Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu, a transmigrated soul in a Nine Section Bamboo, gained the Innate Spirit Wood Cultivation Method through his extraordinary comprehension and accelerated his cultivation. He survived three bolts of heavenly lightning, transformed into a man, and reached the Celestial Immortal realm.

• Lin Zhu cultivated for more than five hundred years and approached a breakthrough from the Return to Emptiness realm.
• Lin Zhu comprehended the Innate Spirit Wood Cultivation Method and used it to cultivate dozens of times faster.
• Lin Zhu drew heavenly tribulation clouds as he prepared to break through and Transform.
• The first two lightning bolts charred and cracked Lin Zhu’s bamboo body, which he repeatedly restored with mana and spiritual energy.
• The third bolt burned away Lin Zhu’s aboveground bamboo, but his roots survived and grew new shoots.
• The tribulation ended, auspicious light merged into Lin Zhu, and he transformed into a handsome man wearing a Water Fire Daoist Robe.

Lin Zhu broke an Innate Array, obtained the Violet Lightning Hammer, and was preparing to return to his true body when Nüwa announced the creation of Humans. The chapter left Lin Zhu’s discovery interrupted by a world-shaking event.

• Lin Zhu searched a mountain for treasures after condensing a physical form and reaching the Celestial Immortal Realm.
• Lin Zhu found an Innate Array in a valley and spent a hundred years comprehending its mysteries before learning the path of arrays.
• Lin Zhu used his new understanding to break the array and discovered the Violet Lightning Hammer, a Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure.
• Lin Zhu established a connection with the hammer, retrieved it, and prepared to return to his true body.
• Nüwa announced that she had created Humans beneath Mount Kongtong.

After centuries of cultivation, Lin Zhu refined the Violet Lightning Hammer and broke through to the True Immortal Realm, transforming from his Spirit Bamboo form. A mysterious young Daoist appeared to congratulate him, leaving Lin Zhu wary but relieved that the visitor seemed friendly.

• Nüwa created the Human Race, received Heavenly Dao Merit, and became a Saint while Lin Zhu watched from Purple Gold Mountain.
• Lin Zhu spent centuries cultivating and refining the Violet Lightning Hammer, learning the Great Evolution Artifact Refining Art and using it to refine twelve Restrictions.
• Lin Zhu advanced to the peak of the Celestial Immortal Realm, consolidated his cultivation, and then broke through to the True Immortal Realm.
• Lin Zhu transformed from the Nine-Segment Spirit Bamboo and bowed to heaven and earth in thanks.
• A young Daoist appeared on a nearby mountaintop and congratulated Lin Zhu, who welcomed him while explaining that he had no cave mansion or provisions for a guest.

After Lin Zhu attained the True Immortal Realm, his discussion of the Dao inspired Tongtian to establish the Jie Sect and become a Saint. The Three Pure Ones and Zhunti and Jieyin followed by establishing sects and attaining sainthood, and Tongtian ended by inviting Lin Zhu to become his disciple.

• Lin Zhu attained the True Immortal Realm and told Tongtian that all beings could find a chance to attain the Dao through steadfast cultivation.
• Tongtian gained enlightenment from Lin Zhu's words, established the Jie Sect, and became a Saint.
• Taishang Laojun established the Human Sect with Xuan Du as his disciple and attained sainthood, followed by Yuanshi Tianzun establishing the Chan Sect.
• Zhunti and Jieyin established the Western Sect, made forty-nine great vows, and became Saints after their initial attempt brought insufficient merit.
• Tongtian returned to Lin Zhu and asked him to join the Jie Sect as his master.

Lin Zhu became Tongtian Sect Leader’s first disciple and Senior Disciple of the Jie Sect, receiving the Qingping Sword and traveling with his master to Mount Kunlun. After meeting Taishang Laojun and Xuan Du, Lin Zhu began receiving instruction in the gold and wood elements and the Sword Dao.

• Lin Zhu accepted Tongtian Sect Leader as his master and joined the Jie Sect as its first disciple and Senior Disciple.
• Tongtian Sect Leader lent Lin Zhu the Qingping Sword to protect his Dao and took him to Mount Kunlun.
• Lin Zhu met Taishang Laojun and Xuan Du, who greeted Tongtian Sect Leader and recognized Lin Zhu as his Senior Brother.
• Tongtian Sect Leader gave Xuan Du a Bodhi Vermillion Fruit, and Taishang Laojun gave Lin Zhu a Gold Wood Spirit Pill.
• Tongtian Sect Leader brought Lin Zhu into his Daoist Temple and began explaining the gold and wood elements and the Sword Dao.

