Chapter Summaries

At a Cheng Immortal Clan banquet celebrating Cheng Buzheng’s cultivation advancement, the descendants gathered to honor their Ancestor and Ancestress. Cheng Wenli then performed Nine Dragons Present Pills, astonishing the clan by refining nine Lesser Lifespan Pills before them.

• Golden Core clan members gathered at Flying Immortal Pavilion and discussed a supposed stroke of fortune before Cheng Ping'an stopped them from speaking openly.
• Cheng Qingyang thanked Cheng Qingyao for helping preserve his descendants’ bloodlines, and the clan members wondered when Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan would arrive.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan appeared on the high platform, accepted the clan’s congratulations, and began the banquet with a toast.
• Cheng Qingyang signaled for Cheng Wenli to present his celebratory trick, and Cheng Buzheng granted permission.
• Cheng Wenli used golden flames and Spirit Medicine essence to form nine golden dragons, which gathered before Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan and presented nine freshly refined Lesser Lifespan Pills.

At a celebration banquet in Flying Immortal Pavilion, Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan rewarded Cheng Wenli and Cheng Wenjing for their offerings, then opened the floor for the Cheng Immortal Clan’s younger generation to perform. The descendants eagerly took turns displaying their talents in hopes of winning one of Murong Wanwan’s treasures.

• Cheng Buzheng accepted nine Lesser lifespan Pills, and Murong Wanwan gifted Cheng Wenli a top-grade treasure tool pill furnace.
• Cheng Wenjing presented an illusion of Ping'an Immortal City, where miniature versions of Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan ascended amid rosy light to the cheers of the tiny crowd.
• Cheng Buzheng praised Cheng Wenjing’s illusion arts and cautioned her not to neglect cultivation, while Murong Wanwan rewarded her with an Illusion Spirit Jade Pendant.
• Cheng Wenbao performed music on a guqin, and Murong Wanwan awarded him a treasure after Cheng Buzheng praised his performance.
• Murong Wanwan offered the gathered clansmen a choice of treasures for winning everyone’s approval, prompting the younger generation to compete in performances.

At the clan banquet, Cheng Buzheng guided a newly advanced Golden Core cultivator on improving his cultivation efficiency and announced that he would expound the Dao the next day. After Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan departed, the clan members discussed the coming lecture, and Flying Immortal Pavilion returned to Ping'an City's treasury.

• A Golden Core junior asked Cheng Buzheng why his cultivation was slower than Cheng Jingyang's despite using the same scripture, and Cheng Buzheng diagnosed poor compatibility and prescribed adjustments to his circulation method.
• The junior followed Cheng Buzheng's instructions and immediately showed signs of improvement, encouraging other Golden Core cultivators to seek guidance.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan agreed that he would hold a lecture the next day, and Cheng Buzheng announced it to the clan.
• Cheng Buzheng and Murong Wanwan vanished from the banquet, and the clan elders and Foundation Establishment cultivators departed.
• The remaining Qi Refining cultivators discussed the anticipated benefits of Cheng Buzheng's lecture and celebrated together.
• After the clan members left, Flying Immortal Pavilion shrank, flew toward Ping'an City's treasury, and disappeared.

Cheng Buzheng summoned a golden spectacle and formed a cloud stairway over Ping'an Immortal City for his Dao lecture. As the Cheng Immortal Clan gathered, parents restrained their unruly children to keep them from causing trouble, and the clansmen began ascending to the sea of clouds.

• Cheng Buzheng gathered the Secret Realm’s Spirit Energy and clouds into a vast sea, then lowered a cloud stairway over Ping'an Immortal City.
• Cheng Ping'an sent Sound Transmission Talismans to the Golden Core cultivators before flying up to the cloud stairway.
• A young cultivator drugged and spanked his mischievous son, then took him toward the lecture with his hands and feet sealed.
• Other parents brought their children to the gathering, including one father who sealed his son’s limbs to prevent him from making trouble.
• Cheng Immortal Clan juniors tested the cloud stairway and climbed it after Cheng Ping'an called them up.
• Foundation Establishment clansmen reached the sea of clouds and took seats behind the Golden Core experts.

