Chapter Summaries

Qingyuan oversaw the Inspection Department’s growth and trained Wuzhiqi before preparing to leave the Interception Sect. He entrusted Yun Zhongzi with the department and gave both disciples treasures, then departed the Kunlun Mountains.

• The Inspection Department grew to nearly a hundred members, and its rules helped improve the conduct of Interception Sect disciples.
• Qingyuan trained Wuzhiqi in the Water Staff Dao and told him to summon Yun Zhongzi.
• Qingyuan asked Yun Zhongzi to oversee the Inspection Department during his absence and gave him the Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp, earning Qingyuan several valuable rewards from the system.
• Qingyuan gave Wuzhiqi the Wind Thunder Pillar and instructed him to protect Yun Zhongzi and cultivate diligently.
• Qingyuan told the Inspection Department not to quarrel with the Chan Sect, then left the Kunlun Mountains.

Qingyuan traveled to Plum Mountain seeking the Falling Treasure Gold Coin and was attacked by the mountain’s demons before he could explain himself. After defeating them without killing anyone, he discovered the fight had begun because the tree demons had falsely claimed he came looking for trouble.

• Qingyuan spent nearly a thousand years traveling toward Wuyi Mountain while avoiding battles between the Witch-Demon Two Clans.
• At Plum Mountain, Qingyuan encountered the Willow Tree Demon and Peach Tree Demon while picking plum blossoms, and they called for the other demons.
• Jin Dasheng and Zhu Zizhen attacked Qingyuan, but he quickly defeated them and then overcame Wu Long and Yang Xian.
• Yuan Hong arrived and fought Qingyuan with his Wrought Iron Staff, but Qingyuan easily endured the battle and secretly guided his staff technique.
• Qingyuan told the six demons he had never intended to kill them, and Jin Dasheng and Zhu Zizhen admitted they had attacked based on what Gao Ming and Gao Jue told them.
• The six demons turned toward the trembling Willow Tree Demon and Peach Tree Demon as the trees asked to explain themselves.

Qingyuan reconciled with the Plum Mountain Seven Freaks and accepted Yuan Hong as his disciple, giving him powerful techniques and a treasured staff. As reward feedback strengthened Qingyuan, an angry voice outside Plum Mountain demanded to know who had injured its brothers.

• The Six Demon Immortals apologized to Qingyuan after beating Gao Ming and Gao Jue, then invited him into their Dojo for a feast.
• Qingyuan revealed he was an Inner Sect Senior Disciple of the Interception Sect and persuaded the six demons to treat him as a fellow Daoist.
• Qingyuan accepted Yuan Hong as his third disciple and warned him not to use his new status to harm others or commit evil.
• Qingyuan received rewards for accepting Yuan Hong and bestowed the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, the Water-Fire Staff Technique, and the Water-Fire One Qi Mixed Iron Staff on him.
• A furious voice outside Plum Mountain demanded to know who had injured its brothers.

Qingyuan accepted the Plum Mountain Seven Righteous into the Interception Sect as Registered Disciples, gifted them treasures, and brought Plum Mountain along in his Spiritual Treasure Gourd. As they traveled toward Wuyi Mountain, Qingyuan gained powerful new abilities, and an unexpected change interrupted their journey.

• Dai Li and the Plum Mountain Seven Righteous apologized to Qingyuan, who invited them to join the Interception Sect alongside Yuan Hong.
• Qingyuan accepted the six Demon Immortals as Registered Disciples on Sect Master Tongtian’s behalf, warned them not to abuse the sect’s name, and gave them spiritual treasures and pills.
• The seven Demon Immortals gathered their belongings and familiar spirits, and Qingyuan stored Plum Mountain inside his Spiritual Treasure Gourd so they could bring their home with them.
• Qingyuan led the group toward Wuyi Mountain and claimed rewards that granted him the Nine Breaths to Absorb Qi, White Rainbow Piercing the Sun, and other abilities, along with the Universe Wish Jade Weapon.
• After several hundred years of travel through the Primordial Wilderness, Qingyuan and his companions neared Wuyi Mountain, where an unexpected change occurred.

