Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du pursued and killed an Ox Demon who had attacked them, then entered a Witch Tribe and met its chieftain, Jiu Li. They accepted Jiu Li’s invitation to visit the tribe and began chatting with him.

• The Ox Demon attacked Guang Chengzi to seize his treasures, but Xuan Du’s Taiji Diagram and Lin Zhu’s strike with the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler wounded him.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du pursued the fleeing Ox Demon for a hundred thousand li until he rushed into a Witch Tribe.
• Lin Zhu used the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls and the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler to destroy the Ox Demon’s body and primordial spirit.
• Jiu Li, the Witch Tribe’s chieftain, invited Lin Zhu and his junior brothers into the tribe, and they accepted.
• Lin Zhu told Jiu Li that the three were traveling to attend the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court ceremony, and Jiu Li chatted with them over tea.

After three months of exchanging body-refining insights with Jiu Li, Lin Zhu and his fellow disciples traveled to the Heavenly Court Ceremony. Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi welcomed them as representatives of the Three Pure Ones and seated them in the front rows, where they waited among the Primordial Wilderness's powerful cultivators.

• Lin Zhu and Jiu Li exchanged insights on body refinement for three months, helping each deepen their understanding.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du bid farewell to Jiu Li, accepted gifts from the Jiu Li Tribe, and set out for the Heavenly Court.
• At the South Heaven Gate, Lin Zhu identified the three as disciples of the Three Pure Ones and explained that they had come at their masters' command.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi personally welcomed the three and led them through the Heavenly Court to Lingxiao Hall.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi arranged front-row seats for Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du, who quietly observed the gathered experts.

At the Heavenly Court ceremony, Lin Zhu studied the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array and the gathering’s powerful cultivators, gaining a new transformation ability and advancing his cultivation. After returning to Kunlun Mountain and training for three hundred years, he joined Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du in a combat test before the Three Pure Ones, effortlessly defending against their attacks.

• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin arrived at the Heavenly Court ceremony, where Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du greeted their Western Sect uncles.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi showcased the demon race’s strength, demonstrated the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, and recruited powerful cultivators into the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Zhu gained insights from the array and the gathered cultivators, advanced to the late stage of the Golden Immortal Realm, and comprehended the Divine Power False Form.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du returned to Kunlun Mountain, where Lin Zhu planted the Five-Needle Pine and cultivated for three hundred years.
• The Three Pure Ones summoned Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du to Qilin Cliff to assess their progress and ordered the three disciples to spar without magical treasures.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du attacked Lin Zhu together, but Lin Zhu calmly neutralized their moves while holding back his strength.

The Three Pure Ones tested Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du, and Tongtian Sect Leader was impressed by Lin Zhu’s extraordinary sword Dao talent. After years of instruction and seclusion, Lin Zhu learned that Tongtian Sect Leader and Yuanshi Tianzun would seek promising disciples, while Taishang Laojun offered to guide him in cultivation and alchemy.

• Lin Zhu defended against Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du in their sparring match, and the Three Pure Ones stopped the fight and praised the disciples.
• Tongtian Sect Leader had Lin Zhu demonstrate the Qingping Sword Intent and guided him in sword Dao for a hundred years, helping him reach the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Lin Zhu entered seclusion to stabilize his cultivation and prepare for the threshold of the Grand Yi Realm.
• Tongtian Sect Leader told Lin Zhu that he and Yuanshi Tianzun would travel the Primordial Wilderness to recruit exceptional Personal Disciples, while Taishang Laojun stayed behind to guide the remaining disciples.
• Taishang Laojun invited Lin Zhu and Guang Chengzi to observe his alchemy lesson for Xuan Du and began explaining how he selected medicinal ingredients.

Lin Zhu learned pill refinement and the Way of Non-Action from Taishang Laojun, comprehending a weakened version of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities. After receiving guidance on the Grand Yi Realm, Lin Zhu successfully advanced and comprehended the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Method.

• Taishang Laojun taught Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du pill refinement for five hundred years, and Lin Zhu surpassed Xuan Du in its mastery.
• Taishang Laojun lectured the three on the Way of Non-Action, and Lin Zhu comprehended a weakened version of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities.
• After centuries of contemplation and training, Lin Zhu strengthened his cultivation and received Taishang Laojun's guidance on breaking through to the Grand Yi Realm.
• Lin Zhu meditated beneath the Five-Needle Pine, gathered the Five Qi in his chest, and successfully entered the Grand Yi Realm.
• As Lin Zhu advanced, he comprehended the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Method, a technique for rapidly restoring mana.

Lin Zhu broke through to the Taiyi Realm, learned the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Method, and set out to travel the Primordial World. After visiting Sui at the Suiming Tribe, he asked about the Human Race and noticed Sui grow gloomy.