After receiving Tongtian Sect Leader’s Dao Lecture, Lin Zhu created a new cultivation method and reached the Profound Immortal Realm with the help of Taishang’s pill. He left the temple to explore Mount Kunlun and met Xuan Du, who joined him on his journey.

• Tongtian Sect Leader lectured Lin Zhu on the Profound School’s Daoist arts for several hundred years before entering seclusion.
• Lin Zhu devised the Gold Wood Dao Qi Method from the teachings and used it to accelerate his cultivation.
• After several hundred years of cultivation, Lin Zhu swallowed Taishang’s Gold Wood Spirit Pill and broke through to the Profound Immortal Realm ten years later.
• Lin Zhu left the temple to explore Mount Kunlun while Tongtian Sect Leader remained in seclusion.
• Lin Zhu met Xuan Du, who had reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm, and invited him to tour Mount Kunlun and visit the Saints’ temples.
• Xuan Du accepted Lin Zhu’s invitation, and the two disciples set out together.

Lin Zhu guided Xuan Du to the Profound Immortal realm, and the two traveled through the Primordial World before finding a Human Race settlement. The chapter ends as a human hunter leapt onto a saber-toothed tiger to save a companion.

• Lin Zhu shared his cultivation insights with Xuan Du, helping him reach the threshold of the Profound Immortal realm.
• Xuan Du returned to the Eight Scenery Palace to cultivate, while Lin Zhu studied the Sword Dao and Qingping Sword for several decades.
• After Xuan Du reached the Profound Immortal realm, he and Lin Zhu left Mount Kunlun to travel the Primordial World in search of opportunities.
• Xuan Du sensed the Human Race nearby, and he and Lin Zhu found a settlement where hunters were fighting a saber-toothed tiger with rudimentary cultivation.
• As the tiger threatened to kill one of the hunters, a man leapt onto its back and struck it with a stone.

Lin Zhu saved Sui and his tribe from a magical saber-toothed tiger, then roasted their meat and unknowingly inspired Sui to discover fire-making by friction. After decades of fruitless wandering with Xuan Du, Lin Zhu decided to seek opportunities overseas, and Xuan Du agreed to go with him.

• Lin Zhu killed the saber-toothed tiger that threatened Sui and the other humans, then reunited Sui with Xuan Du.
• Sui welcomed Lin Zhu and Xuan Du into his tribe, where Lin Zhu learned that the humans lived under Nüwa's Blessing.
• Lin Zhu roasted the saber-toothed tiger meat with Dao Fire, delighting the tribe and planting in Sui the idea of making fire by friction.
• After several days, Lin Zhu and Xuan Du left the settlement and spent decades wandering the Primordial World without finding significant opportunities.
• Lin Zhu proposed traveling overseas to search for opportunities, and Xuan Du agreed to accompany him.

Lin Zhu and Xuan Du searched an Immortal Island and discovered the ruins of Penglai Immortal Palace, where Lin Zhu learned an array and uncovered information about the other two Immortal Islands. The chapter left him trying to determine their locations.

• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du traveled across the Eastern Sea for a hundred years, gathering Spiritual Roots and spirit herbs from several islands.
• The two found a vast Immortal Island and searched it separately until Xuan Du discovered buried ruins with an aura of slaughter.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du found a stele marked Penglai Immortal Palace, and Lin Zhu explained how Dong Wanggong’s immortal court had fallen in battle against Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi.
• After searching the ruins for nearly a month, Lin Zhu found a stele bearing an incomplete, powerful Magic Array and began comprehending it while Xuan Du waited.
• A hundred years later, Lin Zhu completed the array in his mind and discovered that the stele contained information about Mount Penglai Island and Yingzhou Island.

Lin Zhu restored Penglai Immortal Island’s protective array and used its secrets to find Yingzhou Island, where he discovered the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls and Three Lights Divine Water. He left with the pearls and learned the spring water was another rare treasure.

• Lin Zhu comprehended Penglai Immortal Island’s Innate Array, restored it, and learned the locations of the other two Immortal Islands.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du traveled to Yingzhou Island, where Lin Zhu studied and opened its protective array.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du entered Yingzhou Island and split up to search for treasures.
• Lin Zhu found and opened an Innate Array guarding a Treasure Pool, then collected the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls within it.
• Lin Zhu examined the pool water and discovered that it was Three Lights Divine Water.

Lin Zhu explored Yingzhou Island, comprehended five arrays, and then traveled with Xuan Du to Mount Penglai Island. After finding and breaking an innate treasure-protecting array there, Lin Zhu discovered a five-colored ruler whose power seemed capable of crushing the heavens.

