Chapter Summaries

Tong Tian Cult Master revealed to Xiao Long that the Investiture of the Gods World was a small part of the Three Realms, and explained the hidden hierarchy of cultivators and the Daoist Saints’ connection to Hongjun. He warned Xiao Long to keep the secrets and avoid the Three Realms until he was powerful enough, then Xiao Long returned the Zhu Xian Swords and Six Souls Banner.

• Tong Tian Cult Master told Xiao Long that the Investiture of the Gods World was only a tiny corner of the Three Realms.
• Tong Tian Cult Master explained the four cultivation steps, the ranks of Saints, and how Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and he had reached beyond the Primordial World.
• Tong Tian Cult Master revealed that the three Daoist Saints remained in the Primordial World to seek Heaven-Opening artifacts and Hongjun’s inheritance.
• Tong Tian Cult Master warned Xiao Long not to reveal the secrets or venture into the Three Realms before reaching the peak of the Quasi-Saint or Saint realm.
• Xiao Long agreed to keep the secrets and returned Tong Tian Cult Master’s three Zhu Xian Swords and Six Souls Banner.

Xiao Long began his journey back toward the Great Thousand World, visiting the Underworld Ancient Realm and the God Realm along the way. He found Tang Wutong upset that he had left without her, and arrived to comfort her after she had waited for him.

• Tong Tian Cult Master gave Xiao Long treasures that were useless to him, and Xiao Long accepted them before planning a return trip with the women.
• Xiao Long gave the Quasi-Emperor a medicinal pill in Tianming City that could help him become an Immortal Emperor.
• Xiao Long passed through the universe of Perfect World, learned that Shi Hao had become an Immortal Emperor and left, then continued to the God Realm.
• Xiao Long found that Tang San, the God of Destruction, and other men had left to explore, while Tang Wutong had stayed behind heartbroken over his departure.
• Xiao Wu urged Xiao Long to comfort Tang Wutong, who waited in her room and angrily believed he would not come, until he spoke from behind her.

Xiao Long returned from the God Realm to find that the Xiao Family and Ancient Heavenly Court still dominated the Great Thousand World, while most familiar figures had left to explore the wider world. Lin Qing Tan, his only female disciple he had not taken, greeted him by throwing herself into his arms, and he warned her that Lin Dong might become jealous.

• Xiao Long pinned Tang Wutong down and forced himself on her before she had a chance to hear his explanation.
• Afterward, Xiao Long convinced Tang Wutong that he had struggled and protected her, then showed her clones of her childhood companions and elders before devouring them.
• Tang Wutong accepted Xiao Long's confession that he had slept with Yao Xueling, her beloved aunt.
• Xiao Long returned to the Great Thousand World, where the Xiao Family and Ancient Heavenly Court remained supreme despite the rise of new World Realm experts.
• Xiao Long found that Lin Dong, Tang San, and many others had left to explore the wider world, while Lin Qing Tan remained and embraced him.
• Xiao Long warned Lin Qing Tan that her closeness might make Lin Dong angry and jealous.

Xiao Long reunited with Lin Qing Tan, who clung to him and asked about his travels. After hearing his account, she worried about Lin Dong, and Xiao Long reassured her before their closeness became awkward.

• Lin Qing Tan insisted that Xiao Long carry her back to her room, and he reluctantly did so.
• Lin Qing Tan asked Xiao Long to tell her about his experiences outside, and he repeated the story he had told Tang Wutong.
• Lin Qing Tan worried that Lin Dong might face danger, and Xiao Long comforted her by pointing to Lin Dong’s talent and his companions.
• Lin Qing Tan leaned against Xiao Long, noticed his physical reaction, and left him awkwardly exposed.

Xiao Long persuaded Lin Qing Tan to give in to him despite her marriage to Lin Dong. The chapter ended with an author’s note teasing Xiao Wu and announcing a push for more updates.

• Lin Qing Tan joked with Xiao Long and said she was as bad as he was.
• Xiao Long began undressing Lin Qing Tan, and she protested that she was his disciple and Lin Dong’s wife.
• Xiao Long told Lin Qing Tan he regretted giving her to Lin Dong and asked whether she was willing to be his as well.
• Lin Qing Tan hesitated over how to explain it to Lin Dong, but eventually gave in to Xiao Long.
• The author announced four updates for the day and teased making a move on Xiao Wu.

