Chapter Summaries

Su Miao mistook the Three Pure Ones for intruders and tried to scare them off by invoking her promised Master. After Laozi reassured her that they had entered through a karmic connection, she suspected they had come to fulfill the Heavenly Dao’s promise and asked whether they would be her masters.

• Su Miao armed herself with the Twenty-Four Sea Calming Beads and the Profound Origin Water Control Banner, then warned the three strangers that her Master would defeat them.
• Tongtian laughed at Su Miao’s fierce act, while Yuanshi felt troubled by her fear and wondered whether he was the father-and-daughter bond foretold by the Heavenly Dao.
• Laozi introduced the three as Cultivators from Kunlun who had come because of a karmic connection, and assured Su Miao they meant no harm.
• Su Miao questioned how they had passed through her Formation, and Laozi said their connection to the place had let them enter through its gate.
• Believing they might be the Three Pure Ones and could be her promised masters, Su Miao asked whether they had come to be her masters.

After Heavenly Dao clarified that Su Miao was both the Three Pure Ones’ shared disciple and their Heaven-destined daughter, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian accepted her as their disciple. Su Miao rejoiced at gaining three Masters and began to prepare to kneel.

• Heavenly Dao revealed to the Three Pure Ones that Su Miao was both their shared disciple and their Heaven-destined daughter, and told them to watch over her.
• Tongtian accepted the arrangement with amusement, while Yuanshi struggled with the tangled seniority and father-daughter relationship.
• Laozi reassured Su Miao and confirmed that the Three Pure Ones had come because of their master-disciple Karma.
• Su Miao eagerly asked whether all three would become her Masters, and Laozi and Yuanshi nodded in agreement.
• Su Miao celebrated her new Masters and clumsily prepared to kneel for a disciple-taking ceremony.

Su Miao became the disciple of the Three Pure Ones after explaining that she saw a Master as a father figure, and Heaven acknowledged their bond with Merit. The Three Pure Ones bestowed the Daoist Name Miao Heng on her, and she ended the chapter by offering them Mount Fangzhang as her Apprenticeship Ceremony gift.

• Su Miao greeted the Three Pure Ones and explained that calling them Masters expressed the closeness of a father and child.
• Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi accepted her understanding of their bond, and Heavenly Merit descended on all four of them.
• Laozi, Tongtian, and Yuanshi chose Miao Heng as Su Miao's Daoist Name, and she accepted it.
• Su Miao proudly showed the Three Pure Ones Mount Fangzhang's Three Lights Divine Water pool, fertile soil, and unusual plants and fruits.
• Su Miao decided to give the Three Pure Ones the island as her Apprenticeship Ceremony gift.

Su Miao offered the Three Pure Ones her Fangzhang Immortal Island as an Apprenticeship Ceremony gift, but they refused and explained that it was tied to her origins and Dao Foundation. As they prepared to take her to Kunlun Mountain, Su Miao worried that her Masters lacked wealth and offered them the island’s treasures and supplies instead.

• Su Miao offered Fangzhang Immortal Island to the Three Pure Ones as her Apprenticeship Ceremony gift, astonishing Tongtian and embarrassing Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Laozi refused the gift, explaining that masters should teach and protect their disciple rather than covet her possessions.
• Yuanshi told Su Miao that the island was bound to her origins and Fortune, while Laozi said she should cultivate with them at Kunlun Mountain.
• Su Miao accepted that she would go with her Masters, though she felt reluctant to leave her home and pond.
• Su Miao suspected the Three Pure Ones were poor and offered them Three Lights Divine Water, palaces, Dharma Treasures, Artifact Forging Materials, and Spirit Fruits.

Su Miao tried to give the Three Pure Ones treasures from Fangzhang Immortal Island, prompting them to realize how wealthy she was compared with them. When Yuanshi told her to return to Kunlun with her masters, she pleaded to stay in her home and have them teach her there.

