Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family gathers in the Ancestral Space, worried about the Ancestor's disappearance.
• They deduce that the Ancestor is alive and has left behind an immortal artifact as a sign.
• Li Jianguo reports that the world believes the Li Family Ancestor has fallen, and Ancestor Lin has inherited the Ancestor's Taiji Great Dao.
• Li Yaozu discovers that the Ancestor has been reborn and is being observed through an enormous screen in the Ancestral Space.

Character Developments

• Li Yaowen, Li Yunbing, and Li Dalong show wisdom and understanding of the Ancestor's situation.
• Li Zhiheng shows confidence in handling matters below Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals.
• Li Yaozu discovers the Ancestor's rebirth and feels embarrassed about being observed.

Significant Themes

• The Ancestor's mysterious disappearance and presumed safety.
• The Li Family's strength and unity in the face of adversity.
• The power dynamics and politics within the cultivation world.

Character Interactions

• The Li Family members discuss and analyze the Ancestor's situation, showing unity and concern.
• Li Yaozu discovers the Ancestor's rebirth and shares the news with the family, leading to a mix of joy and embarrassment.
• The family members laugh together after realizing they were under the Ancestor's observation, showing a sense of camaraderie and acceptance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang, a powerful cultivator, awakens in a primitive jungle, having traveled through a spacetime tunnel.
• He realizes he's in the past world, and the 'Crazy Primitives' around him are humans yet to develop.
• He decides to survive and adapt to this new environment, aiming to change history as per the Human Emperor's request.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang: Initially shocked and disoriented, he quickly adapts and decides to cultivate, remembering his vast knowledge of cultivation techniques.
• The 'Crazy Primitives': They instinctively head towards a destination, exhibiting extraordinary gifts like immense strength or elemental control.

Significant Themes

• Survival and adaptation in a harsh, unfamiliar environment.
• The power of knowledge and cultivation in a primitive world.
• The potential for change and the unknown future.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang observes and interacts with the 'Crazy Primitives,' noting their extraordinary gifts and instinctual behaviors.
• The Li Family: They watch Li Xiang's journey through an ancestral artifact, worrying about his safety and planning a grand sacrifice to help him after two years.

Key plot points and events

• Li Yunlin breaks through to the Dao Insight Realm, transforming Litian Hall into a self-sustaining Heaven-Severing Dao field. Within it, only he can replenish spiritual or immortal power.
• His breakthrough unleashes a powerful Taiji resonance. Li Yunbing recognizes that, with Litian Hall and Old Cat’s help, Li Yunlin may soon become one of the strongest humans in the sword formation.
• Li Yunlin fears his breakthrough has exposed the Li family to danger. Li Yunbing reassures him that the family is prepared and reveals that he is the Demon Saint, with hidden defenses ready.
• Li Yunbing tells Li Yunlin and Hongxiu that their ancestor, Li Xiang, has been sent back to the beginning of the world as a mortal. Time passes twenty times faster in the past, and Li Yunbing suspects Li Xiang has encountered an immortal. The brothers decide to seek help from Second Aunt.
• In the distant past, Li Xiang spends a hundred days surviving in the wilderness and becomes the strategist of the Guawa Tribe. He helps its primitive members cooperate, build shelters, and establish a settlement beneath a vast mountain.
• Li Xiang suspects an immortal is watching and controlling humanity. The tribe’s chief, Aba, returns from the mountain with fruit bestowed by a mysterious white-haired figure. When Aba is about to eat one, Li Xiang urgently stops him.
• The fruit emits a heartbeat-like “thump,” and Li Xiang senses a colossal, many-eyed heart on the mountain.

Character developments

• Li Yunlin achieves a major breakthrough but remains anxious and guilt-ridden, fearing the consequences for his family.
• Li Yunbing shows confidence and strategic preparedness, while his revelation of being the Demon Saint adds a formidable new dimension to his role.
• Hongxiu remains supportive and takes pride in her husband’s progress, despite her more gradual cultivation.
• Li Xiang adapts to primitive life, earns the tribe’s trust, and uses his intelligence to organize its survival. His suspicions about immortal control harden into alarm when he recognizes the fruit’s ominous nature.
• Aba is portrayed as a powerful but trusting chief who values Li Xiang and shares the gifted fruit with him.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: Li Yunlin’s advancement brings strength but may also attract danger.
• Family loyalty and protection: The Li family’s members worry about one another and prepare to face threats together.
• Control versus independence: Li Xiang fears that humanity’s origins and lives are being directed by immortals.
• Survival and cooperation: The Guawa Tribe’s progress comes from shared labor, while Li Xiang’s leadership helps it endure.
• Ominous origins: The strange fruit and heartbeat suggest that the apparent dawn of human life may conceal a sinister force.

