Chapter Summaries

Lu Jiuyuan challenged Xiao Wanmeng outside the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground’s Heavenly Palace, but she overwhelmed him and left him badly injured. After the Qiankun Sacred Ground apologized and departed, Xiao Wanmeng returned to Wang Mu and confessed that their earlier intimacy had felt wonderful.

• Lu Jiuyuan summoned the Fallen Immortal Halberd and challenged the Northern Darkness Imperial Infant to face him.
• Xiao Wanmeng emerged and countered Lu Jiuyuan’s attacks with a vast palm seal formed by thirty-two ancient phantoms.
• Lu Jiuyuan repeatedly increased the strength he claimed to use, but Xiao Wanmeng’s attack crushed him into the sea and left him covered in injuries.
• An elder of the Qiankun Sacred Ground apologized and offered pills, and the guards carried Lu Jiuyuan away.
• Xiao Wanmeng checked the pills, gave them to the injured cultivators, and returned to the Heavenly Palace.
• Wang Mu teased Xiao Wanmeng, who told him she wanted to repeat the feeling of his Nascent Soul entering her body.

Wang Mu used his power through Xiao Wanmeng to defeat Qiankun Saint Son Lu Jiuyuan in one move, while Ye Mo learned of the fight aboard the Nine Heavens Cloudship. The story then moved to Kunlun Ruins, where guests arrived for the Kunlun Saintess's coming-of-age ceremony.

• Wang Mu suppressed Xiao Wanmeng's opponent with a portion of his Nascent Soul power, and Lu Jiuyuan lost to her in one move.
• Holy Lord Su Li learned that Lu Jiuyuan had been defeated by Xiao Wanmeng with a single move.
• Jiang Baiyi told Ye Mo about Xiao Wanmeng's victory and warned him to be cautious, while keeping their plans against her secret.
• Ye Mo pretended to study insights on his Communication Talisman until Jiang Baiyi left, then switched back to reading his novel.
• Guests climbed the star-engraved white jade steps at Kunlun Ruins, while distinguished visitors from the Void Ancient Clan flew directly toward the Heavenly Pillars.

Wang Mu and the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground arrived at Kunlun Ruins for the Kunlun Saintess’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, while Ye Mo slipped away to read a novel where he could get a signal. Lu Jiuyuan restrained himself from confronting Wang Mu and Xiao Wanmeng, but froze when the Saintess arrived.

• Wang Mu and Xiao Wanmeng admired Kunlun Ruins as their group settled into a high viewing palace on Skyward Peak.
• Wang Mu learned that the Primal Origin Sacred Ground was nearby and wondered whether Ye Mo had arrived, while Jiang Baiyi sent people to search for the missing Holy Son.
• Ye Mo left the cloud boat and sat outside a Langya Merchant Association branch to read his novel using the restored signal.
• Lu Jiuyuan arrived with the Qiankun Sacred Ground and nearly confronted Wang Mu and Xiao Wanmeng, but Elder Chu persuaded him to wait until his injuries healed.
• Lu Jiuyuan declared that he had no interest in women, then froze when the Kunlun Saintess was announced.

At Dugu Qianxue’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Lu Jiuyuan mistook his attraction to the Kunlun Saintess for love, while Wang Mu recognized her extraordinary potential and prepared to invest in her. The chapter left Wang Mu flustered after Xiao Wanmeng teased him about supposedly attracting Dugu Qianxue’s attention.

• Dugu Qianxue appeared beneath the moonlight, and Lu Jiuyuan told Elder Chu that his racing heart meant he wanted to marry her.
• Wang Mu inspected Dugu Qianxue’s profile, learned her Moon-Cold Spirit Physique could transform into the Great Yin Saint Physique, and searched his treasures for extreme-yin gifts.
• Dugu Qianxue surveyed the gathered Cultivators, prompting Lu Jiuyuan to believe she had looked at him especially long and to plan a confession.
• Elder Chu persuaded Lu Jiuyuan to wait until after the ceremony before seeking private time with Dugu Qianxue.
• Xiao Wanmeng told Wang Mu that Dugu Qianxue had repeatedly glanced at him, then teased him about spiritual communion.

