Chapter Summaries

At Dijun’s Heavenly Marriage, Lin Zhu comprehended the Subtle Meaning of Merit, and Donghuang Taiyi arranged matches between Great Powers and the Saints’ disciples. Daoist Bhaisajyaguru won the first bout, and a demon race powerhouse stepped forward to challenge next.

• A Merit Golden Cloud descended over the Heavenly Court and granted Merit to Nüwa, Dijun, Changxi, and Xi He.
• Lin Zhu comprehended the Subtle Meaning of Merit and began studying it while the gathering feasted and debated the Dao.
• Donghuang Taiyi proposed sparring matches between Great Powers and the Saints’ disciples, and the Saints agreed.
• Daoist Bhaisajyaguru defeated Song Yunzi with Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, earning praise from Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin.
• A black-robed demon race powerhouse with a single horn entered the arena and requested a match against a Saint’s disciple.

Saint's disciples faced a series of challenges at the Heavenly Court, trading victories and defeats as their opponents tested their strength. Lin Zhu refused a challenge from a Grand Yi Middle Stage rogue cultivator, revealing that he had already attained the Daluo Realm.

• Lingzhu defeated a Grand Yi Realm demon expert after fighting for a month.
• Ksitigarbha Daoist lost to Huangshan Jun after rushing into the fight, and Daoist Zhunti told him to temper his state of mind.
• Guang Chengzi defeated a Grand Yi Middle Stage expert with the Sweeping Dusk Garment and Male and Female Swords.
• Xuan Du revealed the Taiji Diagram, prompting his Grand Yi Realm opponent to concede.
• Lin Zhu declined a challenge from a rogue cultivator and explained that he was in the Daluo Realm while his challenger was only at the Grand Yi Middle Stage.

Lin Zhu revealed his Grand Luo Realm cultivation and accepted a challenge from Nine Aspects, a powerful Demon Race expert. After battling for several months using only his sword Dao, Lin Zhu gained insight into the Divine Power Dharma Image Heaven and Earth.

• Tongtian revealed that Lin Zhu had advanced from a newly transformed True Immortal to the Grand Luo Realm in a short time, astonishing the gathered powerhouses.
• Donghuang Taiyi permitted Grand Luo experts to challenge Lin Zhu, and Nine Aspects stepped forward to test the Saint's disciple.
• Lin Zhu and Nine Aspects began fighting, with Lin Zhu using the Qing Qian Sword to counter Nine Aspects' axe and Divine Powers.
• Lin Zhu relied solely on his sword Dao and fought Nine Aspects to a standstill, using the battle to study his opponent's techniques.
• After several months of combat, Lin Zhu gained comprehension of the Divine Power Dharma Image Heaven and Earth.

Lin Zhu defeated Nine Aspects at the Heavenly Court celebration after comprehending Law, Heaven and Earth and Reverse Knowing the Future. The Saints agreed to hold another disciples’ contest tens of thousands of years later, while Lin Zhu continued mastering his new Divine Powers.

• Lin Zhu enlarged himself with Law, Heaven and Earth and fought Nine Aspects for several months, learning his techniques and comprehending Reverse Knowing the Future.
• Lin Zhu used Reverse Knowing the Future to anticipate Nine Aspects’s moves, then struck him with Violet Palace Divine Lightning through the Five Thunders Divine Power.
• Nine Aspects’s defense shattered, and he admitted defeat before leaving to heal from his injuries; Lin Zhu returned to Tongtian Sect Leader.
• Zhun Ti proposed a disciples’ contest among the four sects tens of thousands of years later, and Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Leader agreed to host it at Mount Kunlun.
• While the Heavenly Marriage celebration continued, Lin Zhu mastered Law, Heaven and Earth and practiced Reverse Knowing the Future.

After the Heavenly Marriage celebration, Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du received permission to travel through the Primordial Wilderness, where Lin Zhu guided his companions as they discussed cultivation and mounts. Liu Er was rejected when he tried to join the Heavenly Court, so he quietly followed the three disciples.

