Chapter Summaries

Qingyuan beat Wang Shu and broke a section from the Moon Laurel before trying to leave, but Wang Shu bound him with the Moon Star's origin and pinned him down. Qingyuan removed the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, revealing their compromising position to the watching Primordial Great Powers and Demon Race.

• Patriarch Minghe warned the Asura Kings and Asura Generals against provoking Qingyuan again, and they admitted they feared his strength.
• Qingyuan attacked Wang Shu on the Moon Star, then used an axe to break off a large section of the Moon Laurel and collected it.
• Wang Shu bound Qingyuan with the Tai Shang Moon and the Moon Star's origin, pinned him down, and struck him as he struggled to protect his Human Dao Robe.
• Qingyuan removed the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, exposing Wang Shu astride him to Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kunpeng, Fuxi, Patriarch Minghe, and the other onlookers.

Qingyuan escaped the Moon Star after his clash with Wang Shu, then learned that Patriarch Minghe could not reveal whether the Three Pure Ones had split. Troubled by his weakness, Qingyuan decided to cultivate the Thunder Dao and pursue authority over Heavenly Punishment, beginning by unleashing Divine Firmament Purple Thunder on his Ten Demon God Incarnations.

• Wang Shu realized the Moon Star had returned to the Primordial Stars Domain, and Qingyuan broke free of her restraint and fled after warning that he would repay the humiliation.
• Qingyuan gave the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner to Ancestor Minghe and left the Nine Heavens with the Human Race ancestors and Asuras.
• At his East Sea Coast dojo, Qingyuan asked Patriarch Minghe whether his masters had split, but Minghe denied knowing and hurried back to the Blood Sea.
• Qingyuan studied the power within his Spirit Mansion and resolved to become the Thunder Dao’s master and claim the vacant role governing Heavenly Punishment.
• Qingyuan summoned his Ten Demon God Incarnations and unleashed Divine Firmament Purple Thunder, engulfing them in lightning.

Qingyuan risked stealing a strand of Thunder Dao Origin, surviving three deaths after the Thunder Dao struck him with Chaos Divine Thunder. He repaired his damaged Demon God Incarnations and entered secluded cultivation, leaving the mountain under an oppressive aura of calamity.

• Qingyuan drew on the Thunder Dao River and seized a strand of its Origin, crushing and devouring the Five Elements divine thunder as he fled.
• The Thunder Dao retaliated with Chaos Divine Thunder, destroying Qingyuan’s body and Primordial Spirit three times before his Phoenix True Fire restored him.
• Qingyuan realized the Thunder Dao Origin could let him pursue Dao Integration and eventually control the Thunder Dao.
• Qingyuan found that his ten Demon God Incarnations had been badly damaged, then used Three Lights Divine Water and a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir to help them recover.
• Qingyuan entered prolonged secluded cultivation to nourish the Thunder Dao Origin, while the mountain grew oppressive enough to drive away passing cultivators.

After sealing the Thunder Dao Origin, Qingyuan answered An Chao’s desperate prayers by visiting the Tengshan Tribe and helping him build homes in trees. When torrential rain flooded the tribe and brought dangerous creatures into its dwellings, An Chao’s tree houses proved a safer refuge.

• Qingyuan finished sealing the Thunder Dao Origin and left to seek treasures to repair his incarnation, but paused when a Temple Deity relayed An Chao’s pleas for help.
• Qingyuan observed An Chao, an orphaned laborer mocked by the Tengshan Tribe, gathering materials to build a tree house that would keep out venomous creatures and beasts.
• Qingyuan arrived at the tribe in disguise, saw its leaders drive poor people away to avoid disturbing him, and left without meeting them.
• Qingyuan returned as a frail old man and befriended An Chao, teaching him building techniques and helping him make a spacious tree house.
• An Chao and other poor, elderly, and disabled tribespeople built homes in trees, enduring the tribe’s mockery as Qingyuan guided them.
• Several days of torrential rain flooded the Tengshan Tribe’s surroundings, and its people saw that An Chao and the others were living comfortably in their tree houses.

