Chapter Summaries

Huang Wei and the others found a hidden cave beyond the waterfall and descended a staircase that ended at a cliff. Huang Wei illuminated the depths below, leaving the group to investigate what lay beneath the apparent dead end.

• Master Liang explained what he knew about the underground passage, and Huang Wei decided they had to return to the waterfall.
• Huang Wei, Wu Xie, Lao Yang, and Master Liang passed beneath the waterfall, where Huang Wei burned a mummy to ashes after it opened its eyes.
• The group found an iron-chain entrance to a vast cave containing a gourd-shaped pill furnace, and Master Liang identified She Clan snake markings on it.
• Lao Yang found stairs leading down, and Wu Xie and Master Liang compared the notebook with Master Liang's account as the group descended.
• The stairs ended at a dead end above a deep drop, so Huang Wei created a bright light to reveal the depths below and told Lao Yang to be quiet.

Huang Wei led Wu Xie, Lao Yang, and Master Liang through the underground tomb, burning away its coffins and yin energy before they reached a vast quarry and discovered a gigantic Bronze Tree. Lao Yang celebrated the find while Huang Wei watched him knowingly, and Master Liang began examining the artifact.

• Huang Wei jumped into the mass of coffins and brought Wu Xie, Lao Yang, and Master Liang down with him, then burned the coffins and surrounding yin energy.
• Huang Wei found a hidden passage beneath the tomb, kicked through a wall, and led the group down a smooth slope into a drainage shaft.
• Lao Yang urged the others into a tunnel that led to a quarry, where they discovered a gigantic Bronze Tree.
• Master Liang identified the Bronze Tree as a possible Western Zhou ritual artifact, while Huang Wei said he was only there to sightsee.

Wu Xie, Lao Yang, Master Liang, and Huang Wei climbed the Bronze Tree, where they fought off monkeys and found Old Tai's corpse. As they continued upward, Wu Xie worried about Old Tai's death, but Lao Yang pressed on toward the tree's heights.

• Wu Xie suspected that Li Pipa's prized treasure was hidden inside the Bronze Tree, and Lao Yang urged the group to climb it.
• Lao Yang struck the bronze canopy, drawing masked monkeys that attacked the climbers; Huang Wei stopped Master Liang from falling and drove the creatures away with light.
• The group discovered Old Tai's corpse, and Huang Wei explained that the Bronze Tree had absorbed his blood through its patterned symbols.
• Wu Xie questioned how Old Tai had reached the tree and grew troubled by his death, while Lao Yang dismissed his concerns and continued climbing.

Huang Wei led Wu Xie, Lao Yang, and Master Liang through the Bronze Tree’s roots, where they found a coffin and were confronted by Boss Pang. After Huang Wei killed Boss Pang, the group climbed down beneath the coffin, while Lao Yang showed an unsettling eagerness to reach whatever lay below.

• Lao Yang led the group past hanging corpses, and Huang Wei burned the Mask Worms that crawled from their masks.
• Huang Wei carried Wu Xie, Lao Yang, and Master Liang into the Bronze Tree’s roots and teleported them through a hole to a coffin.
• Boss Pang emerged with a rifle and threatened the group, while Lao Yang stared eagerly beneath the coffin.
• Boss Pang fired at Huang Wei, but an invisible Barrier stopped the bullets and sent them back, killing Boss Pang.
• Huang Wei led the group down Iron Chains beneath the coffin, and Wu Xie suspected Lao Yang was connected to what lay below.

Huang Wei exposed Lao Yang’s plan to use the Bronze Tree’s materialization power to bring back his mother, then revealed he could resurrect her for real. After reversing a Candle Dragon attack conjured by Wu Xie’s thoughts, Huang Wei left Lao Yang hopeful that his mother could return.

• Huang Wei saw through Lao Yang’s deception, and Wu Xie realized Lao Yang had deliberately led them to the corpse cocoon.
• Lao Yang explained that he wanted Wu Xie to use the Bronze Tree’s power to materialize his dead mother from his memories.
• A Candle Dragon appeared beneath the corpse cocoon and sent everyone falling, but Huang Wei reversed the event and restored them to their previous position.
• Huang Wei explained that materialized people were copies and said he could resurrect Lao Yang’s mother for real.
• Lao Yang reacted with disbelief when Huang Wei offered to bring his mother back to life.

Huang Wei brought Lao Yang, Wu Xie, and Master Liang back from the Qinling Mountains and agreed to revive Lao Yang’s mother. At Lao Yang’s home, they found her preserved corpse, and Huang Wei prepared to bring her back to life.