After sleeping with his disciple Lin Qing Tan, Xiao Long tried to ease her guilt over betraying Lin Dong, but she demanded to know what their relationship meant. The chapter left Lin Qing Tan unsure whom to choose, while Xiao Long admitted through his hesitation that he still wanted her.

• Lin Qing Tan realized she had slept with Xiao Long, her Master, and worried about how she could face Lin Dong.
• Xiao Long teased Lin Qing Tan about her behavior during their lovemaking to help her feel less guilty.
• Lin Qing Tan questioned whether Xiao Long intended to leave her caught between him and Lin Dong.
• Xiao Long apologized and told Lin Qing Tan to choose for herself, promising to support her decision.
• Lin Qing Tan asked whether Xiao Long would still take advantage of her if she chose Lin Dong, and she called him a lecher when he could not answer.

Xiao Long persuaded Lin Qing Tan to let him hide her until Lin Dong found her, then continued their affair despite her objections. The chapter ended with Lin Qing Tan driving Xiao Long from her chamber after they discussed the possibility that she might be pregnant.

• Xiao Long proposed that Lin Qing Tan stay with him until Lin Dong found her, promising to leave them alone if Lin Dong succeeded.
• Lin Qing Tan agreed because she wanted to learn how important she was to Lin Dong.
• Xiao Long resumed his intimate behavior with Lin Qing Tan, and she eventually stopped resisting.
• Lin Qing Tan complained that Xiao Long had finished inside her and worried she might become pregnant.
• Xiao Long said she could give birth if she became pregnant, and Lin Qing Tan offered no further objection.
• After they talked for a while, Lin Qing Tan drove Xiao Long out of her chamber.

Xiao Long reunited with his descendants and comforted Xiao Wu, who was worried about Tang San's disappearance. He carried her to his room to rest, where she mistook him for Tang San in her sleep and begged him not to leave.

• Xiao Long gathered his children and discovered that his family had grown to include many generations of descendants.
• Xiao Wu asked Xiao Long whether he had heard news of Tang San, and he told her he had not.
• Xiao Wu worried after learning that the Great Thousand World was only an ordinary realm compared with the worlds beyond it.
• Xiao Long comforted Xiao Wu until she fell asleep with her head on his arm.
• Xiao Long carried Xiao Wu to his room and laid her on the bed, but she clung to his arm and murmured, "Third Brother, don't go..."

Xiao Long took advantage of Xiao Wu’s sleep to undress her and got into bed with her, while she dreamed that Tang San had returned. When Xiao Wu woke in Xiao Long’s arms, she accused him of violating the boundary between son-in-law and mother-in-law.

• Xiao Long tried to leave after taking off Xiao Wu’s shoes, but she clung to his thigh and called for Tang San in her sleep.
• Xiao Long agreed to stay, lay beneath the covers with Xiao Wu, and began undoing her clothes while she slept.
• Xiao Wu dreamed that Tang San had returned and passionately bullied her before she fell asleep in his arms.
• Xiao Wu woke nestled against Xiao Long and realized he was not Tang San.
• Xiao Long noticed Xiao Wu had woken, and she covered her chest, burst into tears, and demanded to know why he had done this to her.

Xiao Wu remembered that she had initiated what happened with Xiao Long, but blamed him for taking advantage of her while she was not in her right mind. Xiao Long refused to let her dress in private, leaving Xiao Wu furious and powerless to stop him.

• Xiao Wu recalled clinging to Xiao Long and asking him repeatedly, then accused him of violating her purity instead of waking her.
• Xiao Long argued that no man could have restrained himself and challenged Xiao Wu to test Dai Mubai or Tang San's father in the same situation.
• Xiao Wu pointed out that Dai Mubai had already left, and Xiao Long suggested she try Tang San's father instead.
• Xiao Wu demanded that Xiao Long turn around so she could get dressed, but he refused.
• Xiao Wu called Xiao Long shameless and reminded him that she was his mother-in-law, while holding back because she feared his strength.