Character interactions

• Old Cat proudly celebrates Li Yunlin’s success, but feels excluded when Li Yunbing takes the couple aside to share private news.
• Li Yunbing comforts his worried brother and tells him and Hongxiu about Li Xiang’s displacement into the past.
• Li Xiang and Aba develop a close bond: Aba trusts Li Xiang’s judgment, while Li Xiang appreciates Aba’s generosity—even as he must stop him from eating the fruit.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang, the ancestor, discovers a fruit with the aura of the Divine Heart of Heavenly Arts, which he believes has ill intent.
• The Guawa Tribe grows to ten thousand members under Li Xiang's guidance.
• Li Xiang consumes numerous spirit fruits, reaching a strength comparable to the peak of Qi Refining.
• Li Yunlin breaks through to Dao-Perception and visits the Immortal Domain, warning the immortals about their behavior.
• Li Yunlin visits Green Lady and asks for a primordial spiritual fruit from Old Tree.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang (Ancestor): Grows in strength and wisdom, becoming a "Human Sage" and guiding humanity's development.
• Li Yunlin: Breaks through to Dao-Perception and becomes more assertive, warning the immortals in the Immortal Domain.
• Green Lady: Maintains her composure around Li Yunlin, revealing her knowledge about violet qi and Old Tree's transformation.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for survival and growth in a harsh, newly created world.
• The temptation and danger of power, as seen through the Divine Heart of Heavenly Arts.
• The importance of wisdom and guidance, as demonstrated by Li Xiang's role as the Human Sage.
• The consequences of arrogance and disrespect, as shown by the immortals' behavior in the Immortal Domain.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang and Aba: Li Xiang guides and advises Aba, while Aba trusts and depends on Li Xiang.
• Li Yunlin and the immortals: Li Yunlin warns the immortals about their behavior, causing them to withdraw their Divine Sense.
• Li Yunlin and Green Lady: Li Yunlin visits Green Lady to ask for a primordial spiritual fruit from Old Tree, and they discuss Old Tree's transformation.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yunlin receives three immortal pills from Green Lady, each granting 5,000 years of cultivation and compensating for cultivation deficiencies.
• The Li Family decides to let Li Dalong and one other clan member take the pills, while the rest wait for the old ancestor's return.
• Qi Kaihui, a disciple of the Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect, leads Jiang Heng and Changsun Buhuo to an overseas continent to meet an immortal, intending to use him against the Azure Cloud Li Family.

Character Developments

• Li Yunlin: Realizes the immense value and potential of the immortal pills, understands the Li Family's complicated feelings towards Green Lady.
• Li Dalong: Struggles with his feelings towards Green Lady and the Li Family's future.
• Qi Kaihui: Shows arrogance and ignorance, fixated on destroying the Azure Cloud Li Family, and uses an immortal to further his goals.

Significant Themes

• The power of immortals and their influence on the human world.
• The complex relationships between immortals, cultivators, and ordinary people.
• The struggle for survival and resources in a chaotic world.

Character Interactions

• Li Family members discuss the distribution of the immortal pills, showing unity and concer

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Heng and Changsun Buhuo accompany Qi Kaihui to meet the true progenitor of humanity, a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
• The immortal absorbs Changsun Buhuo's life force, killing her instantly.
• Qi Kaihui reveals that the Human Emperor is dead and asks the immortal to descend the mountain to lead humanity.
• The Guawa Tribe is attacked by giants, leading to a significant loss of life.
• Li Xiang realizes that humanity is being used as nourishment for the immortal on the Divine Mountain.

Character Developments

• Jiang Heng and Changsun Buhuo: Jiang Heng witnesses Changsun Buhuo's death at the hands of the immortal, leading to his shock and disbelief. He remains silent and compliant.
• Qi Kaihui: Qi Kaihui shows reverence and desperation in the presence of the immortal, revealing his desire for the immortal to lead humanity.
• Li Xiang: Li Xiang's guidance helps the Guawa Tribe develop, but he is devastated by the tribe's destruction. He realizes the truth about humanity's role as nourishment for the immortal.