Qingyuan and his companions were caught up in the Witch-Demon retreat and attacked by Xiang Liu, who mistook them for Demon Race allies. After Houtu intervened, Qingyuan recognized her as his Martial Aunt and identified himself as a Jie Sect Disciple.

• The Witch Clan defeated the Demon Race forces, and Nine Infants ordered a retreat from the battlefield.
• Qingyuan led Yuan Hong and the others around the battlefield, but routed Demon Race soldiers drew Xiang Liu toward them.
• Xiang Liu attacked Qingyuan's group, and Qingyuan used the Yin-Yang Four Symbols Nine Dragon Lamp to block his strike.
• Qingyuan prepared to fight Xiang Liu with his Spiritual Treasure Gourd, but Houtu arrived and struck Xiang Liu down.
• Houtu asked whether Qingyuan was a disciple of Tongtian, and Qingyuan greeted her as his Martial Aunt.

Qingyuan received Houtu’s compensation after Xiang Liu injured him, then asked her to send his junior brothers home and treat the Human Race more gently. He left for Wuyi Mountain, while Houtu warned the Great Witches that harming him could provoke the Three Pure Ones.

• Houtu rebuked Xiang Liu for attacking Qingyuan and gave Qingyuan treasures and a bronze token as compensation.
• Qingyuan asked Houtu to send Yuan Hong and the Seven Righteous back to Kunlun Mountains, and Houtu sent them away through the earth.
• Qingyuan asked Houtu to have the Witch Clan care for the Human Race, and she agreed.
• Qingyuan transformed into a White Rainbow and departed.
• Houtu told Xiang Liu that killing Qingyuan could bring the Witch Clan into conflict with a Saint and the Three Pure Ones.

Qingyuan found the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Falling Treasure Gold Coin on Wuyi Mountain, but the Golden-winged Great Peng ambushed him for it. Qingyuan trapped and beat the attacker even after learning he was the Son of Primordial Phoenix.

• Qingyuan reached Wuyi Mountain, gathered its spiritual plants, and discovered the Falling Treasure Gold Coin hidden within an Innate Restriction.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng attacked Qingyuan and tried to seize the Falling Treasure Gold Coin, but Qingyuan repelled him with the Primordial Ruler.
• Qingyuan surrounded the Great Peng with formations and Innate Spiritual Treasures, blocking his escape and battering him.
• The Great Peng threatened Qingyuan with the Phoenix Clan’s vengeance and revealed that he was the Son of Primordial Phoenix.
• Qingyuan withdrew most of his treasures, entered the remaining sword formation, and continued punching the Great Peng until he begged him to stop.

Qingyuan defeated the Golden-winged Great Peng on Wuyi Mountain and forced him to become his fourth disciple after revealing he was Tongtian’s first disciple. The system’s rewards greatly increased Qingyuan’s strength, and he prepared to take the new disciple back to Interception Sect.

• Qingyuan beat the Golden-winged Great Peng and offered to spare him if he became his disciple.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng learned Qingyuan was Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun’s first disciple and immediately knelt to accept him as Master.
• The system rewarded Qingyuan with Phoenix Ancestor Essence Blood, Innate Yin-Yang Two Qi, Nirvana True Fire, and eight million years of cultivation, then bestowed the Great Peng’s abilities upon him.
• Qingyuan gave the Golden-winged Great Peng cultivation techniques, a pill, a sword, and swordsmanship guidance, while the system returned upgraded rewards.
• Qingyuan warned the Golden-winged Great Peng not to cause trouble and told him to return with him to Interception Sect.

Qingyuan rode the Golden-winged Great Peng back toward the Kunlun Mountains, teaching him about his Yin-Yang origin and warning him not to damage it. When they encountered a Three-Sturgeon Bird pursuing a dragon, Qingyuan recognized it as an enemy tied to his karma and prepared to attack.