• Lin Zhu condensed the Five Qi in the Chest, entered the Taiyi Realm, and comprehended the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Method.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du congratulated Lin Zhu, then discussed cultivation with him before returning to seclusion.
• After stabilizing his cultivation for a hundred years, Lin Zhu thanked Taishang Laojun and left Kunlun Mountain to travel the Primordial World.
• Lin Zhu visited the Suiming Tribe and reunited with Sui, who had reached the Profound Immortal realm.
• Sui welcomed Lin Zhu into the cave and, when asked about the Human Race's situation, became gloomy.

Lin Zhu saved the Suiming Tribe from a demon attack and urged Sui to help the Human Race become self-reliant. After Lin Zhu left, Sui discovered how to make fire and proclaimed the Human Race’s flame would endure.

• Sui told Lin Zhu that demons were hunting humans, then a tribesman warned that a large demon horde was approaching the Suiming Tribe.
• Sui and the tribesmen fought the demons, while Lin Zhu killed the pig demon leader and the other powerful demons, then hunted down those who fled.
• The humans thanked Lin Zhu, who told Sui the Human Race had to rely on its own shared abilities to survive and gave him cultivation guidance before departing.
• After Lin Zhu left, Sui saw a bird strike a dry branch and produce sparks, then spent months developing the Drilling Wood for Fire Technique.
• Sui raised a torch before the tribesmen and proclaimed that the Human Race would pass its flame down without end.

After Sui earned Heavenly Dao merit by making fire, Lin Zhu received merit for guiding him and continued exploring the East Sea. On Golden Turtle Island, Lin Zhu recognized Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal attacking the island’s original owner and intervened, leaving Long-Eared’s response pending.

• Sui made fire, received abundant merit from the Heavenly Dao, and spread the fire-making method among the Human Race.
• Lin Zhu received merit for guiding Sui, refined it in a cave mansion, and strengthened his cultivation.
• After hearing that Kunpeng had ambushed Ancestor Hongyun, Lin Zhu revisited the Three Immortal Island and searched the East Sea for other immortal islands.
• Lin Zhu discovered Golden Turtle Island, where Long-Eared Rabbit threatened the Golden Turtle and attacked it for refusing to become his mount.
• Lin Zhu recognized Long-Eared Rabbit as the future Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal, landed to confront him, and was warned to leave.

Lin Zhu defeated and killed Long-Eared Rabbit Demon after stopping him from seizing Golden Turtle Island. He left Golden Turtle protected by the Jie Sect and continued traveling through the Primordial Wilderness.

• Lin Zhu challenged Long-Eared Rabbit Demon for bullying Golden Turtle, then forced him back with a sword strike.
• Long-Eared Rabbit Demon unleashed the Yin-Yang Treasure Pearl, but Lin Zhu shattered its attack with the Violet Lightning Hammer.
• Lin Zhu struck Long-Eared Rabbit Demon with the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls, captured his fleeing primordial spirit, and destroyed it.
• Lin Zhu introduced himself to Golden Turtle, advised him about cultivating on the island, and offered the Jie Sect's protection.
• Lin Zhu stayed on Golden Turtle Island for more than ten years, then said farewell to Golden Turtle and resumed traveling through the Primordial Wilderness.

Lin Zhu refined the Violet Lightning Hammer and comprehended the Controlling Five Thunders Divine Power before continuing his journey through the South Sea. He discovered South Sea Putuo Mountain, obtained its Iron Peach Tree, and cultivated in its Purple Bamboo Forest until he reached the late stage of the Grand Yi Realm.

• After decades of refining the Violet Lightning Hammer, Lin Zhu comprehended the Controlling Five Thunders Divine Power and spent a century mastering its five kinds of divine lightning.
• Lin Zhu combined the five thunders into Violet Palace Divine Lightning, then continued traveling through the South Sea and collecting spiritual treasures.
• Lin Zhu discovered and broke an Innate Array, revealing an Immortal Island where he found a Purple Bamboo Forest and a stele identifying the place as South Sea Putuo Mountain.
• Lin Zhu subdued and collected the island's Innate Spiritual Root Iron Peach Tree, whose fruits contained pure Gold Elemental Power.
• Lin Zhu cultivated in the Purple Bamboo Forest for a thousand years and advanced to the late stage of the Grand Yi Realm.

Lin Zhu encountered and subdued an Iron-Eating Beast, making it his mount and teaching it a body refinement method as they traveled through the South Sea. As they prepared to return to Mount Kunlun, they discovered an island radiating the murderous aura of a Fierce Beast.

