Chapter Summaries

Qingyuan faced growing challenges to his position as the Interception Sect’s First Disciple when Daoist Duobao demanded a duel in ten thousand years. The Strongest Disciple System activated, and Qingyuan returned to his Dojo to scan the surrounding area for talented beings.

• Tongtian dismissed his disciples after the Golden Bell and Jade Chime rang at Qilin Cliff, signaling that Yuanshi had taken new disciples.
• Shangqing disciples compared Qingyuan unfavorably with Yuqing’s disciples and praised Daoist Duobao’s strength and fortune.
• Daoist Duobao challenged Qingyuan to withstand five moves in a duel ten thousand years later, wagering that he would then stop coveting the First Disciple position.
• The Strongest Disciple System activated and offered rewards for accepting disciples and granting them items.
• Qingyuan returned to Serene Peak and asked the system to scan within billions of miles for living beings with high talent.

Qingyuan restored a damaged remnant soul of the Innate Demon God Hong Yun by sacrificing his own origin, and the reborn man became his first disciple, Yun Zhongzi. The Disciple-Acceptance System rewarded Qingyuan and granted him the ability to synchronize with his disciples, leaving him amazed by his newfound strength and fortune.

• Qingyuan filtered out beings below Innate Origin and discovered a remnant soul of an Innate Demon God with an 80% disciple acceptance rate after restoration.
• Qingyuan sacrificed his own origin to restore the remnant soul, learning that it had once been Hong Yun, whose body was destroyed by Ancestor Kunpeng and whose soul was kept from Reincarnation by Ancestor Minghe.
• The soul emerged as a young man, thanked Qingyuan for granting him a second life, and said he was willing to acknowledge Qingyuan as his father.
• Qingyuan refused the offer of fatherhood and accepted the young man as his disciple, naming him Yun Zhongzi.
• The system rewarded Qingyuan with an Innate Demon God Origin, cultivation, an art, and Three Lights Divine Water, then let him synchronize with Yun Zhongzi’s cultivation, talents, and Divine Ability.
• Qingyuan synchronized with Yun Zhongzi and felt his strength and fortune rise dramatically.

Qingyuan welcomed Yun Zhongzi as his disciple, helped him confront the betrayal behind his past kindness, and gave him cultivation methods, divine water, and his treasured gourd. After the system rewarded Qingyuan for his gifts, he used an Upper-grade Innate Demon God Origin to transform into a Twenty-Four Petaled Innate Green Lotus and gained the Innate Two Principles Qiankun Sword.

• Qingyuan accepted Yun Zhongzi as his disciple and warned him against indiscriminate kindness, prompting Yun Zhongzi to release his bitterness and thank his master.
• Qingyuan bestowed the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art, the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, and the Azure Rainbow Sword upon Yun Zhongzi, then gave him half a drop of Three Lights Divine Water and the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd.
• The system rewarded Qingyuan with the Chaos Purple Firmament Three Thousand Sword Techniques, the Innate Two Principles Qiankun Sword, and a Top-grade Innate Nine-Nine Chaos Divine Firmament Spiritual Treasure Gourd.
• Yun Zhongzi thanked Qingyuan, withdrew to recover in secluded cultivation, and left Qingyuan to reflect on his origins and the dangers ahead.
• Qingyuan claimed the Upper-grade Innate Demon God Origin and Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, transforming into a Twenty-Four Petaled Innate Green Lotus with profound innate abilities.
• Qingyuan examined the white and black swords of the Innate Two Principles Qiankun Sword as their power distorted Heaven-Earth and Yin-Yang.

After eight thousand years of secluded cultivation, Qingyuan reached the Late Mystic Immortal Realm and emerged to find his dojo overgrown. He spared and named a sentient willow Willow Immortal, rebuilt the dojo, and reunited with Yun Zhongzi, whose cultivation had advanced to the Early True Immortal stage.