• The Three Pure Ones realized Su Miao possessed an extraordinary trove of treasures and that she thought they were poor.
• Tongtian teased Yuanshi about striking it rich by taking Su Miao as a disciple, while Yuanshi struggled with the embarrassing comparison.
• Su Miao offered her masters water, soil, Innate Geng Metal Essence, Warm Jade Marrow, and Calming Dao Pattern Grass.
• Laozi gently told Su Miao to keep her treasures, explaining that worldly possessions were not what her masters needed.
• Yuanshi instructed Su Miao to return with them to Kunlun and cultivate, but she grew distressed and asked them to teach her at home instead.

Su Miao resisted leaving Mount Fangzhang, her safe and familiar home, so Yuanshi decided to refine the entire island and take it with them to Kunlun. As he worked to preserve its plants and treasures, he also discovered and removed several powerful Exotic Beasts, while the island’s transfer remained underway.

• Su Miao clutched the Profound Origin Water Control Banner and pleaded with Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian not to make her leave Mount Fangzhang.
• Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Laozi reassured Su Miao that Kunlun was their home and where her cultivation would begin, but Yuanshi realized she was attached to her familiar surroundings.
• Yuanshi promised to let Su Miao take the island with her and began using Dao Runes and his mana to refine Mount Fangzhang without harming its plants or other living things.
• Tongtian told Laozi that Yuanshi was expending considerable mana and Spiritual Sense to comfort Su Miao, and Laozi approved of his efforts.
• Yuanshi discovered powerful Innate Exotic Beasts hidden around the island and sent them beyond its formation into the East Sea.

Yuanshi compressed Fangzhang Immortal Island into a palm-sized model and gave it to Su Miao, who stored it in her Chaos Bead. The Three Pure Ones recognized the bead as a damaged Chaos Supreme Treasure and set off with Su Miao, determined to protect her.

• Yuanshi condensed Fangzhang Immortal Island into a miniature model and told Su Miao she could store it or enter it through Spiritual Sense.
• Su Miao delightedly examined the model, discovered unexplored regions of the island, and placed it inside her Chaos Bead.
• The island model absorbed Chaotic Qi within the bead and began nourishing itself while subtly affecting the flow of time nearby.
• Laozi and the others identified the bead as Su Miao's damaged Companion Spiritual Treasure, likely the Chaos Bead, and realized its power and her unusual origins required protection.
• Laozi summoned an Auspicious Cloud, and the Three Pure Ones departed with Su Miao as Fangzhang Island disappeared beneath the waves.

Su Miao traveled with the Three Pure Ones from the East Sea toward Kunlun Mountain, asking questions about the sights and wonders of the Prehistoric World. The journey was expected to take more than thirty-seven thousand years, and it ended with Su Miao asking what Spiritual Qi was and whether it was unlimited.

• Tongtian told Su Miao that the flight to Kunlun would take several tens of thousands of years, and Yuanshi clarified that it would take more than thirty-seven thousand six hundred years.
• Su Miao asked Tongtian about a Golden Feathered Eagle, Weak Water, and Flame Soul Mountain, and Tongtian explained what each was while Yuanshi corrected her assumptions.
• Su Miao wondered whether she could purify an Ancient Battlefield Ruins, and Yuanshi explained that its Malevolent Qi was too vast and entangled with karma for her power to cleanse easily.
• Su Miao asked about the Golden Crows on the Sun Star and beings on the Moon Star, and Tongtian and Yuanshi explained that the Golden Crows lived on the Sun Star while Wangshu drove the moon chariot.
• Su Miao asked what Spiritual Qi was, why absorbing it made cultivators stronger, and whether it was unlimited.

Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Laozi explained the cycles and sources of Spiritual Qi to Su Miao as they traveled toward Kunlun Mountain. When Su Miao asked whether Kunlun's Spiritual Vein could run dry, Tongtian paused before answering.

• Tongtian explained that Spiritual Qi contained Vitality and Law Fragments and cycled endlessly through heaven and earth.
• Su Miao compared Spiritual Qi's return to nature with water and rain, prompting Laozi and Tongtian to affirm her insight.
• Yuanshi explained how Spiritual Veins, barren lands, Spirit Roots, and immortal herbs affected Spiritual Qi.
• Tongtian asked Su Miao about her transformation, and the Three Pure Ones grew concerned that it had damaged her soul.
• The group sighted Kunlun Mountain, and Su Miao asked Tongtian whether its Spiritual Vein could ever run out of Spiritual Qi.