• Lin Zhu settled on a spiritually rich island, where an Iron-Eating Beast attacked him to eat his transformed bamboo body.
• Lin Zhu repelled the Iron-Eating Beast with divine lightning and trapped it with the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• Lin Zhu offered to spare the beast if it became his mount, and it agreed after learning he was Saint Tongtian's personal disciple.
• Lin Zhu marked the Iron-Eating Beast as his mount, taught it body refinement, and fed it Spiritual Roots as they traveled through the South Sea.
• Lin Zhu and the Iron-Eating Beast headed toward Mount Kunlun but landed on an island after sensing a Fierce Beast's murderous aura.

Lin Zhu slew the Nian Beast and returned to Kunlun Mountain, where eleven junior disciples mistook him for an intruder. Guang Chengzi recognized him as the Eldest Senior Brother and welcomed him back, while Lin Zhu headed to pay respects to Tongtian.

• Lin Zhu fought the peak Grand Yi Realm Nian Beast with the Qingping Sword, divine bolts, Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls, and Violet Lightning Hammer, killing its body and scattering its soul.
• Lin Zhu searched the island, found nothing else, and rode the Iron-Eating Beast toward Kunlun Mountain.
• After several months of travel, Lin Zhu arrived at Kunlun and encountered eleven young cultivators who accused him of trespassing.
• Ju Liusun moved to attack Lin Zhu, but Guang Chengzi arrived and stopped him, addressing Lin Zhu respectfully as Eldest Senior Brother.
• Lin Zhu praised Guang Chengzi's Peak Golden Immortal cultivation and learned that the eleven were Yuanshi Tianzun's disciples.
• Lin Zhu chose to visit Tongtian before joining Guang Chengzi and the others, while Guang Chengzi noted that Xuan Du was in seclusion refining pills.

Lin Zhu returned to the Tongtian Dao Field, where Tongtian Sect Leader introduced him to the Jie Sect disciples as their Senior Brother. After receiving a welcoming feast from Guang Chengzi, Lin Zhu met with Xuan Du and recounted his travels.

• Guang Chengzi warned the Chan Sect disciples that Lin Zhu was a powerful Grand Yi Golden Immortal, then left to prepare a welcoming feast for him.
• Lin Zhu returned to Tongtian Sect Leader, who praised his cultivation and summoned the Jie Sect disciples to meet their Senior Brother.
• Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, Duobao, Jinling, and the other disciples paid homage to Lin Zhu, who gave them Five-Needle Pine needles as gifts.
• Tongtian Sect Leader told the disciples to seek Lin Zhu's guidance and urged them to support one another.
• Guang Chengzi invited Lin Zhu to a welcoming feast, and they went to find Xuan Du after learning he had finished refining pills.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du shared wine and food on a cliff as Lin Zhu described his travels.

Lin Zhu refined the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler and evolved the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls into Twelve Heavens, then received Tongtian Sect Leader’s guidance on reaching Grand Luo. He broke through to Ninth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal by condensing the Three Flowers on Top, with his first flower blooming into twenty-seven petals.

• Lin Zhu spent tens of thousands of years refining the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler and comprehended the Method of Evolving Heavens using the Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• Lin Zhu evolved all twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls into Twelve Heavens, greatly increasing their power.
• Lin Zhu attended Tongtian Sect Leader’s Dao Lecture, and Tongtian later gave him personal instruction on the dangers and ranks of Grand Luo.
• Lin Zhu returned to his cave mansion, prepared beneath the Five-Needle Pine, and began condensing the Three Flowers on Top.
• Lin Zhu’s first Great Dao Flower bloomed with twenty-seven petals, and he attained Ninth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Lin Zhu condensed the Three Flowers on Top and entered the Grand Luo Realm as a Ninth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal, astonishing the Three Pure Ones and the Three Sects’ disciples. After mastering the realm’s mysteries, he received new instructions and a treasure from Tongtian Sect Leader.

• The Three Pure Ones watched Lin Zhu challenge the Ninth Grade Grand Luo Realm and recognized his extraordinary potential.
• Lin Zhu spent thousands of years condensing the Three Flowers on Top, replenishing his mana with the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Method, treasures, and pills.
• Lin Zhu completed the final petal, attained the Grand Luo Fruit Position, and startled the disciples of the Three Sects.
• Lin Zhu greeted the Three Pure Ones, then returned to seclusion to comprehend the mysteries of the Grand Luo Realm.
• Tongtian Sect Leader reclaimed the Qingping Sword and bestowed the Water Fire Gourd upon Lin Zhu.

Tongtian Sect Leader gave Lin Zhu the remaining Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls and planned to forge him a sword with help from Taishang Laojun and Yuanshi Tianzun. After Lin Zhu evolved the complete set of thirty-six pearls and took charge of supervising Jie Sect disciples, Zhao Gongming came to tell him about a wagered battle with Grand Yi Perfected Person.