• Qingyuan tested the Twin Swords’ sword art, stored his spiritual treasures, claimed a million years of cultivation, and entered seclusion using the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art.
• At Jade Void Palace, Venerable Yuanshi criticized Tongtian’s disciples and Qingyuan’s place in the Intercepting Sect, prompting Tongtian to leave; Laozi later grieved over an ominous sign.
• After eight thousand years, Qingyuan awoke in his overgrown dojo and discovered that his cultivation had reached the Late Mystic Immortal Realm.
• Qingyuan spared a sentient willow, named it Willow Immortal, and ordered it to tend the dojo; together they cleared the grounds, and Qingyuan rebuilt the compound.
• Yun Zhongzi visited Qingyuan, who was surprised to learn that his disciple had reached the Early True Immortal stage.

Qingyuan tested Yun Zhongzi’s swordsmanship and defeated his Azure Lotus Sword Technique with a willow branch, then taught him the principles of the Sword Dao. He imparted the Killing Sword Dao to Yun Zhongzi, leaving its imprint in his Primordial Spirit.

• Qingyuan praised Yun Zhongzi’s progress in the Azure Lotus Sword Technique and invited him to spar at the same realm.
• Yun Zhongzi unleashed his perfected Azure Lotus Sword Technique, while Qingyuan countered it with a casual thrust of a willow branch.
• Qingyuan explained that the Sword Dao reduced myriad techniques to one and offered to teach Yun Zhongzi its momentum.
• Qingyuan demonstrated the Killing Sword Dao, sending its imprint into Yun Zhongzi’s Primordial Spirit.

Qingyuan learned of Yun Zhongzi’s fortunate discoveries and joined him at Moon River Bay to confront the water-dwelling Wuzhiqi. Wuzhiqi challenged Qingyuan to capture him in the river and, if Qingyuan succeeded, asked him to help find the Interception Sect so he could become a Saint’s disciple.

• Yun Zhongzi thanked Qingyuan for teaching him swordsmanship, and Qingyuan welcomed his guidance on cultivation.
• Yun Zhongzi described the many treasures he had stumbled upon in the Kunlun Mountains and told Qingyuan about the Water Demon that guarded a Creamy Lotus Root at Moon River Bay.
• Qingyuan recognized the Water Demon’s description as Wuzhiqi and went with Yun Zhongzi to the river.
• Yun Zhongzi called out Wuzhiqi, who rose from Moon River Bay and boasted that no number of Mystic Immortals could threaten him in the water.
• Qingyuan said he could capture Wuzhiqi in the river, and Wuzhiqi challenged him to prove it in exchange for helping him find the Interception Sect and become a Saint’s disciple.

Qingyuan captured Wuzhiqi seven times, then accepted him as a disciple after Wuzhiqi submitted. Wuzhiqi learned that Qingyuan was the Interception Sect’s chief disciple, and Qingyuan received a reward for taking him as his second disciple.

• Wuzhiqi challenged Qingyuan to capture him in the water, and Qingyuan subdued and released him seven times.
• Wuzhiqi finally conceded and agreed to become Qingyuan’s disciple.
• Yun Zhongzi revealed that Qingyuan was Tongtian’s chief disciple and the First Disciple of the Interception Sect.
• Wuzhiqi apologized, bowed to Qingyuan, and celebrated his chance to join the Interception Sect.
• Qingyuan acknowledged Wuzhiqi as his second disciple and received a system reward.

Qingyuan accepted Wuzhiqi as a disciple, gained new abilities and treasures through the system, and taught Wuzhiqi powerful techniques. After Wuzhiqi settled near the dojo, Yun Zhongzi explained the lesson behind Qingyuan giving him a modest staff method, leaving Wuzhiqi deeply moved.

• Qingyuan synchronized with Wuzhiqi's talents, gaining the Flood of Calamity talent and Finger to Steel, then formally accepted him into Xuan Sect and Jie Sect.
• Qingyuan taught Wuzhiqi the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and bestowed the Cape Staff Technique and Mysterious Iron Staff, earning the Four Pole Techniques and Wind Thunder Pillar through critical feedback.
• Wuzhiqi gathered his belongings and offered Qingyuan Hearty Lotus Root King, which Qingyuan shared with Wuzhiqi and Yun Zhongzi before sending Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi back to the dojo.
• Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi traveled safely through the Kunlun Mountains, and Wuzhiqi built a Water Mansion in a Jiang Liu near Qingyuan's dojo.
• Wuzhiqi questioned Yun Zhongzi about Qingyuan giving him a weak staff method, and Yun Zhongzi replied, “Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles,” leaving Wuzhiqi awestruck.

