Chapter Summaries

Amber told Tang Yu that the Seven Gates Association was being revived to unite the major sects and help bring peace between cultivators and mortals. After Tang Yu returned to his ship, he flirted with Elder Qingyu and the Joyous Union Sect disciples.

• Amber and Tang Yu stopped their private cultivation and agreed she would escort goods north and visit the Heavenly Craft Sect.
• Amber explained the Seven Gates Association’s history and said she was already working to unite the seven major sects.
• Amber proposed Heartless Patriarch as president and herself and Tang Yu as vice presidents, and Tang Yu supported the plan.
• Tang Yu returned to his ship and teased Elder Qingyu about her revealing clothes.
• Tang Yu tricked Elder Qingyu into turning around and kissed her before she teleported away.
• Tang Yu offered cultivation guidance to Little Yue and Yun'er, but both disciples avoided him.

Tang Yu returned to the Joyous Union Sect and reunited with Nangong Ying, then gave her precious gifts he had collected in the Nether Sea. Nangong Ying declared that she would cherish anything from him, and Tang Yu left the two of them alone by sending Tang Maomao flying out of the Cluster Jade Pavilion.

• Nangong Ying welcomed Tang Yu back at the ferry, while Tang Maomao arrived and called him Dad.
• Tang Yu teased and smacked Tang Maomao before Nangong Ying rescued the fox.
• The returning elders and disciples disembarked, and Nangong Ying told Tang Yu that Liu Yanlan was in seclusion.
• Tang Yu took Nangong Ying back to the Cluster Jade Pavilion and presented her with eight gifts from the Nether Sea.
• Nangong Ying kissed Tang Yu and said she would accept anything from him, while Tang Yu sent Tang Maomao out of the pavilion.

Tang Yu and Nangong Ying confessed their devotion, and their first dual cultivation session helped her break through to the brink of the Deity Transformation stage. Afterward, Nangong Ying began to reveal why she had come, hinting at a secret about Senior Sister Liu.

• Nangong Ying told Tang Yu she wanted to stay with him for life and transformed into a cat with a new spell.
• Tang Yu teased Nangong Ying about her cat form, then pressed her to explain what Senior Sister Liu liked.
• Tang Yu and Nangong Ying completed their first dual cultivation session, bringing her cultivation close to the Deity Transformation stage.
• Nangong Ying said she hoped Tang Yu would reach Tribulation Transcendence so she could benefit from his progress.
• Nangong Ying agreed to tell Tang Yu why she had come, but asked him not to reveal that she had shared Senior Sister Liu's secret.

Tang Yu rested with Nangong Ying, discussed cultivation and the Heavenly Dao, then learned that Lady Liuli wanted to meet him. He arrived at the Glazed Palace with Nangong Ying, where Lady Liuli and her daughter waited to greet them.

• Tang Yu and Nangong Ying joked about Liu Yanlan before bathing and resting together.
• Tang Yu saw Tang Maomao eating spirit stones and gave her a storage ring after she reported that Gongsun Erniang had brought a message from Lady Liuli.
• Tang Yu and Nangong Ying went to the Glazed Palace, leaving Tang Maomao behind to eat more spirit stones.
• Lady Liuli and her daughter waited outside the Glazed Palace gates, and Nangong Ying remarked on Lady Liuli's figure.

Tang Yu visited Lady Liuli and Clear Moon after the Nether Sea war and explained how the Li Tang Sect had ended the threat. He helped the Glazed Palace develop its livestream business, then advised Lady Liuli’s cultivators on how to attract more viewers and compete with rival sects.

• Lady Liuli and Clear Moon asked Tang Yu whether the Nether Sea war had ended, and he told them the demon cultivators there were nearly wiped out and the sea’s spiritual energy had been contaminated.
• Lady Liuli thanked Tang Yu for helping her people escape, while Tang Yu recalled the Glazed Palace’s earlier support and the Joyous Union Sect’s gift of cultivation resources.
• Tang Yu and the others arrived at a Glazed Palace livestream site, where hundreds of female cultivators took turns streaming through Spring Viewing Boxes.
• Lady Liuli told Tang Yu that the Glazed Palace earned about fifteen hundred high-grade spirit stones daily but faced growing competition from other sects.
• Tang Yu advised the Glazed Palace cultivators to stop directly soliciting gifts, wear alluring but more conservative outfits, add interactive livestream activities, and present themselves as exclusive.

Tang Yu transformed the Glazed Palace’s streams into a lucrative business and learned that Lin Xuan was nearing the Nascent Soul realm. He ordered his followers to lure Lin Xuan to Immortal Slaying Town, where a massive formation was ready to trap him.