An Chao spent centuries teaching Human Tribes to build houses and defend themselves, eventually becoming Youchaoshi and earning Human Dao Merit that raised him to Quasi-Saint. As the Demon Race and Witch Clan grew wary of the Human Race, Youchaoshi learned that his old mentor might still be alive and recognized Qingyuan as Chui.

• An Chao taught the Tengshan Tribe to build tree houses, then left to spread the methods to other tribes across the wilderness.
• After the old man died on their journey, An Chao continued teaching tribes to build houses, walls, and defenses suited to their surroundings.
• More than a thousand years later, An Chao died while spreading his teachings and was honored as Youchaoshi, but Human Dao Merit revived him and elevated him to Quasi-Saint.
• The Merit was divided among Youchaoshi, an ordinary house, and Qingyuan, while the Demon Race and Witch Clan began to see the Human Race as a threat.
• Youchaoshi mourned the old man who had guided him, but Suirenshi and Ziyishi told him that the man might not have died.
• Qingyuan appeared, and Youchaoshi recognized him with uncertainty as Chui.

Qingyuan left the East Sea Coast after urging the Human Race to build its own future, then departed for Kunlun Mountains with Kong Xuan. There he found the mountains split apart and reflected on the sacred places that had been destroyed.

• Qingyuan told Suirenshi, Ziyishi, and Youchaoshi that the Human Race must stand on its own, then returned to the Interception Sect while promising to help in future crises.
• Suirenshi, Ziyishi, and Youchaoshi resolved to create a golden age for humanity, and Qingyuan watched them leave with renewed determination.
• Qingyuan awakened Kong Xuan and withstood his Five-Colored Divine Light, then revealed a more powerful Five-Colored Divine Thunder that forced Kong Xuan to yield.
• Kong Xuan carried Qingyuan toward Kunlun Mountains, where Qingyuan discovered that the range had been split in two, apparently by the Pangu Banner.
• Qingyuan guided Kong Xuan past the ruined sites of Heavenly Peak Plain, the Three Pure Ones Peaks, and his former Serene Peak Dojo.

Qingyuan returned to Kunlun and found Serene Peak occupied by Willow Immortal, who recognized him as his master and begged to leave with him. After hearing how the Three Pure Ones Split had unfolded, Qingyuan took Willow Immortal and the spirits of Serene Peak into his Great Thousand Worlds and set off for Qilin Cliff.

• Qingyuan and Kong Xuan arrived near Serene Peak, where plant spirits warned them away from the dojo of Immortal Willow Great Sage.
• Qingyuan recognized Willow Immortal at the heart of the mountain, and Willow Immortal attacked before realizing who had returned.
• Willow Immortal recognized Qingyuan as his master, uprooted himself, and knelt to beg Qingyuan to take him away.
• Willow Immortal recounted how conflicts between the Chan Sect and Interception Sect escalated after Qingyuan left, eventually contributing to the Three Pure Ones Split.
• Qingyuan agreed to take Willow Immortal and the spirits he had enlightened, then gathered them into his Great Thousand Worlds.
• Qingyuan urged Kong Xuan onward, and they flew toward Qilin Cliff in East Kunlun.

Qingyuan visited Venerable Yuanshi at Qilin Cliff, where Yuanshi rebuked him over his choices and drove him away. After Qingyuan and Kong Xuan left, Four Unlike tried to ambush them with help from Chan Sect disciples, but his senior brothers repeatedly abandoned him, leaving him to face Kong Xuan’s retaliation alone.

• Four Unlike insulted Qingyuan and the Interception Sect, so Qingyuan ordered Kong Xuan to slap him before they went to Jade Void Palace.
• Venerable Yuanshi scolded Qingyuan over his ties to the Human Race and Minghe, then ordered him never to return to Kunlun Mountains.
• Qingyuan left a basket of spirit fruits, bowed to Venerable Yuanshi, and departed with Kong Xuan for the East Sea Coast.
• Four Unlike trapped Qingyuan and Kong Xuan in an array and called on Juliusun, Taiyi, Huanglong, and the others, but they fled before Kong Xuan could confront them.
• Kong Xuan pinned Four Unlike down until Qingyuan stopped him, and Four Unlike slapped himself to appease them.
• When Four Unlike later claimed his senior brothers had returned to protect him, they vanished again, and Kong Xuan made him slap himself before leaving.