Xiao Wu tried to dress and leave Xiao Long’s bed, but Tang Wutong arrived outside to visit him. Xiao Long used her presence to pressure Xiao Wu into silence as he forced himself on her, and she renewed her resistance while trying not to let her daughter hear.

• Xiao Wu gathered her clothes and dressed while avoiding giving Xiao Long any more chances to take advantage of her.
• Tang Wutong knocked and called for Xiao Long, saying she had come to see him because Xiao Wu had not been home lately.
• Xiao Long pulled Xiao Wu into his arms and forced himself on her before she could finish dressing.
• Xiao Wu struggled, but Xiao Long warned that Tang Wutong might discover her mother fooling around with her husband.
• Xiao Wu briefly faltered, then resisted again and resolved to stay quiet so Tang Wutong would not hear her.

Xiao Long kept Xiao Wu from stopping him while Tang Wutong waited outside, and he lied that he was cultivating in seclusion. The chapter ended with Tang Wutong agreeing to leave for now, unaware of what was happening inside.

• Xiao Long greeted Tang Wutong through the door while Xiao Wu stopped resisting in alarm.
• Xiao Long asked Xiao Wu whether he should open the door, and she pleaded with him not to.
• Xiao Wu reluctantly agreed to his demand, and Xiao Long told Tang Wutong he was cultivating in seclusion.
• Tang Wutong teased Xiao Long and asked whether his cultivation was more pleasurable than being with her.
• Xiao Long told Tang Wutong to go back and promised to find her after his seclusion, while Xiao Wu stayed with him.

After bringing more than ten thousand people out of the God Realm, Xiao Long settled them at the Jie Sect and asked to leave for experience. Tong Tian Cult Master agreed to send him into Zi Dou Immortal Emperor’s Dream Realm, a mysterious world that Saints could not enter.

• Xiao Wu was sent back to Xiao Long’s room after Tang Wutong stopped her from leaving, and she later emerged limping.
• Five days later, Xiao Long prepared to leave with more than ten thousand people, including the wives of Dai Mubai and the others.
• Xiao Wu refused to go at first, but Tang Wutong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others persuaded her and dragged her aboard Xiao Long’s spaceship.
• Xiao Long brought everyone to the Jie Sect and settled them there.
• Xiao Long told Tong Tian Cult Master that he wanted to go out and gain experience, refusing to wait ten thousand years to cultivate.
• Tong Tian Cult Master offered to send Xiao Long into Zi Dou Immortal Emperor’s Dream Realm, a world whose secrets few knew and that Saints could not enter.

Xiao Long entered Zi Dou Immortal Emperor’s Dream Realm, learned that Ning Fan was preparing to enter a Saint-created world, and decided to seek opportunities there himself. He began planning how to obtain entry and establish an identity.

• Tong Tian Cult Master opened a teleportation gate and reminded Xiao Long to remember Jie Sect’s spatial coordinates.
• Xiao Long entered the Dream Realm, where its Heavenly Dao changed his cultivation to the Five Tribulation Immortal King realm.
• Xiao Long captured a Duzhen Old Monster and learned that he had arrived in East Heaven, where Ning Fan was making a name for himself as the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s successor.
• Xiao Long learned that Ning Fan intended to enter a Saint-created world to find a Sacred Medicine that could restore the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor.
• Xiao Long decided to enter the Saint-created world for Heavenly Dao Gold and treasures, and began preparing to obtain an entry permit and identity.

Xiao Long entered the Sacred Domain in search of Heavenly Dao Gold and the Sacred Medicine that might help him become a Saint. After years of searching dangerous regions without success, he decided the Saint Tomb was his last lead.

• Xiao Long entered the Sacred Domain disguised as the ancestor of a declining sect after promising its members benefits.
• Xiao Long created clones to train as low-level Immortals and loot Heavenly Dao Gold across the Sacred Domain.
• Xiao Long considered using the Six Souls Banner to kill the five supreme beings, but decided to wait until they joined forces against the protagonist.
• Xiao Long searched the Sacred Domain’s dangerous areas for the Sacred Medicine for several years but found nothing.
• Xiao Long set out for the Saint Tomb, where dozens or possibly more than a hundred Immortal Emperors had gathered.