After gathering treasures in the Kunlun Mountain Range, Qingyuan returned to his dojo and expanded Wuzhiqi’s river with his Flood of Calamity talent. He struggled to refine pills until he bestowed two manuals on Yun Zhongzi, received advanced pill-refinement knowledge through feedback, and began producing successful batches that alarmed Willow Immortal.

• Qingyuan returned from the Kunlun Mountain Range after collecting treasures and improving his physical realm to the Early Mystic Immortal Realm.
• Qingyuan used his Flood of Calamity talent to widen and deepen Wuzhiqi’s river, flooding the buildings in the disciple’s dojo.
• Qingyuan attempted pill refinement for over a century, but his failed and inferior pills helped Willow Immortal grow.
• Qingyuan bestowed the Supreme Clarity Spiritual Treasure Profound Elixir Record and the Shangqing Void-Spirit Treasure Formation Manual on Yun Zhongzi.
• Qingyuan received two advanced manuals through the Myriad Creation Cauldron’s feedback and gained a deeper understanding of pill refinement.
• Qingyuan resumed refining pills and succeeded batch after batch, leaving Willow Immortal shocked that it could no longer feed on his failures.

After nearly a thousand years of cultivation, Qingyuan reached the Peak Mystic Immortal Realm while mastering the Pill Dao and Formation Dao. Daoist Duobao sent Immortal Dingguang to turn disciples against Qingyuan, and the chapter ended as Qingyuan appeared after they attacked his disciples.

• Qingyuan refined a Divine Firmament Golden Core and advanced his understanding of the Pill Dao, Formation Dao, and other Laws.
• Daoist Duobao summoned Immortal Dingguang and urged him to handle the coming confrontation, promising to recommend him as an Attendant Immortal.
• Immortal Dingguang rallied Interception Sect disciples by claiming Qingyuan was avoiding his wager with Duobao and should surrender his position or leave the sect.
• Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi confronted the crowd outside Qingyuan's dojo, but several disciples attacked them and a chaotic fight broke out.
• A burst of sword light killed dozens of the attackers, and Qingyuan appeared before the crowd, warning them that he would not overlook their assault on his disciples.

Qingyuan arrived at his dojo and punished the Interception Sect disciples who had attacked his disciples, then challenged Daoist Duobao to answer for instigating the assault. As the two faced off, more Interception Sect and Chan Sect disciples gathered to watch, and Guangchengzi proposed a wager on the outcome.

• Wuzhiqi told Qingyuan that cultivators had insulted and attacked him and Yun Zhongzi, and Qingyuan promised to defend his disciples.
• Qingyuan killed the defiant attackers with his sword qi and declared that, as the sect’s senior disciple, he had the right to purge rebellious members.
• Immortal Dingguang blamed Daoist Duobao for the scheme and begged for his life, so Qingyuan spared him but pinned his limbs with sword qi.
• Qingyuan summoned Daoist Duobao, who appeared and declined to apologize, accepting Qingyuan’s challenge instead.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Golden Hoop Immortal, other Interception Sect disciples, and Chan Sect disciples gathered to watch the confrontation.
• Guangchengzi suggested that he and his fellow disciples wager treasures on whether Qingyuan or Daoist Duobao would win.

Qingyuan and Daoist Duobao faced off in a Sword Dao duel, with Qingyuan’s profound comprehension overcoming Duobao’s superior realm and powerful sword. The chapter ended with Duobao defeated and left badly wounded.

• Guangchengzi and Chijingzi wagered Taiqing’s Pills on the duel, while Immortal Elder Nanji worried about the Interception Sect’s growing influence.
• Qingyuan and Daoist Duobao agreed to settle their rivalry through a Sword Dao contest.
• Duobao attacked with the Crimson Flame Nine Dragon Firelight Sword, unleashing a sea of fire and sword laws.
• Qingyuan countered with a black longsword and overwhelming Heavenly Water formed from Sword Dao laws, forcing Duobao’s attack back.
• Duobao unleashed a sword strike carrying Heaven-Opening annihilating momentum, but Qingyuan answered with the power of three thousand Sword Daos and defeated him.