Qingyuan traveled to Shouyang Mountain to visit Saint Taiqing and found the Human Sect living peacefully along the East Sea Coast. After speaking with Taiqing, Qingyuan left knowing the Saint would not interfere with the conflict between the Three Pure Ones.

• Qingyuan resolved to become stronger and directed Kong Xuan to take him to the East Sea Coast.
• At Qilin Cliff, Venerable Yuanshi stopped White Crane Boy from kicking away Qingyuan’s fruit basket, sealed it from the passage of time, and resumed cultivation.
• Qingyuan arrived at the East Sea Coast, where the Human Tribes lived peacefully and followed the Dao, then asked locals to direct him to Shouyang Mountain.
• On the way up Shouyang Mountain, Qingyuan greeted Zhu Ganglie and Green Ox, gave them two bottles of Five Revolutions Golden Elixir, and asked after Xuandu, Zhenwu, and Du'e.
• Qingyuan visited Saint Taiqing, offered him the fruit basket, and learned from their conversation that Taiqing would not interfere in the Three Pure Ones’ split.

Qingyuan flew to Golden Ao Island after declining Zhu Ganglie’s dinner invitation, while Ao Guang went there to seek help against the Jie Sect Disciples abusing the East Sea Dragon Clan. Lü Yue beat Ao Guang and ordered the Dragon Palace’s resources surrendered, until Qingyuan’s familiar voice addressed him.

• Qingyuan declined Zhu Ganglie’s offer of dinner and flew toward the East Sea on Peacock.
• The East Sea aquatic clan leaders complained to Ao Guang about the Jie Sect Disciples’ abuses, and Ao Guang promised to seek help.
• Ao Guang resolved to ask Daoist Duobao and the Kunlun Mountain Disciples for assistance against the East Sea faction’s growing power.
• Lü Yue and his followers insulted Ao Guang, rejected his request to join the Interception Sect, and demanded the Dragon Palace’s resources.
• Lü Yue struck Ao Guang and ordered several hundred Jie Sect Immortals to attack his companions.
• A familiar voice greeted Ao Guang: “long time no see.”

Kong Xuan and Qingyuan confronted the Interception Sect disciples who had been bullying Ao Guang, and Kong Xuan overwhelmed wave after wave of their reinforcements. The chapter ended as Zhao Gongming and three other elite Outer Sect disciples arrived, with Lü Yue rushing to them for help.

• Ao Guang recognized the voice of the Interception Sect’s First Disciple, and Kong Xuan arrived after Qingyuan ordered him to kill the corrupt disciples.
• Kong Xuan ate several disciples, shattered the teeth of those who had cursed, and slapped Lü Yue until his face swelled.
• The Ten Heavenly Lords, the four friends from Nine Dragon Island, Luo Xuan, and hundreds of other disciples attacked in succession, but Kong Xuan swept them away with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan kicked Lü Yue and taunted the Interception Sect as the remaining disciples fell silent or fled.
• Zhao Gongming and three other elite Outer Sect disciples arrived, and Lü Yue flew to them to plead for justice.

Kong Xuan overwhelmed Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo, swallowing them and their treasures during a clash on the East Sea. The chapter ended with Turtle Spirit Holy Mother learning that many Interception Sect disciples had also been swallowed by the Peacock.

• Lü Yue told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo how Kong Xuan had attacked him, and Kong Xuan provoked them into fighting.
• Kong Xuan fought Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo with his Three Heads Six Arms Divine Ability and collected their treasures with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan swallowed Zhao Gongming's Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls and then captured Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian stayed on Golden Ao Island, believing Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo could handle the disturbance.
• A subordinate reported that Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiāo, the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Ao Island, and the Four Saints of Nine Dragon Island had all been swallowed by Kong Xuan, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother smashed the chess table in shock.

