Chapter Summaries

Su Miao invited Zhunti and the Three Pure Ones to give Dao lectures at Farm Teachings, then returned to organize the event. The disciples learned that five great experts would be teaching at the sect.

• Zhunti asked Su Miao why she had not invited him, and she agreed to include him.
• Su Miao teleported to Kunlun and persuaded Laozi to give a Dao lecture; he agreed and gave her Alchemical Pills to replenish her strength.
• Su Miao invited Yuanshi, who agreed to come after organizing ancient texts for the lecture.
• Tongtian eagerly accepted Su Miao's invitation, and she arranged to meet her three Masters before returning to Farm Teachings.
• Farm Teachings disciples celebrated the news that Zhunti, Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Zhenyuan Daxian would give Dao lectures.

Farm Teachings’ upcoming lecture caused a rush of disciples and outsiders eager to attend. Xuan arranged for disciples on distant garrison duty to watch remotely, while the External Affairs Hall rejected a flood of extravagant offers for outsider access.

• Disciples rushed to finish or trade missions so they could attend the lecture, while those on distant postings pleaded for exemptions.
• Xuan asked the Sect Master about disciples who could not return, and the Sect Master approved recording and livestreaming the lecture for them.
• Disciples celebrated the remote attendance arrangement and spread the news through Communication Jade Talismans.
• Rogue cultivators and various clans tried to buy auditing slots at the lecture, but the External Affairs Hall Master refused their offers.
• Overwhelmed by nonstop calls and increasingly extravagant proposals, the External Affairs Hall Master stuffed the Jade Talismans into a drawer and collapsed onto his desk.

Su Miao welcomed the Three Pure Ones and Zhunti to the Farm Teachings’ lecture assembly, trying to keep Yuanshi and Zhunti from clashing. The gathering grew more tense when Jieyin arrived, leaving Yuanshi visibly furious.

• Su Miao prepared the disciples for the lecture assembly and worried that Yuanshi might react badly to Zhunti’s presence.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian arrived at Myriad Manifestations Hall, where Yuanshi greeted Zhunti with open hostility.
• Su Miao stepped between Yuanshi and Zhunti, explaining that she had invited Zhunti to help with the lectures, and Yuanshi restrained his anger.
• Granny Yan caught disciples gossiping about the Saints and sent them away to prepare the Lecture Dao Field.
• Su Miao seated the Masters and Zhunti, soothed Yuanshi with candy, and tried to manage the tense atmosphere.
• Zhunti summoned Jieyin with a Jade Talisman, and Jieyin arrived to offer congratulations, making Yuanshi even angrier.

Su Miao managed the tense gathering of Saints and arranged for them to rest before the sermon, while news of the unprecedented event drew Cultivators from across the Prehistoric World. She refused Iron Abacus’s proposal to charge outsiders to listen, leaving them to wait outside the Farm Teachings in hopes of catching a trace of the sermon.

• Tongtian agreed to let the assembled Saints speak together, while Yuanshi and Zhunti exchanged tense words and Jieyin joined them.
• Su Miao brought the Saints to her Immortal Palace to rest before the sermon and adjusted the arrangements after Jieyin arrived.
• News that five Saints and Zhenyuan Daxian would give a sermon spread, drawing crowds to Mount Tai and Tai'an Realm, but the Farm Teachings barred outsiders from entering.
• Su Miao opened registration to all Farm Teachings Disciples who obeyed Order, including newcomers, so they could listen to the sermon.
• Iron Abacus suggested charging outsiders for limited access, but Su Miao refused and left the Cultivators outside to wait for any Dao resonance from the sermon.

Zhen Yuanzi lectured the disciples of Farm Teachings on Earth Veins, their formation, structure, and relationship with Spirit Plants. His practical teachings inspired the crowd, and an Outer Sect disciple broke through a bottleneck during the lecture.

• The disciples gathered in vast numbers as five-colored clouds, falling golden lotuses, and violet Qi appeared when the Sages descended upon the Viewing Plaza.
• Zhen Yuanzi took the stage, calmed the restless disciples with his presence, and began his lecture on Earth Veins.
• Zhen Yuanzi explained how Pangu’s body formed the Earth Veins and described their types and methods of arrangement.
• Zhen Yuanzi taught that Earth Veins and Spirit Plants sustained one another, while the disciples listened, studied, and cultivated.
• An Outer Sect disciple broke through his bottleneck as Zhen Yuanzi spoke about the bond between Earth Veins and Spirit Plants.