At Kunlun Sacred Ground, the Saintess Dugu Qianxue’s coming-of-age ceremony featured lavish performances and precious gifts from visiting forces. The chapter ended with Lu Jiuyuan presenting the Eight Desolations Ring, a supreme treasure Qiankun Sacred Ground had forged for him, to win Dugu Qianxue’s favor.

• Murong Qiushui welcomed the guests and began Dugu Qianxue’s coming-of-age ceremony with a grand display of music and dance.
• Wang Mu admired the performance, ignored Xiao Wanmeng’s teasing, and quietly began making plans.
• The visiting forces presented treasures, including a Kunxu Illusion Pearl from the Southern Nether Sword Sect and Subduing Dragon Pills from Divine Medicine Valley.
• Jiang Baiyi gave Dugu Qianxue a drop of One Yuan Heavy Water on behalf of Primal Origin Sacred Ground.
• Lu Jiuyuan presented the Eight Desolations Ring to Dugu Qianxue, alarming Qiankun Sacred Ground’s elders because the treasure had been forged for him.

At Dugu Qianxue’s coming-of-age ceremony, Lu Jiuyuan tried to win her favor with an extravagant gift, while Wang Mu arrived and began presenting gifts of staggering value. The chapter left everyone stunned as Wang Mu revealed ten hu of Nine Yin Profound Marrow as his first gift.

• Lu Jiuyuan gave Dugu Qianxue the Eight Desolations Ring, but she accepted it coldly and left without looking at him.
• Lu Jiuyuan insisted to Elder Chu that Dugu Qianxue liked him because she had been too shy to meet his eyes.
• Jiang Baiyi criticized Lu Jiuyuan for ignoring the ceremony’s gift-giving rules and asked whether the Holy Son had arrived.
• Wang Mu arrived on a Nine-Headed Golden Lion, greeted Murong Qiushui and Dugu Qianxue, and called Murong Qiushui Aunt.
• Wang Mu revealed ten hu of Nine Yin Profound Marrow as his first congratulatory gift, shocking the gathered cultivators.

Wang Mu presented increasingly extravagant gifts at Dugu Qianxue’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, including a fragment of a half-step Emperor weapon, alarming the guests and raising suspicions about the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground’s intentions. Murong Qiushui tried to refuse the treasure, but Wang Mu revealed that he had a request to make.

• Wang Mu gave Dugu Qianxue ten hu of Nine Yin Profound Marrow, shocking the guests and angering Jiang Baiyi.
• Wang Mu revealed Taiyin Essence made from a fragment of the Night God Hall’s half-step Emperor weapon, and Murong Qiushui recognized its origin.
• Wang Mu explained that the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground had inherited the fragment and offered it to Dugu Qianxue in hopes that she would glimpse the Great Dao.
• Jiang Baiyi suspected the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground was trying to win over the Kunlun Sacred Ground and ordered someone to report the news.
• Lu Jiuyuan worried that Wang Mu was pursuing the Kunlun Saintess, but Elder Chu assured him that gifts could not sway her.
• Murong Qiushui tried to return the Taiyin Essence, but Wang Mu said he had given the gifts because he had another matter to request.

Wang Mu asked Murong Qiushui to add three hundred Yaochi Feast slots for students from poor families at his academies, so they could enter the Yaochi Grotto-heaven alongside Sacred Land disciples. Murong Qiushui questioned whether the costly request was worth it, and Wang Mu said he wanted to do what he liked while he still had time.

• Wang Mu told Murong Qiushui that many students at his Northern Region academies came from poor families and lacked opportunities to cultivate.
• Wang Mu asked Murong Qiushui to add three hundred slots for his students at the Yaochi Feast in three months.
• The crowd reacted with uproar, and Cultivators debated whether Langya Academy deserved as many slots as the Great Sacred Grounds.
• The crowd's objections subsided when they realized Wang Mu had paid a tremendous price and was not taking away anyone else's chance to compete.
• Murong Qiushui asked Wang Mu whether his sacrifice was worth it, and Wang Mu said he wanted to do things he liked while he still had time.

