Chapter Summaries

After reaching Emperor Grade, Shi Lan prepared her family for her absence and returned to the Qiong Luo Realm to recover and consider recruiting powerful runic creatures as personal guards. She invited Chi Junyu to gather qualified candidates and reassured Tian Bai that she could become head guard, then decided Tian Bai needed a tutor.

• Shi Lan gave Shi Tianlu precious jade infused with immortal medicine essence so her family could gradually improve their cultivation and extend their lives.
• Shi Lan took Tian Bai to the immortal mountain in the Qiong Luo Realm, where they saw the transformed realm and Li Canglan's enormous statue.
• Chi Junyu asked whether the Sky Evolution Sect accepted fiendish beasts, and Shi Lan said it did not but offered personal guard positions to creatures of the eighth stage or above and those with the potential to reach it.
• Tian Bai grew wary of Chi Junyu, but Shi Lan promised her the head guard position and cheered her up.
• Shi Lan realized Tian Bai needed to learn more about the world and said she would find her a tutor.

Shi Lan discovered that a strange statue among the Qiong Luo Realm spoils contained a source crystal and the lingering power of an incense god, then subdued and sealed it. She arranged for Tian Bai to be taught basic principles and resumed healing while searching for Qing Lan.

• Shi Lan examined the spoils with Li Canglan and recognized an amber jade crystal set in a stone statue as a genuine source crystal.
• Shi Lan awakened the statue with her blood energy, recognized its incense god, and restrained it when it attacked.
• Shi Lan recovered her blood energy and sensed the immense Baleful Intent and vengeful souls inside the statue, then sealed it and ordered Li Canglan to keep the disciples away.
• Shi Lan told Li Canglan to find Tian Bai a teacher who would teach him basic principles and caution about others.
• Shi Lan searched for Qing Lan, found no unusual signs, and used a celestial medicine to heal her injuries.

Shi Lan prepared to use the system’s accelerated virtual space to improve her martial skills, while Liu Yunzheng sought answers about the future from a displaced youth. In the Great Meng Sacred Court, Qing Lan settled the Lan Clan and prepared to pursue the court’s bounty for resources.

• Shi Lan reviewed the system’s combat simulations and decided to use its time-flow adjustment to train her martial skills.
• A black-clad youth lamented that he could not harness the Origin Era’s stellar power and had to start cultivating from scratch.
• Liu Yunzheng approached the youth and solemnly said he wanted to ask about the future.
• Qing Lan brought five hundred thousand Lan Clan members into the Great Meng Sacred Court’s northern region and settled them in a desolate area.
• Cang Yue told Qing Lan that thirty-seven clan members were about to take human form, and Qing Lan ordered a hundred Yaoguai Kings to accompany her to the border to seek the court’s bounty.

After more than a year in seclusion, Shi Lan emerged with stronger cultivation and martial skills, then checked on Tian Bai’s lessons and prepared to take her on a journey. The chapter left Shi Lan heading to visit the four Qiong Luo Realm natives who had joined her forces.

• Shi Lan advanced the Jade Clarity Creation Art to the mid-stage of the sixth layer and mastered three eight-star divine abilities to minor achievement.
• Shi Lan decided not to practice the Heavenly Net Sword Scripture because the Sword Emperor’s imprint was too strong, and she needed purer divine phoenix blood to use most of the Divine Phoenix Undying Scripture’s secret arts.
• Su Yangbing told Tian Bai that her distracted reading would teach her nothing, while Tian Bai worried that Shi Lan might be disappointed in her.
• Shi Lan reassured Tian Bai, thanked Su Yangbing for teaching her, and said she would take Tian Bai on a long journey.
• After seeing Su Yangbing off, Shi Lan went to the spirit peak where Chi Junyu, the white tiger, and two surviving rune masters lived.

Shi Lan brought a blood-tainted stone statue to the Zen Sect in the Vast Heaven Domain so its trapped souls could be delivered. After Kongchan agreed to preside over the ritual, he told Shi Lan she had a Buddha’s heart, prompting her to ask him about cause and effect.

• Shi Lan arrived in the Vast Heaven Domain with Tian Bai and sought Zen Sect monks to deliver the souls trapped in the stone statue.
• Jingyou tried to subdue the statue’s blood-red aura, then brought Shi Lan to Kongchan when he realized its resentment required a Bodhisattva’s intervention.
• Kongchan identified the statue as having sacrificed an entire world and ordered Jingyou to summon the monks for a Demon-Subduing Assembly.
• Kongchan told Shi Lan she had a connection with Buddha, and she lit three sticks of incense before the Buddha statue without making a prayer.
• Kongchan said Shi Lan had a Buddha’s heart, and Shi Lan asked him what he meant by cause and effect.