During Tongtian’s Sword Dao lecture, Yun Zhongzi broke through and displayed Pale Red Cloud Qi, prompting Zhen Yuanzi to recognize him as Hongyun’s reincarnation. The Saints confirmed the connection, while Yun Zhongzi recalled the taste of Ginseng Fruit without knowing why.

• Zhen Yuanzi and the Three Pure Ones gave lectures that helped the disciples enter enlightenment and deepen their cultivation.
• Tongtian demonstrated the Sword Dao with Three Thousand Sword Shadows, and Yun Zhongzi broke through while listening.
• Pale Red Cloud Qi appeared above Yun Zhongzi, and Zhen Yuanzi recognized it and called him Hongyun.
• Yun Zhongzi recalled an image of Ginseng Fruit and said it tasted good, though he had never eaten one in this life.
• Tongtian realized Yun Zhongzi was Hongyun’s reincarnation, and Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin confirmed the signs.

Su Miao used the Time Law to restore Hongyun's origin, causing Yun Zhongzi to recover his past-life memories and reunite with Zhen Yuanzi. Yun Zhongzi went with Zhen Yuanzi to the Rear Hall, while Yuanshi asked Su Miao when she had comprehended the Time Law.

• Zhen Yuanzi comforted the bewildered Yun Zhongzi and promised to give him Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Temple.
• Su Miao used the Time Law on Hongyun's Auspicious Cloud Hairpin, turning it into cloud mist that flew into Yun Zhongzi and restored his memories.
• Yun Zhongzi recognized Zhen Yuanzi, and the two embraced as Yun Zhongzi said he had returned.
• Tongtian joked about their seniority, and Yun Zhongzi told Su Miao he was grateful she had allowed him to live again.
• Zhen Yuanzi led Yun Zhongzi to the Rear Hall, and Yuanshi asked Su Miao when she had comprehended the Time Law.

Su Miao’s breakthrough prompted Yuanshi to promise to examine her cultivation, while Zhunti resolved to repay the karmic debt he owed Hongyun. After finding Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi in the rear hall, Zhunti bowed and offered compensation, leaving the repayment unresolved.

• Yuanshi promised to carefully examine Su Miao’s cultivation after the lecture, and Tongtian resumed teaching.
• Zhunti reflected on Hongyun’s death and told Jieyin that he wanted to repay the debt from the Purple Sky Palace seat.
• Jieyin warned that giving away the Nine Grade Golden Lotus would diminish their fortune, but agreed that Zhunti should settle the debt.
• Zhen Yuanzi sat with Hongyun in the rear hall and tensed when someone knocked at the door.
• Zhunti entered, bowed to Hongyun, and offered an item to repay the karmic debt he and Jieyin owed.

Zhunti repaid Hongyun for yielding his seat at the Purple Sky Palace by giving him the Nine Grade Golden Lotus, settling the old debt between them. After Hongyun accepted it and strengthened his cultivation, Zhunti left with his Dao Heart at peace.

• Zhunti offered Hongyun the Nine Grade Golden Lotus to repay him for yielding his seat, but Hongyun initially refused because he had given it up willingly.
• Zhunti insisted that he could not rest easy while owing Hongyun, and Hongyun accepted the Golden Lotus, which merged into him and strengthened his foundation.
• Zhunti explained to Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi how hardship in the West had driven him and Jieyin to scheme for a Saint Seat, then offered Hongyun his help in the future.
• Zhunti teased Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi about the Ginseng Fruit before leaving the Rear Hall, and Hongyun joked with the blushing Zhen Yuanzi.
• Zhunti told Jieyin and Tongtian that his karma with Hongyun was settled, and Tongtian's impression of him improved.

Zhunti expounded on cultivating character and resolving Karmic Debt, using examples and answering the Farm Teachings disciples’ questions. He left the lively gathering flustered when a disciple praised his looks, while Su Miao’s disciples continued to surprise him.

• Zhunti used a lotus growing from mud and Buddha Light to explain pure character, Karmic Debt, and the need to acknowledge wrongdoing before resolving it and helping others.
• Zhunti praised the Farm Teachings’ work of sorting Earth Veins, cultivating Spirit Planting, and protecting the weak as ways to accumulate virtue and lighten karma.
• Zhunti joked with a disciple who asked whether he or Jieyin was stronger, then dodged a question about whether he or Yuanshi was stronger.
• Zhunti explained that the Pure Land was in the heart, wherever a person cultivated with peace of mind.
• A female disciple fainted after asking Zhunti to smile more because she found him handsome, and another disciple loudly repeated the compliment.