• After thousands of years of cultivation, Lin Zhu left the Heavenly Court celebration with the Three Pure Ones and asked Tongtian Sect Leader for permission to travel.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du asked to travel with Lin Zhu, and their masters granted permission while reminding them to return for the Four Sects' Disciple Discourse.
• As the three traveled through the Primordial Wilderness, Lin Zhu answered Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du's cultivation questions, and they joked about accepting disciples and finding mounts.
• Liu Er overheard their conversation and went to the South Heaven Gate to seek a position in the Heavenly Court.
• Ci Tie recognized Liu Er as the one who had eavesdropped on the Dao Ancestor's lecture and drove him away.
• Liu Er swallowed his anger and quietly followed Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du.

Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du visited their old acquaintance Jiu Li while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness, and Lin Zhu sparred with him. Jiu Li revealed that the Witch Race was preparing for conflict with the Demon Race, and Lin Zhu urged him to suggest an alliance with the rising Human Race.

• Lin Zhu and his companions reached the Jiu Li Tribe and caught up with Jiu Li about Dijun's Heavenly Marriage.
• After hearing that Lin Zhu had defeated Nine Aspects, Jiu Li challenged him to a physical sparring match.
• Lin Zhu overwhelmed Jiu Li and revealed that his physical cultivation had reached the Physical Taiyi Late Stage, then shared body-tempering advice with him.
• Jiu Li described the Demon Race's growing influence and the Ancestral Witches' preparations for another conflict.
• Lin Zhu warned that war could bring another Great Calamity and suggested that the Witch Race protect and ally with the Human Race; Jiu Li took his advice to heart.

Lin Zhu discovered the transformed Liu Er’s hidden origins with the Omniscience Divine Ability and refused to accept him into the Jie Sect. Liu Er’s plea turned into a murderous attack, and the chapter ended with Lin Zhu striking him back as Liu Er’s fighting strength began to rise.

• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du met an azure-robed Daoist who begged Lin Zhu to accept him as a disciple.
• Lin Zhu comprehended the Omniscience Divine Ability, learned the Daoist was Liu Er, and rejected him despite Liu Er’s vow to keep kneeling.
• Lin Zhu told Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du that Liu Er had secretly eavesdropped on the Dao Ancestor’s lecture and had been forbidden from receiving the Dharma.
• After waiting for years and realizing Lin Zhu would not return, Liu Er grew resentful and tracked down Lin Zhu and his companions.
• Liu Er attacked the three with an iron staff, but Lin Zhu’s Qing Qian Sword sent the staff flying and blasted Liu Er ten li away.
• Liu Er’s fighting intent surged as his Law of War made his combat strength rise against Lin Zhu.

Lin Zhu defeated and killed Six-Eared Macaque after gaining insight into the Law of War, then continued traveling with Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du. After news spread that Kunpeng had killed Red Cloud and taken the Primordial Purple Qi, Lin Zhu proposed that they explore the Northwest Two Seas.

• Lin Zhu and Six-Eared Macaque fought for months while Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du watched from a safe distance.
• Lin Zhu gained insight into the Law of War during the battle, then struck Six-Eared Macaque with the Violet Lightning Hammer and Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls when he tried to flee, killing him.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du mocked the dead Six-Eared Macaque, and the three resumed their travels with greater trust in Lin Zhu's judgment.
• After another thousand years of travel, the group heard that Kunpeng had ambushed and killed Red Cloud and taken the Primordial Purple Qi.
• Lin Zhu suggested that the group explore the Northwest Two Seas, and Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du agreed.

Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi traveled to the West Sea, where Xuan Du rescued the West Sea Dragon King's daughter and gained a Celestial God as his mount. The group accepted the Dragon Girl's invitation to visit the West Sea Dragon Palace, while Xuan Du wondered why she showed more gratitude to Lin Zhu than to him.

• Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi traveled through the West Sea and found an island where a Fierce Beast was trying to force a young dragon to stay.
• Xuan Du intervened and trapped the burly beast in the Taiji Diagram, then persuaded it to serve as his mount.
• Lin Zhu identified the beast as a Celestial God, and Guang Chengzi lamented that he was the only one of the three without a mount.
• The Dragon Girl revealed she was the daughter of the West Sea Dragon King and invited the three to visit the Dragon Palace.
• As the group traveled to the Dragon Palace, Xuan Du privately asked Guang Chengzi why the Dragon Girl thanked Lin Zhu more warmly than she thanked him.

Lin Zhu and his senior brothers Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du visited the West Sea Dragon Palace after rescuing the Dragon Girl, where Lin Zhu comprehended Extracorporeal Incarnation. Later, while traveling in the North Sea, they encountered a Three-Headed Giant Flood Dragon whose history and malicious cultivation Lin Zhu discovered.

• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du rescued the West Sea Dragon King's daughter, and she brought them to the Dragon Palace as honored guests.
• The West Sea Dragon King hosted the three for several years, and Lin Zhu gained insight into the aquatic races and comprehended Extracorporeal Incarnation.
• The three accepted gifts from the Dragon King, left the West Sea, and traveled through the North Sea, gathering spiritual treasures from its Immortal Islands.
• A strange water mist rose around an island where the three were resting, and an armored monster emerged to confront them.
• Lin Zhu used Omniscience to learn that the monster was a late-stage Grand Luo Three-Headed Giant Flood Dragon, a former servant of Luo Hou who secretly killed cultivators to absorb their cultivation.

Lin Zhu and his junior brothers fought a demonic Three-Headed Flood Dragon in the North Sea, and Lin Zhu killed it with his magical treasures. After a thousand more years of travel and guidance from Lin Zhu, Xuan Du sensed an opportunity to break through and prepared to enter seclusion.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon ambushed Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du, then revealed his Daluo Late Stage cultivation and attacked them.
• Lin Zhu fought the demon for several days while his incarnation secretly deployed the Thirty-Six Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• The Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls shattered the demon’s shield and killed the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.
• Lin Zhu explained that the demon had been Luo Hou’s disciple and had secretly preyed on cultivators in the North Sea.
• Lin Zhu continued traveling with Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du, teaching them about the Daluo Realm as they explored the North Sea.
• Xuan Du sensed an opportunity to condense the Three Flowers on Top, and Lin Zhu proposed finding an Immortal Island where he and Guang Chengzi could protect him during his seclusion.

Xuan Du broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm on an island in the North Sea, while Lin Zhu and Guang Chengzi guarded him. After celebrating, the three met the North Sea Xuan Turtle, and Lin Zhu taught it a method to create an incarnation so it could leave its body and explore.

• Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi found an uninhabited Immortal Island, prepared it for seclusion, and Xuan Du spent a thousand years cultivating before beginning his breakthrough.
• Xuan Du condensed three Great Dao Flowers over several millennia and attained the Seventh Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal Fruit Position.
• Guang Chengzi lamented that he still remained in the Grand Yi Realm, but Lin Zhu encouraged him to trust his cultivation and keep progressing.
• The three celebrated Xuan Du's breakthrough with wine and a Dao Debate until the North Sea Xuan Turtle surfaced nearby.
• Lin Zhu explained that the Xuan Turtle could use an Extracorporeal Incarnation Method to explore the Primordial Wilderness, then taught it the method, which it mastered in less than half a month.

After teaching the North Sea Xuan Turtle Extracorporeal Incarnation, Lin Zhu received the Gold Spirit Pearl and sensed the locations of the remaining Five Elements Pearls. He and his companions reached a deep-sea cave mansion where they believed the Water Spirit Pearl lay, but its owner did not answer their calls.

