lead Ask Dao Sect’s celebration rites, while guests speculated about his reputation and role. After the ceremony, venerable elders mocked Qiu Jinan and his companions, who trapped them in Luo Hongxia’s Light-Restraining Treasure Box and fought back.

• The Undying Fairy took over Lu Yang’s body, climbed the altar, and bowed to the Three Ancestors of Ask Dao Sect.
• The Undying Fairy recited Fourth Elder’s sacrificial text and announced that guests could enjoy the day before the finals began tomorrow.
• Venerable elders discussed Lu Yang’s rumored strength and approached Qiu Jinan and the other three to ask whether he had defeated them.
• Lu Baqian and the other elders mocked Qiu Jinan when he admitted their loss, cutting off his attempt to explain.
• Luo Hongxia trapped the elders in the Light-Restraining Treasure Box, where Master Jiesha, Qiu Jinan, and the other two defeated them.

Lu Yang browsed the stalls at the Ask Dao Sect gathering and learned that his Master's enemies included nearly every Body Integration Realm cultivator in Great Xia. Luo Hongxia used a treasure box to lure the Sect Master of the Profound Gate into an ambush by Qiu Jinan, Yang Ding, and Great Master Jie Sha.

• Lu Yang bought his Master's autobiography from a Mission Hall senior brother and received a list of Body Integration Realm cultivators as a gift.
• Zhou Qingshi bought the same list for five thousand spirit stones, prompting the senior brother to mark him as a suspect.
• Lu Yang found Luo Hongxia fishing at a roadside stall, and she confronted him about the stories in The Legend of the Ask Dao Sect—The Lu Yang Chapter.
• Lu Yang told Luo Hongxia that his Master had spread the stories after getting the meeting details from him.
• Luo Hongxia lured the Sect Master of the Profound Gate into her Light-Binding Treasure Box, where Qiu Jinan, Yang Ding, and Great Master Jie Sha attacked him.

At the Ask Dao Sect’s celebration, Lu Yang encountered Tao Yaoye promoting an embellished illusionary film about the sect’s founding and Meng Jingzhou preaching against romance. Su Yiren found Li Haoran and dragged him away with Qin Yanyan, while the First Senior Sister asked Lu Yang to help find the missing Body Integration Realm guests.

• Luo Hongxia opened a box containing more than a dozen Body Integration Realm cultivators and a half-baked Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, and Lu Yang hurried away before the Undying Fairy could take control of his body.
• Lu Yang found Tao Yaoye showing guests Illusory Bubbles, an illusionary film that presented a revised account of how Ancestral Master Xiantian founded the Ask Dao Sect.
• Meng Jingzhou urged cultivators to abandon romantic relationships and offered to use the Singlehood Curse Fist on anyone willing to try it, until Li Haoran stepped forward.
• Su Yiren found Li Haoran, embraced his arm, and took him away with Qin Yanyan following, leaving onlookers to assume Li Haoran had a wife and daughter.
• The First Senior Sister wondered why so few Body Integration Realm cultivators had attended, and Lu Yang played dumb before she asked him to help search.

Lu Yang and Yun Zhi explored the Ask Dao Sect celebration while investigating the disappearance of Body Integration Realm cultivators. After an encounter with the Sect Master of Qi Control Sect, Yun Zhi noticed that many unfamiliar Body Integration Realm cultivators had gathered at the celebration.

• Lu Yang and Yun Zhi stopped at a pill raffle, where Yun Zhi won seven premium pills and three pills with pill clouds through sheer luck.
• The Sect Master of Qi Control Sect scolded his jealous disciple and recognized Yun Zhi as the Ask Dao Sect powerhouse who had once defeated the leaders of the Four Great Immortal Sects.
• The young prodigy saw his master's awe and began looking at Lu Yang with admiration.
• Yun Zhi noticed that the celebration had an unusual number of unfamiliar cultivators in the Body Integration Realm.