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian learned that Kong Xuan had defeated Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiāo, and many other East Sea Interception Sect Disciples, then went to confront him. Qingyuan watched in secret and gave Kong Xuan permission to fight them, leaving the Peacock charging at the two Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian heard how Kong Xuan had used his Five-Colored Light to defeat and swallow powerful Interception Sect Disciples, including Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo.
• Wuzhiqi and the others told Yun Zhongzi about the defeats, and Yun Zhongzi joined the crowd gathering on Golden Ao Island’s western shore.
• Yun Zhongzi recognized Qingyuan among the Dragon Palace guests, and Qingyuan silently signaled him not to reveal his presence.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian confronted Kong Xuan and pressed him with their Grand Unity Golden Immortal auras, but he stood firm.
• Kong Xuan asked Qingyuan how to handle the two Inner Sect Disciples, and Qingyuan told him to fight as he wished and promised to support him.
• Kong Xuan drew the Crescent Moon Blade and charged at Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian.

Kong Xuan fought Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian over the captured Interception Sect disciples, but neither side could defeat the other. After the Saint could not be reached, Ao Guang asked the Interception Sect to stop its disciples from slaughtering East Sea aquatic clans, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother attacked him.

• Kong Xuan battled Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian, using his Five-Colored Divine Light to take their weapons, but their true forms and control of the East Sea kept him from escaping or winning.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother introduced herself and invited Kong Xuan to join the Interception Sect, but he refused and insisted the captured disciples would not be released unless she defeated him.
• Wuyun Xian went with several hundred disciples to seek the Saint, but Water-Fire Boy told them the Saint was in Secluded Cultivation, so they returned without help.
• Kong Xuan directed Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to ask Qingyuan why he was holding the disciples, and Qingyuan encouraged Ao Guang to speak for the East Sea aquatic clans.
• Ao Guang asked Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to restrain Interception Sect disciples who had been slaughtering aquatic clans, and she called him a Dead Loach before sending a sword at him.

Qingyuan returned to Golden Ao Island and stopped Turtle Spirit Holy Mother from killing Ao Guang, who had accused her of letting East Sea cultivators harm the common people. Turtle Spirit Holy Mother challenged Qingyuan to a duel, but he defeated and gravely wounded her in a single exchange, leaving the East Sea Jie Sect Disciples stunned.

• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother tried to kill Ao Guang for publicly accusing her, but Qingyuan caught her sword and protected him.
• Ao Guang condemned Turtle Spirit Holy Mother for allowing her disciples to oppress the East Sea aquatic clans, and she charged at him again.
• The Kunlun Mountains cultivators recognized Qingyuan and cheered his return, while Turtle Spirit Holy Mother demanded that he hand Ao Guang over.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother challenged Qingyuan after he refused to yield Ao Guang, then attacked him with the Sun Moon Pearl.
• Qingyuan pierced Turtle Spirit Holy Mother with a storm of swords and a Sword Qi River, gravely wounding her in one exchange.

Qingyuan confronted Turtle Spirit Holy Mother over her abuse of East Sea aquatic clans and nearly killed her before Sect Master Tongtian intervened. He spared her life but sealed her Daoxing and sent her into a Minor World to experience ten million years of reincarnation.

• Wuyun Xian realized Turtle Spirit Holy Mother had been defeated, while Qingyuan offered her Ao Guang as a gift.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother asked to execute Ao Guang, and Qingyuan struck her down and accused her of enabling the Jie Sect Disciples to oppress and exploit the East Sea aquatic clans.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother defended the strong eating the weak, so Qingyuan attacked her and began destroying her body and Primordial Spirit.
• Wuyun Xian tried to stop Qingyuan, but Qingyuan sealed his Daoxing before Sect Master Tongtian appeared and restored Turtle Spirit Holy Mother.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to seek Qingyuan's forgiveness, and Qingyuan sealed her powers and sent her into a Minor World to undergo ten million years of reincarnation.

Qingyuan returned to Golden Ao Island, ended the harassment of the East Sea aquatic clans, and reunited with his disciples. Kong Xuan discovered that Winged Immortal was his long-lost younger brother Great Peng Bird, then knelt before Qingyuan to apologize for wrongly blaming him.