Wang Mu persuaded the gathered factions to support Langya Academy students from humble families, and they agreed, allowing Kunlun Sacred Ground to accept his gifts. Dugu Qianxue thanked him with a rare smile, while Lu Jiuyuan mistook his heartache at seeing them together for the thrilling pain of love.

• Onlookers imagined Wang Mu had overcome a harsh childhood, while Xiao Wanmeng privately dismissed their assumptions and admired him.
• Murong Qiushui asked the Major Sacred Grounds whether they would support Wang Mu's proposal, and Jiang Baiyi, Elder Chu, and the other factions agreed.
• Wang Mu thanked Murong Qiushui and the gathered factions, and Dugu Qianxue collected the gifts and bowed to him.
• Dugu Qianxue smiled faintly at Wang Mu, stunning the watching cultivators.
• Lu Jiuyuan clutched his heart as he watched Wang Mu and Dugu Qianxue, then declared that he liked the pain he believed was love.

Wang Mu completed his investments in Dugu Qianxue during her coming-of-age ceremony, while wondering how he could afford to invest in other powerful Children of Luck. At the seven-day banquet, Ye Mo briefly arrived at the Primal Origin Sacred Ground but left again, and Lu Jiuyuan lamented that he had missed the chance to challenge him.

• Wang Mu's investments in Dugu Qianxue reached 100% progress, rewarding him with returns equivalent to her future cultivation effect.
• Wang Mu reflected that Dugu Qianxue might transform into a Great Yin Saint Physique and resolved to keep earning resources before investing in powerful Children of Luck.
• Dugu Qianxue's coming-of-age ceremony lasted twelve hours, followed by a seven-day banquet at Kunlun Main Peak.
• A disciple told Jiang Baiyi that Ye Mo had arrived, but Ye Mo left because he disliked the number of women at the banquet and waited outside the Sacred Land instead.
• Lu Jiuyuan regretted that Ye Mo had not attended, since he wanted to prove he was the strongest man of the Northern Region's younger generation before Dugu Qianxue.

Wang Mu followed a Kunlun disciple through a misty path to meet Dugu Qianxue, while Lu Jiuyuan misunderstood the secret meeting and spiraled into comic heartbreak. The chapter ended with Wang Mu finding Dugu Qianxue reading in private, where she hurriedly concealed her book and tried to regain her dignified demeanor.

• Wang Mu left the banquet after a Kunlun disciple said Dugu Qianxue wanted to see him, and he entered the hidden Small Woods alone.
• Elder Chu and Lu Jiuyuan saw Wang Mu enter the mist and assumed he was secretly meeting Dugu Qianxue.
• Elder Chu showed Lu Jiuyuan an illustrated book, and Lu Jiuyuan turned his imagined heartbreak into a dramatic poem.
• Wang Mu followed the path to a flower-filled valley and found Dugu Qianxue sprawled on a bed, absorbed in a book.
• Dugu Qianxue jumped up, hid the book in her Spatial Ring, and sat upright as Wang Mu watched her bare feet dangle.

Dugu Qianxue summoned Wang Mu to ask for the future plots of novels from the Langya Forum, then struggled to persuade him after he teased her about her attitude. She finally begged him sweetly, leaving Wang Mu stunned by her unexpected behavior.

• Wang Mu caught Dugu Qianxue reading a Langya Forum novel and teased her about it.
• Dugu Qianxue asked Wang Mu whether he knew the later plots of the forum novels, and he said he could tell her some from memory.
• Wang Mu demanded that Dugu Qianxue beg him before he would share the plots, and she initially refused.
• Dugu Qianxue repeatedly tried to beg Wang Mu, but he complained that she still had the wrong attitude.
• Dugu Qianxue grabbed Wang Mu's arm and sweetly pleaded with him, leaving him stunned.

Wang Mu spent several days telling Dugu Qianxue stories while exploring a business arrangement with Kunlun, and Xue Qianchou grew suspicious of his unusual gifts and nature. Dugu Qianxue secured permission to leave the Sacred Land and supervise Langya Academy’s student selection, while Xue Qianchou planned to watch Wang Mu closely because she believed he could be useful against mysterious foes.