• The Golden-winged Great Peng agreed to carry Qingyuan toward the Kunlun Mountains and flew across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Kong Xuan discovered that the protective feathers he had given his younger brother had shattered and left Immortality Volcano alone to seek him.
• Qingyuan awoke from cultivation with a powerful physical body, while the Great Peng explained that the Phoenix Clan neglected him and his brother.
• Qingyuan warned the Great Peng not to refine his Yin-Yang Two Qi into a magical treasure, since it was his foundational origin.
• Qingyuan and the Great Peng spotted a Three-Sturgeon Bird pursuing a dragon, and Qingyuan declared he had to kill it because of their karma.

Qingyuan used the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird to lure the Three-Sturgeon Bird away from Little Azure Dragon and trapped him in a deadly formation. After the Three-Sturgeon Bird invoked his father Nine Infants to win his release, Qingyuan let him approach the exit and then destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.

• The Three-Sturgeon Bird trapped Little Azure Dragon in a river formation and attacked him while boasting that the Heavenly Court would deal with the Dragon Clan.
• The Great Peng Bird insulted the Three-Sturgeon Bird and lured him away from Little Azure Dragon with a long chase.
• Qingyuan activated a formation that evolved into a Minor World and wounded the Three-Sturgeon Bird with its sword laws.
• The Three-Sturgeon Bird revealed that he was Nine Infants' son, and Qingyuan pretended to fear the consequences and stopped the formation.
• The Three-Sturgeon Bird fled toward the apparent exit, but Qingyuan's four Sword Dao rivers destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.

Qingyuan used a makeshift Immortal Slaying Four Swords Formation to kill Three-Sturgeon Bird, then confronted the Quasi-Saint Nine Infants, who withdrew rather than attack him. Afterward, Qingyuan urged Great Peng Bird to rely on his own strength instead of the Phoenix Clan's reputation.

• Qingyuan used a formation powered by sword treasures, Formation Flags, and the surrounding terrain to kill Three-Sturgeon Bird, then collected his belongings.
• Qingyuan explained the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to Great Peng Bird and clarified that his own formation was only a makeshift version.
• Qingyuan and Great Peng Bird prepared to return to Kunlun Mountains, but Nine Infants appeared as a strand of will and accused them of killing his offspring.
• Qingyuan defied Nine Infants and challenged him to kill him, while Nine Infants ultimately withdrew; his attack sent Great Peng Bird flying away.
• Qingyuan encouraged Great Peng Bird to cultivate and become powerful in his own right rather than depend on the Phoenix Clan's name.

Qingyuan rescued Ao Guang from a demon army, and Ao Guang announced his plan to join the Chan Sect to gain powerful connections and help the Dragon Clan. As Qingyuan and the Great Peng Bird returned to the Kunlun Mountains, angry Interception Sect disciples gathered at the Inspection Department and called for Duobao to intervene in the Chan Sect’s bullying.

• Qingyuan encouraged the Great Peng Bird to follow his own Yin-Yang Dao, then flew with him toward the Kunlun Mountains.
• Qingyuan killed two demon generals, used the Three-Sturgeon Bird’s token to rout the demon army, and rescued Ao Guang.
• Ao Guang boasted that his Dragon Clan status would help him join the Chan Sect, while Qingyuan and the Great Peng Bird left him to continue toward Kunlun.
• Qingyuan told the Great Peng Bird that Ao Guang’s chances of joining the Chan Sect were poor, and the Great Peng Bird hurried them toward home.
• Thousands of Interception Sect disciples surrounded the Inspection Department and pleaded for Duobao to address the Chan Sect’s bullying, prompting Duobao to open his eyes.

Daoist Duobao investigated the Chan Sect’s attacks on Jie Sect Disciples, then used his authority as Deputy Director to arrest the disciples who had fought back. He rallied the crowd to confront Daoist Randeng while quietly turning them against Qingyuan, and Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong recognized his attempt to redirect the conflict toward their master.