Cheng Buzheng prepared to preach to the Cheng Immortal Clan, leaving Murong Wanwan to enter seclusion after she had delayed her insight to stand guard for him. He began teaching the clan about ambition and cultivation, and his Dao charm caused the listeners’ cultivation to advance as Spirit Energy poured into the Cloud Sea Daoist Venue.

• Cheng Qingyang silenced the noisy clansmen at Cheng Ping'an’s request, while the younger members continued chatting through secret voice transmissions.
• Murong Wanwan told Cheng Buzheng to go without her so she could pursue an insight, and she activated the Quiet Room’s array after seeing him off.
• Cheng Buzheng appeared at the Cloud Sea Daoist Venue, restrained his pressure, and accepted the Cheng Immortal Clan’s greetings.
• Cheng Buzheng recalled Island-Moving Venerable’s sermon and considered holding a wider preaching to receive gifts that could strengthen the clan.
• Cheng Buzheng urged the clan’s cultivators to cultivate with ambition, then began explaining the Immortal Dao.
• His Dao charm drew Spirit Energy from the Secret Realm into the listeners, rapidly improving their cultivation and especially benefiting a child.

Cheng Buzheng preached the Qi Refining Dao to the Cheng Immortal Clan, helping younger cultivators break through, then dismissed them and taught the Foundation Establishment Realm. After six months of instruction and questions, the Foundation Establishment cultivators left inspired and gathered to celebrate.

• During Cheng Buzheng’s three-month Qi Refining lecture, several young cultivators broke through, while Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators gained insights.
• Cheng Buzheng sent the Qi Refining cultivators back to Ping'an Immortal City, where parents dealt with their newly advanced children.
• Cheng Buzheng began teaching the Foundation Establishment Realm to the clan’s Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators.
• After three months of teaching and three months answering questions, Cheng Buzheng ended the Foundation Establishment lecture.
• The Foundation Establishment cultivators thanked Cheng Buzheng, returned to Peaceful Immortal City, and headed off to celebrate and hold an internal trading meet.

Cheng Buzheng taught the Cheng Immortal Clan’s Golden Core cultivators for three years, guiding them into profound insights before the Cloud Sea Daoist Venue disappeared. He later realized the sermon had cost him nearly forty Chaos Law particles, abandoned plans to preach more widely, and began studying the Law of Wood within a Spirit Medicine King.

• Cheng Buzheng expounded on Golden Core cultivation and used Dao resonance to help Cheng Ping'an, Cheng Qingyang, and the other juniors attain enlightenment over three years.
• Cheng Buzheng ended the lecture and vanished, after which Cheng Ping'an led the clan cultivators out as the Cloud Sea Daoist Venue dissipated.
• The juniors discussed their gains and asked about future lectures, but Cheng Ping'an warned them that Cheng Buzheng had likely paid a great price and told them not to ask for more.
• Cheng Buzheng checked on his wife’s seclusion, then discovered that his sermon had depleted his Chaos Law origin by nearly forty particles and gave up plans to preach throughout the world.
• Cheng Buzheng took out the Spirit Medicine King from the Ancient Awakening Secret Realm and began comprehending the Law of Wood within it.

Cheng Buzheng used fourth-tier divine blood and a million-year Spirit Medicine King to rapidly raise his Spirit Transformation cultivation. After the medicine nearly destroyed his Law Spirit Body, he divided it into twelve pills and refined them one at a time, reaching 77% of the middle stage before deciding to rely on further Law insights to close the remaining gap.

• Cheng Buzheng advanced his Wood Law to 360/365 and his Spirit Transformation cultivation to 3% during half a year of secluded cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng refined all his fourth-tier divine blood into a pill and spent three years consuming it, raising his cultivation to 32%.
• Cheng Buzheng used the Spirit Medicine King's remaining medicinal power, but the dose burst his Law Spirit Body apart before he reformed it with Law radiance.
• Cheng Buzheng split the Spirit Medicine King's medicinal power into twelve pills and refined them one by one, reaching 77% of the middle stage.
• Cheng Buzheng resolved to make up the remaining cultivation through Law insights rather than seek more resources or cultivate magic power in seclusion.

Cheng Buzheng replenished his spiritual strength and resumed comprehending the laws while Chu Linger arrived at the White Cloud Sect to seek the opportunity that could help her reach the Nascent Soul Realm. After Cheng Buzheng learned of her visit and traveled from Ping'an City, he welcomed his niece and gave her a Storage Bag containing what he had promised.