Daoist Duobao challenged Qingyuan in Formation Dao after losing their sword contest, but Qingyuan swiftly broke Duobao’s Postnatal Five Directions Five Elements Great Array. Qingyuan then trapped Duobao in a star-and-elements killing formation, leaving the gathered Chan and Jie sect immortals astonished and unsure where the formation came from.

• After admitting defeat in Sword Dao, Daoist Duobao challenged Qingyuan to a contest in Formation Dao.
• Daoist Duobao laid out the Postnatal Five Directions Five Elements Great Array, and Qingyuan entered it.
• Qingyuan disrupted the formation’s unbalanced Five Elements origins, causing Duobao’s array to collapse.
• Duobao conceded and asked Qingyuan to set up a formation for him to break.
• Qingyuan formed a Misty Great Realm with 365 Formation Flagpoles and Postnatal Five Elements treasures, trapping Duobao beneath star-light and layered killing intent.
• The Chan Sect immortals guessed the formation came from Shangqing, while Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Holy Mother Wudang, and the other Jie Sect disciples admitted they did not recognize it.

Qingyuan defeated Daoist Duobao in formations, pill refinement, Divine Abilities, physical strength, and spells, revealing how formidable the First Disciple of the Interception Sect was. Duobao acknowledged Qingyuan as Senior Disciple Brother, and the Interception Sect’s immortals bowed to him, while the Chan Sect disciples left without recognizing him.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the other disciples admitted that they did not know Qingyuan’s formation, and Duobao conceded after failing to break it.
• Qingyuan showed Duobao a Divine Firmament Golden Core, prompting Duobao to concede the contest in pill refinement and Xuandu to ask to exchange insights.
• Duobao challenged Qingyuan in Five Elements Divine Abilities, physical strength, and spells, but Qingyuan defeated him repeatedly until Duobao ran out of mana.
• Qingyuan offered to teach Duobao his abilities and said he would give Duobao the position of First Disciple if Duobao someday surpassed him.
• Duobao accepted Qingyuan as Senior Disciple Brother, and the Interception Sect’s cultivators and Xuandu paid their respects to Qingyuan.
• Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Immortal Elder Nanji, and the other Chan Sect disciples left without acknowledging Qingyuan.

Qingyuan was formally accepted as Sect Master Tongtian’s Inner Sect Senior Disciple and First Disciple of Intercepting Sect, alongside Duobao, Jin Ling, and Wudang as Inner Sect Disciples. After swearing to teach sincere seekers of the Dao, Qingyuan invited the others to Serene Peak to discuss an important task.

• Sect Master Tongtian summoned Qingyuan, Duobao, Jin Ling, and Wudang to Shangqing Palace and formally accepted Qingyuan as his Inner Sect Senior Disciple, bestowing the Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp.
• Sect Master Tongtian made Duobao, Jin Ling, and Wudang Inner Sect Disciples, giving Duobao a Treasure Seeking Golden Cicada, Jin Ling the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi, and Wudang the Mountain Driving Whip.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Holy Mother Wudang congratulated Qingyuan, and Qingyuan promised to teach his junior brothers and sisters spells and Divine Abilities.
• Qingyuan swore before heaven and earth to teach any kind-hearted, sincere seeker of the Dao, and Duobao affirmed that he would challenge Qingyuan again someday.
• Qingyuan brought Duobao, Jin Ling, and Wudang to Serene Peak, where he dismissed Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi and invited his guests to sit beneath the willow tree.
• Qingyuan told the three Inner Sect Disciples that he had an important matter for them to accomplish together.

Qingyuan persuaded Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Holy Mother Wudang to establish strict rules for the Interception Sect, then cultivated with the Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp and entered the Golden Immortal Realm. After emerging from secluded cultivation, he checked on his disciples and asked who had joined the Chan Sect.

• Qingyuan warned Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Holy Mother Wudang that unchecked, lawless disciples could undermine the Interception Sect, and convinced them to help establish sect rules and punishments.
• Qingyuan bestowed pills on Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi and received rare medicines through his return critical strike before refining the Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp to comprehend the Five Elements Law.
• After several thousand years of cultivation, Qingyuan comprehended the Five Elements Law and broke through to the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Willow Immortal, Yun Zhongzi, and Wuzhiqi congratulated Qingyuan, who praised his disciples’ progress in cultivation.
• Qingyuan asked Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi who had recently joined the Chan Sect, and Wuzhiqi reacted with indignation.