Lu Yang and Yun Zhi investigated the unfamiliar cultivators at the celebration, and Yun Zhi borrowed Luo Hongxia’s Light-Imprisoning Treasure Box to capture them. True Lord Wangyue was pulled into the box while buying a book about the Heavenly Court Religion, where the imprisoned cultivators mistook him for an enemy.

• Yun Zhi told Lu Yang that unfamiliar Body Integration Realm and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators had gathered at the celebration, and they agreed to capture them for questioning.
• Lu Yang and Yun Zhi met Luo Hongxia, the Sixth Elder, Lanting, and Tao Yaoye, and Yun Zhi borrowed Luo Hongxia’s Light-Imprisoning Treasure Box.
• True Lord Wangyue bought an old book about the Hundred Medicine Heavenly King from a stall owner, hoping it would help the Imperial Preceptor investigate the Heavenly Court Religion.
• Yun Zhi pulled True Lord Wangyue into the treasure box, where he found himself among battered cultivators who assumed he had come to mock them.

Uncle Ba revealed that he had fabricated an ancient book to promote the Heavenly Court Sect, while Yun Zhi and Lu Yang swept Ask Dao Sect with the Light-Capturing Treasure Box to capture unfamiliar cultivators. They discovered the captives were Great Yu infiltrators plotting to kill Lu Yang, but the Black-and-White Venerable insisted the Imperial Preceptor would still defeat them.

• Uncle Ba explained that he had aged a book with Fifth Elder’s time-changing blanket to spread a tale about the Heavenly King of a Hundred Medicines.
• Yun Zhi led Lu Yang and Uncle Ba in capturing unfamiliar cultivators throughout Ask Dao Sect with the Light-Capturing Treasure Box.
• The Black-and-White Venerable was trapped in the box, where Great Xia’s cultivators and Tribulation Transcendence elders overwhelmed him and the other Great Yu infiltrators.
• Yun Zhi and Lu Yang entered the box and learned that Great Yu cultivators had infiltrated the sect on the Imperial Preceptor’s orders to kill Lu Yang and destroy Ask Dao Sect.
• Lu Baqian and the other elders claimed they had been lying in ambush for the Great Yu infiltrators, and the Black-and-White Venerable threatened that the Imperial Preceptor would finish them all.

The Imperial Preceptor infiltrated the Ask Dao Sect with a group of Great Yu cultivators and planned an attack after assessing the sect’s defenses. While scouting the bustling commercial street, he mistook the Undying Immortal for a Half-Immortal, leaving the two facing each other in the barbecue restaurant.

• Mingtai and Elder Sikong entered the Ask Dao Sect as the River Spirit inspected visitors, while the Imperial Preceptor and his hidden companions slipped past unnoticed.
• The Imperial Preceptor ordered his group to survey the celebration’s cultivators and wait for the right moment to strike against the Ask Dao Sect.
• After the sacrificial ceremony, the Imperial Preceptor noticed that many powerful guests had left and concluded that the sect’s defenses had weakened.
• The Imperial Preceptor went to the commercial street and spotted Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, Xiaoqi, Masters Liu and Gao, and the slaughterhouse owner, whom he believed were puppet ghosts near a hidden Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.
• The Imperial Preceptor entered the barbecue restaurant and recognized the Undying Immortal as a Half-Immortal; the Undying Immortal recognized him at the same time.

The National Preceptor trapped the Undying Immortal in a sealed space and fought him with powerful treasures and techniques. After failing to defeat him directly, the National Preceptor used his nascent Dao Fruit of Karma to make the Undying Immortal forget him, then waited in hiding to attack.