• Immortal Dingguang told Daoist Duobao that Guangchengzi, Daoist Randeng, and other Chan Sect members had injured Jie Sect Disciples, including Jin Ling and Wudang.
• Qiushou Xian described how the Chan Sect had attacked disciples at the Jiangyue River and how Daoist Randeng had challenged the Interception Sect to an arena match.
• Daoist Duobao ordered Qiushou Xian and the other participants arrested for causing trouble and fighting, drawing their angry comparisons to Qingyuan.
• Daoist Duobao declared that he would remove his Enforcement Mystic Robe and lead the disciples against the Chan Sect, while discouraging criticism of Qingyuan and encouraging resentment toward him.
• Daoist Duobao led the fired-up disciples toward Daoist Randeng’s arena, and Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong suspected he was steering the conflict toward their master.

Daoist Duobao accepted Daoist Randeng’s challenge on behalf of the Interception Sect but lost every contest, leaving the sect humiliated. As Chan Sect Immortals demanded that the Interception Sect admit defeat, Qingyuan returned and stepped in to challenge Randeng.

• Daoist Duobao led the Interception Sect disciples to Jiangyue River, where Daoist Randeng and the Chan Sect Immortals taunted them.
• Daoist Duobao promised to discipline the Interception Sect disciples, angering Wuzhiqi, who left while Yuan Hong followed him.
• Daoist Randeng proposed contests across several disciplines and said the Interception Sect would have to admit inferiority if it lost.
• Daoist Duobao agreed to compete but repeatedly fell short, then lost as Daoist Randeng’s taunts and pressure unsettled him.
• Taiyi and Daoist Huanglong mocked the defeated Interception Sect until Qingyuan arrived on a Golden-Winged Great Peng and sent them flying with a slap.

Qingyuan returned to the Jiangyue River and condemned Daoist Randeng for provoking conflict between the Chan and Jie Sects. Randeng fled, and Guangchengzi led the Chan Sect disciples away, leaving the Interception Sect celebrating.

• Qingyuan arrived at the Jiangyue River and slapped Taiyi and Huanglong away, drawing cheers from the Interception Sect disciples.
• Qingyuan ignored Randeng’s greeting and asked Guangchengzi to explain the dispute, repeatedly interrupting Randeng when he tried to speak.
• Randeng unleashed his Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura and scolded Qingyuan for being rude, but Qingyuan rebuked him for attacking juniors and encouraging discord between the Chan and Jie Sects.
• Qingyuan called Randeng the shame of the Innate Demon Gods and struck away his pointing hand, prompting Randeng to flee in anger.
• Qingyuan asked Guangchengzi whether he would leave or be sent away, and Guangchengzi led the Chan Sect immortals from the riverbank.
• The Interception Sect disciples cheered Qingyuan’s return and victory.

Qingyuan returned to Jiangyue River, where his disciples celebrated his victory over Daoist Randeng, and learned that Daoist Duobao had detained Qiushou Xian after a clash between the sects. Qingyuan apologized, freed Qiushou Xian, and won Duobao’s renewed loyalty; he then headed to the Inspection Department with Yun Zhongzi, the Golden-winged Great Peng, and the Six Scholars of Plum Mountain.

• The Jie Sect disciples praised Qingyuan for driving Daoist Randeng away, while the Golden-winged Great Peng boasted that Qingyuan had once slain the Heavenly Court’s Three-Sturgeon Bird and frightened Nine Infants into retreat.
• Qiushou Xian’s friend and the gathered disciples begged Qingyuan to spare Qiushou Xian, while Daoist Duobao defended the Inspection Department’s actions.
• After Yun Zhongzi explained the dispute, Qingyuan apologized to the disciples, accepted responsibility for failing to guide Duobao, and promised to release Qiushou Xian.
• Qingyuan appointed Daoist Duobao master of the Inspection Department and encouraged him to lead a great force, prompting Duobao to swear an oath to stop scheming against others and support Qingyuan.
• Qingyuan gave Duobao a healing pill, then left for the Inspection Department with Yun Zhongzi, the Golden-winged Great Peng, and the Six Scholars of Plum Mountain.

Qingyuan relinquished control of the Inspection Department and proposed an Immortal Market to Sect Master Tongtian as a way to give Interception Sect disciples useful work and encourage trade. Tongtian approved the idea, and Qingyuan began discussing a shared currency for the market.