Significant Themes

• The cycle of life and death, and the interconnectedness of all things.
• The struggle for survival and the price of existence.
• The power dynamics between the strong and the weak, and the exploitation of the weak by the strong.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Heng and Changsun Buhuo: Their relationship is strained as they face the immortal together. Changsun Buhuo's death leaves Jiang Heng shocked and alone.
• Qi Kaihui and the Immortal: Qi Kaihui shows reverence and desperation towards the immortal, revealing his desire for the immortal's guidance and protection.
• Li Xiang and Aba: Li Xiang guides Aba and the Guawa Tribe, but their relationship is strained after the tribe's destruction. Li Xiang's realization about humanity's role as nourishment for the immortal leads to his despair.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang's descendants successfully perform the Ancestor Grand Sacrifice, sending treasures to aid him.
• Li Xiang sends back a vast number of ancient treasures and a letter warning his descendants about the political landscape and impending dangers.
• Li Xiang decides to leave the Guawa Tribe after five years of cultivation, leaving the life-preserving place to Aba.
• Aba reveals that the tribe has been renamed the Divine Grace Tribe, with seven divisions, after the god's fruit bestowed power upon some humans.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang regains a measure of his power and decides to leave the tribe to protect humanity from the old thing on the mountain.
• Aba, now a grandfather, feels helpless about the cycle of humans becoming food and is disappointed when Li Xiang decides to leave.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for survival and power in the newborn human race.
• The consequences of consuming the old thing's fruit, which grants power but also enslaves humans.
• The political intrigue and danger surrounding the Li Family and the human race.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang interacts with his descendants through the Ancestor Space, sending back treasures and a warning letter.
• Li Xiang interacts with Aba, revealing his decision to leave the tribe and warning Aba not to consume the old thing's fruit.
• Aba interacts with Li Xiang, expressing his disappointment in Li Xiang's decision to leave and his helplessness about the human race's situation.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family discovers ancient treasures left by their ancestor, which contain spirit herbs and fruits with extraordinary properties that can improve bone structure, spirit roots, and bloodline purity.
• The family head, Li Qiuming, is overjoyed and plans to distribute these treasures to cultivate alchemists for the family.
• The Li Family learns about the Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect, which they suspect is planning to use them as a stepping stone to solidify its position within the imperial dynasty.
• Li Xiang, the ancestor, encounters a phoenix and a wisp of purple qi that gives birth to an immortal. He flees in fear and uses his treasures to hide from the immortal.

Character Developments

• Li Yaotie, the third brother, is revealed to have keen eyes and can recognize the extraordinary nature of the ancient treasures.
• Li Dalong, the family head, shows concern for the family's future and wants to cultivate alchemists to strengthen their position.
• Li Yaozu, the eldest son, is reprimanded by Li Dalong for his reckless behavior.
• Li Xiang, the ancestor, is shown to be terrified of immortals and uses all his treasures to hide from one.

Significant Themes

• The power of ancient treasures and their potential to improve one's cultivation and bloodline.
• The fear and awe of immortals, and the desire to hide from them.
• The Li Family's desire to strengthen their position and prepare for the coming great calamity.

Character Interactions

• Li Yaotie and Li Yaozu interact with Li Dalong, showing respect and deference to the family head.
• Li Dalong interacts with his descendants, showing concern for their future and reprimanding Li Yaozu.
• Li Xiang interacts with the immortal, showing fear and using all his treasures to hide from it.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang encounters an immortal born from phoenix flames, whom he names 'Fire Bro'.
• Li Xiang is robbed of his shovel by Fire Bro but manages to survive.
• Li Xiang realizes that immortals are born pure and shape their nature based on their surroundings.
• Li Xiang observes Fire Bro and decides to use it for his benefit.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang: Becomes more cautious and strategic after encountering Fire Bro.
• Fire Bro: Shows curiosity and ignorance, similar to a child.