• The National Preceptor sealed himself and the Undying Immortal inside a pocket dimension and cut off the Undying Immortal's connection to the outside world.
• The Cult Master and the people at the shop briefly sensed that someone was missing, but the Cult Master dismissed the feeling.
• The National Preceptor and the Undying Immortal exchanged attacks, and the National Preceptor used the Chaos Sacred Lotus, bronze pillars, and Overturning Sea Seal.
• The Undying Immortal healed his damaged soul instantly and forced the National Preceptor onto the back foot.
• The National Preceptor severed the karmic connection between himself and the Undying Immortal, making the Undying Immortal forget him as he hid and prepared to attack.

The Imperial Preceptor attacked the Immortal of Immortality with soul-targeting techniques and repeatedly severed their karmic connection, but the Immortal of Immortality countered by making his own souls explode and then restoring them. As the Imperial Preceptor was left battered, the Black-and-White Venerable still trusted that he would defeat Yun Zhi and the others.

• The Imperial Preceptor severed his karma with the Immortal of Immortality and used Taiyin True Fire, but the Immortal of Immortality restored his soul and purified the flames.
• The Imperial Preceptor used his Karma Dao Fruit to make the Immortal of Immortality forget him, then struck him with a Soul-Breaking Needle that split his three souls and seven spirits apart.
• The Immortal of Immortality self-destructed his three souls and six of his seven spirits, blasting the Imperial Preceptor with nine soul storms despite the severed karma.
• The Immortal of Immortality restored his three souls and seven spirits to peak condition, leaving the Imperial Preceptor battered and his defensive garment in tatters.
• The Black-and-White Venerable threatened Yun Zhi and the others, insisting the Imperial Preceptor would defeat them.

Yun Zhi secured the captured Grand Yu cultivators and reassured the gathered sect leaders that the Ask Dao Sect could handle a half-immortal. She failed to find the Grand Yu State Preceptor, so the celebration proceeded while she searched for him.

• The Everlasting Fairy boasted that she could defeat a half-immortal and offered Lu Yang a Dao Fruit embryonic form, but Lu Yang refused.
• Yun Zhi said the Ask Dao Sect had a way to counter a half-immortal ambush and ordered the captured Grand Yu cultivators locked in the treasure box for later distribution among their captors.
• The gathered cultivators emerged from the treasure box on the main street, where young prodigies recognized the powerful figures among them.
• Yun Zhi sealed the shaking treasure box with a blood seal and returned it to Luo Hongxia, who was told it held three Grand Yu Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• Yun Zhi searched the Grand Yu gathering point and the Ask Dao Sect's territory but could not find the State Preceptor, then said the celebration could continue while she searched for his trail.

The finals began as the young prodigies drew opponents, while Lu Yang sat among the judges and the group noted that no one from the Hanging Temple had appeared. The Qi Refining division opened with two competitors who both broke through to Foundation Establishment during their match.

• Meng Jingzhou, Bai Ming, Yan Tianzhi, and Lan Ting confirmed they would not face each other in the first round and noticed the Hanging Temple had sent no contestant.
• Meng Jingzhou revealed that Lu Yang was among the judges, prompting him to complain that Lu Yang had abused his position to avoid competing.
• Jiang Qun arrived as the imperial court's judge and praised Lu Yang, unaware that Huang Doudou controlled Lu Yang's body while the real Lu Yang remained sealed in his mental space.
• Undying Fairy explained that the ancient Qi Refiners had been rare cultivators who could advance unusually quickly, and the finals officially began with the Qi Refining division.
• Two Qi Refining competitors each broke through to Foundation Establishment during their match, turning it into the kind of contest Yang Ding wanted to watch.

Qi Refining contestants repeatedly broke through during the tournament, and Jiang Qun ordered those who did not to be investigated as possible ancient cultivators. Meanwhile, Jiang Qun learned that Ask Dao Sect had captured nearly all the Great Yu infiltrators, leaving only their half-immortal Imperial Preceptor for Yun Zhi to handle.