• North Sea Xuan Turtle formed an incarnation, thanked Lin Zhu, and gave him the Gold Spirit Pearl.
• North Sea Xuan Turtle learned that Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi were disciples of Saints, then set off to travel the Primordial Wilderness in his incarnation.
• Lin Zhu refined the Gold Spirit Pearl and sensed the locations of the other Four Elements Pearls, so he and his companions traveled toward the Water Spirit Pearl.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du descended to the North Sea seabed and found a protected cave mansion at the site of converging spiritual veins.
• Lin Zhu and his companions called out to the cave mansion's resident, but no one responded, and Lin Zhu began to suspect it was unoccupied.

Lin Zhu discovered Zu Long’s former cave mansion and found the Water Spirit Pearl and a remnant of Water Bamboo inside. By cultivating on the stone platform where Zu Long had hatched, Lin Zhu advanced to a Tenth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal, leaving Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du astonished.

• Lin Zhu used his Omniscience Divine Ability to identify the cave mansion as Zu Long’s abandoned Enlightenment Site and broke its Magic Array.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du entered the cave mansion and searched its halls and side rooms.
• Lin Zhu found the Water Spirit Pearl and half a stalk of Water Bamboo, then stored both treasures.
• Lin Zhu learned that the stone platform was Zu Long’s hatching site, sat upon it, and absorbed its Zu Long Qi and the North Sea spiritual vein’s Spiritual Qi.
• After cultivating for over twenty thousand years, Lin Zhu advanced from Ninth Grade to Tenth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal, while Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du watched in shock.

Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi continued their travels through the North Sea after Lin Zhu advanced to the Tenth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal. Lin Zhu rescued Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos from a Yin Yang Flood Dragon, helped them identify treasures to refine, and then resumed wandering with his companions.

• Lin Zhu absorbed Zu Long's lingering Dragon Qi and the North Sea's Earth Veins, advancing to the Tenth Grade Grand Luo Golden Immortal, while Guang Chengzi remained short of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Lin Zhu sensed a battle ahead and found Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos fighting a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Yin Yang Flood Dragon.
• Lin Zhu killed the flood dragon with the Thirty-Six Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• Yunxiao explained that Bixiao had sensed an opportunity in the North Sea and that the flood dragon had attacked the sisters after making obscene advances.
• Lin Zhu advised Bixiao to use the flood dragon's horns for the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, Yunxiao to refine the Hunyuan Golden Dou with its Yin Yang Qi, and Qiongxiao to strengthen the Dragon Binding Rope with its tendons.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos returned to Kunlun, while Lin Zhu, Xuan Du, and Guang Chengzi continued traveling and spent the next thousand years exploring Immortal Islands.

After years of traveling, Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du headed back to Kunlun and discovered that Ma Yuan had slaughtered a Human Tribe. Lin Zhu subdued Ma Yuan and took him to Kunlun to answer for disgracing Jie Sect.

• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du found a Human Tribe whose people had been killed and drained of their vital essence.
• Lin Zhu tracked the culprit to Ma Yuan and learned that he was a Jie Sect disciple who admitted to slaughtering the humans.
• Xuan Du prepared to attack Ma Yuan, but Lin Zhu stopped him and declared that he would cleanse the sect himself.
• Ma Yuan tried to flee and fought Lin Zhu, who shattered his skeletal hand and sealed his mana.
• Lin Zhu, Guang Chengzi, and Xuan Du took Ma Yuan directly back to Kunlun for Master to judge.

Lin Zhu returned to the Jie Sect with Ma Yuan, exposed his crimes against the Human Race, and took charge of the sect’s discipline while Tongtian Sect Leader was in seclusion. Ten thousand years later, after Guang Chengzi became a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Tongtian emerged, approved Lin Zhu’s punishment of Duobao, and summoned Duobao to attend his Dao Lecture before resuming confinement.