• Qingyuan promised Ao Guang that Interception Sect disciples would stop harassing the East Sea aquatic clans, gave him healing pills, and invited him to visit the Dragon Palace.
• Qingyuan reunited with Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, Yuan Hong, and Six-Ear, then told Kong Xuan to regard them as senior brothers.
• Great Peng Bird returned and boasted about his cultivation and Yin-Yang Two Qi, but Kong Xuan mistook him for someone else and beat him.
• Kong Xuan realized Great Peng Bird was his missing blood brother and explained that he had searched for him for tens of thousands of years.
• After learning the truth, Wuzhiqi and the others stopped defending Great Peng Bird, and Kong Xuan knelt before Qingyuan to ask for punishment for blaming him.

Qingyuan forgave Kong Xuan, reunited with the Interception Sect’s disciples, and announced sweeping reforms to curb abuses and restore order on Golden Ao Island. He left Daoist Duobao and Yun Zhongzi in charge of enforcement as the East Sea branch faced a strict new era.

• Qingyuan accepted Kong Xuan as his disciple, while the Great Peng Bird teased Kong Xuan about their new seniority.
• Daoist Duobao and the other Interception Sect disciples arrived, then learned that the formidable Kong Xuan had become Qingyuan’s disciple.
• Qingyuan ordered Kong Xuan to release the captured immortals and return their magic treasures, but Bi Xiao attacked Qingyuan and Kong Xuan imprisoned her, Zhao Gongming, Yun Xiao, and Qiong Xiao.
• Qingyuan announced new rules, punishments, reforms, and hundredfold compensation for traders harmed by the Interception Sect, and said the Immortal Market would suspend business during the changes.
• Qingyuan ordered Yun Zhongzi to census every disciple and gave Daoist Duobao authority to rebuild the Inspection Department and arrest anyone who broke the rules.

Nearly one hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples continued building Qingyuan’s enormous Immortal Market while he cultivated a Thunder Seal at his new Golden Ao Island dojo. After surviving forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning, Qingyuan completed the seal and manifested a wisp of Chaos Divine Thunder.

• The Interception Sect disciples labored for two hundred years on the Immortal Market, grumbling about the work as the Inspection Department’s enforcers kept them in line.
• Qingyuan established a dojo on Golden Ao Island and planted rare spiritual roots in its mountains, where Willow Immortal and his followers cultivated.
• Qingyuan refined a wisp of black lightning into the core of his Thunder Seal, drawing the Great Dao of Thunder and terrifying thunderclouds over Golden Ao Island.
• Forty-nine lightning bolts struck Qingyuan, but his body endured them and his Thunder Seal absorbed the lightning before the storm cleared.
• Qingyuan named the completed seal Three Thousand Thunder Movements and demonstrated his command over lightning, including Divine Firmament Purple Thunder.
• Qingyuan poured his dharma power into one fingertip and manifested a wisp of Chaos Divine Thunder as the void and the elements collapsed around it.

Qingyuan completed the Immortal Market on Golden Ao Island, equipped it with thunder-based punishments, and rewarded the Interception Sect disciples for their work. After giving Kong Xuan a powerful innate treasure, he declared that merit would earn rewards while misconduct would be punished, and presented the Immortal City as the disciples’ new beginning.

• Qingyuan tested Chaos Divine Thunder, then flew to the Immortal Market construction site and took over the remaining work.
• Qingyuan spent forty-nine years completing the Immortal Market, expanded its interior with Mustard Seed Space, and installed Thunder Punishment for serious offenses.
• Qingyuan summoned the Interception Sect disciples and announced rewards for their contributions to building the Immortal Market.
• Qingyuan gave Kong Xuan the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Five-Colored Lightless Great Dao Treasure Bottle, and the system rewarded Qingyuan with ten million years of Daoxing and Earthly Path Strange Treasures.
• Qingyuan explained that Kong Xuan’s merit earned him the treasure, promised rewards for future contributions, and warned the disciples against misconduct.