• Tang Yu taught the Glazed Palace’s female demon cultivators to use carefully crafted personas on their streams, helping them out-earn rival sects and factions.
• Tang Yu finished handling sect affairs while his senior sister remained in secluded cultivation.
• Elder Linghu asked Tang Yu how to make his wife keep only her good qualities, and Tang Yu kicked him away after his foolish answer.
• Zhao Dashun and Liu Facai told Tang Yu that Lin Xuan’s luck and recent gains could help him reach the Nascent Soul realm within three months.
• Tang Yu ordered Zhao Dashun and Liu Facai to lure Lin Xuan to Immortal Slaying Town, where they had prepared a massive formation.

Tang Yu disguised himself as a fortune-telling Daoist and used his readings to expose Juan'er’s betrayal to her fiancé. He then stopped the disguised Lin Xuan, correctly warning him that a romantic calamity threatened him, and left Lin Xuan on guard.

• Tang Yu set up a fortune-telling stall along Lin Xuan’s route and told an oval-faced beauty that her romantic prospects were good.
• After the beauty left, her furious fiancé confronted Tang Yu, who revealed that Juan'er had been unfaithful and advised him not to waste a bad woman.
• The young man recognized Tang Yu as an immortal cultivator, left his silver behind, and hurried away.
• Lin Xuan left the magical treasure shop disguised as an ordinary middle-aged cultivator, and Tang Yu called him over.
• Tang Yu warned Lin Xuan that a romantic calamity endangered him, prompting Lin Xuan to recall Li Susu’s attempt to kill him and regard Tang Yu more cautiously.

Tang Yu and Nangong Heartless sealed Lin Xuan’s jade pearl, trapping the Immortal Emperor’s remnant soul in the Divine Tree Space. With Lin Xuan under his control, Tang Yu headed to Immortal Slaying Town.

• Lin Xuan asked the fairy sister in his jade pearl to investigate Tang Yu, but her probing froze time across the city and drew Nangong Heartless into the scene.
• Nangong Heartless sealed the jade pearl, freed the city from the time freeze, and warned Tang Yu that the seal would last only three days.
• Tang Yu took the jade pearl into the Divine Tree Space and entrusted it to the Divine Tree little girl, who eagerly suggested making the remnant soul acknowledge him as her master.
• Nangong Heartless joked that his master's wives were testing Tang Yu, then left to travel and find more master's wives.
• Tang Yu controlled the defenseless Lin Xuan and ordered him to go to Immortal Slaying Town.

Tang Yu and Meng Zihao prepared the Reincarnation Array to temper Lin Xuan's mind, and Tang Yu entered the formation to observe Lin Xuan's first reincarnation. Lin Xuan began a peaceful life as a butcher's son and was about to attend private school.

• Meng Zihao questioned Tang Yu's expense on the Reincarnation Array, and Tang Yu explained that Lin Xuan was worth it.
• Tang Yu told Meng Zihao that Fang Meiyun had died by Xiao Xiaole's hand and returned to life, but Meng Zihao dismissed the warning.
• Tang Yu entered the formation and found Lin Xuan reborn as a newborn in Si River Town, with his former memories sealed.
• Lin Xuan grew up as the pampered only son of a butcher, and his mother said his father would send him to private school.
• Lin Xuan's father took him and his mother to visit Teacher Tang at the private school.

Lin Xuan studied under Tang Yu, passed the county examination, and promised to marry Xiao Mei after earning scholarly honors. After failing the higher examinations three times, he gave up and agreed to marry her with the bride price his parents had borrowed.

• Lin Xuan began studying at Tang Yu’s private school, and over ten years he mastered the classics and passed the county examination.
• At his celebration banquet, Lin Xuan promised his parents he would become a high official, while Tang Yu advised him to pursue his ambitions step by step.
• Lin Xuan brought pork to Xiao Mei, and her mother arranged for them to walk together; Lin Xuan promised to marry her after earning scholarly honors.
• Over the next five years, Lin Xuan failed the examinations three times, while Xiao Mei continued waiting for him and rejected other proposals.
• Mother Lin told Lin Xuan that Xiao Mei’s family required sixty taels in bride price and showed him the money his parents had borrowed, and Lin Xuan agreed to marry her.

Lin Xuan married Xiao Mei, raised a family, and spent his life supporting them instead of pursuing the imperial examinations. After he died, Tang Yu erased his soul’s memories, and Lin Xuan was born again.