• Dugu Qianxue kept Wang Mu in her room to hear stories, while Xue Qianchou and Murong Qiushui discussed his unusually large gifts and strange nature.
• Lu Jiuyuan followed Wang Mu toward the woods, admitted he felt involved in the love story, and asked Elder Chu to show him the book.
• Wang Mu proposed installing a signal station in Kunlun, and Dugu Qianxue joked that the Sacred Land could leave a Saintess as an exchange.
• Dugu Qianxue asked Murong Qiushui to let her supervise the selection of impoverished Langya Academy students for the Yaochi Grotto-heaven, and Murong Qiushui eventually agreed to let her go.
• Xue Qianchou explained that she wanted Dugu Qianxue to accompany Wang Mu so she could observe him and help oversee Qianxue’s cultivation, since she believed he might be useful against mysterious beings.

Xue Qianchou recalled her nine defeats to Luo Xuanshuang and the terror that had aged her during a thousand-year absence, then ordered preparations for Dugu Qianxue’s transformation. Wang Mu introduced Murong Qiushui to the forum and persuaded her to approve a signal tower, while she secretly planned to use it to make Luo Xuanshuang furious.

• Xue Qianchou remembered how Luo Xuanshuang defeated her nine times before she left the Northern Region, and Murong Qiushui learned that Xue Qianchou still concealed a deep terror from her thousand-year journey.
• Xue Qianchou refused to explain further and ordered preparations to complete Dugu Qianxue’s physique transformation as soon as possible.
• Wang Mu learned that the Saint Master had agreed to let Dugu Qianxue leave with him, then asked Murong Qiushui to accompany him outside Kunlun.
• Wang Mu showed Murong Qiushui the forum on his Communication Talisman, and she agreed to his proposal to build a signal tower.
• Murong Qiushui privately planned to have Xue Qianchou record Dugu Qianxue winning Wang Mu over and send the images to Luo Xuanshuang.
• Wang Mu offered to photograph Murong Qiushui in the snow, and she followed him toward a Small Woods.

Wang Mu spent the day photographing Murong Qiushui, who delighted in the pictures and joked with Xue Qianchou about her feelings for him. Meanwhile, Dugu Qianxue transformed into the Great Yin Saint Physique and reached the Nascent Soul Realm, granting Wang Mu a series of cultivation rewards.

• Wang Mu showed Murong Qiushui the portrait he had taken, and she asked him to take more photographs.
• Wang Mu and Murong Qiushui spent the day taking pictures in many locations, and she praised the results.
• Murong Qiushui showed her photos to Xue Qianchou, and they joked about her falling for Wang Mu and Dugu Qianxue having children.
• Murong Qiushui and Xue Qianchou discussed Dugu Qianxue's cultivation and her prospects against Luo Xuanshuang's disciple.
• Wang Mu received system rewards after Dugu Qianxue refined Taiyin Essence, became the Great Yin Saint Physique, and condensed a ninth-grade Great Yin Nascent Soul.

Wang Mu gained the Great Yin Saint Physique and Great Yin Nascent Soul, bringing his Chaotic Dao Domain into its initial form, but concealed his progress. Meanwhile, Jiang Baiyi left the Kunlun banquet and caught Ye Mo skipping it to read a storybook outside.

• Wang Mu saw a Great Yin Star form within his chaotic cosmos alongside the Emperor Flame Saint Physique’s blazing fireball, and realized his Chaotic Dao Domain had taken shape.
• Wang Mu chose not to reveal his new power while experts remained at the Kunlun banquet.
• Jiang Baiyi grew frustrated when Ye Mo refused to attend the final day of the banquet and left the hall to find him.
• Ye Mo sat outside a Langya Merchant Association branch reading a Communication Talisman and told Jiang Baiyi he was too far away to return in time.
• Jiang Baiyi arrived on the roof, took Ye Mo’s Communication Talisman, and discovered he had been reading a storybook.
• Ye Mo admitted the book was Legend of Ye Tiandi, not a trashy storybook, leaving Jiang Baiyi speechless.