Shi Lan witnessed Kongchan and 107 eminent monks perform a ceremony to free the spirits trapped in the stone sculpture, which called her a “Blasphemer” before its resentment was cleansed. She claimed the World Source Crystal and left with Kongchan’s gifts of a Guanyin Jade Pendant and a scripture scroll.

• Kongchan explained to Shi Lan that cause and effect could span lifetimes and urged her not to dwell on the past or future.
• Jingyou gathered 107 eminent monks, and Kongchan opened the Merit Lotus Pond to guide the spirits trapped in the sculpture to the Yellow Springs.
• The sculpture’s shadow attacked Kongchan, who destroyed it with a great demon-subduing mantra; before its eyes faded, it called Shi Lan a “Blasphemer.”
• After the day-and-night ceremony, the spirits departed, the sculpture lost its killing intent, and golden merit raised the monks’ cultivation and brought Shi Lan closer to the late stage of the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Shi Lan shattered the cleansed sculpture and took the pristine World Source Crystal to help perfect her True Martial Indestructible Body.
• Kongchan offered Shi Lan a Guanyin Jade Pendant and a scroll containing Vajra Demon-Subduing Divine Power, and she accepted them after he insisted.

Qing Lan fought in the war between the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty and the Great Meng Sacred Court until a golden-armored archer shot her, severing Shi Lan’s ability to sense her condition. Shi Lan abandoned an immediate journey to the Divine Martial Great World and realized her lingering divine sense in the Fierce Nether King Realm might offer another way back.

• Qing Lan led demon kings through the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty’s ranks, using her flying swords and Soul Devouring to kill enemies and absorb their souls.
• A golden-armored man drew his silver bow and shot Qing Lan through the chest with a rune-marked arrow.
• Shi Lan felt pain, discovered she had lost contact with Qing Lan, and saw the last image Qing Lan had sent; she confirmed that Qing Lan was still alive.
• Shi Lan decided not to reopen a spatial passage to the Divine Martial Great World and resolved to continue cautiously toward Emperor Grade.
• Shi Lan recalled leaving a wisp of divine sense in the Crimson Crow War Halberd and considered it a possible way back.
• In the Fierce Nether King Realm, the green pendant worn by a young woman of the Green Ghost Rakshasas began to glow.

Shi Lan awakened after nearly eight years inside the pendant and asked Bian Qin to search for more nether jade to sustain her divine sense. In the Lingyang Realm, she reunited with Wu Ya at Thunder Cloud Temple and learned that an attempt to send him beyond the realm had triggered Heavenly Punishment.

• Shi Lan emerged from the pendant and listened as Bian Qin reported mastering the ninth stage of the Tempered Jade Art and half of the formation arts.
• Shi Lan learned that the pendant’s energy was nearly depleted and asked Bian Qin to search for nether jade, which Bian Qin agreed to do.
• Shi Lan traveled to Thunder Cloud Temple in the Vast Heaven Domain and found Wu Ya roasting meat beside a bonfire.
• Shi Lan asked Wu Ya about finding Mahayana Buddhist teachings, and he said he could not transcend the teachings passed down in the Lingyang Realm.
• Wu Ya told Shi Lan that a Bodhisattva had failed to send him beyond the Lingyang Realm and had been struck by Heavenly Punishment in the attempt.

Shi Lan visited Wu Ya and learned through his Buddha Eye that a natural disaster threatened her life, with a possible chance of survival in the Extreme South of Divine Continent. She left with Tian Bai to continue pursuing strength, though the path ahead had become uncertain.

• Shi Lan abandoned her plan to open a passage between worlds after hearing about Heavenly Punishment.
• Wu Ya invited Shi Lan to draw a Jade Sign, then used his Buddha Eye to examine her fortune.
• Wu Ya told Shi Lan that the world would not tolerate her and that a sliver of hope lay in the Extreme South of Divine Continent.
• Shi Lan connected the place to the direction of her last tribulation and wondered if the hope was the streak of immortal light.
• Shi Lan reassured Wu Ya that his warning would not unsettle her, gave most of the roast meat to Tian Bai, and departed with her.

Shi Lan returned to the Central Heaven Domain, briefly visited Wu Lingkong, and resumed secluded cultivation, while Shi Qinghu trained at Cloud Mountain Gorge and searched for Demon Emperor blood essence. After seeing Shi Lan atop the Prodigy Ranking, he told Runjia what he was seeking.

• Shi Lan visited Wu Lingkong in Divine Wind City, left him immortal pills while he cultivated, and returned home to continue training with the World Source Crystal.
• The demon-suppressing army recruited young martial artists and fought in the Demon Domain as Cloud Mountain Gorge recovered and grew busier.
• Shi Qinghu entered Cloud Mountain Gorge dragging a giant alligator and saw the latest Prodigy Ranking, where Shi Lan remained first.
• Runjia found Shi Qinghu as he studied the ranking, and he left the crowd to keep searching for powerful blood essence to build his Dao foundation.
• Runjia offered to ask her brother for help, and Shi Qinghu said he wanted the blood essence of a Demon Emperor.