• Qingyuan released Qiushou Xian and the other captive Jie Sect Disciples, then handed the Inspection Department over to Daoist Duobao and left its chief seal behind.
• Qingyuan told Yun Zhongzi and the others that he planned to establish an Immortal Market, then went to Shangqing Peak to seek Sect Master Tongtian’s support.
• Qingyuan described a market for trading goods, lodging, auctions, bounties, and jobs, and Sect Master Tongtian approved him pursuing the plan.
• Qingyuan questioned Tongtian’s willingness to accept unruly disciples, and Tongtian explained that beings follow different paths and must seize their own opportunities.
• Qingyuan revealed that the market needed a commonly accepted medium of exchange, proposed calling it Money, and Tongtian suggested Immortal Crystals instead.

Qingyuan secured approval and vast supplies of Immortal Crystals from Sect Master Tongtian, Saint Taiqing, and Venerable Yuanshi to establish an Immortal Market in the Kunlun Mountains. After leaving Yuqing Peak, he flew toward Serene Peak, where he had not returned for several thousand years.

• Sect Master Tongtian forged a vast supply of Immortal Crystals for Qingyuan and instructed him to imprint them with the Falling Treasure Gold Coin.
• Qingyuan gave Water-Fire Boy a pouch of Immortal Crystals, then visited Taiqing Peak and persuaded Saint Taiqing to support the Immortal Market.
• Qingyuan left Saint Taiqing a Great Thousand Worlds' worth of Immortal Crystals and passed the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect, whose concentration he disrupted until the Nine Heavens Astral Wind swept them away.
• Qingyuan apologized to Venerable Yuanshi, explained the Immortal Market, and obtained his approval along with another Great Thousand Worlds' worth of Immortal Crystals.
• Qingyuan left Yuqing Peak and flew toward Serene Peak, reflecting on how thousands of years had passed since he returned home.

Qingyuan returned to Serene Peak and gathered his disciples and companions to discuss the Inspection Department before offering to teach them the Dao. He humbled the Great Peng Bird by revealing the origins and abilities of several fellow disciples, leaving the bird stunned by how formidable they were.

• Yuan Hong and the others discussed Qingyuan’s plan to hand control of the Inspection Department to Duobao and wondered about the Immortal Market.
• Qingyuan arrived at Serene Peak, gave the Willow Immortal Pills, and invited everyone to sit while he expounded the Dao.
• The Great Peng Bird claimed he did not need Qingyuan’s teaching, so Qingyuan demonstrated the Innate Yin-Yang Two Energies and rebuked his pride.
• Qingyuan revealed that Yun Zhongzi was the reincarnation of Ancestor Hong Yun and described the Six-Eared Macaque’s forbidden eavesdropping on the Dao Ancestor.
• Qingyuan explained that Yuan Hong was a Long-armed Ape and Wuzhiqi was a Red-butt Monkey, leaving the Great Peng Bird stunned by their origins and potential.

Qingyuan rebuked Great Peng Bird for neglecting his cultivation, prompting him to storm away before reconsidering and deciding to return. Meanwhile, Qingyuan received the Great Dao Incense Burner and unlocked a preaching function that transformed Serene Peak into a sacred dojo; Great Peng Bird returned to find the peak changed and crowded with listeners.

• Qingyuan scolded Great Peng Bird for failing to advance while Kong Xuan had become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and Great Peng Bird angrily left Serene Peak.
• The system rewarded Qingyuan with a million years of Daoxing, improvements to his cultivation and abilities, and the Great Dao Incense Burner.
• Qingyuan lit the burner and began preaching, filling Serene Peak with Dao resonance as his disciples entered deep comprehension.
• The system unlocked the Preaching Function, granting benefits to listeners and Qingyuan as he preached.
• Great Peng Bird reconsidered his anger, collected spirit fruits for Qingyuan, and returned to Serene Peak after two years.
• Great Peng Bird mistook the transformed, mist-shrouded dojo for another place, circled the area, then entered and was stunned by the crowd.