• Lao Yang offered Huang Wei his memories in exchange for reviving his mother, while Wu Xie asked about his Third Uncle and the older generation’s secrets.
• Huang Wei gave Wu Xie the memories containing the answers, then asked Lao Yang whether his mother’s body had been burned; Lao Yang said he had kept it in a refrigerator.
• Huang Wei teleported Lao Yang, Wu Xie, and Master Liang from the corpse cocoon to Lao Yang’s home, where Master Liang chose to stay and witness the resurrection.
• Lao Yang opened the refrigerator and found his mother’s dried, damaged corpse, then knelt and begged Huang Wei to revive her.
• Huang Wei assured Lao Yang that reviving an ordinary person was not difficult and raised a finger.

Huang Wei revived Lao Yang’s mother, then returned to the Qinling Mountains and destroyed the real Lao Yang’s corpse. After refining Earth, he used his newly acquired Myriad Universe Clone Technique to begin creating a thousand clones to explore other worlds and gather experience.

• Huang Wei reversed time to resurrect Lao Yang’s mother, allowing her to reunite with Lao Yang.
• Huang Wei left Wu Xie and Master Liang, returned to the Qinling Mountains, and burned the real Lao Yang’s corpse.
• Huang Wei refined Earth from space, gaining some experience and checking his status.
• Huang Wei decided to use the Myriad Universe Clone Technique to send clones across different worlds and collect planets toward his breakthrough.
• Huang Wei split his soul and began forming a thousand golden eggs to create his clones.

After a century of cultivation, Huang Wei created a thousand Grand Luo Golden Immortal clones and sent them to refine worlds, then entered the Zhu Xian Origin Great World himself. He arrived near Qingyun Sect, whose famous Immortal Executing Sword was only a collection of fragments of a far more powerful true sword.

• Huang Wei mastered the Illusion Law and watched his Mixed Realm grow to the scale of an advanced world.
• A thousand Golden Cores split open, and Huang Wei's clones absorbed their fragments and rose to Grand Luo Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Huang Wei sent the thousand clones through wormholes to travel to the worlds they had drawn.
• Huang Wei learned that the Zhu Xian Origin Great World held a peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal-level Heavenly Dao and entered it.
• Huang Wei secretly descended near a village beneath Qingyun Sect and learned that its Immortal Executing Sword was made from fragments of the true sword.

Huang Wei arrived at Caomiao Village and resolved to prevent its coming massacre, while planning to recruit Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu into his Nameless Sect. When the boys stumbled upon Puzhi in the grass temple, Lin Jingyu nearly strangled Zhang Xiaofan before the old monk intervened.

• Huang Wei entered Caomiao Village, gave the village chief a pouch of silver, and took a thatched hut for the night.
• Huang Wei watched Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu, planned to protect the village and recruit them, and located Puzhi hiding in the grass temple.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu ran into the grass temple and began quarrelling after Zhang Xiaofan tripped over a plank.
• Lin Jingyu grabbed Zhang Xiaofan by the throat and kept tightening his grip when Zhang Xiaofan refused to submit.
• Puzhi chanted and flicked Lin Jingyu with two fingers, breaking his haze and making him release Zhang Xiaofan.

Lin Jingyu nearly strangled Zhang Xiaofan, then an old monk named Puzhi appeared and silently chose Zhang Xiaofan as a pawn for his Buddhist-Dao Dual Cultivation plan. As a storm gathered over Caomiao Village, Huang Wei prepared to stop the coming massacre and told Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu about the requirements for cultivation, revealing Lin Jingyu’s excellent sword cultivation body.

• Lin Jingyu apologized after nearly strangling Zhang Xiaofan, and the two noticed that the dried-up hand they had seen was real and inside Caomiao Temple.
• Puzhi watched the children and decided that Zhang Xiaofan was the best available choice to inherit his Buddhist-Dao Dual Cultivation legacy.
• Cangsong watched Caomiao Village from a hill and vowed to kill Puzhi, while Huang Wei learned of his plan and resolved to prevent the village massacre.
• Huang Wei joined the villagers for dinner, then caught Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu following him after the meal.
• Huang Wei explained that cultivation required a spiritual root, special constitution, or talent, and told Lin Jingyu that he possessed an excellent sword cultivation body.

Huang Wei watched as the Man in Black attacked Puzhi, using Lin Jingyu as bait to seize the Bloodthirsty Bead. Puzhi fought while poisoned, and the chapter ended as the Man in Black summoned lightning into his sword.