Qingyuan learned that the Three Sects had grown and that conflicts between the Chan and Interception Sects were worsening, then investigated the disorder around Shangqing Peak. After Sickle Tiger and his followers tried to rob him, Qingyuan summoned their supposed backer, Immortal Dingguang, who ordered Sickle Tiger to kneel and apologize.

• Yun Zhongzi told Qingyuan about the disciples and attendants accepted by the Three Sects and described the Interception Sect’s growing disputes with the Chan Sect.
• Wuzhiqi recounted how Guangchengzi and other Chan Sect disciples had sided with a cultivator who stole his Heavenly Spiritual Marrow Core and insulted their master.
• Qingyuan sensed negative emotions clouding the Three Sects’ territory and saw Interception Sect disciples gathering to complain about and plot against the Chan Sect.
• Sickle Tiger and his followers tried to rob Qingyuan, Yun Zhongzi, and Wuzhiqi on Shangqing Peak, but Qingyuan called for Immortal Dingguang.
• Immortal Dingguang arrived with Qiushou Xian, slapped Sickle Tiger away, and ordered him to kneel and apologize to Qingyuan.

Qingyuan purged the Interception Sect of abusive and corrupt disciples after receiving Sect Master Tongtian’s approval, then won permission to establish an Inspection Department. He left the sect’s discipline in his own hands, while Sect Master Tongtian privately accepted his troublemaking ways.

• Qingyuan summoned the Interception Sect’s disciples to Shangqing Peak and accused them of abandoning the sect rules.
• After Sect Master Tongtian approved the purge, Qingyuan stopped disciples from fleeing and killed those who attacked him.
• Sickle Tiger confessed to abusing and robbing fellow disciples, and Qingyuan executed him after severing one of Immortal Dingguang’s arms as punishment.
• Qingyuan investigated the sect’s other injustices, executing serious offenders and expelling the less guilty from the Kunlun Mountains.
• Qingyuan thanked Sect Master Tongtian for his approval and requested permission to establish an Inspection Department, which Sect Master Tongtian left him to handle.

Qingyuan organized the Interception Sect’s Inspection Department and urged its disciples to stop feuding with the Chan Sect. After learning that Yuanshi permitted him to discipline the Chan Sect disciples, Qingyuan called them out, preparing to show his companions what he could do.

• Qingyuan warned the Interception Sect disciples against using the sect’s protection to commit evil and named Duobao, Jin Ling, Wudang, and others to help establish the Inspection Department.
• Qingyuan persuaded Ma Yuan to abandon his heart-digging cultivation and offered to teach him a different path, then asked the group to reduce conflicts with the Chan Sect.
• After Qingyuan left, Qiushou Xian, Jinguang Xian, and Ma Yuan complained about Chan Sect disciples bullying them and taking their treasures and territory.
• Qingyuan visited Yuanshi, who revealed that Qingyuan possessed an Innate Demon God Origin and told him he could discipline the Chan Sect disciples.
• Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi criticized Qingyuan for seeming to concede to the Chan Sect, but Qingyuan called Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Juliusun, Cihang, Taiyi, and Puxian out to face him.

Qingyuan confronted the Chan Sect Immortals on Yuqing Peak over their attacks on his disciples and their seizure of the disciples’ opportunities. After Huanglong struck first, Qingyuan defeated and bound the Chan Sect group, leaving Duobao and the Interception Sect Immortals stunned by the aftermath.

• Qingyuan arrived at Yuqing Peak with Yun Zhongzi and Wuzhiqi and demanded to know whether the Chan Sect Immortals had attacked his disciples and taken their opportunities.
• Taiyi, Juliusun, Huanglong, and others admitted to the attacks and argued that the weak had no claim to treasures they found.
• Huanglong ambushed Qingyuan with his Dark Iron Whip, but Qingyuan caught it, shattered Huanglong’s arm, and forced him to his knees.
• The Chan Sect Immortals attacked Qingyuan together, and he used the Five-Colored Divine Lamp and Innate Two Principles Qiankun Sword to form a sword formation that subdued them.
• Qingyuan bound the Chan Sect Immortals with the Immortal Binding Rope, and Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and the others arrived to find them defeated.