Significant Themes

• The nature of immortals: They are born pure and their nature is shaped by their surroundings.
• The relationship between humans and immortals: Li Xiang tries to understand and use Fire Bro for his benefit.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang and Fire Bro: Li Xiang tries to communicate with Fire Bro, while Fire Bro shows curiosity and ignorance.
• Li Yaozu and Li Jianning: They observe their ancestors' adventures and receive a report from Li Gongqu about an immortal seeking an audience.
• Li Yaozu and the Mortal World Immortal: Li Yaozu asks the Mortal World Immortal about the Divine Grace Tribe, the Divine Heart of Heavenly Arts, and other immortals, leaving her hesitant and surprised.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yaozu and Mortal World Immortal discuss the origins of humanity and the Seven Tribes of Divine Grace.
• Li Xiang, now at the perfect Foundation Establishment realm, feels he's close to breaking through to a higher level.
• Wanrong, the immortal Li Xiang has been guiding, expresses hunger and desire to burn Deer Treasure's territory.
• Li Xiang leaves the Fire Domain with Deer Treasure after Wanrong burns her territory.

Character Developments

• Li Yaozu learns about the Human Progenitor and the Seven Tribes of Divine Grace from Mortal World Immortal.
• Li Xiang achieves perfect Foundation Establishment and strengthens his foundation.
• Wanrong, under Li Xiang's guidance, gains control over his immortal power but struggles with his innate desires.
• Deer Treasure shows maturity and understanding, deciding to leave her territory and travel with Li Xiang.

Significant Themes

• The origins and development of humanity.
• The struggle between innate desires and cultivated principles in immortals.
• The consequences of inaction and the responsibility of guidance.

Character Interactions

• Li Yaozu and Mortal World Immortal discuss ancient secrets, revealing new information about humanity's origins.
• Li Xiang and Wanrong's teacher-student relationship faces a challenge when Wanrong burns Deer Treasure's territory.
• Li Xiang and Deer Treasure decide to leave the Fire Domain together, showing mutual support and understanding.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family maintains peace and low profile while external threats and wars rage in the world.
• An Immortal Court Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal falls, and Blue Ancestor's divine might shocks the world.
• Qi Kaihui, a figure from the Divine Sect, arrives in Azure Cloud Prefecture, aiming to destroy the Li Family and seize their territory and the Southern Border Guardian's protection.
• Li Yuanshang, a Li Family member, opens Tianli Hall in the Immortal Domain, acting as a liaison and broker between immortals of different races.
• The Immortal Emperor summons Li Yuanshang to the Immortal Court, asking for the Li Family's help in the war against the Great Gold Empire. The Immortal Emperor hints that Green Lady's position as Emperor Lord is unstable, and the immortals are growing dissatisfied.

Character Developments

• Li Family: Maintains a low profile and keeps their affairs private, focusing on internal growth until they produce a Mahayana cultivator.
• Qi Kaihui: Arrives with the intention to destroy the Li Family and seize their territory, revealing the Divine Sect's ambition to control the entire south.
• Li Yuanshang: Establishes Tianli Hall in the Immortal Domain, acting as a liaison and broker between immortals, and gains the traits 'Immortal Court Liaison' and 'Racial Merchant.'
• The Immortal Emperor: Summons Li Yuanshang, hints at the instability of Green Lady's position, and reveals the growing dissatisfaction of the immortals in the Immortal Court.

Significant Themes

• The Li Family's low-profile approach to external threats and their focus on internal growth.
• The ambition and growing dissatisfaction of the immortals in the Immortal Court.
• The instability of Green Lady's position as Emperor Lord and the potential consequences for the Li Family.

Character Interactions

• Li Family members remain united and focused on their internal affairs, with Li Yuanshang acting as a liaison between the family and the outside world.
• Qi Kaihui interacts with the Li Family, aiming to destroy them and seize their territory.
• Li Yuanshang interacts with various immortals in the Immortal Domain, acting as a broker and facilitating transactions between them.
• The Immortal Emperor interacts with Li Yuanshang, summoning him to the Immortal Court and hinting at the instability of Green Lady's position.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li family learns about the Great Gold Emperor's actions against the Immortal Court and the ensuing war.
• The family decides to send representatives to the Great Gold Empire, with the immortals taking the lead.
• Mortal World Immortal agrees to go to the Great Gold Empire, while Li Yaozu and Li Zhiheng remain in Azure Cloud to wait for Heavenly Pool Holy Mother.