• Cheng Buzheng restored his spiritual strength with soul-type Spirit Medicines and returned to comprehending the laws.
• Chu Linger, now at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, arrived at the White Cloud Sect and asked to visit Ancestor Cheng.
• Cheng Changqing received Chu Linger and sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to the Back Mountain Forbidden Area.
• Cheng Buzheng learned of Chu Linger's visit through his Soul Puppets, assigned them different frequencies, and traveled to the White Cloud Sect.
• Cheng Buzheng greeted Chu Linger, recognized her cultivation progress, and gave her a Storage Bag containing what he had promised.

Cheng Buzheng gave Chu Linger the Spiritual Items she needed to attempt a Nascent Soul breakthrough and arranged for her to stay in the White Cloud Sect. He began teaching her about breakthrough preparations and taboos, leaving her to reflect on the dangers before their lessons continued.

• Chu Linger accepted the Storage Bag from Cheng Buzheng after realizing he was honoring his promise rather than plotting against her.
• Cheng Buzheng invited Chu Linger to remain in the White Cloud Sect, offered to teach her his Nascent Soul breakthrough insights, and arranged for her to use A-1 Cave Mansion.
• Cheng Changqing escorted Chu Linger from the hall to settle into the cave mansion, while Cheng Buzheng reflected on her parents and the loneliness of the Immortal Path.
• Three days later, Cheng Buzheng explained the risks of a Golden Core breakthrough and began teaching Chu Linger how Spirit Energy density and other taboos affected her chances.
• Chu Linger thanked Cheng Buzheng for warning her about the many dangers, then returned to her cave mansion to consider the lesson.

Cheng Buzheng patiently prepared Chu Linger for her Nascent Soul breakthrough while White Cloud Sect cultivators spread rumors about their relationship. The chapter ended as Chu Linger began her breakthrough and a hand emerged from her cracking Golden Core.

• Cheng Buzheng gave Chu Linger extensive guidance on breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, including warnings, demonstrations, and ways to handle emergencies.
• At a gathering in the Green Wood Branch Sect, True Person Wang declined an expedition to an abandoned mansion because he planned to prepare for a breakthrough to the late Golden Core Realm.
• A Golden Core elder revealed that Chu Linger had been given the main sect's Grade-A No. 1 Cave Mansion and visited the forbidden grounds daily to meet Ancestor Cheng Buzheng.
• The gathered cultivators speculated that Chu Linger was Cheng Buzheng's concubine or illegitimate daughter, though they agreed such gossip should not reach the Ancestor.
• Chu Linger continued seeking Cheng Buzheng's instruction and became better prepared for unexpected complications during her breakthrough.
• Chu Linger began breaking her Golden Core to form a Nascent Soul, and a small hand reached through a crack as Cheng Buzheng watched with an amused smile.

Cheng Buzheng secretly made Chu Linger’s simulated breakthrough increasingly difficult to test whether she could handle multiple tribulations at once. After the simulation failed and she absorbed the remaining Spirit Energy to refine her Magic Power, he declared that she had passed and sent her to enter closed-door meditation for her real breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Cheng Buzheng secretly accelerated the Red Gold Pill Bead’s shattering, and Chu Linger used the methods he had taught her to steady it.
• Cheng Buzheng repeatedly introduced new complications as Chu Linger resolved them, eventually making her handle three simultaneous tribulations.
• Cheng Buzheng triggered the Source-Devouring Tribulation, causing all Four Great Tribulations to erupt and the Red Gold Pill Bead to shatter.
• Chu Linger absorbed the pure Spirit Energy from the shattered bead while Cheng Buzheng helped her refine her Magic Power.
• Cheng Buzheng told Chu Linger she had passed the assessment and should enter closed-door meditation to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, then disappeared from the hall.
• Chu Linger left the Forbidden Land Ancient Hall, and its doors closed as the arcane formation covered it again.

Cheng Buzheng stayed in the White Cloud Sect to watch over Chu Linger while comprehending the Law of Wood, which reached the first realm’s perfection but failed to break through. As Chu Linger’s Nascent Soul breakthrough began, the sect’s grand celestial phenomenon drew widespread attention, and Cheng Buzheng prepared to guard her.