During their flight over the Prehistoric World, Su Miao asked the Three Pure Ones questions about spiritual veins and celestial bodies, revealing her unusual way of understanding the Dao. She fell asleep in Tongtian’s arms, and Yuanshi resolved to discuss nourishing her damaged soul with Laozi after they returned.

• Su Miao asked whether Kunlun’s Spiritual Vein could run dry, and Yuanshi explained that spiritual veins renewed themselves but could be harmed by excessive extraction.
• Su Miao asked why the Sun Star did not fall and why the Moon Star changed shape, prompting Yuanshi to explain celestial laws and light and shadow while Tongtian laughed at her comparisons.
• As Su Miao continued asking questions, Tongtian grew more fond of her, Yuanshi considered how to teach her, and Laozi observed her unusual curiosity about the Rules.
• Su Miao grew tired and fell asleep in Tongtian’s arms, while Yuanshi decided to discuss nourishing her soul with Laozi after their return.
• The Three Pure Ones continued flying toward the Sacred Mountain Range with Su Miao asleep.

Su Miao slept in Tongtian's arms as the Three Pure Ones traveled toward Kunlun Mountain, and her innocence stirred an unfamiliar protectiveness in them. As they neared Kunlun, she began to wake under the pressure of its dense Spiritual Energy.

• Su Miao fell deeply asleep in Tongtian's arms and loosely grasped a strand of his hair.
• Tongtian slowed their flight and carefully adjusted his hold so he would not disturb her, while Yuanshi and Laozi watched her sleep.
• Laozi remarked that an innocent heart was rare, and Tongtian felt a new sense of responsibility toward Su Miao.
• As Kunlun Mountain drew near, Tongtian considered preparing a softer place for Su Miao, while Yuanshi planned a gentle place for her to recover.
• Near Kunlun's territory, Su Miao stirred and began to open her sleepy eyes under the pressure of the mountain's Spiritual Energy.

Tongtian brought Su Miao to Kunlun Mountain, where she was awestruck by its vast, sacred landscape and began to feel that it might become her home. The Three Pure Ones’ Immortal Light carried her into the mountain’s depths and toward the protected core of their Dao Field.

• Su Miao woke in Tongtian’s arms and stared in amazement at Kunlun Mountain.
• Tongtian teased Su Miao about his home, while Yuanshi explained that Kunlun’s balanced Spiritual Qi would nourish her.
• Laozi told Su Miao that peace of heart determined where one’s Dao Field lay, prompting her to wonder whether Kunlun could become her home.
• The Immortal Light carried Su Miao deeper into Kunlun, past jade trees and Spiritual Springs.
• The Immortal Light approached three giant peaks surrounded by clouds and an Innate Grand Formation, the core of the Three Pure Ones’ Dao Field.

Su Miao entered Kunlun Mountain and saw the Three Pure Ones' very different cave abodes. Tongtian asked Laozi and Yuanshi which abode their new disciple would live in.

• The Three Pure Ones brought Su Miao through Kunlun's formation and told her that the mountain was now her home.
• Tongtian showed Su Miao his spacious but messy cave abode and promised to make her a room there.
• Yuanshi showed Su Miao his pristine, orderly cave abode, which made her feel she should speak softly.
• Laozi showed Su Miao his simple, tranquil thatched cottages, where she felt relaxed enough to yawn.
• Tongtian asked Laozi and Yuanshi where Su Miao would live from then on.

The Three Pure Ones argued over where Su Miao should live, each weighing their preferred teaching style against her fragile condition. After Laozi proposed she stay with him while her Soul Injury healed, Su Miao surprised them by asking if she could live by herself.

• Yuanshi argued that Su Miao should live with him and receive disciplined guidance to build her foundation.
• Tongtian objected and argued that Su Miao should live with him, learn freely, and explore the world.
• Laozi proposed that Su Miao stay at his residence until her Soul Injury stabilized, citing its balanced aura and medical resources.
• Su Miao cautiously asked the Three Pure Ones whether she could live by herself.

Su Miao asked to live alone so she would not have to choose between the Three Pure Ones, but Laozi arranged a safe compromise. They built her a home between their peaks and agreed she would take turns living with them for care and instruction; she began with Yuanshi.