• Huang Wei told Lin Jingyu he had a Sword Physique and Zhang Xiaofan he had a Destiny Physique, then waited for the night's events to unfold.
• Puzhi sensed danger as black mist swept toward the grass temple with the unconscious Lin Jingyu caught inside it.
• Puzhi rescued Lin Jingyu and confronted the Man in Black, who unleashed the Poison Blood Banner and attacked him.
• A Seven-tailed Centipede poisoned Puzhi, and the Man in Black demanded the Bloodthirsty Bead, revealing that Puzhi was his true target.
• Puzhi and the Man in Black resumed their battle, and the Man in Black summoned lightning into his Cold Sword.

Huang Wei saved Puzhi from his berserk state, cured his poison and injuries, and helped him break through to the middle Taiyi Golden Immortal stage. Puzhi entrusted Huang Wei with the Bloodthirsty Bead and joined the Nameless Sect to pursue his dream of combining Daoist and Buddhist teachings.

• After Puzhi defeated Cangsong and returned to the Caomiao Village temple, he passed Great Brahma Prajna to Zhang Xiaofan, who fell unconscious.
• Puzhi succumbed to the Seven-tailed Centipede poison and charged at Huang Wei, who stopped him and cleansed the poison while healing his injuries.
• Puzhi regained his clarity, learned he had advanced to the middle Taiyi Golden Immortal stage, and thanked Huang Wei for preventing a massacre.
• Huang Wei offered to help Puzhi fulfill his dream by joining the Nameless Sect, and revealed that he intended to study and suppress the Bloodthirsty Bead.
• Puzhi entrusted Huang Wei with the Bloodthirsty Bead and agreed to join the Nameless Sect, hoping to unite Daoist and Buddhist teachings.

Huang Wei gave Puzhi the Light of Deity, and Puzhi entered the trials to become the first God of Dao and Buddha. After Puzhi began cultivating, Huang Wei considered the unconscious Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu, while life in Caomiao Village resumed under altered fates.

• Huang Wei bestowed the Light of Deity on Puzhi, who accepted Huang Wei as his master and was named the God of Dao and Buddha.
• The Divine Position assigned Puzhi nine trials, beginning with understanding Buddha and ending with inheriting the Divine Position, and directed him to the Nameless Pavilion for cultivation methods.
• Puzhi returned from the Nameless Pavilion with cultivation methods and Secret Manuals and began to enter enlightenment.
• Huang Wei left the unconscious Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu for Puzhi to handle.
• The villagers of Caomiao Village resumed their daily work, and Uncle Wang took timber to meet a Qingyun Sect disciple, who paid for it and stored it away.

Puzhi began teaching Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu to cultivate after Huang Wei entrusted them to him. Meanwhile, the wounded Cangsong decided to claim Lin Jingyu as his disciple and sent Qi Hao to fetch him from Caomiao Village.

• A Qingyun Sect disciple collected timber and supplies in Caomiao Village before flying on to the next village.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu asked Puzhi how to cultivate, and Puzhi invited Lin Jingyu to become his disciple.
• Puzhi showed the boys his powerful blended Daoist and Buddhist aura, leaving them awed by his strength.
• Cangsong recovered enough to suppress his injuries and recalled Lin Jingyu’s talent, deciding the boy should become his disciple.
• Cangsong sent Qi Hao to Caomiao Village to bring Lin Jingyu back safely as his future Junior Brother.
• Puzhi began teaching Zhang Xiaofan Buddhist cultivation and Lin Jingyu Daoist cultivation while Huang Wei watched the villagers.

Qi Hao arrived in Caomiao Village to find Lin Jingyu and bring him to the Qingyun Sect, but he encountered Huang Wei and a powerful presence at Caomiao Temple. He learned that Lin Jingyu had already become Dao Buddha’s personal disciple, leaving his mission thwarted.

• Qi Hao searched Caomiao Village for a youth he did not know by name, but a mysterious force near Caomiao Temple blocked his Spiritual Sense.
• Qi Hao showed a villager an image of the youth, learned his name was Lin Jingyu, and said he had come to recruit him by Daoist Cangsong’s order.
• The villagers celebrated the news, but learned that Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan had gone to Caomiao Temple.
• Qi Hao noticed Huang Wei among the villagers, could not see through his cultivation, and followed the others to the temple.
• Golden Buddha Light emerged from Caomiao Temple, and Qi Hao respectfully introduced himself to the powerful Dao Buddha within.
• Dao Buddha told Qi Hao that Lin Jingyu had already become his Personal Disciple, and Qi Hao realized he had arrived too late.