• Chen Chenxi and Su Youdao both broke through to Foundation Establishment during their match, prompting their sect masters to wager over the winner and the Great Yu cultivator.
• Ninety-six percent of the Qi Refining Grand Completion contestants broke through mid-battle, and an Imperial Qi Sect disciple won the group.
• Jiang Qun instructed the Luoshui Guards to record contestants who had not broken through, suspecting they might be ancient cultivators who had restarted their cultivation.
• The Immortal Fairy and Qiu Jinan told Jiang Qun that Ask Dao Sect had trapped nearly all the Great Yu cultivators in Luo Hongxia's treasure box, with only the half-immortal Imperial Preceptor still missing.
• Jiang Qun ordered the Luoshui Guards to investigate the recorded contestants, and Qiu Jinan pointed out that their supposedly hidden exchange was visible and audible to everyone.
• The chapter explained that Great Xia tolerated ancient cultivators who followed its laws, while Lu Yang's exceptional combat experience went unquestioned because he was Yun Zhi's junior brother.

Zhao Yuan challenged Wei Nanfei at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage division and tried to crush him with the ancient Heaven-Burning Blood-Fueling Art. Wei Nanfei won after using Yun Zhi’s version of the technique, leaving the onlookers to realize that her invented techniques with ancient names were even stronger than the originals.

• Zhao Yuan entered the arena determined to terrify Wei Nanfei and damage his Dao heart.
• Wei Nanfei blocked Zhao Yuan’s attacks with two axes forged by Li Haoran, and Zhao Yuan unleashed the Heaven-Burning Blood-Fueling Art.
• The Undying Fairy identified Zhao Yuan’s technique, and Yun Zhi revealed that Wei Nanfei also practiced a technique with the same name.
• Zhao Yuan’s lifespan began burning away rapidly as he fought Wei Nanfei, and Wei Nanfei explained that he used the version written by Senior Sister.
• Zhao Yuan admitted defeat, and Yun Zhi quietly stopped the Undying Fairy from revealing her embarrassing past.

Wei Nanfei used his Burning Heaven Blood-Fueling Art and cultivated livestock to defeat Fang Sheng, who broke through to Golden Core during their match. Afterward, Yang Ding called the technique demonic, and the Undying Fairy defended Ask Dao Sect's reputation.

• Meng Jingzhou and Bai Ming discussed how Wei Nanfei's lifespan-burning technique gave him an advantage against older Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• A tall cultivator, a scarred cultivator, and the monkey-faced referee each considered ways to counter Wei Nanfei before their own Golden Core competitions.
• Wei Nanfei fought Fang Sheng, who tried to counter his technique with a lifespan-locking pill, but Wei Nanfei instead burned the lifespans of his livestock.
• Fang Sheng broke through to Golden Core and overpowered Wei Nanfei until Wei Nanfei also formed a Golden Core and used more livestock to win.
• Qiu Jinan questioned the ancient cultivators' adaptability, while Yang Ding called Wei Nanfei's technique demonic and the Undying Fairy defended Ask Dao Sect.

Mingtai defeated Zhuang Xuan in the early Golden Core group after Zhuang Xuan’s rage-fueled attack failed, and Lu Yang learned that Mingtai might have once been a sword spirit. The chapter left Mingtai’s origins uncertain, with Lu Yang suspecting he was Sword Tower’s Supreme’s sword spirit given a human body.

• Zhuang Xuan defeated his first opponent in five moves, prompting Jiang Qun to mark him as highly suspect.
• Mingtai of Sword Tower cut Zhuang Xuan’s neck and severed the cord of his treasured pendant with a sword strike.
• Zhuang Xuan went berserk after explaining the pendant’s importance, but Mingtai swept him off the arena with Sword Qi and won.
• Lu Baqian questioned Elder Sikong about Mingtai’s extraordinary sword strike, and Elder Sikong revealed Mingtai had inherited the Sword Tower Supreme’s teachings.
• The Undying Fairy told Lu Yang that Mingtai seemed to be a sword spirit made into a human, and Lu Yang wondered if he had been Sword Tower’s Supreme’s sword spirit.