• Su Miao explained that she wanted to live alone because she liked all three masters and feared choosing one would make the others unhappy.
• Laozi proposed that the Three Pure Ones build Su Miao a home and have her take turns living with them until she could care for herself.
• Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Laozi jointly created a palace with gardens and bridges connecting it to their cave abodes.
• Su Miao eagerly explored her new home and thanked the Three Pure Ones.
• Yuanshi took Su Miao to his mountain peak, where he would begin teaching her cultivation rules and tend to her spiritual injuries.

Su Miao arrived at Yuanshi’s cave abode and was assigned a quiet room with strict rules, where she felt lonely and fell asleep on the floor. Yuanshi returned, soothed her troubled sleep, carried her onto the Warm Jade Couch, and used gentle energy to nourish her soul.

• Yuanshi led Su Miao to her room and explained the rules for living and cultivating in his cave abode.
• Su Miao explored the spotless room and found that she could not summon water from the Chaos Bead.
• Feeling lonely and homesick, Su Miao curled up on the floor beside the couch and fell asleep.
• Yuanshi found Su Miao asleep on the floor, eased her unease with gentle energy, and placed her on the Warm Jade Couch.
• Yuanshi covered Su Miao with clear radiance that continued nourishing her soul as she slept peacefully.

Su Miao woke in Yuanshi's cave abode with her hair and clothes in disarray, and Yuanshi gently combed her hair instead of scolding her. He finished smoothing the tangles but was left wondering how to tame her stubborn cowlicks.

• Su Miao woke on the Jade Couch and realized she had slept through the night in Yuanshi's quiet room.
• Yuanshi found Su Miao with messy hair and a crooked bellyband, and his remarks made her fear he was angry.
• Yuanshi reassured Su Miao and used a jade comb to carefully work through her tangled hair.
• Yuanshi finished combing Su Miao's hair but struggled to decide what to do about the cowlicks still sticking up.

Yuanshi finished styling Su Miao’s hair and began teaching her the fundamentals of cultivation. The chapter ended with Su Miao falling asleep during his profound lecture, leaving Yuanshi stunned.

• Yuanshi carefully loosened and neatened Su Miao’s two little buns, and she happily thanked him for the hairstyle.
• Tongtian teased Yuanshi about his handiwork before leaving the quiet room.
• Yuanshi considered Su Miao’s temperament and formed a preliminary plan for teaching her.
• Yuanshi led Su Miao to a cultivation chamber and began explaining the origins of the Dao and the movement of Spiritual Qi.
• Su Miao grew drowsy during the lecture and fell asleep on her cushion, prompting Yuanshi to stop speaking in shock.

Yuanshi tried to teach Su Miao the foundations of cultivation, but she fell asleep because of her lingering Soul Injury and the difficulty of his lecture. After waking, she listened as he explained how Spiritual Qi circulated and displayed foundational Dao Patterns, though her attention began to wander again.

• Su Miao fell asleep during Yuanshi's lecture, and he gently warmed her while letting Laws and Dao aura quietly nourish her body and soul.
• Su Miao woke, apologized for falling asleep, and Yuanshi reassured her that her Soul Injury made drowsiness natural.
• Yuanshi demonstrated how Spiritual Qi was drawn in, refined, circulated through the meridians, and gathered through a heavenly cycle.
• Yuanshi explained the sect's Xuan Method and formed foundational Dao Patterns, while Su Miao struggled to understand and became distracted by him.

Yuanshi’s attempt to teach Su Miao the Dao ended when she fell asleep, prompting him to admit his method did not suit her. Tongtian proposed teaching her through play, and Yuanshi agreed to let him try once she woke.

• Su Miao struggled to follow Yuanshi’s explanation of Dao Patterns but soon fell asleep with her head on the cushion.
• Tongtian returned to the Cave Chamber and teased Yuanshi about making Su Miao bored enough to fall asleep.
• Yuanshi covered Su Miao with a blanket and reflected that his usual teaching methods were unsuited to her.
• Tongtian suggested that Su Miao learn through play, pointing to the tricks she had developed with her treasures.
• Yuanshi agreed to let Tongtian teach Su Miao after she woke, warning him not to merely fool around.