Character Developments

• Li Yaozu and Li Zhiheng show concern for Heavenly Pool Holy Mother's safety and the potential threat from the Immortal Emperor.
• Mortal World Immortal displays her cunning and ambition, negotiating for better treatment in Azure Cloud Prefecture.

Significant Themes

• The power struggle among immortals and the Immortal Court.
• The Li family's growing influence and their strategic alliances.
• The importance of caution and preparation in the face of potential threats.

Character Interactions

• Li Yaozu and Li Zhiheng work together to convince Mortal World Immortal to go to the Great Gold Empire.
• Li Yaozu and Li Zhiheng express their concerns about Heavenly Pool Holy Mother's safety to Mortal World Immortal.
• Mortal World Immortal negotiates with Li Yaozu and Li Zhiheng for better treatment in Azure Cloud Prefecture.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Li Yunbing, using his Jiang Chenghuan identity, visits the Azure Cloud Jiang Family’s secret God-Imprisoning Facility, an enormous underground prison and research center. Its captives—cultivators, fiends, half-immortals, and immortals—are used as “materials” for the family’s experiments.
• At the facility’s core, the Immortal-Refining Grand Array drains immortal spiritual energy from prisoners to strengthen three hundred Li Family cultivators. Captives whose bodies are exhausted have their immortal souls trapped and recycled into new bodies.
• The chapter introduces Abao, a powerful, artificial being assembled from treasures and bodies taken from the facility. Innocent and obedient, he regards the Li Family as his masters and follows their orders without question.
• Li Yunbing orders Abao to travel to the Great Gold Empire as an immortal. Abao eagerly prepares, selecting a woman’s skin as an outfit and imitating a woman’s manner and song.
• In the Underworld, Li Dalong and Xu Cuihua discuss the Li Family’s vulnerable political position. They believe the mission to Great Jin can reassure the Immortal Court, strengthen Green Lady’s standing, and reveal the intentions of hidden powers.
• Li Dalong visits the imprisoned immortal Li Qiu and proposes that he serve the new Southern Emperor Lord in the Great Gold Empire alongside the Mortal World Immortal. To persuade him, Li Dalong performs a set of martial techniques associated with the Li family ancestor, Li Yuanwu.
• Li Qiu recognizes the techniques and corrects Li Dalong’s form, asking who taught him and whether Teacher and Deer Treasure are still alive. The ending reveals a scene in the Ancestral Space: a man and a little deer watch someone practice the same techniques.

Character developments

• Abao is revealed as both a formidable weapon and a childlike, curious being shaped by the Li Family. Though he has no independent memories of his origins, he delights in the chance to go into the wider world.
• Li Dalong shifts from treating Li Qiu as a prisoner to seeking his cooperation, and his emotional reaction shows that Li Qiu’s recognition of the martial arts confirms a meaningful connection to the past.
• Li Qiu, initially presented as violently defiant, becomes calm and nostalgic when he recognizes the techniques, revealing a softer, reflective side beneath his rage.
• Li Yunbing’s clone remains dutiful and pragmatic, overseeing the family’s brutal research while believing that progress grows from confronting the world’s cruelty.

Significant themes

• Progress and exploitation: The Li Family’s strength is built by extracting power from living beings, raising the question of whether advancement can be separated from cruelty.
• Obedience and identity: Abao’s personality and sense of self come from the commands and memories of the family that made him.
• Power and vulnerability: Despite the Li Family’s growing resources, its leaders know that other forces may try to exploit its apparent weakness.
• Memory and legacy: Martial arts passed down from the past create a bridge between Li Dalong, Li Qiu, and the mysterious figures in the Ancestral Space.

Character interactions

• Li Yunbing treats the facility’s captives as resources and gives Abao a direct order, which Abao receives with barely concealed joy.
• Li Dalong and Xu Cuihua calmly assess the family’s political risks and the purpose of sending an emissary.
• Li Dalong confronts Li Qiu with an offer of service; Li Qiu reacts with suspicion until the martial demonstration turns their exchange toward shared history.
• Li Qiu’s detailed corrections suggest a teacher-student connection to the person practicing in the Ancestral Space, setting up the chapter’s final mystery.