Zhunti finished answering the Farm Teachings disciples’ questions and praised their confidence and spirit, while Su Miao took pride in having raised them. Jieyin then stepped onto the stage to begin his sermon, and the audience fell silent beneath his Buddha Light.

• Zhunti answered the disciples’ questions one by one, drawing laughter and enthusiastic praise from the audience.
• Zhunti and Jieyin remarked that the Farm Teachings’ disciples had strong foundations and that the Western Teachings could only envy their education.
• After answering the final question, Zhunti thanked the disciples and received their coordinated salute.
• Zhunti praised Su Miao’s disciples, and Su Miao privately took pride in their accomplishments.
• Jieyin walked onto the stage, spread a calming Buddha Light through the Dao Palace, and quieted the audience.

Jieyin preached compassion to Farm Teachings’ disciples, and Dizang and Yaoshi showed how deeply his teachings suited them. During the question-and-answer session, Jieyin spoke frankly about Hongyun’s return and was asked what standards Western Teachings used to accept disciples.

• Jieyin preached merciful salvation and noticed that the disciples listened with intense focus.
• A sleeping disciple named Dizang broke through from Earth Immortal to Heavenly Immortal during the sermon, and Jieyin recognized his talent for the Great Dream Heart Sutra.
• Yaoshi wept as Jieyin spoke about sharing the suffering of all beings, while Maitreya comforted him.
• A disciple asked Jieyin about giving up seats at Purple Sky Palace, and Jieyin acknowledged the past causes and welcomed Hongyun’s return.
• A female disciple asked Jieyin why Western Teachings had never accepted disciples and what standards it would use.

Jieyin explained that Western Teachings accepted disciples through disposition, fate, and Merciful Salvation, while Bai Yan considered adapting that approach for Farm Teachings. After Jieyin ended his sermon, the free-question session began, and Tongtian and Yuanshi answered questions about their standards and Farm Teachings’ loose rules.

• Jieyin told the disciples that those destined for Western Teachings would meet it naturally, and Dapeng remarked that the sect had only one disciple.
• Bai Yan considered combining Western Teachings’ approach with Farm Teachings’ Merit Tasks to bring cultivators with heavy karmic debt into the sect.
• Jieyin ended his sermon, and Su Miao opened the free-question session for questions to any Saint.
• Tongtian said he accepted disciples based on whether he liked their appearance, regardless of talent.
• Yuanshi asked a disciple whether Farm Teachings followers followed the rules, and the disciple sat down guiltily as others recalled how permissive the sect was.

Su Miao invited disciples to ask the Saints for guidance, and Laozi, Zhunti, and Tongtian helped them resolve doubts about cultivation, demonic ancestry, and the meaning of swordsmanship. A blushing female cultivator then asked Tongtian how to face a Love Tribulation.

• Laozi encouraged an Alchemy Hall disciple who had blown up forty thousand furnaces to keep practicing until he refined a successful pill.
• Zhunti told a Dog Clan disciple that Karmic Debt depended on individual deeds, not race, and assured him that he had never been an evil demon.
• Tongtian told a disciple who wished to become stronger without killing that strength could deter enemies and protect others.
• Tongtian explained to a Wooden Sword disciple that Sword Dao was the Dao while slaughter was merely a technique, and that the sword should protect those he cared about.
• A female cultivator in a Light Pink Skirt stood and asked Tongtian how to face a Love Tribulation.

During a lively question-and-answer session, the Saints answered the disciples’ questions about love, discipline, and the Dao. Su Miao slipped away from the stage and whispered something to Laozi, who agreed, before she crept toward Yuanshi.

• Zhunti told a female disciple that Love Tribulation was a crossing, and that she would know she had crossed it when she stopped asking.
• Yuanshi told a disciple who could not meet his standards to keep practicing, even for a lifetime, while Tongtian remarked that Miao Heng had never given Yuanshi cause to worry.
• Zhunti praised Yuanshi’s Dao but teased that he spoke too little, amusing the disciples.
• As the disciples continued asking the Saints questions, Su Miao slipped away from the stage and whispered to Laozi, who smiled and nodded.
• Su Miao crouched beside Yuanshi, wondered whether he was asleep, and prepared to sneak closer.