Cangsong learned that Lin Jingyu had become Dao Buddha’s disciple and flew to Caomiao Village to confront him. There he found Puzhi teaching Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan, while the unseen Huang Wei watched.

• Qi Hao returned to Dragon Head Peak and told Cangsong that a powerful man calling himself Dao Buddha had taken Lin Jingyu as his personal disciple.
• Cangsong concluded that Dao Buddha was Puzhi and hurried to Caomiao Village, believing Puzhi was injured and trying to pass on his legacy.
• Huang Wei watched from the crowd, remaining undetectable to Cangsong.
• Cangsong entered the grass temple and found Puzhi with Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan, both already beginning to cultivate.
• Cangsong recognized Puzhi and accused him of hiding in Caomiao Village after Dao Xuan True Person rejected him.

Cangsong tried to take Lin Jingyu from Puzhi, but Puzhi’s newly strengthened Buddha Light repelled him. Cangsong realized Puzhi had reached the middle stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and withdrew to Qingyun Sect, leaving Lin Jingyu and the other disciple with Puzhi.

• Cangsong demanded that Puzhi hand over Lin Jingyu and the other disciple, claiming they belonged to Qingyun Sect.
• Puzhi refused, saying the two were already his Personal Disciples and warning Cangsong to leave.
• Cangsong attacked Lin Jingyu, but Puzhi struck him with a golden palm seal and sent him flying from the grass temple.
• Cangsong recognized that Puzhi had advanced to the middle stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and worried that his own techniques might be exposed.
• Cangsong offered to take only Lin Jingyu, but Puzhi refused again, so Cangsong flew back to Qingyun Sect.

Huang Wei declared Caomiao Village the Nameless Sect’s first external base and summoned its residents to undergo a transformation into cultivators. At Qingyun Sect, Dao Xuan rejected Cangsong’s demand to claim Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan, leaving Cangsong unable to act.

• Huang Wei told Puzhi he would turn all 274 people of Caomiao Village into cultivators and make the village a Nameless Sect base.
• Puzhi agreed to assist Huang Wei and said he planned to return to Tianyin Temple once the village’s affairs were settled.
• Huang Wei summoned Caomiao Village’s residents, and 252 villagers gathered before him, excluding Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan.
• Cangsong reported Puzhi’s breakthrough and the events in Caomiao Village to Dao Xuan, embellishing his account.
• Dao Xuan refused to let Qingyun Sect take Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan from Puzhi, and told Cangsong to focus on cultivating.

Huang Wei’s Divine Martial Blessing transformed the people of Caomiao Village, drawing Dao Xuan and Qingyun Sect’s peak masters to investigate the blue radiance. Dao Xuan suspected Huang Wei was a Quasi-Grand Luo and prepared to meet him.

• A blue radiance appeared over Caomiao Village, and Dao Xuan, Cangsong, and the five other peak masters flew there to investigate.
• Puzhi sensed that the radiance’s power surpassed Dao Xuan’s and praised the Sect Master’s strength.
• Huang Wei’s Divine Martial Blessing gave all 272 villagers spiritual roots, renewed their vitality, and greatly extended their lifespans.
• Dao Xuan recognized the villagers’ extraordinary cultivation aptitudes and concluded that Huang Wei had used the blue light to transform them.
• Dao Xuan warned the others not to provoke Huang Wei, judged him at least a Quasi-Grand Luo, and led the group down to meet him.

Huang Wei met Dao Xuan and the Qingyun Sect elders, confirmed that Puzhi had joined the Nameless Sect, and challenged them to withstand one move in exchange for the Caomiao Village villagers. Dao Xuan gathered the elders’ power and summoned the Immortal Executing Sword Formation, while Huang Wei answered with an enormous fire dragon.

• Dao Xuan greeted Huang Wei and asked his identity, and Huang Wei introduced himself as the Sect Master of the Nameless Sect, Yellow Emperor.
• Cangsong told Dao Xuan and the others that Puzhi had claimed to be a Dao Buddha of the Nameless Sect, and Huang Wei confirmed that Puzhi was cultivating both Dao and Buddha.
• Dao Xuan asked to take fourteen villagers from Caomiao Village, but Huang Wei offered to hand over all 272 villagers if the Qingyun Sect elders could withstand one move from him.
• Huang Wei made the 272 villagers disappear, and Dao Xuan ordered the other six elders to channel their power into him.
• Dao Xuan summoned the Immortal Executing Sword and formed an improvised sword formation with seven other swords.
• Huang Wei raised a finger and sent out a small flame that transformed into an enormous fire dragon.