Plot Points and Events

• Li Qiu, the ancestor, flees the Fire Domain after Wanrong's betrayal and arrives in Wild Mountain.
• He gains the follower "Deer Treasure," who provides him protection and enhances his cultivation.
• Li Qiu meets A Li, who becomes his disciple after nine visits.
• A Li, now the Mountain Lord, brings Li Qiu a giant python's corpse, emitting a violet qi that tempts Li Qiu.

Character Developments

• Li Qiu: Struggles with the knowledge that A Li, his disciple, is also Li Qiu, the enemy of his family in the future. He decides to leave Wild Mountain once he breaks through to the Golden Core Stage.
• A Li: Grows in power and becomes the Mountain Lord, but remains humble and non-violent. He brings Li Qiu the python's corpse, showing his respect and loyalty.

Significant Themes

• Karma and fate: Li Qiu grapples with the idea that his actions might shape A Li's future and the future of his family.
• Greed and desire: The driving force behind conflicts and wars among living beings.
• Cultivation and growth: Li Qiu's cultivation advances due to his experiences and understanding of the Great Dao of karma.

Character Interactions

• Li Qiu and A Li: Their relationship evolves from teacher and disciple to one of mutual respect and understanding. Li Qiu is conflicted about A Li's true identity and future actions.
• Li Qiu and Deer Treasure: They share a deep bond, with Deer Treasure providing protection and support to Li Qiu. They plan to leave Wild Mountain together once Li Qiu breaks through to the Golden Core Stage.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A Li recounts the history of Wild Mountain's immortals to Li Xiang under the night sky.
• A Li kills an immortal python that violated Wild Mountain's rules, leaving behind a strand of purple qi.
• Li Xiang discovers that immortals in this era can die and that their consciousness perishes, unlike the later generations where they sink into an unknown place.
• Li Xiang experiments with the purple qi, causing a small animal to evolve into a higher form of life.
• Li Xiang decides to cultivate in seclusion, leaving A Li behind.
• A Li, feeling abandoned, confides in Deer Treasure about his regrets and desire to leave Wild Mountain.
• In the Underworld, Li Qiu (formerly A Li) goes mad and asks Li Dalong to find Li Xiang and Deer Treasure.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang: Realizes the true nature of immortals in this era, decides to cultivate in seclusion to break through to the next stage, and becomes more determined to find future sovereigns or Immortal Emperors.
• A Li (Li Qiu): Feels abandoned by Li Xiang, regrets not leaving Wild Mountain with him, and becomes consumed by madness and a desire to kill.
• Deer Treasure: Shows concern for Li Xiang's safety and tries to convince A Li to leave Wild Mountain with them.

Significant Themes

• The nature of immortals and their relationship with living beings.
• The consequences of desire and the cycle of war.
• The concept of fate and the unseen.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang and A Li: Li Xiang's decision to cultivate in seclusion leaves A Li feeling abandoned, leading to his eventual descent into madness.
• A Li and Deer Treasure: A Li confides in Deer Treasure about his regrets and desire to leave Wild Mountain, while Deer Treasure tries to convince him to leave with them.
• Li Qiu (A Li) and Li Dalong: Li Dalong brings Li Qiu out of the Underworld and asks for his help in finding Li Xiang and Deer Treasure.

Key events

• After Li Qiu departs to search for the Ancestor, Li Dalong reflects on the Ancestor’s disappearance. He suspects the Ancestor is either dead or unable to return, and worries that powerful, ancient forces still hidden in the world dwarf the Li Family.
• Xu Cuihua asks to become the Underworld’s Second Yama. Dalong warns that Yamas are bound to the Underworld and would perish if it fell, but she insists she wants to advance through her own path rather than rely on Green Lady’s help. He agrees.
• A month later, Cuihua receives the Underworld’s blessing. Her body and bloodline begin transforming into a Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox, and she starts comprehending a Dao Path through the Underworld’s Eighteen Hells.
• The story shifts to Li Xinnian at the Peerless Hall. After gaining power through bloodline seizures and other means, he tests himself against memories of Li Qiu and Paradise Sparrow—and is decisively defeated in both simulations. He recognizes how far he still falls short of his formidable elders.
• Xinnian arrives in Hundred Refinements City, where his family is staying, amid preparations for war. Three powerful figures approach him, apparently aware of his reputation and the Peerless Hall’s inheritance. Before he can explain why he came, someone familiar rides a spear into the clouds, prompting the three experts’ anger. Xinnian’s companion boasts that his arrival means no one in the city will dare harm him.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Dalong balances devotion to the Ancestor with caution about threats beyond the family’s reach. His concern for Cuihua’s safety conflicts with his respect for her resolve.
• Xu Cuihua reveals new ambition and determination by choosing the risky position of Second Yama. The couple’s serious discussion turns into affectionate teasing, underscoring their long marriage and intimacy.
• Li Xinnian has grown stronger but remains humble about his limits, especially compared with the older generation. His arrival in the city sets up a reunion and confrontation.
• Dalong and Cuihua’s exchange shows both their mutual trust and their playful familiarity. Xinnian’s encounter with the three experts is tense, while the sudden arrival of his familiar ally shifts the balance.