As the guests departed Kunlun Sacred Ground, Dugu Qianxue left to oversee Langya Academy’s selection, while the Northern Darkness party began its journey home. A bell revealed trouble linked to the Eight Great Royal Clans in the Eastern Region, and Wang Mu noticed an unusual number of corpses in the North Sea before reaching Northern Darkness Sacred Ground.

• Dugu Qianxue appeared transformed, while Elder Chu hurried Lu Jiuyuan into the mobile palace and the Hanhai Lishi carried it away.
• Murong Qiushui announced that Dugu Qianxue would oversee Langya Academy’s selection, prompting rumors that Kunlun Sacred Ground wanted her and Wang Mu together.
• Xiao Wanmeng teased Wang Mu as Dugu Qianxue joined his group for the journey back.
• A bell rang across Kunlun Sacred Ground, and a voice reported that a change in the Eastern Region was likely connected to the Eight Great Royal Clans; Murong Qiushui sent more than a hundred figures to investigate.
• Wang Mu and Xiao Wanmeng noticed extra human and Sea Demon corpses across the North Sea before their party arrived at Northern Darkness Sacred Ground.

Wang Mu returned to Northern Darkness Sacred Ground with Dugu Qianxue, where Luo Xuanshuang reunited with Xue Qianchou and dragged her away for a violent, affectionate reunion. After the banquet, Wang Mu left for Heavenly Severing Island with Xiao Wanmeng and Dugu Qianxue, while Luo Xuanshuang kept Xue Qianchou and the Kunlun elders behind.

• Luo Xuanshuang welcomed Wang Mu and Dugu Qianxue, then pulled Xue Qianchou into a spatial rift to catch up with her.
• Xue Qianchou's Sword Qi struck the sea during their scuffle, and Elder Tiandan smoothly invited the startled Kunlun guests to a banquet.
• After the banquet, Wang Mu announced he was returning to Heavenly Severing Island, and Luo Xuanshuang invited Dugu Qianxue and the Kunlun elders to stay.
• Luo Xuanshuang kept Xue Qianchou and the Kunlun elders at Northern Darkness Sacred Ground, while Wang Mu, Xiao Wanmeng, and Dugu Qianxue departed.
• On the Nine-Headed Golden Lion's back, Wang Mu explained that his mother's rough treatment of Xue Qianchou showed their old friendship.

Wang Mu recruited Dugu Qianxue and Xiao Wanmeng to promote his business, then inspected the completed Game Console and ordered a major launch for Immortal Dao Overlord. The game’s promotion began across Lixiao Immortal City, where its bold banners stunned the crowds.

• Wang Mu gave Dugu Qianxue the later manuscripts of The Fairy's Personal Expert in exchange for her help as an endorser.
• Wang Mu showed Xiao Wanmeng a promotional poster featuring the two women and included her in the campaign.
• Nie Tingting presented Wang Mu with the finished Game Console, which displayed Immortal Dao Overlord as its only game.
• Wang Mu ordered preparations for a Northern Region promotion of Immortal Dao Overlord.
• Ling Yuan and other Cultivators saw the game's banners covering the streets of Lixiao Immortal City and reacted with astonishment.

At the Langya Merchant Association’s Tianfu Avenue branch, a promotional film showed Dugu Qianxue and Xiao Wanmeng battling before inviting viewers to join them in Immortal Dao Overlord. Shopkeeper Yan introduced the game and its Tianwen Game Console, and the crowd rushed to reach a Langya Internet Cafe after realizing Kong Laosan had secretly headed there.

• A promotional film depicted Dugu Qianxue and Xiao Wanmeng fighting with ice and fire before inviting people to play Immortal Dao Overlord alongside them.
• Shopkeeper Yan explained that Immortal Dao Overlord was a new game made by the Langya Merchant Association and required a Tianwen Game Console.
• Shopkeeper Yan announced that consoles cost one thousand Spirit Stones but could also be rented at Langya Internet Cafes converted from Langya Chat Rooms.
• Kong Laosan pretended to dismiss the game and leave, but hurried toward a Langya Chat Room.
• The crowd realized Kong Laosan was racing to play and rushed after him.