• Lin Xuan married Xiao Mei, gave up the examinations, and became a private-school instructor to support his family.
• Xiao Mei gave birth to twins, and Lin Xuan bought a courtyard on an installment plan so the family could live more comfortably.
• Lin Xuan cared for his ailing parents until they died, then continued working while his son failed to earn academic distinction.
• Lin Xuan died of chest pain, and his soul watched his family mourn him.
• Tang Yu erased Lin Xuan’s soul memories, and Lin Xuan was born again in a humble household.

In his seventh reincarnation, Lin Xuan became the Earth God of a small town and befriended the orphan Waterborn, who often visited his temple. Waterborn joined the Flying Sky Gang to learn martial arts and promised to return when he could, leaving Lin Xuan to await his next visit.

• As the temple grew deserted, Lin Xuan met Waterborn hiding beneath a table after sneaking in to eat offerings, then shared food and talked with him.
• Waterborn began visiting the temple regularly, cleaning it and telling Lin Xuan about his life and ambitions to become a great hero.
• After Waterborn stayed away for nearly a month, Lin Xuan worried about him until he returned in clean clothes and revealed that the Flying Sky Gang had accepted him as a disciple.
• Waterborn said martial arts training and other duties would limit his visits to once a month, and Lin Xuan sent him off with offering cakes.

Lin Xuan waited for Waterborn and witnessed the loneliness of a ninety-year-old worshipper before Waterborn arrived and shared stories of his life in the martial world. Over the years, Waterborn became a wandering hero, married, and returned with his wife and son, whom Lin Xuan named.

• An elderly woman prayed at the Earth God Temple to die soon, grieving her departed family and the unfamiliar world around her.
• Waterborn arrived exhausted after running ten li, ate oranges Lin Xuan offered, and told him exciting martial-world stories before returning to his gang.
• Over the next four years, Waterborn grew up, suffered injuries, and decided to roam the martial world after the girl he loved chose another man.
• Waterborn began visiting Lin Xuan yearly, but later missed an appointment and sent a letter explaining that he was fleeing enemies after saving a girl in the north.
• After ten years of yearly letters, Waterborn returned with his wife and child, asked Lin Xuan to name his son, and celebrated with him in the temple.
• After Waterborn passed out drunk, Lin Xuan's drunken appearance vanished, and his figure gradually faded away.

Lin Xuan and Waterborn kept their annual meetings for decades, and after Waterborn’s death, his grandson Yanwen continued to visit the Earth God Temple. As war destroyed the temple and Lin Xuan’s divine power ran out, Lin Xuan faced the end of his existence as a god.

• Lin Xuan left Waterborn a note promising they would meet again the following year, and Waterborn buried a jar of wine beneath the peach tree.
• Waterborn gave up his dream of opening a martial arts school, built a prosperous inn, and met Lin Xuan every year as they grew old.
• When Waterborn learned that gods depended on incense, he asked Lin Xuan to guide his grandson and later died, leaving Yanwen to visit the temple in his place.
• Lin Xuan taught Yanwen over the years, but as chaos spread, Yanwen moved his family to the capital before rebels attacked the city.
• The rebels looted and burned the Earth God Temple, destroying Lin Xuan’s statue as his power faded; when asked if he would become a god again in another life, Lin Xuan refused.

Lin Xuan lived a difficult life shaped by family responsibilities, financial strain, and missed chances, until he died old and exhausted after wishing to become a cloud in his next life. Tang Yu ended Lin Xuan’s forty-first reincarnation and returned to Meng Zihao, who reported that only a few minor cultivators had approached the formation.

• Lin Xuan grew up in a struggling family, mourned his grandmother, and studied hard to ease his parents’ burdens.
• After college, Lin Xuan gave up graduate school to care for his injured father, then found work and supported his family.
• Lin Xuan faced stagnant income and the mounting costs of housing, marriage, and family life, while his father later died and Lin Xuan raised a child of his own.
• After reaching retirement in poor health, Lin Xuan wished to become a cloud in another life, then died in his sleep.
• Tang Yu sent Lin Xuan’s exhausted soul into his next reincarnation and returned from the formation to his body.
• Meng Zihao told Tang Yu that a few minor cultivators had inspected the formation but left without entering.

Tang Yu learned that Mei Yun had founded the Fist Sect and invited Meng Zihao to join her, then used her letter to bargain with Xiao Xiaole for help tracking Fang Meiyun. Xiao Xiaole took the meeting address and hurried off to confront her.