Significant themes

• Hidden history and uncertain loss: The Ancestor’s absence remains a mystery, made more troubling by the silence surrounding him.
• Power and vulnerability: Even powerful leaders may be insignificant beside ancient forces; strength also carries risks and obligations.
• Ambition and sacrifice: Cuihua chooses power despite its dangers, while Xinnian confronts the gap between his abilities and those of his elders.
• Family and loyalty: Both Dalong’s determination to recover the Ancestor and Xinnian’s visit to his relatives reflect the family’s enduring bonds.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xinnian arrives in Hundred Refinements City to meet his parents and cousin, Li Xinri.
• They learn about the Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect's presence and their ill intent towards the Li Family.
• Li Xinnian decides to confront the Divine Sect, while his parents reveal they have been expecting trouble and have already sought help from the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Dragon Palace's Prime Minister Turtle arrives with a fleet of Spirit Boats, reinforcing the Li Family's position.

Character Developments

• Li Xinnian: Shows concern for his family's safety and is determined to protect them from the Divine Sect's threats.
• Li Xingchen and Fan Feixuan: Reveal themselves to be more involved in worldly affairs than initially thought, having anticipated the Divine Sect's actions and sought reinforcements.
• Li Xinri: Shows a more responsible side when he realizes the severity of the situation, helping to summon aid from Heavenly Mountain.

Significant Themes

• Family loyalty and protection: The Li Family members prioritize their family's safety and well-being above all else.
• Ancient grudges and power struggles: The Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect's actions highlight the long-standing enmity between them and the Li Family, as well as the power dynamics between different factions.

Character Interactions

• Li Xinnian and Li Xingchen: The father-son duo shares a warm and affectionate relationship, with Li Xinnian showing deference to his father and Li Xingchen expressing pride in his son's accomplishments.
• Li Xinnian and Li Xinri: Despite Li Xinri's initial recklessness, he proves to be a valuable asset when he helps summon reinforcements from Heavenly Mountain.
• Li Family vs. Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect: The interactions between the Li Family members and the Divine Sect members are tense and hostile, with each side preparing for potential conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Immortal Court's forces, including Heavenly Immortals and Retainers, gather at the border of the Immortal Domain to march towards Great Jin.
• Li Qiu, the lord of Wild Mountain, appears with Mortal World Immortal, Immortal Emperor, and another unknown immortal.
• The Immortal Court's forces discuss their plans for Great Jin and the Azure Cloud Li Family.

Character Developments

• Lü Zhun (Night Patrol God): Feels humiliated by his past encounter with Mortal World Immortal and is wary of her power.
• Ancestor Blade (Hundred Slaughter Star Lord): Initially plans to assassinate the Li Family but changes his mind after considering the greater situation and Mortal World Immortal's power.
• Golden Abacus: Manipulates the Immortal Court's forces to target the Azure Cloud Li Family and the Southern Immortal Division for their resources.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and hierarchy among immortals.
• The Immortal Court's exploitation of living beings and territories.
• The consequences of past actions and grudges.

Character Interactions

• Lü Zhun and Mortal World Immortal: Lü Zhun is wary and resentful of Mortal World Immortal due to their past encounter.
• Ancestor Blade and Golden Abacus: Ancestor Blade is furious at Golden Abacus's manipulation and threats.
• The Immortal Court's forces: They discuss their plans for Great Jin and the Azure Cloud Li Family, revealing their intentions and power dynamics.