Shi Lan absorbed the World Source Crystal, greatly strengthening her body and expanding her true essence, then asked Samsara to find another world where she could temper her vital energy. Samsara found a suitable greater world and sent its coordinates to her.

• Shi Qinghu silently dragged the giant crocodile as he reflected on how his ambitions had grown beyond guarding a single city.
• Qing Lan returned toward the Lan Clan's ancestral grounds with more than a hundred Demon Kings and ordered the clan to relocate far away.
• Shi Lan absorbed the World Source Crystal in the Tianyan Sect's grotto-heaven, transforming her body and Primordial Spirit.
• Shi Lan learned from Samsara that source power could sustain life indefinitely and decided to focus on tempering her body.
• Samsara searched its records and found the coordinates of a suitable greater world for Shi Lan.

Shi Lan entered a powerful world resembling the Great Han Dynasty and traveled to Zhuo Commandery to seek Zhang Fei. After mistaking his approach for an attack, she recognized his formidable strength and followed him to his residence, where he introduced himself.

• Shi Lan constructed a passage to a higher world, crossed into it, and learned from Samsara that it was known for body cultivation.
• She entered Zhuo Commandery in You Province and gathered information about the Great Han Dynasty, whose history resembled the Three Kingdoms era she remembered.
• Shi Lan recalled that Zhang Fei’s ancestral home was in Zhuo Commandery and went deeper into the city to find him.
• A young man startled Shi Lan, and she stopped her punch just short of his throat after sensing his immense strength.
• Shi Lan told the young man she was looking for Zhang Fei, followed him to his residence, and heard him introduce himself as Zhang Fei, courtesy name Yide.

Shi Lan met Zhang Fei and learned that the familiar heroes of this world were powerful, established nobles with families. Zhang Fei brought her to Liu Bei, who discussed the coming Yellow Turban rebellion as a chance for them to gain official standing.

• Shi Lan revealed her identity to Zhang Fei after he caught her sneaking around, and she learned that his second daughter was named Zhang Xiao.
• Shi Lan questioned Zhang Fei about the realm and learned that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Gongsun Zan were all in Zhuo Commandery, while the Han dynasty remained secure in Heaven's favor.
• Zhang Fei received a spiritual message from Liu Bei and invited Shi Lan to accompany him to Liu Bei's residence.
• Shi Lan met Liu Bei and sensed that he, like Zhang Fei, was an eighth-tier expert.
• Liu Bei said the Way of Great Peace planned to rebel and proposed that he and Zhang Fei use the campaign to earn official titles and enter politics.

Shi Lan met Liu Bei, who gave her a precious fist manual and arranged for her to seek guidance from Zhao Yun’s master. Meanwhile, Liu Bei planned to build his political and military influence, while Zhang Jiao prepared to launch a rebellion when disaster struck next year.

• Liu Bei asked Shi Lan about her background and marriage, then apologized for his forwardness by giving her a martial arts manual.
• Shi Lan declined Liu Bei’s offer to meet his sons and left after Zhang Fei explained that Guan Yu had gone to deal with a flood dragon.
• Liu Bei told Zhang Fei he planned to raise troops with Gongsun Zan’s support, and proposed sending Shi Lan with Zhao Yun to visit Tong Yuan.
• At Chaoyao Mountain, Zhang Jiao read the Heavenly Book’s prediction and announced that he would raise troops when the first snow fell next year.
• Zhang Jiao’s two brothers worried that rebelling against the Han would bring disaster, but he insisted he was following Heaven’s mandate and declared that the Yellow Heaven would rise.

Shi Lan mastered a breathing method that drew out hidden physical potential and used it to defeat three supreme beings in the system’s virtual space. Zhang Fei introduced her to Zhao Yun and suggested she accompany him to visit his master, Tong Yuan, whose guidance Shi Lan eagerly hoped to receive.

• Zhang Jiao’s two followers left the cave to carry out his orders in the Nine Provinces.
• Shi Lan studied the boxing manual, then used its breathing method in the virtual space to kill three supreme beings with three punches.
• Shi Lan realized the breathing method greatly increased her strength but strained her heart, and she began testing how to control her blood and qi.
• Zhang Fei brought Zhao Yun to meet Shi Lan and told her that Zhao Yun would return to visit his master, Tong Yuan.
• Shi Lan accepted Zhang Fei’s suggestion to travel with Zhao Yun so she could seek Tong Yuan’s martial guidance.