Su Miao secretly secured Yuanshi and Tongtian’s approval before making a major announcement to the gathered Disciples. When she announced that Farm Teachings would end, the crowd erupted in disbelief and Zhunti realized the Three Pure Ones had known beforehand.

• Su Miao whispered her plan to Yuanshi, who reluctantly agreed, then got Tongtian’s approval for Farm Teachings to make its move.
• Laozi and the other Saints watched Su Miao return, while Zhunti grew suspicious that she was hiding something.
• Free questioning continued for several years as the Disciples came and went and the Saints answered their questions.
• After the final question, Su Miao stepped onto the platform and announced that Farm Teachings would end.
• The crowd reacted in disbelief, and Zhunti froze before realizing the Three Pure Ones had known about the announcement.

Su Miao announced Farm Teachings’ first Holy Son Selection, offering the winner authority, Saintly guidance, and lavish rewards while opening registration to every disciple. She reassured the disciples that those sent to study with Western Teachings would remain part of their home, then comforted a tearful disciple who feared being abandoned.

• Su Miao announced the Holy Son Selection and said the winner would hold authority second only to her and receive personal guidance from the Three Pure Ones in Kunlun.
• Su Miao detailed the prizes, including an Innate Spiritual Treasure and full cultivation support for the winner, and opened registration regardless of status or cultivation level.
• Su Miao invited attending experts to recommend or accept promising competitors, prompting disciples to shout that they would never leave Farm Teachings.
• Su Miao clarified that disciples studying with Western Teachings would remain Farm Teachings disciples, though they would stop receiving its stipend while away.
• Su Miao comforted a tearful female disciple by assuring her that home would always be home, even when she went away to study.

Su Miao assured the Farm Teachings disciples that joining the Western Teachings would be their choice and that they could always return home. As the disciples departed, Zhunti and Jieyin were captivated by her, and the Three Pure Ones praised her growth.

• Su Miao told the disciples they could study with the Western Teachings and return to the Farm Teachings, insisting she would not force anyone to leave.
• Dapeng asked whether disciples in the Western Teachings could still visit the Dining Hall, prompting laughter and messages about keeping its food.
• Zhunti watched Su Miao with growing admiration, while Jieyin noticed Zhunti’s entrancement and felt his own heartbeat race.
• The disciples copied Su Miao’s words onto Jade Slips, then slowly left to prepare for the selection after she dismissed them.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun admired Su Miao’s ability to unite the disciples, and Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Laozi praised her words and maturity.

Su Miao asked the Three Pure Ones whether she could recommend her Farm Teachings Disciples to other sects, and they explained that she had never formally established master-disciple status with them. After Zhunti showed interest in recruiting the disciples, Su Miao asked Zhen Yuanzi whether he would choose some as well.

• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun warned Su Miao that sending her disciples to other sects could be criticized as a breach of master-disciple rules.
• The Three Pure Ones explained that Su Miao had held no Apprenticeship Ceremony, granted no Daoist names, and taught only basic methods, so the Farm Teachings Disciples were not formally her disciples.
• Su Miao felt hurt by the distinction, but Yuanshi comforted her, and her masters apologized and indulged her requests for honeyed venison and colorful Sugar Beans.
• Zhunti eagerly offered to recruit the Farm Teachings Disciples, while Jieyin declared that Dizang was fated to join him.
• Su Miao reminded Zhunti that the disciples' feelings mattered and asked Zhen Yuanzi whether he would choose disciples to inherit the lineage of the Ancestor of Earth Immortals.

Su Miao discussed the risks and aims of the Farm Teachings’ disciple selection with the gathered sages, while Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun reaffirmed their closeness. She secured Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Prayer Beads in exchange for three priority selection slots, and the others recognized that the selection could attract attention across the Prehistoric World.

• Zhen Yuanzi told Hongyun he would join the Farm Teachings and go wherever Hongyun went, leaving Hongyun flustered.
• Su Miao admitted she feared disciples might leave but argued that fear was no reason to avoid holding the selection.
• Zhunti bargained for priority access to promising disciples, and Su Miao accepted his Seven Treasures Prayer Beads for three selection slots.
• Zhunti named several Farm Teachings disciples he hoped to recruit, prompting Tongtian to tease him for wanting to take them all.
• Su Miao explained that drawing visitors from across the Prehistoric World could spread the Farm Teachings’ influence and encourage others to follow its rules.