Key plot points and events

• The Southern Immortal Division arrives at Moon Dragon Sacred Mountain to join the expedition to Great Jin. Li Xinnian is surprised—and unsettled—to find the other Immortal Court divisions far less formidable than he expected.
• The Mortal World Immortal recognizes the mismatch: the southern Li Family has mistaken the Court’s forces for the exceptional warriors of the south, while the Court’s immortals know little about the south’s true strength.
• Li Qiu stays hidden, focused on finding their teacher and Deer Treasure; the hope offered by Li Dalong and the Spirit Lord helps keep Li Qiu’s mind from unraveling. Abao also remains inside the Peerless Hall, shy about his new appearance, but adopts the name Yuexian, recalling the name his master once gave him.
• After an awkward standoff, Li Xinnian and the Immortal Court’s forces exchange formal greetings. Lü Zhun explains that the expedition is driven by competing interests: the emperor of Great Jin stole a dragon and phoenix, may house an unknown immortal, and could be seeking the Great Emperor’s position. Powerful factions want to investigate or recruit him, while lesser forces hope to profit from the war.
• Lü Zhun warns that the Immortal Court’s survival depends on cooperation. Though its members may feud, they must unite when the Court itself is threatened. The gathered immortals, usually self-serving, acknowledge his appeal.
• Lü Zhun then privately approaches Li Xinnian, recognizing that the Li Family will not obey the Court willingly. He asks what they want in exchange for cooperation. Li Xinnian begins negotiating by naming two enemies from the Heaven-Chosen Divine Sect.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Xinnian shifts from anxious suspicion to cautious diplomacy. He realizes the expedition’s stakes and considers how to make the alliance benefit his family.
• The Mortal World Immortal sees how mistaken both sides are about one another’s strength. Her guilt over once trapping Lü Zhun makes her uncomfortable when she notices him watching her.
• Lü Zhun emerges as a serious, pragmatic leader, urging unity while privately acknowledging the Li Family’s independence.
• Golden Abacus and Hundred Slaughter Star Lord hide behind other immortals when confronted by the formidable southern newcomers. Their exchange with Ancestor Blade adds comic tension and exposes their fear.
• Li Qiu and Yuexian remain withdrawn, each preoccupied with personal concerns: Li Qiu’s search for loved ones and Yuexian’s emerging identity and confidence.

Significant themes

• Misjudging strength: Both the south and the Immortal Court underestimate the other, exposing how limited their perspectives are.
• Self-interest versus solidarity: The expedition is driven by ambition and profit, yet Lü Zhun argues that shared survival must supersede internal rivalries.
• Power and exploitation: Great Jin’s battlefield is full of pawns seeking opportunity, but even those who rise remain controlled by stronger forces.
• Identity and hope: Yuexian claims a name connected to his past, while Li Qiu clings to the possibility of finding their teacher and Deer Treasure.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xinnian, driven by fury, sets out to kill Su Chen in the Immortal Court, accompanied by Celestial Immortals.
• Lü Zhun, the Nightwatch God, accompanies Li Xinnian and shares insights about the Immortal Court's origins and the threat posed by living beings who learned cultivation methods.
• Upon reaching the Great Gold Empire's capital, Li Xinnian and Lü Zhun witness a gathering of over a hundred Integration Realm cultivators, representing various races, aiming to seize a multicolored lotus throne that symbolizes a breakthrough to the Mahayana Realm.

Character Developments

• Li Xinnian: Driven by vengeance, Li Xinnian seeks to kill Su Chen. He also learns about the Immortal Court's origins and the potential for his family to gain a significant advantage by seizing the multicolored lotus.
• Lü Zhun: The Nightwatch God reveals his disdain for other immortals and shares insights about the Immortal Court's establishment and the threat posed by living beings who learned cultivation methods.

Significant Themes

• The struggle between immortals and living beings, with living beings gaining the upper hand after learning cultivation methods.
• The cost of advancement in the cultivation world, with breakthroughs often requiring great disasters or the deaths of many living beings.
• The desire for power and the challenges of keeping it, as seen in Li Xinnian's ambition to seize the multicolored lotus.

Character Interactions

• Li Xinnian and Lü Zhun: Li Xinnian treats Lü Zhun as a friend and learns valuable intelligence from him. Lü Zhun, in turn, enjoys Li Xinnian's company and shares insights about the Immortal Court and the cultivation world.