Xiao Long sneaked into the Saint Tomb despite the many powerful Immortals guarding it and defeated an elderly Seven Tribulation Immortal Emperor with the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife. After collecting the emperor’s primordial spirit and looting his treasures, Xiao Long entered the Saint Tomb.

• Xiao Long secretly approached the Saint Tomb, relying on his Seventy-two Transformations to avoid detection.
• An elderly Seven Tribulation Immortal Emperor discovered Xiao Long and attacked him.
• Xiao Long used the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife to behead the Immortal Emperor, then collected his fleeing primordial spirit in the Small Gourd.
• Xiao Long looted the Immortal Emperor’s Middle Thousand World Treasure and kept his Innate Spirit Treasures.
• Xiao Long entered the Saint Tomb.

Xiao Long turned a slain Immortal Emperor’s nascent soul into a Second Nascent Soul and used it to scout the Saint Tomb. After overcoming the tomb’s defenses, he reached a massive ancient tomb and wondered whether a Saint was buried inside.

• Xiao Long interrogated the Immortal Emperor’s nascent soul about the Saint Tomb, but the old man refused to answer, so Xiao Long killed him.
• Xiao Long erased the old man’s consciousness and took control of his remaining nascent soul, creating a Second Nascent Soul that had the power of a Five Tribulation Immortal King.
• Xiao Long restored the old man’s body and let the Second Nascent Soul possess it so it could scout ahead in the Saint Tomb.
• Xiao Long and his Second Nascent Soul encountered dangers, including soul-seizing music, but his three Sarira avatars protected him.
• Xiao Long reached the deepest part of the Saint Tomb and found an enormous ancient tomb, wondering if a Saint lay within.

Xiao Long found a golden Lingzhi in a burial coffin beside an eerily preserved female corpse and suspected the herb was Sacred Medicine. When his Second Nascent Soul tried to harvest it, the Lingzhi shrieked and revealed a mocking woman's face, leaving Xiao Long preparing to subdue it.

• Xiao Long sent his Second Nascent Soul into the burial site, then followed after it found no danger.
• Xiao Long positioned his Zhu Xian Swords and other treasures around the coffin before ordering his Second Nascent Soul to open it.
• Xiao Long found a golden Lingzhi in the coffin and discovered a beautiful, well-preserved female corpse beneath it.
• Xiao Long used Buddhist incantations to calm his desire and decided to harvest the herb before carrying away the corpse.
• Xiao Long's Second Nascent Soul touched the Lingzhi, which shrieked and resisted his Middle Thousand World Treasure.
• The Lingzhi formed a woman's face and laughed at Xiao Long, who threw aside the useless treasure and brought out his Primordial Golden Dou.

Xiao Long tried and failed to capture the Sacred Medicine or remove the female corpse from the tomb with the Primordial Golden Dou and Small Gourd. He left to set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, hoping it would let him overcome the Sacred Medicine.

• The Sacred Medicine repeatedly dodged Xiao Long’s attempts to catch it with the Primordial Golden Dou and mocked him.
• Xiao Long tried using the Small Gourd alongside the Primordial Golden Dou, but still could not capture the Sacred Medicine.
• Xiao Long attempted to draw the female corpse into both treasures, but neither could move her.
• Xiao Long left the tomb and began laying an array around it, placing the four Zhu Xian Swords around the area to set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Xiao Long trapped the Ghost Ganoderma in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but Saint Lan Cai revealed that it was a Flesh Ganoderma cultivated from her own body and pleaded for her life. She offered her Saint’s Dojo in exchange, and Xiao Long agreed to spare her if the dojo proved as powerful as she claimed.

• Xiao Long used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to trap the Ghost Ganoderma and refused its offer of repayment.
• The Ghost Ganoderma returned to the coffin, where Saint Lan Cai appeared above the sleeping female corpse and explained her origins and injuries.
• Saint Lan Cai offered Xiao Long a magic treasure that could make him invincible beneath Saints, then clarified that she meant her Saint’s Dojo, a Ten Million Year Evergreen Tree.
• Xiao Long recognized what a Saint’s Dojo was and agreed to spare Saint Lan Cai if it was as powerful as she claimed.
• Saint Lan Cai thanked Xiao Long and offered to explain how to activate her dojo.