• Tongtian Sect Leader bestowed the remaining twenty-four Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls on Lin Zhu and asked him to supervise his junior brothers and sisters.
• Tongtian Sect Leader gathered Taishang Laojun and Yuanshi Tianzun to collect materials for a sword forged from Bitter Bamboo, then went to borrow the Universe Cauldron from Hongjun.
• Lin Zhu spent ten thousand years refining the pearls, then evolved all thirty-six Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls into Primordial Heavens over another twenty thousand years.
• After Tongtian Sect Leader entered seclusion, Lin Zhu took up the duty of guiding Jie Sect disciples, and their cultivation improved under his stern supervision.
• Zhao Gongming told Lin Zhu that he had agreed to a wagered battle with Grand Yi Perfected Person of Chan Sect a thousand years later and asked for his guidance.

Zhao Gongming sought Lin Zhu’s guidance before his duel with Grand Yi Perfected Person, and Lin Zhu helped him evolve the Four Symbols Pearls into the Four Symbols Heavens. The duel began with Grand Yi Perfected Person using borrowed treasures, and Zhao Gongming countered with his newly transformed pearls.

• Zhao Gongming asked Lin Zhu for help defeating Grand Yi Perfected Person, and Lin Zhu gave him a ten-year Dao lecture.
• Lin Zhu taught Zhao Gongming how to evolve the Four Symbols Pearls and guarded him as he completed the transformation over a thousand years.
• Zhao Gongming returned to his cave mansion and told the Three Xiaos about his new Four Symbols Heavens, declining their offer to lend him treasures.
• Zhao Gongming and Grand Yi Perfected Person began their duel on Kunlun Mountain, with both sects' disciples watching.
• Grand Yi Perfected Person attacked with the Dragon Escape Stakes and Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, and Zhao Gongming summoned the Four Symbols Heavens to strike back.

Zhao Gongming defeated Grand Yi Perfected Person with the Four Symbols Pearls, which Lin Zhu had helped refine, and Lin Zhu later gave Profound Yellow Water to Xuan Du and Guang Chengzi. After guiding Jie Sect Disciples for thirty thousand years, Lin Zhu was summoned by Tongtian Sect Leader, who had emerged from seclusion.

• Zhao Gongming used the Four Symbols Pearls to break Grand Yi Perfected Person's defenses and won their duel, then withdrew the pearls rather than injure him.
• Guang Chengzi stopped Grand Yi Perfected Person from attacking again, and Grand Yi Perfected Person left while Guang Chengzi led the Chan Sect disciples away.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du visited Lin Zhu to ask for Profound Yellow Water, and Lin Zhu gave each of them twenty jin.
• Lin Zhu guided Jie Sect Disciples while Tongtian Sect Leader, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Taishang Laojun remained in seclusion, and the disciples' cultivation improved over thirty thousand years.
• Tongtian Sect Leader summoned Lin Zhu, who went to the Daoist Temple and bowed before his master.

Tongtian Sect Leader gave Lin Zhu the newly forged Qing Qian Sword, and Lin Zhu refined it before joining the Three Saints on a visit to Dijun’s Heavenly Marriage ceremony. The chapter ended with the Three Saints and their disciples arriving at the crowded, festively decorated Heavenly Court.

• Tongtian Sect Leader gave Lin Zhu a sword forged from Bitter Bamboo in the Universe Cauldron, and Lin Zhu named it Qing Qian.
• Tongtian Sect Leader tested all fourteen Jie Sect Disciples and praised their cultivation, while Zhao Gongming and the others credited Lin Zhu’s guidance.
• Lin Zhu refined the Qing Qian Sword in less than two thousand years and reached Sword Heart Connection with it.
• Taishang Laojun summoned Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du to join the Three Saints at Dijun’s Heavenly Marriage to Xi He and Chang Xi.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi welcomed the Three Saints at the South Heaven Gate and led them into the decorated Heavenly Court, where gathered cultivators greeted their arrival.

The Three Pure Ones, the Western Sect’s two Saints, and Nüwa gathered at the Heavenly Court for Dijun’s wedding. Nüwa presided over the ceremony, and the chapter ended with the demon race across the Primordial World congratulating the married Heavenly Emperor.

• Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Sect Leader arrived at Lingxiao Hall, followed by Zhunti and Jieyin with their disciples, including Daoist Bhaisajyaguru and Ksitigarbha.
• Nüwa arrived with Lingzhu, introduced him to the Saints, and received their gifts for her disciple.
• Taiyi welcomed the assembled guests, and Nüwa announced that Dijun would marry the Sun Goddess and Moon Goddess before beginning the ceremony.
• Dijun and the two goddesses appeared beneath the red canopy, and Nüwa presided over their wedding, which lasted a thousand years.
• The Saints, guests, Heavenly Court, and demon race congratulated Dijun, while demon clans throughout the Primordial World knelt and joined in.