• Cheng Buzheng chose to remain near Chu Linger during her closed-door meditation, keeping part of his consciousness alert while he comprehended the Law of Wood.
• Over nearly five years, Cheng Buzheng raised the Law of Wood to the first realm’s perfection, but he could not break through to the second realm.
• A vast phenomenon gathered above White Cloud Sect as spiritual energy surged, prompting rogue cultivators to flee or discuss the likely breakthrough.
• Cheng Buzheng sensed Chu Linger beginning her breakthrough in A-1 Cave Mansion and judged that forming a Nascent Soul should go smoothly.
• Cheng Buzheng stopped comprehending laws and cultivated his magic power while keeping watch over Chu Linger’s breakthrough.
• White Cloud Sect’s cultivators watched the growing phenomenon, eager to witness Chu Linger’s emergence as a Nascent Soul True Lord.

Chu Linger broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm in White Cloud Sect, drawing attention from the sect and neighboring powers while Cheng Buzheng watched over her and continued cultivating. After a year of stabilizing her foundation, Chu Linger left A-1 Cave Mansion to visit her uncle.

• Chu Linger manifested a thousand-foot phantom, advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, and bowed toward White Cloud Sect’s forbidden land before returning to her cave mansion.
• Chu Linger reflected on her fragile new Nascent Soul and Cheng Buzheng’s unfathomable strength, then began consolidating her cultivation.
• White Cloud Sect cultivators discussed whether Chu Linger would join the sect, while a masked purple-robed cultivator learned of her breakthrough and ordered an investigation into her identity.
• Cheng Buzheng confirmed Chu Linger’s breakthrough, resumed comprehending the Wood Law, and created a secret art over the following month.
• A year later, Chu Linger finished stabilizing her foundation and left A-1 Cave Mansion to visit Cheng Buzheng.

After Chu Linger broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Cheng Buzheng welcomed her and gave her two divine abilities and a rare communication Jade Ring as congratulatory gifts. She accepted them, declined his offer to cultivate at White Cloud Sect, and left with his assurance that she could return whenever she wished.

• Chu Linger entered the forbidden grounds and respectfully thanked Cheng Buzheng for guiding her through her breakthrough.
• Cheng Buzheng gave Chu Linger the [Azure Sea Demon Blade] and [Aurora Wind Shadow Escape] divine abilities, along with a Jade Ring that could communicate across great distances but could only be activated three times.
• Chu Linger hesitated to accept the precious gifts, but Cheng Buzheng insisted, and she took them after learning how to activate the Jade Ring.
• Cheng Buzheng offered Chu Linger a place to cultivate at White Cloud Sect, but she said she had other plans.
• Cheng Buzheng accepted her choice and told Chu Linger she could return to White Cloud Sect whenever she needed to rest.

Cheng Buzheng gave Chu Linger two divine abilities and a Jade Ring, then instructed her in Nascent Soul cultivation before she departed to settle old grudges. He prepared Cheng Changqing to take responsibility for White Cloud Sect and left, while a Soul Puppet sealed the ancient hall.

• Cheng Buzheng gave Chu Linger two divine abilities and a Jade Ring that could let him locate and reach her in an emergency.
• Chu Linger studied Nascent Soul cultivation with Cheng Buzheng and received visits from Nascent Soul cultivators, who tried to learn about her origins and recruit her.
• After more than half a year of instruction, Chu Linger told Cheng Buzheng she was leaving to fulfill an old agreement and settle past grudges.
• Cheng Buzheng warned Chu Linger to seek his aid if she faced danger, and she departed White Cloud Sect the next day.
• Cheng Buzheng told Cheng Changqing he would leave and that Changqing would eventually bear responsibility for White Cloud Sect, advising him to consider dividing the clan.
• Cheng Buzheng departed, and a Soul Puppet activated the ancient hall’s formation before it fell silent.

After three years of seclusion, Chu Linger completed her Azure Sea Demon Blade and prepared to settle her karma with the White Immortal Clan, while Cheng Buzheng advanced the Wood Law to its second realm. Cheng Buzheng realized that comprehending multiple Laws strengthened a cultivator’s foundation and resolved to pursue the other elemental Laws so he could reshape his Spiritual Roots.