Shi Lan accompanied Zhao Yun to Penglai to meet his master, the Spear God Tong Yuan, while encountering the peerless Lü Fengxian on the way. The chapter ended as Zhao Yun greeted Tong Yuan at the summit.

• Shi Lan thanked Zhang Fei and followed Zhao Yun out of Zhuo Commandery toward Penglai.
• Zhao Yun introduced his proud, eighth-rank mount Yulan, while Shi Lan traveled on Chijun Yu and then sent the bird back before climbing Penglai.
• Shi Lan and Zhao Yun passed Lü Fengxian and his divine steed Red Hare as they descended the mountain.
• Shi Lan asked Zhao Yun about Lü Fengxian's wife, Diao Chan, and learned that the couple had a grown daughter.
• Shi Lan and Zhao Yun reached the summit training ground, where Zhao Yun knelt and greeted his master, Tong Yuan.

Shi Lan visited Tong Yuan at Penglai Mountain, where he explained the Imperial, Kingly, and Hegemonic Daos and urged her to find her own path. Nearly three months later, she had grown stronger by sparring with him, while Tong Yuan believed her talent would carry her beyond his teachings.

• Shi Lan met Tong Yuan and asked him to guide her toward a way to advance quickly.
• Tong Yuan described the Imperial, Kingly, and Hegemonic Daos, then revealed that Wang Mang embodied the Imperial Dao.
• Shi Lan asked Tong Yuan to instruct her and sparred with him, recording an eighty-percent-fidelity simulation for repeated practice.
• Nearly three months later, Shi Lan continued tempering herself at Penglai while Zhao Yun practiced nearby and glanced toward her.
• Yan Yun suggested Tong Yuan take Shi Lan as another disciple, but Tong Yuan said the world was too small to contain a true dragon like her.

Tong Yuan reflected on Shi Lan’s extraordinary potential as she advanced her cultivation with Embryonic Breathing. Zhang Jiao’s rebellion prompted Zhao Yun and Shi Lan to receive summons to return to Jiuzhou, while Tong Yuan sensed that a calamity was approaching.

• Tong Yuan told Yan Yun that Shi Lan’s talent surpassed Zhao Yun’s and Lü Bu’s, and that she might reach a realm beyond the Supreme Realm.
• Shi Lan practiced Embryonic Breathing, which improved her absorption of heaven and earth’s energy and helped her reach the late stage of the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Shi Lan rejected Tong Yuan’s Heavenly Dragon Halberd Art after Samsara judged it inferior to the Three Heaven-Burning Halberd Strikes, which she was still learning.
• A falcon brought Tong Yuan news that Zhang Jiao had rebelled, and Tong Yuan worried that the event heralded a calamity.
• The next morning, Zhao Yun received Gongsun Zan’s summons and Shi Lan received Liu Bei’s letter asking her to return to Zhuo Commandery.

Shi Lan reached Zhuo Commandery during the Yellow Turban siege and broke the formation core, killing its commander and his guards. As Liu Bei’s forces launched their attack, Shi Lan absorbed a crimson radiance and realized it was battle merit.

• Shi Lan traveled to Zhuo Commandery, where she found the Yellow Turbans surrounding the city and waited outside to avoid alerting them.
• Liu Bei discussed the siege with Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Guan Yinping, then received the court’s order authorizing military expansion and sent Guan Yinping to lead the vanguard.
• Guan Yinping led cavalry out of Zhuo Commandery as Shi Lan sensed the battle and recognized Liu Bei’s banner.
• Shi Lan entered the Yellow Turban formation ahead of Guan Yinping’s troops and shattered its core with her Crimson Crow War Halberd.
• Shi Lan killed the formation commander and nearly a hundred Yellow Turban Strongmen, then absorbed a crimson radiance that she identified as battle merit.

Shi Lan helped Liu Bei’s forces defeat the Yellow Turbans, then made clear she would remain in the Nine Provinces for no more than a year. As Liu Bei absorbed the surrendered rebels, news arrived that Huangfu Song had crushed Zhang Jiao’s much larger army and slain seven Guardian God Generals.

• Shi Lan destroyed the Yellow Turban formation’s eye, allowing Guan Yinping’s cavalry to charge through the rebel army.
• Shi Lan told Liu Bei she planned to leave the Nine Provinces within a year, and Liu Bei stopped trying to recruit her.
• Guan Yinping routed the Yellow Turbans, took nearly two hundred thousand prisoners, and was spared punishment after Shi Lan intervened.
• Liu Bei integrated the surrendered prisoners into his forces, while Shi Lan resolved to help him until she could return to her own world.
• Huangfu Song defeated Zhang Jiao’s several million troops with two hundred thousand cavalry and personally killed seven Guardian God Generals.