• Lin Zhu brought Ma Yuan to the Jie Sect, explained that he had been slaughtering humans, expelled him from the sect, and killed him.
• Lin Zhu confined Duobao for one hundred thousand years for accepting Ma Yuan without investigating his character, then warned the Jie Sect disciples against wrongdoing.
• Lin Zhu inspected the disciples, expelled some, reprimanded Qiu Shou Xian and Ling Ya Xian, and restored discipline in the Jie Sect.
• Ten thousand years later, Guang Chengzi formed the Three Flowers on Top and reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Lin Zhu and Xuan Du congratulated him.
• Tongtian Sect Leader emerged from seclusion, heard why Duobao was being punished, and affirmed Lin Zhu’s decision.
• Tongtian summoned Duobao to attend his Dao Lecture, then ordered him to resume his confinement afterward.

Lin Zhu learned the Shangqing Thunder Method and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword’s Slaughter Path, then fused the thunder method with Controlling Five Thunders to comprehend the Chaos Thunder Incantation. After a long seclusion, he joined the Jie Sect disciples at Qilin Cliff, where the Saints arranged a contest against the Western Sect and placed treasures as stakes.

• Tongtian Sect Leader lectured his disciples on the Great Dao, and Lin Zhu comprehended the Shangqing Thunder Method before receiving Tongtian’s personal guidance on the Sword Dao.
• Lin Zhu cultivated the Slaughter Path, inspected his mature Five-Needle Pine and revived Water Bamboo, then entered seclusion.
• After ten thousand years, Lin Zhu fused the Shangqing Thunder Method with Controlling Five Thunders and comprehended the Chaos Thunder Incantation.
• Lin Zhu spent another ten thousand years integrating the Slaughter Path into his Sword Dao before Tongtian Sect Leader summoned the Jie Sect disciples to Qilin Cliff.
• Taishang Laojun announced a contest between the Western Sect and the Mount Kunlun sects, while Daoist Zhunti proposed a best-of-five match excluding Lin Zhu and Xuan Du.
• The Saints agreed to stake Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures on the contest, and Tongtian Sect Leader offered a million-year-old Violet Azure Vine.

At the Dao Debate on Mount Kunlun, the Western Sect won the opening match when Maitreya used the Cosmic Bag to capture Ju Liusun. Yunxiao then gained the upper hand against Moonlight, and the chapter left their magical treasures locked in battle.

• Daoist Zhunti sent Maitreya to fight, and Yuanshi Tianzun chose Ju Liusun to face him.
• Ju Liusun attacked with the Binding Immortal Rope, but Maitreya captured him in the Cosmic Bag and won the first match.
• Tongtian Sect Leader sent Yunxiao into the second match, and Daoist Jieyin chose Moonlight to oppose her.
• Yunxiao overwhelmed Moonlight with her superior cultivation, prompting him to use the Moonlight Treasure Mirror.
• Yunxiao countered with the Hunyuan Golden Dou, and the two disciples drove their treasures against each other.
• Lin Zhu watched the fight and gained insight into battle and the Early Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

Yunxiao defeated Moonlight Daoist in the second round, and Zhao Gongming defeated Ksitigarbha Daoist in the third after a three-day battle. The Western Sect’s plan was disrupted, leaving the Four Sects Dao Debate tied at two wins apiece.

• Yunxiao overwhelmed Moonlight Daoist’s Moonlight Treasure Mirror with her Hunyuan Golden Dou, and Tongtian Sect Leader intervened to prevent the treasure from striking him.
• Yunxiao claimed victory, bringing the Four Sects Dao Debate to one win apiece and disappointing Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin.
• Daoist Zhunti sent Ksitigarbha Daoist to fight, and Tongtian Sect Leader chose Zhao Gongming as his opponent.
• Zhao Gongming and Ksitigarbha Daoist fought evenly for three days and nights before Ksitigarbha brought out his Mani Pearl and Zhao answered with the Four Symbols Pearls.
• Zhao Gongming shattered the Mani Pearl’s defensive light and stopped his Four Symbols Pearls just short of Ksitigarbha, forcing him to concede.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jiexiang lost their composure as Ksitigarbha’s defeat disrupted their plan to win the competition.