• Lin Zhu collected Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Profound Water, then searched Yingzhou Island for several months and gathered many spiritual treasures.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du comprehended the array diagram on a cliff; Lin Zhu mastered all five arrays and learned they could form the Five Elements God Slaying Array.
• Xuan Du showed Lin Zhu a high-grade innate alchemy Treasure Cauldron, and the two left Yingzhou Island to search for Fangzhang Immortal Island.
• Lin Zhu broke the island-protecting array around Mount Penglai Island, and he and Xuan Du split up to explore it.
• After several months of searching, Lin Zhu found and broke an innate treasure-protecting array, revealing a five-colored ruler with overwhelming might.

Lin Zhu found the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler and Bitter Bamboo on Mount Penglai Island, gaining a powerful treasure and advancing his cultivation. After he and Xuan Du left the island, they landed on another island, where Lin Zhu recognized a danger and ordered them to flee.

• Lin Zhu refined the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler for a hundred years until it recognized him, then continued exploring Mount Penglai Island.
• Lin Zhu discovered Bitter Bamboo and absorbed its Innate energy for a thousand years, improving his foundation and advancing to the late stage of the Profound Immortal realm.
• Xuan Du joined Lin Zhu after finishing his exploration, and the two gathered their gains before leaving Mount Penglai Island for Mount Kunlun.
• While traveling across the East Sea, Lin Zhu and Xuan Du landed on an island covered in baleful aura and abandoned Cave Mansions.
• Lin Zhu realized what the island might be and shouted for Xuan Du to leave immediately.

Lin Zhu and Xuan Du fought their way through the Fierce Beasts hidden in the Ferocious Beast Nest, earning Merit as they slaughtered them. After decades of hunting, a colossal, exceptionally powerful Fierce Beast confronted them, and Lin Zhu decided they had to fight.

• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du were surrounded by Fierce Beasts in the nest, and Lin Zhu judged that the weaker beasts could be defeated or escaped.
• Lin Zhu killed a True Immortal Fierce Beast with the Qingping Sword while Xuan Du used the Taiji Diagram to shield them.
• Lin Zhu unleashed the Violet Lightning Hammer, destroying many Fierce Beasts with purple lightning and driving the survivors into flight.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du hunted Fierce Beasts across the island for decades, killing thousands and gaining Merit.
• A Fierce Beast over a hundred zhang tall emerged from the nest with an aura at least at the Golden Immortal Realm, and Lin Zhu told Xuan Du they had to fight.

Lin Zhu and Xuan Du fought the Golden Haired Hou for years in the Ferocious Beast Nest, where Lin Zhu comprehended Qingping Sword Intent and slew the beast, though its fragmented primordial spirit escaped. After returning to Kunlun, they were confronted by a young Daoist who accused them of trespassing.

• The Golden Haired Hou attacked Lin Zhu and Xuan Du, while Xuan Du used the Taiji Diagram to shield them and Lin Zhu fought with the Violet Lightning Hammer and Qingping Sword.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du battled the Golden Haired Hou for years, and Lin Zhu gradually improved his swordsmanship and mastery of the Qingping Sword.
• Lin Zhu comprehended Qingping Sword Intent and used it to cut apart the Golden Haired Hou, whose fragmented primordial spirit fled.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du searched the ruined Ferocious Beast Nest, found no treasures, and set off for Kunlun.
• Several years later, Lin Zhu and Xuan Du returned to Kunlun Mountain, where a young Daoist shouted at them for trespassing.

After returning to Kunlun Mountain, Lin Zhu defeated the newly arrived Guang Chengzi in a sword duel, then welcomed him and Xuan Du into a Dao debate. Lin Zhu later spent five hundred years refining the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls and began refining the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler.

• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du met Guang Chengzi at Qilin Cliff, where Guang Chengzi challenged them and Lin Zhu defeated him with his Qingping Sword.
• After Xuan Du introduced himself and Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi learned they were fellow disciples and bowed to his senior brothers.
• Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi drank spirit tea and debated the Dao for over a month before Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du left to cultivate.
• Lin Zhu returned to Tongtian Cult Master's Daoist Temple and began refining the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls while his master remained in seclusion.
• Lin Zhu spent five hundred years fully refining the twelve pearls, then entered seclusion to refine the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler.

Lin Zhu refined the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler, advanced to the peak of the Profound Immortal realm, and visited the Three Saints with Tongtian Sect Leader. After listening to their Dao Lecture, he broke through to the Golden Immortal realm.