• Cheng Buzheng returned to Ping'an Immortal City, gave De Yuan Spirit Pills, and found his wife still cultivating in seclusion.
• Cheng Buzheng chose to focus on advancing the Wood Law and spent three years comprehending it.
• Chu Linger emerged from over three years of seclusion with the Azure Sea Demon Blade mastered and Aurora Wind Shadow Escape at major mastery, then set out to settle her karma with the White Immortal Clan.
• Cheng Buzheng broke through to the second realm of the Wood Law, transforming his Law Spirit Body and increasing his combat strength by at least thirty percent.
• Cheng Buzheng concluded that ancient Spirit Transformation cultivators likely comprehended multiple Laws and considered how that knowledge had been lost.
• Cheng Buzheng saw that the Wood Law had caught up with the Chaos Law and planned to advance the other elemental Laws so he could reshape his Spiritual Roots.

Cheng Buzheng questioned whether to keep cultivating the Law of Chaos after finding that other laws became harder to distinguish at higher realms, then used the Luo River Heavenly Book to glimpse possible futures. Every path he calculated led to powerful beings killing or pursuing him over a contest for the Dao, leaving him determined to improve the Illusory World Art.

• Cheng Buzheng restored his mental strength with Spirit Medicines after half a day of comprehending the Wood Law, then wondered why its second realm was so much harder to understand than its first.
• Cheng Buzheng considered abandoning the Law of Chaos as his primary path because other laws might catch up in power, but decided to consult the Luo River Heavenly Book before choosing.
• Cheng Buzheng saw a future version of himself, badly wounded and pursued through an unfamiliar realm, get struck down by a vast finger wielded by an unknown powerhouse who accused him of competing for the Dao.
• Cheng Buzheng repeated the calculation twelve times and saw his future self die in every vision, then tested other primary laws and found that each brought danger from stronger pursuers.
• Cheng Buzheng concluded that concealing his aura with the Illusory World Art was his most urgent task, while postponing any decision about changing his primary law.

Cheng Buzheng watched over Murong Wanwan as she broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, then returned to comprehending the Chaos Law. Elsewhere, a cold-faced female cultivator killed the last Nascent Soul cultivator of the White Immortal Clan despite Grand Elder Yun Tai's intervention.

• Cheng Buzheng sensed the Spirit Energy gathering around Murong Wanwan and saw that she had crossed the bottleneck into the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Cheng Buzheng waited outside Murong Wanwan's Quiet Room for a year, confirmed her breakthrough had succeeded, and returned to studying the Chaos Law.
• A cold-faced female cultivator confronted the White Immortal Clan's last Nascent Soul cultivator and shattered his Life-Bound Cosmos Tower with a blade strike.
• The White Immortal Clan cultivator fled, but the female cultivator caught up and killed him even after Grand Elder Yun Tai called for her to stop.
• The female cultivator took the cultivator's Storage Bag and glanced tenderly at the Jade Ring on her wrist.

Chu Linger fled into True Dragon Sea while Yuntai Half-Venerable pursued her, intent on capturing her and uncovering the secrets behind her abilities. When the Demon Race allowed Yuntai to continue after he presented his sect token, Chu Linger turned toward a region rumored to contain unpredictable wormholes as her last chance to escape.

• Chu Linger used Aurora Wind Shadow Escape to vanish, and Yuntai Half-Venerable resumed pursuit after recognizing that her escape technique and blade ability likely came from Chu Daofeng's treasure map.
• As she fled toward True Dragon Sea, Chu Linger reflected that she had exterminated the White Immortal Clan and avenged her mother, but her depleted Magic Power and damaged meridians left her close to collapse.
• Chu Linger consumed more Spirit Pills to recover Magic Power, while Yuntai Half-Venerable increased his speed to pressure her and hasten her exhaustion.
• At the Demon Race border, a Nascent Soul great demon initially challenged Chu Linger, then allowed Yuntai Half-Venerable through after he showed his Return to Origin Immortal Sect Identity Token and received a crystalline horn token in return.
• Realizing the Demon Race would not stop Yuntai, Chu Linger recalled a travelogue's account of random wormholes in True Dragon Sea and changed course toward the waters where they might appear.