• Tang Yu explained to Meng Zihao how he had worn down Lin Xuan's Dao Heart, and two Supreme Elders took over guarding the formation in exchange for cultivation resources.
• A peach-blossom flying sword delivered Mei Yun's letter to Meng Zihao, inviting him to join her Fist Sect as Deputy Sect Master and rekindle their relationship.
• Meng Zihao refused Mei Yun's invitation and gave Tang Yu the flying sword before returning to his cave abode.
• Tang Yu returned to the Joyous Union Sect and found Xiao Xiaole waiting for him, seeking leads on Fang Meiyun.
• Tang Yu showed Xiao Xiaole Mei Yun's letter and demanded the bounty benefits; Xiao Xiaole agreed, memorized the meeting address, and rushed to confront Fang Meiyun.

Fang Meiyun officially founded the Fist Sect on Crape Myrtle Mountain and sent its disciples out to spread its doctrines. Xiao Xiaole arrived afterward, found the mountain deserted, and discovered that the Fist Sect's disciples could borrow Meiyun's cultivation through seeds of flesh and blood.

• Fang Meiyun gathered more than a hundred followers and announced the Fist Sect's founding, declaring that Crape Myrtle Mountain was destined for the sect.
• Fang Meiyun appointed ten great protectors, preached the sect's doctrines, and demonstrated her fist techniques before sending the disciples to spread the Fist Sect's teachings.
• Nearly a day later, Xiao Xiaole arrived at Crape Myrtle Mountain and learned that Fang Meiyun had already left.
• Three female Fist Sect disciples confronted Xiao Xiaole, and he killed two after they attacked him.
• Xiao Xiaole restrained the last disciple, extracted information from her, and discovered that the Fist Sect's members could borrow Meiyun's cultivation through seeds of flesh and blood.

Xiao Xiaole discovered that Fang Meiyun had developed a flesh-and-blood clone technique and given birth to a shared child, prompting him to split up and search for her. Meanwhile, Tang Yu barged into a spiritual spring, claimed he had come to protect the disciples, and rewarded Juan'er with a crude jade slip.

• Xiao Xiaole failed to control the flesh-and-blood seed, which withered along with the cultivator carrying it, and realized Fang Meiyun had absorbed her power.
• Xiao Xiaole sensed that Fang Meiyun had given birth to a child formed from both their flesh, blood, and souls, and decided he had to eliminate her before she took revenge.
• Xiao Xiaole set up formations and a teleportation array on Crape Myrtle Mountain, then split into four to search for Fang Meiyun.
• Tang Yu bypassed the formation at a Joyous Union Sect spiritual spring and startled the female disciples bathing there, insisting he had been pursuing an intruder.
• The disciples exposed Tang Yu's claim by using Juan'er's restriction to reveal his outline in the mist, and Tang Yu praised Juan'er and handed her a jade slip.
• Juan'er discovered that the jade slip was engraved with the words "Tang Yu's treasure," leaving the disciples stunned.

Liu Yanlan suffered qi deviation while attempting to break through to the Integration Realm, and Tang Yu entered her cave dwelling to stabilize her yin and yang true essence. She emerged having reached the Integration Realm, while the elders outside had guessed what happened.

• Tang Yu and the elders discovered that Liu Yanlan's seclusion had triggered a dangerous qi deviation.
• Nangong Ying gave Tang Yu the key to Liu Yanlan's cave dwelling, and he entered to help her.
• Tang Yu recognized that Liu Yanlan's yin and yang true essence was imbalanced and used dual cultivation to stabilize it.
• Liu Yanlan regained consciousness and struggled with Tang Yu before he continued adjusting her true essence.
• Tang Yu emerged from the cave dwelling hours later, and Liu Yanlan followed with her cultivation advanced to the Integration Realm.

After Liu Yanlan and Nangong Ying broke through, Tang Yu learned that Liu Yanlan had risked her life to reach the Fusion Realm so she could help him advance. The three cultivated together, and the chapter ended when a message-bearing flying sword from Amber arrived for Tang Yu.

• The Joyous Union Sect elders congratulated Liu Yanlan and Nangong Ying on their breakthroughs, then teased Liu Yanlan about her relationship with Tang Yu.
• Nangong Ying revealed that Liu Yanlan had risked secluded cultivation to reach the Fusion Realm and help Tang Yu break through.
• Tang Yu reassured Liu Yanlan that her safety mattered more than helping him cultivate, and Liu Yanlan dragged Nangong Ying into her cave abode for a beating.
• Tang Yu joined Liu Yanlan and Nangong Ying in the cave, and the three emerged more than half a day later.
• Liu Yanlan asked why Tang Yu had refined his natal treasure into a defensive artifact, and Tang Yu admitted it helped him avoid losing cultivation during their practice.
• A message-bearing flying sword from Amber at the Treasure Pavilion arrived before Tang Yu.