• Lin Zhu spent thousands of years refining fifteen Restrictions of the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler and reached the peak of the Profound Immortal realm.
• Tongtian Sect Leader summoned Lin Zhu, heard about his travels with Xuan Du, and invited him to visit Taishang Laojun and Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Lin Zhu and Tongtian Sect Leader met Xuan Du, Yuanshi Tianzun, Guang Chengzi, and Taishang Laojun at Taishang Laojun Daoist Temple.
• Tongtian Sect Leader and Yuanshi Tianzun gave meeting gifts to each other's disciples, and the Three Saints jointly explained the Dao to Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du.
• Lin Zhu's Golden Immortal Mysterious Gate shattered after the Dao Lecture, and he entered the Golden Immortal realm.

After Lin Zhu broke through to the Golden Immortal realm during the Three Purities’ lecture, he and his fellow disciples accepted an invitation to attend the Heavenly Court Ceremony and set out from Kunlun Mountain. Their leisurely journey ended when Lin Zhu sensed a mysterious fluctuation behind a waterfall.

• Lin Zhu gained insight from the Three Purities’ teachings and broke through to the Golden Immortal realm, impressing the Three Saints, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du.
• Nine Infants arrived on behalf of the Heavenly Emperor to invite the Three Saints to a Heavenly Court Ceremony, but the Saints decided to send Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du in their place.
• Lin Zhu proposed that the three disciples travel through the Primordial Wilderness and seek opportunities on their way to the Heavenly Court, and Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du agreed.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du left Kunlun Mountain and traveled at a leisurely pace, with Lin Zhu explaining the Golden Immortal realm to his junior brothers.
• After lingering among a vast mountain range, Lin Zhu sensed a mysterious fluctuation behind a waterfall.

Lin Zhu entered a cave behind a waterfall and endured the Profound Yellow Qi to temper his body, eventually discovering a Profound Yellow Pearl and a pool of Profound Yellow Heavy Water. After studying how to evolve the Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls into heavens, he collected the water and was joined by Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du.

• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du entered the hidden cave behind the waterfall and found powerful Profound Yellow Qi blocking their path.
• Guang Chengzi was thrown back by the Profound Yellow Qi, and Xuan Du advanced partway with the Taiji Diagram before retreating.
• Lin Zhu endured the pressure for centuries, tempered his body to a level comparable to a Grand Yi Golden Immortal, and obtained the Grand Void Body Refining Method.
• Lin Zhu reached a pool of Profound Yellow Heavy Water, found the Profound Yellow Pearl, and discovered that it had lost its spiritual vitality.
• Lin Zhu studied how to evolve the Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls into heavens, collected the Profound Yellow Heavy Water, and was approached by Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du.

Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi traveled through the mountains, finding treasures and an Innate Array that concealed the Five-Needle Pine. When the pine attacked as Guang Chengzi approached it, Lin Zhu intervened, and the chapter ended amid a violent clash.

• Lin Zhu told Xuan Du and Guang Chengzi about obtaining the Profound Yellow Treasure Pearl and Profound Yellow Heavy Water, and the three continued their journey together.
• The three discovered a Bitter Mulberry in a mountain valley, and Lin Zhu let Xuan Du keep it to make up for his lesser gains.
• Lin Zhu deciphered and broke an Innate Array without damaging the treasure it protected.
• Lin Zhu recognized the tree inside as the Five-Needle Pine, but its pressure forced all three to retreat.
• Guang Chengzi tried to approach the Five-Needle Pine in his Sweeping Dusk Garment, but Lin Zhu warned him and attacked the pine with the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler as Guang Chengzi withdrew.

Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi subdued the Five-Needle Pine, which Lin Zhu collected, then found a Purple Blood Spirit Vine for Guang Chengzi. An ox-headed Golden Immortal demon confronted them and demanded their treasures, leaving the three facing a fight.

• Lin Zhu saved Guang Chengzi from the Five-Needle Pine and proposed that the three work together to subdue it.
• Xuan Du sealed the valley with the Taiji Diagram while Lin Zhu suppressed the Five-Needle Pine with his treasures and Qingping Sword.
• Lin Zhu used his wood-element qi to calm the Five-Needle Pine and collected it after Guang Chengzi could not approach.
• The three found a Purple Blood Spirit Vine, which Guang Chengzi collected while Lin Zhu and Xuan Du held back.
• An ox-headed demon appeared and demanded their treasures, and Lin Zhu warned Guang Chengzi that the demon was a late-stage Golden Immortal.